Program Overview

Communication Design Degree with a Concentration in Graphic Design

Overview

The Communication Design program at the University of North Texas offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) degree with a concentration in Graphic Design. This program is designed to develop effective conceptual thinkers and creative problem-solvers in the areas of Graphic Design and User-Experience Design.

Program Details

• Program Type: Major
• Format: On Campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 4 years
• Credit Hours: 120

Program Description

The undergraduate Communication Design program graduates effective conceptual thinkers and creative problem-solvers in the areas of Graphic Design and User-Experience Design. In both concentrations, students begin by learning to use the basic elements and principles of design and apply design thinking and design process to learn concepts, technology, image-making, color theory, typography, user analysis and client needs, wireframing and prototyping as students create wide and diverse visual means of communication.

Marketable Skills

• Design elements and principles implementation
• Critical thinking and creative problem solving
• Design process facilitation
• Technology/software implementation
• Professional visual design communication

Program Highlights

• Instruction from faculty members who've worked as creative directors, art directors or graphic designers at top-tier design firms and advertising agencies.
• Students have earned scholarships and awards at the Dallas Society of Visual Communications' National Student Show and in the American Advertising Awards competition.
• A Living-Learning Community brings together art majors who live on campus to enhance academic and social experiences.
• Dallas and Fort Worth design studios regularly seek interns from our Communication Design program.
• The College of Visual Arts and Design is one of the nation's most comprehensive visual arts schools and one of the best in the Southwest with facilities that include studios, a workshop and a visual resources library.
• Our Communication Design program is ranked second in the Southwest and fourth in the nation among public universities by "Animation Career Review."

Career Opportunities

A bachelor's degree in Communication Design can prepare you to become a(n):

• Advertising art director
• Publication designer
• Graphic designer
• Creative director
• Interactive designer

Coursework

• Foundations of Communication Design (3 hrs)
• Image Making and Color Theory (3 hrs)
• Graphic Design (3 hrs)
• Cause-Based Design (3 hrs)
• Graphic Design Final Portfolio (3 hrs)
• Typography I (3 hrs)

Department and College

• Department of Design
• College of Visual Arts and Design

Location

• Art Building, Room 230
• University of North Texas
• 1155 Union Circle
• Denton, Texas

Accreditation and Rankings

• Ranked second in the Southwest and fourth in the nation among public universities by "Animation Career Review."