Become a Graphic Designer in Boston, Massachusetts

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Gibbs College
126 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116

 

About Gibbs College - Boston

Gibbs offers career-based courses of study that are taught by professional, dedicated and experienced instructors. The College committed to helping students prepare for their future. Students can benefit from an educational program that will serve as the foundation for life-long learning and professional development.

The entire staff at Gibbs College is dedicated to teaching students as individuals. The goal is to promote growth that teaches the problem solving skills necessary for continued success in the workplace. Students are encouraged to develop integrity, excellence, and confidence in an atmosphere of mutual respect.

Graphic Design Programs

Digital Multimedia:

This program prepares students to use the full range of audio, video and animation hardware and software to produce content for business needs and for experimental forms. The program provides students with conceptual, technical, and design skills that will make a valuable contribution in information and exhibition design for businesses, government and institutions.

This program offers:

• A curriculum designed with contemporary forms of multimedia and a critical analysis of theories of mass communications and film history
• Projects in planning, writing, budgeting and production design that provide skills integral to students' future success
• The opportunity to gain a technical skills used in today’s broadcast media through hands-on projects in video, design, lighting, audio, and editing
• Courses in the history and theory of communications from a cross-cultural perspective
• The theoretical and technical knowledge specifically for Internet broadcast technology
• Program completion in as few as 18 months

Visual Communications:

This specialized degree program is provides students with the foundation to excel as a career professional in traditional and digital design that will help them to succeed in advertising, multimedia, publishing and printing.

This program offers:

• Hands-on skills in industry-current technology in principles of 2-D design and digital design and imaging, drawing, photography web design and animation using HTML, Dreamweaver and Flash
• Comprehensive courses from advertising to corporate communications and entertainment design
• Completion of editorial designs for inclusion in the student's portfolio
• Topics in the web and new media, print layouts and creative packaging
• Program completion in as few as 18 months
• The opportunity to express your creative side

Financial Aid

All students should have a plan for paying for their education. While some students pay the educational expenses with cash, many students use financial aid to help with college costs. Our Financial Aid staff will assist you through the financial aid application process. Gibbs College is committed to helping every student complete their financial aid plan

Going to College in Boston

The City of Boston hosts more than 12 million annual visitors from across the country and around the globe. This vibrant, thriving city is renowned for its cultural facilities, world-class educational institutions, champion sports franchises, as well as its place at the very forefront of American history. Tourism is one of New England's largest industries; as the region's social and commercial "hub."

Boston prides itself on being one of the most livable cities in America. Twenty-one diverse neighborhoods offer more than 600,000 residents the opportunity to taste, touch, and experience things from all over the world. Neighbors benefit from exceptional medical facilities, vibrant neighborhood business districts, and a solid network of parks, community centers, and libraries.