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B.F.A. in graphic design

Atlanta
 / 
Savannah
 / 
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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
  • GRDS 440 Studio III: Discovery, Innovation, and The Human
    Experience
  • GRDS 480 Graphic Design Career Strategies and Launch
  • 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

Total course of study: 180 hours