Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design

Harrington's bachelor-level Graphic Design program focuses on imparting the knowledge, skills and expertise necessary in this highly competitive field. At its most basic level, the program encourages students to think, speak, draw and design, but ultimately, it strives to create a socially and globally aware individual who can approach and solve a design issue from many angles. Graduates will be expected to:

• Synthesize various approaches of thought within the design process.
• Apply critical thinking skills in the exploration of design-based problems to facilitate innovation and leadership in the design field.
• Solve complex design problems through team-oriented, solution-based approaches.
• Research effectively to create and evaluate solutions to incrementally larger scale design problems.
• Respond to challenges based on exposure to environmental, economic and social-cultural issues.
• Understand the theory and process of design while employing rational thought to achieve functional and powerful design messages.
• Communicate effectively across design disciplines.

Courses in Harrington's BFA in Graphic Design program focus on preparing students to synthesize various approaches of thought within the design process and apply critical-thinking skills in the exploration of design-based problems. For example:

• In Package Design, students delve into an exploration of functional, unique and aesthetically pleasing containers as well as a review of the role of typography, materials and photography in package design.
• In The Communication Designer, emphasis is on enabling students to explore design from a field specific point of view and exposing them to numerous career options and scenarios.
• In Logos and Corporate Identity, students work on creating various logos, culminating in the selection of a business and creation of a final logo based on interviews with the business owner. The second half of the course focuses on creating an identity manual.

Other core requirements in this program include*:

• Beginning Drawing
• Intermediate Drawing
• Color: Perception & Application
• 2D Design
• Design in 3 Dimensions
• Intro to Computer Graphics
• Computer Graphics II
• Design Studio
• Storyboarding
• Print Process
• Web Process
• Senior Design Studio I
• Design Issues
• Portfolio
• Senior Design Studio II
• The Design Process
• History of Graphic Design
• Illustration I
• Typography I
• Typography II
• Typography III
• Design Layout
• Time-Based Design
• Advanced Time-Based Design
• VSC402 Visual Communications (Capstone)

*Course curriculum is subject to change.

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