Central Piedmont's in-depth, two-year professional preparation advertising and graphic design program will prepare you to go directly into the job market with an Associate in Applied Science degree.
DurationThe future belongs to those who are able to solve problems with courageous creativity.
Central Piedmont's in-depth, two-year professional preparation advertising and graphic design program will prepare you to go directly into the job market with an Associate in Applied Science degree.
Our curriculum is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills to be one of the next creative leaders in our community.
What You Will Learn
You'll learn to design advertising and corporate communications of all types newspaper and magazine ads, brochures, booklets, company logos and letterheads, product packaging, posters, outdoor billboards, and much more.
This thorough course of study and practice covers all the necessary specialized skills.
It ranges from illustration to computer design, from copy-writing to psychology, from typography to photography, to preparing your work for printing or broadcast.
When you complete the program you'll have a professional-quality portfolio filled with your best work. It will demonstrate to potential employers your design skills, your understanding of the advertising and graphic design marketplace, and your ability to work successfully in it.
Graduates of the advertising and graphic design program are prepared for employment within the creative industries sector, including graphic design firms, advertising agencies, marketing communications and in-house creative groups.
Students are prepared to think conceptually and design visual communication materials such as ads, brand identity systems, print materials, and interactive media.
Why Choose Central Piedmont
Our advertising and graphic design program ensures you get hands-on experience via a work-based learning course to complete the degree, you will be required to do a co-op during one of your last couple of semesters.
Cooperative education provides employers with well-trained students seeking work experience for college credit. Internships offer flexibility in length and design.
As an advertising and graphic design student at Central Piedmont, you will also have the opportunity to participate in theCurious, the program's student organization.
TheCurious features a different activity each meeting, from hands-on workshops to outside speakers, field trips, and even portfolio enhancing projects such as freelance opportunities.
Real World Education
At Central Piedmont, your education goes beyond what you learn in class.
We offer numerous opportunities for you to enhance your learning and to make friends, network, and pursue your passion through clubs and organizations, sports, events and activities, leadership opportunities, job experience, volunteer experiences, visual and performing arts, and even international experiences.
At Central Piedmont, possibility doesn’t think outside the box. It aims to build a better one. Changing the idea of what a college experience should be. Here, possibility isn’t just what if, it’s what’s next.
We help students see beyond what is to what could be by providing them with a real-world, affordable, hands-on education that will transform them, change their lives, and impact this community.
Since our founding in 1963, we have evolved into a multi-campus college where students receive a combination of technical and soft skills training from quality faculty who prepare them to enter the workforce and make a difference in their family, business, community, and the world.
Vision
Central Piedmont will be a champion of students, a catalyst for opportunity, and an exceptional provider of learning experiences that transform lives and strengthen our community.
Mission
To facilitate student learning, success, and completion, Central Piedmont provides exceptional education and globally competitive training in an engaging, supportive environment.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree with a concentration in Graphic Design is a professional 122-hour advanced undergraduate curriculum.
Graphic Design is often considered the career-oriented area of the visual arts. A minor in Graphic Design from University of Houston-Clear Lake gives any major a visual edge and the ability to bring visual graphics to any career field.
In this creative, innovative graphic design degree, you'll integrate design principles, methods, concepts, images, words, and ideas to convey distinct, visually compelling messages to a range of audiences.
Beyond the fundamentals, it is imperative that graphic design degree students be encouraged to have fun, take risks, collaborate, and experiment, as each is a key ingredient in assuring their personal potential is met.
Students learn graphic design principles through problem-solving. The program encourages students to meld the practical aspects of applied design creatively with more abstract issues of personal exploration, social consciousness and individual goals.
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