GD 304 - History of Graphic Design

Prerequisites, GD 200, GD 201, and graphic design major, or art, or art history, or graphic design minor, or consent of instructor. Introduces the major epochs in the history of graphic design. Explores how visual communication was designed to fit the needs of pre-modern societies and how it responded to shifting contexts and new technological inventions at three critical moments: the invention of the printing press, the industrial revolution, and the digital revolution. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits