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Online Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design

At SCAD, graphic design is about more than problem-solving, as students explore the creative challenge of determining what the problems are, and what opportunities exist to explore new solutions. At both the undergraduate and graduate levels, online coursework parallels professional practice. Print and digital portfolios display professionally competitive design projects and demonstrate knowledgeable use of both print and time-based communication media.

Student projects may include promotional campaigns, logos and visual identities, multimedia/interactive projects and presentations, packaging, posters, publications, information design solutions, websites, brand design, social media exchanges and more. Students also learn appropriate production techniques and methodologies completely online.

Online B.A. Degree
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	The Business of 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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