Design Arts - Requirements for the Major
Design Arts Program | Course Descriptions
Supporting Courses, 32 credits
Foundation Courses, 23 credits:
- ART 101 Tools, Safety, and Materials, 1 credit
- ART 105 Drawing, 3 credits
- ART 106 Design Methods, 3 credits
- ART 107 Two-Dimensional Design, 3 credits
- ART 243 Introduction to Photography, 3 credits
- DESIGN 131 Introduction to Design Arts, 3 credits
- DESIGN 231 Introduction to Graphic Communications, 4 credits
- ENG COMP 105 Expository Writing, 3 credits
History and Theory, choose 9 credits
History (minimum of 3 credits):
- AVD 103 History of the Visual Arts II: Renaissance to Modern, 3 credits
- AVD 202 Concepts and Issues of Modern Art, 3 credits
- AVD 370 Modern American Culture, 3 credits
Theory (minimum of 3 credits):
- COMM 380 Communication Law, 3 credits
- COMM 430 Information, Media and Society, 3 credits
- UR RE ST 100 Introduction to Urban Studies, 3 credits
Upper-Level Courses, 24 credits
Required Courses, 6 credits
Advanced Writing, choose 3 credits:
- AVD 375 Communication Skills: Language of Metaphor, 3 credits
- COMM 303 Feature Writing, 3 credits
Applied/Practicum, choose 3 credits:
- DESIGN 435 Graphic Communications Publishing Workshop, 3 credits
- DESIGN 497 Internship, 1-12 credits
Required Courses, 9 credits — Choose Design Core Set 1 or 2
Design Core Set 1, 9 credits:
- DESIGN 331 Graphic Communications Studio I, 3 credits
DESIGN 332 Graphic Communications Studio II, 3 credits
- DESIGN 433 Advanced Graphics Studio: Multi-Media, 3 credits
Or - DESIGN 433 Advanced Graphics Studio: Web Design, 3 credits
Design Core Set 2, 9 credits:
- DESIGN 436 Environmental Design Studio 1, 3 credits
- DESIGN 437 Environmental Design Studio II, 3 credits
- DESIGN 438 Environmental Design Studio III, 3 credits
Elective Courses, 9 credits required:
(Courses do not double count with Design Core Sets above.)
- ART 302 Intermediate Drawing, 3 credits
- ART 311 Intermediate Painting, 3 credits
- ART 343 Photography II, 3 credits
- ART 344 Photography III, 3 credits
- ART 375 Screen Printing, 3 credits
- ART 377 Lithography, 3 credits
- ART 402 Advanced Drawing, 3 credits
- ART 410 Advanced Painting, 3 credits
- ART 470 Advanced Printmaking, 3 credits
- DESIGN 331 Graphic Communications Studio I, 3 credits
- DESIGN 332 Graphic Communications Studio II, 3 credits
- DESIGN 433 Advanced Graphics Studio: Multi-Media, 3 credits
- DESIGN 433 Advanced Graphics Studio: Web Design, 3 credits
- DESIGN 436 Environmental Design Studio 1, 3 credits
- DESIGN 437 Environmental Design Studio II, 3 credits
- DESIGN 438 Environmental Design Studio III, 3 credits
- DESIGN 439 Environmental Design Studio IV, 3 credits
- UR RE ST 412 Urban and Regional Planning, 3 credits