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Spring 2027

4,369 courses

This course covers specialized topics of current interest under the title Special Topics.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Uchita Vaid

Students were required to read quite a bit, including posted PDFs and links, to be prepared for discussions and to write syntheses on the material.

No recorded grade history

Covers strategies for presenting textile and fashion design work, including curatorial methods, portfolio development, artist statements, and critique of communication strategies.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

No recorded grade history

Environments of Crisis & Design explores built environments supporting people in disasters, conflicts, and forced migration through a human-centered, trauma-informed design lens.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2025–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Hands-on introduction to civic design focusing on service design, systems-thinking, and participatory methods in public sector contexts, including team-based prototyping with government or nonprofit partners.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

No recorded grade history

Explores lighting, acoustics, and thermal comfort in buildings through lectures, field measurements, and simulations to support sustainable design and occupant well-being.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026

Interior Design IV covers the design of commercial interiors with emphasis on acoustics, codes, costs, specifications, details, and visual presentation. A field trip is required.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026

Interior Architecture Professional Practice prepares majors for design careers by covering office operations, project delivery, and post-graduation material preparation.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Brooke Godfrey

Past students rated the difficulty at a moderate level, finding the material easy to understand and the instructor approachable and knowledgeable.

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026

Interior Design V explores and refines interior design skills by following the design process from research to presentation, addressing space planning, detailing, and client presentation.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sample

Digital Weaving covers developing industrial and hand-woven digital jacquard designs using multiple software platforms, translating digital imagery into weave drafts, and integrating creative practice with technical analysis.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

No recorded grade history

The Collaborative Design Capstone culminates design education via real-world challenges, emphasizing multidisciplinary teamwork, portfolio development, and the full design cycle from research to implementation.

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No recorded grade history

Research Methods in Design teaches future designers to master quantitative and qualitative research methods, including literature review, data analysis, and human-centered inquiry for design practice.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2024–Spring 2026

Senior Thesis is an individual study course arranged with a faculty member.

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historical GPA · grades

Spring 2024–Spring 2025 · limited sample

INDEPENDENT STUDY involves directed study projects as arranged with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2024–Fall 2024 · limited sample

Human-Centered Design and Business teaches design thinking's iterative process—empathy, systems thinking, ideation, prototyping, and testing—plus balancing desirability, feasibility, and viability to bring projects to market.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2024–Spring 2026

Covers dairy cattle evaluation and selection, including linear type appraisal, judging, mating programs, breed comparisons, marketing, and national genetic improvement programs.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2025 · limited sample

DAIRY NUTRITION EXPERIENCE covers principles of dairy nutrition and management, exploring dairy cattle nutrition, herd health, and farm diagnostics through team-based work.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

No recorded grade history

An overview of practical dairy herd management covering animal welfare, health, calf and heifer rearing, facilities, and production economics.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Independent Study: Individual introductory to intermediate work under direct faculty guidance in Dairy Science. Students arrange work and credits with the instructor.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2024–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Internship in Animal and Dairy Sciences guided by faculty and an internship site supervisor.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sample

DAIRY CHALLENGE analyzes dairy farm management systems and applies industry benchmarks. Students work in teams on a commercial dairy farm case study and SWOT analysis to make informed recommendations.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

No recorded grade history

Assesses food production systems through biology, agriculture, and social science lenses, focusing on sustainability, climate change, and global social structures.

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historical GPA · grades

Spring 2024–Spring 2026

Special Problems: Individual advanced work in an area of Dairy Sciences under the direct guidance of a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2023–Fall 2023 · limited sample

A seminar course involving comprehensive reviews of research to broaden understanding of dairy science, including analyzing and critiquing scientific presentations.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026
DYSCI 990

Research

1–12 credits

DYSCI 990 Research involves independent research in preparation of a graduate thesis under supervision of a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

No recorded grade history

Cooperative Education Program providing full-time workplace experience where students apply engineering theory and practical knowledge in a professional setting.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

No recorded grade history

Intro to signals, information, and computation in EE. Covers Fourier series, DFT, sampling, digital filters, and coding for signal manipulation.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Bernard Lesieutre

Exams were described as fairly straightforward if students completed the review assignment and period exercises. Preparing adequately for class was considered sufficient for success.

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

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