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4.00 Credits
The second course in a two-quarter sequence designed to engage the new media major in a "capstone" production experience. Students continue towork on their new media group production until completion. Each group is required to test their product with a focus group and provide written feed back and analysis. (2009-542) Credit 4
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3.00 Credits
Topics of current or special interest designed to broaden and intensify the students' ability to use art and design as a mean of communication and expression. Credit variable 1-9
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2.00 Credits
An introduction to basic computer software skills, terminology, and technology as they relate to based-based computer-imaging software (such as Photoshop). This course provides the skills necessary to use drawing software relative to the design curriculum. The areas of fi le formats, software tools, image creation, and fi le output are covered. Credit 2
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2.00 Credits
An introduction to basic computer software skills, terminology, and technology as they relate to vector-based computer drawing software (such as Freehand and Illustrator). This course provides the skills necessary to use drawing software relative to the design curriculum. The areas of fi le formats, software tools, image creation, and fi le output are covered. Credit 2 Prerequisite for all 300-level graphic design: foundation program or equivalent
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to basic visual communication in the fi eld of graphic design. Lectures will cover graphic design topics and information ranging from typographic terminology and design principles to methods of visual organization. Lectures will often be related to assignments that will be undertaken in the studio where hands on introduction to graphic design studio skills and practices will occur. Through formal studies and perceptual understanding, including aesthetics, graphic form and structure, concept development, and visual organization, students will design solutions to communication problems. Assignments will explore aspects of graphic imagery, typography, and layout. Students will refi ne their computer skills through applications requiring a digital format. Credit 3
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to typography in visual communication. Lectures will cover typographic topics and information ranging from communication principles to methods of visual organization. During studio time students will design solutions to assigned communication problems, which will explore aspects of typography and layout as well as concept development and historical research. Students will refine their computer skills through applications requiring a digital format. Credit 3
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the fundamental principles of timebased graphic design, including forms of narrative, organizational methods, sequencing, composition, visual and motion variables, and the application of these principles to the solution of specifi c graphic design problems. Projects will include typography/imagery components, storyboard planning and computer-based applications as they apply to graphic design problem-solving. (2010-301, 2010-302, 2010-303) Credit 3
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3.00 Credits
This course will center on the contributions made by key women designers to the history of graphic design. Emphasis will be placed on their design works, their design process, and the nature of their largely unheralded pioneering efforts. Course will involve lectures, video interviews, assignments, projects, and participatory classroom involvements. Students will utilize digital archival resources for research and study developed in conjunction with Wallace Library. Credit 3
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3.00 Credits
This course will center on the development of editorial design in the 20th century with a focus on the time period from 1930 to 1950. Content will focus on the creators (artists, designers, photographers) and products (magazines, journals) in both a micro and macro view. The genre will include fashion, consumer, entertainment and business, and contemporary magazines. Course will involve lectures, video interviews, assignments, projects, and participatory involvements. Students will utilize digital archival resources for research and study developed in conjunction with Wallace Library. Credit 3 Prerequisite for all 400-level graphic design: sophomore graphic design courses or their equivalent, or permission of the instructor
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3.00 Credits
Students expand their understanding of basic typographic principles through advanced applied problems focused on typography as the visual representation of language, typographic hierarchy, formal values (syntax) of letterforms, and the typographic grid as a principle organizing systems for providing meaningful structure. (2010-302, 2010-402) Credit 3
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