Graphic Design BFA

This program demands depth, challenges thinking, and expands your ability to communicate on diverse platforms. It approaches design from the multidisciplinary perspective of the arts and humanities, allowing you to identify and respond to social and cultural issues. Design a better world.

Graphic Design BFA

You’ll not only master design skills, but also hone a personal voice that requires critical thinking, social awareness, and the ability to communicate across an array of platforms. 

Topics of study include editorial design, interactive web design, experiential design (exhibitions and signs), and kinetic typography, along with advanced typography, corporate identity systems, motion graphics, and art history. 

You’ll also participate in industry-sponsored competitions and gain experience through a required internship. The program concludes with a senior thesis project and a juried design exhibition. You’ll graduate with a portfolio to present to potential employers.

The Graphic Design curriculum has been developed by a faculty of practicing professionals and an advisory board of industry leaders.

It is continually evolving in response to changes in the field, offering the latest developments, skills, and technology you need to succeed in global design.

In this program you will develop skills in:

• advanced and kinetic typography

• editorial design

• experiential design

• branding and identity systems

• UI/UX and motion graphics

This two-year program focuses on skills that can be applied immediately in the workplace. A required internship provides experience in a professional setting.

The Art and Design Graduating Student Exhibition offers a valuable opportunity to present your best work to industry leaders. Emphasis is placed on helping students develop presentation skills and professional portfolios across different media.