Graphic Design (B.A.)
Request InformationLearn how to turn ideas into visual statements and your artistic interests into a professional career with Southern New Hampshire University's graphic design major.
Graphic designers are in great demand due to the expansion of the video entertainment market, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. They work in print, Web and multimedia design at ad agencies, newspapers, magazines, Internet-hosting companies, corporate and nonprofit marketing departments, broadcast television production studios and more.
SNHU graphic design students are taught using the latest design technologies in a liberal arts context that provides an understanding of a broad range of content. Cooperative education experiences provide real-life opportunities in the graphic design industry. Our skilled graduates are qualified for entry-level positions and may anticipate technology-driven job advancement in the future.
The major also offers a choice of optional profession-oriented subject area in which students can focus:
- Information Technology- includes programming and client-side Web technology and enables you to use your graphics expertise to create professionally viable Web sites and DVDs.
- Advertising- you'll learn to plan and execute advertising campaigns, giving you a competitive edge over other designers entering in the field.
- Video production- you'll write, direct, storyboard and produce videos that may be delivered via broadcast television, the Internet and CD/DVD programs.
| B.A./B.S. Core |
| Liberal Arts Core |
COM 230 Graphics and Layout for Print Media
COM 232 Desktop Publishing
COM 421 Communication Theory and Research
FAS 110 Introductory Drawing
FAS 226 Digital Photography
FAS 320 History of Design
GRA 310 Digital Graphic Design
GRA 320 Introduction to Digital Imaging
GRA 410 Advanced Digital Graphic Design
GRA 420 Advanced Digital Imaging
Choose One:
GRA 101 Basic Design and Color Theory
FAS 310 Illustration
SNHU 101 First Year Seminar: Fundamentals of Critical Thinking
Free Electives
Southern New Hampshire University programs are accredited by:
- Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration
- American Culinary Federation Educational Institute
- Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs
- European Council for Business Education
- New England Association of Schools and Colleges
- New Hampshire Postsecondary Education Commission
- New Hampshire State Department of Education for Teacher Certification
- North American Society for Sport Management