B.A. in Visual Communication Design (Graphic Design)

Visual Communication Design – Graphic Design Program Highlights

Creativity — The graphic design major provides a creative and academic learning community that equips Christian designers to pursue a God-honoring life by creatively expressing, evaluating, developing, and communicating visual design.

Real-world experiences — As part of your graphic design program, you will:

• Experience real-life client projects that are integrated into your coursework.
• Complete a relevant design internship, which prepares you to competitively and successfully pursue an entry-level position in your area of concentration.

What Can I Do With a Visual Communication Design Degree?

What can you do with a graphic design degree? Career opportunities abound for students with backgrounds in graphic design. Visual communication designers are typically involved in any design that combines type and image. With this degree, you may create visual identities, brochures and print collateral, magazine and book publications, T-shirts, signage, film title sequences, or advertising.

Our graduates are working at places such as:

• Crown Equipment
• Disney
• GSW Advertising
• Real Art
• Sparkbox
• Time Warner Cable
• Viget Daor Design

Opportunities to Learn Outside the Classroom

Relevant internships — You will complete a design internship before graduating, which prepares you to competitively and successfully pursue entry-level positions in your area of concentration. Our students have interned at Fitch, Disney, Columbus Crew, NASA, Elevation Church, Sparkbox, Athletes in Action, among others.

Creative community — You can join a student organization that brings students together from across the department — graphic artists, industrial designers, and theatre majors — to share experiences and knowledge.

• The Studio, Society of Art + Design — The STUDIO is a student-led organization promoting community and mentoring among Art and Design students.
• American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) — Through AIGA, you will attend annual conferences, listen to multiple speakers in different areas of the country, and participate in various other events that will advance your knowledge of design, its history, and practice.

Student galleries — You will have opportunity to display your work through on-campus events.

• Student Center Activity Board “Art in the Open” Shows — Cedarville's Student Center Activity Board hosts several student art shows every year known as “Art in the Open.”
• Annual Art & Design Student Exhibition — The Annual Art & Design Student Exhibition is a juried exhibition featuring work from both visual communication design and studio art students.