Nicole Roberts MFA Thesis Visual Component Artwork - Savannah ...
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the college curriculum.” 38 Even after mastering the core set of professional expectations,<br />
a design student’s body of knowledge can never be looked upon in completion; it<br />
remains ongoing and continuous. The best remain curious, thirst for knowledge, and<br />
39 Heller, Education of an E-designer, 105.<br />
surround themselves with forward-thinkers who embrace the same notion of change.<br />
Graphic design education must continue striving to stay ahead of the industry’s learning<br />
curve and to bridge the dichotomy between pedagogy and professional practice. More<br />
strides need to be made to develop professional certification for graphic designers, more<br />
portfolio reviews need to occur within academia, and more design programs need to<br />
consistently seek national recognition through nasad. Currently, without the universal<br />
acceptance of these tenants, the sole criterion for measuring a design program’s success<br />
lies within the competency of their students in the professional workplace upon<br />
graduation. Impending change and growth is the one unrivaled consistency schools<br />
embrace globally, as graphic design pedagogy continues to be translated into diverse<br />
configurations across the nation. On this account, the seven distinct professional<br />
expectations identified are in stride with the twenty-first century workplace today, but<br />
also come with the guarantee to evolve through time and technological advancement.<br />
This is the cyclical nature of the cultural force that is graphic design, its “education has<br />
no beginning or ending.” 39<br />
Education itself might be looked upon<br />
as the assimilation of experience – the<br />
content of education is more than the<br />
college curriculum. Education has no<br />
beginning or ending.<br />
Steven Heller<br />
63