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  • 3.00 Credits

    3 Credits (2 Lecture 1 Lab 0 Shop) 4 Hrs/Wk (2 Hrs. Lecture 2 Hrs. Lab) *15 wks This course is designed to familiarize the student with the pressroom. Areas of study and activity include identification of supplies, preparing paper for printing, operation and maintenance of offset duplicators and bindery operations. Emphasis on safe work habits is stressed throughout the course.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 Credits (2 Lecture 1 Lab 0 Shop) 4 Hrs/Wk (2 Hrs. Lecture 2 Hrs. Lab)*15 wks This course is designed for the student who has an interest in presswork and bindery. The causes of duplicator and bindery problems, proper adjustments, and maintenance of equipment are major areas of instruction. This course also includes troubleshooting the problems associated with paper, ink, and chemicals supplies. Good safe work habits are emphasized throughout the course. Prerequisite: GAT 131 or Faculty approval.
  • 2.00 Credits

    2 Credits (1 Lecture 1 Lab 0 Shop) 3 Hrs/Wk (1 Hr. Lecture 2 Hrs. Lab) *15 wks This course is designed to familiarize the student with letterpress printing principles, platen press operation, rotary press operation, and related specialty operations. The course presents the student with a knowledge of identifying type, and the methods of proofing and printing. Safe work habits are emphasized throughout the course.
  • 2.00 Credits

    2 Credits (1 Lecture 1 Lab 0 Shop) 3 Hrs/Wk (1 Hr. Lecture 2 Hrs. Lab) *15 wks The student experiences lab work and study involving hand-cut and photographically prepared indirect and direct stencils, screen materials, and ink and its relationship to substrates. The course presents an industrial approach to screen-printing. Prerequisite: GAT 111 or Faculty approval.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 Credits (2 Lecture 1 Lab 0 Shop) 4 Hrs/Wk (2 Hrs. Lecture 2 Hrs. Lab) *15 wks This course is designed to introduce students to the powerful capabilities of a popular desktop publishing program. Students will learn the fundamentals of electronic publishing, including page planning, text editing, graphics manipulating, and printing. Prerequisites: GAT 104 and 105 or Faculty approval.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 Credits (2 Lecture 1 Lab 0 Shop) 4 Hrs/Wk (2 Hrs. Lecture 2 Hrs. Lab) *15 wks A course designed to introduce the related theory and lab experiences involved in line and grayscale digital imaging for offset lithographic reproduction using Adobe Photoshop. The effective use of desktop scanners, densitometers and Photoshop's tools, palettes, plug ins, modes, path, layers and masks will be discussed and utilized within the course content. Prerequisites: GAT 111 or Faculty approval.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 Credits (2 Lecture 1 Lab 0 Shop) 4 Hrs/Wk (2 Hrs. Lecture 2 Hrs. Lab) *15 wks An advanced course in the related theory and lab experiences involved in digital color imaging for offset lithographic, web and multi media reproduction using Adobe PhotoShop. Prerequisite: GAT 176 or Faculty approval.
  • 6.00 Credits

    6 Credits (0 Lecture 0 Lab 6 Shop) 18 Hrs/Wk (18 Hrs. Shop) *15 wks This certificate level program requirement is an in-school work experience that exposes the student to accountability for time, quality, waste and plant maintenance in meeting production demands in either prepress or press/bindery areas of employment. Live work assignments are obtained by the student from a production area instructor and student performance is evaluated. The course is designed to provide closely supervised production experiences of skills and concepts which were introduced in the first semester. This course also introduces the student to personnel policies, control and delivery, material specification, procurement and inventory, job tickets, employee evaluation, field trip reporting and career/employment preparation. Prerequisite: Completion of 10 credit hours in GAT program and 6 hours of General Ed.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 Credits (2 Lecture 1 Lab 0 Shop) 4 Hrs/Wk (2 Hrs. Lecture 2 Hrs. Lab) *15 wks The student will apply the principles of typography, color theory and electronic illustration to the solution of advanced design problems, including identity design. In class critiques, discussion and analysis of work submitted will lead to the development of sound design practices and the ability to create designs that meet the requirements of a digital printing environment. This course includes an introduction to Adobe Illustrator. Prerequisite:GAT 106
  • 2.00 Credits

    2 Credits (1 Lecture 1 Lab 0 Shop) 3 Hrs/Wk (1 Hr. Lecture 2 Hrs. Lab) *15 wks A course designed to support the Copy Prep department in the production of printed material that requires photography to communicate or complete a message within a printing request. Students are introduced to 35 MM camera operations, black and white film processing, and the production of photographic prints. Other areas covered through study and lab assignments are digital imaging, exposure metering techniques, lighting conditions, composition and various film applications. The student must have access to 35 mm or a 2 1/4 camera.
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