According to the Art Institutes of Los Angeles, the school offers a Bachelors of Art Graphic Design degree program designed for individuals "interested in fonts, colors, and designs on packages, labels, video games, and other mediums." Students are taught how to use individualism to produce a client-ready visual product that communicates the desired message. The program puts a heavy emphasizes hands-on learning and software education, and uses LA's thriving marketing and sales climate to help get students get a real-time experience.
The Westwood College Los Angeles campus offers an associate degree program in graphic design that was formatted to help students gain an understanding of the processes of a corporate and commercial graphic design environment. Student use professional grade software like Adobe Creative Suite to help sharpen their graphic skills and learn under leading teachers in the ultimate real-world classroom: on "learning expeditions" at top marketing and graphic design companies around LA.
Founded in 1980 by the Animation Guild and Affiliated Optical Electronic and Graphic Arts, the American Animation Institute was established to build upon the traditional foundations of graphic art. Focused more specifically on cartoon animation, AAI helps students hone the illustrative portion of graphic arts. Students are taught by industry leaders in the field of computer-generated illustrative design, and are taught how to select sound, colors and style of type to create graphic images.
Located in Costa Mesa, California, and less than 40 minutes outside of Los Angeles, the University of Phoenix's Southern California Campus has a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with a Concentration in Web Development program that is geared towards getting your career started in graphic design. The program was created to teach students the acquisition of theory and application of graphic design. While in the program, students will learn how to navigate through the back-end of system design, master programming, construct network architecture, and manage administration.