ARTG 3462 — Experience Design Principles

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: TBostonOnlineOnlineTraditional

Introduces foundational experience design principles, processes, and methods for understanding and creating conditions and interventions that impact people’s experiences. Uses design research methods, stakeholder identification, visual synthesis of research findings, and problem framing as means to understand the motivations, behaviors, and values of audiences and participants. Develops scenarios and prototypes to construct design proposals informing people’s relationships and experiences with products, environments, and services. Analyzes design case studies and offers critical readings, lectures, class discussions, and individual in-studio design work.

Prerequisites

all of:
- one of:
  - all of:
    - ARTG 1270 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
    - ARTG 1271 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
  - ARTM 119M ARTM 11SM
  - ARTG 1250 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
- one of:
  - all of:
    - ARTG 1290 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
    - ARTG 1291 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
  - ARTM 234M ARTM 23SM
  - ARTG 2250 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Fall 2023	3	42	48	88%	2.0
Spring 2024	4	51	54	94%	0.8
Summer A 2024	1	14	16	88%	2.0
Fall 2024	3	34	42	81%	2.7
Spring 2025	4	46	64	72%	4.5
Summer A 2025	1	9	16	56%	7.0
Fall 2025	3	36	48	75%	4.0
Spring 2026	3	37	48	77%	3.7

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 51% · W 31% · Th 41% · F 41%

Common patterns: TR (23% of sections), WF (22% of sections), TF (19% of sections), R (18% of sections), T (10% of sections), W (9% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Najla Miranda Mouchrek (55% of students) · reviews
HyunSoo Lim (26% of students) · reviews
Ann McDonald (10% of students) · reviews
Sofia Bosch Gomez (9% of students) · reviews

Spring

Najla Miranda Mouchrek (48% of students) · reviews
Ann McDonald (20% of students) · reviews
HyunSoo Lim (17% of students) · reviews
Sofia Bosch Gomez (10% of students) · reviews

Summer A

Najla Miranda Mouchrek (100% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

ARTG 3400, ARTG 3444, ARTG 3452, ARTG 3464, ARTG 3467, ARTG 3810, ARTG 4120

Courses that list ARTG 3462 in their prerequisites.

Links

Official catalog (ARTG course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All ARTG courses · Plan it at numap.app