Art Design Colleges & Universities


Art and Design: A New Degree, a New Career
The field of Art and Design is a broad one that encompasses many specific careers and training regimens. They have in common a focus on creativity and the need to hone talents for visual art so as to get results in a workplace. Specializations are varied and can range among such disparate fields as:
  •   Studio art
  •   Art therapy
  •   Computer graphics
  •   Illustration
  •   Landscape architecture
  •   Printmaking
  •   Photojournalism
  •   Lighting design

The overall field consists of many different specializations, each with its own skill set and job opportunities.

Art and Design Curriculum
The curriculum you can expect from art colleges and design schools depends on the specific focus you choose. Degree seekers can generally expect at first to take a variety of studio classes that teach drawing, sculpting, and painting. Coursework becomes more specialized in succeeding years. Degree seekers will need to draw on talent for and dedication to the visual arts in order to complete these degrees, which are offered at graduate and undergraduate levels.

Career Opportunities
Careers that are available to those with art and design degrees include careers as graphic designers. Graphic designers are visual artists who create images meant to communicate a specific message to a broad audience. Graphic designers might create visual advertisements that appear in a magazine, a newspaper, or a company's annual report.

With an art and design degree, you might also enter the field of commercial and industrial design. Designers in this field are concerned with the appearance, style, and quality of manufactured goods such as appliances, toys, tools, and automobiles. Involvement in this can range from initial sketching of new products to supervision of the manufacturing process.
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