ID 100 — INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN (CUR-304)

ID 100 — INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN is a DePaul University catalog course in Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media. This studio course introduces the fundamentals of industrial design through teaching creative and design processes. Students will learn to conduct basic studies on environment and objects, then communicate their designs through sketches. Through projects and lectures, this course will explore developing objects that re-imagine systems, and the components within, at different scales.

Summary 🟢 ✓

• Resource type: course
• College / school: Industrial Design
• College/School: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
• Curriculum section: Art, Media, and Design
• Catalog: ID 100
• Last Verified: 2026-07-01

Course access

• Access: 🟢 Green — Open or routine access
• Rationale: No formal prerequisites listed in catalog description; open to any student meeting university registration rules.
• Prerequisites: None listed in catalog description

Verification

• Status: ✓ Catalog course
• Rationale: Captured from official DePaul course catalog (2026-06-30 catalog review).
• Source URL: catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/id
• Last verified: 2026-07-01

Catalog description

This studio course introduces the fundamentals of industrial design through teaching creative and design processes. Students will learn to conduct basic studies on environment and objects, then communicate their designs through sketches. Through projects and lectures, this course will explore developing objects that re-imagine systems, and the components within, at different scales.

Resource relevance

Catalog course linked to map themes/programs: industrial_design.

Notes

Catalog course key: ID 100.

Catalog context

• Themes: industrial_design
• Recent schedule: 2026-2027 Autumn — TBA