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Art & Design

ART BFA GRAPHIC DESIGN


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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