Graphic Design & Visual Communication, B.F.A.

First Year - First Semester

• COR 101 - Navigating Higher Education in a Global Context
• COR 102 - First Year Inquiry: Reading, Writing, & ____ (instructor topic)
• VCD 100 - Form and Color
• ART 110 - Drawing, Introductory
• ART 120 - Art History: Survey of Western and Non-Western Art

First Year - Second Semester

• COR 103 - Core Foundations II: Navigating Your Information Landscape
• COR 104 - First Year Inquiry: Making, Doing _____ (instructor topic)
• VCD 115 - The Digital Image
• VCD 201 - Introduction to Typography
• Math Elective

Second Year - First Semester

• COR 201 - Core Foundations: Making Meaning through Science
• COR 202 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives
• VCD 205 - Publication Design I
• VCD 200 - Design and Communication
• VCD 202 - Form and Space OR VCD 203 - Form in Motion  

Second Year - Second Semester

• COR 203 - Core Foundations: Making Meaning through Culture
• COR 204 - Theoretical Perspectives
• VCD 270 - Intermediate Typography
• VCD 206 - Web Design I
• VCD 220 - Visual Creativity & Meaning

Note - 200 level Core courses

COR 210 - Scientific Revolutions ,  COR 220 - Aesthetic Expressions ,  COR 230 - Ethics and the Environment ,  COR 240 - Bodies ,  COR 250 - The Secular and the Sacred ,  COR 260 - Democracies ,  COR 270 - Heroines and Heroes ,  COR 280 - Colonialism and Western Identity  

Third Year - First Semester

• COR 310 - The Global Condition
• COR 320 - Global Studies II: Human Rights and Responsibilities
• VCD 305 - Publication Design II

• OR VCD 306 - Web Design II  

• Program Elective (ART or VCD)
• VCD 300 - Projects in Graphic Design I
• VCD 250 - Professional Communication Practices

Third Year - Second Semester

• COR 330 - Local Contexts, Global Connect
• COR 330 - Local Contexts, Global Connect  
• ART 380 - Advanced Art History:special Topics
• •  Natural Science with Lab
  • Program Elective (ART or VCD)

   

Fourth Year - First Semester

• CCC 410 - College Capstone
• VCD 400 - Projects in Graphic Design II
• VCD 301 - Advanced Typography
• General Elective

Fourth Year - Second Semester

• VCD 450 - Portfolio Studio I
• VCD 451 - Portfolio Studio II

Total Credits 120

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