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Design Essentials Minor

Program Overview

The design essentials minor explores print design and production through theoretical and historical contexts, experience with design software and an understanding of how designed pieces get produced.

The design essentials minor explores print design and production through theoretical and historical contexts, experience with design software and an understanding of how designed pieces get produced. Undergraduates learn the language and terminology of graphic design and how to communicate a message through visual design. Students develop the knowledge and skills necessary to take a design from a digital production environment to the printed page. 
Program Description
The design essentials minor explores print design and production through theoretical and historical contexts, experience with design software and an understanding of how designed pieces get produced. Undergraduates learn the language and terminology of graphic design and how to communicate a message through visual design. Students develop the knowledge and skills necessary to take a design from a digital production environment to the printed page. 
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