Graphic Design

You’ll find a healthy balance of guided learning combined with the freedom to find your own artistic expression.

Graphic Design major and minor

Graphic design can influence the way we live, work, and play.

A design presentation can inspire, incite, unite, and spark change. By understanding and harnessing that power, you have the potential to change the world.

Combining art and the practical use of text, signs, and images, you will learn to communicate a message, idea, or experience for many platforms. By incorporating the latest software programs, you’ll develop critical design thinking and creative problem-solving in print, web, and other digital media forms.

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Why Simpson College for Graphic Design

A Wide Range of Career Opportunities Await

A degree in Graphic Design from Simpson positions you to step into one of many design careers. The techniques and skills you practice immediately transfer to this growing field of opportunity.

Recent graduates have pursued exciting careers in graphic design, art direction, web design, and other related fields.

Students have also taken advantage of numerous internships, including:

Des Moines Menace Soccer Team
Des Moines Metro Opera
DLH Grafx
Ganette (Des Moines Register)
Gateway Dance Theatre
Greater Des Moines Partnership
Meredith Corporation
Sammons Institutional Group
Studio Fusco

Get Involved

There are great opportunities to learn outside the classroom. From galleries to research to internships, see how these experiences will help shape your time at Simpson.

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The Simpsonian

Research and Creativity Symposium