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ART BFA GRAPHIC DESIGN


Art BFA Graphic Design                      Courses: 22/22

 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  
 22-2420      Applied Drawing                      3       C  
 22-1310      Beginning Typography*                3       C  
 22-1320      Design Lab                           3       C  
History of Art I and History of Art II are prerequisites for 
History of Communication Design.
                                                                                
 22-2170      History of Communication Desig       3       C  
 22-2330      Introduction to Graphic Design       3       C  
 22-2510      Advertising Art Direction:           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). 
                                                                                
 23-1100      Foundations of Photography I         3       C  
     OR 1 of the following:
     23-1250      Digital Photography for N        3
 23-1101      Darkroom Workshop I                  3       C  
     OR 1 of the following:
     23-2655      History of Photography II        3
     23-2201      Digital Imaging I                3
     23-2300      Studio I*                        3
     23-7760      Photography in Chicago No        3
History of Art II is the prerequisite for Intermediate Typography.
                                                                                
 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      Corporate Graphics                   3       C  
 22-3360      Packaging Design                     3       C  
 22-3370      Advanced Typography                  3       C  
Students may take #35-2400, Designing For the Web in place 
of Website Design I.
                                                                                
 22-3375      Website Design I                     3       C  
     OR 1 of the following:
     36-2601      Authoring Interactive Med        3
 22-3380      Professional Portfolio               3       C  
     OR 1 of the following:
     22-3385      Profl Portfolio Developme        3

Students must take 6 hours from list A.
                                                                                
List A: Approve Elect                       Courses:  2/ 2

 Course       Title                             Credits  Grade

 22-2234      Installation/4-Dimensional           3       C  
 22-2240      Ceramics I*                          3       C  
 22-2241      Ceramics II/Studio                   3       C  
 22-1241      Papermaking Studio                   3       C  
 22-1242      Papermaking: Creating Unusual        3       C  
 22-1245      Puppetry, Pageantry, and the A       3       C  
 22-1231      Contemporary Issues in New Med       3       C  
 22-1232      Sculpture/Wood Carving*              3       C  
 22-1236      Synthetic Material for Casting       3       C  
 22-2242      Jewelry and Objects I*               3       C  
 22-2243      Jewelry and Objects II*              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  
 22-2235      Time Arts                            3       C  
 22-2236      Performance Art                      3       C  
 22-2244      Furniture Design: Beginning          3       C  
 22-2245      Furniture Construction:              3       C  

 22-2235      Time Arts                            3       C  
 22-2236      Performance Art                      3       C  
 22-2244      Furniture Design: Beginning          3       C  
 22-2245      Furniture Construction:              3       C  
 22-1700      Product Design I:                    3       C  
 22-1705      Product Design II: Design            3       C  
 33-1231      Jazz Dance: Beginning                3       C  
 33-1211      Dance Fundamentals                   2       C  
 33-1181      Musical Theater: Dance I             3       C  
 33-1241      African Dance: Beginning             3       C  
 33-1251      Tap Dance: Beginning                 3       C  
 55-1101      Fiction Writing I                    4       C  
 55-4102      Fiction Writing II                   4       C  
 55-4310      Playwriting Workshop II              4       C  
 55-4319      Creative Non-Fiction                 4       C  
 31-1200      Acting I: Basic Skills               3       C  
 31-1210      Improvisational Techniques I*        3       C  
 31-2271      Puppet Workshop:  Toy Theater        1       C  
 26-1000      Animation I*                         4       C  
 22-3105      Dada, Surrealism, Futurism           3       C  
 22-3231      Experimental Photography/            3       C  

Students must take 6 hours from List B.
                                                                                
List B:Approved Elect   

List B:Authorized Elect                     Courses:  2/ 2

 Course       Title                             Credits  Grade

 22-2400      Illustration Introduction:           3       C  
 22-2415      Illustration Introduction:           3       C  
 22-3348      Type as Image                        3       C  
 22-3430      Figure Illustration                  3       C  
 22-3432      Children's Book Illustration         3       C  
 22-3435      Cartooning                           3       C  
 22-3440      Historical Styles in                 3       C  
 22-3460      Digital Illustration I               3       C  
 22-3465      Sequential Imaging                   3       C  
 22-3481      Applied Concepts in Advertisin       3       C  
 22-3482      Applied Concepts in Editorial        3       C  
 22-2520      Advertising Design                   3       C  
 22-2535      Marker Indication                    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  
 22-3400      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  
 22-3384      Management for Designers             3       C  
 22-3365      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  


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