Graphic Design, B.F.A.
Graphic Design, B.F.A. Locations
Requirements For: B.F.A. Major – 66 Hours, 2.0 GPA
Students majoring in Graphic Design produce most of their work in the digital environment of Park University’s fully equipped Macintosh studio. Today, most artists earn a living by producing a wide range of visual materials for publication. Graphic Design students learn visual communication, typography, layout, illustration and photography while building professional quality design portfolios. Instruction models conditions in the professional environment. Internship opportunities in graphic design firms and other professional settings provide real world experience and a transition to the world beyond the campus.
Freshman Core 15 cr.
Fulfills: LE Humanities, GEM
Graphic Design 42 cr.
Fulfills: LE Humanities
Prerequisite(s): AR140
Prerequisite(s): CA224 or AR218
Prerequisite(s): AR140
Prerequisite(s): AR144 and AR218
Fulfills: Writing Intensive,
Prerequisite(s): AR115, AR218 and AR231
Prerequisite(s): AR231 and AR300
Prerequisite(s): AR300, AR328 and AR331
Prerequisite(s): AR328
Prerequisite(s): AR418
Electives 9 cr.
Select 9 hours from the following:
Prerequisite(s): AR331 and permission of the department.
Prerequisite(s): CA241 or AR241
Prerequisite(s): MK351 or equivalent. All prerequisites must be passed with a C or better.
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Portfolios
All graduating art and design majors are required to individually document (either by means of color slide photography or digital photography) selected examples of their best work. These final portfolios are to be submitted to their major advisors as part of their Senior Seminar. These slides, CDs, zip disks, etc. will remain the property of the Department of Art, Design and Interdisciplinary Studies.
Art Supplies
Art and Design majors must plan, when preparing their yearly educational budgets, to spend at least $250 per semester on art supplies. All studio art courses require varying amounts of personal equipment and supplies. Studio fees collected at registration for some art courses provide only a portion of the supplies needed. Supply lists will be provided on the first day of classes.
Liberal Education Requirements 40 CR.
Writing Seminar 6 cr.
EN105 and EN106
Math Requirement 3 cr.
Select one of the following:
MA120, MA135, or higher math course excluding MA208
Science with a lab Requirement 4 cr.
Select one of the following:
BI101, BI111, BI211, BI212, BI223, BIO221, BIO225, BIO325, BIO327, BIO330, BIO337L and BIO337, BIO350, BIO400, BIO410, BIO411, BIO417, CH101, CH105, CH107L and CH107, CH108L and CH108, CH317L and CH317, CH318L and CH318, CH328, CH329, CH337L and CH337, CH440, GGP115, GGP205, GO130, GO141, GO151, GO200, GO310, GO320, GO330, PY155, PY156, PY205, or PY206
Ethics Requirement 3 cr.
Select one of the following:
AC435, CA302, CS300, EDU310, MG495, NS306, PA380, PH102, PH221, PH224, PH308, PS220, SO220, SW492
Communications Requirement 3 cr.
Select one of the following:
CA103, CA105
Citizenship Requirement 3 cr.
Select one of the following:
PO200, PO210, HIS111, HIS112, or HIS113
Humanities Requirement 6 cr.
Select one of the following Art or English:
AR115, AR215, AR216, EN201, EN221, EN232, EN234
And one of the following:
AR115, AR215, AR216, EN201, EN221, EN232, EN234, CA104, CA116, CA235, ML235, ML251, PH101, PC202, PH205, RE109, SP110, SP201, SP202, TH100, TH101,
Natural Science Requirement 3 cr.
Select one of the following:
BI214, CH101, CH102, CH105, CH107 CH107L, CH108 CH108L, GGP115, GGP120, GGP205, GO125, GO130, GO141, GO151, GO200, NS220, PY101, PY155, PY156, PY205, or PY206
*Computer Science and PE courses excluded.
Social Science Requirement 6 cr.
Select two of the following:
AN100, CJ100, CJ200, EC141, EC142, EDU210, FI201, GGH110, GGH200, HIS104, HIS105, PO216, PS101, PS125, PS205, SO141, SO206, or SW205
Seminar: Integrative & Interdisciplinary Learning 3 cr.
Select one of the topics for LE300*
Graduation Requirements
Student Seminar 3 cr.
FYE100 First-Year Seminar (required for all incoming first-time freshman and highly encouraged for transfer students)
Upper Division Hours 36 cr.
36 hours upper division (300 - 400) level course work
Writing Across the Curriculum 9 cr.
3 credit hours of Professional Writing (EN306* or equivalent from the list below) plus 6 credit hours of Writing Intensive coursework are required.
EN306A, EN306B, EN306C, EN307, EDU300, CJ450, HIS455, MG306, NS306, PA430, PO405, PS300, PS406, or SO310
6 credit hours to fulfill the Writing Intensive requirement must be chosen from among the courses designated in the catalog as “WI” (Writing Intensive), composed as follows:
- 3 of the credit hours must come from a WI course outside the student’s major(s); that is, the course must be offered by a program other than the one(s) that house(s) the student’s major area of study at the time the course is taken.
- 3 of the credit hours must come from a WI course that is offered by the student’s major program; that is, the course must be offered by the same program that houses the student’s major at the time the course is taken.
AR316, AR498, BIO498, CA218, CH342, CJ221, CS300, EDU310, EN201, EN 204, EN221, EN232, EN234, EN490, FW190, GGP350, HC 263, HIS261, HIS453, IDS410, MA301, ML251, MG495, NUR460, PA432, PO210, PS315, SO141, SP320, SW325
Additional Requirements
Park University grants the Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Bachelor of Public Administration, Bachelor of Science in Education, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and the Bachelor of Music Degree upon completion of the following requirements:
- Completion of a minimum of 120 semester hours with a cumulative 2.0 GPA (or higher dependent on major).
- A minor for Geography, B.S. and Information Systems, B.S. majors.
- Satisfaction of all requirements for a major.
- Completion of degree specific requirements.
- Completion of Liberal Education requirements.
- Completion of residency requirement, 30 hours of earned and graded (A, B, C, D) college hours at Park University. At least 15 of these 30 hours must be in the major.
- Submission of an Application for Graduation.