Spatial Experience Design
Course of Study
ArtCenter’s Spatial Experience Design program complements rigorous coursework with hands-on experiences in professional settings.
Our students investigate every aspect of how we work, live and play to create spatial experiences that resonate in the global marketplace, from furniture and lighting design to conceiving restaurant and hospitality concepts.
Curriculum is subject to change.
For students entering Fall 2023, Spring 2024 and Summer 2024
| TERM 1 | |
| Writing Studio OR Writing Studio: Intensive | 3 |
| Digital Process 1 | 3 |
| Spatial Design 1 | 3 |
| Design Lab 1 | 3 |
| Materials and Making | 3 |
| Visual Communication 1 | 3 |
| TERM 2 | |
| Branding Strategies | 3 |
| Digital Process 2 | 3 |
| Spatial Design 2 | 3 |
| Design Lab 2 | 3 |
| Visual Communication 2 | 3 |
| TERM 3 | |
| Illumination: Lighting | 3 |
| 3rd Term Review | 0 |
| Digital Process 3 | 3 |
| Spatial Design 3 | 3 |
| Design Lab 3: Applied Graphics | 3 |
| Color, Material and Concept | 3 |
| Visual Communication 3 | 3 |
| TERM 4 | |
| Intro to Modernism OR History of Industrial Design | 3 |
| GRID: Cog Sci+Spatial Design | 3 |
| Digital Process 4 | 3 |
| Spatial Design 4 | 3 |
| Design Lab 4 | 3 |
| Structure-Interior Architecture | 3 |
| TERM 5 | |
| Theory of Structure | 3 |
| Sustainable Building Practices for Environmental Design | 3 |
| Topic Studio | 3 |
| Sustainability Studio | 3 |
| Portfolio Studio | 3 |
| TERM 6 | |
| History courses | 3 |
| Digital Process 5 | 3 |
| Topic Studio | 3 |
| 6th Term Review | 0 |
| Spatial Materials and Surfaces | 3 |
| Experience Design | 3 |
| TERM 7 | |
| Human Factors and Design Psychology | 3 |
| Topic Studio OR Transdisciplinary Studio OR Designmatters Studio | 3 |
| Portfolio Studio 2 | 3 |
| Degree Project: Development | 3 |
| TERM 8 | |
| Topic Studio | 3 |
| Degree Project: Studio | 3 |
| Senior Exhibition Design | 3 |
| ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS | |
| Humanities and Sciences electives: | |
| Humanities | 3 |
| Social Sciences | 3 |
| Science and Technology | 3 |
| Business and Professional Practice | 3 |
| Any of the above | 6 |
| Studio Electives | 6 |
| TOTAL | |
| Total H&S Units | 45 |
| Total Studio Units | 99 |
| Total Required Units | 144 |