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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
DCM 2301 - 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
FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts

3

3

Foreign Language
*Six hours at the 2000 level if adequate requisites are met

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


(BS)

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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