B.F.A. in graphic design
Atlanta
/ Savannah
/ SCADnow online
Foundation studies: 30 hours
- FOUN 110 Design Thinking and Process
- FOUN 111 Sketching and Drawing
- FOUN 112 Color in Context
- FOUN 113 Creative Collaboration Lab
- FOUN 245 Drawing: Idea to Object
- FOUN 251 Time Based Design: Story, Sound, and Movement
General education: 55 hours
- COMM 105 Speaking of Ideas
- BUSI 110 Business I: Fundamentals
- CTXT 121 Visual Culture in Context: Pre-Modern Global Perspectives
- CTXT 122 Visual Culture in Context: Making Modernities
- ENGL 123 Ideas to Ink: Critical Concepts in Academic Writing
- DIGI 130 Digital Communication
- ARTH 207 20th-century Art
- ENGL elective
- General Education Elective
- Mathematics/natural sciences elective
- Social/behavioral sciences elective
Major curriculum: 75 hours
- GRDS 201 Introduction to Graphic Design
- GRDS 205 Typography I: Anatomy, Form, and Purpose
- GRDS 229 The Evolution of Graphic Design
- GRDS 285 Production for Physical Environments
- GRDS 301 Audience, Behavior, and Influence
- GRDS 323 Production for Digital Environments
- GRDS 348 Studio I: Production and Technique
- GRDS 353 Typography II: Language, Expression, and Media
- GRDS 376 Business of Graphic Design
- GRDS 400 Studio II: Brand Direction and Activation
- GRDS 405 Typography III: Type Design and Implementation
- GRDS 408 Graphic Design Professional Portfolio
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GRDS 440 Studio III: Discovery, Innovation, and The Human
Experience - GRDS 480 Graphic Design Career Strategies and Launch
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Select one of these three options:
- GRDS 479 Undergraduate Internship
- 500-level SCADpro elective
- Business-focused elective
Additional electives: 20 hours
- Free elective
- Free elective
- Free elective
- Free elective