About The Visual Communications Program

The Visual Communications program is designed to help students gain the knowledge and skills necessary to obtain positions within the digital imaging, computer illustration, web design, interactive media, and prepress industry. Students will have the opportunity to develop basic drawing, design, multimedia, 3-D design, animation and typographical skills to create graphic solutions. Projects focus on developing students' individual skills and talents. Graphic design, career development, and portfolio classes are utilized to prepare students for entrance into the workforce.

In addition all of the programs at LVC have an internship component. The internship allows the students to receive hands on practical experience and serves as a finishing course for their program of study. Students are placed in positions in facilities that match their program and are supervised during this training period.

Upon successful completion of program requirements students will be awarded an Associate in Science Degree. In most cases, the Visual Communications Degree can be earned in as little as 18 months.

Lehigh Valley College is located just outside of Allentown, Pennsylvania, on a beautiful 30-acre campus. Within an hour's drive of Bethlehem, Easton, and Philadelphia, Lehigh Valley College is also less than two hours from Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, and New York City!

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Upon completion of the Visual Communications program at Lehigh Valley College there are numerous career opportunities available. Below is a sampling of career outcomes and employers who have hired our graduates. The presence of properties on this list does not guarantee availability of career opportunities. Additional training and/or education may be required for certain positions.

Erica Honeyman

Professor Erica Honeyman earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Kutztown University where she majored in photography. Upon graduating, she became a photo retoucher and graphic designer at a local camera retail establishment where she managed the department. During this time she also assisted professional photographers in the area, doing retouching for them, training them in Adobe Photoshop and learning more about the business of photography. In 1998, she opened her own photo studio where she specialized in fine art portraiture, retouching and creating ads for local companies. While running her studio she was asked to teach part time at Allentown Business School. She really enjoyed teaching and took a full time position at Gibbs College in NJ in 1999. After a year, when her supervisor left, she was asked to run the Visual Communications department. She stayed with Gibbs College until 2004, moving up to an academic dean position and earning a Masters of Education degree in Instructional Technology before she left. She then decided to return to Pennsylvania and accepted the program chair position at Lehigh Valley College for the Visual Communications program.

Professor Honeyman is happy to be back in Pennsylvania doing what she loves...being creative and teaching others how to do the same. She is involved with many artistic activities in the Valley, and is an educational representative on the board for The Greater Lehigh Valley Ad Club.