Graphic Design (Bachelor Of Fine Arts Degree)

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.

• Multiple annual workshops focused on community engagement and collaboration — including EUREKA!, which allows students to use their skills to initiate social change, and PUSH, a multi-day event captained by an industry designer.

• Courses you’ll study include typography, branding and identity systems, designing for space and environment, interactivity and UX/UI, motion graphics, packaging design, publication design, design thinking, history and research. 

• Students and alumni are employed by top design firms, advertising agencies, and corporations such as Adobe, Apple, ESPN, Fisher-Price, the NHL, Sesame Street, Sports Illustrated, Vogue Italia, and Walt Disney Company.

• Faculty regularly facilitate collaborative class projects with industry, exposing students to a range of networking opportunities and practical experiences. Course partners have included Kraft, Milwaukee Tool, Mondelez, Precision Botanicals, Roomba, Starbucks, Unilever, and Wegmans.

A graphic design degree is perfect for students who eat, breathe, and sleep design, and would like to apply their skills in a hands-on way.

In the graphic design major, we have a balance of design thinking, history, theory, conceptual explorations, problem-solving approaches and strategies, applied projects, and technical development.

It all enables our students to create innovative and effective design solutions. 

Careers And Experiential Learning

Typical Job Titles

• Art Director    

• Associate Art Director

• Creative Designer  

• Creative Director

• Digital Designer  

• Digital Product Designer

• Freelance Graphic Designer    

• Graphic Designer

• Experience Officer    

• Identity/Packaging Designer

• Illustrator  

• Interactive Designer

• Junior Art Director  

• Junior Director

• Junior Graphic Designer  

• Motion Designer

• Presentation Designer

• Product Designer

• Promotions Marketing Coordinator    

• Social Media Director

• UI/UX Designer  

• Visual Designer

• Web Designer    

• Web Developer