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Design Track
Students may pursue a design track focusing on print, web, multimedia,
or a combination.
| Prerequisites: |
There are four prerequisites in the fine
arts for students entering the design track. Three are required
studio courses; one is
an art history course. These courses may be taken concurrently
with the communications core or with COMM 210 Introduction to
Graphic Design: Principles and Practice. However, students should
complete the prerequisites before moving to the intermediate
level in step two. |
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| Students in the design track
need to take these three prerequisite studio courses: |
| ART 111 |
Introduction to Studio
Art: Drawing |
| ART 112 |
Introduction to Studio Art: Color |
| COMM/ART 138 |
Basic Photography |
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| Students may choose one of the
following courses to satisfy the prerequisite in art history: |
| ART 141 |
Introduction to Art History:
Egypt through Mannerism |
| ART 142 |
IIntroduction to Art History: Baroque to
the 20th Century |
| ART 249 |
History of Photography |
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| Step Two Requirements: |
| COMM 210 |
Introduction to Graphic
Design: Principles and Practice of Design |
| COMM 240 |
Intermediate Graphic Design
I: Typography |
| Choose one of the following: |
| COMM 244 |
Web I: Design for the World
Wide Web |
| COMM 248 |
Intermediate Graphic Design II: Type and
Image |
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Step Three Required Electives:
(choose two in consultation with the faculty
adviser): |
| COMM 244 |
Web I: Design for the World
Wide Web |
| COMM 246 |
Digital Imaging for Design |
| COMM 248 |
Intermediate Graphic Design
II: Type and Image |
| COMM 333 |
Web II: Motion Graphics for the Web |
| COMM 340 |
Advanced Design |
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Students who have successfully completed the design
track requirements at Simmons College may take additional courses
at Massachusetts College of Art through the Colleges of the Fenway
consortium with the adviser’s consent.
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