12/21/2024 9:57:12 PM	ENGL 80 Course Outline as of Fall 2010	Inactive Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ENGL 80	Title:  SML PUBLICATION WKSHP
Full Title:  Small Publications Workshop
Last Reviewed:5/6/2002

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	2.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	35.00
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	3.00		14 min.	Lab Scheduled	52.50
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	5.00			Contact Total	87.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  70.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

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

Catalog Description:

Workshop in creating a "small press" book or magazine from the first stages of developing and editing material through the final details of print production. Students will work on the Santa Rosa Junior College community annual, First Leaves, and individual projects.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Completion of ENGL 100B or ENGL 100 or ESL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Workshop in creating a "small press" book or magazine.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Completion of ENGL 100B or ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
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: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

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

The students will:

1.  Analyze critical approaches to poetry, short fiction and art.

2.  Establish evaluative criteria for selecting poetry,

   short fiction, and art on standards outside of critical approaches,

   such as audience, presentation, and printing standards and costs.

3.  Proofread, using common proofreading markings.

4.  Budget a printing project, from concept to final product.

5.  Analyze aspects of small press publication, including marketing

   techniques, copyright law, and distribution techniques.

6.  Identify a variety of common printing methods.

7. From paper catalogs, students will select common paper types and

   sizes, determining grain, finish, and cutting directions

   for press and cost advantages.

8.  Identify fonts and spec type in standard classes.

9.  Use both manual and computer-programmed steps for layout for

   type and art.

10. Size originals to printing size by use of a reduction

   wheel.

11. Perform assigned steps in printing, including shooting and

   stripping negatives and collating printed materials.

12. Identify standard binding methods.

Topics and Scope

1.  Materials for Publication.

     A. Poetry and short fiction.

          1. criteria for acceptance

          2. expectations of and suitability for audience

          3. expectations of editorial group

     B. Artwork.

          1. camera-ready printability of materials

          2. criteria for acceptance

          3. expectations of and suitability for audience

          4. expectations of editorial group

2.  Small Press Publication.

     A. Marketing.

          1. soliciting materials

          2. advertising for a specific market

          3. distribution

     B. Copyright law and releases.

3.  Printing.

     A. Examine offset, xerography, laser, inkjet, and other methods

     B. Layout study.

          1. thumbnail sketches, roughs, final designs

          2. dummy books

          3. paste up and camera-ready art

     C. Type study.

          1. measurement and specs

          2. readability

          3. computer typesetting

     D. Paper study.

          1. grades, finishes, grain direction, and weights

          2. pricing and cutting from parent stock

     E. Printing Images

          1. halftone and line negatives

          2. scaling originals - percentages for reduction and

             enlargement

          3. cropping

          4. shooting and stripping negatives

          5. computer scanning methods

     F. Collating and binding methods.

Assignments:

STUDENTS WILL:

1.  Research and make quality comparisons of printing techniques

   from traditional offset to xerography, inkjet, and laser processes.

2.  Study and collect paper samples and solve costs and cutting

   problems for a mock book.

3 Research and collect font samples, examining type-specification

   problems in traditional and computer methods.

4.  Study binding methods.

As members of the editorial group to create the college's literature

and art review, students:

1.  Prepare ads, submission materials, page layout, and cover

   art from rough thumbnail sketches to final print-ready art.

2.  Examine poetry, short fiction, and art, establishing

   criteria for selecting materials to be printed.

3.  Select materials to be printed, justifying their selection

   for specific audience.

4.  Decide on printing order of selected materials, justifying

   their decisions by content.

5.  Determine length of magazine and select papers, justifying

   their choices by selected design, paper pricing, and total costs

   for the run.

6.  Study and select fonts, justifying their design choices.

7.  Maintain a budget of project costs.

8.  Study proofreading methods and proof selected copy for

   magazine.

9.  Lay out typeset pages, either manually from prepared typesetting

   or by microcomputer.

10. Complete computer typesetting and layout.

11. Size and shoot line negatives, and size and order half-tones.

12. Strip negatives for platemaking.

13. Collate final printed pages.

14. Distribute completed magazine.

15. Write a final evaluation of their individual roles as members

   of the editorial group for the college's literary magazine.

As part of the student's individual project, students:

1.  Write a proposal and justification for an individual

   project incorporating course content.

2.  Prepare individual projects from roughs to camera-ready art.

3.  Report estimates for printing a set number of copies of

   their projects.

4.  Write a final evaluation of their individual projects.

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 10 - 20%
Reading reports, Final eval. of projects & roles as editors.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 25 - 50%
Homework problems, Field work, Quizzes
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 25 - 50%
Class performances, PROJECT UP TO CAMERA-READY ART
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 5 - 20%
Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 20%
Attendance and participation.

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

POCKET PAL: A Graphic Arts Production Handbook, 18th ed. 1997.

  International Paper. (ISBN 9997708458)

Mark Beach and Eric Kenly, GETTING IT PRINTED: How to Work with Printers

  and Graphic Imaging Services to Assure Quality, Stay on Schedule and

  Control Costs, 3rd ed. 1999. North Light Books (ISBN 08134581)

Robin Williams, THE NON-DESIGNER'S DESIGN BOOK, 1999 Addison Wesley

  (ISBN 1566091594)

Frank Cost, POCKET GUIDE TO DIGITAL PRINTING, 1996, Delmar

  (ISBN 0827375921)

Robin Williams, THE PC IS NOT A TYPEWRITER, 1992, Addison Wesley

  (ISBN 0938151495)

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