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Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree - Option in Visual Communication (ART_BF08)

Four Year Plan - 132 Units Required

- Note: Units for Art 10 do not count toward the degree.

Course	Units	Course	Units
Semester 1		Semester 2
Art 130 Foundation 2D Art 181 Foundation Drawing Art 10 Art Matrix GE Class Composition or Oral Communication GE Math University 100	3 3 1 3 3 3 1	Art 131 Foundation 3D Art 187 Foundation Painting AH 111A Found. Art History I (GE/C1) Art 10 Art Matrix Oral Communication or Composition GE Critical Thinking	3 3 3 1 3 3
Total Units	17	Total Units	16
Semester 3		Semester 4
Art 184 Foundation Life Drawing AH 111B Foundation Art History ll Art 10 Art Matrix GE Lab Science GE Class GE Class	3 3 1 4 3 3	Art 223 Lettering & Typography AH 113A Survey of Asian Art or AH113B Asian Art History Art 10 Art Matrix GE Lab Science GE Class GE Class	3 3 1 4 3 3
Total Units	17	Total Units	17
Semester 5		Semester 6
Art 318 Typographic Design Art 321 Graphic Design Art 331 Vis. Comm. Des.Concepts Art 349 Computer Art Art (Upper Div. Out of Specialization) GE Class	3 3 3 3 3 3	Art 329 Advertising Design Art 337 Graphic Design V Art 334 Graphic Design III Art 336 Graphic Design IV Art 10 Art Matrix Elective	3 3 3 3 1 3
Total Units	18	Total Units	16
Semester 7		Semester 8
Art 423 Graphic Design VI Art (Choose 1): Art 499S Spec.St. OR Art 420 Vis.Comm. Dsn. Wkshp OR Art 442 Intshp in Vis. Comm. AH (Upper Div. Art History) GE Capstone course GE Capstone course Elective	3 3 3 3 3 3	Art 424 Advertising III Art (Choose 1): Art 499S Spec.St. OR Art 420 Vis.Comm. Dsn. Wkshp OR Art 442 Intshp in Vis. Comm. Art (Upper Div. out of Specialization) Dsgn 368 Hist./Theory of Design GE Capstone course Elective	3 3 3 3 3 3
Total Units	18	Total Units	18

Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree - Option in Graphic Design - Visual Communication