Graphic designers help people, businesses and organizations convey their messages in an appealing, effective method that reflects the character and nature of the communicator. As a graphic design major, you'll become proficient in current design technology and production techniques. You'll also gain a solid foundation in the business aspects of graphic design. The program stands on three of the College's greatest strengths - our expertise in design, strong business programs and an innovative curriculum of liberal professional studies. Students choose a concentration that allows them to strengthen their design studies with studio electives or with marketing electives.
Plentiful opportunities exist to build a portfolio with real design projects on and off campus.
The industrial designer is both an artist and a specialist who understands how the selection of materials, the rigors of the manufacturing process and marketing goals must come together to create products that are useful, durable and attractive to customers. From designing a home coffee pot using a new composite material to creating specifications for the control panel on a jet aircraft, today's industrial designer helps create products that are safer, easier to use, aesthetically pleasing and highly cost effective. Industrial designers are also challenged by the need to design products that are environmentally friendly. This rigorous, five-year program will prepare students to work in industry as designers of goods for mass production. A strong emphasis on aesthetics and ergonomics combined with knowledge of basic materials and the technology of production gives graduates well-rounded skills to make them highly employable.