Graphic Design & Interactive Media: four-year plan

How to read this plan

This is a sample path to the B.F.A. in Graphic Design & Interactive Media in four years at about 15–16 credits per term. Your actual plan depends on placement, transfer credit, a chosen concentration, and when courses are offered — build it with your adviser and check it against your degree audit. Course numbers link to the catalog.

Year 1 · Fall 13 credits

• UNIV 1000 First-Year Seminar (1 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)
• MATH 1200 College Algebra (3 cr)
• GRDS 1100 Design Foundations (3 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)

Year 1 · Spring 15 credits

• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• MATH 1600 Introductory Statistics (3 cr)
• GRDS 1300 Typography I (3 cr)
• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• COMM 1100 Public Speaking (3 cr)

Year 2 · Fall 15 credits

• Fine Arts elective (3 cr)
• UXD 1500 Foundations of UX (3 cr)
• GRDS 2100 Design Software and Production (3 cr)
• Humanities elective (3 cr)
• Social Science elective (3 cr)

Year 2 · Spring 14 credits

• UXD 2100 UX Research Methods (3 cr)
• GRDS 2300 Brand and Identity (3 cr)
• Global Perspectives elective (3 cr)
• PHIL 2300 Ethics (3 cr)
• Wellness elective (2 cr)

Year 3 · Fall 12 credits

• UXD 2300 Information Architecture (3 cr)
• GRDS 2500 Interactive Design I (3 cr)
• UXD 2500 Interaction Design (3 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)

Year 3 · Spring 15 credits

• GRDS 3100 Motion Design (3 cr)
• UXD 3100 Prototyping (3 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)
• COOP 2000 Cooperative Education (recommended) (0 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)

Year 4 · Fall 12 credits

• GRDS 3300 Design Research and Strategy (3 cr)
• UXD 3300 Accessibility and Inclusive Design (3 cr)
• GRDS 3500 Publication and Editorial Design (3 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)

Year 4 · Spring 12 credits

• UXD 3500 Service Design (3 cr)
• UXD 3700 UX Strategy and Metrics (3 cr)
• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• COMM 1100 Public Speaking (3 cr)