Don Adleta, Chair
Department Faculty List

Don Adleta, Chair
Department Faculty List

Portfolio Review 2012 - Wednesday May 9, 2012/ Seigfred 408 / 9 - 10 am.

Progress Review Form for Juniors

Application to Major Form (Semesters)

Schedule for the Portfolio Review:

In anticipation of the academic advising beginning on Monday, May 7 and the Fall quarter registration beginning on Monday, May 14th for fall semester registration, we have put together the following schedule:

May 9, between 9-10 am, Room 408 Seigfred drop off your portfolio along with your:
Application to the Program cover sheet (available from the department professors)
Your Statement of Purpose
The Application to Major Area form (available in the SoA office)
A current DARS report

WARNING! Do not miss this deadline. We will not accept late portfolios. If any of these documents are missing we will not review the portfolio.

Make sure you sign-in to register your portfolio with the monitor in Seigfred 408. Graphic Design classes will be canceled on May 9, 10, 11. Labs will be closed during the Junior reviews on May 10 and 11. Portfolios will be returned with an evaluation on Saturday, May 12 between 10:00 and noon, or Monday, May 14, before 9:00 am in Seigfred 408. An Application to Major form stating the results of the assessment completed by all graphic design faculty will include comments and recommendations. Please read this evaluation sheet carefully.

* This list is subject to modification/simplification, however any changes will be announced before the review.
** A total of 7 studio classes (35 credit hours) outside of the major, 3 at 300 to 400 level, beyond foundations is required for graduation.

Please note: Only 5 credit hours of the 35 total can be used for either Media or the LetterPress classes.

Program Overview
All students enter the program as Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) art majors and share common requirements in general academics, studio foundations, and art history. To become a studio art B.F.A. major in graphic design, students must first complete the Foundations Program, take four 2000-level studio art courses, and submit a portfolio of studio work for review at the end of the sophomore year.

The graphics design area at Ohio University places emphasis on providing an understanding of the designer’s personal and social responsibiity, developing the student’s capacity for critical thinking, and stimulating imagination and innovation. Understanding graphic design within a cultural context is an essential component of a designer’s
education.

In the School of Art, students in the graphic design area accomplish visual research in printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, painting, and photography while studying in their design studio classes. Studio classes, inside and outside the graphic design program, as well as liberal arts courses, prepare students for an immediate goal, the design practice, and a long term goal, continuing intellectual, personal, and creative growth.

Admissions Information

• Freshman/First-Year Admission: No requirements beyond University admission requirements.
  
• Change of Program Changes: No selective or limited admission requirements.
  
• External Transfer Admission: No requirements beyond University admission requirements.
  

Opportunities Upon Graduation
Many graduating designers secure positions within top design firms nationally and internationally. Through the rigor of their academic studies and practical training, graduating designer are prepared also to enter advanced degree programs.

Universitywide Graduation Requirements
To complete this program, students must meet all Universitywide graduation requirements.

Mission Statement
The graphic design program at Ohio University places emphasis on providing an understanding of the designer’s personal and social responsibility, developing the student's capacity for critical thinking, and stimulating imagination and innovation.

Understanding graphic design within a cultural context is an essential
component of a designer's education.

At Ohio University, design education finds its home within the College of Fine Arts, where new thinking edges of performance, video, film, music, theater and dance are around us. The design program is within one of the schools of the college, the School of Art. Design students can visually research in printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, painting and photography at the same time they are studying in their design studio classes.

We develop fundamental skills of perception, interpretation, and inventiveness, as well as understanding the nature and meaning of visual form in context. Our graduating designers secure positions within top design firms nationally and internationally. They design within a broad spectrum of applications: solving complex problems, planning, and executing solutions.

Their ultimate strength is visually translating ideas into form, or in other words sending an intended message to a targeted audience. The aesthetic ordering of type and image in order to interest and inform has been highly acknowledged by the design industry.

Plus we can play as hard as we work!

Studio classes, inside and outside the graphic design program, as well as liberal arts courses, prepare students for an immediate goal, the design practice; and a long term goal, continuing intellectual, personal, and creative growth.

Data list for application to Graphic Design
Graphic Design Advising Aid for determining graduation requirements (Quarters)

Facilities
The fourth floor of Seigfred Hall has studio spaces for each senior. Our classrooms are on the north side providing optimum lighting for color and studio activities. Technology labs dedicated to graphic design maintain the ratio of one computer to every two majors in the area. Each computer station is upgraded to the industry standards regularly and we maintain a comprehensive font library. We feel it is important not to put the burden of purchasing a computer during our student’s undergraduate research when the upgrade curve is so severe. We suggest students wait until their senior year to invest in personal computers. Waiting for this purchase until this time will help with their transition into the design practice.

Our Vandercook letterpress room has an extensive and rare collection of metal and wood type for designing and printing fine books. The graphic design program is dedicated to maintaining its traditional and contemporary facilities.