Western Kentucky University (WKU) houses the Potter College of Arts and Letters (PCAL), home to the Department of Art & Design, which has a Graphic Design Program leading to a BFA, Minor or Certificate. The Certificate consists of 18 credit hours and the Minor is 24 credit hours. Course examples across these non-degree programs include 2D Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Visual Thinking, Electronic Illustration, Package Design, Digital Media, and Advanced Computer Graphics. Students in both programs will have the opportunity to complete a professional portfolio.
The WKU Graphic Design BFA Program requires 79 credit hours in the major. Exploring traditional, digital, and emerging practices in design, the program requires 12 credit hours of electives, which provides the opportunity to focus in an area of interest within the design field. Course examples include Print Design, Computer Animation, Graphic Design, Visual Thinking, Electronic Illustration, Advanced Computer Graphics, History of Graphic Design, and Digital Media.
In the Senior year of the program, students will compete the Portfolio course, worth three credits, and the Capstone Seminar, also worth three credits.
Graduates of the Graphic Design Programs at Western Kentucky University are Graphic Designers, Animators, Illustrators, Package Designers, Print Designers, Web Designers, Corporate Branding Designers, User Experience Designers, Publication Designers, and Book Designers, among others. Western Kentucky University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). Founded in 1906 as Western Kentucky State Normal School, WKU serves more than 18,000 students enrolled in over 165 undergraduate majors and minors, 48 master's degree programs, two specialist degree programs, four doctoral degrees, six associate degree programs, 69 certificates programs. Academic offerings at Western Kentucky University are housed in five colleges and schools.