Spring 2027

Basic Graphic Design

Basic Graphic Design introduces fundamental principles, covering formal, conceptual, and technical aspects with emphasis on process, presentation, and craftsmanship.

offering recorded4 credits

Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Past student reviews · Henrique Nardi

The course featured lots of quick turn-around assignments with unclear rubrics, which some students found challenging to manage.

What you’ll be able to do

Understand the role of design process in creative practice for designers.
Understand basic visual research methodologies used by graphic designers in the field.
Strengthen professional presentation skills.
Develop a body of work that displays your design skills in the best possible light.
Extend knowledge of software used in design practice.
Expand knowledge and use of design terminology and vocabulary.
Appraise these tools, methods, and processes, and learn how to strategically, creatively apply them to your own work and research.

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Prerequisites

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(ART 102 or 107) and declared in Art , Art Education, Certificate in Art Studio, or Certificate in Graphic Design; or declared in Art MFA or Design + Innovation MS

- - - ART 102 · unspecified
    - ART 107 · unspecified
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  - - Art
    - Art Education
    - Certificate in Art Studio
    - Certificate in Graphic Design
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- - Art MFA
  - Design + Innovation MS
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ART 346 used by

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Any of
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  - Any of
    - ART 102 · unspecified
    - ART 107 · unspecified
  - Any of
    - Art
    - Art Education
    - Certificate in Art Studio
    - Certificate in Graphic Design
- Any of
  - Art MFA
  - Design + Innovation MS

Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DENNIS MILLER is recorded teaching in Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

HENRIQUE NARDI is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JANE VENES is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity
LAB 001	Classroom Instruction	0 / 17
LAB 002	Classroom Instruction	0 / 17
LAB 003	Classroom Instruction	0 / 17
LAB 004	Classroom Instruction	0 / 17

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Henrique Nardi

Students found Professor Nardi pushed them to think outside the box and provided great feedback, though some felt the grading process was slow.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.90 GPA, 96.4% A/AB (n=55 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.88 GPA, 96.1% A/AB (n=51 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.83 GPA, 92.7% A/AB (n=55 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Henrique Nardi

The course featured lots of quick turn-around assignments with unclear rubrics, which some students found challenging to manage.

Past student reviews · Henrique Nardi

Office hours were really useful, but one student found it annoying that projects were not graded until the last half of the semester.

Topics

Graphic design principles
Formal, conceptual, and technical design
Working process, presentation, and craftsmanship
Design software

Skills

Design process application
Visual research methodologies
Professional presentation
Design software proficiency
Design terminology usage

Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Selected offering source records

ART 346 · Spring 2027

Basic Graphic Design

Recorded 2026-10-14

Raw records

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Model outputs & technical records

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