Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Design

The major in Visual Design leading to the BFA degree provides a broad critical framework for evaluating design and how to apply it to every aspect of business, from branding to visual communications, interactive media to digital product design. Our program is built on Design Thinking practices and nearly all courses support the act of investigation through making. With a focus on three areas of design—visual identity, interaction experience, and motion design—the Visual Design degree gives students the autonomy to specialize and be better prepared for the growing demands of the designer’s role in tomorrow’s digitally driven society.

Major Requirements

University Core

Core
University Core Requirements

37

General Electives

General Electives
Requirement

22

All BFA Visual Design majors will complete the following:

ARH xxx
Art History Elective

3

ARH xxx
Art History Elective

3

ART 1022D Art Foundations

3

ART 1033D Art Foundations

3

ART 107Drawing I

3

ART 202Illustration Methods

4

ART 205Intro to Digital Photography

4

MART 141Design Thinking

3

MART 212Foundations Seminar

2

MART 201Digital Art

3

MART 241Typography

3

MART 283Editing

3

MART 341Design Styles and Methods

3

MART 342Brand Strategy and Visual Systems

3

MART 343Interaction Design

3

MART 384Time Based Arts

3

MART 441Creative Entrepreneurship

3

MART 450WRSenior Thesis

3

MART 451SRSenior Thesis

3

MART 490Internship

3

Total Credit Hours:61

MART 450WR: See Important Notes 1 MART 451SR: See Important Notes 2

Important Notes:

1. Satisfies Core Curriculum writing-intensive course requirement and University Experiential Learning requirement for Visual Design majors.

2. Satisfies Core Curriculum speech-intensive course requirement and University Experiential Learning requirement for Visual Design majors. 

Total Credit Hours: 120