Communication Design A.B.
Chair: Associate Professor Hannam
The design of media and communication messages is essential in a visual world. A major in communication design prepares students to create these messages in static, kinetic, and interactive mediums and deliver them to diverse audiences through visual language, the principles of design, and other methods, theories, and practices.
Students learn to identify and solve design problems and master the principles and practices used in the design of communication messages. These messages may involve design for print publications, advertising, website and mobile media.
The Communication Design A.B. degree requires 52 semester hours in CDE, COM, CTA, DCM, JOU, MEA or STC, plus 8 hours in ART and 2 hours in IDS 1150.
(See School of Communications for additional program requirements and course descriptions)
Major Requirements:
Required courses: 51-52 sh
| IDS1150 | Public Speaking | 2 sh |
| COM1000 | Communications in a Global Age | 4 sh |
| COM2000 | Inclusive Communications | 2 sh |
| COM2200 | Creating Multimedia Content | 4 sh |
| CDE2580 | Principles of Communication Design | 4 sh |
| CDE2600 | Fundamentals of Typography | 4 sh |
| CDE3180 | Writing & Research in Design | 4 sh |
| CDE3580 | Design of Visual Images | 4 sh |
| CDE3600 | Contemporary Practices in Design | 4 sh |
| COM3985 | Communications Internship | 1 or 2 sh |
| COM4000 | Media Law and Ethics | 4 sh |
| CDE4580 | Design Strategies & Solutions | 4 sh |
Choose one: 4 sh
Additional requirements for the Communication Design A.B.: 8 sh
| ART1120 | Fundamentals of Design | 4 sh |
| ART2600 | Introduction to Intermedia and Photography | 4 sh |
Select additional courses to total at least 52 semester hours of courses from COM, CDE, CTA, DCM, JOU, MEA, or STC, not including IDS 1150.
REQUIRED MINOR, DOUBLE MAJOR OR SEMESTER ABROAD:
To promote academic depth, all students must complete a minor, double major outside of the School of Communications or a semester abroad (totaling 12 credit hours or more) in an Elon-approved program. Study USA programs do not qualify as a semester abroad.
Total Credit Hours: 62