We emphasize and assist our candidates? research in professional forums through papers and lectures, and publishing in established professional journals.

Program Learning Objectives

• Demonstrate mastery in skills, techniques and material germane to the student?s research focus, evidenced through a mature body of creative work
• Identify key figures, works and sources, both historical and contemporary, as evidence to support a clearly stated thesis contextualizing the student?s work
• Generate documents appropriate to professional practice in the student?s area of focus, and be prepared for participation in the professional world of Design
• Execute a public exhibit/presentation of the student?s creative work

Understanding the role of graphic design within a pluralistic society and a cross-cultural context are essential components of a graduate design education. The power of design thinking identifies challenges, frames opportunities, manages complex situations, generates approaches, creates deeper understanding, and shapes meaningful experiences. We rebuild fundamental skills of perception, interpretation, and invention as well as understanding the nature and meaning of visual form in context. Our graduating designers aim to secure positions within top design firms and educational institutions nationally and internationally.

They design within a broad spectrum of applications from solving complex problems to planning and executing solutions. Our graduates? ultimate strengths are visually translating ideas into form. Throughout the history of Ohio University?s graphic design program, we have been primarily identified as typographers using traditional and contemporary practices.