Bachelor of Graphic Arts (BGA) Degree Program in Commercial Illustration

Illustration Program - Your Career

If you're looking for a top art school to get an accredited degree in illustration, then take a close look at Nossi College of Art.  Our Bachelor of Graphic Arts (BGA) degree in Commercial Illustration is one of the best illustration programs available and is designed to provide artists with the creative, conceptual and technical skills necessary to excel in the field of commercial illustration. As one of the top illustration colleges, our students reguarly win top awards in local, regional and national awards such as the National Advertising Federation's Student ADDY Awards.

Illustration Program - Structure

The BGA Program is designed to be completed in five (5) semesters for students transferring with an Associates Degree in Graphic Design or another closely related field. Classes are held in the evenings to accommodate working students. 

Illustration students learn design skills, illustration fundamentals, computer graphics, electronic imaging and production. We provide state-of-the-art computers, scanners and digital cameras and a variety of the best illustration software packages in use today such as QuarkXPress, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign and Macromedia/Adobe Dreamweaver.

In this top illustration program, students explore the different genres of Illustration from advertising, book publishing and editorial markets. Students also engage in a variety of mediums from acrylic and oil paints, watercolor and gouache, oil and chalk pastels and computer-generated illustrations.  Students complete their studies with a graduation portfolio that demonstrates their skill in a variety of illustration techniques.

Advertising agencies, design studios, book publishers, magazine publishers, corporations, greeting card companies and many other communication environments commission commercial illustrators to enhance and help sell their products with creative illustrations.

All 33 semester hours must be successfully completed from the following Illustration courses to qualify for graduation.

Minimum of 33 semester credit hours in the General Education grouping is required.

The following General Education courses are offered at Nossi College of Art.

The following Lower Division courses are offered at Nossi College of Art.