Environmental Graphic Design

This 34-credit degree focuses on preparing students for 3-dimensional visual communication. Credits include a seminar course in art and design, a studio concentration, a history course, courses in design methods, and the completion of a Creative Component in environmental graphic design, and extensive EGD project that synthesizes what they have learned in the program. This program is ideal for students with an undergraduate degree in architecture, interior design, industrial design, landscape or graphic design, that have an interest in expanding their skills. Applicants without a degree or background in environmental graphic design may be required to complete up to 15 additional credits of coursework.

This degree provides a comprehensive exposure to all aspects of the discipline, including wayfinding, exhibit design, interaction, information design, and placemaking. This program offers interdisciplinary opportunities in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, planning, art and visual culture, and industrial design. Our Institute for Design Research and Outreach coordinates community design projects, which engage students in real world experiences. The M.A. in Art and Design, with specialization in Environmental Graphic Design is the first and only program of its kind in the United States.

Year One

Fall

• ArtID 552B Seminar : Design Methods: Synthesis : 2cr*
• ArtID 551A Seminar : Design Humanics : 3cr*
• ArtGr 672A (now ArtGr 530) Studio : User Engagement : 3cr* 
• Graduate-level ArtGr Option Studio or COD studio/seminar courses, 3 cr.
• Graduate-level Art History or other College of Design History Courses (outside ArtGr) : 3cr
• ArtGr 599 Studio : Creative Component : 3cr*

Spring

• ArtID 552A Seminar : Design Methods: Analysis : 2cr*
• ArtGr 571 (now ArtGr 521) Studio : Graphic Design Graduate Studio II : 3cr*
• ArtGr 698 (now ArtGr 520) Seminar : Current Issues in Graphic Design (Semiotics) : 3cr*
• ArtGr 672B (now ArtGr 540) Studio : Design for Behavioral Change : 3cr*
• Graduate-level ArtGr Option Studio or COD studio/seminar courses, 3 cr
• ArtGr 599 Studio : Creative Component : 3cr*

• Iowa State requires a degree it considers comparable to a US bachelor’s or higher degree from a regionally accredited college or university prior to beginning graduate studies. (For foreign institutions, that would be recognition by the Ministry of Education.) 
• Our graduate application form is only available online. The $100 application fee for international students is nonrefundable. If you prefer not to pay the application fee by credit card, you may complete and print the online application, and attach your personal check. All checks should be in US dollars and made payable to Iowa State University.
• Grade Point Average (GPA)
• Statement of Purpose
• Online Recommendations
• Internet Based TOEFL (iBT) 79, Paper-Based TOEFL (PBT) 550
• IELTS 6.5
• Graduate Records Examination (GRE)
• Financial Statement

Scholarships

• Graduate assistantship