Program Overview

　　This program is designed to enable students to master the basic design skills and related theoretical knowledge of graphic design, to be able to design reasonably according to different design requirements, and to apply the basic design elements of visual communication design to accurately reflect the design theme. Finally, students can independently complete the preliminary design research, text design, graphic design, color application and layout arrangement, etc., complete the creative and performance of graphic advertising, the composition and color of the design, and can independently carry out graphic design creativity and performance.

　　In the early stage of this subject, there are courses focusing on cultivating students' aesthetic qualities, such as sketch, color painting, and creative graphics. Those basic courses can improve students' ability to appreciate beauty and the ability to create works of art. Then through further professional courses, students can correctly master the basic artistic rules of graphic design, and create unique works with creative thinking.

　　This subject takes "task-driven" as the main line, takes the real projects of the enterprise as the carrier, reconstructs and optimizes the knowledge content according to the work flow, and the teaching activities take the completion of one or more specific tasks as the clues, and the teaching content is cleverly designed. Knowledge points are introduced with the needs of actual work, highlighting "learning by doing" and "doing while learning". Enable students to master knowledge and skills while completing tasks, and effectively achieve the construction of knowledge. The curriculum replaces the systematicness of subject knowledge with the integrity of tasks, highlighting the professional characteristics of the curriculum.

　　Program outlines

　　Main professional courses: Colour Panting, Creative Graphics,Photography and Video,Layout Design, Typographic Design, Advertising Design, Web Design, Technology and Process of Printing,etc.

　　Careers (career development & co-op)

　　This subject mainly for advertising companies, production companies, advertising departments, and design studios. Suitable for positions such as graphic design, advertising production, advertising planning and others. Can be engaged in the graphic creation, advertising planning, technology and management of printing, film and television advertising,etc.

　　The professional school-enterprise cooperation includes: Suzhou Luye Advertising Design Co., Ltd., Suzhou Yuanda Advertising Design Co., Ltd., Suzhou Huasheng Corporate Image Planning Co., Ltd., Suzhou Dashu Advertising Co., Ltd.

　　Professional certificates 

　　Adobe China Certified Designer (ACCD) certificate, ICAD International Commercial Graphic Designer (Grade D)

　　Faculty and student photos

Faculty and 2018 Class in China Academy of Art Graduation Exhibition

Faculty and 2017 Class in China Academy of Art Graduation Exhibition

Faculty and 2017 Class at Suzhou Art Museum

Faculty and 2014 Class in Shanghai Power Station of Art

　　What Teachers Say About Graphic Design

　　Program Coordinator- Huilin Gao

　　Design is also life. I hope students can enjoy life and feel the breath of nature while completing their works. Feeling a breath, a delicacy, and a flower bring to us while feeling your own design.

　　Faculty-Yabo Cai, Associate Professor

　　Design is not the end, but a process of continuous improvement. The key to understanding design is discovery. I hope that students can finally achieve designs that move people through deep feeling and experience.

　　What Students Say About Graphic Design

　　2018 Graphic Design student - Qingwei Pu

　　College is an important milestone in our lives. It is full of happiness and anxiety. At the same time, it is also a post in life, providing energy and spiritual support for us before we get in o the society. I am very grateful to my classmates and teachers. It is wonderful to have the youth with them.

　　2018 Graphic Design student-Miaoquan Wan

　　With the help of the teacher, every time a work is completed, there will be joy and satisfaction in my heart. I found that design is not all art and fantasy, design is also very life. Graphic design has always filled myself with freshness and motivation to learn.