SRJC Course Outlines

3/14/2025 7:03:04 AM	CS 70.1 Course Outline as of Fall 2025	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr: CS 70.1	Title: PHOTOSHOP 1
Full Title: Photoshop 1: Fundamental Skills
Last Reviewed:3/10/2025

Units		Course Hours per Week		Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00	17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0	6 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0		Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00		Contact Total	52.50

		Non-contact DHR	0		Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00

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: CS 70.1A

Catalog Description:
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Learn essential techniques and unleash your creative potential with Photoshop! This beginner-friendly course empowers you to transform ideas into images for social media, branding, marketing, print, web and artistic projects. Students will complete hands-on projects to learn the fundamental skills of image creation and manipulation, including layering and masking, color adjustments, text effects, retouching, adding special effects and using the latest artificial intelligence (AI) features. Master the fundamentals, confidently navigate Photoshop's tools and features, edit and enhance images, design eye-catching graphics and unleash your imagination! This course prepares students for jobs as a content creator, graphic or web designer, photo editor, social media manager or freelance designer.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion of CS 5

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
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(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Completion of CS 5
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
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:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 2002	Inactive:

UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:

C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Demonstrate competency in using Photoshop's workspace and core tools, panels, and options.

2. Utilize major image manipulation methods, including layers, masks, blending modes, filters, and effects.

3. Produce common image types, including social media graphics, branding mockups, printed pieces, enhanced and retouched images, and composite images.

4. Utilize Photoshop's basic up-to-date AI features.

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

1. Successfully navigate the Photoshop interface.

2. Prepare and export images in appropriate file formats for common purposes.

3. Edit images non-destructively.

4. Utilize AI features.

5. Manage layers and layer groups.

6. Utilize the selection tools effectively.

7. Utilize layer and vector masks.

Topics and Scope
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I. Navigate the Photoshop interface

A. Workspace

B. Tools and options

C. Panels

II. Layer options, styles, and groups

III. Selections

A. Selection tools

B. Making precise selections

C. Refining selections

IV. Masks

A. Manipulating masks

B. Vector masks

V. Text

A. Text and text styles

B. Managing fonts

VI. Color

A. Color correction

B. Changing colors of objects

VII. Filters, blending modes and transforms

A. Blurring and sharpening

B. Transforming and warping

C. Artistic effects

VIII. Image enhancement

A. Adjusting image properties

B. Adjusting image elements

C. Retouching imperfections

IX. Image composites

A. Combining multiple images

X. AI features

A. Image generation and removal

B. Neural filters

C. Applying colors and styles

XI. Image types

A. Social media

B. Branding and marketing

C. Print

D. Web

E. Artistic

F. File preparation and file formats

XII. Non-destructive editing

A. Adjustment layers

B. Smart objects

C. Smart filters

D. Vector shapes

Assignments:
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1. Guided tutorials

2. Creative assignments with specific requirements to utilize tools and techniques.

3. Midterm image creation challenge, such as using problem solving skills to determine how to create a specified outcome

4. Final image creation challenge, such as using problem solving skills to determine how to create a specified outcome

5. Creative assignment discussions

6. Creative assignment peer reviews

7. Additional assignments as determined by instructor may include: Quizzes

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 - 20%
Midterm and Final Image Creation Challenges
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 70 - 80%
Guided tutorial, creative assignments
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 10%
Quizzes (if assigned)
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 20%
Creative assignment discussions and peer reviews

Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Instructor prepared materials

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Curriculum

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