BFA Communication Design

Degree Requirements
Program	72
Art History	6
General Education	30
Open electives	12
Total credits needed to graduate	120

Freshman

Fall

ART 200 Visual studies Speaker Series (A) (one credit hour)

ART 105 STUDIO 1, Art and the Everyday

ART 110 STUDIO 2, Constructed Body

ART 150 Visual Theory, Aesthetics & Criticism (A)

UGC 111 World Civilization 1 (A) general education requirement

ENG 101 or ENG 102, depending on S.A.T. verbal score or skill level: general education requirement

Spring

ART 120 STUDIO 3, Public Space

ART 135 STUDIO 4, Self and ritual

ART 140 STUDIO 5, Time-Based Strategies

UGC 112 World Civilization 2 (B) general education requirement

ENG 201 or HUMANITIES, based on placement: general education requirement

Sophomore

Fall

ART 200 Visual Studies Speaker Series (B) (one credit hour)

ART 207 Drawing Concepts 1 (A)

ART 250 Intro to Digital Practices

AHI 101 0r 103 Survey of Art History (A)

MATH, general education requirement: suggested: CSE 111 or ULC 148 or MTH 115

ART Studio Elective

Spring

ART 208 Drawing Concepts 2 or any 200 level Printmaking

ART 221 Typography (A)

ART 260 Visual Theory, Aesthetics & Criticism (B)

AHI 102 or 103 Survey of Art History (B)

OPEN ELECTIVE

Junior

Fall

ART 200 Visual Studies Speakers Series (C) (one credit hour)

ART 240 History Visual Communication

ART 309 Digital Reproduction Processes

ART 319 Visual Communication (A)

NATURAL SCIENCE (A), gen ed requirement, suggested: NTR 108, Bio 129, Physics 121, GLY 101, Geography 101

ART STUDIO ELECTIVE

Spring

ART 320 New Media Design (B)

ART 222 Design for Print and Electronic Media (B)

NATURAL SCIENCE (B), gen ed req., suggested: NTR 109/10, Bio 130, Physics 122, GLY 102, Geography 106

ART STUDIO ELECTIVE

OPEN ELECTIVE

Senior

Fall

ART 419 Identity Design

ART 485 Senior Thesis Project (A) or ART Studio elective or internship credit

AMERICAN PLURALISM, general education requirement

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOR, general education requirement.

OPEN ELECTIVE

Spring

ART 422 Design Issues

ART 486 Senior Thesis Project (B) or ART Studio elective or internship credit

DEPTH, general education requirement

OPEN ELECTIVE

This is a suggested four year schedule intended to serve as a guide for accepted art majors who begin here as a freshmen. Please note that due to a number of circumstances, it may not always be possible to offer courses according to this sequence. Students are responsible for checking their D.A.R.S. reports for general education requirements.

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