Conveying a message, branding a project, animating a film, illustrating a story – solutions to complex visual and textual design problems are at the heart of the department of Communication Design.

Housing the applied arts disciplines of Graphic Design, Illustration, and Animation, the department of Communication Design teaches students to provide creative responses to the needs of a wide range of clients. “This is an outward form of creativity,” says department chair Elizabeth Resnick. “We communicate to the public.