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

First Year - First Semester

• COR 101 - Navigating Higher Education
• COR 102 - First Year Inquiry: Reading, Writing, & ____ (instructor topic)
• GDV 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)
• ART 111 - Digital Photography OR GDV 110 - Image Technology  
• GDV 201 - Introduction to Typography
• Math Elective

Second Year - First Semester

• COR 201 - Core Foundations: Making Meaning through Science
• COR 202 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives
• ART 220 - Graphic Design History and Theory I
• GDV 200 - Design and Communication
• GDV 203 - Form in Motion

Second Year - Second Semester

• COR 203 - Core Foundations: Making Meaning through Culture
• COR 204 - Theoretical Perspectives
• GDV 270 - Intermediate Type
• GDV 290 - Design Systems
• General Elective

Third Year - First Semester

• COR 301 - Core Foundations: Connecting Place and Identity
• COR 302 - Field Methods
• GDV 300 - Projects in Graphic Design I
• GDV 301 - Advanced Type OR GDV 307 - Form in Motion II  
• ART 320 - Graphic Design History and Theory II

Third Year - Second Semester

• COR 303 - Core Foundations: Connecting Past and Present
• COR 304 - Digital Methods
• Science Lab
• Program Elective
• General Elective

Fourth Year - First Semester

• CCC 410 - College Capstone
• Program Elective
• Program Elective
• Program Elective

Fourth Year - Second Semester

• GDV 400 - Projects in Graphic Design II
• GDV 450 - Portfolio Studio
• Program Elective
• Program Elective
• General Elective

Total Credits 120

Program Elective Courses

• GDV 110 - Image Technology
• GDV 280 - Introduction to 3D for Motion Graphics
• GDV 302 - Objects and Spaces
• GDV 305 - Advanced Publication Design
• GDV 307 - Form in Motion II
• GDV 310 - Graphic Production
• CCM 430 - Creative Production Studio
• CCM 493 - Communication and Creative Media Internship
• ART 111 - Digital Photography
• ART 115 - Photography, Introduction to
• ART 215 - Photography, Intermediate
• ART 235 - Introduction to Painting
• ART 250 - Women & The Arts
• ART 303 - Illustration
• ART 311 - Advanced Digital Photography
• ART 312 - Printmaking Studio
• ART 339 - Painting Other Worlds
• ART 380 - Advanced Art History:special Topics
• BRD 110 - Video Storytelling
• GAA 135 - Introduction to 3D Modeling & Texturing
• GAA 175 - Introduction to Animation
• GAA 205 - 2D Game Art
• GAA 275 - 3D Animation I
• ANM 200 - 2D Animation
• FLM 110 - Filmmaking, Introduction to
• FLM 230 - Audio & Video Editing
• FLM 250 - Introduction to Stop Motion Animation
• FLM 330 - Video Compositing and Special Effects
• IXD 200 - Aesthetic Interactions
• WRT 346 - Publishing in the 21st Century