Dec 05, 2025

2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin

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Graphic Communications, B.S. Sequence

Suggested Four Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 120

First Year (32 credits)

Fall Semester (16 credits)

GCOM-141 Graphic Communications (3 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-111 Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.)
MATH-121 Introductory College Mathematics II (4 cr.)
COMST-100 Fundamentals of Speech (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Social and Behavioral Sciences) (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (16 credits)

GCOM-151 Graphics Software Tools (3 cr.)
STAT-130 Elementary Statistics (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Natural Science with Lab) (4 cr.)
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-113 Honors Composition 2: Honors Seminar (3 cr.)
PHOTO-110 Mobile Device Photography: Visual Literacy and Image Narrative (3 cr.) or
Course Selective-2 : (Arts and Humanities) (3 cr.)

Second Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

GCOM-251 Premedia Graphics Production (3 cr.)
GCOM-295 Graphic Communications Professional Practices (3 cr.)
ICT-103 Information and Communication Technologies (3 cr.)
INMGT-200 Production and Operations Management (3 cr.)
PKG-150 Packaging Fundamentals (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

GCOM-260 Graphic Communications Production Systems (3 cr.)
ICT-255 Basic Data Concepts (3 cr.)
BUMKG-330 Principles of Marketing (3 cr.)
ECON-210 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Arts and Humanities) (3 cr.)

Third Year (31 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

GCOM-340 Graphic Communications Color and Quality (3 cr.)
BUACT-206 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 cr.)
INMGT-365 Project Management (3 cr.)
DMT-275 Web Production and Distribution (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (GCOM Major Selective) (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

GCOM-351 Cross-Media Campaigns (3 cr.)
BUMKG-370 Integrated Marketing Communications (3 cr.)
INMGT-300 Engineering Economy (2-3 cr.) (3 credits required)
INMGT-325 Quality Management (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : (GCOM Major Selective) (3 cr.)

Summer Semester (1 credit)

GCOM-449 Cooperative Education Experience (1-8 cr.)
(1 cr. required)

Fourth Year (27 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

GCOM-440 Graphic Communications Workflow, Automation and Costing (3 cr.)
COMST-308 Business and Professional Speaking (3 cr.)
BUSCM-437 Procurement, Sourcing and Supply Chain Management (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Social Responsibilities and Ethical Reasoning) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : (GCOM Major Selective) (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (12 credits)

GCOM-443 Graphic Communications Practicum (3 cr.)
INMGT-400 Organizational Leadership (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : (General Education Selective) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-4 : (GCOM Major Selective) (3 cr.)

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