Graphic Design A.A. (GRDA)
What is an Associate Degree in Graphic Design?
The program prepares students with a foundation in fine arts, as well as thorough instruction of the tools and techniques needed for digital art and website creation. The program is designed for students preparing to enter a Bachelor’s program in graphic design.
Student should regularly consult with an advisor to ensure coursework transfers to their Bachelor’s-level program.
Graphic Design Courses
Your graphic design courses will prepare you for success in either a future career or when pursuing a four-year degree. In this program, you’ll take classes like:
- Two-Dimensional Design
- Digital Design
- Computer-Aided Logo and Advertising Design
- Desktop Publishing
- Principles of Advertising
Pathway to a Career in Digital Arts
Advance your career at your own pace. Each step below transfers credits to the next. Appropriate job titles and average pay ranges are meant to help guide an individual interested in this field; they vary based on individual experience and employer.
Career and Technical High School
Advertising Design / Commercial Art
Emerging Digital Media and Social Communications
Graphic Design
CTE High School
- Graphics Installer
- Screen Printer
Associate Degree
Computer-Generated Animation and Digital Arts A.A.S.
Graphic Design A.A.
Lehigh Carbon Community College
- Animator
- Motion Graphics Artist
- Digital Artist
Bachelor’s Degree
Digital Design B.A.
Graphic Design B.A.
Bachelor’s Transfer School
- Art Director
- Graphic Designer
Wage information taken from Lightcast Q1 2024 BETA Data Set – QCEW Employees. Wage range is 25%-75% hourly average in surrounding 10-county region.
Communication and Media Arts Career Pathways
Bachelor’s Transfer Schools
Pennsylvania offers statewide program-to-program articulation. This allows students who graduate with specific associate degrees to transfer as juniors into a bachelor’s degree program in a similar field of study at a participating four-year college. Learn more about transferring to a four-year school.
Your A.A. in Graphic Design prepares you to transfer to the following four-year colleges or universities:
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