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Are you a creative and visual learner? Enjoy working in a hands-on setting or with digital technology? Visual Studies majors explore the power of the image and its critical role in fashion and various creative industries. In addition to courses in core business principles, you’ll study visual communication, digital design, visual merchandising, and digital photography, where, through studio experience, you’ll develop visual, creative, and technology skills.
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Major Spotlight: Visual Studies
Visual Studies is one of the newer majors in the LIM curriculum.
- November 3, 2020
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Student Q&A: Visual Studies + International Business + Event Planning
"I’m currently on my fourth internship. It's crazy to think about how I came into LIM without any work experience. Now, I have worked fashion shows, trade shows, sample sales, and many other events."
- May 15, 2020
- Erika Massey
News
Visual Students Compete to Revamp a Luxury Logo
Concepts represent global regions and cultures
- May 12, 2020
Courses & Curriculum
- Color and Design
- Digital Photography and Imaging
- Exhibition and Set Design
- Visual Literacy and Creative Process
- Visual Presentation and Identity
You'll gain priceless experience-and make important connections-through required internships. Here are just a few places where LIM students have interned.
- Bottega Veneta
- HGTV Magazine
- John Varvatos Enterprises
- Macys, Inc. Max Mara USA
- Nike, Inc.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Tory Burch
LIM College offers the following minors for each major, which are intended to provide an additional focused area of study:
Fashion Media Minor:
- Fashion Media
Fashion Merchandising Minors:
- Beauty
- Event Planning
- Fashion Merchandising
- Fashion Styling
- Retail Buying And Planning (For Non-Fashion Merchandising Majors)
- Retail Buying And Planning (For Fashion Merchandising Majors)
- Sustainability
Interdisciplinary Studies Minors:
- Entrepreneurship
- Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion
Liberal Arts Minors:
- The Arts: History and Performance
- English
- Global Studies
- Society And Culture
Marketing, Management, And Finance Minors:
- Digital Business
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
Visual Studies Minors:
- Digital Design And Photography
- Interior And Residential Concepts
- Photo Styling And Set Design
- Visual Studies
- Visuals For Social Media
Craft your Visual Studies major to focus on the area you’re most interested in, including:
- Art/Creative Direction
- Social Media -Digital Design
- Styling and Events
- Exhibition/Installation Design and Set Design
- Visual Merchandising/Display
- Interior Concepts and 3D Design
Opportunities at LIM
Careers in Visual Studies
With a Visual Studies degree, you can pursue a career in a wide range of areas, including visual merchandising and display, set design and photo styling, exhibition design and installation, and art and creative direction. Some job titles of recent Visual Studies grads include 3D Design Coordinator, Visual Content Editor, and Visual Merchandising & Experiential Designer.
Explore Careers in Visual StudiesInternship Experiences
You'll gain priceless experience — and make important connections — through required internships. Visual Studies majors have done internships in everything from visual production and display to interior styling and social media at companies such as Fendi, Valentino, Alexander Wang, and 3.1 Phillip Lim.
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There’s more to college than attending class. Enhance your experience (and your resume) with co-curricular and extracurricular activities. Make the most of your time and get involved.
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Explore a different culture and expand your world view. Choose a short-term travel program or semester abroad to add an invaluable experience to your education.
View all Study Abroad ProgramsVisual Studies Full-Time Faculty
Laurel Lueders
- Visual Studies
- Laurel.Lueders@limcollege.edu
- Chair / Associate Professor
Grailing King
- Visual Studies
- grking@limcollege.edu
- Senior Lecturer
Leonora Loeb
- Visual Studies
- Leonora.Loeb@limcollege.edu
- Lecturer
Monica Rakocy
- Visual Studies
- Adjunct Faculty
Michael Meyer
- Visual Studies
- Adjunct Faculty
Kristin Lilley
- Visual Studies
- Adjunct Faculty
Dimitri Koumbis
- Visual Studies
- Adjunct Faculty
Leif Huron
- Visual Studies
- Adjunct Faculty
Katie Hawkins
- Visual Studies
- Adjunct Faculty
Susan Graham
- Visual Studies
- Adjunct Faculty
Esmaili Golnaz
- Visual Studies
- Adjunct Faculty
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