Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Our trans-disciplinary curriculum is designed to prepare you for a future at the forefront of contemporary design.
Design your Future
An integrated education, Design is a fusion of studio practices and liberal arts experiences all through a contemporary lens. Discover how to refine the process of inquiry that leads to creative solutions for a variety of visual communication problems and gain the intellectual and technical skills needed to achieve success as a design professional.
Our unique individualized approach emphasizes the development of strong research skills. Through professional and personal experiences, students encounter a range of challenges in areas that include: brand identity, environmental, garment, interactive, product, promotional, publication, and web design.
As a designer you will:
- Critically assess the development of your work and the work of others.
- Develop methods for organizing and utilizing design processes.
- Learn, create, and apply new thinking models to design strategies to further your approach to a brand or design
- problem.
- Design multi-faceted solutions to complex visual communication problems that span diverse audiences culturally, intellectual diversity, and lifestyle differences.
- Demonstrate the willingness to take creative risks.
- Cite and discuss relevant influences/sources from Design history.
- Be able to deliver relevant narratives to a diverse audience about work that will validate, defend, or convince the audience of the best solution.
- Develop skills used in the design process that includes ideation, concept development, execution, test, and analysis.
- Demonstrate proficiency in evaluating works of design and understand the differences between objectivity and subjectivity. Present a strategic rationale to support design decisions.
- Compose a professional resume and portfolio.
- Interact with a professional client.
Change the world with your designs
Graduates thrive in entrepreneurial and freelance enterprises and in related creative industries such as architecture, exhibitry and display, multi-media marketing, film, publication, and entertainment industries.
After your time at AAC, you’ll be ready to become a…
- Art Director
- Creative Director
- Graphic Designer
- Marketing Manager
- Digital Designer
- Brand Manager
- Social Media Manager
- Strategist
- Web Developer
- Packaging Designer
- Print Designer
- Advertising Designer
- User Interface Designer
- User Experience Designer
- Entrepreneur