SCAD > Programs > Graphic Design

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.

Course numbers and titles are subject to change.

VIEW STUDENT WORK

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Commencement 2013 in Savannah Jun 01, 2013

Commencement 2013 in Atlanta Jun 01, 2013

Polk works at Schawk Retail Marketing

William "Jay" Polk (B.F.A., graphic design, 1993) lives in Smyrna, Georgia, and works for Schawk Retail Marketing as a senior graphic designer in the field marketing division. The company handles all in-store marketing for The Home Depot as well as some of its targeted newspaper ads.
Pianka is an English teacher in New Jersey

Elisa Pianka (B.F.A., graphic design, 2003) is an English teacher in the South Orange/Maplewood school district in New Jersey. Pianka and a fellow teacher started StitchMates, a business centered on creating eco-friendly handmade products that are sold at local fairs and on Etsy.
Gretta Fry is environmental graphic designer

Gretta (Greenberg) Fry (B.F.A., graphic design, 1997) is a contract environmental graphic designer in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, area. One of the companies she contracts with is SED, a company focusing on sensory environment design.

Graphic Design