Become a Graphic Designer in Melville, New York

Gibbs College in Melville, New York offers programs in Digital Filmmaking and Multimedia, Digital Media Communications, and Visual Communications. To see if this school is the right fit for you, click on the “Request Free School Info” button, fill out the short questionnaire and a representative from the school will contact you to answer any additional questions about the school, costs, financial aid and how to apply.

Katharine Gibbs School - Melville
320 South Service Road
Melville, NY 11747
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About Gibbs College - Melville/Long Island, New York

Gibbs offers career-based courses of study that are taught by professional, dedicated and experienced instructors. The College committed to helping students prepare for their future. Students can benefit from an educational program that will serve as the foundation for life-long learning and professional development.

The entire staff at Gibbs College is dedicated to teaching students as individuals. The goal is to promote growth that teaches the problem solving skills necessary for continued success in the workplace. Students are encouraged to develop integrity, excellence, and confidence in an atmosphere of mutual respect.

Graphic Design Programs

Digital Filmmaking and Multimedia:

This program prepares students to use the full range of audio, video and animation hardware and software to produce content for business needs and for experimental forms. The program provides students with conceptual, technical, and design skills that will make a valuable contribution in information and exhibition design for businesses, government and institutions.

This program offers:

• A curriculum designed with contemporary forms of multimedia and a critical analysis of theories of mass communications and film history
• Projects in planning, writing, budgeting and production design that provide skills integral to students' future success
• The opportunity to gain a technical skills used in today’s broadcast media through hands-on projects in video, design, lighting, audio, and editing
• Courses in the history and theory of communications from a cross-cultural perspective
• The theoretical and technical knowledge specifically for Internet broadcast technology
• Program completion in as few as 18 months

Digital Media Communications:

This program prepares students to use digital media and Web design to solve business problems for institutions, corporations and entertainment companies by promoting identity and branding these organizations. Students learn basic design principles and how to use them in global computer communications.

This program offers:

• A curriculum that focuses on creative expression using various design techniques
• Hands-on use of current industry software in both Windows and Mac platforms
• The opportunity to gain technical skills in interface design, advanced digital imaging, media studio practices, and project management
• Final 3-D animation sequences that culminate in digital video
• Final game trailer project includes a video depiction of a game design using live footage, animation, video menu design and print to videotape or CD-V for inclusion in the student's portfolio
• Program completion in as few as 18 months

Visual Communications:

This specialized degree program is provides students with the foundation to excel as a career professional in traditional and digital design that will help them to succeed in advertising, multimedia, publishing and printing.

This program offers:

• Hands-on skills in industry-current technology in principles of 2-D design and digital design and imaging, drawing, photography web design and animation using HTML, Dreamweaver and Flash
• Comprehensive courses from advertising to corporate communications and entertainment design
• Completion of editorial designs for inclusion in the student's portfolio
• Topics in the web and new media, print layouts and creative packaging
• Program completion in as few as 18 months
• The opportunity to express your creative side

Financial Aid

All students should have a plan for paying for their education. While some students pay the educational expenses with cash, many students use financial aid to help with college costs. Our Financial Aid staff will assist you through the financial aid application process. Gibbs College is committed to helping every student complete their financial aid plan.

Going to College in Melville/Long Island, New York

Long Island is an island of 1,377 square miles on the eastern coast of the United States on Long Island Sound. On the western part of Long Island are the New York City boroughs of brookly and Queens. Long Island is known for its affluence and high quality of life. According to the 2000 Census, Nassau County is the second richest county in New York State. Long Island, located in Suffolk County. is known for the many communities located on its beaches, including the world-renowned Hamptons.

Long Island is also known for its strong middle class accenting a strong dedication to hard work, suburban homeownership, investment in schools and education, and "soccer moms and dads" who are strongly committed to family living and local community events. Many of these are second (or third) generation families who had originally come from Brooklyn and Queens, seeking the space and tranquility of the early suburbs. In particular, a strong Brooklyn orientation remains among many of these families. According to the FBI's Crime Index, Long Island (Nassau-Suffolk) has the second lowest crime rate in the United States.

More Information

If you are interested in any of these programs and would like to find out more, please request information from Gibbs College - Melville/Long Island.