Graphic Arts & Design

Stephanie Knopp, Department Chairperson

Tyler School of Art Building
Administrative Suite Room 210V
215-777-9145
stephanie.knopp@temple.edu

The Graphic Arts and Design Department encompasses three distinct areas of study -- Graphic and Interactive Design, Photography, and Printmaking. Our mission is to prepare students for the challenges of each discipline and to help them maximize their potential as artists.

The Graphic Arts and Design faculty is made up of practicing artists and designers who are professionally active and able to teach the fundamental principles of their disciplines while keeping abreast of innovations in their fields. During the student's two-year program of coursework in the major, conceptual thinking aimed at the development of the student's personal artistic vision is stressed; at the same time, technical skills using appropriate tools and techniques to solve creative problems are developed. Our majors are encouraged to integrate each discipline's traditional image-making techniques with rapidly-evolving 21st-century digital technologies. Upon graduation, our students are prepared to enter their respective fields as professionals and to continue their growth as artists.

Graphic & Interactive Design

Alice Drueding, Area Head

Tyler School of Art Building
Room 240
215-777-9890
drueding@temple.edu

Graphic Designers use creative combinations of ideas, art, and technology to inform and influence specific audiences.  Graphic and Interactive Design at Tyler is a practice-based program that prepares students to work in both print and interactive media.  From sophomore through senior year, students explore image making, typography, material, craft and technology--essential components of visual communication.  Courses include assignments that represent different aspects of design practice such as identity and branding, packaging, publishing, poster design, advertising, signage, environmental design, illustration, and design for the web, CD-ROM and motion graphics.  The program trains students to work on client-driven projects as well as design authorship.

Major Requirements for B.F.A. in Graphic & Interactive Design

SOPHOMORE REQUIREMENTS: 

JUNIOR REQUIREMENTS: 

SENIOR REQUIREMENTS:  

Suggested Semester-by-Semester plan

For New Freshman Students Starting in Academic Year 2009-2010

Photography

Martha Madigan, Area Head 

Tyler School of Art Building
Room B30
215-777-9234
mmadigan@temple.edu

In addition to traditional black and white and color photography, Tyler's Photography Area will introduce you to various other creative approaches to the medium.  Some of these include digital imaging techniques, large-format professional digital printing in black and white and color, handmade cameras, large format photography, historical alternative processes, critical theory, and career options for artists who wish to enter the field of photography.  The emphasis in the Photography Major is on the development of personal vision for the artist.

Major Requirements for B.F.A. in Photography

SOPHOMORE PREREQUISITE: 

JUNIOR AND SENIOR REQUIREMENTS: 

Suggested Semester-by-Semester plan

For New Freshman Students Starting in Academic Year 2009-2010

Printmaking

Dan Dallmann, Area Head

Tyler School of Art Building
Room 260
215-777-9125
dallmann@temple.edu

The Printmaking Area is housed in large, fully-equipped modern studios where you first learn the fundamentals of the three printmaking disciplines (silkscreen, lithography, and etching) before exploring at least two of these disciplines in depth.  After students master the basic technical aspects of printmaking, the faculty encourages the exploration of advanced subjects that include color and photo-etching, photo-lithography, metal engraving, mezzotint, viscosity color printing, woodcut, and the full utilization of the computer as an image-creating tool.

Major Requirements for B.F.A. in Printmaking 

SOPHOMORE PREREQUISITE: 

JUNIOR REQUIREMENTS: 

SENIOR REQUIREMENTS:    

Suggested Semester-by-Semester plan

For New Freshman Students Starting in Academic Year 2009-2010