Graphic Design - Bachelor of Applied Design
Program Overview
End your search for a Vancouver graphic design degree program at The Art Institute of Vancouver. We offer a Bachelor of Applied Design degree in Graphic Design.
The Graphic Design bachelor’s degree program focuses on the increasingly vital relationship between design and sustainable principles. As environmental demands escalate and take center focus in educational and political discourse, there is a growing need for designers who can provide solutions while creating sustainable, eco-conscious designs.
This academic degree program aims to produce graphic designers who are able to express themselves creatively while visually communicating a message through the use of typography, imagery, and layout on packages, labels, websites, and other mediums.
Graduates should be able to combine their creativity with technical prowess, critical thinking skills, and ethical awareness. Graduates of The Art Institute of Vancouver Graphic Design degree program will possess knowledge of design and sustainable fundamentals, as well as an understanding of core values, emerging trends and discipline challenges. They will demonstrate professional excellence in the application of environmentally conscious principles to any design project or milieu. With a Graphic Design degree from The Art Institute of Vancouver, graduates are prepared to pursue entry-level positions within the graphic design field.
The Graphic Design degree program emphasizes hands-on learning. Students in the program use industry-related technology and software. Course topics in the Graphic Design degree program include typography, illustration, and package design.
With a Graphic Design degree, graduates can pursue entry-level jobs like graphic designer, computer artist, and production artist.
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Program Description
The Art Institute of Vancouver’s Bachelor of Applied Design in Graphic Design degree program focuses on the increasingly vital relationship between design and sustainable principles. As environmental demands escalate and take centre focus in educational and political discourse, there is a growing need for designers who can provide solutions while creating sustainable, eco-conscious designs.
This academic program aims to produce designers who combine technical aptitude, critical thinking skills and ethical awareness. Program graduates will possess a knowledge of design and sustainable fundamentals, as well as an understanding of core values, emerging trends and discipline challenges. They will demonstrate professional excellence in the application of environmentally conscious principles to any design project or milieu.
Students will also have the opportunity to assume the role of innovators and leaders within the program: in collaboration with their academic director and instructors, they will have the opportunity to launch and co-steer strategies for incorporating new sustainable standards. As such, program graduates will have hands-on awareness of innovations within sustainable design and how these advances translate into the daily operations of schools and organizations within B.C.
Our specific objectives are to provide students the following:
• The opportunity to acquire work-ready competencies in a program emphasizing strong theoretical and practical knowledge;
• A hands-on, learning-centred educational environment that supports and enhances students’ professional and academic development as designers;
• Targeted preparation and training for entry-level employment and advancement opportunities within the design field;
• Access to appropriately credentialed faculty with extensive industry experience;
• Opportunities to influence a constantly evolving academic program within a dynamic, innovative field.
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