Communication: Graphic Design (BS)
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 BS 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 (bS) |
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DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience | 3 |
Developing A Christian Mind DCM 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 | 3 |
History HIST Lower Level (LL) | 3 |
Choose one: HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865 HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865 HIST 2301 - World Civilization I HIST 2302 - World Civilization II | |
Kinesiology | 1 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living | |
Mathematics (3-4 hour LL course) | 3 |
Choose one: MATH 1301 - Math for Liberal Arts (Requisite: scores or completion of MATH 1300) MATH 1303 - College Algebra (Requisite: scores or completion of MATH 1300) MATH 1307 - Finite Math for Business Analysis (Requisite: scores or completion of MATH 1300) MATH 1405 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (Requisite: scores or completion of MATH 1304) | |
Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course) | 4 |
Choose one: BIOL 1401 - Principles of Biology BIOL 1405 - Modern Concepts in Biology I BIOL 1406 - Modern Concepts in Biology II BIOL 2405 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I BIOL 2406 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II (Requisite BIOL 2405) CHEM 1301 - Chemistry and Society CHEM 1401 - General Chemistry I ENSC 1401 - Introduction to Environmental Science GEOL 1301 - Physical Geology GEOL 1401 - Meteorology and Space Science PHSC 1401 - General Physics I PHYS 1401 - General Physics I PHYS 2405 - University Physics I (requisite MATH 1405) | |
Religion | 9 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey and one additional RELI course. | |
Social Science | 3 |
POLS 2301 - American National Government | |
Total Core Experience | 41 |
Additional Program General Education Hours | 11 |
4-hour LAB SCI LL (See list of Natural Sciences courses above) 4-hour LAB SCI LL and STEM LL - 3 or 4-hour (a lower level course from natural sciences, computer sciences, engineering, or mathematics) Choose from: COSC 1302 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming COSC 1405 - Foundations of Computer Science I ENGR 1311 - Introduction to Engineering Practice I MATH 1301 - Math for Liberal Arts (Requisite: Scores or completion of MATH 1300) MATH 1304 - Trigonometry (Requisite: Scores or completion of MATH 1300) MATH 1308 - Calculus for Business Analysis (Requisite: MATH 1303 or 1307) MATH 1406 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry II (Requisite: MATH 1405) MATH 2301 - Elementary Probability and Statistics (Requisite: MATH 1301, 1303, 1307, OR 1405) MATH 2309 - Introduction to Linear Algebra (Requisite: MATH 1303, 1307, or 1405) | |
Graphic Design Major: | 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 12 hours from the following: | 12 |
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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