All students must meet the Degree and University Requirements.
All students must meet the Catamount Core Curriculum Requirements.
All students must meet the College Requirements.
Driven by an overarching question: “How can we design for a better tomorrow?” the Community-Centered Design major helps students learn about creative collaboration and design processes by which we understand complex issues and develop, implement, and share new ideas. Focused on sustainable and responsible solutions for real-world communities, this program places equal emphasis on theory, critical thinking, reflection, creativity, empathy, and working effectively with others, including community members and professionals in different fields. In addition to learning about general design theories, skills, and contexts, students customize their education by picking a concentration in Applied Design or Relational Design. Upon graduation, Community-Centered Design graduates are process experts ready to design a better tomorrow—a resilient and responsible tomorrow—together with local and global communities.
The Applied Design concentration emphasizes design processes needed to create tangible output; built or material products; simulations, interfaces or experiences that address the needs of the user; a person or a community. Tracks include (a) Communication Design, and (b) Green Design
The Relational Design concentration emphasizes design processes related to understanding and interacting with stakeholders, and creating within the complex relationships among people, across communities, and within systems. Tracks include (a) Community Resilience, Advocacy & Social Change and (b) Project Leadership, Management &Planning.
CDAE Core Requirements
| Requirement Description | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| CDAE 1020 | World Food,Pop & Develop | 3 |
| CDAE 1240 | Fund of Public Communication | 3 |
| CDAE 1600 | Design Innovation I | 3 |
| CDAE 1610 | Principles of Comm Dev Econ | 3 |
| CDAE 1660 | Entrepreneurial Mindset | 3 |
| CDAE 2020 | Sustainable Community Dev | 3 |
| CDAE 3500 | Applied Research Methods | 4 |
Community-Centered Design Major Requirements
| Requirement Description | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| STAT 1110 | Elements of Statistics (or higher) | 3 |
| CDAE 1400 | Small Group Communication | 3 |
| or CDAE 2760 | Inclusive ScienceCommunication | |
| CDAE 1010 | Drafting Design I | 3 |
| or CDAE 1160 | Communication Design I | |
| CDAE 2600 | Design Innovation II | 3 |
| One additional 2000-level design course | 3 | |
| Choice of 3-Credit Capstone Experience Options: | ||
| Community Develpmt:St Lucia I | ||
| Internship | ||
| Undergraduate Research | ||
| Independent Study | ||
Community-Centered Design Concentration
Choose either the Applied Design Concentration or the Relational Design Concentration. Choose one Track within that Concentration.
Concentration Requirements: Applied Design
| Requirement Description | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Design Concentration Tracks - Requirements: choose 10 courses (30 credits) from one of the following tracks: | ||
| Track 1. Communication Design | ||
| Visual Communication | ||
| Communication Design I | ||
| Digital Illustration | ||
| Narrative Data Design | ||
| AI & Society | ||
| Design:Narrative Media & Video | ||
| Social Media:Theory 2 Practice | ||
| Doc. Film for Social Change | ||
| Communication Design II | ||
| Sports Media | ||
| Community Media Production | ||
| Publication Design | ||
| Marketing:Com Entrepreneurs | ||
| Community Develpmt:St Lucia I | ||
| Socially Responsible Marketing | ||
| Applied Computer Graphics | ||
| Community Design Studio | ||
| Special Topics (with Advisor Approval) | ||
| Internship (with Advisor-Approved Focus) | ||
| Intro to Web Site Dev | ||
| Track 2. Green Design | ||
| Drafting Design I | ||
| Energy Alternatives | ||
| Intro Urban&Rural Planning | ||
| Drafting Design II | ||
| Community Develpmt:St Lucia I | ||
| Economics of Sustainability | ||
| Smart Resilient Communities | ||
| Project Development & Planning | ||
| Community Design Studio | ||
| Internship (with Advisor-Approved Focus) | ||
| Home & Garden Horticulture | ||
| Garden Flowers | ||
| Woody Landscape Plants | ||
| Landscape Design Fundamentals | ||
| Landscape Design Studio | ||
| Permaculture | ||
| Ecological Landscape Design | ||
| Intro to Geog Info Systems | ||
Concentration Requirements: Relational Design
| Requirement Description | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| Relational Design Concentration - Requirements: choose 10 courses (30 credits) from one of the following tracks: | ||
| Track 1. Community Resilience, Advocacy & Social Change | ||
| Intro Urban&Rural Planning | ||
| AI & Society | ||
| Activist Journalism | ||
| Doc. Film for Social Change | ||
| Media-Policy-Action | ||
| Communicating Climate Crises | ||
| Sports Media | ||
| Community Media Production | ||
| Propaganda, Media, & Cit Respn | ||
| Consumer Law and Policy | ||
| Consumer Law in Action I | ||
| Global Media & Intl Developmen | ||
| Community Develpmt:St Lucia I | ||
| Socially Responsible Marketing | ||
| Contemp Policy Iss:Comm Dev | ||
| Consumer Law in Action II | ||
| Smart Resilient Communities | ||
| Local Community Initiatives | ||
| Community Design Studio | ||
| Internship (with Advisor-Approved Focus) | ||
| Track 2. Project Leadership, Management & Planning | ||
| US Food, Social Equity &Dev | ||
| Intro Urban&Rural Planning | ||
| AI & Society | ||
| Event Planning for Athletics | ||
| Leadership in Practice | ||
| Intro to Comm Entrepreneurship | ||
| Community Develpmt:St Lucia I | ||
| Community Org & Development | ||
| Economics of Sustainability | ||
| Smart Resilient Communities | ||
| Dec Making:Comm Entrepreneurs | ||
| Strat Plan:Comm Entrepreneurs | ||
| Local Community Initiatives | ||
| Project Development & Planning | ||
| Community Design Studio | ||
| Adv Sust Dev Sm Island States | ||
| Internship (with Advisor-Approved Focus) | ||
| Intro Cont Public Affairs | ||