Graphic Design Curriculum

Degree Awarded

Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)

Major Requirements

The Graphic Design major consists of 70 credits distributed as follows:

Required Core Courses

• AGD 1000 Design Production (3 credits)
• ART 1010 Foundations I Design (3 credits)
• ART 1020 Foundations II Design (3 credits)
• AGD 2030 Foundations III Design 3D (3 credits)
• ART 2030 Foundations IV Drawing I (3 credits)
• ART 2050 Foundations Painting I (3 credits)

Studio Art Core

• AGD 3010 B.F.A. Portfolio Review 1 credit
• ART 3000 Intermediate Drawing II (3 credits)
• ART 3010 Photographic Media I (3 credits)
• ART 3090 Relief Printmaking (3 credits)

Art History

• AGD 2040 History of Graphic Design (3 credits)
• ARH 2530 Survey of Art I (3 credits)
• ARH 2540 Survey of Art II (3 credits)

Any two courses from the following three:

• ARH 3530 Renaissance & Baroque Art History (3 credits)
• ARH 3540 19th- and 20th-Century Art History (3 credits)
• ARH 4850 Special Topics in Art History (3 credits)

Professional Core

• AGD 2010 Typography I (3 credits)
• AGD 2050 Typography II (3 credits)
• AGD 2000 Graphic Design Studio I (3 credits)
• AGD 2020 Imaging for Graphic Design I (3 credits)
• AGD 3000 Graphic Design Studio II (3 credits)
• AGD 3020 Imaging for Graphic Design II (3 credits)
• AGD 3030 Graphic Design Studio III (3 credits)
• AGD 3050 Imaging for Graphic Design III (3 credits)
• AGD 4000 Graphic Design Studio IV (capstone) (3 credits)
• AGD 4010 Graphic Design Workshop (3 credits)
• AGD 4020 B.F.A. Senior Exhibit (capstone) (1 credit)
• ART 4010 Business and Marketing in Art (2 credits)

Major Electives

• Select 6 credits from other AGD, ARH, and/or ART courses