
Graphic and interactive design merges creativity with technology. From designing innovative mobile apps to crafting eye-catching websites, this field offers you the opportunity to express your unique creative vision.
Graphic and interactive design merges creativity with technology. From designing innovative mobile apps to crafting eye-catching websites, this field offers you the opportunity to express your unique creative vision.
Interactive and graphic designers have more ways than ever to communicate visually with their audiences. We teach you theories of design as well as a broad range of practical skills — from design thinking to mastering industry standard software — that are needed to pursue a successful career in web design, UX/UI, motion graphics, and print and online publishing.
You’ll build a strong foundation in design, including understanding your audience, ideation methods, prototyping and implementation. With small classes, you’ll receive individual attention from your professors, all of whom maintain ties with the professional world that complement their teaching.
And you’ll hone your verbal and visual communication skills through group work and presentations. Our curriculum reflects current, real-world practices, and you’ll have the most up-to-date technology and software in several labs for both coursework and independent projects. Upon graduation, you’ll have a diverse portfolio of work to show potential employers.
Percentage of our 2021 program graduates with a BA in Graphic and Interactive Design who are either employed or pursuing graduate study
Number of new graphic design positions projected to be created from 2018 to 2028 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2020)
Average starting salary for 2021 graphic and interactive design program graduates
Percentage of 2021 graduating seniors from the School of Communications who have jobs, are continuing their education or are starting their own companies within 6 months of graduation
The number of new communications jobs expected to be added through 2029 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
The number of locations where communications students interned across the country during the 2019-20 academic year
Your experience in our graphic and interactive design program concludes with a capstone project, a culmination of all you have learned and the projects you‘ve worked on in the program. This portfolio-based learning process teaches you how to design for all mediums, from branding and print, to web and mobile app design, and gives you a solid way to market yourself to potential employers and clients.
As a student, you’ll design your own website as an extension of your personal brand. Your site is a place to store all of your work and will serve as a final display for your capstone project.
As a School of Communications student, you can build your portfolio in real time with real clients at The Agency, our award-winning, full-service, student-run interdisciplinary firm. Students majoring in advertising, public relations, and graphic and interactive design work with real-world businesses, including Lego, Peanuts Worldwide Inc. and Sikorsky. The Agency is well-equipped to handle communications needs such as web design, app design, promotional materials, print collateral, marketing research, social media management, social media analytics, media relations, community engagement, data analysis, special events, strategic planning and branding.
Our undergraduate admissions counselors are here to answer any questions you may have and help you navigate the application process.