Graphic Design

For nearly 40 years Lakes Region Community College in Laconia has offered an outstanding Associate Degree in Graphics. Many of New Hampshire's and New England's graphics professionals have benefited from our program. Now, Lakes Region CC has expanded it's graphics offerings. Graphic Design and the new Media Arts and Technology programs offer even more opportunities for the creative professional.

The Graphic Design program offers a diverse educational experience in all phases of graphic communications. The program exposes the student to a thorough scope of the industry. The program’s faculty covers and discusses all the phases of the Graphic Arts Industry which leads to an understanding of mass production of graphic designs. This is the unique characteristic of our program. A strong combination of theory and hands-on application gives students a variety of valuable, as well as very employable, learning experiences.

As one of the largest and most diversified industry in the country, the graphic arts industry offers a large variety of placement opportunities. Graduates obtain positions as graphic designers, desktop publishers, electronic color separation specialists, electronic pre-press pre-flighters, scanning and imaging specialists, web page designers, multimedia production technicians, plate technicians for offset (sheet-fed and web) press, art specialists for screen and flexographic printing, estimators, pre-press customer service representatives, and sales trainees. Projected growth in the graphics communication industry shows increased demand for highly skilled individuals in all areas. Recent graduates have successfully transferred their Associate Degree credits to Keene State College, Plymouth State University, Rochester Institute of Technology and Savannah College of Art.

Contact Wayne Fraser in Admissions at (603) 524-3207 to get started in this exciting and creative industry.