2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Apr 07, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Graphic Design Certificate

Location(s): Brookings Main Campus


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Program Coordinator/Contact

Marisa TenBrink, Assistant Professor
School of Design
Chicoine Architecture, Mathematics & Engineering Hall 382, Box 2225
605-688-4103

Program Information

The certificate in graphic design is a stand-alone program and may be taken by any student regardless of major or may be selected by a variety of majors as part of their degree. The certificate prepares students for life-long avocational pursuit in the arts.

Course Delivery Format

Course content is delivered through hands-on studio work combined with lectures, demonstrations, and critiques.

Academic Requirements


Students must maintain at least a program GPA of 2.6 and an overall GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale for the duration of the program.  A grade of “C” or better is required in all courses required for the certificate.

Total Required Credits: 12


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