Graphic Design Degree
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Make Form and Function Your Future
Graphic design combines art and business to become the visual fabric embedded into our daily lives. Blending imagery and language, it’s the art of balancing intuitive functionality and inspired visuals. It not only communicates, but it solves problems and serves as a powerful tool beyond its expansive, multidisciplinary field. Learn to take your artistic talents and apply them to the field of design with a graphic design degree from RMCAD.
Graphic Design Program Overview
As a Graphic Design degree student at RMCAD, you’ll learn to take your artistic talent and apply it to the field of design. Graphic Design bachelor’s degree students learn to evaluate design research methods and understand design problems by creating processes for design solutions that can be used throughout their careers. You’ll learn branding and identity design, advertising concepts, UX, digital illustration techniques, typography, and more—all while building a professional portfolio to prepare for life after you graduate with your degree in graphic design.
Within the Graphic Design degree program, outside design professionals are brought in for workshops, presentations, and advanced teaching engagements and deliver hands-on experiences with real projects. Annual award shows are used as class assignments and many graphic design degree graduates have been recognized with design excellence awards worldwide. International instructors and visiting faculty bring a broader exposure to graphic design degree students throughout their time at RMCAD.
GRAPHIC DESIGN PATHS
Choose from one of the following paths when pursuing your BFA in graphic design.
- Graphic Design BFA – The traditional path that allows you to take electives in advertising design, UX/UI, video, typography, business and more.
- Graphic Design BFA + Advertising Design Concentration – Hone in on advertising design courses as your electives. Explore industry essentials, including advertising agency roles, design briefs, advertising delivery methods, and “Big Picture” messaging, as well as copywriting for advertising media, and art direction across a multi-media campaign lifecycle.
- Graphic Design BFA + UX/UI Concentration – Focus on UX/UI courses as your electives. Expand your skill across web design, digital design systems, and interaction design, targeting expertise in key tools and applications, including Figma, Bootstrap HTML, CSS, user interface interaction, Web Dev, and mobile prototypes.
Graphic Design Program Highlights
Typography
Ui/UX
Visual Storytelling
Real-World Clients
Written + Verbal PResentations
Design Software
Liberal Arts
The Liberal Arts curriculum is an exciting part of every student’s academic and creative journey at RMCAD. These courses provide the opportunity for students to engage with complex questions and ideas to develop critical thinking skills, a global consciousness, and awareness of art historical foundations that are essential for their intellectual, creative, and personal growth.
Global Consciousness
Critical Awareness
Information Literacy
Graphic Design Degree Requirements
At RMCAD, one of Colorado’s renowned graphic design college programs, we believe in offering students a well-rounded education that takes them beyond the creative design process. That means graphic design bachelor’s degree students step outside of their comfort zone and turn a passion for art into a future in design.
Want to be successful in the world of art and design? First, you’ve got to know the basics. That’s why our Liberal Arts Department teaches a comprehensive curriculum including history, literature, the humanities, and social and physical sciences.
* RMCAD offers classes year-round in both on-campus and online delivery formats. At RMCAD, we believe that online learning is an important part of the overall college learning experience. To provide students multiple scheduling options, diverse learning modalities, and experience in the virtual environment, all on-campus students are required to take part in online education.
Tech + Tools
Our Graphic Design degree classes combine innovative thinking with industry technology to give you the experience you need:
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe XD
- Digital SLR Camera
Graphic Design Careers
Where do you see yourself after you graduate? At RMCAD, we help prepare our alumni to take on the world. With a Graphic Design Degree in hand and a highly specialized background, graduates are equipped to launch their career in a variety of design fields.
Potential Career Paths
- Creative Director
- Digital Project Manager
- Web Designer
- Production Art Manager
- Communications Manager
- UX/UI Designer
- Motion Graphics Artist
WHY WAIT? APPLY NOW
Student Work + Success
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Graphic Design Faculty
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