Art, Visual Communications Concentration, B.A.

1. 124 semester hours:

A minimum of 124 semester hours with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or better. The last 30 semester hours must be completed at NCCU.

2. General Education Requirement:

Freshmen and sophomore years: Completion of the General Education Curriculum  (GEC).

3. Core requirements:

• ART 1500
• ART 2110
• ART 2120
• ART 2310
• ART 2320
• ART 3200

4. Visual communications concentration requirements:

• ARTV 2150 - Computer Graphic Studio I (3)
• ARTV 2830 - Typography (3)
• ARTV 3150 - Computer Graphics II (3)
• ARTV 3800 - Graphic Design (3)
• ARTV 3830 - Type Design II (3)
• ARTV 3810 - Advertising Design (3)
• ARTV 3820 - Advanced Design (3)
• ARTV 3850 - Illustration I (3)
• ARTV 3860 - Illustration II (3)
• ARTV 4150 - Web Design (4)
• ARTV 4820 - Problems in Visual Communications (3)
• ARTV 4840 - Visual Communications Seminar (3)
• ARTV 4880 - Internship in Art (3)
• MSCM 3580 - Video Production (3)

Freshman Year

Many courses listed in the first year of this plan are specific to this degree program and may not fulfill degree requirements for other programs at the University. Students are advised that changing their program of study from this major to another major, after the first year, can extend the time until graduation by a semester or more.

Sophomore Year

Junior Year

Senior Year

Total Minimum Credit Hours: 126

Revised 2009

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Students are advised to enroll in Summer School to relieve course loads per semester.