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Sample 4-Year Plan: Art - Graphic Design B.F.A.

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This is one way a student can complete this program in four years if the student requires no remedial courses.

MAJOR: Visual Arts

TRACK/OPTION: Graphic Design


FIRST YEAR Save your best projects from your first year, at least one artwork from ART 131, ART 132, ART 133 and ART 134.	Fall Semester		Spring Semester
	ART 131 Drawing I	3	ART 133 3-Dimensional Studies/Visual Art	3
	ART 132 2-Dimensional Studies/Visual Art	3	ART 134 4-D Studies and Color Theory	3
	ARTH survey (choice #1 of 3)	3	ARTG 224 Introduction to Computer Graphic Design	3
	Gen Ed	3	Gen Ed	3
	Gen Ed	3	Gen Ed	3
	TOTAL	15	TOTAL	15
SECOND YEAR	Fall Semester		Spring Semester
	ARTG 225 Introduction to Graphic Design	3	ARTG 317 Intermediate Typography	3
	ARTG 226 Introduction to Typography	3	ARTO 210 Basic Photography or ARTO 211 Basic Photography for Graphic Designers	3
	ARTG 283 Graphic Design Admittance Review	0	ARTD 310 Intermediate Drawing	3
	ARTH survey (choice #2 of 3)	3	Gen Ed: Scientific and Quantitative Inquiry; Natural Sciences with lab	4
	Gen Ed	3
	TOTAL	12	TOTAL	13
THIRD YEAR	Fall Semester		Spring Semester
	ARTG 323 Intermediate Graphic Design	3	ARTG 321 History of Graphic Design	3
	ARTP 230 Painting I	3	ARTG 325 Production for Graphic Designers	3
	ARTH survey (choice #3 of 3)	3	Three-dimensional studio elective	3
	Gen Ed	3	Gen Ed	3
	ART 299 Portfolio Review (must be taken in either fall or spring of the junior year)	0	ART 299 Portfolio Review (must be taken in either fall or spring of the junior year)	0
	TOTAL	12	TOTAL	12
FOURTH YEAR	Fall Semester		Spring Semester
	ARTG 417 Advanced Typography	3	ARTG 421 Special Topics in Graphic Design	3
	ARTG 425 Advanced Graphic Design I	3	ARTG 426 Advanced Graphic Design Spring	3
	Two-dimensional studio elective	3	Studio elective 300 level or above	3
	Gen Ed	3	Elective 300 level or above	3
	Gen Ed	3	Gen Ed	3
	TOTAL	15	TOTAL	15
SUMMER	Summer
	ARTG 496 Graphic Design Experiential Component or CEP 300 Cooperative Education (can be taken before or after this particular summer, but must be completed to obtain the degree)	3
	TOTAL	3
B.F.A. CAPSTONE	Fall Semester
	ARTG 428 Senior Project in Graphic Design	3
	ART 497 Senior Exhibition (co-requisite with ARTG 428)	1
	Elective 300 level or above	3
	Elective 300 level or above	3
	Gen Ed	3
	TOTAL	13
GRAND TOTAL OF CREDITS				125
• All courses listed in this chart with the ARTG prefix are offered only in the fall or spring as shown (except ARTG 496). • Some general studies choices by students may defray the number of upper-division electives outlined above.

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