Co-op and Career Opportunities

Cooperative Education

Graphic design students work for both small design firms and large businesses across the country such as Pentagram (New York), Landor Associates (San Francisco), and Stoltze Design (Boston) in the areas of corporate identity, environmental graphics, print, packaging, and new media. Students begin their co-op experiences in either the third or fourth quarter of their sophomore year, and alternate quarters of full time work and study on a year-round calendar until the final quarter of the fifth year (there is no tuition for the quarters students work). They graduate with 6 quarters, or a year and a half, of work experience in their field.

Career Opportunities

Graphic design career opportunities include the design of advertisements, exhibitions, publications, corporate symbols, packaging, posters and video messages as well as art direction and design consultation. Students may find employment with a private or public organization or a design agency. Some choose to work on a free-lance basis.