• Job Opportunities
• Related Degrees
• Degree Requirements

The graphic design program prepares students to work in a wide variety of jobs within the visual communication field. The program emphasizes creative and technical solutions to design problems encountered in the workplace, including logo, brochure, package, advertising and identity design, copywriting, photography direction, digital media, and illustration. Production, prepress, and printing issues are also stressed. At the end of the program, the student will have a completed portfolio and be prepared to work for advertising agencies, design studios, television stations, corporate design firms, and other graphic-related industries.

Job Opportunities

Graphic Designer Production Artist Web Designer

Art Director Creative Director Freelance Artist

Illustrator Freelance Illustrator

Related Degrees

Degree Plan and Description	Printable Degree Plan
AAS - Graphic Design	Degree Plan
BS - Graphic Design	Degree Plan
TC - Graphic Design	Degree Plan

Degree Requirements

(Printable Version with full details)

The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.

FRESHMAN YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 12 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	English Composition Requirement	1
3	ART 1213 2-D Design
3	GRDS 1103 Introduction to Typography
3	GRDS 1303 Production Techniques
FRESHMAN YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 15 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	English Composition Requirement	1
3	ART 1203 Color
3	ART 1313 Drawing
3	GRDS 2403 Advertising Design
3	GRDS 2213 Digital Illustration
SOPHOMORE YEAR- SUMMER I SEMESTER: 6 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	GRDS 2203 Digital Publishing
3	GRDS 2223 Digital Imaging
SOPHOMORE YEAR- SUMMER II SEMESTER: 6 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	GRDS 2233 Web Design I
3	GRDS 2313 Production Management I
SOPHOMORE YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 15 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	Social Sciences Requirement	1
3	Mathematics Requirement	1
3	GRDS 2433 Identity Design
3	GRDS 2323 Production Management II
3	Graphic Design Lower-level Elective	2
SOPHOMORE YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 13 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	Art 2863/2873 Art History I or II	1
3	GRDS 2423 Graphic Design
4	GRDS 2994 Graphic Design Capstone
3	Graphic Design Lower-level Elective	2
Total Hours: 67

The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.

NOTES
1: General Education Core Requirements, 2007-2008 catalog- Follow these stipulations: Composition -must use sequence one or two ; Mathematics- Select MATH 1403 College Algebra or MATH 1303 College Mathematics; Social Sciences select 3 hrs, PSYC 1163 or SOCI 2753.
2: Graphic Design Lower-level Electives, 6 hours: Select two courses from ART 1303, 2773,2783, 2793, 2813, GRDS 2503, 2513, 2993.

Transfer Course Information

The Arkansas Course Transfer System (ACTS) contains information about the transferability of courses within Arkansas public colleges and universities. Students are guaranteed the transfer of applicable credits and the equitable treatment of the application of credits for the admissions and degree requirements. Courses transferability is not guaranteed for courses listed in ACTS as "No Comparable Courses." Courses with a D grade will not transfer unless an appeal for exception is submitted in writing to the provost prior to the first day of class. ACTS-Arkansas Course Transfer System http://acts.adhe.edu -select Course Transfer. Students may also view the UA Fort Smith Transfer Credit Guide at www.uafortsmith.edu/Transfer/TransferCreditGuide.