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Term Effective:
Summer 2007
Description:
The Graphic Design Certificate of Achievement is a two-year program designed to provide students with entry-level skills for business or industry in the field of graphic design, and is structured to provide a practical, hands-on experience in graphic fundamentals. The program addresses basic design principles, layout techniques, professional typographic treatments, computer applications, digital illustration, computer production techniques, offset printing requirements, and business practices. It provides the most current information, technology and equipment possible. Most of the instructors are practicing professionals in the field of graphic design. Students spend much of their time creating practical design pieces from initial sketches all the way through to final digital output that ultimately becomes an integral part of a professional student portfolio.
The graphics professional is a person who loves problem solving on a visual level. This individual enjoys collaborating with others to create effective communication pieces to address client marketing and advertising goals. The designer helps create identities, business systems, posters, flyers, brochures, book covers, advertisements, billboards, packages, magazines, newsletters, wine labels, web sites, compact disk packaging, etc. etc. Graphic design tends to be a fast-paced, deadline-driven profession that demands creativity, quick thinking, good organization, excellent technology skills and well developed visual as well as verbal communication skills.
The program is designed to address graphic design skill sets. The computer design core teaches students to use industry standard computer graphics packages in a project-based environment. The design and production fundamentals sequence addresses design, and offset printing fundamentals in a workshop setting with lots of feedback and group work as part of the curriculum. Additional coursework in business practices, and portfolio development helps to round out this very practical approach to instruction. Students will learn how to:
- develop strong, effective visual communication concepts
- communicate visually with hand-drawn sketches
- create simple graphic treatments using basic illustration techniques
- use the computer as a production and creativity tool
- create mock-ups of all types of graphic design using hand skills
- set-up computer files for off-set printing
- use typography effectively
- work with clients and printers
- set up a freelance studio and bid graphic design projects
- create a professional portfolio
The graphic designer has many employment opportunities in this exciting field including production artist, in-house graphic designer, free-lance designer, or computer illustrator. Many students in the program have jobs in the field before they graduate. We offer an intern program for qualified students to gain on-the-job experience with local businesses while acquiring new skills.
Students who complete the program work for a variety of businesses in the local community. Publishers hire them to do advertising design, production, PhotoShop work, layout, and design. Small businesses require data sheets, newsletters, websites, advertising and brochures. Graphic design studios need employees with strong computer backgrounds, good ideation techniques and precise mock-up skills. Many students graduate with the goal of owning their own free-lance businesses.
This certificate is the second step in a career ladder. Students who have already completed the Graphic Design Production Fundamentals Skills Certificate will have fulfilled a portion of the Graphic Design Certificate of Achievement. For students interested in an Associate degree, a Graphic Design major is available.
Program Requirements:
The requirements for the Graphic Design Certificate program are:
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Complete 42 units from
- Graphic Design Certificate Core Requirements
- Graphic Design Elective Requirements
| Graphic Design Certificate Core Requirements - complete 39.00 units |
| APGR 50 | Introduction to Typography | 3.00 |
| APGR 51A | Introduction to Graphic Design & Production Fundamentals | 3.00 |
| APGR 51B | Beginning Graphic Design & Production Fundamentals | 3.00 |
| APGR 51C | Intermediate Graphic Design & Production Fundamentals | 3.00 |
| APGR 51D | Advanced Graphic Design & Production Fundamentals | 3.00 |
| APGR 52A | Introduction to Computer Based Design | 3.00 |
| APGR 52B | Computer Based Design 2 | 3.00 |
| APGR 52C | Digital Prepress: Computer Based Design 3 | 3.00 |
| APGR 52D | Computer Based Design 4 | 3.00 |
| APGR 54.1 | Production Techniques in Illustrator | 3.00 |
| APGR 57 | Tools, Methods and Materials | 3.00 |
| APGR 65 | The Business of Graphic Design | 1.50 |
| APGR 70 | Creating the Professional Portfolio | 1.50 |
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| Graphic Design Elective Requirements - complete 3.00 units |
Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
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| APGR 54 | Commercial Illustration | 3.00 |
| APGR 54.2 | Digital Design Production and Process | 3.00 |
| APGR 61 | Digital Design Production and Process | 1.50 |
| APGR 62 | Long Publication Production | 1.50 |
| APGR 64 | Contemporary Hand-Lettering, Type and Calligraphy | 1.00 |
| APGR 67 | Commercial Illustration: Basics | 1.50 |
| APGR 68 | Commercial Illustration: Digital Imagery | 1.50 |
| APGR 69 | Online Resources for Graphic Designers | 1.00-1.50 |
| APGR 71 | Creativity Techniques for Designers | 0.50 |
| APGR 72 | Principles of Screen Design | 1.50 |
| APGR 73 | Animation Design for the Web | 1.50 |
| APGR 74 | Applied Design Graphics for the Non-Designer | 1.00 |
| APGR 75 | Interactive Multimedia Design | 1.50 |
| APTECH 56 | Introduction to Computer-Aided Drafting | 2.00 |
| APTECH 53 | Computer Modeling & Animation with 3D Studio Max | 3.00 |
| ART 12 | Figure Drawing | 3.00 |
| ART 18.1 | Introduction to Computer Graphics in Art | 1.00-3.00 |
| ART 18.2 | Computer Graphics 2 | 1.00-3.00 |
| ART 2.1 | Ancient to Renaissance Art History and Appreciation | 3.00 |
| ART 2.2 | Renaissance to Modern Art History and Appreciation | 3.00 |
| ART 2.3 | Modern Art History & Appreciation | 3.00 |
| ART 24 | Introduction to the Art of Prints | 1.50-3.00 |
| ART 27B | Silkscreen Printmaking | 1.50-3.00 |
| ART 3 | Introduction to Art & Design | 3.00 |
| ART 36 | Elementary Photography | 3.00 |
| ART 37 | Intermediate Photography | 3.00 |
| ART 4 | Principles of Color | 3.00 |
| ART 51.1 | Graphic Design: Principles of Visual Communication | 1.00-3.00 |
| ART 51.2 | Graphic Design: Digital Imaging | 1.00-3.00 |
| ART 51.3 | Graphic Design: Type & Letterforms | 1.00-3.00 |
| ART 51.4 | Graphic Design: Digital Layout | 1.00-3.00 |
| ART 52 | Graphic Design/Poster Production | 1.00-3.00 |
| ART 57 | Advanced Photography | 3.00 |
| ART 7A | Drawing & Composition 1 | 3.00 |
| ART 7B | Drawing & Composition 2 | 3.00 |
| ART 82 | Digital Photography | 1.00-3.00 |
| ART 84 | Introduction to Computer Illustration | 1.00-3.00 |
| CIS 173.50 | Adobe InDesign Exploration | 0.50 |
| CIS 58.62A | Dreamweaver, Beginning | 1.50 |
| CIS 58.62B | Dreamweaver, Intermediate | 1.50 |
| CIS 58.65A | Adobe GoLive, Introductory | 1.50 |
| CIS 65.51 | Adobe PageMaker | 3.00 |
| CIS 65.53 | Adobe PageMaker - Advanced Projects | 4.00 |
| CIS 73.33 | Painter | 1.50 |
| CIS 73.37 | QuarkXpress | 3.00 |
| CIS 75.21A | Introduction to Macromedia Director | 1.50 |
| CIS 75.21B | Using Lingo Scripting for Authoring in Director | 1.50 |
| CIS 83.17A | Creating Web Graphics with PhotoShop and ImageReady 1 | 1.50 |
| CIS 83.17B | Creating Web Graphics with Photoshop and ImageReady 2 | 1.50 |
| CIS 74.11 | Microsoft Office | 3.00 |
| CIS 73.21 | Adobe Photoshop 1 | 3.00 |
| CIS 73.23 | Photoshop Advanced Concepts | 4.00 |
| CIS 73.35A | Adobe Illustrator 1 | 1.50 |
| CIS 73.35B | Adobe Illustrator 2 | 1.50 |
| CIS 73.35C | Adobe Illustrator 3 | 3.00 |
| WEOC 99I | Occupational Work Experience Internship | 0.50-8.00 |
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Term Effective:
Summer 2007
The requirements for this program of study are effective beginning the semester shown above. If you began working on this program before the effective semester, you may not be affected by the changes. Consult with the program contact person or the department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the program under previous requirements.
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