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graphic design |
Graphic design at CVA embraces traditional and new media practice, theory, and technology in the
pursuit of crystal clear information management. Students express their conceptual talents within a rigorous curriculum that emphasizes typography,
information architecture, and cutting edge interactivity.
Students begin by mastering the foundations that define all higher education and professional graphic design. These classes prepare students
for a unique three-course immersion in the fine art and craft of typography and three courses in applied graphic design practice.
Computer hardware and software proficiency training wraps around these classes and progresses through a separate five-course sequence of
study and practice in new and emerging digital mediums including interactive usability.
A studio practicum, internship opportunities, and a course in professional practice augment the curriculum.
Combined with liberal arts coursework in graphic design history, art history, aesthetics, math, humanities, and the natural and social sciences,
these courses anticipate a final year capstone experience that includes a demanding studio and seminar thesis and professional portfolio development.
All graphic design course content is cumulative and successive. Each class builds on the strengths and skills developed in its predecessor.
Early sequential courses are structured to stress advanced craft, theory, process, and technical skills designed to ensure refined success
in a student's advanced application-based project work. Advanced courses and the capstone experience may be customized to reflect individual
interests, among others, in package design, publication design, advertising, signage and exhibition design, new media, web and interactivity,
motion graphics, and corporate branding identity.
Work by Graphic Design Student Evan Nagan
Graphic Design Course Requirements, Pages 41-2
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Students and Alumni at
AIGA Design Camp
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