Graphic Design BFA Degree

Design is the art of making ideas visible. It’s everywhere. It’s for everyone. It can change the world. The UArts Graphic Design program prepares graduates to make an impact through a wide variety of careers, including publication design, branding, augmented and virtual reality, motion graphics, and more.

We believe that a combination of critical thinking, design history, fundamental principles, making things, individual voice, and curiosity results in the best designers ever. A degree from University of the Arts prepares graduates for direct entry into professional design practice.

The Graphic Design program awards a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree that is substantially more intensive than a Bachelor of Arts degree. Our students become fluent in multiple areas of practice, then lean toward areas of personal interest. Or as we like to say: UArts graphic designers are generalists with a specialty.

Each year’s required program courses step up in complexity and scope, to challenge students as they stretch and grow. Business skills are incorporated into the School of Design curriculum, beginning in First Year Core.

Critical Studies and design history classes support studio work by enriching artistic practices and professional development; encouraging curiosity; and deepening communication, research and collaboration abilities.

The program is cross-disciplinary and fosters collaboration with other programs at the university, as well as local arts organizations, nonprofits and social agencies.