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Art: Commercial Art (BS)


Commercial Art plays a large role in todays visual culture. From illustration to graphic design, the commercial arts encompass a large variety of visual skills. The commercial art program establishes foundational skills in drawing, design, and digital graphic applications then builds on those foundations to establish more advanced skills in painting, illustration, and publishing design, both digital and traditional.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

courses

credit hours (bS)

CORE EXPERIENCE

DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience

3

Developing A Christian Mind

DBUE 2301 - Developing a Christian Mind

3

English

9-10

ENGL 1301/1401 - 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 HIST 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)

3-4

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

Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course)

3-4

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

40-43

Additional Program General Education Hours

11-12

Choose two 4-hour courses from Nat. Lab Science LL Course List.

Choose one 3-4 hour course from STEM LL Course List.

Art: Commercial Art Major 

57

ART 1301 - Design I

ART 1302 - Design II

ART 1303 - Drawing I

ART 2050 - Sophomore Portfolio Review

ART 2303 - Drawing II

ART 2310 - Painting I

ART 3303 - Drawing III

ART 3310 - Painting II

ART 3319 - Visual Communication

ART 3321 - Graphic Design I

ART 3322 - Graphic Design II

ART 3325 - Lettering and Typography

ART 4301 - Internship in Art (S-L)

ART 4309 - Painting III

ART 4321 - Advertising Design (S-L)

ART 4328 - Illustration I

ART 4329 - Illustration II

ART 4318 History of Graphic Design I

or

ART 3305 Art History I

ART 4338 History of Graphic Design II

or

ART 3306 Art History II

ART 4385 - Studio Research

Specialization Electives - Choose 9 hours from the following:

9

ART 3304 - Watercolor

ART 3314 - Photography II (Requisite: ART 2314)

ART 3318 - Web Design

ART 4303 - Drawing IV (Requisite ART 3303)

ART 4310 - Painting IV (Requisite ART 4309)

ART 4327 - Color and Composition

ART 4330 - Special Topics in Art

ART 4380 - The Arts and the Creative Process

MRKT 3303 - Promotional Strategy

Electives 

Upper-Level

0

Lower or Upper-Level

0-3

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED

120-121

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 REQUIREMENTS

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