 | | Course ID: | ARGD 2010. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Graphic Design Survey | Course
Description: | Introduces the field and practice of graphic design. Explores
the development and creation of visual responses to
communication problems. Upon completion, students have the
option of applying for acceptance into the Graphic Design major. | | Athena Title: | Graphic Design Survey | | Prerequisite: | ARST 1050 or ARST 1050H or ARST 1060 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 2030. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Typography in Visual Communication | Course
Description: | Typography is ubiquitous in contemporary visual and digital
culture. This course is an introduction to typography in visual
communication across various media, including developing an
understanding of the basic concepts of legibility and readability
of text-based messages and the fundamentals of effective
typesetting skills in relevant design technology. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Typography | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARGD 2030E | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 2030E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Typography in Visual Communication | Course
Description: | Typography is ubiquitous in contemporary visual and digital
culture. This course is an introduction to typography in visual
communication across various media, including developing an
understanding of the basic concepts of legibility and readability
of text-based messages and the fundamentals of effective
typesetting skills in relevant design technology. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Typography | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARGD 2030 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 3000. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Visual Communications Strategy | Course
Description: | In a practical workshop experience, students will utilize the principles of graphic design and strategic messaging in the development and creation of targeted visual communication content across a variety of platforms. Students benefit from the guidance of both creative faculty and active industry professionals. | | Athena Title: | Visual Communications Strategy | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 3010. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Foundations of Graphic Design | Course
Description: | An overview of the foundational language, principles, and skills utilized in graphic design for non-majors. Students learn to analyze and apply basic principles and elements of visual communication such as hierarchy, typography, imagery usage, systems of visual structure and organization, basic messaging, and skills in relevant software. | | Athena Title: | Foundations of Graphic Design | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 3020. 3 hours. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Graphic Systems | Course
Description: | The basic systems, tools, and technology used in solving visual
communication problems, including graphic representation,
composition of graphic and text elements, conceptual techniques,
and relevant software. | | Athena Title: | Graphic Systems | | Prerequisite: | ARGD 2010 | | Pre or Corequisite: | ARST 2020 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 3030. 3 hours. 1.5 hours lecture and 4.5 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Typography | Course
Description: | Introduces the effective utilization of typography in visual communication. Fundamentals of letterform construction and basic typesetting are explored, including relevant terminology, history, technology, and the relationship between visual and verbal language. A goal of the course includes development of a sensitivity to the subtleties inherent in effective typography. | | Athena Title: | Typography | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARGD 3030E | | Prerequisite: | ARGD 2010 or ARGD 2030 or ARGD 2030E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 3030E. 3 hours. 1.5 hours lecture and 4.5 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Typography | Course
Description: | Introduces the effective utilization of typography in visual communication. Fundamentals of letterform construction and basic typesetting are explored, including relevant terminology, history, technology, and the relationship between visual and verbal language. A goal of the course includes the development of a sensitivity to the subtleties inherent in effective typography. | | Athena Title: | Typography | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARGD 3030 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Prerequisite: | ARGD 2010 or ARGD 2030 or ARGD 2030E | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 3050. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Illustration | Course
Description: | Stresses the importance of technique in a variety of media as the basis for solving design problems. | | Athena Title: | ILLUSTRATION | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 3060. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Type and Image | Course
Description: | An investigation of the relationship between form and message
to create visual responses to graphic design problems. | | Athena Title: | Type and Image | | Prerequisite: | ARGD 3020 and (ARGD 3030 or ARGD 3030E) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 3070. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The History of Graphic Design | Course
Description: | A comprehensive history of graphic design from antiquity until the present. | | Athena Title: | History of Graphic Design | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ADPR 3910, ARGD 3070E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 3070E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The History of Graphic Design | Course
Description: | A comprehensive history of graphic design from antiquity until
the present. | | Athena Title: | History of Graphic Design | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ADPR 3910, ARGD 3070 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 3080. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Internship in Graphic Design | Course
Description: | Entry-level experience working in commercial design office or advertising agencies. | | Athena Title: | INTERN GRA DES | | Nontraditional Format: | Internship. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 3090. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Photography For Graphic Design | Course
Description: | Explores the importance of photography as it relates to graphic
design. | | Athena Title: | Photography For Graphic Design | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 3310. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Techniques and Topics in Science Illustration | Course
Description: | Beginning through advanced techniques used in science
illustration. The techniques will focus on pen and ink line as
well as continuous tone illustrations. The topics will range
from a beginning to advanced understanding of entomology,
ornithology, herpetology, and human anatomy. | | Athena Title: | Technique Topic Science Illust | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 3320. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Design in Scientific Illustration | Course
Description: | An investigation of illustration plate layout and design,
working from a publisher's specifications, the production of
illustrations for portfolio, business identity design, and
business practices. | | Athena Title: | DSN SCI ILL | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 3330. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Color Techniques in Scientific Illustration | Course
Description: | Development of skills, beginning through advanced, in color
illustration using multiple techniques and for multiple
audiences. An introduction into editorial, conceptual, and
commercial design. Techniques include digital software Adobe
Photoshop and Illustrator, graphite, watercolor, and color
pencil. Subjects will be chosen from the natural and medical
sciences. | | Athena Title: | COLOR SCI ILL | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 3340. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Art Graphic Design Directed Study in Scientific Illustration | Course
Description: | Materials and methods used for scientific illustration in color
and for the production of illustrations of professional caliber
on specific subjects (entomology, ornithology, ichthyology,
etc.) for inclusion in a portfolio. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU SCI ILL | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4020. 3 hours. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Environmental Branding and Experiential Graphic Design | Course
Description: | Focus on identity systems in visual communication design and how they shape and convey concepts of brand, place, and experience. Students will explore brand storytelling, environmental and experiential graphic design theory and practice, wayfinding systems, visual design, the built environment, and how these intersect in graphic design. | | Athena Title: | Environ and Experien Graph Des | | Prerequisite: | (ARGD 3030 or ARGD 3030E) and ARGD 3060 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4030. 3 hours. 1.5 hours lecture and 4.5 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Typography | Course
Description: | A continuation of Typography. Students in this course will study
typography as language made visible: typography both as
information and graphic element. They will utilize typography to
conceptualize and visualize complex information for a variety of
communicative purposes across various media. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Typography | | Prerequisite: | (ARGD 3030 or ARGD 3030E) and ARGD 3060 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4040. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Illustration | Course
Description: | Stresses the development of an individual visual style through in-depth exploration of a selected technique. | | Athena Title: | ADV ILLUSTRATION | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4050. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Calligraphy | Course
Description: | Use of the fifteenth-century Humanist Hand and its italic variant, the Chancery Hand, and the familiarity with other historical calligraphic hands. | | Athena Title: | CALLIGRAPHY | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4060. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Design Center | Course
Description: | An exploration of graphic design problems and the impact of
visual communication. Project topics range from social design
and public outreach to self-promotion and information design. | | Athena Title: | Design Center | | Prerequisite: | ARGD 3060 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4070. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Three-Dimensional Graphic Design | Course
Description: | Comprehensive structural and graphic development of three-dimensional, promotional objects such as pop-ups, packaging, and displays. | | Athena Title: | 3-D GRA DES | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4080. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Graphic Design | Course
Description: | Special or advanced topics related to contemporary media, platforms, and techniques in visual communication design. Topics may range from emerging areas of design research, practice, digital media, and technology, or to niche areas of specialization in typography. | | Athena Title: | Special Topics Graphic Design | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4090. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Visual Narrative Systems | Course
Description: | An introduction to the concepts and methods involved in creating sequential and time-based visual communication, including exploration of visual narrative structures utilized in effective visual storytelling. | | Athena Title: | Visual Narrative Systems | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARGD 4090E | | Prerequisite: | ARGD 3060 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4090E. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Visual Narrative Systems | Course
Description: | An introduction to the concepts and methods involved in creating sequential and time-based visual communication, including exploration of visual narrative structures utilized in effective visual storytelling. | | Athena Title: | Visual Narrative Systems | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARGD 4090 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Prerequisite: | ARGD 3060 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD(VETM) 4100. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Scientific Illustration Internship | Course
Description: | Course provides an internship-like experience for upper-division Scientific Illustration students. Working under the supervision of medical illustrators in the College of Veterinary Medicine, students will apply medical illustration skills in the creation of educational materials. | | Athena Title: | Internship Sci Ill | | Nontraditional Format: | Internship. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4110. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Graphic Design Senior Capstone | Course
Description: | Focuses on the development of a comprehensive design and visual
communication project. Students will engage in increased self-
directed research, writing, and making that will include topical
research, visual exploration, application of research, advanced
execution, and may include sustained investigation of specific
skills and techniques. | | Athena Title: | Graphic Design Senior Capstone | | Prerequisite: | ARGD 4060 or ARGD 3330 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4120. 3 hours. 1.5 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Graphic Design Field Study | Course
Description: | Explores visual communication, with emphasis on increased global
awareness, broader experiences, and perspectives gained through
foreign or field study. Themes may include international and/or
urban design culture, the impact of global design, and non-
language-based graphic design. The course will encourage students
to broaden their design thinking and to look at artifacts of
visual communication through cross-cultural experiences. | | Athena Title: | Graphic Design Field Study | | Nontraditional Format: | Field trips for shooting different locations. | | Prerequisite: | ARGD 3020 or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4130. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Photography and Image Editing for Designers | Course
Description: | Investigating photographic expression and image creation through
digital photography and raster-based (pixel) image creation
software. Improving the concept or communication potential of
imported and digitally created visuals through image editing
software. | | Athena Title: | Photo Image Editing for Design | | Pre or Corequisite: | ARGD 3020 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4160. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Data Visualization | Course
Description: | Basic design concepts, terminology, methodologies, tools, and
applications of data visualization, and selected special topics
in data representation. The course covers workflows for creating
visualizations and data representations using tools for data
exploration and analysis, visualization design, and interaction
design. Students work collaboratively to design data
representations. | | Athena Title: | Data Visualization | | Prerequisite: | ARGD 3020 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4190E. 3 hours. 1.5 hours lecture and 4.5 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Topics in Digital Platforms and Dynamic Media I | Course
Description: | An overview of the concepts and processes utilized in designing and developing digital products that serve user needs. | | Athena Title: | Digital Platforms I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARGD 4190 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Prerequisite: | ARGD 3020 or ARGD 3030 or ARGD 3030E or ARGD 3060 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4190. 3 hours. 1.5 hours lecture and 4.5 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Topics in Digital Platforms and Dynamic Media I | Course
Description: | An overview of the concepts and processes utilized in designing and developing digital products that serve user needs. | | Athena Title: | Digital Platforms I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARGD 4190E | | Prerequisite: | ARGD 3020 or ARGD 3030 or ARGD 3030E or ARGD 3060 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence
to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry
into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth
of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as
the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth
of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as
the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARGD 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the
4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or
capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and
apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research
project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback
from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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