2023-2024 Catalog

 

Graphic Design - B.A.

Requirements (54 credits)

Foundations & Division Core

ART-101Ideation/Interpretation 1

3

ART-111OBS/REP 1: Empirical Drawing

3

ART-120OBS/REP 2: Empirical Drawing

3

ART-131Ideation/Interpretation 2

3

ART-133Color

3

ART-261Survey of Western Art History I

3

ART-262Survey of Western Art History II

3

PHO-110Photo I

3

Design Core & Studios

DES-101Design Fundamentals

3

DES-201DC3: User Experience Design

3

DES-202DC4: Typography

3

DES-251Making Meaning

3

DES-301Form and Function Studio

3

DES-302Identity Design Studio

3

DES-351Service and Research Design

3

Professional Practicum

ART-491Senior Portfolio

3

Design Thesis

DES-405Design Thesis 1

3

DES-455Design Thesis 2

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. 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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