Art and Design, Certificate of Proficiency

Visit the Art and Design Department page for more information on the program and access to advising.

Program Description

This certificate is available for all UVU students with a particular focus designed to provide high school students an opportunity to obtain a certificate of proficiency in a Career and Technical Education (CTE) field while still enrolled in high school and stack into certificate, associate, and bachelor degrees at UVU. This certificate is meant to help students become college ready; it does not prepare them to be job ready.

Program Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Total Credit Hours		16
ENGL 1010	Introduction to Academic Writing	3
or ENGH 1005	Literacies and Composition Across Contexts
MAT 1030	Quantitative Reasoning	3
or MATH 1050	College Algebra
BIOL 1010	General Biology	3
BIOL 1015	General Biology Laboratory	1
ART 1120	2D Design	3
ART 1400	Graphic Computer Applications	3

Graduation Requirements

1. Completion of a minimum of 16 semester credits.
2. Overall grade point average of 2.5 or above. 
3. All courses must be completed with grade 'C' or higher.  

Graduation Plan

This graduation plan is a sample plan and is intended to be a guide. Your specific plan may differ based on your Math and English placement and/or transfer credits applied. You are encouraged to meet with an advisor and set up an individualized graduation plan in Wolverine Track.

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
Semester 1		Credit Hours
ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005	Introduction to Academic Writing or Literacies and Composition Across Contexts	3
MAT 1030 or MATH 1050	Quantitative Reasoning or College Algebra	3
ART 1120	2D Design	3
	Credit Hours	9
Semester 2
ART 1400	Graphic Computer Applications	3
BIOL 1010	General Biology	3
BIOL 1015	General Biology Laboratory	1
	Credit Hours	7
	Total Credit Hours	16

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Understand how to modify digital images.
2. Develop basic design skills.
3. Understand how to create page basic page layout skills.
4. Understand the elements and principles of design.
5. Apply elements and principles of design to a series of design problems.
6. Create projects based on such principles as line, shape, rhythm, contour, value, and contrast.