- Academy of Art University - The Graphic Design program embraces the entire range of visual communication. It recognizes that design is a cultural force that spans the consumer, commerce and social causes. The program provides a robust curriculum of conceptual problem solving, innovation, critical thinking and formal design as well as branding and marketing strategies. A real world approach to design assures aesthetics, functionality, value and meaning to all student projects. Students graduating from this program are well prepared to meet the rigorous challenges within the field of graphic design and are working in many of the world's most prestigious firms. The numerous awards bestowed on the students' work demonstrate the excellent approach to design and audience-based marketing strategies. [San Francisco, CA]
- College of Design - University of Arizona - From the revitalization of a city center to the development of the smallest handheld device, the College of Design at Arizona State University nurtures entrepreneurial thinkers who want to grow their skills and learn innovative design concepts and techniques. With projects of all scales and complexities in a variety of design disciplines, students can find creative challenge and artistic enlightenment that advances them toward their professional goals. [Tempe, AZ]
- College for Creative Studies - The College for Creative Studies, formerly known as the Center for Creative Studies, is one of the nation's leading arts education institutions. CCS is a private, fully accredited, four-year college located in Detroit, offering Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in eleven studio majors. The College provides a dynamic learning environment where students explore issues of art and design, and the culture in which they exist, while preparing for careers in the professional world. CCS has one of the world's most recognized programs in transportation design and places more graduates in the automotive industry than any other school. [Detroit, MI]
- Concordia University - Design & Computation Arts - The Department offers programmes that examine the broad vision or culture of design within contemporary society.
The Design Major, formerly known as Design Art, is located primarily within the disciplines of image, object-making and screen-based media in design practice with an emphasis on the study of material culture. Digital technologies are integrated into the creative process to serve as strategies and tools for enhanced communication, application, representation and dissemination.
The Computation Arts programmes, formerly known as Digital Image/Sound and the Fine Arts, are concentrated within the digital and virtual environments where computer technology is embedded in all stages of the creative process and production. The internet as a system for communication in information and networked societies serves as the intersection that strongly links the disciplines of Design and Computation Arts. Students are encouraged to take courses across Design and Computation Arts. [Montreal, Quebec]
- Cranbrook Academy of Art - Cranbrook as an institution was founded on the right principles, and at its best moments lives a certain ideal. This issue cuts to the absolute core of the Design Department philosophy and intent. The Department continues to produce designers with an active disdain for "the rules" and for established practices, with a resistance to "categorization." We want to create a home for designers with the courage to define life and work on their own terms. It's a "love" thing. The goal in life is to quit responding to societal pressure, fear, and desire, and to attempt to gain a deeper understanding of one's true nature, then have the absolute courage and "stupidity" to work ceaselessly towards that ideal. Concern over one's peers is misguided and is a creative noose. However, respect for one's peers is fundamental to studio practice at the Academy.
- Cuyamaca College - Graphic design is a dynamic and evolutionary subject. This industry is perfect for those highly creative people who want to be financially successful while using their artistic talents. The graphic design program at Cuyamaca College develops entry-level abilities needed to transition from academic to professional work, or to proceed to a Bachelor's degree.
- East Carolina University - The School of Art and Design encourages knowledge and understanding of the history and studio practices of the visual arts. We are committed to creating an atmosphere tolerant of diverse views in which personal direction, pertinent technical skills, and critical thinking may converge. Intellectual inquiry and aesthetic expression are pursued through a multidisciplinary curriculum. It is the faculty's goal for our students to develop abilities to think critically, to communicate effectively, to be competent with new technologies and their chosen media, and to work cooperatively for the benefit of the community. The School of Art and Design will continue its leadership role in the arts and be proactive in establishing eastern North Carolina as a major research center for the visual arts. To achieve these goals the School supports a diverse, professionally active, and engaged faculty sharing its research with local and extended communities.
- Iowa State University: College of Design - The College of Design offers degree programs in architecture, community & regional planning, graphic design, integrated studio arts, interior design and landscape architecture.
The college partners with other academic units at Iowa State University to offer programs in biological & pre-medical illustration (BPMI) and geographic information systems (GIS).
Research and outreach are conducted through the Institute for Design Research and Outreach (IDRO)
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- Miami International University of Art & Design - Our talented faculty will enhance your inherent creativity and prepare you for an entry-level position in graphic design. You will learn how to draw attention to your message and how to reach a desired target audience. You will also discover which mediums contribute to the effectiveness of your message, combining your digital skills with traditional skills of illustration.
- Mt. Hood Community College - Graphic designers convert ideas, information, and emotions into visual symbols designed to influence the way our society perceives people, products and issues. As you gain design skills and knowledge of typography, illustration, photography, printing, electronic media, and design history, you’ll learn to produce the visual communications that persuade and inform us all.
In the Graphic Design program, you’ll develop the intellectual and practical abilities you’ll need to be a successful graphic communicator and problem-solver. While the computer is an important tool in the execution of your ideas, you must first focus on analysis, concept development, drawing skills, the communication of ideas, and, ultimately, on the formulation of an appropriate solution to a design problem.. [Gresham, Oregon].
- The New England School of Art & Design - When it comes to an art education, The New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University (NESADSU) offers a rare combination—a high-quality art and design program supported by the extensive resources of a major urban university.
NESADSU has developed a prestigious reputation as a Foundations for Interior Design Education and Research (FIDER) and National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) accredited institution, offering challenging and comprehensive programs. Our faculty is highly qualified—all of our 60 studio teachers are practicing professional artists and designers, who bring a practical, realistic perspective to the classroom. And our classes are small. Average class size is just 12 students; the maximum in any studio is 18. Computer labs are even smaller—10 to 13—so you’re guaranteed your own workstation. NESADSU occupies 32,000 square feet of newly renovated space dedicated solely to art and design majors.
- North Carolina State University College of Design - The Graphic Design Department The Graphic Design department at the College of Design is nationally recognized for the quality of its program, the contributions of its faculty and the capabilities of its graduates. Students begin study in the discipline in the freshman year, and matriculate through a series of core, topic, and focus studios. The unique “in-residence” classroom structure grounds an open culture of exchange that fosters creative responses to a range of topical design issues.
- Paier College of Art - The program in Graphic Design balances the complementary facets of creative discipline and contemporary perceptions with studies in necessary techniques such as computer graphics, typography, lettering, layout, principles of advertising and marketing, package design, photographic applications, and graphic production. They are then applied to such arenas as television, corporate identity, media advertising, promotional pamphlets, brochures and packaging, technical illustration, and sign graphics. Students who complete the Graphic Design program may free-lance their skills, or be employed on a salaried basis in corporate or other business sectors. [Hamden, Connecticut.]
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- Rhode Island School of Design - The Department of Graphic Design offers a four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts program, with the opportunity to pursue a fifth year of study leading to the Bachelor of Graphic Design degree. It also offers a Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design. Undergraduate and graduate students may take credit-bearing courses at RISD’s Summer Institute for Graphic Design Studies (SIGDS).
Among the more than 1,800 nationally and internationally recognized alumni of the department are Eva Anderson ’89, Tobias Frere-Jones ’92, Michael McPherson ’79, Eric Pike ’83, Michael Rock ’84 and Tyler Smith ’66.
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