Program Overview
Graphic Design & Visual Communications
Campus
- H Hibbing
- I Itasca
- ME Mesabi Range – Eveleth
-
Online Program
- MV Mesabi Range – Virginia
- RR Rainy River
Program Overview
The Graphic Design and Visual Communications program, located on the Eveleth campus in-person and remote at the Hibbing, Itasca, Virginia, and Rainy River campuses offers students access to cutting-edge technology that prepares them for a career in creative communications. Consumers are bombarded each day with up to 10,000 marketing messages—this includes the photos, graphics, and videos seen in social media to television programming, and your favorite streaming sources. These messages, videos, graphics, and photos are all things you will learn how to create in this program.
Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Reasons to Attend Minnesota North
Flexible class options.
This program has two delivery methods: face-to-face on campus or remotely via Zoom. Regardless of location, course delivery is synchronous, which means that all students are required to be present Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Learn professional software.
All students benefit from learning how to manage professional-level software to build a robust portfolio that includes video and design for both print and digital platforms.
Students have the opportunity to earn their diploma or an A.A.S degree and transfer to earn a bachelor’s degree.
A variety of career paths.
Career growth in visual communications is strong as more and more businesses, industry partners, and educational institutions rely on professional materials to help educate, entertain, persuade, and inform the public. Graduates of this program have found industry careers as graphic designers, art directors, creative directors, videographers, photographers, social media, end-user experience, pre-media, pre-press, print management, account management, marketing, and freelance.
