Title

Updating Undergraduate Graphic Design Programs: Recommendations for Including Communications and a History of Technology in Graphic Design Education in Order to Better Prepare Graphic Design Students for Their Profession

Author

Jacquie Drews, Skidmore College

Date of Award

8-31-1997

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS)

Department

Liberal Studies

First Advisor

Doretta Miller

Second Advisor

Gary McLouth

Abstract

The knowledge required for today's graphic design students to become well-rounded communication professionals is changing due to new technologies and new communication media. Revising educational curricula to satisfy these new needs must be addressed in the undergraduate graphic design programs that are currently being offered by art schools, colleges, and universities.

A review of the literature, along with surveys of selected design firms in the Washington, DC area and professors at institutions offering undergraduate graphic design degrees, shows that communications studies and a background in the history of technology are two additional curriculum areas that would help to better prepare students for the professional tasks that await them upon graduation.

Recommended Citation

Drews, Jacquie, "Updating Undergraduate Graphic Design Programs: Recommendations for Including Communications and a History of Technology in Graphic Design Education in Order to Better Prepare Graphic Design Students for Their Profession" (1997). MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019. 107.
https://creativematter.skidmore.edu/mals_stu_schol/107