At the heart of our graphic design major is a welcoming creative community. We provide a broad well-rounded liberal arts education, along with specialized training for the needs of industry. We educate and train students for the visual communication needs of industry and the concerns of our rapidly changing society. It is a rigorous program emphasizing design process, context, conceptualization and innovative problem-solving for real-world campaigns, branding, and design for good. Curriculum includes the study of type, image, message, user-centered research methods, history, theory, criticism, business strategy, and the use of software and AI tools and technology. Designers explore solutions using visual systems across media, such as print, web, multi-screen devices, emerging media, and the built environment. Students benefit from hands-on experiences that include internships, capstone projects, and opportunities for client collaborations. Our capstone prepares them to build a personal brand and apply it to a body of work via digital and print professional portfolio to help them successfully enter the job market and meaningful careers. Graduates typically pursue career paths as designers in areas of shared interests and values at agencies, start-ups, in-house, or freelancing. On average 86% of our graduates are in design-related jobs in the first year.