Description: Visual Communications Technology: Graphic Design is a program designed as a specific career path for students interested in gaining employment in the graphic arts; this includes such graphic design areas as print design, package design, web design, motion graphics, gaming design, and new media. A combination of lectures, laboratory projects, studio classes, and hands-on experiences provides students
with an excellent foundation in the design and production of graphics and introduces them to processes and practices common to the field.

This program encourages the selection of art electives to build a strong foundation for careers in the graphic arts.

(Housed in Visual and Performing Arts Department)

Distribution Requirements	Credit Hours
DESIGN TRACK;
FIRST SEMESTER: 16 Credit Hours
ENG 101 College Composition OR ENG 200 Advanced Composition	3
AAD 104 Intro to Graphic Design, 2D	3
AAD 105 Typography	3
AAD 107 A History of Graphic Design	3
ART 104 Drawing I	4
Total	16
SECOND SEMESTER: 14-18 Credit Hours
HUMANITIES ELECTIVE	3-4
AAD 160 Graphic Illustration, Vector Drawing	3
AAD 260 Applied Imaging, Raster Graphics	3
MATHEMATICS ELECTIVE***	3-4
Design Track Elective*	2-4
Total	14-18
THIRD SEMESTER: 15 -18 Credit Hours
NATURAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE	3-4
Design Track Elective*	3-5
ART 231 Art Seminar/Portfolio Development	3
SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE**	3
AAD 112 Graphic Design I	3
Total	15-18
FOURTH SEMESTER: 17-19 Credit Hours
AAD 205 Graphic Design 2	3
Design Track Elective*	3-4
SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE**	3
HUMANITIES ELECTIVE	3-4
Physical/Health Education	2
GENERAL ELECTIVE	3
Total	17-19
TOTAL CREDITS	62-71
ILLUSTRATION TRACK; FIRST SEMESTER: 16 Credit Hours
ENG 101 College Composition OR ENG 200 Advanced Composition	3
AAD 104 Intro to Graphic Design, 2D	3
AAD 105 Typography	3
AAD 107 A History of Graphic Design	3
ART 104 Drawing I	4
Total	16
SECOND SEMESTER: 14 -18 Credit Hours
HUMANITIES ELECTIVE	3-4
AAD 160 Graphic Illustration, Vector Drawing	3
AAD 260 Applied Imaging, Raster Graphics	3
MATHEMATICS ELECTIVE***	3-4
Illustration Track Elective	2-4
Total	14-18
THIRD SEMESTER: 15 -17 Credit Hours
NATURAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE	3-4
Illustration Track Elective	3-4
ART 231 Art Seminar/Portfolio Development	3
SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE**	3
AAD 112 Graphic Design I	3
Total	15-17
FOURTH SEMESTER: 17-19 Credit Hours
AAD 205 Graphic Design 2	3
Illustration Track Elective	3-4
SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE**	3
HUMANITIES ELECTIVE	3-4
Physical/Health Education	2
GENERAL ELECTIVE	3
Total	17-19
TOTAL CREDITS	62-71
PRINTING TRACK;
FIRST SEMESTER: 16 Credit Hours
ENG 101 College Composition OR ENG 200 Advanced Composition	3
AAD 104 Intro to Graphic Design, 2D	3
AAD 105 Typography	3
AAD 107 A History of Graphic Design	3
ART 104 Drawing I	4
Total	16
SECOND SEMESTER: 15-18 Credit Hours
HUMANITIES ELECTIVE	3-4
AAD 160 Graphic Illustration, Vector Drawing	3
AAD 260 Applied Imaging, Raster Graphics	3
MATHEMATICS ELECTIVE***	3-4
Printing Track Elective	3-4
Total	15-18
THIRD SEMESTER: 15 -18 Credit Hours
NATURAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE	3-4
Printing Track Elective	3-5
ART 231 Art Seminar/Portfolio Development	3
SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE**	3
AAD 112 Graphic Design I	3
Total	15-18
FOURTH SEMESTER: 17-19 Credit Hours
AAD 205 Graphic Design 2	3
Printing Track Elective	3-4
SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE**	3
HUMANITIES ELECTIVE	3-4
Physical/Health Education	2
GENERAL ELECTIVE	3
Total	17-19
TOTAL CREDITS	63-71
DESIGN TRACK: 8-13 Credit Hours
AAD 108 Ideation, Concept Development	3
AAD 165 Prepress (Digital Prepress)	3
AAD 167 Web Design: Graphics (Design for On-Line Publishing)	3
AAD 220 Professional Practices (Business Practices for Vis. Media, Artists...)	3
AAD 256 Motion Graphics	3
ART 110 Comics and Sequential Art	3
ART 121 Perspectives of Art History III: Non-West	3
ART 154 Drawing the Human Figure	4
ART 204 Drawing II	4
ART 205 Commercial Illustrations I	4
ILLUSTRATION TRACK: 8-12 Credit Hours
AAD 108 Ideation, Concept Development	3
AAD 167 Web Design: Graphics (Design for On-Line Publishing)	3
AAD 256 Motion Graphics	3
ART 108 The Sketchbook & the Creative Process	1
ART 110 Comics and Sequential Art	3
ART 121 Perspectives of Art History III: Non-West	3
ART 154 Drawing the Human Figure	4
ART 204 Drawing II	4
ART 205 Commercial Illustrations I	4
PRINTING TRACK: 9-13 Credit Hours
AAD 165 Prepress (Digital Prepress)	3
AAD 167 Web Design: Graphics (Design for On-Line Publishing)	3
AAD 220 Professional Practices (Business Practices for Vis. Media, Artists...)	3
AAD 250 Print Process (Graphic Arts)	4

* Suggest ART 118
** Suggest ART 119
*** Suggest MTH 150