Graphic Art and Design – Your Career

This program is a highly specialized, broadly based field of study designed to train students for entry level positions and beyond in the commercial art industry.

Employers look for great technical skills in drawing, rendering and computer design software as well as originality, vision and knowledge in graphic arts and conceptual advertising skills. Graduates will gain expertise in preparing artwork to meet the requirements of print reproduction. Students take courses in advertising, graphic design, illustration and computer graphics including web design – putting their knowledge and skills to use in a demanding commercial art field.

Graphic Art and Design – Structure

This study includes a strong curriculum designed to teach and train individuals who plan to be professional commercial artists.

Graduates of the Graphic Art program are qualified to seek employment in a diverse industry including, but not limited to: advertising agencies, design firms, print vendors, sign shops, record companies and photography studios, as well as book, magazine and newspaper publishers. Some enterprising graduates seek self-employment as freelance commercial artists.

The normal duration of the Graphic Art and Design program is six semesters, 24 months. Graduates of this program complete 76 credit hours and earn an associate degree of Occupational Studies in Graphic Art and Design.