Graphic Design & Digital Media - Champlain College

Graphic Design & Digital Media from Champlain College is a Campus Bachelor Design degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. Take a good look around you?graphic design is everywhere! Every poster, magazine ad, logo, Web site, or product graphic began as a creative spark in the mind of a professional graphic designer. Beginning with a great idea, today's designer brings to life her/his ideas by creating digital artwork for reproduction in a diverse range of media. Whether a public service campaign concerning global warming, or an ad touting the competitive advantages of a new product, graphic designers play a key role in realizing the visual expression of communication. Champlain's Graphic Design & Digital Media (GDD) program has its finger on the pulse of this dynamic field, enabling you to synthesize imagination, creativity, intellect and technological savvy into a dynamic and rewarding career. Graphic design is a stimulating life activity?the confluence of imagination, creativity, intellect and teamwork into a rewarding profession. It is ever-changing. Not long ago the practicing graphic designer likely would have specialized in a niche of the profession, but thanks to the digital revolution today's graphic design professional may wear many hats, creating artwork across a wide spectrum of media. Beginning with your very first semester, Champlain's GDD program exposes you to the many modes of digital design , and then, through a flexible arrangement of upper-level electives, enables you to focus and refine your skills in the area of your choice?print, interactive, advertising or a customized combination of the three. And further, the GDD program meshes seamlessly with Champlain's distinctive interdisciplinary core curriculum, thus broadening and deepening your academic experience. You will graduate with the abilities to dive right into in your creative endeavors, keep pace with the exciting design profession and actively engage in your culture for decades to come. Program Highlights Acquire a unique balance of the artistic, technical, intellectual and critical aspects of the design profession. Dive into discipline-specific courses from the very first semester. Gain a solid design foundation in the basics of graphic design and digital media, then develop and hone your skills by concentrating in print-, interactive- or advertising-related design. Enjoy state-of-the-art Macintosh digital classrooms, labs, and AV editing suites, and complete darkroom facilities for traditional black-and-white photography. Learn from a faculty that brings the best of the teaching profession and professional discipline to class. Share your work with the campus community and local design professionals in ongoing exhibitions and an end-of-the-year student exhibition. Participate in real-world projects both in the classroom and at exciting internship sites including Burton Snowboards, Jager Di Paola Kemp Design, KSV Communicators, Place Creative, Shark Design , Blue House Group, Propeller Media Works and many others. Experience the thriving local arts community of Burlington, including galleries, music, dance, theater and museums, and be just 90 minutes from the old-world metropolitan city of Montr?al. Become among the many graduates who found Champlain's GDD program to be a gratifying and defining experience that led to a rewarding career in graphic design. Career Opportunities in Graphic Design and Digital Media Design Studios Corporate Communications Creative Direction Illustration Product Design Web site Design Advertising Design Public Relations View more details on Champlain College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Design courses.