Bachelor of Fine Arts In Graphic and Digital Design

This course covers the conceptual skills and issues pertaining to the design of interfaces for digital products. A comprehensive investigation of the interface design process will be covered, including designing interfaces that are meaningful to users and applicable to a range of contexts: web, mobile, desktop, and beyond. Emphasis will be on aesthetic issues such as iconography, layout, colors, and typography. Site evaluation, content, structure, audience, and industry best practices are also emphasized. Current applications such as HTML editors and app makers will be discussed and implemented to design interactive projects. A survey of the design of interfaces that involve physical elements (e.g. appliances, consumer devices, etc.) will also be introduced.

This course will educate students on how to conceive and execute projects for non-profit organizations. Graphic Design is crucial for non-profits to successfully raise awareness, promote campaigns, and build an audience for their causes. This class invites students to use their creative thinking skills to frame challenges, seek opportunities, and offer innovative ways of communicating on the topic. Emphasis will be on non-profit organizations as clients allowing for service learning and exposing students to projects with real-world outcomes that directly impact peoples’ lives.

Service learning is a credit-bearing, educational, experience in which students participate in an organized service activity that meets identified community needs and reflects on the service activity in such a way as to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, and an enhanced sense of civic responsibility.

This course examines how traditional boundaries between artistic and technological disciplines have been blurred. The course focuses on the ideas, movements, and technological/artistic practice which have guided new media aesthetic and arts movements through the 20th century. Students will develop an understanding of new media, analyzing historical trends and seminal work in the media arts and information sciences, as well as the language and aesthetics unique to new media.

This course is an advanced design seminar in which students develop an individual project in the topic of their choice. Each student will complete a coherent package of advanced graphic design work, culminating in a group design project exhibition and design research paper. This semester-long project is designed to encourage extended development and synthesis of communication skills and is related to design disciplines. The Thesis should represent a significant body of independent creative work. It can take many different forms or combinations of forms: digital or print publication, web and apps, packaging and installation, or motion graphics.

The University of New Haven offers a wide variety of in-depth courses that create a transformational educational experience for our students. To view the complete list of courses you'll take while pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic and Digital Design, check out the Academic Catalog:

Graphic and Digital Design, B.F.A.

Graphic Design Minor

Art Minor

Digital Art and Design Minor

Illustration Minor

Photography Minor

Whether you're still in high school or are transferring from another college, we offer full- and part-time opportunities for undergraduates from inside the U.S. and abroad. The admission process can begin as early as the end of your high school junior year.

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We offer a comprehensive financial aid program, with students receiving assistance in the form of grants, scholarships, student loans, and part-time employment. Funds are available from federal and state governments, private sponsors, and from university resources. More than 85 percent of the University's full-time undergraduate students receive some form of financial assistance.

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