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BFA Graphic Design
Why study Graphic Design?
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Graphic designers seek to understand the communication problem
Graphic designers are excellent critical thinkers and creative problem solvers, their role is to understand, create and disseminate information. Trained to understand the client’s needs, graphic designers will ask questions to bring to light the attributes of the audience, then build a process to explore options for the design of the communication.
They manage, structure and embed information in the most engaging manner while delivering the appropriate information to elicit the desirable response from the audience.
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Graphic designers like working with multiple mediums
Graphic designers will work with numerous mediums including print, web, interactive design, video and various forms of three-dimensional experiential design to deliver a precise and targeted communication. All mediums have some factors in common - typography, time, color and form are just a few common elements in a graphic designer’s toolbox.
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Graphic designers are skillful and knowledgeable
Because they work across so many mediums graphic designers are talented print, web and multimedia specialists who can apply their strategic thinking skills to a number of professional careers where visually communicating to an audience is required. Our alumni are proof of this as they work across a number of design related fields, why not read their stories below.
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VCUarts Qatar - a rigorous, rewarding, multi-cultural experience
All graduates complete a liberal arts and science core curriculum in addition to their major program; these courses enrich a student’s understanding of the world and help them frame their art and design studies into a broad intellectual context. High achieving students will also be invited to follow our Honors program to enhance their education.
Curriculum
Degree requirement descriptions, including general education requirements, collateral requirements, Major requirements and electives can be found at this link:
http://bulletin.vcu.edu/undergraduate/arts/school-arts-qatar/graphic-design-bfa-graphic-design/#degreerequirementstext
Semester plans can be found at this link:
http://bulletin.vcu.edu/undergraduate/arts/school-arts-qatar/graphic-design-bfa-graphic-design/#planofstudytext
Course descriptions can be found at this link:
http://bulletin.vcu.edu/undergraduate/arts/school-arts-qatar/graphic-design-bfa-graphic-design/#coursestext
Faculty
Alumni
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Maryam Yousef Al-Homaid
Maryam Al-Homaid’s career as an artist began with her father, renowned Qatari artist Yousef Ahmed. She grew up surrounded by paintbrushes and colored markers and knew back then that she would be painting and drawing for the rest of her life.
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Nada Al Saadi
In the midst of the Arab Spring and at a dynamic crossroads for current events in the region, VCUarts Qatar alumna Nada Al Saadi has found herself a place in the center of the story. Working in the Creative Department at Al Jazeera Arabic as a graphic designer, this native Qatari is one of the architects of change, helping the station to discover its new identity in this country, the region, and the world at large.
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Campus
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Our studios are equipped with printers, scanners, digital projectors, sound systems and media players.
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Turn your designs into a book using the book-binding equipment.
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Capture your work by using our photography and video studios equipped with green screen room.
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Our unique Materials Library offers a huge range of materials from across the world.
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Fieldtrips & Workshops
Opportunities
Internships
Internships are a great way for students to gain hands-on experience in a professional design environment. VCUarts Qatar’s internships form part of the core curriculum and all students are expected to undertake a 120-hour placement often in their Senior Year. Internships are generally unpaid but may lead to sponsorship or employment after graduation. All placements are managed by the faculty internship coordinator with contracts, reporting documents and timesheets to ensure the highest professional standards are maintained.
Here are just some of the corporations that have offered valuable internships to our Graphic Design students:
Adabisc, Al-Jameela Magazine, Al Jazeera, Alotch Beauty and Cosmetic Center, Al Raya Newspaper, Assouline Gulf, Barwa, Fitch, Grey Advertising, Islamic Heritage Library, JWA Group, Ministry of Interior, Offspring A Very Small Office, Qatar Foundation, Q-Tel, Saatchi and Saatchi, Shell Qatar, Techno Kids, Vivid, Waqif Art Center.
Visiting Artists
Each year VCUarts Qatar welcomes visiting artists and designers to campus to share their expertise and experiences. Drawn from across the globe, these artists, designers, educators are highly accomplished and recognized within their respective design fields. They share their knowledge through lectures, conferences or specific workshops, broadening our students’ creative experiences and complementing our multi-cultural approach to design.
Here are just some of the visiting artists and designers who visited our Graphic Design program:
Aly Khalifa, Bruce Mau, Chris Jordan, David Gibson, Dawn Hancock, Ida Vesterland, Irma Boom, John Kortbaoui, John McMillan, Jonathan Barnbrook, Mario Gagliardi, Mikon Van Gastell, Mohammed Harib, Nicholas Blechman, Reza Abedini, Robert Bringhurst, Sadik Karamustafa, Saki Mufundikwa, Stefan Sagmeister, Stephen Banham, Suna Kjems, Thomas Milo.