BFA in Graphic Design

What is Graphic Design?
Graphic designers are digital artists, visual communicators and problem solvers.  Their canvasses are computer screens. Their easels are programs like Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, or Quark.

Why study Graphic Design at UArts?
For over 40 years, UArts’ graphic design program has been recognized as leading edge. The graphic design degree program at The University of the Arts explores traditional design methods and new technologies—and how to integrate the two. Graphic design majors learn to create original solutions through:
• Digital media
• Image development
• Typography
• Print and screen-based graphics
• Interactive design
• Hand-drawing

How is Graphic Design interdisciplinary?
Graphic communication is combined with exploratory and experimental studies in drawing, color, photography, typography, and emerging technologies.

How will I be prepared for a career in Graphic Design?
While studying for a bachelor's degree in graphic design you can gain real-world experience by designing brochures, posters and business cards for other artists at UArts. Whether a dancer needs to publicize her performance or a painter wants a website design to showcase his collection, UArts offers unmatched opportunities for you to build your resume.

Where can Graphic Designers work after graduation?
• Design studios
• Publishers
• Corporations
• Nonprofit institutions
• Governmental agencies
• Film and video production companies
• Advertising agencies
• Web design firms

Are faculty practicing graphic designers?
Absolutely—and more. Many members of our faculty have studied under pioneers of the graphic design movement at the Basel School of Design in Switzerland. Their work has appeared in industry publications like Who’s Who in Design, Graphis, Design Quarterly and Print magazine and exhibits at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the Neuberger Museum in New York and at Swiss design museums in Basel and Zurich, among others.