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ARCHIVED 2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Art, BFA with an Emphasis in Graphic Design
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Total number of hours for the program: 120.
The Bachelor of Fine Art degree with Emphasis in Graphic Design focuses on design thinking, interactive and experience design, research and social practices, and developing professional production skills.
The program combines strategic interdisciplinary relationships with research, cultural investigations, and design in a broad range of media. The 4-year program requires a summer internship and prepares students for the collaborative, interactive, and participatory nature of careers in design fields and graduate study in related disciplines.
Graphic Design is uniquely defined by the diversity of studio and academic courses available within the program. Interwoven with challenging content in literature, history, technology, business, and science are courses that support print and screen-based communication, interactive and motion design, and in-depth work developing a range of technical, conceptual, and design process skills.
Our graphic design graduates work within diverse fields of interdisciplinary applications of professional design, including: healthcare and marketing, motion design, animation, web design, interactive design, and design studio practices.
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Entrance Requirements
Students interested in Graphic Design must submit an entrance portfolio. The entrance portfolio for the BFA with Emphasis in Graphic Design must be submitted prior to enrolling in Graphic Design emphasis studio classes. Current first-year students are encouraged to submit after completing the freshman-level Foundation classes. Transfer students must submit their entrance portfolio prior to enrolling in the Graphic Design program. Incoming students considering the BFA with Emphasis in Graphic Design can submit their portfolio prior to enrolling in classes at WCU. Detailed guidelines for entrance portfolio preparation and submission are available at the School of Art & Design, Graphic Design Emphasis webpage: https://www.wcu.edu/learn/departments-schools-colleges/fpa/artdesign/undergraduate-programs/graphic.aspx Digital Portfolio
The Graphic Design Entrance Portfolio consists of 12-20 (including direct observational drawings) of your best and most recent work. The entrance portfolio should include a variety of media and approaches. It can include assignment-based projects, self-directed work and sketchbook work, which often provide information on the applicant’s creative process. The portfolio does not need to be major-specific, and can include both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional work in a variety of media and formats including: paintings, drawings, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, digital, animation, etc. , do not include work that is copied from photographs, uses the grid system or directly replicates any other artist’s work (including replicating anime drawings, cartoons, or video game character designs). As part of the 12-20 works submitted, students must include 3-5 drawings from direct observation. Examples of observational work include landscape, still-life, self-portrait, figure drawings, and interior spaces. Do not submit drawings from imagination or copied from photographs for the observational work. Include the following information for each work submitted: include your name, title of work, date completed, media and size (in inches). Example: (1, Jon Smith, Self-Portrait, Mixed media, 1/2018, 24”x 48”) Your images should not exceed 1280 x 1280 x 72 ppi. Include a 500-word (max) essay stating your intent to submit your entrance portfolio for consideration into the Graphic Design Program. You have a unique background, interests and personality, write a personal, thoughtful essay about something that has meaning for you. Be honest and genuine. Include an introduction about yourself, talk a little about your existing knowledge about design and or art, or how you think it connects to another discipline you are interested in. Describe your skills and ambitions, and what truly motivates you. Describe your future goals. Additional Details and Portfolio Advice can be found at:
https://www.wcu.edu/learn/departments-schools-colleges/fpa/artdesign/undergraduate-programs/graphic.aspx Major Requirements
Students must earn a grade of C or better in each course in the major. If this benchmark is not met for the studio classes required for the graphic design emphasis, the class must be retaken before moving forward in the program sequence. Required Major Courses (18 hours)
Graphic Design Emphasis (30 hours)
Exploratory Studio Electives (15-21 hours)
Select 15-21 credit hours of Studio Art Courses 200 level and above. - ART 231 - Life Drawing Credits: 3
- ART 233 - Introductory Painting Credits: 3
- ART 234 - Introductory Printmaking Credits: 3
- ART 241 - Introductory Sculpture Credits: 3
- ART 251 - Introductory Ceramics Credits: 3
- ART 272 - Introductory Photography Credits: 3
- ART 273 - Intro to Digital Photography Credits: 3
- ART 330 - Drawing II Credits: 3, R12
- ART 333 - Painting II Credits: 3, R12
- ART 334 - Printmaking II Credits: 3, R12
- ART 342 - Sculpture II Credits: 3, R12
- ART 351 - Ceramics II Credits: 3, R12
- ART 359 - Introductory Book Arts Credits: 3
- ART 377 - Painting III Credits: 3
- ART 380 - Ceramics III Credits: 3
- ART 381 - Sculpture III Credits: 3
- ART 433 - Painting IV Credits: 3, R12
- ART 434 - Problems in Printmaking Credits: 3, R12
- ART 440 - Advanced Drawing Credits: 3, R12
- ART 443 - Sculpture IV Credits: 3, R12
- ART 451 - Problems in Ceramics Credits: 3, R12
- ART 452 - Problems in Sculpture Credits: 3, R9
- ART 453 - Problems in Painting Credits: 3, R9
- ART 455 - Photography II Credits: 3
- ART 461 - Problems in Design Credits: 3, R9
- ART 476 - Problems in Photography Credits: 3, R9
- ART 480 - Experimental Studio Credits: 3, R12
- ART 481 - Independent Study in Studio Art Credits: 1-6, R12
- ART 493 - Topics in Art Credits: 1-4, R12
Alternate Exploratory Electives (0-6 hours)
Select 0-6 credit hours from the list below.
Upper Level Art History (6 hours)
Students should choose one course from the 300-400 level Art History courses listed below, and ART 419. General Electives (3 hours)
To complete the program, students should select three hours of general electives. To satisfy the university requirement, 30 total hours must be at the 300/400 level. |
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