Graphic Design - B.A.

The B.A. program in Graphic Design is designed to provide students with the highest possible level of professional preparedness at the undergraduate level and aims to equip students to become conscientious and dynamic design leaders who engage their local communities and the world at large. Through a rigorous and focused study in graphic design, typography, visual communication, identity and branding, and design theory, thinking and application, the program prepares students to tackle the challenges that await in a global workspace.

Requirements (60 credits)

Foundations & Division Core

ART-101	Ideation/Interpretation 1	3
ART-111	OBS/REP 1: Empirical Drawing	3
ART-120	OBS/REP 2: Empirical Drawing	3
-	or
ART-123	OBS/REP 2: Empirical Sculpture	3
ART-131	Ideation/Interpretation 2	3
ART-133	Color	3
ART-261	Survey of Western Art History I	3
ART-262	Survey of Western Art History II	3
PHO-110	Photo I	3

Design Core & Studios

DES-101	Design Fundamentals	3
DES-201	User Experience Design	3
DES-202	Typography	3
DES-251	Making Meaning	3
DES-301	Form and Function	3
DES-302	Identity Design	3
DES-360	Advanced Graphic Design and Layout	3

Business Courses

BUS-100	Foundations of Business	3
MKG-210	Marketing Principles	3

Professional Practicum

ART-491

Capstone: Business Practices

3

Design Thesis

DES-405	Capstone: Studio	3
DES-451	Design for Social Entrepreneurship	3