Savannah College of Art and Design
B.A. in Graphic Design
Savannah, USA
BA
DURATION
180 hours
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
USD 41,130 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* total, full-time student for one academic year
Key Summary
About: At Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), the B.A. in Graphic Design teaches the complete package of visual identities behind today's brands. You'll learn to weave entrepreneurship and modern technology with product and user-centered design, study with industry titans from Airbnb, Google, and Hasbro, and access events like SCADstyle. 99% of graduates find success within a year.
Career Outcomes: Launch careers as art director; graphic designer; digital designer; mobile app designer; interactive designer; package designer; brand designer; creative director; UX/UI designer. Recruiters include also Apple, Facebook, GV, Hulu, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, Groupon, Yelp, Live Nation, Airbnb, Reddit, Stripe, and Riot Games.
Ready to build your brand? As a SCAD graphic design student, you'll learn the complete package of visual identities powering today's top labels, companies, and organizations. Part artists and part storytellers, SCAD graphic design students learn how to weave entrepreneurship and modern technology with product and user-centered design. As a student, you'll learn from titans of the industry at Airbnb, Google, Hasbro, and more. You'll also gain an all-access pass to leading-edge resources and star-studded signature events like SCADstyle, attended by luminaries from global art, fashion, and modern design.
Foundation studies: 20 hours
- DRAW 100 Drawing I: Form and Space
- DSGN 100 Design I: Elements and Organization
- DRAW 101 Drawing II: Composition and Media
- DSGN 101 Color: Theory and Application
General education: 90 hours
- COMM 105 Speaking of Ideas
- BUSI 110 Business I: Fundamentals
- CTXT 121 Visual Culture in Context: Pre-Modern Global Perspectives
- CTXT 122 Visual Culture in Context: Making Modernities
- ENGL 123 Ideas to Ink: Critical Concepts in Academic Writing
- DIGI 130 Digital Communication
- ARTH 207 20th-century Art
- BUSI 220 Business II: Economic Principles
- PHIL 301 Aesthetics
- ARLH or ARTH elective
- ENGL elective
- ENGL elective
- General education elective
- General education elective
- General education elective
- Mathematics/natural sciences elective
- Social/behavioral sciences elective
- Social/behavioral sciences elective
Major curriculum: 50 hours
- GRDS 201 Introduction to Graphic Design
- GRDS 205 Typography I: Anatomy, Form, and Purpose
- GRDS 285 Production for Physical Environments
- GRDS 301 Audience, Behavior, and Influence
- GRDS 323 Production for Digital Environments
- GRDS 348 Studio I: Production and Technique
- GRDS 353 Typography II: Language, Expression, and Media
- GRDS 400 Studio II: Brand Direction and Activation
- GRDS 408 Graphic Design Professional Portfolio
- Select one of these three options:
- GRDS 479 Undergraduate Internship
- 500-level SCADpro elective
- Business-focused elective
Additional electives: 20 hours
Total course of study: 180 hours
Become a graphic designer. Become a brand designer. Become a package designer. Become a mobile app designer. Today's graphic artists are the visual masterminds behind memorable marketing campaigns, killer apps, sleek products, and more. As a graphic designer, you'll drive the identity and success of brands and companies big and small.
Launch your career as a professional:
- Art director
- Graphic designer
- Digital designer
- Mobile app designer
- Interactive designer
- Publication designer
- Brand designer
- Creative designer/director
- UX/UI designer
And get recruited and hired by the best of the best:
- Apple
- GV
- Hulu
- Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
- Groupon
- Yelp
- Live Nation
- Airbnb
- Stripe
- Riot Games