History and Theory of Design I

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Recognize stylistic and material characteristics across a range of eras and regions.
• Explain the philosophical, cultural, and social foundations of historic design movements.
• Analyze how political, environmental, and technological forces shape interior environments.
• Compare global approaches to dwelling, ritual, representation, and meaning-making.
• Use a precise visual and critical vocabulary in discussion, drawing, and writing.
• Treat design history as a dynamic, sensory, and ethical field of inquiry.

MAC Global and Intercultural competency

• Examine global and intercultural perspectives through the study of design forms, interiors, furnishings, and artifacts in cultural, political, environmental, and technological contexts.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Quick Writes	15%
Reflection Assignments	25%
Semester Notebook	20%
Final Project	40%

The Final Project category includes four milestones within its 40%: proposal (5%), outline or storyboard (5%), peer-review draft (5%), and final submission (25%).

Grade | Point/Percentage Total

Percentage	Letter Grade
93-100	A
90-92.9	A-
87-89.9	B+
83-86.9	B
80-82.9	B-
77-79.9	C+
73-76.9	C
70-72.9	C-
60-69.9	D
Below 60	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance and participation affect the final grade through the Quick Writes category, worth 15% of the course grade. A Quick Write is assigned during each class meeting and is available only during that class session. Students must submit it in Canvas by 11:59 p.m. on the same day. Quick Writes cannot be submitted late or made up after an absence because they document in-class observation, interpretation, and participation. Attendance does not carry a separate point deduction beyond the Quick Writes category.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.