You will be inspired to create innovative answers to branding, packaging and promotional design questions facing businesses on NUA’s internationally-renowned Graphic Design degree.

Your passion for exploring visual ideas and brand communication across all platforms will be at the heart of your time at NUA studying our award-winning Graphic Communication course. Our BA (Hons) Graphic Communication degree is closely aligned with the industry and you will work on a wide variety of briefs set by staff, professional design agencies and external competitions.

Our BA (Hons) Design for Publishing degree covers creating an effective design for printed books, newspapers and magazines as well as digital apps and online publications.

A practical and contextual understanding of typography and type design is introduced at HE Level 4 and extended at Level 5 of this Graphic Design Open degree. Editorial design, infographics, wayfaring, branding, campaigning and identity design are introduced as specialist practices at Level 5. Students are encouraged to expand their definitions of graphic design through an exploration of contemporary practices and the relation to on-going developments in print, new media and other forms of communication.

Arden University’s online BA (Hons) Graphic Design program will provide you with the means to develop your creative abilities and design skills. You will develop an understanding of key design principles and visual communication standards expected of this competitive industry. Arden’s flexible study mode allows you to develop your familiarity with digital mediums alongside image creation skills - all around your existing commitments. You will delve into traditional and contemporary technologies to produce innovative and aesthetic designs as well as form an understanding of the critical, conceptual, and historical background of art, design, and visual culture.