BFA in Graphic Design

Capture an audience’s attention with eye-catching logos, ads, websites and other materials with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Graphic Design from Georgia Southern University.

Locations

Statesboro Campus (In Person)

Why Major in Graphic Design at Georgia Southern?

Learn using professional tools and software in well-stocked studios.
Get on-the-job experience in an internship.
Build business savvy through the program’s Professional Practice course.
124 credit hours to completion.

Not all stories are told with words. Graphic designers use striking visuals to move viewers to take action. Whether they’re crafting complex identity and branding solutions, developing ad campaigns, designing websites, laying out publications, or producing signage and other wayfinding materials, these professionals rely on their creative vision to deliver compelling messages.

Georgia Southern’s BFA in Graphic Design program prepares you for a lifetime career in marketing, advertising, website design and the commercial arts. Small classes and accomplished faculty help you refine your own unique approach to visual presentations. Students learn to critically analyze design problems through comprehensive research and base their solutions around professional practices and processes.

To deliver up-to-the-minute messages, you’ll need to use current techniques and technologies. Campus resources available include Mac and PC computer labs, large-format printers, laser cutters, 3D printers and more.

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Where our graduates work:

Affordable Art Fair
Apple
Asia Society
High Museum
MDG New Media
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Telfair Museums
The Art Institutes
The Walt Disney Co.
Universal Studios
World 50

What our graduates do:

Brand specialist
Creative director
Exhibition designer
Fashion designer
Marketing director
Multimedia artist/animator
Product designer
Set designer for theatre and film
User interface (UI)/user experience (UX) designer
Web designer

What You’ll Learn

Effective graphic design goes beyond crafting eye-catching art. Graphic designers are problem solvers equipped to address commercial, cultural, global and social communication challenges. Your courses combine technically oriented skills such as typography, color theory and form with process-oriented methods. You’ll also explore the role research and data play in creating campaigns.

Before graduating, you’ll prepare a body of work for exhibition and write a creative brief to support it.

See the Graphic Design Curriculum

Build Your Experience

The best graphic designers understand the medium’s extensive history — and work tirelessly to push their design language into the future. Georgia Southern’s rich resources put you in a position to join their ranks.

Get Involved

Groups such as Club Mud Savannah, the Fiber Arts Club at Armstrong and the Come Smell the Roses Society let you spend more time perfecting your craft while connecting with your peers and professionals in the field.

The Right Tools

Learn to use the right tools for the job on our Statesboro Campus. Professional equipment and up-to-date technologies mean you’re career-ready from the day you graduate.

Ready for Prime Time

Every graphic design major completes a capstone project. Throughout your studies, you’ll curate, refine and prepare to show a selection of professional-quality work in front of a public audience.

Additional Information

Follow these steps to complete the Georgia Southern application:

Create an application account.
Complete our online application using the PIN you received after creating your application account.
Once complete, pay the $30 application fee or upload a valid fee waiver. Previous Georgia Southern applicants and dual-enrollment students do not need to pay the fee.
You can check your application status at My.GeorgiaSouthern.edu/admissions three days after completing your application. This page contains live information about your admission status, including a checklist of missing documents we need to make a decision.

Applicants do not need to submit a portfolio to enter the BFA in Graphic Design program. Once enrolled, students must pass a portfolio review by the end of their second year to continue in the program.

Apply as a First-Year Student Transfer to Georgia Southern

The Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art provides up to $20,000 in scholarships every year to current art and design majors, including six earmarked specifically for Graphic Design majors. Criteria for these competitive awards include academic achievement and creative performance.

Except where noted, all Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art scholarships require a minimum 3.0 GPA. Detailed step-by-step instructions are available on the University Scholarships website.

All Art Scholarships

The Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

Student Art

Graphic designers want you to judge a book by its cover and buy it — as well as hundreds of other messages they send a day. In classroom exercises and work for real clients exhibited on campus, Georgia Southern students learn the art of moving people to act.

Our Student's Work

Faculty Feature

What’s your type? An elegant serif font rooted in the history of Savannah? Or perhaps a quirky, midcentury sans serif typeface? Assistant Professor Jason Murdock, a typographer, knows that every aspect of design can amplify a message — right down to the letters he develops.

Visit His Website