Can you recommend any electives?

Your advisor will help you to determine the best possible electives for you when you fill out and sign your contract.

Here is a list of some SFSU electives that DAI students have taken in the past:

BAIA majors have taken:

  • ART 210,511: Conceptual & Information Arts 1 (Regular & Variable Selected Topics)
  • ART 231: Drawing 1
  • ART 260: Photography 1
  • ART 434: Color Workshop
  • CA 301: Introduction to Computers as Arts Media
  • DAI 227: Rethinking Digital Visual Media: History, Technology, and Content
  • DAI 475: Topics in Design and Industry (see class schedule)
  • DAI 475: Exploring Package Design
  • DAI 523: Information Design 1
  • DAI 524: Information Design 2: Exhibits
  • DAI 575: Workshop (variable topic - see class schedule)
  • DAI 575: Computer in Graphic Reproduction (or related CCSF courses see class schedule)
  • DAI 575: Design of Virtual Worlds
  • DAI 575: Design Computer Graphics
  • DAI 576: Supervised Experience (internship, teaching assistant, lab monitor)
  • ID 240: Color and Design
  • JOUR 235: Photojournalism I
  • JOUR 450: Publication Design & Graphics
  • JOUR 500: Contemporary Magazines
  • JOUR 609: Publication Lab
  • MKTG 431: Principles of Marketing
  • MKTG 434: Advertising Theory and Practice
  • MKTG 440: Advertising Creativity and Production
  • MKTG 443: Sales Promotion and Publicity
  • MKTG 469: Internet Marketing
  • MKTG 675: Brand Management
  • THA 305: Design Graphics for Stage and Screen
  • THA 410: Scene Design for Stage and Screen
  • TPW 555: Desktop Publishing for Professional Writers

BS in Visual Communication Design majors have taken:

  • ART 210,511: Conceptual & Information Arts 1 (Regular and Variable Selected Topics)
  • ART 231: Drawing 1
  • ART 260: Photography 1
  • ART 434: Color Workshop
  • CA 301: Introduction to Computers as Arts Media
  • DAI 227: Rethinking Digital Visual Media: History, Technology, and Content
  • DAI 321: Technical Drawing 1: Introduction to CAD
  • DAI 475: Topics in Design and Industry (see class schedule)
  • DAI 475: Exploring Package Design
  • DAI 523: Information Design 1
  • DAI 524: Information Design 2: Exhibits
  • DAI 575: Workshop (variable topic - see class schedule)
  • DAI 575: Computer in Graphic Reproduction (or related CCSF courses see class schedule
  • DAI 575: Design of Virtual Worlds
  • DAI 575: Design Computer Graphics
  • DAI 576: Supervised Experience (internship, teaching assistant, lab monitor)
  • ID 240 Color and Design
  • JOUR 235: Photojournalism I
  • JOUR 450: Publication Design & Graphics
  • JOUR 500: Contemporary Magazines
  • JOUR 609: Publication Lab
  • MKTG 431: Principles of Marketing
  • MKTG 434: Advertising Theory and Practice
  • MKTG 440: Advertising Creativity and Production
  • MKTG 443: Sales Promotion and Publicity
  • MKTG 469: Internet Marketing
  • MKTG 675: Brand Management
  • THA 305: Design Graphics for Stage and Screen
  • THA 410: Scene Design for Stage and Screen
  • TPW 555: Desktop Publishing for Professional Writers

BSID Product Design & Development majors have taken:

  • ART 231: Drawing 1
  • ART 240: Sculpture 1
  • ART 245: Ceramics 1
  • ART 402: History of Architecture
  • ANTH 315: Regional Ethnography
  • ANTH 555: Urban Anthropology
  • ANTH 651: Ethnographic Field Methods
  • BUS 450: The Greening of Business
  • DAI 405: Developing Patent & Marketing Ideas
  • DAI 470: Portfolio Development
  • DAI 475: Exploring Package Design
  • DAI 523: Information Design 1
  • DAI 524: Info Design 2: Exhibits
  • ENGR 200: Materials of Engineering
  • ENGR 699: Wheelchair Design and Development (note: Register for DAI 575 or DAI 576 to take this class)
  • GEOG 421: Future Environments
  • GEOG 600: Environmental Problems & Solutions
  • GEOG 666: Geography of Garbage: Recycling & Waste Reduction
  • GEOL 305: Energy & Its Environmental Issues
  • HUM 301: Styles & Expressive Forms
  • HUM 495: Architecture and American Life
  • ID 240: Color and Design
  • ID 242: Drafting for ID
  • ID 341: Contemporary Design in Housing and Interiors
  • ID 343: Housing for People with Special Needs
  • JOUR 235: Photojournalism I
  • MGMT 405: Intro. to Management and Organizational Behavior
  • MKTG 450: Marketing for Small Business
  • MKTG 633: Consumer Behavior
  • MGMT 650: Creativity & Innovation
  • MKTG 675: Brand Management
  • PSY 463: Human Factors
  • TH A 305: Design Graphics for Stage and Screen
  • URBS 514: Sustainable Development in Cities

BSID Industrial Technology majors have taken:

  • ART 240: Sculpture 1
  • ART 245: Ceramics 1
  • ART 402: History of Architecture
  • ANTH 315: Regional Ethnography
  • ANTH 555: Urban Anthropology
  • ANTH 651: Ethnographic Field Methods
  • BUS 450: Greening of Business
  • DAI 405: How to Develop, Patent & Market an Idea
  • DAI 475: Exploring Package Design
  • DAI 523: Information Design 1
  • DAI 524: Information Design 2: Exhibits
  • GEOG 421: Future Environments
  • GEOG 600: Environmental Problems & Solutions
  • GEOG 666: Geography of Garbage: Recycling & Waste Reduction
  • GEOL 305: Energy & Its Environmental Issues
  • HUM 301: Styles & Expressive Forms
  • HUM 495: Architecture and American Life
  • ID 240: Color and Design
  • ID 343: Housing for People with Special Needs
  • MKTG 450: Marketing for Small Business
  • MKTG 633: Consumer Behavior
  • MKTG 650: Creativity and Innovation
  • MKTG 660: Seminar in Managing For World Class Competitiveness
  • MKTG 675: Brand Management
  • MGMT 306: Introduction to Enterprise
  • MGMT 327: Business and Culture
  • MGMT 660: Seminar in Managing For World Class Competitiveness
  • MGMT 354: Starting A Business
  • PSY 463: Human Factors
  • TH A 305: Design Graphics for Stage & Screen
  • URBS 514: Sustainable Development in Cities
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