The Graphic Arts/Computer Graphpics curriculum provides students with creative design concepts and preparation for career opportunities in layout illustration, computer graphics, publication,advertising, marketing, or any field involving graphic suppliers.

Graphic arts is an excellent career for those hwo want practical application for fine art skills and for whose who wannt to start their own business. There is an excellent job market for well-trained graduates. The San Francisco Society of Communication Arts projects that thenational need for designers by 1995 will be over 167,000. The publication, "The Futurists" states that in 1984, 55% of workers were in information industries and by the year 2000, over 80% of the work force will lbe information workers. A list of 10 top paying carrers complied by "New Woman" magazine includes commercial artist/ grahpic designers. The magzine says the job market outlook is excellent, "the advertising and desitn business isexpected to expand at least as fast as the average occupation" in the next decade.