The Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design Communication prepares designers to work in the rapidly changing and increasingly global profession of graphic design. By combining a strong design core and a vigorous College Studies program with a business awareness segment, this program addresses the issues of visual communications, cultural understanding and today’s market-driven economy.
First-year design courses stress the visual language and conceptual exploration common to all art and design fields as the essential foundation for more advanced work in graphic design. The next three semesters continue this exploration by using the computer as a design and production tool combined with more traditional methods. Students develop a visual vocabulary of typography, symbols and cultural imagery while studying the ethical, historical and business side of this exciting profession.
The final three semesters require students to concentrate on utilizing their skills in research, design development and execution in solving “real-life” assignments in preparation for the culmination project in Graphic Design Communication. The final capstone course prepares students to enter the professional world.
By the beginning of the third year, students choose a concentration allowing them to strengthen their design studies with studio electives or to enhance them with business/marketing electives to prepare them to work closely with professionals in that area.
Design concentration electives can be used to broaden one’s general design experience or to specialize in a particular area of graphic design such as in the architecture, interior design, fashion or textile fields. Students should plan their concentrations with the assistance of their academic advisors.
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