Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND), Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ), Analyzing and Using Data (AD), and Differences and Diversity (DD) may be met through electives in the major.
Communication Studies Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Communication Studies Common Requirements | ||
| COMM 1101 | Introduction to Communication Studies | 4 |
| COMM 1112 | Public Speaking | 4 |
| or COMM 2301 | Communication Research Methods | |
| Foundation Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Persuasion and Rhetoric | ||
| Communication Theory | ||
| Principles of Organizational Communication | ||
| Communication in a Digital Age | ||
| Cluster Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Sex, Relationships, and Communication | ||
| Global and Intercultural Communication | ||
| Communication and Gender | ||
| Communication Law | ||
| Free Speech in Cyberspace | ||
| Writing-Intensive | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Mobile Communication | ||
| Health Communication | ||
| Interpersonal Communication | ||
| Communication and Inclusion | ||
| Political Communication | ||
| Communication Criticism | ||
| Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media | ||
| Free Speech: Law and Practice | ||
| Communication and Sexualities | ||
| Theories of Conflict and Negotiation | ||
| Nonverbal Social Interaction | ||
| Youth and Communication Technology | ||
| Crisis Communication and Image Management | ||
| Communication Studies Electives | ||
| Complete three courses that have not been used to satisfy other requirements | 12 | |
Design Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Art + Design Fundamentals Required | ||
| ARTF 1220 | Elements of Visual Composition (with optional ARTF 1221) | 2 |
| Art + Design Fundamentals Electives | ||
| Complete 6 semester hours of the following: | 6 | |
| Representational Drawing | ||
| Abstract Drawing | ||
| Making with Form and Materials and Making with Form and Materials Tools | ||
| Making with Video, Sound, and Animation and Making with Video, Sound, and Animation Tools | ||
| Designing Interactive Experiences and Designing Interactive Experiences Tools | ||
| Design Required | ||
| ARTG 1001 and ARTG 1002 | Design Perspectives: An Introduction to Design in the World and Seminar for Design Perspectives | 4 |
| ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | Design: Process + Practices and Studio for Design: Process + Practices | 4 |
| ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | Typographic Systems and Studio for Typographic Systems | 4 |
| Design Elective | ||
| Complete 4 semester hours of ARTG courses, as long as prerequisites have been met and courses have not been used to fulfill other requirements of the program. | 4 | |
| Art + Design History Elective | ||
| Complete 4 semester hours of ARTH courses. | 4 | |
| Art + Design Elective | ||
| Complete 4 semester hours of ARTD, ARTE, ARTF, ARTG, ARTH, ARTS, or GAME courses as long as prerequisites have been met. | 4 | |
| If ARTG 5000 Topics in Design (or any other topics course in the subjects listed above) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives. | ||
| Degree Capstone Project | ||
| ARTG 4550 | Design Degree Project | 4 |
Design Option
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one of the following options: | 8 | |
| Creative Fabrication | ||
| Creative Fabrication Design Principles | ||
| Topics in Creative Fabrication Inquiry | ||
| Experience Design | ||
| Experience Design Principles | ||
| Topics In Experience Design Inquiry | ||
| Graphic Design | ||
| Graphic Design Principles | ||
| Topics In Graphic Design Inquiry | ||
| Information Design | ||
| Information Design Principles | ||
| Topics in Information Design Inquiry | ||
| Interaction Design | ||
| Interaction Design Principles and Interaction Design Principles Tools | ||
| Topics In Interaction Design Inquiry | ||
Integrative Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Integrative Courses | ||
| ARTG 4550 | Design Degree Project | 4 |
| COMM 2200 | Visual Communication | 4 |
Communication Studies Grade Requirement
No more than two grades below a C in communication studies courses may be used to fulfill degree requirements.
Communication Studies and Design Major Credit Requirement
84 semester hours required in the major
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer Second Half/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ARTF 1000 or COMM 1000 | 1 | COMM 1112 or 2301 | 4 | COMM cluster course | 4 | ARTF elective | 2 |
| COMM 1101 | 4 | ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | 4 | ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | 4 | ARTF elective | 2 |
| ARTF 1220 with optional ARTF 1221 | 2 | COMM foundation course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| ARTF elective | 2 | EEAM 2000 | 1 | ||||
| ARTG 1001 and ARTG 1002 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| COMM writing-intensive 1 | 4 | COMM elective 1 | 4 | COMM elective 2 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| Design option level 1 | 4 | Design option level 2 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| ARTH elective | 4 | A+D elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | COMM writing-intensive 2 | 4 | COMM elective 3 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| ARTG elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| ENGW 3314 or 3315 | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | ARTG 4550 | 4 | ||||
| COMM 2200 | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||