Graphic Design at UArts

About Graphic Design at UArts
As the world continues its shift toward digital communication, graphic designers will become increasingly important. For 40 years, the Graphic Design program at UArts has led innovation in the graphic design industry. Here’s why:

• Real-world experience: You’ll gain unmatched hands-on experience by helping your clients promote their work.
• Faculty: Graphic design faculty are practicing professionals with distinguished records of accomplishment, sensitive and responsive to the changes in the field of design, yet not limited by its current practices.
• Philly campus: Our location in Center City Philadelphia is a hothouse for graphic design internships and career positions.
• Sequentially-based program:  Our graphic design classes are like steps leading to a doorway—skills mastered in one class provide the groundwork for learning in the next.

Preparing for a Career in Graphic Design
As a graphic design major, you’ll become ingrained with an awareness of how graphic designers can transform society. Your work can influence, shape, and brand:
• Advertisements
• Marketing materials
• Magazines
• Newspapers
• Books
• Websites
• Cards and Invitations
• Brand packaging

What programs does UArts offer in Graphic Design?
• B.F.A. in Graphic Design
• Typography Minor 

How can I learn more?
Please contact Richard Felton, Department Chairperson, at 215-717-6225 or rfelton@uarts.edu.

Does UArts Graphic Design have its own website?
Yes. Visit the UArts Graphic Design Web site.



When you paint, you’re covering a canvas. Now that’s digital and you have layers, so the process is radically transformed.”
– Steve Tarantal, Dean of UArts College of Art and Design
A graphic design major at UArts works in the graphic design lab in Anderson Hall.
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