This course will assist the advanced graphic communications student in the transition from school to professional life. Course content includes the development and design of a professional portfolio, study of professional practices, and a senior project focused on designing for social change. Through presentations, in-class exercises, demonstrations, guest lectures with industry specialists, and community-based work, students prepare their body of work and themselves for entry into the professional world of graphic communications.
Prerequisite: ART 2050, 3050, 3058, plus one 3000 or 4000-level selected ART course from (ART 3041, ART 3055, ART 3056, ART 3057, ART 3059, ART 3061, ART 3241, ART 3242, or ART 4055) & only open to students majoring in Bus Com with a Spe in Graphic Com.