Graphic Design | Media Arts
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Program Description
Applications to the Graphic Design | Media Arts program's 2023 Fall Semester have closed.
If you have an artistic mind and enjoy solving problems, the Graphic Design|Media Arts program is for you. You will graduate from our program with the technical skills and fundamental conceptual theories and techniques needed to produce compelling visual messages.
A form of visual communication commonly used in marketing and advertising to solve problems, graphic designers work with typography, color, and images to design: advertising campaigns, publications, book covers, brand identities, websites, mobile application interfaces, package designs, and much more.
Our program is a Monday-Thursday, block-scheduled program at our Education Square location in downtown Lincoln. You will work at an individual workstation in our graphic design lab to learn design thinking and the creative process. Our classroom simulates a real-world, work environment by having you do all the steps in the design process including research, creating and giving oral and written presentations as an individual and in a team. Your finished design project becomes part of your professional portfolio.
The Web Development & Design Certificate is an efficient, yet comprehensive program focused on teaching those with previous educational or professional experience related to graphic design both web development and web design knowledge.
This program will provide students with fundamental web development principles by teaching the core development languages of HTML5 and CSS3 while also introducing students to the scripting language of PHP through the exploration of the web content management system WordPress. Students will be introduced to User Interface and User Experience principles as they relate to web design, and practice these principles while learning and using Figma, an industry leading interface design software.
Careers
Graphic design is one of today's fastest-growing fields. Everywhere you look you see the work of graphic designers. Career options in Graphic Design|Media Arts include:
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Students in SCC’s Graphic Design|Media Arts program are creative and have the ability to draw and capture their ideas on paper. They pay attention to detail and craftsmanship and have a desire for continual learning. Students in the program also are critical thinkers, are self-driven, have good time management skills, and are comfortable working at a computer for extended periods. The ability to receive constructive feedback is also important.
Our GDMA program accepts a new cohort once per year in August. Acceptance to the program is based on a selection process outlined on this Program Admissions Checklist (PDF). All incoming students must participate in a program-specific orientation to secure their seat.
Faculty
GD|MA has skilled instructors who have worked in the Lincoln and Omaha area at design agencies, in-house, and freelance.
Nicholas Burroughs
As the program chair of the GDMA program, and an instructor, Nicholas works with students not only on a daily basis, but throughout their time in the program. He enjoys teaching students the fundamental principles of design, as well as what to expect in the professional design world.
Nicholas has over a decade of experience as a professional designer including stints at large advertising agencies and small design studios within Nebraska, and has worked with clients as large as Sephora, and Twitch. Throughout this time he also operated his own small design business, working with various businesses and local non-profits.
Prior to teaching at SCC Nicholas taught several classes at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, NE.
Nicholas Burroughs
Program Chair
402-323-3478
nburroughs@southeast.edu