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2024-2025

Interdisciplinary Studies - Entrepreneurial Design (G3 AAS Pathway)

VCU

Community college:
Associate of Applied Science: Web Design G3 program (Brightpoint Community College (program-specific pathway))
Brightpoint Community College
Associate degree

Associate of Applied Science: Web Design (G3 program)

Completing the associate degree will waive VCU's general education requirements.

Program description

The Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies: Entrepreneurial Design pathway combines coursework in Human-Centered Design through the da Vinci Center, Creative Practices, and the minor in Entrepreneurship with BIS core courses. This pathway positions students for careers in web design and/or other digitally creative fields. By combining this coursework with instruction in interdisciplinary methodology, BIS students will understand how to design effective websites for businesses and/or to run their own businesses. The curriculum is flexible. Students, in consultation with their BIS advisor, can make changes to the recommended courses taken at VCU. Upon graduation, students will be awarded the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies and a minor in Entrepreneurship.

Career opportunities

BIS graduates with a focus in Entrepreneurial Design are well prepared to seek employment in corporate, nonprofit and government agencies. Additionally, graduates will be well-equipped to begin the process of forming their very own web design business.

Bachelor-level job titles
  • Front-End Web Developer
  • Junior Web Designer
  • Junior Web Developer
  • Product Designer
  • UI Designer
  • UX Designer
  • Web Designer
  • Web Developer
Graduate and professional level job titles
  • Full Stack Web Developer
  • Senior Web Designer
  • Senior Web Developer
  • Web Marketing Manager
Contact information

 

VCU Transfer Center

Telephone: (804) 827-1349

Email: transferinfo@vcu.edu

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Office of Admissions

Telephone: (804) 828-1222 or (800) 841-3638

Email: ugrad@vcu.edu
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Guaranteed transfer admission requirements

No guaranteed admission, but successful applicants will have:

  • Completion of associate degree
  • Minimum GPA of 2.5
  • All courses must be completed with a grade of "C" or better
Degree requirements in Bulletin
Plan of study in Bulletin
Requirements
Highest level of math required
  • Quantitative Foundations requirement only
Science required
  • Natural Sciences requirement only
Foreign language requirements
  • No
Additional tuition/fees
  • No
GPA requirements (to progress/graduate in the major)
  • 2.0+ cumulative GPA, 2.0+ major GPA
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2024-2025

Interdisciplinary Studies - Entrepreneurial Design (G3 AAS Pathway)

Brightpoint Community College (program-specific pathway) (Associate of Applied Science: Web Design G3 program)

MAXIMIZE COURSE AND DEGREE PLANNING GET CONNECTED WITH YOUR COMMUNITY DEVELOP CULTURAL AGILITY EXPLORE CAREERS AND DEVELOP ESSENTIAL SKILLS PREPARING FOR LIFE AFTER COLLEGE
Explore Year 1
  • Log into Navigate and view its features to help you on your pathway.
  • Register for SDV 100.
  • Be prepared for academic challenges in your ENG and MTH classes. Visit the Academic Resource Center on either campus.
  • Schedule an appointment with your academic advisor each semester and cultivate relationships with your professors.
  • Check on G3 funding for your AAS program.
  • Attend Brightpoint orientation.
  • Explore Brightpoint financial aid resources and submit the FAFSA on time.
  • Consider applying to the Brightpoint Pathways Program.
  • Attend diversity-focused events on campus or in your community.
  • Identify a mentor in a diversity organization.
  • Make friends with people with diverse perspectives and join a cultural or identity-related student organization.
  • Create LinkedIn profile.
  • Get involved with a student or professional organization.
  • Explore the community college’s iGrad Job Genius Search Engine to look into building a career and financial future.
  • Browse careers related to entrepreneurial design through the career coach.
  • Visit career services to begin cultivating your own virtual brand across all social media profiles.
  • Understand how you will fund your education. Take advantage of free Financial Aid counseling.
  • Take a career assessment through the career coach.
  • Assess your preparation for a career by completing a Gap Analysis.
  • Use SDV 100 to create a weekly and monthly budget.
  • Develop personal and career goals and create SMART steps for 2-3 "dream jobs."
Experience Year 2
  • Use Navigate to remain on your pathway.
  • Meet with your academic advisor.
  • Be prepared for academic challenges in your classes. Visit the Academic Resource Center on either campus to get ahead.
  • Be prepared: Once you enroll at VCU, your VCU GPA will be determined by your grades at VCU.
  • Explore your eligibility for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant.
  • Visit the VCU campus and attend a transfer admission session.
  • Research housing for next year.
  • Apply to VCU.
  • Attend a talk or other event sponsored by the VCU Interdisciplinary Studies department, consider joining a VCU club, or meeting with VCU students to make professional and personal connections.
  • Consider learning a foreign language to open doors to international organizations and future study.
  • Become familiar with OMSA at VCU.
  • Continue to partner with diversity leader/ facilitator/ mentor to move towards cultural competence.
  • Learn about short-term, semester and year-long study abroad options.
  • Attend diversity-focused events on campus and in your community (i.e. international festival).
  • Get involved with service-learning opportunities.
  • Conduct informational interviews or shadow someone in a field of career interest.
  • Consider who you would like to have serve as professional and academic references for future letters of recommendation.
  • Explore the types of aid available at VCU.
  • Use the cost calculator to estimate your tuition/fees as an upperclassman at VCU.

Explore
MAXIMIZE COURSE AND DEGREE PLANNING
  • Log into Navigate and view its features to help you on your pathway.
  • Register for SDV 100.
  • Be prepared for academic challenges in your ENG and MTH classes. Visit the Academic Resource Center on either campus.
  • Schedule an appointment with your academic advisor each semester and cultivate relationships with your professors.
  • Check on G3 funding for your AAS program.
  • Attend Brightpoint orientation.
  • Explore Brightpoint financial aid resources and submit the FAFSA on time.
  • Consider applying to the Brightpoint Pathways Program.
GET CONNECTED WITH YOUR COMMUNITY
DEVELOP CULTURAL AGILITY
  • Attend diversity-focused events on campus or in your community.
  • Identify a mentor in a diversity organization.
  • Make friends with people with diverse perspectives and join a cultural or identity-related student organization.
EXPLORE CAREERS AND DEVELOP ESSENTIAL SKILLS
  • Create LinkedIn profile.
  • Get involved with a student or professional organization.
  • Explore the community college’s iGrad Job Genius Search Engine to look into building a career and financial future.
  • Browse careers related to entrepreneurial design through the career coach.
  • Visit career services to begin cultivating your own virtual brand across all social media profiles.
PREPARING FOR LIFE AFTER COLLEGE
  • Understand how you will fund your education. Take advantage of free Financial Aid counseling.
  • Take a career assessment through the career coach.
  • Assess your preparation for a career by completing a Gap Analysis.
  • Use SDV 100 to create a weekly and monthly budget.
  • Develop personal and career goals and create SMART steps for 2-3 "dream jobs."

Experience
MAXIMIZE COURSE AND DEGREE PLANNING
  • Use Navigate to remain on your pathway.
  • Meet with your academic advisor.
  • Be prepared for academic challenges in your classes. Visit the Academic Resource Center on either campus to get ahead.
  • Be prepared: Once you enroll at VCU, your VCU GPA will be determined by your grades at VCU.
  • Explore your eligibility for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant.
GET CONNECTED WITH YOUR COMMUNITY
  • Visit the VCU campus and attend a transfer admission session.
  • Research housing for next year.
  • Apply to VCU.
  • Attend a talk or other event sponsored by the VCU Interdisciplinary Studies department, consider joining a VCU club, or meeting with VCU students to make professional and personal connections.
DEVELOP CULTURAL AGILITY
  • Consider learning a foreign language to open doors to international organizations and future study.
  • Become familiar with OMSA at VCU.
  • Continue to partner with diversity leader/ facilitator/ mentor to move towards cultural competence.
  • Learn about short-term, semester and year-long study abroad options.
  • Attend diversity-focused events on campus and in your community (i.e. international festival).
  • Get involved with service-learning opportunities.
EXPLORE CAREERS AND DEVELOP ESSENTIAL SKILLS
PREPARING FOR LIFE AFTER COLLEGE
  • Conduct informational interviews or shadow someone in a field of career interest.
  • Consider who you would like to have serve as professional and academic references for future letters of recommendation.
  • Explore the types of aid available at VCU.
  • Use the cost calculator to estimate your tuition/fees as an upperclassman at VCU.
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2024-2025

Interdisciplinary Studies - Entrepreneurial Design (G3 AAS Pathway)

Brightpoint Community College (program-specific pathway) (Associate of Applied Science: Web Design G3 program)

Brightpoint Community College (program-specific pathway) courses
Course Title Equivalent course Credits Requirements
SDV 100 College Success Skills UNIV 101 1 Elective
ENG 111 College Composition I Note: students with credit for AP English Language and Composition will only receive credit for UNIV 111 at VCU and should take ENG 112 to fulfill the VCU composition requirement. UNIV 111-112 3 General education
ART 250 History of Design (or ART 101 or ART 102) VCU equivalent 3 Elective
ART 180 Introduction to Computer Graphics ARTS 1XX 3 Elective
ART 121 Foundations of Drawing ARTS 1XX 3 General education
ART 131 Two-Dimensional Design ARTS 1XX 3 General education
ENG 112 College Composition II UNIV 200 3 General education
MTH 154 Quantitative Reasoning MATH 131 3 General education
ART 130 Introduction to Multimedia ARTS 1XX 4 Elective
ART 141 Typography I ARTS 1XX 3 Elective
ART 203 Animation I ARTS 2XX 3 Elective
PSY 200 or SOC 200 Principles of Psychology or Introduction to Sociology PSYC 101 or SOCY 101 3 General education
ART 116 Design for the Web I ARTS 1XX 3 Elective
ART 263 Interactive Design I ARTS 2XX 3 Elective
ART 217 Graphic Design I ARTS 2XX 3 Elective
ART 117 Design for the Web ll ARTS 1XX 3 Elective
ART 264 Interactive Design II ARTS 2XX 3 Elective
ART 208 Video Techniques ARTS 2XX 3 Elective
ART 296 or ART 298 On-Site Training: Web Design Internship or Web Design Seminar and Project UNIV 493 or UNIV 492 3 Elective
Select two of the following electives: ART 204, ART 220, CST 114, CST 228, PHT 105, PHT 135, PHT 164, ITP 140, ITP 150 VCU equivalents 6 Elective
Brightpoint credits completed for AAS degree 62
VCU courses
Course Title Credits Requirements
Select one course from the approved list of Global Perspectives (see VCU advisor for course options) 3 General education
Select one course from the approved list of Natural Sciences (see VCU advisor for course options) 3 General education
Select one course from any Area of Inquiry approved lists (see VCU advisor for course options) 3 General education
IDST 301 Interdisciplinary Theory and Practice 3 Major
IDST 303 Interdisciplinarity in the Professional World 3 Major
IDST 499 BIS Senior Capstone 3 Major
HCDN 351 Introduction to Human-centered Design 1 Major
HCDN 352 Human-centered Design Methods 1 Major
HCDN 353 Human-centered Design Through Service Learning 2 Major
VNTR 300 Venture Creation Skills 3 Major
Select one upper-level Human-centered Design elective (see VCU advisor for course options) 3 Major
MGMT 303 Creativity and Ideation 3 Major
MGMT 321 Survey of Entrepreneurship 3 Major
MGMT 435 New Venture Strategy and Initiation 3 Major
MGMT 436 New Venture Strategy and Initiation 3 Major
Select two Entrepreneurship electives (see VCU advisor for course options) 6 Major
CREA 202 Creative Coding 3 Major
CREA 330 Interdisciplinary Web Design 3 Major
CREA 300 or CREA 350 or CREA 391 Idea Accelerator or Piloting the Enterprise or Topics in Creative Practices 3 Major
Open elective 3 Elective
REAL The REAL requirement may be satisfied by successfully completing a 300-level (or higher) course that has received a REAL attribute of Level 2, 3 or 4 or through an approved “REAL” co-curricular experience that has received a REAL attribute of Level 3 or 4. See VCU advisor for options. 0 Major
Credits completed at VCU 58
Bachelor's degree total 120