program requirements

Total units required for the degree: 132
Total units required in major: 66

Note: A Minimum Grade of “C” is required in all lower- and upper-division courses (beginning in Fall 2004).

Portfolio Reviews occur once a year during spring semester and is for those students preparing to take upper-division classes.

Upper-Division Courses will require at least two years to complete after passing the portfolio review.

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a. required lower division courses (30 units total)
* Must be taken prior to, or concurrent with, portfolio review
† Must be taken prior to portfolio review

GPHD 005* Intro. to Graphic Design (3)
GPHD 010* Intro. to Digital Design (3)
GPHD 020* History of Graphic Design (3)
GPHD 025† Visual Basics (3)
GPHD 030* Visualization (3)
INTD 020 Design (3)
PHOT 040† Basic Techniques of Photography (3)
Either one of the following (3)  
Art 1A Stone Age to End of Middle Ages (3)
Art 1B Renaissance to Present (3)
Any two of the following (one to be taken prior to review)†(6)
Art 20A Beginning Drawing (3)
Art 20B Intermediate Drawing (3)
Art 60 2D Composition (3)

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b. required upper division courses (27 units)
Note: All Upper Division Courses require the passing of the portfolio review.

GPHD 120 Typography I (3)
GPHD 125 Visual Principles I (3)
GPHD 130 Typography II (3)
GPHD 135 Design Production Management (3)
GPHD 140 Principles Publication Design (3)
GPHD 145 Visual Principles II (3)
GPHD 150 Digital Portfolio (3)
GPHD 155 Corporate Identity & System Design (3)
COMS 136 Introduction to Electronic Publishing (3)

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c. required electives/ select 3 courses (9 units)
Any three of the following (‡ Faculty Approval Required):

ART 109 20th Century Art (3)
ART 110 Americal Art (3)
ART 120 Advanced Drawing (3)
ART 128 Art in the Marketplace (3)
ART 141 IAdvanced Silkscreen (3)
ART 160 Photography in the Arts (3)
ART 162 Alternate Photo Process (3)
ART 197 Intermed Electronic Art (3)
ART 198 Advanced Electronic Art (3)
COMS 108 Intro. to Digital Media (3)
COMS 117 Multimedia Com. (3)
COMS 144 Multimedia for the WWW (3)
GPHD 195‡ Fieldwork in Graphic Design (3)
GPHD 199‡ Special Problems (3)
INTD 124c European Design (travel) (3)
PHOT 100 Intro. to Digital Imaging (3)
PHOT 111 Intermed. Digital Imaging (3)
PHOT 143a Intermed Color Photo (3)
PHOT 148 Artificial Light Photo (3)
THEA 122 Scenography I (3)
THEA 123 Scenography II (3)