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STUDIO REQUIREMENTS FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN MAJOR
Required Courses Credit
GD241 Design Studio I: Signs & Symbols 3
GD242 Design Studio I: Psych of Seeing 3
GD245 Typography I 3
GD246 Typography II 3
GD247 Production 3
GD251 Fund of Interactive Media 3
GD341 Design Studio II: Culture & Audience 3
GD342 Design Studio II: Rhetoric & Persuasion 3
*Required Studio Elective from suggested menu of courses (see below) 3
*Suggested courses for required studio elective include: GD350 Interface & Structure; AA231 Begin Animated Arts; VID211 Fundamentals of Cinematography; VID212 Fundamentals of Sound Design; IL354 Design & Image, IL252 Visual Techniques, IL256 Digital Media Strategies, IL259 Picture Book, IL351 Visual Vocabulary; additional GD441 Internship. PH272 Begin Color Photo Digital; PH273 Studio Lighting Essentials, PR282 Screenprint and Lithography, PR288 Textile Relief and Screenprint, PR286 Letterpress + Book, GD310 Graphic Design Special Topics (any section)
GD351 Motion Graphics 3
GD344 Marketing & Branding 3
GD443 Design Arts Advanced Studio: Strategy 3
GD441 Internship (or ND301) or GD 445 Center for Design 3
TH453 Thesis Development 3
GD444 Design Arts Advanced Studio: Vision 3
TH499 Thesis 3
Studio Electives 12
Total 60
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