Mar 25, 2026

2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin (DRAFT)

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2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin (DRAFT)

Graphic Communications, B.S. Sequence

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First Year (31 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

GCOM-141 Graphic Communications (3 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-101HON Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.)
MATH-123 Finite and Financial Mathematics (3 cr.)
COMST-100 Fundamentals of Communication (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.)* Note: If planning for the Package Print Technology emphasis area CHEM-135 Recommended
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-102HON Honors Composition 2 (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 (34 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

GCOM-251 Premedia Graphics Production (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Elective-Stout Core
INMGT-201 Quantitative Methods in Production Operations Management (3 cr.)
PKG-150 Packaging Fundamentals (3 cr.)
BUMGT-235 Management Ethics (3 cr.) Recommended
or
Course Selective-2 : Social Resp. and Ethical Reasoning

Spring Semester (16 credits)

GCOM-248 Career Immersion Experience Introduction (1 cr.)
GCOM-265 Print Systems and Finishing (3 cr.)
HT-252 Professionalism (3 cr.)
INMGT-325 Quality Management (3 cr.)
ECON-210 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Arts and Humanities) (3 cr.)

Summer Semester (3 credits)

BUACT-206 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 cr.)

Third Year (32 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

GCOM-340 Graphic Communications Color and Quality (3 cr.)
GCOM-380 Graphic Communications Estimating and Planning (3 cr.)
INMGT-365 Project Management (3 cr.)
BUMIS-333 Management Information Systems - Decision Support Systems (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (GCOM Major Selective) (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

BUMKG-230 Principles of Marketing (3 cr.)
COMST-308 Business and Professional Speaking (3 cr.)
GCOM-443 Graphic Communications Practicum (3 cr.)
or
GCOM-445 Publication Production (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : GCOM Major Selective
Course Selective-2 : Stout Core Selective

Summer Semester (2 credit)

GCOM-348 Career Immersion Experience Seminar Level One (1 cr.)
GCOM-449 Cooperative Education Experience (1 cr.)

Fourth Year (23 credits)

Fall Semester (5 credits)

GCOM-448 Career Immersion Experience Seminar Level Two (1 cr.)
GCOM-449 Cooperative Education Experience (1 cr.)
INMGT-314 Enterprise Resource Planning Practicum (3 cr.)

Winterm (3 credits)

INMGT-400 Organizational Leadership (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

BUSCM-338 Principles of Logistics (3 cr.)
GCOM-440 Graphic Communications Workflow, Automation and Costing (3 cr.)
ENGL-320 Professional and Technical Communication (3 cr.)
or
BUMKG-370 Integrated Marketing Communications (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : GCOM Major Selective
Course Selective-2 : GCOM Major Selective