B.F.A. in Communications Design

Pratt Institute

At Pratt, we see communications design as a close alignment of thinking and making. Our curriculum pairs critical, cultural observation with emerging technologies and tools to help you form your own design process. Our multifaceted and interdisciplinary Communications Design courses happen within a studio culture that invites the exchange of individual perspectives, critique, visual literacy, media fluency, experiential learning, and innovative formal outcomes. The Graphic Design emphasis offers upper-level studio courses in media and platforms, visual systems, motion, interactivity, branding, experience design, sustainability and inclusivity, and encouraging critical inquiry, collaborative processes, and experimentation. Electives provide opportunities to explore user experience, independent publishing, design writing, and creative coding.

• Graphic Design
• Illustration Emphasis
• Advertising Art Direction Emphasis