GCU Arts and Media courses are located in building 35, College of Arts & Media, and the second floor of building 33, Education.
There are variety of organizations to support, here is a suggested list:
This is GCU and we encourage our students to be active in the community. If you have an idea for the department and would like to brainstorm how it can be implemented contact sheila.schumacher@gcu.edu or chris.murphy@gcu.edu.
Each year GCU Design invites speakers and designers to hold workshops. See the GCU Design event calendar for more information.
Each year Colangelo College of Business invites local agencies to Grand Canyon University for an on-campus job fair. See the GCU College of Arts & Media event calendar for more information.
Canyon Ventures is GCU’s small business incubator sponsored by the Colangelo College of Business. For more information and internship opportunities, visit the Canyon Ventures website.
View a list of clubs located on our About page.
No, building 35 is open from 6 AM until 12AM.
The printer uses My Print to feed documents through the machine. See the following IT Printer Spec sheet for more information.
If the large laser printer is broken you must call Information Technology, see the following IT Printer Spec sheet for more information.
Contact Professor Trask at jared.trask@gcu.edu if supplies are running low for Epson Inkjet and Large Format Printer.
There is a laser printer that prints 11x17 in building 35, room 160. In addition, there is a large format printer for poster-size projects.
In CAM building 35, room 160. Additionally, there are more printers located in the faculty offices.
Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.
No, but you must have a mouse.
No, you do not need an iPad. The department has iPad pros your teachers can borrow for classroom usage.
Yes, a mouse or tablet is required for class. A traditional Bluetooth mouse will suffice. Do not purchase a trackball mouse.
For the latest coursewalk contact your SSC.
Yes, in Studio 160 (35-160) in the Fine Arts building we have a teacher podium and projector for presentation practice.
The GCU Design photo studio is located in room 35-154 and if you would like to use the facility outside of classtime contact shiela.schumacher@gcu.edu
Yes, in Studio 160 (35-160) in the Fine Arts building we have dedicated PC’s for rendering animations.
No, the College of Arts and Media does not rent technology. If you're experiencing difficulties with your computer you can visit the Nerd Herd in the Student Union to get technical support. The Nerd Herd is completely free with the exception of the cost of new parts. You'll also be allowed to borrow a computer temporarily while yours is repaired.
All faculty office hours are located on our About Page.
First, we always encourage students to speak directly with the person who is involved in your concern. However, a situation is escalated you may contact Sheila Schumacher, the Director of the Design Program at sheila.schumacher@gcu.edu.
First, speak with your Professor and resolve the situation at that level first. If the situation needs to be escalated you may contact Sheila Schumacher, the Director of the Design Program at sheila.schumacher@gcu.edu.
First, speak with your Professor and resolve the situation at that level first. For more information see GCU’s academic policies.
Yes, we have books that will inspire you and be a great place of reference for physical books. To check out a book go to our student resource center.
The library department built custom resource libraries for our design students. See what libraries are offered:
Advertising
Digital Design
Yes, we have tutors to help you with your projects.
There are so many great resources provided by Adobe Creative Cloud on their Help & Support pages.
Some classes may not rely on Basecamp because files are 10 mb are less. For instance, DDN-260 Advertising Copywriting may have more writing assignments and can be uploaded to Halo Learn. If you have questions, ask your professor about the classes’ procedure.
All assignments can be found in HaloLearn and Basecamp acts as a supplement to HaloLearn. All official assignments are in HaloLearn.
You may make a group chat and we suggest doing so by PING. See how to start a ping.
NOTE: We continually maintaining Basecamp and if we see a PROJECT that is not a class we will delete the personal PROJECT created.
Yes, you can! Please note that Basecamp is meant for quick conversation or question. If your question is of a serious academic nature the faculty will move the conversation to email or a private discussion in HaloLearn.
See the following guide to message classmates.
In order to fully evaluate design assignments faculty, request you submit working design files. These files often are larger than 10 mb and HaloLearn is unable to process larger file sizes. Download our guide on how to submit files.
Download our guide on how to submit files.
GCU follows the “Carnegie Hours”. 2 hours of homework per hour spent in the classroom. Most classes per week run 3.5 hours which equates to 7 hours of minimum homework time per week per class.
Homework per week
There are a lot of great online services such as:
Local print shops:
Yes, and it does not mean you don’t have a break. However, plan your time accordingly to get your work completed and can have a good break!
