B.A. in Graphic Design & New Media
B.F.A. in Graphic Design & New Media
These new programs offer students a concentrated experience in graphic and printed design, time-based design, typography, interactive media, digital illustration and imaging, and video, sound and motion graphics. Grounded in SUNY Potsdam's liberal arts and sciences core, the majors will also incorporate art foundations and students will choose from studio electives in painting, printmaking, sculpture, drawing and mixed media, ceramics or photography.
The BA program requires 45 credit hours to complete, while the competitive BFA program requires 62 to 67 credit hours of coursework, and has a senior thesis sequence and a capstone exhibition. Admission to the graphic design and media arts BFA program will be by application only, similar to the College's existing visual arts BFA.
Outcomes
B.A. students will be able to:
- Create visual communications.
- Design cross-cultural visual communications.
- Analyze design work.
- Demonstrate a basic knowledge of art history.
B.F.A. students will be able to:
- Create visual communications.
- Design higher level advanced cross-cultural visual communications.
- Analyze design work using high level critical analysis.
- Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of current or recent art history.
Career Outlook
Occupations related to Graphic Design & New Media are projected to increase by 3 to 23 percent over the next 10 years, with a strong emphasis in digital fields.
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A graphic design & new media major, Dekezia Gray ’25 talks about finding her creativity within the Department of Art, finding a safe space within the Center for Diversity and forming lifelong friendships that began the first day she arrived on campus.