Visual Communications-Graphic Design, A.A.S.

DEGREE: ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE
DIVISION: ARTS AND HUMANITIES

The Graphic Design program is designed to prepare students for gainful employment in professional art and art-related industries such as advertising design, graphic design, and to prepare them for study at senior institutions.

The College offers a Certificate of Technical Studies program in Digital Photography.  Learn more about this program.  

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the Visual Communications-Graphic Design Associate of Applied Science program, the learner will be able to:

• Create and maintain a body of work that reflects diverse and innovative responses to design challenges and an awareness of professional expectations of the industry (SLO #1)
• Conduct oneself professionally when talking and giving constructive critique and when working collaboratively with others (SLO #2)
• Construct clear and logical arguments, using language of graphic design, for creative solutions to design issues (SLO #3)
• Use industry standard tools and technology to produce creative graphic designs that clearly illustrate the standard principles and theories of design expected in the field (SLO #4)
• Use industry standard tools and technology to construct appropriate visual responses to communication problems that demonstrate a command of fundamental design skills (SLO #5)
• Determine the social, cultural, and technological issues that would have bearing on design solutions (SLO #6)