The Graphic Information Technology program at Arizona State University is preparing students to creatively present information in the ever-changing graphics industry.
“We graduate creative technologists who use both their left and right brains,” said Penny Ann Dolin, associate professor of practice and chair of the program. “They have the creative knowledge and also understand production value. When our students build a website, it has to look good, and, it has to work.
“It’s fine arts and technology, combined. But, unlike fine arts for self expression, we always assume we’re designing for a client.”
The program, which started in 1958, was the first to move to ASU’s East campus, now the Polytechnic Campus, and one of the first to build online courses. It is part of the Polytechnic School, one of ASU’s Ira A Fulton Schools of Engineering. It has eight faculty members and 650 students.