平面设计专业致力于视觉传达的艺术。课程项目包括中等，内容和协作机会，同时使学生能够练习传统和数字创作方式。学生将掌握设计思维方面的知识，以识别问题并创建可能的解决方案。平面设计专业的学生选择各种集中课程，以解决该学科中的几种职业选择。在整个课程中，都会发展语言和视觉交流技巧，以进一步支持专业机会。
The graphic design major addresses the art of visual communication. Course projects range in medium, content and collaborative opportunity, while enabling students to practice both traditional and digital ways of creation. Students become knowledgeable in design thinking as a means of identifying problems and creating possible solutions. Graphic design majors select a variety of concentration courses structured to address several career options within the discipline. Verbal and visual communication skills are developed throughout the curriculum to further support professional opportunities. The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design, which is administered by the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, is a professional degree that prepares students through intensive, immersive, upper-level study in several areas within the discipline to be successful in the field of graphic design.