Communication Design touches every aspect of the world around us and is central to how we construct and convey meaning.
At MassArt, Communication Design students gain the powerful skills, techniques, and ways of thinking that drive the modern world. When you look at your cell phone, shop, read a magazine or book,, take a bus, search online, or engage in thousands of other daily activities, you are encountering the work of communication design. The brands, websites, apps, brochures, and other visual communications created by designers shape how we understand the world and ourselves.
Dive into MassArt’s Communication Design program and see how students and faculty bring ideas to life through branding, typography, and visual storytelling.
Our students are curious, motivated, and hard-working.Lisa Rosowsky Chair, Communication Design
MassArt’s well-equipped Letterpress Studio offers a large collection of both metal and wood type, and five Vandercook presses.
Students need to have basic drawing skills (from direct observation in three dimensions), and a working knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
All program placements and pre-program transfer credit approvals are determined from the applicant’s communication design portfolio. Students who submit design work that demonstrates equivalent skill to a course(s), may be eligible to receive credits in place of the course(s), or to begin the program at Level 2 or 3.
Two of the required program courses (6 credits) may be taken before applying. To be eligible for pre-program transfer credit, the course(s) must be taken in the correct sequence, and have a final grade of B+ or better.
MassArt’s Communication Design Certificate is a rigorous program that requires commitment and independent work outside of class.
Level 1 has 10-12 hours of weekly homework assignments. Levels 2 and 3 have 15-18 hours of weekly homework assignments.
