Art: Commercial Art (BA/BS)
Commercial Art plays a large role in todays visual culture. From illustration to graphic design, the commercial arts encompass a large variety of visual skills. The commercial art program establishes foundational skills in drawing, design, and digital graphic applications then builds on those foundations to establish more advanced skills in painting, illustration, and publishing design, both digital and traditional.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (ba) | credit hours (bS) |
|---|---|---|
Developing A Christian Mind | 3 | 3 |
English | 12 | 9 |
ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II | ||
ENGL 2301 - World Literature I and/or ENGL 2302 - World Literature II | ||
Fine Arts | 3 | 3 |
Foreign Language | 14* | 0 |
Foundations for Excellence | 1 | 1 |
FOUN 1101 - Foundations for Excellence is required of all first-year and transfer students with fewer than 15 credit hours. (AP, CLEP, IB, or dual/concurrent credit earned while in high school does not count toward these 15 credit hours.) | ||
History | 6 | 6 |
Choose two: HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865 HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865 HIST 2301 - World Civilization I HIST 2302 - World Civilization II | ||
Kinesiology | 2 | 2 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living and one additional activity course (KNES 1102-1122); for veterans or those 25 years of age or older prior to enrollment at DBU, KNES courses are waived. | ||
Mathematics | 3 | 3 |
(BA) Choose one: MATH 1301 - Math for Liberal Arts MATH 1303 - College Algebra MATH 1307 - Finite Math for Business Analysis MATH 1405 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
Choose one: MATH 1303 - College Algebra MATH 1307 - Finite Math for Business Analysis MATH 1405 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I | ||
Natural Science (1000 or 2000 level courses only) | 4 | 15 |
One laboratory science (BA) or 15 credit hours of laboratory science (BS) selected from two or more areas of Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geology, Physical Science, or Physics | ||
Religion | 9 | 9 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey and three additional credit hours depending on credit hours transferred at time of initial enrollment | ||
Social Science (1000 or 2000 level courses only) | 6 | 6 |
POLS 2301 - American National Government and an additional three credit hours may be selected from Economics, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology. | ||
TOTAL GENERAL STUDIES HOURS | 63 | 57 |
Art: Commercial Art Major | 51 | 51 |
Complete the following 18 courses for 51 semester hours ART 1301 - Design I ART 1302 - Design II ART 1303 - Drawing I ART 2050 - Sophomore Portfolio Review ART 2303 - Drawing II ART 2310 - Painting I ART 3303 - Drawing III ART 3310 - Painting II ART 3319 - Visual Communication ART 3321 - Graphic Design I ART 3322 - Graphic Design II ART 4301 - Internship in Art (S-L) ART 4309 - Painting III ART 4328 - Illustration I ART 4329 - Illustration II | ||
ART 4318 History of Graphic Design I or ART 3305 Art History I | ||
ART 4338 History of Graphic Design II or ART 3306 Art History II | ||
ART 4385 - Studio Research | ||
Complete the following allied course: | 3 | 3 |
MRKT 3301 - Principles of Marketing (required) | ||
Specialization Electives: | 3 | 6 |
BA: Complete at least 3 additional upper-level credit hours of courses in ART BS: Complete at least 6 additional upper-level credit hours of courses in ART ART 3314 - Photography II (Requisite: ART 2314) ART 3318 - Web Design ART 3325 - Lettering and Typography ART 4303 - Drawing IV (Requisite ART 3303) ART 4310 - Painting IV (Requisite ART 4309) ART 4321 - Advertising Design (S-L) (Requisite ART 3322) ART 4327 - Color and Composition | ||
Electives | ||
Upper-Level | 0 | 0 |
Lower or Upper-Level | 0 | 3 |
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED | 120 | 120 |
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor’s degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.
At least 12 credit hours in the major program must be completed at Dallas Baptist University, including nine upper-level course hours.
Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
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