Graphic Design and Illustration

The curriculum presented here applies to students who started the major in Fall 2022 or Spring 2023. If you enrolled as a matriculant prior to that, please see the College Catalog for the year you started the major as a matriculant for the curriculum requirements that apply to you.

Consultation with the Program Advisor is required.

Upon successful completion of the Graphic Design and Illustration degree program requirements, graduates will:

1. to identify the array of career paths available to this and related industries (Overview)

2. be able to conceive a visual solution to a communications problem (Concept)

3. discern between a resolved, well-designed, illustrated, etc., piece from a poorly designed one (Aesthetics)

4. be able to employ a skill set to transition from an idea into print or digital media (Execution)

5. create effective visual communications that are responsive to the needs of clients and their target audiences (Commercial Applications)

6. create and maintain a professionally presented body of work (Portfolio)

7. be able to critique work using an informed visual vocabulary (Presentation)