Why Study Communication and Graphic Design at NCC?
Reach new creative horizons through classroom and computer lab learning paired with real-life experiences. In preparation for your career, you’ll collaborate on group projects and display your creative designs in our Communications Hall and on the NCC Art Department website. Through the capstone experience in the program, you’ll assemble a design portfolio that you’ll showcase to Lehigh Valley industry leaders.
Why choose NCC? This hands-on, 2-year graphic design program equips you to start your career or transfer to a 4-year institution to complete a bachelor’s degree—at a much lower overall cost!
What You'll Learn
Bring your eye for design and problem-solving skills; we’ll bring our collaborative environment, experiential learning opportunities, and top-quality connections to transfer institutions. The Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) in Communication Design degree at Northampton Community College equips you with background knowledge and robust skills to succeed as a graphic designer for digital, print, and social media.
This 2-year Communication Design degree is offered on our Bethlehem campus in Pennsylvania. Upon completion, our graduates often start their careers as graphic designers or transfer to competitive 4-year bachelor’s degree programs at institutions like Kutztown University, the Savannah College of Art and Design, and the Pratt Institute.
Two track options: Choose the New Media program track to focus on digital and leading-edge design skills, or study the Print/Web program track to become well-versed in traditional media and physical product development.
Program Details
Semesters: 4
Credits: 68
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Locations: BethlehemProgram Overview:
Develop creative, conceptual, and technical skills in all types of modern media. Building on a foundation in topics like drawing, art history, computer graphics, and website design, you’ll specialize your skills in 3-D animation, new media theory and production, and interactive design.
Semesters: 4
Credits: 65
College Catalog: View Curriculum
Program Map: Download PDF
Locations: BethlehemProgram Overview:
Cultivate creativity, technical knowledge, and conceptual thinking for digital, print, and social media. Study fundamentals of design and color, computer graphics, digital design, and typography, then focus on print media website design skills like digital photography, package design, and web animation.
Start Here and Save
Starting your education at NCC is a savvy investment: here, you can save up to $40,000 per year over your first two years of the Communication Design major, then transfer to a four-year institution to pursue a bachelor’s degree in visual communications, graphic design, digital media, marketing and more.
NCC’s associate degree in Communication Design is one of the most affordable of its kind in Pennsylvania. Our tuition and costs help you focus on what matters most: learning the tools and skills that you’ll use to advance your career. You’ll also gain access to one of the most generous financial aid and scholarship programs among community colleges in Pennsylvania!
Learn more about how NCC prepares you to transfer.
