2017-2018 Catalog

 

Graphic Design - B.A.

Requirements (51-53 credits)

Required Courses (45-47 credits)

ART-121Drawing I

3

ART-221Drawing II

3

ART-224Design I: Two-Dimensional Design

3

ART-238Digital Imagery Art

3

ART-260Web Design I

3

ART-273Introduction to Computer Graphics

3

ART-280Visual Communications--Graphic Design

3

ART-281Commercial Layout and Design

3

ART-324Design II: Three-Dimensional Design

3

ART-375Typography

3

ART-379Color

3

ART-434Digital Photography

3

ART-436Computer Illustration

3

ART-473Advanced Graphics

3

ART-490Senior Exhibit - Art

0 to 2

ART-491Senior Portfolio

3

Choose two art history courses from the following: (6 credits)

ART-261Survey of Western Art History I

3

ART-262Survey of Western Art History II

3

ART-383Early Renaissance

3

ART-384High Renaissance

3

ART-385Baroque Art

3

ART-386Nineteenth Century Art

3

ART-387Modern Art

3

ART-476Art Enrichment

3

6 Hours of Foreign Language

Foreign Language requirement - all students will be required to take 6 hours of a foreign language at the college level (three hours of which will satisfy the intercultural competency requirement). The following exceptions and guidelines will be used to implement the 6-hour foreign language requirement:
  • Students for whom English is a second language will be exempt from the 6-hour foreign language requirement.
  • Students who have completed four years of a high school foreign language with no grade below a "C" will be exempt from the 6-hour foreign language requirement.
  • Students who pass a foreign language competency test at a level equivalent to four semesters of a single language (Intermediate 2) will be exempt from the 6-hour foreign language requirement.
  • Students who pass a foreign language competency test at a level equivalent to three semesters of a single language (Intermediate 1) will be exempt from 3 hours of the 6-hour foreign language requirement and will satisfy the other 3 hours by completing the Intermediate 2 course.
  • Students will be allowed to transfer college credit hours to satisfy the foreign language requirement.

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