In today's competitive workplace, even creative individuals need a solid educational foundation to pursue a rewarding career. Talent can take you far, but acquiring technical skills, industry knowledge, and relevant experience can help you pursue a new career, advance in your field, or start your own business.

These professional degree programs help motivated students develop the knowledge, skills and experience they'll need to take advantage of growing opportunities in modern creative environments.

Graphic Design

Our degree programs (AS and BFA) in Graphic Design can help you prepare for a challenging career that uses your talents to sell products and services through branding and advertising. You can learn how to apply the basic theories of advertising, layout, type, color and illustration in order to become a visual problem solver, and you'll have opportunities to explore your interests and develop specific skills in areas such as digital illustration, digital imaging and much more.

Web Design

This program offers students the opportunity to develop hands-on experience in web design principles and techniques. Students learn software, concepts and tools related to web design, networking, digital design and web scripting. This online degree program is designed to prepare you with a real-world understanding of the roles and responsibilities of today's web designers in the modern workplace. The curriculum combines the fundamentals of computing, digital video and audio, graphics, layout and more with general education courses that provides students a well-rounded, comprehensive course of study.

Web Development

This degree program in Web Development provides advanced studies in web-based technologies, 3D modeling and animation, and new media techniques while supplementing those skills with such subjects as advanced web programming, database management and dynamic website systems. Additional general education courses are intended to foster critical thinking.

The objective of this online degree program is to prepare students for professional opportunities in the information, design and technology-based communications industries. The program focuses on the use of interactivity and the Internet as a communication medium while incorporating the basic theories of visual and multimedia design

Fashion Merchandising

The Fashion Merchandising degree program provides students with hands-on coursework and instruction by professionals in this competitive industry. The comprehensive classes in our Fashion Merchandising degree program help prepare you for the ever-changing and exciting fashion world.

You will have the opportunity to learn real-world skills from an exciting Merchandising internship, combined with classes that enable you to learn more about design fundamentals, buying, fashion media, and a variety of technologies and software applications.

Advertising and Design

The Advertising and Design program can give you the opportunity to develop the skills you'll need in the advertising career field. You can learn skills like page layout, Web design, digital illustration and storyboarding. Comprehensive coursework combined with a real-world internship allows you to learn from the ground up while you develop the skills you'll need on the job.