Minor in Graphic Design

The Minor in Graphic Design requires 20 units, as follows:

Required Introductory Course (4 units)

• VA - 120 Studio Systems

Three Additional required Courses (12 units)

• VA - 150 Introduction to Graphic Design
• VA - 252 Publication Design
• VA - 262 Identity Design

One Elective Course (4 units), Chosen From:

• VA - 365 Design for the Web
• VA - 385 Graphic Design Outreach

Learning Goals/Outcomes for the Majors in Visual Arts

• Students will gain a solid historical foundation from the inception of pre-historical art, to the most recent historical contextualizations of contemporary art, with a wide knowledge of the cultural diversity of art movements and their associated critical theories, both locally and globally.
• Students will gain a solid foundation in the technical skills and conceptual skills involved in the production of visual artwork while being nurtured in a creative environment that encourages experimentation. Instruction in a variety of two-dimensional and three-dimenstional media, as well as time-based art will teach students how to use these skills to find their own individual artistic voices.
• Students will be experienced in evaluating the success and professional quality of their own artwork and the artwork of their peers, through the regular classroom process of rigorous, yet supportive, group and individual critiques.
• Students will graduate with a deep appreciation and knowledge of how to use their skills as visual artists to help to create social change and to help transform the world. Visual Art students will graduate with solid connections to, and working relationships with, local, national and international community-based organizations, educational institutions, art galleries and art museums; paving their paths for continued and future association with the world beyond USF as graduate students, artists and as citizens.