Bachelor's DegreeGraphic Design: Major in Visual Communications

The visual communications industry is an exciting, innovative and creative field. The Westwood College bachelor's degree program in graphic design: major in visual communications is designed to offer you the skills you need to prepare you for jobs in print and media. Through the creation of layouts, using industry-relevant software, you'll learn the skills necessary to start your career in visual communications. You can choose to participate in this program on one of our campuses or online.

Program features include:

• courses that help prepare you for Adobe^® certificates*, such as InDesign^®, Illustrator^®, Dreamweaver^®, and Photoshop^®
• training in a wide range of design topics, including web design, page layout and packaging design
• a final student portfolio in print, digital and web formats to demonstrate your skills to potential employers

*Westwood prepares graduates for certification. Graduates wishing to attain certification must take and pass any applicable test/exams.

• Course Info

  A graphic design: major in visual communications degree opens up a world of possibilities. Course topics include:

  • Print Production
  • Digital Color Theory 
  • Advanced Illustration
  • Advanced Image Editing
  • Packaging Graphic Design
  • Fundamentals of Web Design

  Course breakdown

  

  Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:

  • Create professional quality visual design compositions
  • Develop effective sequential art and interactive media
  • Use various drawing techniques to illustrate the design process
  • Validate that design projects meet ethical, copyrighted and fair use guidelines
  • Develop professional quality print and multi-media design campaigns to meet client needs

  Locations offering this degree:*

  Online Online Campus California Anaheim - Anaheim, CA  Inland Empire - Upland, CA Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA South Bay - Torrance, CA Georgia Atlanta Midtown - Atlanta, GA Atlanta Northlake - Atlanta, GA

  Illinois Chicago Loop - Chicago, IL  DuPage - Woodridge, IL  O'Hare Airport - Chicago, IL  River Oaks - Calumet City, IL Virginia Annandale - Annandale, VA Arlington Ballston - Arlington, VA

  *Not all programs are offered every term.  Check with the campus of interest for current program offerings.

  
  

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  Our fast-track approach can help you earn your bachelor's degree in as little as 3 years.

• Careers

  Where could your Graphic Design: Major in Visual Communications degree take you?

  Our graphic design: major in visual communications program provides the educational background and hands-on experience necessary to successfully begin a career in visual communications. Our faculty of professionals who work in their fields will provide you with the knowledge, training and insight that you’ll use in your career.Take a look at a few of the career fields that may be available to graduates with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design: major in visual communications from Westwood College^.*

  • Graphic design
  • Image editing
  • Print production

  *Graduates without experience in the field will likely start in entry-level positions.

  
  

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  Our graduates receive hands-on, career-focused training. Don't wait another day; start transforming your life into the one you've always wanted.

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  Our fast-track approach can help you earn your bachelor's degree in as little as 3 years.

• Employers

  Westwood has prepared our Graphic Design: Major in Visual Communications graduates for careers with employers such as:

  • A2Z WSI Web Services
  • Axion Sports
  • Fidelity Bank
  • Fusion Integrated Solutions, LLC
  • General Dynamics Corporation
  • General Mills
  • Kelley Blue Book
  • Modern Greetings
  • Rodeo News Magazine
  • Synergy Companies
  • Tech Showcase
  • Wolf Beverage

  Westwood College tracks the initial employers of its graduates for accreditation purposes. This list represents a partial list of employers of graduates from this program, drawn from across the Westwood campus system, and contains employers of Westwood College graduates from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012. It is not intended to represent an endorsement of Westwood College by the listed employers.

  Comprehensive employment information for graduates from each campus is available.

• News

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  Congratulations to the winners of the Inspire Thru Attire T-shirt Design Contest. We had such a strong showing, over 250 artwork submissions; it's a 3 way tie! After five semi-finalists were chosen, online voting determined the grand prize winners. The theme was “The Power of Education”. See the winning art here...

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  Denver, CO - Westwood College (www.westwood.edu) announced today it has doubled the amount of degree programs previously offered at its Dallas and Fort Worth campuses. As part of this, both campuses will provide two bachelor’s degree programs – a first for Westwood in Texas – and three new associate degree programs in some of the state’s most in-demand and employable industries such as network management, graphic design, hotel and restaurant management, paralegal and construction management. Classes for the new programs will begin on March 18, 2009.

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• Graduate Outcomes

  Occupation Disclosures

  The Department of Education lists the following occupations as potential careers for graduates of this program:*

  25-1121.00	Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
  27-1021.00	Commercial and Industrial Designers
  27-1024.00	Graphic Designers
  27-1027.00	Set and Exhibit Designers
  27-1029.00	Designer, All Other

  To see descriptions of the occupations, go to  www.onetonline.org and enter the six digit Standard Occupational Code (SOC) in the Occupation Search Area.

  *The list of SOC codes is based on Department of Education standards. Actual entry-level jobs for graduates in each program may vary from the list. The job code was pulled from IPEDS CIP-SOC crosswalk as of Sept. 10, 2012. Although the Department of Education requires all job titles to be listed, Westwood College has not found that all programs prepare graduates for all the jobs listed.

  Program Disclosures

  For information about our graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed the program and other important information, please access the document below and refer to the the index page to locate  information on your campus of interest.

  Program disclosures