Should I take the web design or graphic design program at school?

I want to be a web designer and build web pages, among them using flash media and all that stuff. But should I stick with web design itself or graphic design? I'm planning on going for my Associate's Degree in web design, so it'd be important if I can get some info from people who have knowledge on this profession and if you can, please try to make the advice as positive as possible :)

Should I take the web design or graphic design program at school?
You can do more in graphic design. Web is in the area of graphic communications. From graphic design you have web and print. I'm working towards a BFA in graphic design and I'm strong in web and print.
Reply:Web design is two fold.


There is a programming area, and a graphics area. You can still do both. Lean towards what you are good in, either graphics programs, or programming..... Most good web sites have a team of people working on them. Often the graphic artist and the programmer, or design person are different.
Reply:Seriously - rethink your career options - web and graphic design is over saturated as it is, the market value of a web designer is going to do nothing but go down, by the time you graduate there's going to be a glut of web designers looking for jobs that are already filled.





Anyway - got for the design, if you have any real artistic skills i's important to nurture them early on. Web design is a series of implementations of code and static facts. Actual design isn't - it requires thought, appreciation, style and skill. All of which are aided by practice.
Reply:Take graphics, Learning web design is as easy as signing up for a myspace. Take Graphics so you can know the software.