Graphic Design

The Graphic Design pathway prepares students to apply skills that focus on the principles and techniques for effectively communicating ideas/information and packaging products to business and consumer audiences both in digital and other formats. Topics of study in this pathway include aesthetic meaning, appreciation, and analysis; construction, development, processing, modeling, simulation and programming of interactive experiences; transmission, distribution and marketing; contextual, cultural and historical aspects and considerations.

Graphic Design Pathway

Pathway Courses

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Year 1

Introduction to Media Arts

Year 2

Moving Image Animation

Year 3

Interactive Design

Year 4

Virtual Design

Diploma + Certification

Adobe Certified Associate: Photoshop, Flash Illustrator, - Median salary $38,000
Autodesk 3DS Max - Median salary $50,000
Autodesk Maya - Median salary $45,000

Associate’s in Arts Degree

Industry Certification jobs same as above.
Gateway has programs/pathways established to transfer to 10 local colleges.
- Scholars can choose the degree they want to pursue post-Associates’s.
- Scholars can transfer courses to more than just those 10 colleges.
Scholars could take ACA training and become Adobe Certified Expert.
Scholars with Associate’s in Arts can pursue a bachelor’s degree and beyond in their choice of major at a university.

College Majors/Career Opportunities

Multimedia Specialist, Graphic Designer, Graphic Artist, Editor, Motion Graphic Designer, Design Specialist, Marketing Coordinator, Content Specialist, Web Specialist,Video Specialist, Technical Communications Specialist, Application Specialist, Social Media Manager, Art Director