Courses & Curriculum | BFA Graphic Design Program

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The Graphic Design curriculum gets you thinking from the micro to the macro levels, about craft and concept, and combines physical making with digital skills to help you grow your unique voice as a designer. You'll find you have plenty of options to tailor your experience.

ID	Course Title	Course Req
Liberal Arts (6 cr. required)
LA122	Writing in Context	3
LA225	Perspectives on Society & Culture	3
Art History (6 cr. required)
AH125	Exploring Visual Culture	3
AH210	Intro to World Art History	3
Studio Courses (3 cr. required)
	Studio Elective	3
Seminar (1 cr. required)
FD100	First Year Seminar*	1
Foundation Studio (15 cr. required)
FD101	Visual Elements: 2D	3
FD102	Visual Elements: Digital Tools	3
FD105	Drawing 1	3
FD111	3D Design	3
FD112	Time Arts	3
	TOTAL	31
	At the completion of First Year: 31 cr. earned to date	31

*FD100 First Year Seminar is required of all freshman with fewer than 30 transfer credits.

ID	Course Title	Course Req
Art History (3 cr. required)
AH213	History of Design Arts	3
Liberal Arts (9 cr. required)
LA225	Perspectives on Society & Culture	3
	MTH101 Math or SCI223 Science	3
	MTH101 Math or SCI223 Science	3
Studio Courses (18 cr. required)
GD241	Design I: Signs and Symbols.	3
GD242	Design Studio I: Psychology of Seeing	3
GD245	Typography I	3
GD246	Typography II	3
GD247	Production	3
GD251	Fundamentals of Interactive Media	3
	TOTAL	30
	At the completion of Second Year: 61 cr. earned to date	61

ID	Course Title	Course Req
Art History (3 cr. required)
	Art History 200/300-level	3
Liberal Arts (9 cr. required)
LA321	Social Science Seminar	3
LA325	Literature Seminar	3
	Liberal Arts 300/400-level elective	3
Studio Courses (18 required cr.)
GD341	Design Studio II: Audience and Culture	3
GD342	Design Studio II: Rhetoric and Persuasion	3
GD351	Motion Graphics	3
GD344	Marketing & Branding	3
	Studio Elective from suggested menu of courses below*	3
	Studio Elective	3
	TOTAL	30
	At the completion of Third Year: 91 cr. earned to date	91

*Suggested menu of courses:

GD350 Interface & Structure; PH272 Concept / Capture / Print I; AA231 Begin Animated Arts; VID211 Begin Video; VID212 Begin Sound; Printmaking: Screen/Relief, Letterpress/Book Arts, Intaglio/Litho; IL354 Design & Image, IL252 Visual Techniques, IL254 or IL256 Digital Media Strategies, IL257 Children’s Book Illustration, IL351 Visual Vocabulary; additional GD441 GD Internship, PH-273 Studio Lighting Essentials, PR-282 Screenprint and Lithography, PR-288 Textile Relief and Screenprint, PR-286 Letterpress + Book, GD-310 Graphic Design Special Topics (any section).

ID	Course Title	Course Req
Art History (3 cr. required)
	Art History 300/400-level	3
Liberal Arts (6 cr. required)
LA421	Research for Creative Practice	3
	Liberal Arts 300/400-level elective	3
Studio Courses (12 required cr.)
GD443	Graphic Design Advanced Studio I	3
GD444	Graphic Design Advanced Studio II	3
	Studio Elective	3
	Studio Elective	3
Thesis (9 cr. required)
TH453	Thesis Development (Semester 1)	3
	GD 445 Center for Design or ND 301 Internship	3
TH499	Thesis (Semester 2)	3
	TOTAL	30
	At the completion of Fourth Year: 121 cr. earned to date	121

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