B.A. GRAPHIC DESIGN

Requirements for Graduation

I. General Education Requirements
(Semesters I – IV)

Area of Communications:
(Requirement of all 4 courses for 12 CR)
• ENC 101 Oral & Written Communications (English I)
• ENC 102 Composition I (English II)
• ENC 230 Composition II (English III)
• SPC 260 Oral Expression (English IV)

Area of Mathematics:
(Requirement of first 2 courses for 6 CR in general education and Educational Statistics taken in Semester 7 for 3 CR)
• MAC 105 College Mathematics I -Algebra and Geometry
• MAC 114 College Mathematics II - Geometry and Trigonometry
• EDF 444 Educational Statistics

Area of Social Sciences:
(Requirement of any 2 courses for 6 CR)
• WHO 113 World History
• ECO 200 Economics
• SYD 302 U.S. Populations
• PCB 304 People and the Environment
• GEA 223 Geography of America and Eurasia

Area of the Natural Sciences:
(Requirement of any 2 courses for 6 CR)
• BSC 105 Biology
• CHM 102 General Chemistry
• BSC 185 Human Physiology
• PHY 248 General Physics
• HSC 210 Etiology of Diseases

Area of Humanities and Art:
(Requirement of 2 courses for 6 CR)
• ARH 200 Art Appreciation (required)
• ARH 250 Art History
• REL 130 World Religions

Area of Behavioral Sciences:
(Requirement of 2 courses for 6 CR)
• PSY 201 General Psychology
• SYG 200 General Sociology

Area of Education:
(Requirement of all 3 courses for 9 CR)
• EDF 100 Introduction to Education
• DEP 310 Developmental Psychology
• EXP 340 Psychology of Learning

Area of Philosophy:
(Requirement of all 3 courses for 9 CR)
• PHI 201 Contemporary Philosophical Issues
• PHI 210 Critical Thinking
• PHI 263 Ethics

II. Professional Education Requirements
(Semesters V – VIII)

Semester V:
(requirement of 15 CR)
Required:
• ARH 415 Art History I
• GRA 312 Theory of Form I
• GRA 313 Graphic Design I
• PGY 340 Photography I

Elective (choice of 1):
• ART 330 Drawing
• ARH 372 History of Graphic Design
• COM 333 Communications Technology for Art

Semester VI:
(requirement of 15 CR)
Required:
• ARH 425 Art History II
• GRA 322 Theory of Form II
• GRA 323 Graphic Design II
• FIL 320 Film and Television Production

Elective (choice of 1):
• ART 327 Animation
• ART 328 Illustration
• PGY 350 Photography II

Semester VII:
(requirement of 15 CR)
Required:
• GRA 411 Semantics of Design
• GRA 412 Analysis of Trends and Styles
• GRA 413 Graphic Design III
• GRA 414 Graphic Technology I

Elective (choice of 1):
• MAR 432 Advertising
• MAN 410 Professional Administration and Organization
• ARH 427 Contemporary Art

Semester VIII:
(requirement of 15 CR)
Required:
• GRA 421 Typography
• ART 426 Theory of Color
• GRA 423 Graphic Design IV
• GRA 424 Graphic Technology II

Elective (choice of 1):
• GRA 425 Design Analysis and Critique
• GRA 429 Packaging Design
• MAR 427 Marketing for the Arts

Total 125 CR for Graduation