- Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
- Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
NUpath requirements Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Interpreting Culture (IC), Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ), Analyzing and Using Data (AD), and Societies and Institutions (SI) are met through the major course requirements.
NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND), Difference and Diversity (DD), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) must be met through electives.
Graphic and Information Design Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Art and Design at Northeastern | ||
| ARTF 1000 | Art and Design at Northeastern | 1 |
| or MATH 1000 | Mathematics at Northeastern | |
| Art and Design Fundamentals Required | ||
| ARTF 1220 | Elements of Visual Composition (with optional ARTF 1121) | 2 |
| Art and Design Fundamentals Elective | ||
| Complete three of the following: | 6 | |
| Representational Drawing | ||
| Abstract Drawing | ||
| Making with Form and Materials and Making with Form and Materials Tools | ||
| Making with Video, Sound, and Animation and Making with Video, Sound, and Animation Tools | ||
| Designing Interactive Experiences and Designing Interactive Experiences Tools | ||
| Art and Design History | ||
| ARTH 2210 | Modern Art and Design History | 4 |
| ARTH 2215 | History of Graphic Design | 4 |
| Design | ||
| ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | Design: Process + Practices and Studio for Design: Process + Practices | 4 |
| ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | Typographic Systems and Studio for Typographic Systems | 4 |
| ARTG 2242 | Information Design Principles | 4 |
| ARTG 2252 | Graphic Design Principles | 4 |
| ARTG 3350 | Typography 2 | 4 |
| Degree Project | ||
| ARTG 4550 | Design Degree Project | 4 |
| Art and Design Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Introduction to Photography and Photo Tools | ||
| Video Basics and Video Tools | ||
| Prototyping with Code and Lab for ARTG 2262 | ||
| Interaction Design Principles (with optinal ARTG 2401 ) | ||
| Topics In Graphic Design Inquiry | ||
| Identity and Brand Design | ||
| Typography 3 | ||
Mathematics Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Math Reasoning | ||
| MATH 1365 | Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning | 4 |
| Calculus | ||
| A grade of C or higher is required: | ||
| MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
| MATH 1342 | Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
| MATH 2321 | Calculus 3 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
| Intermediate Math | ||
| MATH 2331 | Linear Algebra | 4 |
| MATH 2341 | Differential Equations and Linear Algebra for Engineering | 4 |
| MATH 3081 | Probability and Statistics | 4 |
| Advanced Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Real Analysis | ||
| Group Theory | ||
| Geometry | ||
| Mathematics Elective | ||
| MATH 4025 can count as an upper-level math elective as well as a capstone. | ||
| Complete one course in the following range: | 4 | |
MATH 3101 to MATH 4899 | ||
Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ARTG 3444 | Topics in Information Design Inquiry | 4 |
Combined-Major Credit Requirement
Complete 80 semester hours in the major.
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample 5-Year Plan of Study , 2 Co-op
| Year 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||
| ARTF 1000 | 1 | MATH 1342 | 4 | ||
| ARTF 1220 (with optional ARTF 1221) | 2 | ARTH 2210 | 4 | ||
| Art and Design Fundamentals Elective 1 | 2 | ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | 4 | ||
| MATH 1365 | 4 | Art and Design Fundamentals Elective 2 | 2 | ||
| MATH 1341 | 4 | Art and Design Fundamentals Elective 3 | 2 | ||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 16 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||
| MATH 2321 | 4 | MATH 2341 | 4 | ||
| ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | 4 | ARTG 2252 | 4 | ||
| ARTH 2215 | 4 | Math elective | 4 | ||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| 16 | 16 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours |
| MATH 2331 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 |
| ARTG 3350 | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||
| EEAM 2000 | 1 | ||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Year 4 | |||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours |
| MATH 3081 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 |
| ARTG 2242 | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Year 5 | |||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||
| ARTG 4550 | 4 | Capstone | 4 | ||
| Art and Design Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| 16 | 16 | ||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||