2009-2010 - Bowie State University

Art History Requirements (4 courses minimum): 12
ART/VCDMA/FOUNDATION & ART HISTORY REQUIREMENTS
ART 101 2D Design 3
ART 102 3D Design (or ART 310/311 Sculpture) 3
ART 110 Introduction to Drawing 3
ART 111 Life Drawing 3
ART 320 Painting (ART 210) 3
ART 230 Introduction to Computer Graphics Art 3
ART 250 Photography I 3
ART 405 African American Art History 3
ART ___ History elec. (choose two of the following:
ART 301, 302, 404, 405, 408) 6
VCDMA REQUIREMENTS
ART 231 Visual Literacy 3
ART 340 Introduction to Visual Communication 3
ART 341 Advanced Visual Communication 3
ART 360 Digital Cinematography I 3
ART 396 2D Digital Animation I 3
ART 450 Multimedia Workshop 3
ART 495 Advanced Digital Imaging 3
ART ___ Computer Graphics Art elec.; advan. course 3
**ART 491 Internship in Art & Visual Communication 2
**ART 498 Senior Thesis & Portfolio Development 3
**Minimum 20 approved works and final artwork and portfolio must be submitted one semester prior to
taking ART 498; all senior thesis artwork and portfolios must be approved by Art/ VCDMA advisor and faculty.
Faculty reserves the right to retain samples and images of student work for online galleries, marketing and
promotion materials for the VCDMA and DFPA programs.
ADDITIONAL:
It is highly recommended (but not required) that VCDMA students take and pass one or more of the following
in MKTG or MGMT: MKTG 337 Advertising, MKTG 231 Principles of Marketing, or MGMT 101 Introduction to
Business. And also one or more of the following course(s): ENGL 361 Technical Writing, ENGL 255
Communication Through Writing, ENGL 210 Introduction to English Grammar, ENGL 445 Advanced Grammar;
ENGL 253 American Pop Culture or ENGL 213 Cinema of Africa and the African Diaspora; or COMM 242 Survey
of Emerging Media.
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