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ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE:
60 Semester Credit Hours
Curriculum: 0370
General Education Requirements: Minimum Credits
Area A - Communications 6
EGL 101 
  
One course from: EGL 102, EGL 212, SPE 103
  
Area B - Mathematics  0-3
One course from Area B (Mathematics) or Area C (Science)
Area C - Science  0-3
One course from Area B (Mathematics) or Area C (Science) 
Area D - Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
One course from a social or behavioral science discipline
(Recommended course to satisfy Area F)
  
Area E - Humanities/Fine Arts 3
One course from a humanities or fine arts discipline
Area F - Contemporary Global Studies*  0-3
One course that satisfies Contemporary Global Studies
requirement
Other General Education credits 0-3
Additional credits from Areas B, C, D, E if needed  
to meet 18 credit hour minimum  
Total General Education Requirements:  18
*Students may take a Contemporary Global Studies course 
that satisfies both Area F and another Area requirement.
Major Requirements: Minimum Credits
ART 105 Fundamentals of Two-Dimensional Art I
3 
ART 107 Fundamentals of Three-Dimensional Art I 
3 
ART 115 Beginning Photography
3 
ART 131 Drawing I
3 
ART 216 Photographic Electronic Imagery
3 
ART 224 Graphic Design I
3
ART 225 Layout Design and Typography
3
ART 250 Computer Art
3 
ART 259 Web Graphics, Animation and Multimedia
3 
ART 260 3D Animation and Multimedia
3 
ART 265 Prepress and Press
3
GRD 251 Graphic Design Practicum
3 
Courses to total a munimum of 6 credit hours
  
from among the following:
6 
    ART 125 History of Graphic Design
 3
    ART 217 Advanced Digital Imaging
 3

    ART 256 Advanced Graphic Design

 3
    ART 257 Advanced Masking and Compositing
 3
    ART 266 Computer Graphics using the Macintosh Platform
1
    ART 270 3-D Illustration
 3

    ART 272 Portfolio Development

 2
    GRD 160 Fundamentals of Digital Imaging using Macintosh Platform
 3
    MKT 131 Principles of Marketing
 3
    MKT 215 Principles of Advertising
 3
    WWW 131 Building a Web Page
 3
    Additional electives; contact the Advising and Counseling Center for
a list of acceptable courses
 3
Total Major Requirements:
42
Total Semester Credit Hours for Associate to Applied Science Degree:
60
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