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B.F.A. in illustration

Atlanta
 / 
Savannah

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 220 Drawing: Light and Shadow
  • FOUN 230 Figure Drawing: Gesture and Movement

General education: 50 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
  • ARLH, ARTH, or CINE Elective
  • ENGL elective
  • General education elective
  • Mathematics/natural sciences elective

Major curriculum: 50 hours

  • ILLU 100 Introduction to Illustration Strategies
  • ILLU 162 Perspective
  • ILLU 163 Dynamic Figures
  • ILLU 204 Historical and Contemporary Illustration
  • ILLU 218 Materials and Techniques
  • ILLU 225 Digital Illustration
  • ILLU 242 Color with Intent
  • ILLU 460 Business and Career Strategies for Illustration
  • ILLU 480 Professional Portfolio for Illustrators
  • Select one of these three options:

  • ILLU 479 Undergraduate Internship
  • 500-level SCADpro Elective
  • Business-Focused Elective

Select one concentration to complete the major curriculum:

  • Dynamic illustration and publication

  • Select two of these three options:

  • ILLU 373 Advertising Illustration
  • ILLU 383 Book Illustration
  • ILLU 385 Visualizing the Macabre and Divine
  • ILLU 309 Illustrating Beyond the Page: The Narrative Experience
  • ILLU 318 Type and Image for Illustrators
  • ILLU 321 Animated Illustration
  • ILLU 325 Editorial Illustration
  • ILLU 433 Dynamic Publication: Traditional and Animated Illustration
  • Illustration for surface design

  • Select two of these three options:

  • ILLU 321 Animated Illustration
  • GRDS, FIBR, or PRMK Elective
  • GRDS, FIBR, or PRMK Elective
  • GRDS 285 Production for Physical Environments
  • ILLU 310 Repeat-pattern Illustration
  • ILLU 318 Type and Image for Illustrators
  • ILLU 436 Developing Collections for Surface Design
  • ILLU 442 Designing the Surface: Product, Packaging, and Print
  • Visual development

  • ILLU 319 Creative Concepting for World Building
  • Select three of these five options:

  • SEQA 325 Environments, Props, and Structures
  • GAME 333 Digital Sculpting: Creatures and Characters
  • ILLU 384 Anatomy and Rendering for the Real and Imagined
  • ILLU 385 Visualizing the Macabre and Divine
  • ILLU 435 Animated Digital Asset Development for the Illustrator
  • ILLU 326 Atmospheric and Environmental Illustration
  • ILLU 351 Contextual Character Design
  • ILLU 434 Concept Design for Animation and Games
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Additional electives: 15 hours

  • Free elective
  • Free elective
  • Free elective

Total course of study: 180 hours