Program Learning Outcomes

Mission Statement

The Graphic Design (Gx) program at ArtCenter College of Design provides its graduates with the essential and universal graphic design tools for communicating the multi-dimensional experience of a place, product, service or personality in all traditional and emerging media contexts.

Essential Skills & Competenciess

Graduates will be able to:

  • Demonstrate fluency in the visual vocabulary and technical skills relevant to graphic design.

Critical Thinking & Creative Process

Graduates will be able to:

  • Imagine and articulate research, innovative processes and varied solutions to any problem.

Professional Practice

Graduates will be able to:

  • Demonstrate the professional readiness to thrive in the creative industries.

Areas of Emphasis

  • • Print, Packaging, Motion, Visual Interaction Design, Transmedia