Graphic and Interactive Design (BFA)

Design Your Future with a B.F.A. in Graphic and Interactive Design at Seton Hill

The B.F.A. in Graphic and Interactive Design at Seton Hill is a professional degree to prepare you with knowledge and skills for a design and visual communication career. Through real-world class projects and robust internship experiences, you'll gain the diverse skills needed to succeed as a designer. Seton Hill’s strong liberal arts education will enable you to communicate with professionals from wide-ranging backgrounds. 

Even More Good Reasons to Study Graphic & Interactive Design at Seton Hill University

• In Seton Hill University’s Graphic and Interactive Design B.F.A. Program, you will develop the art of visual communication in both print and digital formats by honing your skills in state-of-the-art studios and labs stocked with everything from iMacs to digital cameras to graphics tablets.
• Choose to concentrate your studies in either animation or digital photography.
• Working with professional design faculty with years of client experience who provide personalized instruction and support.
• Having all of the benefits of our Apple Distinguished School, including a MacBook Air laptop for all traditional full-time freshmen earning a bachelor’s degree.
• The Adobe Creative Cloud software is included for all design students and used throughout the curriculum.
• Participating in relevant, real-world class projects in addition to robust internships.

Animation Concentration

If you choose the animation concentration for your B.F.A. in Graphic and Interactive Design, you’ll learn how to create inventive, informative and attractive animations using a variety of techniques. Using industry-standard and cutting-edge software and hardware, you will build a solid foundation for the creation of your own animation style through hands-on learning. You’ll learn about storyboarding, character design and development, 2D and 3D animation, post-production editing, and much more.

Photography Concentration

When you choose the photography concentration for your BFA, you go deeper into photography by learning the theoretical and practical skills and techniques professional photographers use to shoot the world around them. 

In beginning and advanced photography courses, you will explore image-making with digital still photography, video, and black-and-white film-based photography. Work with professional photographers to use digital DSLRs, 35mm film cameras, lighting equipment, and professional strobes. Work in a dedicated space for film processing as well as a large black-and-white darkroom for film printing. 

Learn to enhance communication and personal expression through editing and presentation of your work. 

At Seton Hill, you’ll get to spend your time in an award-winning Arts Center surrounded by fellow artists, designers, dancers and creative learners. And you’ll work on projects for local and regional businesses — to ensure that you graduate with practical experience and a list of professional contacts.