4/18/2024 4:57:43 PM	APGR 52B Course Outline as of Spring 2011	Terminated Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  APGR 52B	Title:  COMPUTER BASED DESIGN 2
Full Title:  Computer Based Design 2
Last Reviewed:10/7/2002

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	2.50		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	43.75
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	1.50		17.5 min.	Lab Scheduled	26.25
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	4.00			Contact Total	70.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  87.50

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  APGR 93

Catalog Description:

An intermediate course in the professional page layout application QuarkXpress and digital imaging program Photoshop, for the graphic designer.  Emphasis will be placed on design principles, practical computer skills, and program operations. The student explores the features of QuarkXpress through a variety of design projects including: advertisements, self-promos, menus, forms, and newsletters.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of APGR 52A ( or APGR 91)

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Intermediate level course for serious graphic designers, using QuarkXpress and PhotoShop. Program operations, design, type & images, styles, master pages & production output for print, & digital images for page layout.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of APGR 52A ( or APGR 91)
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

1.  Save and organize document files correctly.

2.  Apply the design principles of proximity, alignment, repetition,

   contrast, readability, and legibility at an intermediate level to

   graphic design projects.

3.  Integrate the design principles of depth, movement, rhythm, unity, and

   focal point into design projects.

4.  Create multipage documents using intermediate-level applications of

   the following features: tabs and indents, style sheets,

   importing text with Xpress tags, paragraph spacing, text input and

   manipulation, character spacing, begier features, linking jumplines,

   and masterpages.

5.  Create a newsletter exhibiting the following basic graphic elements:

   masthead, headlines, subheads, folios, bylines, photos, and captions.

6.  Create documents applying these intermediate level type refinements:

   proofreading, widows/orphans, hyphenation, spell check, and

   find/change.

7.  Create documents using "collect for output" that are suitable for

   output at the service bureau.

8.  Utilize font management software to load and close fonts.

9.  Employ trapping features in the creation of a graphics document.

10. Manipulate a color image that has been scanned into Photoshop.

11. Demonstrate a basic understanding of Photoshop duotone features by

   creating and saving dutones, loading duotone curves, and specifying

   duotones from a swatchbook.

12. Import duotones to Quark Xpress.

13. Separate files using Quark Xpress.

14. Import word files and format using QuarkXpress.

Topics and Scope

1.  Review of basic Quark features

   a. Document set up

   b. saving files

   c. text input and manipulation

   d. paragraph spacing

   e. character spacing

   f. tabs and indents

   g. style sheets

   h. beziers features

2.  Review of basic design features

   a. proximity

   b. design process and creativity, repetition, typography terminology

      measurement, classification, contrast, and alignment

3.  Multiple pages

   a. creating, moving, inserting, deleting, rearranging

   b. importing text with Xpress tags

4.  Importing word files and format using QuarkXpress

5.  Newsletter design

   a. The anatomy of a newsletter

   b. Creating an effective newsletter

6.  Masterpages

   a. creating

   b. manipulating

7.  Reviewing

   a. legibility

   b. readability

8.  Linking and jumplines

9.  Typographical refinements

   a. proofreading

   b. widows/orphans, hyphenation

   c. spell check

   d. find/change

10. Collect for output and using the Service

   Bureau Review.

11. Working and printing in color

11. Trapping introduction

12. Font Technology

13. Review of PhotoShop features

   a. tools

   b. menus

   c. palettes

   d. layers

   c. Selections

     1. working with the text tools

     2. working with the paint tools

     3. paths & clipping paths

     4. working with filters

14. Scanning and resolution revisited

15. Basic Photo set-up using PhotoShop

   a. Cropping scaling

   b. rotating

   c. image correction

   d. tone targeting.

16. Creating duotones in PhotoShop

   a. Curves

   b. saving with proper names

   c. saving curve settings

17. Importing duotones to QuarkXpress

18. Separating your files

Assignments:

Projects:

 1.  Table tent (self-promo)

 2.  Ad design

 3.  Form design (using rules)

 4.  Newsletter (multi-page with images)

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 0 - 0%
None
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 30%
PROJECTS
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 50 - 80%
PROJECTS
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 20%
Multiple choice, Completion, IN CLASS PRACTICUMS
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

QuarkXpress 4 Visual Quickstart Guide by Elaine Weinmann, Peachpit Press

1998.

PhotoShop 6.0 Visual Quickstart Guide by Elaine Weinmann, Peachpit Press

2000.

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