Visual Communications
THERE’S NOTHING QUITE LIKE THE THRILL OF HAVING AN IDEA AND THEN BRINGING IT TO LIFE IN A VISUAL FORM.
That’s the feeling you’ll experience each day as you complete a bachelor’s degree in visual communications. This hands-on program is designed to offer you the design and technical skills you need to land the perfect job in visual communications. Whether you participate in our on-ground or online visual communcations degree program, you’ll take a combination of design theory, web design, imaging, print design and multimedia courses. Plus, your general education courses will help you apply skills in critical thinking, logic, communications and problem solving, so you’ll be ready to handle workplace challenges. When you graduate, you’ll be ready to tackle an entry-level role in the field of visual communications such as a communications manager, design artist and illustrator, graphic design manager, production art manager or a web editor.
VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS COURSE INFORMATION
A visual communications degree opens up a world of possibilities. Course topics include:
- Digital Illustration
- Multimedia: Presentation Graphics
- Multimedia: Audio-Video
- 3D Design Concepts
- Advanced Image Editing
- Advertising Campaign Concepts
- Graphic Design Business Practices
- Advanced Illustrations
- Advanced Digital Effects
UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
- Apply management concepts and theory to solve problems in visual communications
- Use technology to create typographic designs and layouts
- Apply theory to graphic design using image and type
- Use advanced Adobe Photoshop techniques to address organizational, conceptual and image editing processes
- Use various advanced features of graphic software applications to develop corporate presentations and marketing collateral
- Apply the foundational skills necessary to prepare for the Adobe InDesign CS4, Illustrator CS4, Dreamweaver CS4, and Photoshop CS4 certifications.*
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