The curriculum in graphic design requires 122 credit hours and
prepares the student for entrance into the professional practice of
visual communications. Studio work encompasses typography, image
making, production techniques, and the process of communication
planning.
| HOURS | GENERAL REQUIREMENTS |
|---|---|
| 4 | RHET 105 or RHET 108--English composition |
| 3 | Composition II |
| 18 | One approved sequence of 6 hours in each of the following areas: humanities and the arts, natural sciences and technology, and social and behavioral sciences |
| 3 | Quantitative reasoning |
| 28 | Total |
| HOURS | ART HISTORY |
| 4 | ARTHI 111--Ancient and Medieval Art |
| 4 | ARTHI 112--Renaissance and Modern Art |
| 6 | Advanced art history |
| 14 | Total |
| HOURS | GENERAL ART AND DESIGN |
| 0 | ARTGP 113--Orientation to Art and Design |
| 6 | ARTGP 117 and ARTGP 118--Drawing, I and II |
| 6 | ARTGP 119 and ARTGP 120--Design, I and II |
| 12 | Total |
| HOURS | GRAPHIC DESIGN |
| 3 | ARTGD 300--Design History Survey |
| 3 | ARTGD 120--Visual Organization |
| 3 | ARTGD 130--Production |
| 3 | ARTGD 140--Typography |
| 3 | ARTGD 210--Digital Imaging |
| 3 | ARTGD 220--Image Making |
| 3 | ARTGD 230--Advanced Typography |
| 3 | ARTGD 240--Methodology |
| 3 | ARTGD 360--Sequential Design |
| 4 | ARTGD 370--Advanced Graphic Design, I |
| 4 | ARTGD 380--Advanced Graphic Design, II |
| 35 | Total |
| HOURS | ELECTIVES |
| 15 | General electives (see college list of approved electives) |
| 18 | Art and design and other professional electives |
| 33 | Minimum electives requirement total |