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Nov 21, 2024
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2010-2011 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]
Graphic Design - Bachelor of Fine Arts
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Program Total Credits: 123
Graphic Design students and faculty are engaged in a collaborative process of exploring new knowledge as it emerges within our media-saturated environment. Because graphic design lies at the ever-changing intersection of design, media, and culture, the department’s goal is to prepare its graduates with flexibility and transportable knowledge in which communication pathways may have shifted between their first classes and their graduation. In this three-year program, students will be engaged in design problems that also investigate human perception, media behaviors, audience attitudes, and the dynamics of team-based work. In addition, individual expertise is acquired through directed studies in typography, drawing, photography, and emergent media. The curriculum is supplemented by special lecture programs, workshops with invited design firms, on-site studio seminars in selected design offices and studios, paper and printing plants, museums and libraries, and with film and computer graphic producers.
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Foundation Year Credits: 33
All Freshman students (and transfer students who lack sufficient background in the visual arts and design) enter the 18-credit Foundation core program that includes courses in drawing, two-dimensional design, three-dimensional design and time-motion studies. The Foundation program introduces the basic language and processes of the visual arts and prepares the students for entry into a major department. Through Freshman elective course offerings, students are introduced to major course options and opportunities offered by the College of Art and Design.
Foundation students are eligible to select any College of Art and Design major program regardless of the Foundation sequence they complete. Sophomore Year Credits: 30
Liberal Arts Distribution
Note:
Electives must include 9 studio credits taken outside the Graphic Design offerings. |
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