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Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communication Design

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Program Overview

The Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication Design focuses on visual communication, typography, and graphic design. Students who graduate from the program are equipped with a broad range of practices in the design field, including advertising, information design, branding, editorial design and illustration, motion graphics, animation, type design, interaction design, user-centered design (UX/UI), and cross-disciplinary design fields.

Possible Career Options

Visual communication designers create visual stories through physical and digital platforms. The application of their work can be used to inspire or to sell a product - either way they must captivate their audience. 

Graphic Designer

Art Director

Web Developer

Multimedia Designer

Marketing Manager

Industrial/Product Designer

Creative Director

UX/UI Designer

Marian Ramirez
I’ve loved art my entire life, and I started at UTRGV with a concentration in studio art rather than graphic design. What made me switch over was the way that the graphic design field incorporates art into technology and advertising, and I found this to be very intriguing and something I wanted to try out.
Marian Ramirez, UTRGV Undergraduate Student

UTRGV Tuition Advantage

Launching in Fall 2022, this program will cover the cost of tuition and mandatory fees for students with a family-adjusted gross income of $125,000 or less.
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Arely Suarez
What I love the most about UTRGV is that it gave me some of my best friends as well as incredible bonds with professors that I will cherish forever.
Arely Suarez, UTRGV Undergraduate Student

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