Research Guides

Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) Core Courses

• Writing as Discovery: Thought Lab 1 (new for Fall 2024)
• Visual Culture 1: Gateways to Art and Culture (new for Fall 2024)
• Thought Lab 2 (new for Spring 2025)
• Visual Culture 2: Unpacking Art, Power, and Modernity (new for Spring 2025)
• Theories and Trends in Contemporary Art (under construction)
• Capstone

Electives

• Infographics (revised Spring 2023)
• MOVIES THAT MATTER / MEDIA & PROPAGANDA / SHELTER ME (revised Spring 2023)
• Product Design History
• Trend Forecasting
• History of Toys 

• Artists / Community / Practice
• Guide for Social Practice

• Fashion and Costume History

• Fine Arts: Photography
• Feminist Art at the Woman's Building
• Artists' Books
• Social Practice
• MFA Research
• Visiting Artists Lecture Series (restricted access)

• Artists' Books
• Inforgraphics
• Joseph Albers' Interaction of Color

• Artists' Books
• Infographics

• Product Design
• Product Design History
• Accessibility and Design

• Materials and Sustainability
• Sustainability

• Advertising and Branding
• Business
• Infographics
• Statistics and Demographics
• Sustainability
• Trend Forecasting

Retired Guides

These classes are no longer taught, but we are keeping these guides available for a limited time:

• WRITING IN THE DIGITAL AGE (WITDA) - revised Fall 2023
• INTRO TO VISUAL CULTURE -  revised Fall 2023
• BIRTH OF THE MODERN - revised Spring 2024
• WAYS OF KNOWING - revised Fall 2023