Post-Baccalaureate
Certificate in Graphic Design
The MCAD Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Graphic Design offers students an intensive education and an opportunity to develop a more advanced-level portfolio while working with experienced professionals and learning to think like designers.
It is built with working adults in mind - those with the ambition and talent to progress further in the graphic design field, but who have limited time. Courses in this program are taught evenings and weekends by experienced professionals and provide access to MCAD's renowned facilities, coursework and faculty.
This is a two-year, 30-credit program with classes offered during fall, spring and summer semesters. It provides the perfect opportunity to refine your skills, expand your creativity and continue to develop a more diversified graphic design portfolio, as well as add the Minneapolis College of Art and Design--one of the Top 10 Design Colleges in the World*--to your resume.
Program Goals
The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Graphic Design program offers each student an intensive graphic design education while he or she builds a portfolio of work. Students will develop print and digital versions of:
- Identity systems: logo/identity applications
- Small print pieces: brochures, postcards, invitations
- Large print pieces: posters, signage, displays
- Multi-page publications: case statements, viewbooks, catalogs, newsletters, magazines
Students will also gain a deep understanding of:
- Ideation: methods for developing ideas and approaches to design projects
- Design history: influence on and relevance to contemporary design
- Strategies and tactics for managing workflow, client relationships and creative teams
- Theories, research and methods related to creating information architecture
Find out more about the program and check out who's teaching. If you're ready to advance your graphic design skills, here's how to apply.
* I.D. magazine reader's poll, 2002.