The 平面设计 major is a professional program in a sequenced curriculum that addresses the wide variety of design applications in print and digital media. Students will encounter a diverse and substantive experience in the range of design activity for the contemporary knowledge economy. Students graduating from the program pursue careers in graphic design 国家ly in a broad range of applications or continue their education in MFA programs.
The program provides a solid foundation of traditional and emergent creative expressions. Students will be introduced to design methods and principles to 开发 their ability to be personally engaged, 经济可行，专业相关. The core graphic design curriculum stresses competencies in research, 意念, 分析与表达, 美学, 设计理论, 生产力, 以及技术的应用, necessary for personal expression or professional practice. Instruction throughout emphasizes and promotes social responsibility, diversity, and inclusion.
All graphic design students should expect a creative and collaborative environment built upon the experience of a faculty of practicing designers and design educators. Limited enrollment and class sizes ensure an intense and individualized course of study. The department's dedicated state-of-the-art facilities include classroom and production spaces built and equipped to facilitate instruction and invention with traditional and digital media. The program strongly encourages and supports critical interaction with the design community through lectures, 研讨会, 实习, 以及专业会员资格.
每学期注册前, all graphic design students are required to meet with one of the program advisors listed below for a preregistration advising appointment. 按你的约定, 顾问将解除你的建议, which is required in order to register for classes. Advisors will also discuss the major curriculum, 学业和职业目标, and identify appropriate resources needed for academic success.
Preregistration advising occurs after Fall break for Spring/Summer registration and after Spring break for Fall registration. Students should bring an updated Curriculum Checklist to their advising appointments to be advised.
An individualized internship that focuses on the student's interest within the graphic design discipline may be used as graphic design elective credit. Students interested in an internship should be prepared to research positions in their specific areas of interest. Ideally, 实习 are performed during the final year of study. The ODU Career 资源 Center provides listings of internship and employment opportunities. Be aware that situations listed by the 办公室 (and elsewhere) as "实习" may not meet our standards. 实习 for credit must be approved in advance by graphic design faculty before application to and acceptance by the employer.
实习 are mentoring situations where the student works on-site under the direct supervision of a full-time graphic design professional. Qualifying 实习 must provide an experience equivalent to upper division coursework. The internship should provide students with valuable on-the-job experience, 与业界专业人士合作, 为就业做准备. Students must be given the opportunity to conceive, 开发, 并产生重要的设计材料. 每周工作时间应该在10-12小时之间. Ideally, 实习 are paid situations as they provide real value to the organization or business. Final evaluation will be made by the work supervisor to the faculty of record for GDES 368.
研究生s of our program have gained employment in a variety of design and design-related positions in the Hampton Roads area and across the country. These situations span the range of design opportunities from commercial to non-profit; agency, in-house and freelance; information to promotion; print to emerging media. 除了, 校友们纷纷成为企业家, using their skills to devise new products and services. Students have also continued on to graduate study in design at competitive programs 国家ly.
The graphic design faculty have extensive teaching experience in higher education within the discipline of graphic design. They also have established records as productive scholars and commissioned professional designers for local, 区域, 国家, 以及国际客户. Their collective body of work has been recognized and published in respected professional and specialized journals, as well as 国家 and inter国家 competitions and exhibitions. Publications from the faculty represent works in the field related to conceptual, 理论, 以及平面设计的应用方面.