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INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
Corporate identity programs, brochures, product packaging, advertisements, video graphics, computer imagery, signs, exhibits, and interactive Web and multimedia – all these are created by graphic designers to communicate effectively with consumers. Graphic designers are visual communicators who combine principles of page design, color, typography, symbology, graphic and photographic imagery, and illustration in creative, innovative ways to inform, motivate, sell, educate, or entertain.
What you’ll study
* Begin with foundation classes in color and design, drawing, and computer skills.
* In the associate in arts program, focus on color and page design, visual expression, and print and interactive production.
* In the bachelor of fine arts program, build on these skills with additional courses in conceptual thinking, creativity, problem solving, project management, art direction, business practices, and advanced and specialized design skills.
* Create a portfolio to show prospective employers.
Special features
Students learn both Macintosh and PC computer platforms, with industry-related software, including QuarkXPress® and a full range of Adobe® and Macromedia® products for print, interactive, and Web design and production.
Career opportunities
Armed with a marketable, production-based portfolio assembled in their classes, graduates from the associate in arts program are prepared to enter an increasingly technical and competitive industry. These graduates may join the production staffs of printing companies, digital service bureaus, and in-house corporate communications departments in entry-level positions such as production artist or assistant designer. Graduates from the bachelor of fine arts program may join the creative staffs of advertising agencies, design studios, digital production studios, publishing houses, and corporate communications departments in entry-level positions such as graphic designer, associate art director, or production coordinator. Many entrepreneurial graduates enter the market as freelance designers or open their own design studios. |
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Requirements for Graphic Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
(192 quarter credits required)
All courses are four credits unless indicated otherwise.
Courses in the program
(136 quarter credits)
ART 100 Visual Expression**
ART 111 Drawing**
ART 121 3-D Design
ART 122 2-D Design**
ART 123 Color Theory**
ART 211 Life Drawing
CD 445 Professional Development
CS 106 Software for the Applied Arts**
GD 131 Layout**
GD 141 Typography**
GD 142 Print Production**
GD 160 Introduction to Web Applications**
GD 214 Computer Illustration**
GD 221 Graphic Symbolism**
GD 241 Intermediate Typography**
GD 242 Electronic Pre-Press**
GD 301 History of Graphic Design
GD 324 Corporate Identity
GD 326 Advanced Typography
GD 331 Advanced Layout
GD 344 Creative Imaging
GD 360 Integrated Publishing
GD 423 Publication Design
GD 426 Environmental Design
GD 427 Package Design
GD 432 Art Direction
GD 441 Senior Project Research
GD 442 Senior Project
GD 457 Senior Portfolio
GD 461 Interactive Senior Project
IMD 140 Concepts in Motion Design**
P 104 Digital Photographic Production**
P 200 Digital Photography for Non-Majors
Program elective (4 credits)
General education
(56 quarter credits)
EN 101 English I* **
EN 102 English II* **
HA 215 Art History I
HA 216 Art History II
HA 217 Art History III**
HA 301 Topics in Twentieth-Century Art
HU 305 Critical Thinking
MT 113 Ideas of Mathematics** or
MT 112 College Geometry**
PS 101 Introduction to Psychology**
General education electives (20 credits)
* Or honors equivalent for qualified students
** Indicates course is an associate’s degree requirement
Typical Course Sequence for Graphic Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
First quarter (16 credits)
ART 111 Drawing
ART 122 2-D Design
CS 106 Software for the Applied Arts
EN 101 English I
Second quarter (16 credits)
ART 123 Color Theory
ART 211 Life Drawing
P 104 Digital Photographic Production
EN 102 English II
Third quarter (16 credits)
ART 100 Visual Expression
GD 141 Typography
GD 214 Computer Illustration
MT 113 Ideas of Mathematics or
MT 112 College Geometry
Fourth quarter (16 credits)
ART 121 3-D Design
GD 131 Layout
GD 221 Graphic Symbolism
PS 101 Introduction to Psychology
Fifth quarter (16 credits)
GD 142 Print Production
GD 241 Intermediate Typography
HA 215 Art History I
HU 305 Critical Thinking
Sixth quarter (16 credits)
GD 242 Electronic Pre-Press
GD 331 Advanced Layout
GD 301 History of Graphic Design
HA 216 Art History II
Seventh quarter (16 credits)
GD 160 Introduction to Web Applications
GD 360 Integrated Publishing
HA 217 Art History III
General education elective I
Eighth quarter (16 credits)
IMD 140 Concepts in Motion Design
GD 326 Advanced Typography
HA 301 Topics in Twentieth-Century Art
General education elective II
Ninth quarter (16 credits)
GD 324 Corporate Identity
GD 344 Creative Imaging
P 200 Digital Photography for Non-Majors
General education elective III
Tenth quarter (16 credits)
GD 423 Publication Design
GD 426 Environmental Design
GD 427 Package Design
General education elective IV
Eleventh quarter (16 credits)
GD 441 Senior Project Research
GD 461 Interactive Senior Project
Program elective I
General education elective V
Twelfth quarter (16 credits)
CD 445 Professional Development
GD 432 Art Direction
GD 442 Senior Project
GD 457 Senior Portfolio |
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| Graphic Design - Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Number of Quarters | 12 | | Number of Credit Hours | 192 | | Alternative kit with a camera and tripod (optional) | $1,150.00 | | Application Fee | $50.00 | | Starting kit (optional) | $680.00 | | Supplies/textbooks (average) | $120.00 | | Tuition Deposit | $100.00 | | Tuition per Credit Hour | $435.00 | | Total Tuition & Fees | $85,620.00 |
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