Graphic Design

Program Benefits

• Access to the Adobe Creative Suite, which includes professional design software like Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and more.
• Learn from faculty who have relevant and valuable real-world experience and who make an effort to know you personally.
• Enjoy small class sizes and a supportive campus community.
• Take advantage of incredible internships and jobs available in the exciting Nashville market.

What to Expect

As a student in Trevecca’s Bachelor of Arts in graphic design program, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to make your mark in our increasingly digital and visual world. Companies of all kinds, from large organizations to schools to nonprofits, need graphic designers to help with branding, visual communication and design strategies. Your degree prepares you to meet these needs and develop user experience solutions for websites and web applications.

This program equips you to capitalize on your creativity, taking classes that balance hands-on technical skills with communication and branding strategies for maximizing design impact. You’ll learn to use programs such as Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. You’ll also gain experience in sound design, animation, interactive media, coding techniques and typography as part of your core courses.

In addition to the graphic design major, students will complete an academic minor in another discipline that complements their major study. Possibilities include business, entrepreneurship, marketing, film and television, multimedia journalism, communication studies,  psychology, information technology and more. 

Throughout the program, you’ll also compile your many projects into a professional portfolio that can provide potential employers with tangible evidence of your skillset and work.

Why Choose Trevecca?

Founded in 1901 and a leader in online education for more than two decades, Trevecca has been recognized nationally and locally for providing our students with the highest level of academic quality and rigor. We offer a holistic education focused on the intellectual, social, emotional, physical and spiritual health of all the students in our diverse student body. We are committed to educating the next generation to be servant leaders.

As a Christian university, we offer programs that explore the ways faith intersects with your field of study. This means you can gain your graphic design degree in a supportive, Christian community with small classroom sizes and engaged faculty members who care about you and your goals.