Total credits required for a BFA in Graphic Design: 120.0
If a Studio and Humanistic Studies major, a minor in the Liberal Arts, or the MAT preparatory curriculum is chosen, the total credits would be 126.0.
The below degree plan is for students entering in the 2019-20 academic year.
Course |
Course # |
Credits |
First-Year-Experience Requirements |
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| Forum I | FF 111 | 3.0 |
| Forum II | FF 112 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Tradition and Innovation | FF 161 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Contemporary Practices | FF 162 | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Color/Design category | ||
| Color/Design/Process |
FF 120A | 3.0 |
| Color/Design/Pattern | FF 120B | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Form/Space category | ||
| Prototype/Situate/Fabricate |
FF 130A | 3.0 |
| Body/World/Machine | FF 130B | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Systems/Time category | ||
| Haptics and Optics |
FF 140A | 3.0 |
| Cartographies | FF 140B | 3.0 |
| First-Year-Experience Elective | 3.0 | |
Liberal Arts Requirements |
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| Art Matters | AH 100 | 3.0 |
| Modernism and After | AH 201 | 3.0 |
| History of Graphic Design | AH 341 | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 3.0 |
| Frameworks: Themes in Humanistic Studies | HMST 101 | 3.0 |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (any level) | 3.0 | |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (300 or 400 level) | 3.0 | |
| Intellectual History I | -IH1 | 3.0 |
| Intellectual History II | -IH2 | 3.0 |
| Science/Math | NSCI | 3.0 |
| Theory | -TH | 3.0 |
| Academic Elective (or Writing Workshop, if required) | 3.0 | |
| Academic Elective (or Writing Workshop, if required) | 3.0 | |
Graphic Design Major Requirements |
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| Graphic Design I | GD 200 | 3.0 |
| Typography I | GD 201 | 3.0 |
| Graphic Design II | GD 220 | 3.0 |
| Typography II | GD 221 | 3.0 |
| Graphic Design III | GD 300 | 3.0 |
| Flexible Design Studio | GD 301 | 3.0 |
| Graphic Design IV | GD 320 | 3.0 |
| Typography III | GD 321 | 3.0 |
| PhotoImaging | GD 330 | 3.0 |
| Advanced Design I | GD 400 | 3.0 |
| Senior Seminar | GD 402 | 3.0 |
| Advanced Design II | GD 420 | 3.0 |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |