The Graphic Arts Management program offers students broad knowledge of graphic arts and hands-on experience with modern printing processes and equipment. Our degree covers all aspects of printing and provides opportunities for you to learn on some of the same printing equipment used in the industry. You’ll pair this major with a required minor in Studio Art or Business Administration. This will ensure that you graduate prepared with the creative, technical, and managerial skills you need for a professional career in the dynamic and diverse graphic arts and printing industry.
Your classes will cover topics like:
- commercial printing and publishing
- printing materials and equipment
- computer applications for creative and managerial functions
- quality control and production control systems
- prepress, estimating, and printing management
Our program prepares professionals who:
- possess entry-level technical knowledge of materials, processes, and applications in graphic communications
- apply theories, concepts, and principles found in mathematics, science, humanities, and the social/behavioral sciences to problems (or solve problems) in graphic communication and management
- understand and effectively apply computer applications and information systems to technical processes and managerial applications in the industry
- have team-building and communication skills, which they use to successfully manage graphic communication projects
- seek continued professional growth and are able to assume leadership roles within the profession
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Have you decided that our graphic arts management major is right for you? Then it’s time to begin the admission process. Make sure to review Ball State’s admission requirements, then complete the online application.
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