program requirements

Minimum units required for BS: 120
units required for major: 69

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 completed before entering upper-division
*Either GPHD 005 or 020, in addition to ART 020A, PHOT 040 and GPHD 025 must be completed before the semester of 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)
Art 20A Beginning Drawing (3)
Art 1A Stone Age to End of Middle Ages (3)
Art 1B Renaissance to Present (3)

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b. required upper-division courses (33 units)
Note: All Upper Division Courses require the passing of the portfolio review.

GPHD 120 Typography I (3) — prerequisite portfolio review/ corequisite GPHD 122 & 125
GPHD 122 User Interface Design (3) — prerequisite portfolio review / corequisite GPHD 120 & 125
GPHD 125 Visual Principles I (3) — prerequisite portfolio review / corequisite GPHD 120 & 122
GPHD 130 Typography II (3) — prerequisite GPHD 120, 122, 125 / corequisite 135
GPHD 135 Design Production Management (3) — prerequisite GPHD 120, 122, 125 / corequisite 130
GPHD 140 Time-Based graphic Design(3) — prerequisite GPHD 130 & 135 / corequisite 142 & 145
GPHD 142 Advanced Graphic Designn I (3) — prerequisite GPHD 130 & 135 / corequisite 140 & 145
GPHD 145 Visual Principles II (3) — prerequisite GPHD 130 & 135 / corequisite 140 & 142
GPHD 150 Digital Portfolio (3) — prerequisite GPHD 140, 142 & 145 / corequisite 152 & 155
GPHD 152 Advanced Graphic Design II (3) — prerequisite GPHD 140, 142 & 145 / corequisite 150 & 155
GPHD 155 Corporate Identity (3) — prerequisite GPHD 140, 142 & 145 / corequisite 150 & 152

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c. required electives (6 units total)
Pick two of the following

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 106 Intro. to Digital Media (3)
COMS 117 Multimedia Com. (3)
COMS 136 Introduction to Electronic Publishing (3)
COMS 144 Multimedia for the WWW (3)
GPHD 195 Fieldwork in Graphic Design (3) — faculty approval required
GPHD 199 Special Problems (3) — faculty approval required
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)