- 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.
BA Language Requirements
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
English Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Courses | ||
| ENGL 1400 | Introduction to Literary Studies | 4 |
| ENGL 1160 | Introduction to Rhetoric | 4 |
| or ENGL 1410 | Introduction to Research on Writing | |
| ENGL 1700 | Global Literatures 1 | 4 |
| or ENGL 1701 | Global Literatures 2 | |
English Electives
Two of the courses chosen from the lists below must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Diversity | ||
| Complete one course from the following. You may reuse this course to fulfill an additional English requirement below: | 4 | |
| Early African-American Literature | ||
| Postcolonial Literature | ||
| American Women Writers | ||
| Asian-American Literature | ||
| Writing in Global Contexts | ||
| Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | ||
| Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | ||
| Literary Periods | ||
| Pre-1850 | ||
| Complete one course from the following: | 4 | |
| British Literature to 1800 | ||
| American Literature to 1865 | ||
| Introduction to Shakespeare | ||
| Early African-American Literature | ||
| The American Renaissance | ||
| Early Literatures | ||
| 17th- and 18th-Century Literatures | ||
| Topics in 17th- and 18th-Century British Literatures | ||
| Emerson and Thoreau | ||
| Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | ||
or JWSS 3678 | Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | |
| Topics in Shakespeare | ||
| Post-1850 | ||
| Complete one of the following courses: | 4 | |
| The Graphic Novel | ||
| Contemporary Poetry | ||
| Contemporary Fiction | ||
| The Modern Bestseller | ||
| Postcolonial Literature | ||
| Postcolonial Women Writers | ||
| American Women Writers | ||
| Asian-American Literature | ||
| Irish Literary Culture (Abroad) | ||
| 20th- and 21st-Century Literatures | ||
| Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | ||
or JWSS 3685 | Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | |
| 20th- and 21st-Century Major Figure | ||
| Theories and Methods | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Grammar: The Architecture of English | ||
| Introduction to Rhetoric | ||
| Introduction to Research on Writing | ||
| Reading and Writing in the Digital Age | ||
| Horror Fiction | ||
| Science Fiction | ||
| What Is Nature? | ||
| Boston in Literature | ||
| Literary Genres | ||
| Rhetoric of Law | ||
| The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing | ||
| Opening the Archive | ||
| Film and Text (Abroad) | ||
| Narrative Medicine | ||
| Topics in Literary Criticism (reactivating for Fall 24) | ||
| Introduction to Language and Linguistics | ||
| Linguistic Analysis | ||
| Syntax | ||
| Semantics | ||
| History of English | ||
| Language and Gender | ||
| Topics in Linguistics | ||
| Major Seminar | ||
| ENGL 3710 | Major Seminar | 4 |
| Writing | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Creative Writing | ||
| Style and Editing | ||
| Digital Writing | ||
| Writing and Community Engagement | ||
| Writing in Global Contexts | ||
| Writing to Heal | ||
| Writing for Social Media: Theory and Practice | ||
| Writing Boston | ||
| Creative Nonfiction | ||
| Poetry Workshop | ||
| Fiction Workshop | ||
| Writing Seminar | ||
| The Writer’s Marketplace | ||
| English Electives | ||
| Complete any two ENGL courses that have not already been used to fulfill another requirement. | 8 | |
Capstone
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| English Capstone Requirement | ||
| ENGL 4710 | Capstone Seminar | 4 |
Design Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Art + Design Fundamentals Required | ||
| ARTF 1220 | Elements of Visual Composition (with optional ARTF 1221) | 2 |
| Art + Design Fundamentals Electives | ||
| 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 | ||
| Design Required | ||
| ARTG 1001 and ARTG 1002 | Design Perspectives: An Introduction to Design in the World and Seminar for Design Perspectives | 4 |
| 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 |
| Design Elective | ||
| Complete any one ARTG design course not already required, as long as prerequisites have been met. 1 | 4 | |
| Art + Design History Elective | ||
| Complete any one ARTH course. | 4 | |
| Art + Design Elective | ||
| Complete any one ARTD, ARTE, ARTF (4SH), ARTG, ARTH, ARTS, or GAME course as long as prerequisites have been met. | 4 | |
| If ARTG 5000 Topics in Design (or any other topics course in the subjects listed above) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives. | ||
| Degree Capstone Project | ||
| ARTG 4550 | Design Degree Project | 4 |
Design Option
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one of the following options: | 8 | |
| Experience Design Option | ||
| Experience Design Principles | ||
| Topics In Experience Design Inquiry | ||
| Graphic Design Option | ||
| Graphic Design Principles | ||
| Topics In Graphic Design Inquiry | ||
| Information Design Option | ||
| Information Design Principles | ||
| Topics in Information Design Inquiry | ||
| Interaction Design Option | ||
| Interaction Design Principles and Interaction Design Principles Tools | ||
| Topics In Interaction Design Inquiry | ||
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For students interested in the PlusOne in Information Design and Data Visualization, speak with an advisor about an alternative course option to Prototyping with Code (ARTG 2262) and Lab for ARTG 2262 (ARTG 2263).
Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Integrative Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| The Graphic Novel | ||
| Visual Writing | ||
| Technologies of Text | ||
| The following course is already required in major: | ||
| Design Degree Project | ||
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGL 1000 or ARTF 1000 | 1 | ENGL 1160 or 1410 | 4 | ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | 4 | ARTF elective | 2 |
| ENGL 1400 | 4 | ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ARTF elective | 2 |
| ENGL 1450 | 4 | MATH elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| ARTF 1220 (with optional ARTF 1221) | 2 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| ARTF elective | 2 | ||||||
| ARTG 1001 and ARTG 1002 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGL 1700 | 4 | ENGL 19th-century requirement | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| ENGL pre-19th-century requirement | 4 | ENGL theories and methods requirement | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| Design option level 1 | 4 | Design option level 2 | 4 | ||||
| ARTH elective | 4 | A+D elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | ENGL comparative requirement | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| ENGL diversity requirement | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| ARTG elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | ENGL 20th-century requirement | 4 | ||||
| ENGL elective | 4 | ||||||
| ARTG 4550 | 4 | ||||||
| Integrative course | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 129 | |||||||
Sample Plan of Study: Five Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGL 1000 or ARTF 1000 | 1 | ENGL 1160 or 1410 | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| ENGL 1400 | 4 | ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | 4 | ||||
| ENGL 1450 | 4 | ARTF elective | 2 | ||||
| ARTF 1220 (with optional ARTF 1221) | 2 | ARTF elective | 2 | ||||
| ARTF elective | 2 | MATH elective | 4 | ||||
| ARTG 1001 and ARTG 1002 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGL 1700 | 4 | ENGL 19th-century requirement | 4 | Vacation | Co-op | 0 | |
| ENGL pre-19th-century requirement | 4 | ENGL theories and methods requirement | 4 | ||||
| ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | 4 | Design option level 2 | 4 | ||||
| Design option level 1 | 4 | A+D elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | ENGL comparative requirement | 4 | Vacation | Co-op | 0 | |
| ENGL diversity requirement | 4 | ||||||
| ARTH elective | 4 | ||||||
| ARTG elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | ENGL 20th-century requirement | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| ENGL elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 5 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| ENGL 4710 | 4 | ARTG 4550 | 4 | ||||
| ENGL elective | 4 | Integrative course | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ENGL writing requirement | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 129 | |||||||