Bachelor of Science in Graphic and Multimedia Design
Creative Courses
- 3D Design/3D Printing
- Digital Photography
- 2D and 3D Animation
- Issues in Contemporary Ad Design and more
Graphic & Multimedia Design (GMMD) is a fast paced technology and culture driven major for creative students interested in a four year degree in visual and interactive media. Students can craft a degree with a broad range of design choices, or select a concentration in Animation, Advertising Design, or Production Technologies.
This program is designed for students who want to be creative and who want to maximize their marketability after graduation.
- Dr. Christopher Sweeney
Professor
Employment statistics are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024-2034 Occupational Outlook Handbook.
New Ideas, New Technology
The GMMD program integrates course from Information technology, Game Design and Development, and Digital Communication and Storytelling to create individually tailored blends to craft competitive designers who can make thoughtful choices about tool use while maintaining the essential human element of design.
Human-Centered Design
SUNY Canton’s GMMD program remains committed to the idea that design is for humans by humans. The studio course offerings (ARTS and GMMD) will develop your fabrication and illustration skills, honing your ability to craft your creative visions into reality. Modern designers must be well grounded in historical perspectives and concepts of design as well as contemporary skills; our courses in art history, film history, and media studies, as well as our studio courses, will connect you with centuries of human expression. Our courses in communications, cultural theory, and pre-professionalization will encourage fluent, ethical, and professional expression. Our well rounded graduates can acknowledge and exceed the emergence of AI design, keeping them marketable and soulful amidst the latest trends in automation.
Real-World Opportunities
Our curriculum is project-based, with an emphasis on learning and understanding the production standards that make designs ready for the real world. In addition to class projects, students also have the opportunity to pursue an on-the-job internship. All students will have the opportunity to plan, fabricate, and display a semester long final project that will be central in their exit portfolio.
Graphic and Multimedia Design
Morgan Hastings
Lecturer & Program Director
315-386-7542
hastingsm@canton.edu
Fall Enrollment Trends
| FT | PT | Total | |
| 2024 | 38 | 2 | 40 |
| 2023 | 49 | 3 | 52 |
| 2022 | 61 | 3 | 64 |
| 2021 | 64 | 4 | 68 |
| 2020 | 70 | 2 | 72 |
Graduation Rate Trends*
| Cohort Entering | Cohort Size | % |
| Fall 2018 | 8 | 38% |
| Fall 2017 | 7 | 86% |
| Fall 2016 | 9 | 33% |
| Fall 2015 | 8 | 38% |
| Fall 2014 | 11 | 64% |
*Graduate rates are based on first-time, full-time, degree-seeking freshmen entering in fall and graduating within 150% of time
Degrees Conferred
| Total | |
| 2023-24 | 10 |
| 2022-23 | 15 |
| 2021-22 | 19 |
| 2020-21 | 12 |
| 2019-20 | 8 |