Art and Design (BFA) with emphasis in Web and User Experience Lindenwood University

Getting a degree in Web and User Experience prepares students for a creative career of their choosing. The diverse course offering allows students to pave their own path towards a career in design, whether it be artistic or technical. By the time they graduate, these students have a varied, in-demand skill set.

The Art and Design (BFA) with emphasis in Web and User Experience is offered in both traditional and online formats.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art and Design with an emphasis in Web and User Experience requires 78 credit hours. With this emphasis, you will gain knowledge that prepares you for a career in graphic design, web design, video productions, animation, and more! Some of the classes offered include:

• Applications for Mobile Devices
• 3D Graphics
• Motion Graphics
• 3D Printing
• Digital Painting

Students majoring in Art and Design, with an emphasis on Web and User Experience, will take classes on the Adobe Suite and other programs, giving you the opportunity to build your credibility as a designer by becoming Adobe Certified in a different program every semester. Some of the core design courses include:

• Introduction to Digital and Web Design
• Design with Photoshop
• Design with Illustrator
• Desktop Publishing
• Video Production

The program also allows students to take a class in Lindenwood's Digital and Web Design Firm. The DWD Firm is a design firm on campus where students work to gain real-world experience with local clients. Working in the DWD Firm will help you build your portfolio and resume and prepare you for numerous opportunities after graduation. There is also an Interactive Media and Web Design Club, where students are able to work on their team-building and networking skills with like-minded peers.

Whether it involves adding video to a website or synchronizing audio to animation, multimedia skills are in high demand and graduates are finding opportunities in a variety of areas.

This emphasis of the BFA in Art & Design is comprised of the Art & Design BA core plus additional courses ensuring that students gain the necessary coding skills along with design, branding, and business practices associated with the field of Web Design. Students should expect to be challenged in each course as well as be provided opportunities to enhance their portfolios as they gain valuable skills needed to work in the industry. Students will learn to work with clients, embrace usability experience conventions, use HTML, CSS, & JavaScript to author websites, work with popular Content Management Systems, leverage frameworks, and libraries, conduct independent research, and understand the role that digital marketing can make in their work.

Major Coursework

30 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

• AAD 10000 Introduction to Art and Design
• AAD 10050 Introduction to Web Design
• AAD 10600 Design I
• AAD 13000 Drawing I
• AAD 13600 Design II
• AAD 14000 Visual Storytelling
• AAD 18101 Digital Photography I
• AAD 35000 Portfolio Review
• ARTH 22200 History of Western Art to 1300
• ARTH 22400 History of Western Art from 1300

Foundation Coursework

3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

• AAD 12000 Digital Foundations
• AAD 20300 Adobe Certification in Photoshop
• AAD 20400 Adobe Certification in Illustrator

Emphasis Coursework

24 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

• AAD 11000 Programming Logic
• AAD 25000 Typography I
• AAD 32200 Motion Graphics
• AAD 35500 Visual Branding
• AAD 36100 Web Design - User Experience I
• AAD 36200 Web Design - User Experience II
• AAD 36300 Web Design - User Experience III
• CAH 43000 Arts Entrepreneurship

Art and Design Elective Coursework

9 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

• AAD 10100 Emerging Technologies
• AAD 11000 Programming Logic
• AAD 11600 Drag and Drop Web Design
• AAD 20400 Adobe Certification in Illustrator
• AAD 22100 Sculpture I
• AAD 22600 Digital Art I
• AAD 23000 Microsoft Office Specialist Certification
• AAD 23400 Fibers I
• AAD 24100 Ceramics I
• AAD 25000 Typography I
• AAD 30600 Imaging and Illustration
• AAD 31500 Printmaking II
• AAD 32200 Motion Graphics
• AAD 32500 Desktop Publishing
• AAD 33000 Drawing II
• AAD 33100 Figure Drawing I
• AAD 33310 3D Printing
• AAD 33400 Fibers II
• AAD 33600 3D Graphics
• AAD 33700 Digital Painting
• AAD 34000 Ceramics II
• AAD 35001 Digital Photography II
• AAD 36001 Digital Photography III
• AAD 36100 Web Design - User Experience I
• AAD 36200 Web Design - User Experience II
• AAD 38600-38699 Special Topics in Art and Design
• AAD 40100 Painting III
• AAD 41500 Printmaking III
• AAD 42400 Applications for Mobile Devices

Art History Coursework

3 credit hours of coursework from the following option:

• ARTH 36900 History of Graphic Design

Art History Elective Coursework

3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

• ARTH 35400 Nineteenth-Century Art
• ARTH 35600 Baroque Art
• ARTH 35700 Ancient Art
• ARTH 35800 Medieval Art
• ARTH 36100 Twentieth-Century Art/Modern
• ARTH 36200 Twentieth-Century Art/Contemporary
• ARTH 36300 Early Modern Gender Studies
• ARTH 36500 History of Photography
• ARTH 37000 History of Games and Critical Theory
• ARTH 38000 History of Digital Art
• ARTH 38300 Renaissance Art
• ARTH 38400 Classical Myth
• ARTH 38600-38699 Special Topics
• ARTH 38700-38799 Special Topics
• ARTH 38900 Art Theory and Criticism

Practical Application Coursework

3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

• AAD 30105 Applied Art and Design
• CAH 44444 Internship

Capstone Coursework

3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

• AAD 41000 Art and Design Capstone

Seminar Coursework

Zero credit hour course in which students are required to enroll every fall and spring semester from matriculation to degree conferral.

• AAD 10200 Art and Design Seminar

No duplication of coursework is permitted within the program.