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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Graphic Design Major, BFA (uTrack Requirements)


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Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students who first entered Fall 2013 or later. uTrack does not apply to transfer students who entered prior to Fall 2015.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Fine Arts – Graphic Design


Term 1 Hours Milestone Notes
GRDS 101   3 Completion of at least 12 credit hours
GRDS 102   3  
ARTH 172 * or ARTH 177  3  
ENGL 101 * (or equivalent) 3  
Quantitative Reasoning Elective * 3  
Term 2
GRDS 103   3 ENGL 101 
GRDS 150  3 Complete GRDS 200  with a “Pass”
GRDS 200   0  
ARTH 173 * or ARTH 178 * 3  
ENGL 102 * (or equivalent) 3  
Natural Sciences Lab* 4  
Term 3
GRDS 255   3 Complete at least 30 credit hours 
GRDS 271   3  
Studio Elective 3  
Cultures and Civilizations Elective   3  
Open Elective 3  
Term 4
GRDS 256   4 ENGL 102 
GRDS 272   3  
Studio Elective 3  
Cultures and Civilizations Elective * 3  
Quantitative Reasoning Electives * 3-4  
Term 5
GRDS 355   4 Completion of at least 60 credit hours
GRDS 371   4  
1Studio Elective 3  
1Communicating through Writing Elective * 3  
Term 6
GRDS 372   4 Completion of at least 9 upper-division (300-400 level) hours
1Design and Professional Elective 3  
Studio Elective 3  
Art History (300-400 level) 3  
Term 7
GRDS 451  and/or GRDS 444  or GRDS 444R   4 Completion of at least 24 total upper-division (300-400 level) hours
GRDS 471   4  
1Design and Professional Elective 3  
Social Sciences * 3  
Natural Sciences * 3  
Term 8
GRDS 451  and/or GRDS 444  or GRDS 444R   3 Completion of at least 42 total upper-division (300-400 level) hours
GRDS 472 * 4  
GRDS 452   3  
1Design and Professional Elective 3  
Social Sciences * 3  
TOTAL 122  
1 All students must complete at least 42 upper-division (300-400 level) hours in order to receive a degree from the University of Tennessee.

* Meets University General Education Requirement .

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