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.
Electives 9 cr.
Select 9 hours from the following:
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.
Math Requirement 3 cr.
Select one of the following:
MA 120 , MA 135 , or higher math course excluding MA 208
Science with a lab Requirement 4 cr.
Select one of the following:
BI 101 , BI 111 , BI 211 , BI 212 , BI 223 , BIO 221 , BIO 225 , BIO 325 , BIO 327 , BIO 330 , BIO 337L and BIO 337 , BIO 350 , BIO 378 , BIO 400 , BIO 410 , BIO 411 , BIO 417 , CH 101 , CH 105 CH 107L and CH 107 , CH 108L and CH 108 , CH 317L and CH 317 , CH 318L and CH 318 , CH 328 , CH 329 , CH 337L and CH 337 , CH 405 , CH 440 , GGP 115 , GGP 205 , GO 130 , GO 141 , GO 151 , GO 200 , GO 310 , GO 320 , GO 330 , PY 155 , PY 156 , PY 205 , or PY 206
Ethics Requirement 3 cr.
Select one of the following:
AC 435 , CA 302 , CS 300 , EDU 310 , MG 495 , NS 306 , PA 380 , PH 102 , PH 221 , PH 224 , PH 308 , PS 220 , SO 220 or SW 492
Humanities Requirement 6 cr.
Select one of the following Art or English:
AR 115 , AR 215 , AR 216 , EN 201 , EN 221 , EN 232 , EN 234
And one of the following:
AR 115 , AR 215 , AR 216 , EN 201 , EN 221 , EN 232 , EN 234 , CA 104 , CA 116 , CA 235 , FR 201 , ML 235 ,ML 251 , PH 101 , PC 202 ,PH 205 , RE 109 , SP 110 , SP 201 , SP 202 , TH 100 , TH 101 , TH 201 , TH 216
Natural Science Requirement 3 cr.
Select one of the following:
BI 214 , CH 101 , CH 102 , CH 105 , CH 107 and CH 107L , CH 108 and CH 108L , GGP 115 , GGP 120 , GGP 205 , GO 125 , GO 130 , GO 141 , GO 151 , GO 200 , NS 220 , NS 241 , PY 101 , PY 155 , PY 156 , PY 205 , or PY 206
*Computer Science and PE courses excluded.
Social Science Requirement 6 cr.
Select two of the following:
AN 100 , CJ 100 , CJ 200 , EC 141 , EC 142 , EDU 210 , FI 201 , GGH 110 , GGH 200 , HIS 104 , HIS 105 , PO 216 , PS 101 , PS 125 , PS 205 , SO 141 , SO 206 , or SW 205
Seminar: Integrative & Interdisciplinary Learning 3 cr.
Select one of the topics for LE 300*
Graduation Requirements
Student Seminar 3 CR.
LE 100 - 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 (EN 306* or equivalent from the list below) plus 6 credit hours of Writing Intensive coursework are required.
EN 306A , EN 306B , EN 306C , EN 307 , EDU 300 , CJ 450 , HIS 452 , HIS 454 , HIS 455 , MG 306 , NS 306 , PA 430 , PO 405 , PS 300 , PS 406 , or SO 300
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.
AR 316 , AR 498 , BIO 498 , CA 218 , CA 318 , CH 342 , CJ 221 , CS 300 , EDU 310 , EN 201 , EN 221 , EN 232 , EN 234 , EN 490 , FW 190 , GGP 350 , HIS 261 , HIS 453 , LE 410 , MA 301 , ML 251 , MG 495 , NUR 460 , PA 432 , PO 210 , PS 315 , SP 320 , SO 141 , SW 325
Additional Requirements
Park University grants the Bachelor of Science, 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 and Information Systems 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.
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