Communication Design

 

Overview

For more than 25 years, the Communication Design program at Collin has offered exceptional education in the creative service fields of graphic design, art direction, Web design, production art, and user experience design. The program maintains professional-level standards supported by industry-experienced instructors, leading-edge technology and techniques, and collaboration with the industries’ top companies and professionals.

The program’s balanced approach blends theory and technique, ensuring our students’ success now and throughout their careers. We provide students the opportunity to obtain the skills, savvy, and knowledge that will set them up for success in a highly-competitive creative industry, as evidenced by our graduates’ entry into some of the top creative services companies.

 

 

Student works

 

View Student Work   Visit Animation and Game Art   Visit Video Production  

 

 

 

Program Tracks

As a workforce program at Collin, our awards are designed to prepare students for their respective industries in an efficient format through focused curriculum. Collin's Communication Design program offers two distinct tracks. 

 

Graphic Design

The Graphic Design track prepares the student for careers in branding, packaging, advertising, commercial art, and visual communication. 

 

User Experience (UX)

The User Experience (UX) track prepares students to serve in UX roles across an increasing span of industries and applications, developing websites, mobile applications, services, and products.

 

Additonal Information

For additional information on the Communication degrees and certificates at Collin College, as well as the associated course information, please see the Communication Design Program Information page. Students planning to transfer to a college or university should contact that institution for information about which courses will be accepted as transfer credits from Collin College before beginning the Communication Design Program. 

 

 

Faculty

For additional information about the Communication Design program at Collin College, please contact Richard LeBlanc, Discipline Lead, Communication Design (rleblanc@collin.edu).

 

Richard LeBlanc

Discipline Lead/Professor, Communication Design 

Plano Campus, J-121B

rleblanc@collin.edu

972.881.5114

Erin Clark
Professor, Communication Design 
Plano Campus, J-121C
edclark@collin.edu

972.516.5079

Ashleigh Cue

Professor, Communication Design 

Plano Campus, J-246

aacue@collin.edu

972.881.5166

Melanie Riley

Professor, Communication Design

Plano Campus, J-244

mriley@collin.edu

972.578.5504

Rusty Haggard

Professor, Communication Design 

Plano Campus, J-121D

jhaggard@collin.edu

972.881.5447

Amelia Isbell Leicht

Professor, Communication Design 

Plano Campus, J-247

aleicht@collin.edu

972.881.5417

 

 

Division

Lupita Murillo Tinnen, Ph.D.

Dean of Academic Affairs and Workforce

 

Alexis Bohanna

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Workforce/Fine Arts (Communication Design)