ACADEMICS - Digital Design

Like all Fine Arts majors, students enrolled in the Digital Design program begin their studies with courses in Design and Color, Drawing, and Art History. This provides a strong foundation in the history and practice of visual art and communication design.

At the advanced level, students engage in hands-on workshops, studios, in depth critiques, exhibition, and internships. These practices introduce students to issues such as concept, theory, and authoring, and they guide students in the development of a personal visual voice that is strong in the formal principles of design. The Digital Design program emphasizes solving problems through a process of clear conceptual thought. A focus on print and screen based media is paramount to many of the projects produced in the program.

In addition to the objectives of design, the faculty highlights the process of production and encourages creativity and the flow of innovative visual ideas. 

Interdisciplinary Arts (BA)

Digital Design Emphasis

An Interdisciplinary Arts major with a Digital Design Emphasis requires 60 credits, including: 

ART 100 Design and Color (5 credits) 
ART 120 Drawing I (5 credits) 
ART 212 Survey of Western Art II (5 credits) 
ART 271 Digital Imaging (5 credits)
ART 275 Typography (5 credits) 
ART 371 Graphic Design I (5 credits) 
ART 471 Graphic Design II  (5 credits)  
ART Electives (25 credits total; 10 outside emphasis, 10 at 300-400 level) 

Course Offerings and Requirements

For more detailed information regarding the degree program in Digital Design and other Fine Arts programs, visit the Online Catalog.