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2020 Siena Heights University Catalog

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Graphic Design, B.F.A.

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Course Requirements for Major

Graphic Design Courses: 30 Credit Hours

ART 111 Foundations: Digital Concepts 3 credit hours
ARG 147 Introduction to Graphic Design 3 credit hours
ARG 247 Typography 3 credit hours
ARG 446 Integrative Design 3 credit hours
ARG 330 User Experience Design 3 credit hours
ARG 347 Corporate Identity 3 credit hours
ARG 348 Publication Design 3 credit hours
ARG 440 User Interface Design 3 credit hours
ARG 442 Information Design 3 credit hours
ARG 448 Graphic Design Internship 3 credit hours

Supportive Courses in Art: 37 Credit Hours

ART 105 Foundations: Core Concepts 3 credit hours
ART 109 Foundations: Drawing Concepts 3 credit hours
ART 116 Introduction to Digital Photography 3 credit hours
ART 118 Introduction to Book Arts 3 credit hours
ART 119 Introduction to Printmaking 3 credit hours
ART 121 Introduction to Sculpture 3 credit hours
ART 243 Introduction to Video 3 credit hours
ART 395 Portfolio 3 credit hours
ART 495 Senior Exhibition 1 credit hours
Approved Art Studio Electives 12 credit hours (may not double count)

Art and Design History Courses: 12 Credit Hours

ARH 246 History of Graphic Design 3 credit hours
ARH 435 Visual Culture 3 credit hours

Select two (2) courses from the following: 6 Credit Hours

ARH 230 Non-Western Topics 3 credit hours
ARH 240 Ancient Art 3 credit hours
ARH 242 Film Study and Analysis 3 credit hours
ARH 244 Renaissance to Modern Art 3 credit hours
ARH 248 History of Architecture 3 credit hours
ARH 350 Art and Gender 3 credit hours
ARH 440 Late Twentieth-Century Art 3 credit hours
ARH 445 History of Photography 3 credit hours

Approved Cognate Requirements: 9 Credit Hours

Select one of the following: 3 Credit Hours

(may not double count)

PSY 111 Introduction To Psychology 3 credit hours
SOC 111 Introduction To Sociology 3 credit hours
SOC 113 Cultural Anthropology 3 credit hours

Select one of the following: 3 Credit Hours

(may not double count)

PSY 270 Research Methods 3 credit hours
SOC 341 Research In The Social Sciences 3 credit hours

Select one of the following: 3 Credit Hours

(may not double count)

BAM 201 Business Communications 3 credit hours
CIS 140 Programming I 3 credit hours
COM 111 Introduction To Communications 3 credit hours
ENG 211 Rhetoric 3 credit hours
ECO 221 Microeconomics 3 credit hours
MAT 143 Statistics And Society 3 credit hours
MGT 302 Management Principles And Cases 3 credit hours
MGT 440 Entrepreneurship And Small Business Management 3 credit hours
PHI 220 Introduction To Ethics 3 credit hours
PSY 340 Social Psychology 3 credit hours
RST 305 Theological Ethics 3 credit hours
SED 101 American Sign Language I 3 credit hours
SPA 101 Elementary Spanish I 4 credit hours

Total for Major: 88 Credit Hours

Liberal Arts: 22-23 Credit Hours

General Electives: 9-10 Credit Hours

Total for Degree: 120 Credit Hours

Other Requirements

All Graphic Design majors must successfully complete the Sophomore Critique process beginning in the sophomore year.
All BFA Graphic Design majors must successfully complete the Junior Critique process beginning in the junior year.
Graphic Design majors must earn a grade of “C-” or better in all art and art history courses.
Any student wishing to continue in sequential art courses must have earned a grade of “C-” or better in all designated prerequisites.
Graphic Design majors must complete a senior project in Graphic Design approved by one of the primary Graphic Design faculty.
Students wanting to present an interdisciplinary art and design senior project in Klemm Gallery must have taken: ARH 440 Late Twentieth-Century Art , TSD 101 Fundamentals Of Speech Communication  or LAN 201 Education Communication  and completed a minor in one of the following: Printmaking & Book Arts, Ceramics, Painting & Drawing, Photography, Sculpture or Art.
Senior Exhibitions in Klemm Gallery should focus on the intersection of graphic design and the selected studio minor.