Advertising Design

Associate of Applied Science Degree

20401

Advertising Design prepares you for entry level employment in an advertising agency, art agency, newspaper, printing plant, industrial in-plant printing unit, and free-lance work.

Curriculum Requirements

ART 101	Fundamentals of Design	3 credits
ART 102	Color and Design	3 credits
ART 111	Drawing	3 credits
ART 114	Figure Drawing	3 credits
ART 128	Beginning Photography	3 credits
ART 181	Advertising Design I	3 credits
ART 182	Advertising Design II	3 credits
ART 186	Introduction to Computer Graphics	3 credits
ART 188	Electronic Publishing	3 credits
ART 189	Typography and Typesetting	2 credits
ART 216	Illustration I	3 credits
ART 217	Illustration II	3 credits
ART 285	Printmaking	3 credits
ART 289	Portfolio Development	1 credit

Choose at least 5 additional credits from the following:

BUS 101	Fundamentals of Accounting	3 credits
CMP 110 or CMP 244	Current Applications or Desktop Publishing	.5 to 2 credits 2 to 3 credits
COE 101	Job Seeking Strategies	1 credit
EGR 120 or DRF 108	Engineering Drafting or Technical Drafting	2 credits 2 credits
SBM 101 or SBM 201	Selling Techniques or Small Business Management	3 credits 3 credits

Total Curriculum Requirements

44 credits with a GPA of 2.00 or higher

General Education Requirements

English	BUS 160 Communication for the Occupations or ENG 260 Technical Report Writing	3 credits 2 to 3 credits
	ENG 100 Writing Fundamentals or ENG 101 Written Communications I	3 credits 3 credits
Computers	CMP 101 Introduction to Computers or CMP 103 Introduction to Computer Based Systems	3 credits 3 credits
Humanities	ART 133 World Art I and ART 134 World Art II	3 credits 3 credits

An additional 3 credits, with no more than 2 credits in the Health and Physical Education category, are to be selected from the list of General Education courses.

Total General Education Requirements

18 credits

Courses qualifying for General Education credit that are listed as curriculum requirements may be counted toward completion of General Education requirements only if other courses are not specified in the General Education distribution area.

Electives Requirements

To obtain this degree you must take a minimum of two credits of courses of your choice numbered 100 or above to obtain the 64 credits required.

Electives requirements

2 credits

Total Minimum Degree Requirements

64 credits

In addition to completing the required courses listed above, you must meet the following general graduation requirements to obtain this degree:

Complete at least 16 degree credits at Eastern Arizona College.
Attain a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or higher.
Demonstrate a reading competency at the tenth grade level or above by one of the following methods:

1. EAC COMPASS reading assessment test score of 60 or higher*

2. EAC ASSET reading assessment test score of 35 or higher*

3. ACT Assessment Reading score of 14 or higher*

4. SAT verbal score of 530 or higher*

5. Completion of ENG 091, Reading Improvement II, with a grade of "C" or better

6. Grade equivalency score of 10 or higher as demonstrated by the Nelson Denny, TABE, or ABLE tests*

*Your EAC COMPASS reading assessment test score is available on Student Information System terminals or from your advisor. If you took the ASSET test or submitted an ACT, SAT, Nelson Denny, TABE, or ABLE score, a derived EAC Compass score has been placed in your record and is available on Student Information System terminals or from your advisor.

File a Graduation Petition at least 60 calendar days prior to the end of the semester in which graduation is anticipated and pay the Graduation Fee of $25.
Remove any indebtedness to the College.
Complete the Sophomore Qualifying Examination that is administered each semester to students who have petitioned to graduate. The Sophomore Qualifying Examination is used as a measure of EAC's institutional effectiveness, and your score has no effect on your graduation status.