Graphic and Multimedia Design, AAB

Program Description:

Graduates who major in Graphic and Multimedia Design have a wide choice of careers in the desktop publishing field. A graduate may work as a graphic designer with a company that creates promotional material and advertising campaigns as well as catalogs, brochures, instruction manuals, newsletters, technical literature, and many other items requiring visual design. Publishing companies use desktop publishing to lay out books, magazines, and other publications. A graduate may work as a Webmaster, from designing and creating Web pages to maintaining the site.

Program Requirements:

I. Wright State Core: 16 Hours

Element 1: Communication: 3 Hours

Element 2: Mathematics: 3 Hours

Element 4: Arts/Humanities: 3 Hours

Element 5: Social Sciences: 3 Hours

Element 6: Natural Sciences: 4 Hours

II. Departmental Requirements: 44 Hours

IT 1010 - Graphic Terminology and Design Credit Hour(s): 3
IT 1210 - Introduction to Photography for Design and Science Credit Hour(s): 3
IT 1300 - Illustration Credit Hour(s): 3
IT 1400 - Layout and Typography Credit Hour(s): 3
IT 1410 - Digital Media I Credit Hour(s): 3
IT 2010 - Photoshop I Credit Hour(s): 3
IT 2020 - Photoshop II Credit Hour(s): 3
IT 2200 - Web Theory and Design I Credit Hour(s): 3
IT 2210 - Web Theory and Design II Credit Hour(s): 3
IT 2220 - Digital Animation Credit Hour(s): 3
IT 2300 - E-Commerce Advertising Credit Hour(s): 3
IT 2320 - Publication Design Credit Hour(s): 3
IT 2350 - Branding Experience Concepts Credit Hour(s): 3
IT 2400 - Employment Portfolio Development Credit Hour(s): 2
IT 2500 - Promotional Design Credit Hour(s): 3

Total: 60 Hours

Graduation Planning Strategy

The Graduation Planning Strategy (GPS) has been created to illustrate one option to complete degree requirements within a particular time frame. Students are encouraged to meet with their academic advisor to adjust this plan based on credit already earned, individual needs or curricular changes that may not be reflected in this year’s catalog.

Graphic and Multimedia Design, AAB, Lake Campus (GPS)