75 credits are required to complete this major.
A grade of "C" or better is required in all major coursework.
A gpa of 3.0 or better in the major is required for all Bachelor of Fine Arts
degree candidates.
Art BFA Graphic Design Courses: 21/21
Course Title Credits Grade
22-1101 History of Art I: Stone Age to 3 C
22-1102 History of Art II: Renaissance 3 C
22-1210 Drawing I 3 C
22-1220 Fundamentals of 2-D Design 3 C
22-1230 Fundamentals of 3-D Design 3 C
Students can take Photography I plus Darkroom Workshop I -OR- Digital
Photography for Non-Majors plus one of the following: Digital Imaging I, History
of Photo II, Photography in Chicago Now, or Studio I (requires instructor's
permission).
23-1250 Digital Photography for Non- 3 C
OR 1 of the following:
23-1100 Foundations of Photograph 3
22-2420 Applied Drawing 3 C
22-1310 Beginning Typography* 3 C
22-1320 Design Lab 3 C
22-2170 History of Communication Desig 3 C
22-2330 Introduction to Graphic Design 3 C
22-2510 Advertising Art Direction: 3 C
22-3340 Intermediate Typography 3 C
22-3530 Photo Communications 3 C
22-3345 Publication Design* 3 C
22-3350 Sign, Symbol, Image 3 C
22-3355 Branding Identity 3 C
22-3360 Packaging Design 3 C
22-3370 Advanced Typography 3 C
22-3375 Website Design I 3 C
OR 1 of the following:
36-2601 Authoring Interactive Med 3
22-3385 Professional Portfolio 3 C
OR 1 of the following:
22-3380 Professional Portfolio 3
Choose 6 credits from List A Electives.
List A Electives Courses: 2/ 2
Course Title Credits Grade
22-2234 Installation/4-Dimensional 3 C
22-1040 Ceramics for Non-Majors 3 C
22-2241 Ceramic Concepts and Practices 3 C
22-1241 Papermaking Studio 3 C
22-1242 Papermaking: Creating Unusual 3 C
22-2258 Contemp. Issues in New Media* 3 C
22-1232 C
22-1236 Synthetic Material for Casting 3 C
22-2042 Jewelry and Objects for 3 C
22-2043 Advanced Jewelry and Objects f 3 C
22-2220 Contemporary Issues in Paintin 3 C
22-2221 Painting Strategies* 3 C
22-2222 Watercolor Studio 3 C
22-2224 Contemporary Issues in 3 C
22-2225 Printmaking Strategies* 3 C
22-2236 Performance Art 3 C
22-2744 Furniture Design: Beginning 3 C
22-2746 Furniture Construction: 3 C
22-2236 Performance Art 3 C
22-1700 Product Design I: 3 C
22-1705 Product Design II: Design 3 C
23-1101 Darkroom Workshop I 3 C
22-2260 Color Strategies 3 C
22-ELEC***** C
26-1000 Animation I* 4 C
22-3105 Dada, Surrealism, Futurism 3 C
22-3231 Experimental Photography/ 3 C
Choose 6 credits from List B Electives.
List B Electives
List B Electives Courses: 2/ 2
Course Title Credits Grade
22-2400 Illustration Introduction: 3 C
22-2415 Illustration Introduction: 3 C
22-3448 Type as Image 3 C
22-3430 Figure Illustration 3 C
22-3432 Children's Book Illustration* 3 C
22-3435 Cartooning 3 C
22-3371 Promotional Graphics* 3 C
22-3460 Digital Illustration I 3 C
22-3481 Applied Concepts in Advertisin 3 C
22-2520 Advertising Design 3 C
22-3525 Art Director/Copywriter Team* 4 C
22-3535 Storyboard Development 3 C
22-3540 Creative Strategies in 3 C
22-3542 Creative Strategies in 3 C
22-3550 Advertising Communication 3 C
22-3500 Art Director/Commercial 4 C
22-3347 Book Design 3 C
22-1330 Information Design 3 C
22-3361 Packaging Design II 3 C
22-3378 Design Lab II 3 C
22-3584 Management for Designers 3 C
22-3447 Broadcast Design: Introduction 3 C
22-2172 Design Culture Now 3 C
22-3998 Independent Project: 1 C
22-3275 The Printmaker's Eye and the 3 C
22-3988 Internship: Art and Design* 1 C
22-3901 Extending/Accessorizing the 3 C
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