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Communication: Graphic Design (BA)

Graphic Design plays a pivotal role in todays visual culture, having a major impact on the area of advertising design, web design, publishing design, and social media. The BA Communication: Graphic Design degree provides training in all of these areas while allowing students the opportunity to develop other individual art skills.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

courses

credit hours (ba)

CORE EXPERIENCE

DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience

3

Developing A Christian Mind

DBUE 2301 - Developing a Christian Mind

3

English

9

ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I

ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II

and

ENGL 2301 - World Literature I

or

ENGL 2302 - World Literature II

Fine Arts
FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts

3

History Lower Level (LL)

3

Choose one 3-hour course from HIST LL Course List.

Kinesiology

1

KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living

Mathematics (3-4 hour LL course)

3

Choose one 3-hour course from Math LL Course List.

Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course)

4

Choose one 4-hour course from Nat. Lab Science LL Course List.

Religion

9

RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey

RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey

and one additional RELI course from RELI Course List.

Social Science

3

POLS 2301 - American National Government

Total Core Experience

41

Additional Program General Education Hours

14

Choose two 4-hour courses in the same language from LANG/BL Language Course List.

Choose two additional 3-hour language courses from the list above or from HIST/FA/SS Course List.

Major Core:

54

ART 1301 - Design I

ART 1303 - Drawing I

COMA 1302 - Speech and Interpersonal Communication

COMA 2050 - Sophomore Portfolio Review

COMA 2314 - Photography I

COMA 3301 - Nonverbal Communication

COMA 3304 - Writing Across Media

COMA 3318 - Web Design

COMA 3319 - Visual Communication

COMA 3321 - Graphic Design I

COMA 3322 - Graphic Design II

COMA 3325 - Lettering and Typography

COMA 3350 - Social Media

COMA 4300 - Portfolio Research

COMA 4310 - Internship in Communication

COMA 4318 - History of Graphic Design I

COMA 4321 - Advertising Design (S-L)

COMA 4328 - Illustration I

COMA 4338 - History of Graphic Design II

Specialization Electives - Choose 9 hours from the following:

9

COMA 3303 - Small Group Communication

COMA 3308 - Persuasive Communication

COMA 3314 - Photography II

COMA 3341 - Photography Process and Practice

COMA 4319 - Communication Styles: A Key to Business Success

COMA 4322 - Leadership Communication (S-L) (AGP-eligible)

COMA 4323 - Communication Theory (AGP-eligible)

COMA 4325 - Communication in the Digital Age

COMA 4327 - Color and Composition

COMA 4329 - Illustration II

COMA 4330 - Special Topics in Communication

COMA 4341 - Business of Photography

COMA 4380 - The Arts and the Creative Process

MRKT 3303 - Promotional Strategy

Electives 

Upper-Level

Lower or Upper-Level

0

2

A minor is recommended.

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED

120

A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor’s degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.

At least 12 credit hours in the major program must be completed at Dallas Baptist University, including nine upper-level course hours.

Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.

(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.

Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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