Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree

(B.F.A. available in Atlanta and Savannah and via SCAD-eLearning)

Core Curriculum

Foundation Studies		40 hours
DRAW	100	Drawing I
DRAW	101	Drawing II
DRAW	230	Drawing for Design
DSGN	100	2-D Design
DSGN	101	Color Theory
DSGN	102	3-D Design
PHOT	113	Photographic Foundations I*
PRMK	200	Introduction to Printmaking*
	-	Studio Elective

General Education		60 hours
ARTH	100	Survey of Western Art I
ARTH	110	Survey of Western Art II
ARTH	207	20th-century Art
	-	ARTH/ARLH Elective
	-	ARTH/ARLH Elective
CMPA	100	Survey of Computer Art Applications
COMM	105	Speech and Public Speaking
ENGL	123	Composition
	-	ENGL Elective
	-	Natural Sciences/Mathematics Requirement†
	-	Social/Behavioral Sciences Requirement‡
	-	General Education Elective‡

Major Curriculum

		70 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	353	Typography II
GRDS	358	Production Design
GRDS	376	The Business of Graphic Design
	-	GRDS Elective
	-	GRDS Elective
	-	GRDS Elective
GRDS	400	Graphic Design Studio II
GRDS	408	Graphic Design Portfolio
Electives	-	10 hours
Total Course of Study		180 hours

		Consult your faculty adviser in selecting elective courses.
*		Select one of these two courses.
†		Consult the mathematics competency requirementin the academic programs and policies section.
‡		Consult the general education requirementsin the academic programs and policies section.

Course numbers and titles are subject to change.