Visual Communication Design, B.F.A.

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Special admission requirements: Successful review in ARTV 283 Visual Communication Admittance Review (0 credits) is required prior to submitting work for ARTV 297 VCD Portfolio Review (0 credits) . Successful review in ARTV 297 is required for admission to the B.F.A. in visual communication design.

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Degree Requirements

Core Courses (12 credits)

Note:

* ART 291W Advanced Writing-Writing/Artists - WC (3 credits) fulfills the general education requirements for Written Communication II

Visual Communication Design Track (70 credits)

ARTH 100 History of Art: Renaissance Modernism (3 credits)
ARTV 201 Intro to Computer Graphics for Design (3 credits) ♦
ARTD 210 Drawing I (3 credits) ♦
ARTV 215 Visual Communication Design (3 credits) ♦
ARTV 217 Typography I (3 credits) ♦
ARTV 283 Visual Communication Admittance Review (0 credits) ♦
ARTV 297 VCD Portfolio Review (0 credits) ♦ (to be taken after 60 semester hours of university coursework or 21 semester hours in art; must be taken in either fall or spring of intermediate-level year)
ARTV 317 Typography II (3 credits) ♦
ARTO 210 Photography I (3 credits) ♦
ARTD 310 Drawing II (3 credits) ♦
ARTV 315 Visual Communication Design II (3 credits) ♦
ARTV 330 Interaction Design for Visual Communication Design I (3 credits) ♦
ARTV 325 Techniques in Visual Communication Design (3 credits) ♦
ARTH 321 History of Visual Communication Design (3 credits) ♦
Select one 3D studio elective (3 credits)
ARTV 417 Typography III (3 credits) ♦
ARTV 425 Information Design (3 credits) ♦
ARTV 430 Interaction Design for Vis Com Des II (3 credits) ♦
Select one 2D studio elective (3 credits)
ARTV 415 Visual Communication Design III (3 credits) ♦
ARTV 427 Motion Design (3 credits) ♦
Select one 300/400-level studio elective (3 credits)
ARTV 496 Visual Communication Design Internship (3 credits) ♦
OR
CEP 300 Cooperative Education (1-3 credits)
ARTV 428 Visual Communication Design Capstone (3 credits) ♦
ART 497 Senior Exhibition (1 credit) ♦

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Visual Communication Design, B.F.A.

Degree Requirements

Core Courses (12 credits)

Note:

Visual Communication Design Track (70 credits)

Select one course from the following (3 credits)

Total Credits 82