Year 1:

ART 555 Graphic Design I (5)

Research of various design paradigms explored through a rebuilding of pragmatic processes to an end that assists all students to reach an industry standard of research, skills, and exploration process.

ART 556 Graphic Design II (5)

Prerequisite: 555

Research of various design paradigms explored through a rebuilding of pragmatic processes to an end that assists all students to reach an industry standard of research, skills, and exploration process.

ART 557 Graphic Design III (5)

Prerequisite: 556

Research of various design paradigms explored through a rebuilding of pragmatic processes to an end that assists all students to reach an industry standard of research, skills, and exploration process. A portion of this quarter’s research is to identify a site for the research to be conducted during ART 655.

Year 2:

ART 655 Design Applied Research (5-12)

Prerequisite: 557

This course is dedicated to participating in a design internship/assistantship with an internationally recognized designer or design firm, or a study abroad experience related to the field of research chosen and approved by the student’s committee. Two quarters are required of this course.

ART 656 Design IV (5)

Prerequisite: 655

Continued research of various design paradigms will be explored through the rebuilding of the pragmatic design processes. A comparative analysis process will prepare the student for their thesis and third year of visual research. The design thesis proposal will be presented for approval.

Year 3:

ART 695 Design Written Thesis (6)

ART 657 Design Studio Thesis (5-18)

Additional Graduate Courses:

ART 500 Graduate Teaching Associates Seminar (3)

ART 551D Letterpress Bookbinding (5)

ART 559D Text and Image (5)

ART 650 Graphic Design Seminar (5)

Lectures, discussions, field trips, media presentations dealing with contemporary issues of critical discourse in design and the related social dynamic.

ART 601 Interdisciplinary Seminar (3)

Please refer to the Ohio University course offerings to reference other graduate level offerings within the College of Fine Arts, where new thinking edges of performance, video, film, music, theater and dance. Or any exploration you may be interested in through interdisciplinary research in printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, painting and photography.