Communication Design, B.A.

Satisfy Core Curriculum Requirements for students entering college in Fall 1999 or after. See “General Requirements for a Bachelor’s Degree .”
Satisfy the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts.
6 semester hours of sophomore foreign language
General requirements:

Lower Division - Speech ^, Computer Literacy ^
Upper Division - ENGL 3430 Professional Writing ; DSGN 3320 Typography ; DSGN 3321 Theories of Design , DSGN 3322 Advanced Design ; DSGN 4300 Selected Topics in Design ; DSGN 4310 History of Design ; DSGN 4312 Coding for Media ; DSGN 4316 Visual Communication ; DSGN 4318 Senior Seminar ; DSGN 4320 Design Internship ; DSGN 4322 Senior Portfolio
Three (3) of the following five (5) courses: DSGN 3323 Letterpress ; DSGN 3324 Book Structures ; DSGN 4300 Selected Topics in Design ; DSGN 4312 Coding for Media ; DSGN 4316 Visual Communication

Concentration/Specialization: 12 semester hours. Students must take four of the following courses: COMM 4300 Selected Topics in Communication ; COMM 4318 Mass Media Communication ; GMNG 3310 3D Modeling ; GMNG 4316 Advanced Leveling ; GMNG 4318 Advanced Animation for Gaming ; HUMA 4312 Classical Greece and Rome ; HUMA 4313 Medieval and Renaissance Civilization ; HUMA 4314 The Age of Enlightenment ; HUMA 4315 The Age of Revolution ; HUMA 4317 The Modern Era ; MKTG 3303 Principles of Marketing
Free electives - Enough electives to fulfill the 120 semester hour requirement and the 54 semester hours of upper division courses.
These requirements are summarized below:

Degree Requirements

The following requirements apply to all candidates for the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Science. The Bachelor of Arts option is available to those who choose plans in Communication, Humanities, Mathematical Sciences, or Psychology. The Bachelor of Science option is available to those who choose plans in Biology, Communication, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Mathematical Sciences or Psychology.

Satisfy all university requirements for a bachelor’s degree as found in the “University Degree Requirements ” section of this catalog.
Satisfy Core Curriculum Requirements for students entering college in Fall 1999 or after. Note: Students who transfer from a Texas public community college or public university and are certified as core complete shall have satisfied the core requirements of UHV.
Satisfy the requirements for either the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Science, as follows:
1. Bachelor of Arts
  (1) Lower or Upper Division: 3 semester hours of speech and satisfy computer literacy/proficiency requirement (See [**] below); Foreign Language: 6 semester hours at the sophomore level in one foreign language. Students submitting an acceptable score on a standard foreign language proficiency test approved by the School of Arts and Sciences may substitute 6 semester hours of electives.
2. Bachelor of Science
  (1) Lower Division: 3 semester hours of speech and satisfy computer literacy/proficiency requirement (See [**] below); Natural Sciences: 11 semester hours in natural sciences, at least 2 semester hours of which must be in laboratory courses. Natural sciences include biology, biophysical sciences, chemistry, geology, and physics.

[**] May be satisfied within core curriculum. However, 3 semester hours of both speech and computer literacy/proficiency are still required even if the student is certified as core complete by way of transfer from a Texas public community college or public university.

Satisfy course requirements for the plan: At least 24 semester hours in one plan of which at least 18 semester hours must be advanced.

Core Curriculum Requirements

(42 total core hours required).

Core 010 Communication
Core 020 Mathematics
Core 030 Life and Physical Science
Core 040 Language, Philosophy and Culture
Core 050 Creative Arts
Core 060 American History
Core 070 Government/Political Science
Core 080 Social and Behavioral Sciences
Core 090 Component Area Option: Speech
Core 090 Component Area Option: Computer Literacy

Plan Program Requirements

General

Speech ^
Computer Literacy ^
ENGL 3430 Professional Writing
Foreign Language (6 s.h. in sophomore level foreign language)
DSGN 3320 Typography
DSGN 3321 Theories of Design
DSGN 3322 Advanced Design
DSGN 4310 History of Design
DSGN 4318 Senior Seminar
DSGN 4320 Design Internship
DSGN 4322 Senior Portfolio

Three (3) of the following five (5) courses:

Concentration / Specialization (12 s.h.)

Four of the following courses:

Free Electives

Additional hours to satisfy the minimum of 120 credit hours on the degree plan and any other minimums such as 54 upper division hours.)

Total: 120 s.h.

Total must be minimum of 120 s.h. with minimum of 54 s.h. at upper division level.
^ May be satisfied within core curriculum. However, 3 semester hours of both speech and computer literacy/proficiency are still required even if the student is certified as core complete by way of transfer from a Texas public community college or public university.