Comments on: What is the difference between Commercial/Advertising Art Major and Design&Visual Communication Major? http://www.aspectmediafactory.com/commercial-advertising/what-is-the-difference-between-commercialadvertising-art-major-and-designvisual-communication-major Documentary Films, Commercial Advertising, New Media, Production, Post-Production Sat, 19 May 2012 03:16:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: ckg143 http://www.aspectmediafactory.com/commercial-advertising/what-is-the-difference-between-commercialadvertising-art-major-and-designvisual-communication-major/comment-page-1#comment-7190 ckg143 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:44:59 +0000 http://www.aspectmediafactory.com/commercial-advertising/what-is-the-difference-between-commercialadvertising-art-major-and-designvisual-communication-major#comment-7190 Well, the majors aren't called that at colleges. that's just collegeboard. the degrees are BA fine art, BFA fine art, art history, graphic design, interior design, illustration design, museum studies, art director, and art managment. those are in the art department. In the business department, there's visual communications. it usually breaks down into design based marketing, web design, etc. You take a couple arts courses, but the majority is business and computer science classes. if you want to be and art director, you need to to art history with a minor in business or art criticism or some colleges have arts management majors which teach you specifically about art and how to market it/represent an artist. it merges art/art history/marketing/and business. If you are more interested in web design, journalism, marketing, or just the business/tech side of the job then you can do visual communications. BUT it has LITTLE to do with art<br><b>References : </b><br> Well, the majors aren’t called that at colleges. that’s just collegeboard. the degrees are BA fine art, BFA fine art, art history, graphic design, interior design, illustration design, museum studies, art director, and art managment. those are in the art department.

In the business department, there’s visual communications. it usually breaks down into design based marketing, web design, etc. You take a couple arts courses, but the majority is business and computer science classes.

if you want to be and art director, you need to to art history with a minor in business or art criticism or some colleges have arts management majors which teach you specifically about art and how to market it/represent an artist. it merges art/art history/marketing/and business.

If you are more interested in web design, journalism, marketing, or just the business/tech side of the job then you can do visual communications. BUT it has LITTLE to do with art
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