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Graphic Design GRDE

Degree Type: Associate in Applied Science

Career Path: Arts and Communications, Business, Management, Marketing, and Technology

Required Courses		Credit Hours
General Education
This degree requires completion of the general education courses found on your program degree checksheet:
	Communication Competence	9
	Scientific Understanding	4
	Quantitative Skills	3
	Cultural Enrichment	6
Major
GRDE 109	Drawing for Media Applications	3
GRDE 110	Design 1	3
GRDE 114	Design Survey	3
GRDE 116	Computers in Visual Media	3
GRDE 120	Design 2	3
GRDE 126	Digital Illustration & Layout	3
GRDE 210	Typography	3
GRDE 216	Digital Imaging	3
GRDE 226	Web Tools and Techniques	3
GRDE 228	Web Design Application	3
GRDE 299	Typographics	3
Related
MKTG 231	Professional Selling	3
Minimum credit hours required for A.A.S. degree:		61

Why Choose Graphic Design?

The Graphic Design degree programs are based on the creation, organization, and production of visual information for print, packaging, environmental, advertising, web, and digital communication solutions. Students apply creative and conceptual skills, design principles, and electronic technology to communicate messages to intended audiences. Working with illustrations, photography, type, and color, the student creates and manages the production of print and web communications designed to inform, educate or persuade a specific audience.

The Graphic Design programs at Ferris:

link traditional design and artistic skills with current electronic technology;

offer a broad based design education to allow each student to develop in particular areas of interest, such as print, package, environmental, web or interactive media design;

integrate business and marketing courses within a comprehensive design curriculum providing graduates with a broader range of skills applicable to today’s market.

Get a Great Job

Graduates of the Graphic Design associate degree program may obtain entry-level positions in the workplace as design assistants, production artists, print designers, and web designers.

Admission Requirements

Applicants must present evidence of graduation from high school or the GED. To enter The Graphic Design Associate degree (A.A.S.) Program in Business, applicants are expected to have a minimum of a 2.5 GPA (on a 4.00 scale) and meet one of the following: ACT math score of 17 or higher OR an ACT reading score of 17 or higher.

Graduation Requirements

The Graphic Design program at Ferris leads to an associate in applied science degree. Graduation requires a minimum 2.0 GPA in the major courses and overall.

Students wishing to apply for the bachelor's degree in Graphic Design must complete the associate degree with a minimum 2.7 GPA in the major courses and a minimum 2.0 GPA overall. They must also successfully pass the sophomore portfolio review.

More Information

Graphic Design
119 South Street/BUS 302
Big Rapids, MI 49307-2284
Phone: 231-591-2442
Email: ekj@ferris.edu