Visual Communication

The business world is relying more upon visuals to communicate its message. The Visual Communication program combines developing design skills with knowledge of business principles and concepts along with communications technology. It is a cutting-edge, professionally focused degree which trains graduates to communicate visually in the business world. Specific training in animation and illustration is combined with core knowledge in business and applications programming.

An Associate's of Applied Science degree is available in Visual Communication.

Graduates of this program will be prepared for employment in several key areas which cross many industry lines. The main areas are analyst support, presentation designer, and visualizer. They would work with process and workflow analysis, user scenarios and profiles, product and process prototyping, proposal support, presentations, visualizing key business concepts and process flows, and communications support.

We prepare students to be competitive for new media jobs within a number of industries. Salary ranges vary by location, job type, and responsibilities. We recommend Monster.com for researching salaries.

Graduates in the Visual Communication program will have skill sets to compete for jobs in these areas:

The Center for New Media at Kalamazoo Valley Community College
100 East Michigan Avenue
P.O. Box 4070
Kalamazoo, MI 49003-4070
269.373.7920
newmedia@kvcc.edu