This certificate program is designed to prepare students to apply graphic imaging and fine art printing techniques in their preparation for careers in the field of visual communications. Students are given creative, design and printmaking skills necessary to develop successful artworks in the field of fine art, especially for areas of the exhibiting, publishing and collecting of artworks. This Printmaking Certificate offers students interested in building a career as practicing artists the knowledge to produce finished artwork for the fine art and book art markets. The courses in the certificate offer standard printmaking methods whose knowledge is required in applicable areas of the broad field of visual communication.