72 Hours
This major is for the person who desires a broad interdisciplinary approach to design. The Digital Design degree will integrate coursework from five major disciplines: Art History, Communication Design, Digital Art, Fine Arts, Gaming and Animation, and Interior Architecture.
This major is for the person wanting a general background in art or a vocation in the field of art and its related industries.
An OC graduate with a Bachelors in Fine Arts degree in Digital Design will:
- Demonstrate a commitment to scholarship, creative expression, and independent thought.
- Demonstrate effective visual problem-solving skills.
- Produce an organized, coherent body of work and critically defend it.
- Demonstrate a working understanding of art and design history, genres, movements, and practitioners.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the role of faith in personal creative expression.
- Analyze and respond to personal experience, professional standards, ethics and global perspectives.
- Demonstrate an ability to critically evaluate peer and professional work.
- Demonstrate a competency in current technology, and its applications in multiple design disciplines.
Students must complete a minimum of 122 hours including the major, core, and minor if required. Elective hours may be needed to reach 122 hours.
15 HOURS FOUNDATION
- ARTS-1103 Digital Imaging I
- ARTS-1113 Fundamentals of Drawing
- ARTS-1213 Figure Drawing
- ARTS-1413 Elements of Visual Thinking
- ARTS-3333 History of Design
9 HOURS INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
- ARTS-1653 Computer Aided Design
- ARTS-2623 Residential Interior Design I
- ARTS-2653 Space Planning and Codes
15 HOURS COMMUNICATION DESIGN
- ARTS-2223 Introduction to Communication Design
- ARTS-2233 Typography As Visual Language
- ARTS-2323 Digital Imaging II
- ARTS-3243 Graphic Design
- ARTS-3733 The Business of Branding Yourself
9 HOURS GAMING AND ANIMATION
12 HOURS FINE/DIGITAL ARTS
- ARTS-2143 Digital Painting
- ARTS-3363 Photography I
- ARTS-4213 Open Studio
- ARTS-4023 Digital Design Seminar
6 HOURS ART HISTORY CHOSEN FROM
- ARTS-2423 History of Photography and Motion Pictures
- ARTS-3343 Ancient to Modern Art History
- ARTS-3353 Contemporary Art
- ARTS-3043 Arts and Politics I
- ARTS-3053 Arts and Politics II
6 HOURS EMPHASIS ELECTIVES CHOSEN FROM
University Core Curriculum
Category | Hours |
Bible | 15 |
English Comp I | 3 |
English Comp II | 3 |
Oral Communication | 3 |
Math | 3 |
Political Science | 3 |
American History | 3 |
Science (no lab required) | 3 |
Humanities | 3 |
Behavioral/Social Science | 3 |
9 HOURS REQUIRED BIBLE
- BIBL-1013 Israel and God’s Kingdom (OT Survey)
- BIBL-1033 Jesus, the Church, and God’s Kingdom (NT Survey)
- BIBL-2103 The Christian Life in God’s Kingdom (NT Ethics)
6 HOURS BIBLE ELECTIVES
9 HOURS COMMUNICATION
- COMM-1213 Oral Communication
- ENGL-1113 English Composition I
- ENGL-1213 English Composition II*
*may sub with CENG-4732, ELEC-4732, MECH-4732
3 HOURS MATHEMATICS
3 HOURS POLITICAL SCIENCE
3 HOURS AMERICAN HISTORY
3 HOURS HUMANITIES CHOSEN FROM
- ABRD-2103 Cross-Cultural Perspectives
- ABRD-2903 Aesthetics
- ABRD-2913 Studies in European Civilization
- ARTS-2013 Survey of Visual Culture
- ARTS-2423 History of Photography
- ENGL-2213 Perspectives in Literature
- GMIN-3513 World Religions
- HIST-2823 World Civilization to 1500
- HIST-2833 World Civilization since 1500
- MATH-2123 History of Mathematics
- MUSC-2013 Music Appreciation
- MUSC-2023 Jazz Appreciation
- MUSC-3213 Perspectives in World Music
3 HOURS SCIENCE
3 HOURS BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE CHOSEN FROM