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2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED]

Graphic Design and Interactive Media (Interaction Design Concentration), B.F.A. Sequence

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Suggested Four Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 121

First Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

ART-100 Drawing I (3 cr.)
ART-101 Two-Dimensional Design Foundations (3 cr.)
ARTH-223 Survey of Art–Ancient Through Medieval (3 cr.)
DES-220 Introduction To 2D Digital Imaging (3 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-111 Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

ART-103 Three-Dimensional Design Foundations (3 cr.)
ART-200 Drawing II (3 cr.)
ARTH-224 Survey of Art-Renaissance Through 20th Century (3 cr.)
DES-210 Typography I: Letterform (3 cr.)
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-112 Freshman English–Honors II (3 cr.) or
ENGL-113 Honors Composition 2: Honors Seminar (3 cr.)

Second Year (31 credits)

Fall Semester (16 credits)

COMST-100 Fundamentals of Speech (3 cr.)
CS-141 Introduction to Programming (3 cr.)
DES-260 Typography II: (3 cr.)
DES-310 Graphic Design I (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Analytic Reasoning and Natural Sciences

Spring Semester (15 credits)

ARTH-319 History of Design (3 cr.)
DES-325 Introduction to Web Design (3 cr.)
DES-360 Graphic Design II (3 cr.)
ENGL-388 Writing for the Internet (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : Art Studio Selective

Third Year (32 credits)

Fall Semester (16 credits)

DES-370 User Experience Design (3 cr.)
DES-371 Interactive Media Design (3 cr.)
PHOTO-130 Introduction to Still and Moving Image Photography (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Art Studio Selective
Course Selective-2 : Analytic Reasoning and Natural Science

Spring Semester (15 credits)

Course Selective-3 : Art Studio Selective
Course Selective-4 : Interactive Selective
Course Selective-5 : Technical Elective
Course Selective-6 : Analytic Reasoning and Natural Science
Course Selective-7 : Social and Behavioral Sciences

Summer Semester (1 credits)

Course Selective-8 : Co-op, Field Experience or other as approved by Program Director.

Fourth Year (28 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

Course Selective-1 : Art History Selective
Course Selective-2 : Advanced Graphic Design Studio Selective
Course Selective-3 : Technical Elective
Course Selective-4 : Social and Behavioral Sciences
Course Selective-5 : Cross-disciplinary Issues

Spring Semester (13 credits)

DES-480 Senior Project - Graphic Design (4 cr.)
Course Selective-6 : Art Studio Selective
Course Selective-7 : GE Selective
Course Selective-8 : Social Responsibility and Ethical Reasoning