Sample courses that might be required for a degree in Industrial Design:

Industrial Design Major Courses

• Visual Design Literacy
• History of Design and Technology
• Intro to Design and Industry
• Design Process
• Drafting and Sketching for Design
• Computer Graphic Imaging
• Research and Writing for Design
• Conceptual Physics
• Principles of Marketing
• Product Design 1, 2, 3
• Technical Drawing 1, 2, 3
• Design and Materials
• Model Development Lab
• Rapid Visualization
• Prototyping and Manufacturing
• Information Design
• Design and Society

Colleges will also require you to take some core undergraduate courses in addition to some electives. Required core courses and electives will vary from college to college. Here are a number of examples:

Arts and Humanities

• Arts
• History
• Languages
• Literature
• Music

Math

• Algebra
• Calculus
• Computer Science
• Logic
• Statistics

Natural Sciences

• Astronomy
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Environmental Science
• Physics

Social Sciences

• Anthropology
• Economics
• Government
• Psychology
• Sociology