Design Your Future – Faster

UsIf creativity drives you and design is your passion, why wait four years to start your career? JWU’s Three-Year Career-Focused Bachelor’s Degree helps you build the skills, portfolio and industry experience you need—one year sooner.

From branding and typography to UI/UX and packaging, you’ll develop real-world design skills through hands-on projects. Choose your focus area: Web Design or Graphic Design.

You won’t just learn design — you’ll do it. Work on real-world projects for actual clients, build a digital and physical portfolio, and showcase your work at our annual Design Student Reveal Exhibit, where faculty, industry professionals and community members see your creativity in action.

Guided by industry-experienced faculty, you’ll gain insight into design trends, production processes and professional best practices — setting you up for success from day one.

With the same rigorous academics as our four-year program, this degree lets you save on tuition, graduate earlier and start your career faster.e this pattern to call attention to key details and route users to related information.

Focus Areas

Web Design

Digital products are more immersive, intelligent and interconnected than ever before, and web designers are at the forefront of crafting intuitive interfaces and seamless user journeys across web, mobile and emerging platforms. In this concentration, you’ll learn about user interface design, coding languages, interaction design, web accessibility, motion graphics, style guides and other key concepts. You’ll practice using industry-standard design and prototyping software and create a portfolio to showcase your work.

Graphic Design

Brands and organizations rely on compelling visuals to communicate across digital and print platforms, and graphic designers are essential in shaping how messages are seen, understood and experienced. In this concentration, you’ll delve into visual hierarchies, text composition and layout, multi-page layouts, typography, color theory and other key topics.