2 NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
SAMPLE 4-YEAR PLAN: ART - VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN B.A.
Northern Kentucky University This is one way a student can complete this program in four years if the student requires no remedial courses. MAJOR: Visual Arts OPTION/TRACK: Visual Communication Design
FIRST YEAR Fall Semester Spring Semester ART 130: Creating Visual Form 3 ART 140: Building Meaning in Art 3 Save your best projects from your first ART 135: Creating Visual Order 3 ARTD 210: Drawing I 3 year, at least one artwork from ART 130, ART 135, ARTD 210 and ARTV 201. ARTV 201: Introduction to Computer Graphics ARTH 100: Renaissance Through Modernism 3 for Design 3 Gen Ed 3 Gen Ed 3 Gen Ed 3 Gen Ed 3 TOTAL 15 TOTAL 15 SECOND YEAR Fall Semester Spring Semester ARTV 215 Visual Communication Design I 3 ARTV 317 Typography II 3 ARTV 217 Typography I 3 ARTO 210 Photography I 3 ARTV 283 Visual Communication Design Admittance Review 0 ARTD 310 Drawing II 3 Gen Ed (Art 291W) 3 ArtH 101: Prehistory Through Gothic 3 Gen Ed 3 Gen Ed 3
Gen Ed 3 TOTAL 15 TOTAL 15 THIRD YEAR Fall Semester Spring Semester ARTV 325 Techniques in Visual Communication ARTV 315 Visual Communication Design II 3 Design 3 ARTH 321 History of Visual Communication Design 3 ArtV 330: Interaction Design I 3 ARTP 230 Painting I 3 Minor or Focus* (selection 2 of 4) 3 Minor or Focus* (selection 1 of 4) 3 Gen Ed 3 Gen Ed 3 Gen Ed 3 TOTAL 15 TOTAL 15 FOURTH YEAR Fall Semester Spring Semester Printmaking (ArtR 272 or 375) 3 Studio elective 200 level or above 3 ArtH Elective (300 level or above) 3 Studio elective 300 level or above 3 Gen Ed: Scientific and Quantitative Inquiry; Natural Sciences with lab 4 Minor or Focus* (selection 4 of 4) 3 Minor or Focus* (selection 3 of 4) 3 Minor or Elective (300 level or above) 3 Minor or Elective (300 level or above) 3 Minor or Elective (300 level or above) 3 TOTAL 16 TOTAL 15 GRAND TOTAL OF CREDITS 121 * B.A. degree-seeking visual arts students are also required to declare either a focus or a minor outside of the visual arts. A focus is 12 credits at 300 level or above (prerequisites may be required); Minors vary in requirements (consult the undergraduate catalog respectively). • All courses listed in this chart with the ARTV prefix are offered only in the fall or spring as shown.