Art Degree (B.A.), Graphic Design Concentration

For Art Majors interested in a career in graphic design or preparation for graduate study in graphic design, the Graphic Design Concentration (21 additional credits) offers industry related training in this field. Though highly creative, we aim for students to be prepared for positions in the professional field. Graphic Design is a focus in visual communication, where we take the students comprehension of color, balance, and composition into a real-life industry related context. Students who choose to study a concentration in Graphic Design will be challenged with client and design research, design history and theory, layout, typography, printing, comping, and presentation. At Westfield, our students are enhanced by their studies in the Fine Arts, which they bring into their design related courses in the form of custom illustrations. Students should expect to have training in editorial design, collateral design, package design, 3D modeling and printing, print specification and pricing, visual design systems (branding), experimental methods, environmental design, digital resources, and user experience design.  

• ART 0101 - First-Year Seminar
• ART 0103 - Drawing I
• ART 0104 - Design Fundamentals
• ART 0105 - Three-Dimensional Design
• ART 0106 - Art Survey: Prehistoric to Middle Ages
• ART 0107 - Art Survey: Renaissance to Present
• ART 0109 - Writing for Art and the Artist
• ART 0201 - Printmaking I
• ART 0204 - Ceramics I
• ART 0205 - Sculpture I
• ART 0209 - Color Theory and Practice
• ART 0214 - Drawing II
• ART 0216 - Painting I
• ART 0311 - Painting II
• One Art elective Credits: 3 Two 300-level Art History Courses Credits: 6

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Graphic Design Courses - 21 Credits:

The Graphic Design Internship prepares the student for work in the Graphic Design field. The Internship is usually an on campus or off campus placement in a department that needs a graphic designer.  We also place students in outside advertising agencies, marketing companies, or graphic design firms/boutiques.  Alternative class scheduling can be arranged, if necessary.  Internships are from 3 - 12 credits.  

For a Graphic Design internship placement, a student must have completed ART 0210 and ART 0228 and have a cumulative grade point average of 2.8 and a Art Major / Graphic Design Concentration of a 3.0.  Acceptance is by application (which can be found on the department's webpage) and approval of the Graphic Design Coordinator, the Department Chairperson, and the Career Center.  For more information on internships, please visit the Internship Requirement document on the Art Department's webpage.  

All students must meet the University Graduation Requirements and complete a common core of studies, distributed among the different academic areas as detailed in the Common Core.