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LECTURE CANCELLED

Due to severe snow storms in the east coast, the Dress Code Lecture has been cancelled. We are working to reschedule it in the near future.

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Undergraduate

The Graphic Design Program offers a 120-credit Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design. After completing the Art Foundation Program, students take courses in Publication and Print Design, Sequential and Motion Design, and Interaction Design along with a series of related Studio and Seminar courses. The primary goal of the curriculum is to educate students to be capable of integrating form and information for the purposes of effective visual communication. The Graphic Design Program encourages the exploration of diverse problem-solving methodologies, innovative investigations, and creative research in all forms of communication. It is dedicated to excellence in teaching, scholarship, academic and creative research, and professional practice. The program provides an undergraduate education stressing creative and intellectual thinking, awareness of individual, social, cultural, and communicative issues, the integration of new technology, and a concern for ethical implications and the natural environment. The program actively contributes to the school, university, local, state, national and international communities through its scholarly and creative activities, educational programs, and service efforts.

Graduate

The MFA Program in Design/Visual Communications prepares graduate students to assume a leadership role in a complex and expanding profession. To this end, the program develops the philosophy and personal direction of each student and focuses their resources on functional and expressive visual communications. Students concentrate on the philosophical, communicative, and aesthetic relationships of visual problem solving and the interacting skills leading to the effective articulation of concepts. The graduate program in Visual Communications is oriented toward individuals interested in conducting visual or theoretical research, and in investigating the intersection of function and expression in design problem solving. The faculty emphasizes a rigorous theoretical framework, an historical perspective, and an awareness of contemporary issues as the basis for addressing present and future communication problems. The program encourages and actively integrates ethical issues and a concern for the natural environment into its curriculum. Faculty continually stress the contextual significance and influence of visual communications design on society and culture and its capacity to affect both the perception and reality of the individual's quality of life.