Course General Description

Creativity, identity, communication. Essential ingredients for turning your artistic powers into a force for connecting people to the ideas, goods, and services they need and want. In our Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design program, you’ll develop your capacity to create fun and arresting visual pieces that help people, businesses, and missions thrive. As you venture into the dynamic and forward-thinking world of graphic design, you will: hone fabrication and production techniques in a wide range of print and digital media employ research-based strategies and methods for connecting with target audiences explore methods for activating public spaces collaborate with classmates to design and execute exhibitions of your work develop a professional-level portfolio with samples from genres such as package design, logo development, corporate identities, illustration, and editorial design

School General Description

Watkins College of Art is a four-year art and design college located on a 13-acre campus in Nashville, Tennessee. Watkins offers Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degrees in film, graphic design, illustration, interior design, fine arts, and photography as well as post-graduate degrees in film and visual arts. As of 2019, approximately 200 students were enrolled, mostly full-time.[1] The college resides in a 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) facility in the MetroCenter area of north Nashville and offers on-campus housing. The Community Education Program serves students age four to adult through the Young Artist Program, the Adult Community Education Program, the Artist Lecture Series, and various outreach programs. Classes run on a semester basis: Fall, Spring, and Summer.