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| New Course (First Version) |
| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
CS 770.1 | Title:
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 1 |
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| Full Title:
Photoshop 1: Fundamental Skills |
| Last Reviewed:9/22/2025 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 0 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 0 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | 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:
Non-Credit
Grading:
Non-Credit Course
Repeatability:
27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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Learn essential techniques and unleash your creative potential with Photoshop! This beginner-friendly non-credit 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:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Learn essential techniques and unleash your creative potential with Photoshop! This beginner-friendly non-credit 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.
(Non-Credit Course)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
Approval and Dates
| Version: | 01 | Course Created/Approved: | 9/22/2025 |
| Version Created: | 4/10/2025 | Course Last Modified: | 3/6/2026 |
| Submitter: | Ethan Wilde | Course Last Full Review: | 9/22/2025 |
| Version Status: | Approved New Course (First Version) | Prereq Created/Approved: | 9/22/2025 |
| Version Status Date: | 9/22/2025 | Semester Last Taught: | |
| Version Term Effective: | Fall 2026 | Term Inactive: | |
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.
Objectives:
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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 shape
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 | |
| 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
OTHER REQUIRED ELEMENTS
| Student Preparation |
| Matric Assessment Required: | X | Exempt From Assessment |
| Prerequisites-generate description: | NP | No Prerequisite |
| Advisories-generate description: | NA | No Advisory |
| Prereq-provisional: | N | NO |
| Prereq/coreq-registration check: | N | No Prerequisite Rules Exist |
| Requires instructor signature: | N | Instructor's Signature Not Required |
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| BASIC INFORMATION, HOURS/UNITS & REPEATABILITY |
| Method of instruction: | 02 | Lecture |
| | 99 | Credit by Exam |
| Area department: | CS | Computer Studies |
| Division: | 72 | Arts & Humanities |
| Special topic course: | N | Not a Special Topic Course |
| Program Status: | 1 | Both Certificate and Major Applicable |
| Repeatability: | 27 | Exempt From Repeat Provisions |
| Repeat group id: | | |
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| SCHEDULING |
| Audit allowed: | N | Not Auditable |
| Open entry/exit: | N | Not Open Entry/Open Exit |
| Credit by Exam: | Y | Credit by examination allowed |
| Budget code: Program: | 0000 | Unrestricted |
| Budget code: Activity: | 0701 | Computer & Information Science |
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| OTHER CODES |
| Disciplines: | Computer Information Systems |
| Basic Skills: | N | Not a Basic Skills Course |
| Level below transfer: | Y | Not Applicable |
| CVU/CVC status: | N | Not Distance Ed |
| Distance Ed Approved: | N | |
| Emergency Distance Ed Approved: | N | |
| Credit for Prior Learning: | N | Agency Exam |
| N | CBE |
| N | Industry Credentials |
| N | Portfolio |
| Non-credit category: | J | Workforce Preparation |
| Classification: | K | Other noncredit - enhanced funding |
| SAM classification: | C | Clearly Occupational |
| TOP code: | 0614.60 | Computer Graphics and Digital Imagery |
| Work-based learning: | N | Does Not Include Work-Based Learning |
| DSPS course: | N | NO |
| In-service: | N | Not an In-Service Course |
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