Art, Design, and the Public Domain – Required Courses 2019
For students entering Fall 2019
First Year
4 units GSD 2482 Art, Design and the Public Domain Proseminar
4 units GSD 2484 Interdisciplinary Art Practices
24 units Electives
Second Year
Coursework Track:
16 units Electives
Or
Thesis Track:
16 units Electives
8 units GSD 9304 Independent Thesis for the Degree Master in Design Studies
Recommended Research Methodology Courses
Courses that teach skills of potential relevance to theses projects
VIS-2344 Constructing Visual Narratives of Place
VIS-2446 Drawing for Designers: Techniques of Expression, Articulation, and Representation
VIS-2481 Public Projection: Projection as a Tool for Expression and Communication in Public Space
HIS-4451 Materiality, Visual Culture, and Media
SCI-6317 Material Systems: Digital Design and Fabrication
SCI-6322 Mapping: Geographic Representation and Speculation
SCI-6360 Digital Fabrication and Robotics
SCI-6477 Nano Micro Macro: Adaptive Material Laboratory (with SEAS)
at MIT
4.314/5 Advanced workshop in artistic practice and transdisciplinary research
Suggested Electives for Art, Design, and the Public Domain
Art, Design, and the Public Domain
VIS-2345 Curatorial Practice
VIS-2349 MAKE/BELIEVE (offered Spring 2020)
VIS-2354 Exhibit: Designing for Decentralization
VIS-2481 Public Projection: Projection as a Tool for Expression and Communication in Public Space
Culture and Social Design
VIS-2353 The Landscape We Eat
DES-3333 Culture, Conservation and Design
DES-3348 The Idea of Environment
DES-3358 An Unsentimental Look at Architecture and Social Craft
HIS-4115-History and Theory of Urban Interventions
HIS-4362 Structuring Urban Experience
SES-5384 Action Research for Open Public Realm
SES-5388 Health and Environmental Planning
EDU S316 Art, Design, and Learning in Public Spaces (offered Spring 2020)
at MIT
4.314/5 Advanced workshop in artistic practice and transdisciplinary research
Policy, Politics, and Publics (at Harvard Kennedy School)
DPI-218 Dissent and Disobedience in Democracies
DPI-391 Race, Inequality, and American Democracy
DPI-835M: Speechwriting
DPI-840M: Feature Writing for Policy and Politics
DPI-891M: Engaging the Media
(Required courses for students who entered in Fall 2017.)
(Required courses for students who entered in Fall 2018.)
Students contemplating cross-registering for courses at another Harvard school must abide by the dates and policies of the school in which the course is offered. Priority for enrollment may be given to the other school’s students first before cross-registrations are accepted — enrollment is not guaranteed. See https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/resources/cross-registration-policies-procedures/