Overview
Overview
Overview
Add to your professional portfolio by earning a Graphic Design Certificate!
About the Graphic Design Certificate
A Graphic Design Certificate prepares you for continued growth in your career or for entry-level jobs in advertising agencies, printing companies, publishing firms and companies that maintain in-house graphic design departments.
Admission Requirements
Co/prerequisite requirements for courses listed in the certificate program will be handled on a case-by-case basis.
In addition to a high school diploma, admission requirements for this program include:
- An interview with a member of the full-time faculty prior to admission to the program
- An Adobe Creative Cloud subscription
- A computer / laptop that supports Creative Cloud system requirements
- Being currently employed in the field of graphic design and looking to update professional and technical skills or have already completed a college degree
Successful candidates to this program have:
- Sufficient speech and language ability to express, comprehend and exchange information and ideas verbally and non-verbally, and to interact clearly and logically with professors, peers and clients
- Eye-hand coordination to perform intensive project construction
- Maturity to accept critique of work and perform changes based on constructive criticism
- Capacity to work in teams to solve design problems
- Ability to meet deadlines under stressful conditions
Total Credits:
33
Course Sequencing
Certificate Program – Required Courses
Item #
Title
Credits
Total Credits:
33
Academics
88%
of MCC classes have 19 or fewer students.