Design, Interactivity, and Media Arts - Graphic Design (DIGDO)

Students combine creative problem-solving with visual, technical, and artistic skills to communicate messages to a specific audience. Design for print is the emphasis of this program.

Graduation Requirements

General education	27.0
Major requirements	27.0
Concentration requirements	54.0
Total credit hours required	108.0

General education requirements (27.0 credit hrs.)

Communications

ENGL 1010	English Composition IONLINEHYBRID	4.5
ENGL 1020	English Composition IIONLINEHYBRID	4.5

Humanities/social sciences

ARTS 1110	Art History-Ancient to GothicONLINEHYBRID	4.5
	OR
ARTS 1120	Art History-Renaissance to ModernONLINEHYBRID	4.5

 

Quantitative/numeracy skills

Mathematics or Financial Literacy

4.5

See Quantitative/numeracy skills course options

Other

HMRL 1010	Human Relations SkillsONLINEHYBRID	4.5
INFO 1001	Information Systems and LiteracyONLINEHYBRID	4.5

Requirements

Tier I - Major Requirements (27.0 credit hrs.)

Students must take all courses

ARTS 1010	Elementary Drawing	4.5
ARTS 1020	2-D Design	4.5
DIMA 1110	Digital Design: Raster	4.5
DIMA 1120	Digital Design: Vector	4.5
DIMA 1310	Typography I	4.5
DIMA 1450	Design for Motion Graphics I	4.5

Tier II - Required Concentration (45.0 credit hrs.)

DIMA 1100	Desktop Publishing Basics - InDesign	4.5
DIMA 1305	Concept Development	4.5
DIMA 1320	History of Graphic Design	4.5
DIMA 1325	Layout	4.5
DIMA 1500	Web Design	4.5
DIMA 2300	Logo Design and Branding	4.5
DIMA 2310	Information Design	4.5
DIMA 2350	Typography II	4.5
DIMA 2352	Publication Design	4.5
DIMA 2810	Portfolio Development	4.5

Tier III - Electives (9.0 credit hrs.)

Select 9.0 credit hours from the following:

DIMA 1200	Illustration I	4.5
DIMA 1350	Print Overview	4.5
DIMA 2200	Illustration II	4.5
DIMA 2351	Package Design	4.5
DIMA 2500	Web Design Partnership Project	4.5
DIMA 2700	3-D Game Development	4.5
DIMA 2900	Special Topics in DIMA	variable
DIMA 2981	Internship	4.5
ENTR 1050	Introduction to EntrepreneurshipONLINEHYBRID	4.5
INFO 1311	Web Page CreationONLINEHYBRID	4.5

See Curriculum Plan