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Curriculum in Art
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Art
Graphic Design Concentration

(see footnotes at bottom)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

††ART 111 Basic Drawing 3 hours
††ART 151 Foundations in Visual Language I 3 hours
††ART 105 Survey of World Art History I 3 hours
ENGL 101 or
ENLG 101HG		 Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors       		3 hours
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success
at Southeastern		 2 hours
  Total: 14 hours

 

Second Semester

††ART 112 Intermediate Drawing 3 hours
††ART 154 Foundations in Visual Language II 3 hours
††ART 106 Survey of World Art History II 3 hours
ENGL 102 or 
ENGL 102HG		 Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors		 3 hours
MathematicsG   3 hours
  Total: 15 hours


 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

††ART 160 Typography 3 hours
††ART 161 Print Design I 3 hours
††ART 153 Basic 3/D Design 3 hours
ENGL 229 or
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232 or
ENGL 233G
                    3 hours

Mathematics or
Analytical 
ReasoningG

   3 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

Second Semester

††ART 261
3
hours
††ART 231
3
hours
††ART 117 
or 184
3
hours
ENGL 229 or
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232 or
ENGL 233G
3
hours
HIST 101 or
HIST 201
Western Civilization to 1500                            
3
hours
ART 299
0
hours
 
Total:
15
hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

††ART 361 Print Design III 3 hours
††ART 443 Contemporary Art,Theory, and Criticism 3 hours
††Art Studio2   3 hours
Foreign Language 
101 		  3 hours
Natural
Science3,G		   3 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

Second Semester

††Art 345 or Art
History 300-400 level 		Survey of Graphic Design History 3 hours
Non-Art Elective   3 hours
HIST 102 or
HIST 2021		 Western Civilization since 1500
American History since 1877		 3 hours
Foreign Language
102 		  3 hours
Natural Science3,G   3 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

††ART 4225
Senior Projects in Visual Art + Design                                
3
hours
††Art Studio or
Art History
(300-400 level)
 
3
hours
††Art Studio2
 
3
hours
Social Science
Elective4,G
 
3
hours
Natural
Science3,G
 
3
hours
 
Total:
15
hours

 

Second Semester

††ART 4225
3
hours
††ART 466
3
hours
ART 4996
1
hour
Social Science
Elective4,G
 
3
hours
MUS 151 or
THEA 131G
3
hours
COMM 211G
Introduction to Public Speaking                
3
 hours
 
Total:
16
hours

 

Total semester hours required 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.

GGeneral Education Courses

††Major course. Requires a grade of "C" or better in all courses in the major.
1Must be in a two-semester sequence (i.e. 101-102 or 201-202).
2A two-semester sequence (beyond core courses) is required in a studio area other than that of the concentration.
3Natural Sciences to include both Physical and Biological Sciences, at least 6 hours of which must be in a two-semester sequence.
4Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.
5Must have nine hours in a single artistic area before attempting Senior Project.
6All degree candidates must present an ambitious body of art work, approved by the Visual Art + Design Faculty, for exhibition in the Graduating Seniors' Exhibition. Students must submit a CD of these works, which will be retained by the department.