School of Contemporary Arts
Communication Arts: Visual Communication Design
Recommended Four-Year Plan (Fall 2013)
This recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. These
plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized
plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are
needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and degree completion may take
longer.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2013-2014 academic year.
First Year
Fall Semester
GenEd/School Core: CNTP 101-First Year
Topics
GenEd: CRWT 102-Critical Reading & Writing
II
GenEd: SOSC 101-Social Issues or BADM 115Perspectives of Business &Society
ARTS 101-Fundamentals of Drawing
Total:
HRS
4

GenEd: Mathematics 101-121
HRS
4
4
COMM 237-Graphic Design
4
4
COMM 204-Media Literacy
4
4
16
Spring Semester
COMM 221-Speech for Communication Arts
Total:

4
16
Second Year
Fall Semester
GenEd: Topics in Social Science
COMM 219–Idea DevelopmentGenEd: History 101-110
COMM 290–Topics: Digital Media Production
Total:
HRS
4
4
4
4
16

Spring Semester
GenEd: AIID 201-Readings in Humanities
COMM 239-Typography
COMM 263-Digital Imaging
COMM 213-Design, Theory, and Criticism
Total:
HRS
4
4
4
4
16

HRS
4

Third Year
Fall Semester
GenEd: Science w/ Experiential
HRS
4
COMM 322-Web Design
4
COMM 339-Publication Design
4
History/Theory/Criticism Course Level 200-300
Total:

Spring Semester
Writing/Production Elective Course Level
300
Writing/Production Elective Course Level
300
School Core: CA Upper Level
Interdisciplinary Course
Gen Ed: International Issues
4
16
Total:
4
4
4
16
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
School Core: CA Upper Level Interdisciplinary
Course
Visual Communication Design Elective
CNTP 388: Co-Op/Internship in Contemporary
Arts
HRS
4
4
4

Spring Semester
Capstone Portfolio Course
GenEd: Intercultural North America
Elective
HRS
4
4
4

Elective
Total:
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
4
16
Elective
Total:
4
16