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About this major
Graphic Design focuses on the creation of visual content to communicate messages. Students learn to combine art and technology to produce designs for advertising, branding, digital media, and more, developing skills in typography, color theory, and digital illustration.
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Student Experience
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100%
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Plan grad school
Academic Balance
Math intensity
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WorkloadMedium
DifficultyMedium
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“Opportunities to build personal portfolio with improvements suggested/guided by the mentorship of professors and TAs.”
4/7/2026
“Through tools like Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign, I’ve learned to translate ideas into visuals that inform, engage, and connect with diverse audiences.”
4/7/2026
“Lots if opportunities to build and strengthen personal portfolio.”
4/4/2026
“Its design media arts. GPA is generally given quite generously. Also you will have free time to work on side projects and dual major.”
3/31/2026
“Project based; you get what u put in; practicing a lot of hard skills like knowing how to work each programs; we do a lot of real world designing; it's extremely close to what we will do in our jobs; it's hard but rewarding”
3/31/2026