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Bachelor of Science

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Digital Design

Tap into your passion and prepare for a career in illustration, web design, graphic design, or digital imaging. Housed in the brand new VCSU Center for the Arts, the Digital Design program offers opportunities to engage in real-world design. This program balances theories of visual communication, principles of design and your own creativity to prepare for a career you love.

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Beyond graduation

Explore the possibilities

A degree in Digital Design from VCSU can open up opportunities you never thought possible. Use your education to create the future you’ve dreamed of. Career opportunities with a Digital Design degree can include:

  • Graphic Designer
  • UX Designer or Architect
  • Creative Director
  • Production Artist or Designer
  • Animation and Video Graphics
  • Digital Imaging Design
  • Prepress or Press Operator
  • Content Creator
VCSU student Bailey Nelson

Bailey Nelson

Digital Design major

“Whether it be by hand, or by computer, I wanted my future career to involve creating visual concepts that could inform and inspire others. ” 

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Plan of Study

  • Two Dimensional Design
  • Photography I
  • College Composition I
  • Social Science
  • Computer Science and Literacy
  • Learning to Live
  • Introduction to Digital Media
  • Drawing I
  • College Composition II
  • Lab Science
  • Speech Communication
  • Graphic Design I
  • Digital Imaging I
  • Art History III
  • Finite Mathematics
  • Social Science
  • Photography II
  • Art History IV
  • Digital Illustration I
  • Lab Science
  • Concepts of Fitness and Wellness
  • Additional Humanities or Social Science
  • Art and Music
  • Introduction to Web Design
  • Digital Imaging II
  • Literacies
  • Additional Electives
  • Graphic Design II
  • Digital Illustration II
  • Art History IV
  • Visual Arts Seminar
  • Additional Elective
  • Advanced Research Studio
  • Internship
  • Additional Electives
  • Graphic Design III
  • Visual Arts Capstone

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  • Marketing Minor
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  • Software Development Certificate
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SOFTWARE OVERVIEW

Learn the latest software and techniques in digital design

As a Digital Design major, you’ll learn a solid foundation of skills in different design areas:

  • Adobe Creative Suite: Create and manipulate images, illustrations and design using tools, like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
  • Web Design: Students use software like Dreamweaver and Adobe XD, design webpages and apps and focus on the aesthetic and organization.

Where you'll study

The new studio and lab spaces in the Center for the Arts provide space to create. The Center also includes a new art gallery is open for highlighting your best work.
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Meet the advisor

Ekow Ephrim

Ekow Ephrim, MFA

Assistant Professor
Departments

Art, Digital Design

Office Location
  • Center for the Arts 120