Programs and Curriculum
Graphic Design Curriculum Outline
Foundation Year
- Drawing Studio
- Surface Research
- Space Research
- Time Studio
- Project
- Art History Survey I and II
- Focused Inquiry (English) I and II
- Introduction to the University
- Mathematics
- Behavioral/Social Science elective
Year Two
- Design Technology I and II
- Design Methods and Processes
- Design Form and Communication
- Typography I and II
- Imaging I and II
- History of Visual Communication
- Writing and Rhetoric Workshop (English)
Year Three
- Design Technology III
- Print I and II
- Interaction I and II
- Visual Narrative I and II
- Graphic Design Internship
- Literature elective
- General Education elective
Year Four
- Senior Seminar
- Senior Studio
- Business of Design
- Studio Topics: Experimental Design
- Studio Topics: Designer in Context
- General Education elective
- Open elective
- Natural/Physical Science elective
- Writing in the Workplace
* All degree programs at VCUQatar are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design in the U.S. Degree requirements are subject to change.