Design, BFA (Boston)

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Introduction to College

ARTF 1000 — Art and Design at Northeastern

Art + Design Fundamentals Required

ARTF 1220 — Elements of Visual Composition

Art + Design Fundamentals Electives

From the catalog
Complete 6 semester hours of the following:

Choose 6 semester hours from:
- ARTF 1200 — Representational Drawing
- ARTF 1210 — Abstract Drawing
- ARTF 1230 — Making with Form and Materials
- ARTF 1240 — Making with Video, Sound, and Animation
- ARTF 1250 — Designing Interactive Experiences

Art and Design History

From the catalog
Complete 4 additional semester hours of ARTH courses.

All of:
- ARTH 1001 — Visual Intelligence
- ARTH 1002 — Seminar in Visual Intelligence
ARTH 3000 — Topics in Visual Studies
ARTH 4000 — Topics in Visual Studies

Design Course

All of:
- ARTG 1001 — Design Perspectives: An Introduction to Design in the World
- ARTG 1002 — Seminar for Design Perspectives
All of:
- ARTG 1270 — Design: Process + Practices
- ARTG 1271 — Studio for Design: Process + Practices
All of:
- ARTG 1290 — Typographic Systems
- ARTG 1291 — Studio for Typographic Systems
All of:
- ARTG 2262 — Prototyping with Code
- ARTG 2263 — Lab for ARTG 2262

Degree Project

ARTG 4550 — Design Degree Project

Art and Design Elective

8 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours of ARTD, ARTE, ARTF, ARTS, EXRE, or GAME courses not already required and as long as prerequisites have been met and not used to fulfill other requirements of the program. If ARTG 5000 (or any other topics course in the subjects listed) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be applied toward the electives.

Media Arts Elective

From the catalog
Complete 4-5 semester hours of the following:

Choose 5 semester hours from:
- All of:
  - ARTD 2360 — Introduction to Photography
  - ARTD 2361 — Photo Tools
- All of:
  - ARTD 2370 — Animation Basics
  - ARTD 2371 — Animation Tools
- All of:
  - ARTD 2380 — Video Basics
  - ARTD 2381 — Video Tools
- ARTD 3000 — Topics in Media Arts

Design Electives

16 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete 16 semester hours of ARTG courses as long as prerequisites have been met. If ARTG 5000 (or any other topics course in the subject listed) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives.

Concentrations (choose 1)

Creative Fabrication

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours of the following:

ARTG 2810 — Creative Fabrication Design Principles
ARTG 3810 — Topics in Creative Fabrication Inquiry
ARTG 5000 — Topics in Design
Choose 4 semester hours from:
- ARTG 2290 — Fashion and Wearable Technologies
- ARTG 3100 — Physical and Digital Fabrication
- ARTG 3250 — Physical Computing
- ARTG 5640 — Prototyping for Experience Design

Experience Design

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours of the following:

ARTG 3462 — Experience Design Principles
ARTG 3464 — Topics In Experience Design Inquiry
ARTG 5000 — Topics in Design
Choose 4 semester hours from:
- ARTG 3100 — Physical and Digital Fabrication
- ARTG 5640 — Prototyping for Experience Design

Graphic Design

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours of the following:

ARTG 2252 — Graphic Design Principles
ARTG 3452 — Topics In Graphic Design Inquiry
ARTG 5000 — Topics in Design
Choose 4 semester hours from:
- ARTG 3470 — Topics in Typographic Inquiry
- ARTG 4554 — Type Design

Information Design

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours of the following:

ARTG 2242 — Information Design Principles
ARTG 3444 — Topics in Information Design Inquiry
ARTG 5000 — Topics in Design
Choose 4 semester hours from:
- All of:
  - ARTG 5150 — Information Visualization Principles and Practices
  - ARTG 5151 — Information Design Critique Seminar
- ARTG 5320 — Statistics for Design

Interaction Design

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours of the following:

ARTG 2400 — Interaction Design Principles
ARTG 3400 — Topics In Interaction Design Inquiry
ARTG 5000 — Topics in Design
Choose 4 semester hours from:
- ARTG 3250 — Physical Computing
- ARTG 5640 — Prototyping for Experience Design

Electives Option

From the catalog
Complete 12 semester hours of any of required concentration courses above. At least one course needs to be at the 3000 level or higher.

ARTG 5000 — Topics in Design

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