Graphic Design Degree

About the Degree:

The Bachelors of Fine Arts Design degree from Missouri Southern State University will provide you with a foundation in the theory and practice of design to enable you to organize visual information — symbols, words and images — to communicate ideas and messages to specific audiences. Design majors move on in the professional world to become designers in a wide range of print and digital fields including; publishing, multimedia graphics, advertising, web, packaging, or interactive design.

What Can I Do With This Major?

Your Future with Our Graphic Design Degree

As a graduate of Missouri Southern's graphic design program, you will harness your creativity into a life-long career. Picture yourself in one of these positions:

You can work for a magazine or newspaper creating layouts, illustrating and designing covers.
Publishers need graphic designers like you to create unique book covers.
Design enticing flyers, brochures, logos, info graphics and more by working in advertising.
You'll have a robust career in the digital age. Work in media designing websites, blogs, computer graphics or animations.
Be your own boss. Tailor your field work to your specific interests by freelancing.

What You’ll Learn:

Graduating students present a cohesive body of advanced design work.
Students are able to describe the process, form and content of their work using art and design language specific to the design field.
Students communicate in writing about their work within the social, artistic, historical context and articulate meaning of said work.
Students identify acclaimed contemporary and historical artists, designers, and works as sources of inspiration for his/her own work.
Students become skilled at presenting themselves and their material professionally to obtain employment.
Students will be able to advertise/promote his/her work in exhibitions and other professional arenas.

This Degree is Great for You if:

You want to be a designer in a newspaper, magazine or advertising agency.
You want to be a specialist in designing corporate or public media, logos and identity systems
You want to move on to graduate school to further learn advanced skills and techniques.
Some of the top job titles for someone with a graphic design degree include:
- Graphic Designer
- Visual Designer
- Production Artist
- Digital Design Engineer
- User Experience Designer
- Visual Information Specialist
- Art Director
- Creative Director

Your Future with Our Graphic Design Degree

As a graduate of Missouri Southern's graphic design program, you will harness your creativity into a life-long career. Picture yourself in one of these positions:

Work for a magazine or newspaper creating layouts, illustrating and designing covers.
Publishers need graphic designers like you to create unique book covers.
Design enticing flyers, brochures, logos, info graphics and more by working in adverting.
You'll have a robust career in the digital age. Work in media designing websites, blogs, computer graphics or animations.
Be your own boss. Tailor your field work to your specific interests by freelancing.