B.F.A. in illustration

Foundation studies: 35 hours

• DRAW 100 Drawing I: Form and Space
• DRAW 101 Drawing II: Composition and Media
• DRAW 200 Life Drawing I
• DSGN 100 Design I: Elements and Organization
• DSGN 101 Color: Theory and Application
• DSGN 102 Design II: 3-D Form in Space
• — Studio elective

General education: 55 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 Speaking of Ideas
• ENGL 123 Composition
• — ARLH or ARTH elective
• — ENGL elective
• — General education elective†
• — Mathematics/natural sciences elective†
• — Social/behavioral sciences elective†

Major curriculum: 80 hours

• CLC 580 Collaboration‡
• ILLU 100 Introduction to Illustration Strategies
• ILLU 160 Illustrative Anatomy and Perspective
• ILLU 204 Historical and Contemporary Illustration
• ILLU 218 Materials and Techniques
• ILLU 225 Digital Illustration
• ILLU 309 Illustrating Beyond the Page: The Narrative Experience
• ILLU 312 Color with Intent
• ILLU 321 Animated Illustration
• ILLU 351 Contextual Character Design§
• ILLU 352 Creative Concepting for World Building§
• ILLU 450 Illustration Business Strategies and Entrepreneurship
• ILLU 480 Professional Portfolio for Illustrators
• — ILLU elective‡

Choose one concentration to complete the major curriculum:

Animated illustration and publication design

• ILLU 325 Editorial Illustration
• ILLU 373 Advertising Illustration#
• ILLU 383 Book Illustration#
• ILLU 433 Dynamic Publication: Traditional and Animated Illustration
• ILLU 463 Career Strategies for Publication Design

Concept design for animation and games

• ILLU 326 Atmospheric and Environmental Illustration
• ILLU 384 Anatomy and Rendering for the Real and Imagined
• ILLU 434 Concept Design for Animation and Games
• ILLU 464 Career Strategies for Concept Design

Illustration for entertainment

• ILLU 335 Imaginative Illustration: Character Refinement
• ILLU 385 Visualizing the Macabre and Divine
• ILLU 435 Animated Digital Asset Development for the Illustrator
• ILLU 465 Career Strategies for Entertainment Design

Illustration for surface design

• ILLU 318 Type and Image for Illustrators
• ILLU 386 Repeat-pattern Illustration
• ILLU 436 Developing Collections for Surface Design
• ILLU 466 Career Strategies for Surface Design

Additional electives: 10 hours

• — Free elective
• — Free elective

Total course of study: 180 hours

* Choose one of these two courses.
† Consult the general education and mathematics competency requirements.
‡ Choose one course.
§ Choose one of these two courses.
# Choose one of these two courses.
Consult your faculty adviser in selecting elective courses.
Course numbers and titles are subject to change.