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BS In Graphic Design

Curriculum

 CORE CURRICULUM (30 q.h.)

FOUNDATION COURSES
(21 q.h.)
  
Complete nine credits of Humanities electives from the following prefixes: ARTASL, CMN, ENG, JRN, MUS, PHL, TCC, THE, or a modern foreign language.
 9 q.h.

Complete six credits of Social Sciences electives from the following prefixes: ANT, CJS, ECN, HST, POL, PSY, SOC 
6 q.h.
 
Complete two of the following courses:
 
ENG 3003
Writing for the Professions 13 q.h.
ENG 3004
Writing for the Professions 23 q.h.
ENG 3002Expository and Persuasive Writing 23 q.h.
JRN 1050Writing for the Media3 q.h.
 
MAJOR COURSES (54 q.h.)
Complete all of the following courses:
 
ART 1100
Visual Foundations: Two-Dimensional Design (Studio)  3 q.h.
ART 2105
Visual Foundations: Three-Dimensional Design (Studio) 3 q.h.
ART 1110
Visual Foundations: Color (Studio) 3 q.h.
ART 2510
Graphic Communication and Production 3 q.h.
ART 4141Graphic Design 1 (Studio) 3 q.h.
ART 4142Graphic Design 2 (Studio) 3 q.h.
ART 4211Advertising Design (Studio) 3 q.h.
ART 2601Introduction to Computer Graphics (Studio) 3 q.h.
ART 2720Electronic Publishing Design and Systems (Studio) 3 q.h.
ART 3010Creative Imaging: Custom Computer Design (Studio) 3 q.h.
ART 3320Advanced Computer Illustration (Studio) 3 q.h.
ART 4630Advanced Electronic Publishing Design (Studio) 3 q.h.
ART 4700Portfolio Development Workshop (Studio) 3 q.h.
 
Complete five of the following courses: 
 
ART 1001Introduction to Art 3 q.h.
ART 1115Principles of Drawing (Studio) 3 q.h.
ART 1160
Digital Photography 1 3 q.h.
ART 2111
Designing Web Graphics (Studio) 3 q.h.
ART 2112Designing Web Graphics 2 (Studio) 3 q.h.
CMN 1101Fundamentals of Human Communication 3 q.h.
CMN 2051Professional Speaking 3 q.h.
MKT 1001Principles of Marketing 3 q.h.
 
NON-BUSINESS ELECTIVES (26 q.h.) 
 
 
OPEN ELECTIVES (29 q.h.) 
 
TOTAL QUARTER HOURS: 160 

Studio courses meet 3 1/2 hours.
 
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