2007-2008 Grace University Catalog

Bachelor of Science in Communications
Concentration in Graphic Communications

The Graphic Communications Concentration is designed to prepare students for careers in print graphics or web design.  Students have practical opportunities to build skills not only though in-class project based courses, but through practicum's and internships. Many of the professional requirement courses are taught at Iowa Western Community College. (IWCC is located just eight miles from campus.)  Iowa Western has a well equipped computer graphics lab for regular student access. Usage of this lab is valuable to students as part of their course work and class projects.  The Communication theory and media ethics courses taught at Grace University help students develop the skills to think through media issues from a Christian perspective.

Biblical/Theological Requirements		30
BS 101	Old Testament Survey	4
BS 102	New Testament Survey	4
BS 103	Hermeneutics and Bible Study Methods	3
BS 110	Evangelism and Spiritual Life	2
BS 406	Romans	3
TH 203	Theology of Church Mission	2
TH 301	Theology 1	3
TH 302	Theology 2	3
BS/TH	Choose Bible or Theology electives	6
General Education Requirements		51
EN 101	College Composition I	3
EN 102/103	Choose Creative Writing or College Composition II	3
HU 221/323	Choose Introduction to Philosophy or Worldviews	3
HU xxx	Choose a Literature course	3
HU/MU	Choose an Art or Music course	3
HU 414	Ethics	3
MA 211	Statistics	3
PE 101	Introduction to Health and Wellness	2
PE xxx	Choose two P.E. courses	2
PSY 101	General Psychology	3
SCI 342	Physical Science	3
SP 120	Oral Communications	3
SS 101	Freshmen Seminar	1
SS 201	Principles of Economics 1	3
SS 204	Introduction to Social Science Research	3
SS 333/433	Intro to American Politics or American Government	3
SS 400	Senior Integration	1
SS xxx	Choose a Social Science sequence	6
Professional Requirements		43
BU 300	Principles of Leadership and Management	2
CE 303	Fundamentals of Instruction and Mentoring	2
COM 302	Sociology of Mass Communications	3
COM 412	Human Communication and Rhetoric	3
COM 450	Media Ethics and Law	3
ART 121 IWCC	2-D Design	3
CIS 207 IWCC	Fundamentals of Web Programming	3
GRA 112 IWCC	Intro to Printing Technologies	3
GRA 123 IWCC	Typography	3
GRA 121 IWCC	Digital Drawing	3
GRA 131 IWCC	Digital Layout	3
GRA 140 IWCC	Digital Imaging	3
GRA 127 IWCC	Digital Design	3
GRA 161 IWCC	Digital 3-D	3
GRA 154 IWCC	Advanced Web Design	3
Servant Leadership Training*		8 sem.
Grace L.I.F.E. Requirements*		8 sem.
TOTAL HOURS		124
*For requirements, see Student Handbook