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Associate Degree in Graphic Design

The expanding market for web design, multimedia projects, and video entertainment has made graphic design a hot field. Graphic designers are experiencing greater demand than any other design specialist. An online associate degree in Graphic Design offers the technical expertise necessary to launch a career in this fast-paced industry.

Online associate degree programs focus on the technical aspects of graphic design, and emphasize practical instruction over design theory and liberal arts classes. Courses may include computer graphics, illustration, typography, digital media, Raster graphics, and web publishing. More advanced training extends into animation, visual communications, multimedia, and digital imaging manipulation.

Graduates of an associate degree program in graphic design qualify for entry-level jobs in the graphic design and multimedia industry, such as graphic design assistants and drafters. Many return to school to complete their bachelor degree, or work their way up to higher-level design positions.

Entry-level designers commanded an average starting salary of $32,000 in 2005, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report. With more experience and training, designers can earn salaries in the $60,000 range with design directors or firm principals earning six figures. An associate degree in Graphic Design cannot guarantee a specific job outcome or salary, but technical qualification is the major factor in a designer's career prospects.


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American InterContinental University Online
For both individual students and employees of corporations, AIU Online offers the following online associate degree in graphic design:
  • Associate's (AABA) - Visual Communication
    The AIU Online AABA degree program with a concentration in Visual Communication, is designed to prepare students interested in pursuing careers in graphic design. Students enrolling in this career-focused curriculum will learn to apply design principles and techniques to the creation of visual solutions and to use research techniques and problem-solving skills in the creation of projects.
American InterContinental University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Westwood College Online
Westwood College Online gives you the career-oriented skills necessary to begin your new career because each program is designed through a collaboration of instructors and business leaders. Westwood Online offers the following online graphic design associate degree:
  • Graphic Design and Multimedia
    This program teaches the fundamentals of graphic design and gives you hands-on experience with industry relevant technology to prepare you for this fun and creative career. The Graphic Design and Multimedia program prepares students for entry-level jobs in the graphic design and multimedia industry. Students learn to create effective designs that communicate visually in both print and multimedia environments. The combination of technical and general education courses in the program helps students develop skills in critical thinking, logic, communication, and problem solving. The program prepares graduates for positions as graphic designers, production artists, web page designers, and multimedia designers within a diverse industry.
Westwood College Online is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT).

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The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh – Online Division, a division of The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, offers you a variety of unique design programs offered totally online. As a Graphic Design student you now have the opportunity learn the process of design -- from the basics to completed projects. This associate degree is offered online:
  • Graphic Design - Bachelor
    The online associate in graphic design is the first step toward a career in commercial graphics. Initially, you will develop an understanding of color and composition, design and typography, and drawing board skills. As you progress through this graphic design degree program, you will be trained in creative problem solving and learn to offer solutions that are effective in the business world. Learn the skills and techniques of computer graphics, electronic imaging, and production. By graduation, you will have acquired the training and the portfolio necessary to interview for entry-level positions in advertising agencies, design studios, publishing houses, corporate communications departments, and television studios.
  • Interactive Media Design - Bachelor
    The associate degree in Interactive Media Design was created to prepare you for careers involving the Internet and focusing on marketing and design. The discipline integrates the elements of audio, video, still images, animation, text, and data for the delivery of interactive content either through CDROM or over the World-Wide Web. Students can apply for entry-level career opportunities with corporations, organizations, educational institutions, government agencies, entertainment, and advertising industries. Course work begins with drawing and design, digital image manipulation, multimedia system design, scriptwriting, sound, video, and animation, then progresses to more complex classes such as interactive information design and Web development -- all under the guidance of faculty members recruited from this fascinating industry. At graduation, you will have an individualized digital portfolio to showcase for prospective employers the practical and technical skills you have acquired.
The Art Institute Online (AI Online) is a division of The Art Institute of Pittsburgh (AI Pittsburgh), which is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS). AI Pittsburgh is authorized by the Pennsylvania Department of Education to award the bachelor of science and the associate of science degrees.

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Academy of Art University
  • Computer Arts - New Media - Associate
  • Graphic Design - Associate
Academy of Art University is accredited by the national Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

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Baker College Online
  • AS in Web Design
    The Internet explosion has led to the creation of a new career path: the web designer. Web designers are the people responsible for developing and maintaining World Wide Web (WWW) sites for public and private organizations. This program includes courses in marketing and computer information systems, as well as the skills needed to develop and maintain web pages.
Baker College is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.

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