April 22, 2008
(post-CRAC Meeting revision:
R.Gomes)
Revision of the Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Arts
(BAIA) Core and
Consolidation of BAIA Concentrations and Bachelor of
Science in Industrial Technology Programs into a Bachelor of Science in Design
College of
Creative Arts
Department of
Design and Industry (DAI)
Ricardo Gomes, Chair/Professor,
x82229 ricgomes@sfsu.edu
Introduction
The Mission of the Design and Industry (DAI)
Department is to offer a strong, well-rounded, interdisciplinary education to a
diverse population with an emphasis in Interdisciplinary Studies, Industrial
Technology, Product Design and Development and Visual Communication Design. The DAI program prepares
students to make valuable contributions to their fields through communication,
innovation, function, management and production. The department strives for a
global approach towards design that includes social, ethical and environmental
responsibility.
The DAI department currently offers
the Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Arts (BAIA), as well as the Bachelor of Arts
in Industrial Arts with concentrations in Product Design and Development, and
in Visual Communication Design. The department also offers a Bachelor of
Science in Industrial Technology (BSIT) degree, which is a management-oriented
technical curriculum built upon a program of studies drawn from Design and
Industry, Decision Sciences, Information Systems, Mathematics, and Management.
This degree prepares students across a broad variety of technical industries
relative to Product Development & Management; Electronics Technology; and
Graphic Communication.
Major
degree program enrollment figures for the DAI department, as of Fall 2007, were
as follows:
·
Bachelor
of Arts in Industrial Arts Interdisciplinary: 264
·
Bachelor
of Arts in Industrial Arts Concentration in Product Design and Development: 159
·
Bachelor
of Arts in Industrial Arts Concentration in Visual Communication Design:
68 Total
BAIA Majors: 491
·
Bachelor
of Science in Industrial Technology: 36
·
The
department also offers a Master of Arts in Industrial Arts, with an active
enrollment of 51 students. (Approximately 600+ active students in the DAI
department, if you take into account undeclared/non- majors)
Background
The curriculum revisions proposed here are consistent with
the DAI department’s Academic Program Review in 2004 and the department’s
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) approved by the University on October 17th,
2005. As a result of these academic measures the DAI department developed and implemented
a curriculum development plan that has been structured into two phases. In
Phase 1, the Academic Senate approved the Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Arts
(BAIA) curriculum revision in Spring of 2006. At that time the DAI department
restructured the curriculum using existing courses and added a new
concentration in Visual Communication Design.
Based on the outcome of Academic Program Review in 2004 and the DAI
Department’s
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU), which was approved by the university
on
September 23rd, 2005, the department outlined the following
Curriculum Development action
plans which were excerpted
from the DAI MOU: