Department of Art and Design

Visual Communications BFA Four-Year Plan

FALL	SPRING
First Year
ART 209 - Core Design	ART 205 - Core Interactive Media
ART 235 - Core Drawing	ART 236 - Core Painting
ART 284 - Core Photography	ART 255 - Core Sculpture
ART 218 - Core Colloquium	ART 218 - Core Colloquium
ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing	MATH 113 - Contemporary Mathematics or higher (3cr.)
Group A/B Breadth (3cr.)	Group A/B Breadth (3cr.)
First Year Seminar
Credits: 17	Credits: 16
Second Year
ART 208 - Core Typography	ART 203 - Typography II
ART 245 - Core Printmaking or ART 285 - Core Moving Images	ART 207 - Form and Communication II
ART 206 - Form and Communication I	Core or ART Elective (200+) 3cr.
Art History (Breadth A or B) (3cr.)	Art History (Breadth A or B) (3cr.)
Breadth B or C (3cr.)	Breadth D (3cr.)

Credits: 15	Credits: 15
Third Year
ART 302 - Typography Methods	ART 301 - Design Studio
ART 303 - Design Methods	ART 307 - Interaction Design
ART 200+ Elective (3cr.)	ART 300+ Elective (3cr.)
University Breadth or Second Writing Requirement (3cr.)	University Breadth or Multicultural Requirement (3cr.)
Art History (Breadth A or B) (3cr.)	Group D Breadth (4cr.)
Credits: 15	Credits: 16
Fourth Year
ART 402 - Experimental Typography	ART 401 - Portfolio Preparation
ART 409 - Design Contexts	ART 403 - Degree Project
ART 300+ Elective (3cr.)	ART 408 - Internship
Art History (Breadth A or B) (3cr.)	ART 417 - BFA Exhibition
Free Elective (3cr.)	Free Elective (3cr.)
	Free Elective (3cr.)
Credits: 15	Credits: 15
Total Credits: 124

Minimum C- required in all ART courses.

**See program page for all required core courses

Disclaimer: Four-Year Plans are a Departmental suggestion of how a student could complete this degree in four years (eight semesters). Students may opt to take courses in the summer or winter sessions. These plans do not take into account additional requirements brought on by minors or other majors. A Four-Year Plan is subject to change from year-to-year given the resources and focuses of the Department. It is the student’s responsibility to meet with his or her assigned advisor at least once a semester to monitor progress and ensure that he or she is on track to graduate on time. This document is intended as a supplemental advisement tool to be used in conjunction with in-person advisement and the UDSIS Degree Audit. Students should direct any questions or concerns regarding degree progress to their advisor or Academic Assistant Dean.