We are a visual culture. As a Communication Arts student earning your BFA, you can draw and paint, make websites and apps focusing on user interface and experience (UX/UI), direct and create videos and motion graphics, develop identity systems and branding, design books and magazines—whatever best expresses your idea.

You’ll choose from one of two areas of emphasis: Graphic Design or Illustration. You can also minor in Advertising Design. Our cross-disciplinary program challenges you to create captivating visual communications across a wide range of media, and prepares students for careers as creative directors; designers of fabric and textile, murals, exhibitions, websites and apps, UX/UI, branding, books, motion graphics, and packaging; creators of merchandise; editorial illustrators; and studio heads.

Graphic design students research and conceive projects that combine images and typography to convey specific ideas. Illustration students develop strong personal style and image-making skills in a variety of media.

We emphasize collaboration between disciplines and media fluency, helping you sharpen your skills and voice through critiques, reviews, and workshops, as well as experiential learning through visiting artists, conventions, field trips, and student exhibitions.

Whichever major you choose, with a BFA in Communication Arts you’ll graduate with the ability to deliver dynamic visual communications for a variety of applications.