Graphic design is the process of bringing meaningful visual form to communication. Graphic designers translate communication goals through printed, environmental, and electronic presentations of information. Graphic designers use words and images to express messages that inform, persuade, and incite to action individuals and audiences.
Graphic designers are active in all aspects of communication design.
Graphic designers are employed in a variety of settings, including graphic design offices, advertising agencies, communication businesses, as well as corporations, institutions, or governmental agencies as part of internal communications departments. The Department officially formed in 1991 although it has been a program of study at the school since 1979. The Department enrolls approximately 100 undergraduates and 16 graduate students. The undergraduate and graduate programs are widely recognized and respected in the field. The work of the faculty and students in the Department has been featured in ACD Design Statements, Design Issues, Emigr , Eye, Print, I.D. Magazine, Novum Gebrauchgraphik, Visible Language, Zed, and the AIGA Journal of Graphic Design.