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SCAD offers the most inclusive approach to graphic design - a strong foundation in traditional media with an emphasis on mobile platforms and design thinking for a connected world.
Meet graphic design alumna Ramona Todoca.

Offered in: Atlanta, Savannah, eLearning
Visual Communication Concentration in Graphic Design

Core Curriculum
Foundation Studies		25 hours
DRAW	100	Drawing I: Form and Space
DRAW	101	Drawing II: Composition and Media
DSGN	100	Design I: Elements and Organization
DSGN	101	Color: Theory and Application
	-	Studio Elective

General Education		90 hours
ARTH	100	Survey of Western Art I
ARTH	110	Survey of Western Art II
ARTH	207	20th-century Art
CMPA	100	Survey of Computer Art Applications*
CMPA	110	Advanced Survey of Computer Art Applications*
COMM	105	Speech and Public Speaking
ENGL	123	Composition
PHIL	301	Aesthetics
	-	ARLH/ARTH Elective
	-	ARLH/ARTH Elective
	-	ENGL Elective
	-	ENGL Elective
	-	General Education Elective†
	-	General Education Elective†
	-	General Education Elective†
	-	Natural Sciences/Mathematics†
	-	Natural Sciences/Mathematics†
		Social/Behavioral Sciences†
		Social/Behavioral Sciences†

Concentration		45 hours
GRDS	201	Introduction to Graphic Design
GRDS	205	Typography I
GRDS	229	History of Graphic Design
GRDS	233	Vector and Raster Graphics
GRDS	243	Digital Page and Web Graphics
GRDS	348	Graphic Design Studio I
GRDS	358	Production Design
GRDS	376	Business Practices for Graphic Design
	-	GRDS Elective

Additional Electives		20 hours
	-	Free Elective
	-	Free Elective
	-	Free Elective
	-	Free Elective

Total Course of Study		180 hours

* Choose one of these two courses.

† Consult the general education and mathematics competency requirements.

Consult your faculty adviser in selecting elective courses.

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Mentor Student Connect Feb 11, 2012

Edwards Adobe Achievement Award semi-finalist

M.F.A. graphic design student Keely Edwards was a semi-finalist in the Adobe Achievement Awards in the student category of Illustration.
Packaging Corporation of America hires Lee

Jinna Lee (B.F.A., graphic design, 2011) accepted a position with Packaging Corporation of America in Lake Forest, Illinois.
Target in Minneapolis hires MacDonald

B.F.A. graphic design student Krisna MacDonald accepted a job offer with Target in Minneapolis, Minnesota, beginning after graduation.

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