Graphic Design Foundation Certificate

Certificate
Fine Arts & Social Science Division

Program Code: GRDE1

Gainful Employment Disclosure Data

Office: Visual Arts and Design Center (VADC) 100

Phone: (810) 762-0443

Program Coordinator: James Shurter, Associate Professor of Design

Phone: (810) 232-2075

This certificate offers students a one-year option in graphic design. It will give them beginning art and design skills that could potentially allow them to enter the workforce as a production artist. It also provides them with foundation courses that would allow them to transfer into a bachelors program in design.

Occupational Specialty Courses

ART.-121 Intro to Graphic Design Theory & Process
ART.-122 Graphic Design Survey
ART.-131 Drawing
ART.-132 Drawing II
ART.-141 Basic Two-Dimensional Design
ART.-142 Basic Three-Dimensional Design
ART.-145 Intro to Digital Design
ART.-146 Typography and Type Design

Group Total: Credits 24 / 42 Contact Hours

Related Requirement Courses

ENGL-101 English Composition I
ENGL-102 English Composition II

Group Total: Credits 6 / 6 Contact Hours

Program Total: Credits 30 / 48 Contact Hours

Notes:

All course and degree requirements must be met
15 credits minimum must be earned at MCC
Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0