This is a composition course that stresses the writing process. Students will write multi-paragraph essays using the following expository modes: description, narration, example, comparison/contrast, classification/division, process analysis, and causal analysis. Nonfiction readings will be covered to help illustrate writing structures and the organization of ideas. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: ASSET placement OR successful completion (grade "C") of GE0011EN and/or GE0012RD
This course surveys Western art forms relative to political, social, religious, and economic movements from antiquity to the Mannerist period. Topics include painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and architecture. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: None
This is a composition course that focuses primarily on analytical and persuasive writing, as well as the research paper. Emphasis is also placed on critical reading and thinking. Cultural issues such as diversity, multiculturalism, tolerance, and effective communication will be discussed in connection with some writing assignments. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10110
This course covers algebraic techniques and problem-solving, such as algebraic and complex fractions, operations with real numbers, linear functions and systems, quadratic equations, radicals and radical expressions, factoring, polynomials, conic equations and applications, exponents and radicals. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: ASSET placement OR successful completion (grade "C") of GE0013MA, GE0013MA
This course surveys Western art forms relative to political, social, religious, and economic movements from the Baroque to present day. Topics include painting, sculpture, decorative arts, architecture, photography, and conceptual art. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course focuses on international literary selections. Topics include the critical evaluation of the literary genres: short story, poetry, and drama. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10110, GE10210
In this course, students will learn professional methods of speaking and of communicating their ideas and experience to others. Students will prepare and deliver demonstration and persuasive speeches designed to be effective with a variety of audiences. Students will also participate in small group presentations. Topics include subject selection, audience analysis, research, organization, and the use of voice and body in speech delivery. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course focuses on a working knowledge of human sensory processes and their subsequent perceptual and behavioral manifestations. Topics include learning, memory, consciousness, and cognition. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This is course an introduction to the concepts, theory and practice of ethical decision-making in the personal and social realms. Concepts such as justice, mercy, responsibility, and morality are considered. Students will learn about a broad range of ethical theories and theorists, ancient to modern. These theories will be compared, contrasted, and applied to a variety of ethical problems, dilemmas, and controversies. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
In this course students will examine group interaction within human society. Through texts, lectures, videos, and discussions, students will learn about the variety of ways sociologists view human culture and society, as well as the sociological phenomena that affect the lives of individuals within the world-wide human family. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course focuses on aesthetics, which is alternately defined as philosophy of art, philosophy of beauty, and philosophy of taste. All three definitions point to the ways in which we create, experience, think about, and write about the fine arts. Through texts, lectures, videos, and discussions, students will learn about the variety of ways in which individuals generate their own critical voice and aesthetic theories. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10110, GE10210 AND GE10120 OR GE10230
This course is an introduction to theories about the process of communication, including key concepts and terms for human communication. Additionally, listening and feedback, nonverbal communication, intrapersonal and interpersonal communication, group and organizational communications will also be a focus. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course focuses on past and current social issues and political and economic trends that influence America and its people. Additionally, the course will focus on how political and economic trends impact world affairs. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course will cover the history of 20th Century art. It will explore the inter-relationship between historical, social, political, religious and technological developments in the 20th century and the art that was a reflection of these developments. The course will discuss the modern artist’s role in society as innovator, social activist, explorer, critic and prophet. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
The creative professions require innovative individuals with clear vision. Freshmen at The Art Institute of Philadelphia will work together to develop the vision of what makes a successful student and professional. The course begins by welcoming students into The Art Institute of Philadelphia community and helping them integrate into this student environment. Students will become acquainted with college and community resources, explore their goals for success, and work on establishing a visionary course for the development of their professional portfolio. The course concludes with attending the portfolio show of the graduating class. (0 quarter credits, 2 hours per week)
Visual awareness is expanded through the observation of the principles of light and the translation of three-dimensional form into two-dimensional drawings. Advancing from simple to complex forms, skill levels in construction and an understanding of line and perspective will be developed. Students study the effects of light and movement on the human body. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course will introduce the basic principles of design. Using a variety of materials and techniques, the creative process will be introduced and developed. An exploration of design elements and relationships will establish a basic aesthetic sensitivity. An introduction to basic typography will be explored, in order to integrate simple type with imagery. A demonstration of basic tools for learning craftsmanship and presentation skills will be emphasized. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This fundamental course provides an introduction to the principles of color and an exploration of color theory as it relates to graphic design. The psychological and cultural aspects of color will be examined in making appropriate design decisions. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Beginning with an introduction to the history of letterforms and the function of typography, this course will also examine the construction and aesthetic application of typographic text and headline display applicable for various media. Typographical principals will be introduced as an essential element of design for creating effective communication. Emphasis will be placed on the appropriate and effective use, treatment and application of type in a variety of formats. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10120
This course explores the fundamentals of drawing the human figure. Observation and rendering skills are developed and the use of various drawing media is examined. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10110
This is a course in composition in space for the designer/artist. The student will be given some of the basic principles, rules, and concepts which can guide in organizing visual experience, solving practical design problems, and creating coherent formal relationships. The elements of design (conceptual, visual, relational, and technical) will be explored through various projects, which are based on a principal to master and a problem to solve. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10110, GR10120
This course identifies the components of the design process. Problem identification and research methods will be explored. Design solutions appropriate to a targeted market will be emphasized. The course will include idea-generating exercises and a concentration on design purpose and function. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10210
This class will concentrate on utilizing design principals and theories in problem solving, focusing on the importance of layout composition and visual hierarchy. Emphasis will be on the process of design development from rough to comprehensives, layout, and the use of grid systems for multi-component layouts. Design solutions will be executed through the use of traditional methods as well as digital print media applications. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10210 OR Academic Director Approval
Students develop basic image manipulation skills in a raster-based computer environment. Emphasis in on mastering the fundamentals of scanning, color management, imaging, photo retouching, filters and masks. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: LS10110
Drawing ability will be enhanced through further development of critical observation skills. Students will acquire rendering abilities in opaque and transparent media working from the figure, environment, still-life, and photographic imagery via the investigation of a variety of wet and dry materials, including collage. Exploration of drawing techniques will progress from classical tradition to contemporary personal expression. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10220
This intensive course enhances and advances the students understanding of graphic design as a communications tool. Building on a basic understanding of design theory and computer added-design, students will refine their technical and creative skills by generating compelling, informative designs that incorporate both visual and typographic elements. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10340 OR IM10210
This intensive course advances the students understanding of the computer as an artistic tool. Building on previous courses in drawing, concept development and introductory computer-aided design, students will be asked to generate a number of compelling and expressive solutions that address specific illustrative problems, both technical and creative. As part of this course, students will be given the opportunity develop their mastery of digital illustration by exploring numerous tools and techniques to obtain desired results. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10340, GR10330, GR10350 AND GR10361 OR IM10210 OR Academic Director Approval
This course builds upon the Image Manipulation class to integrate raster and vector graphics with concerns for varied formats, including web and print graphics. Students will create a variety of visual projects with emphasis on advanced image correction, retouching, manipulation and use of special effects. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10350 OR IM10210 OR Academic Director Approval
Using industry standard software students will further their understanding of modern page make-up by creating digital commercial press-ready designs. Print terminology, technical proficiency, paper selection, file preparation procedures and binding will be defined and explored. Students will produce two and four color process projects from comprehensives to print ready digital mechanicals. Students will learn various file types and resolutions necessary for professional printing processes. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10450, GR10460, GR10471
This course concentrates upon image concepts, content, symbolism, and narrative potential, for advanced portfolio applications and provocative expression. Issues of style, consistency, series design, content and presentation will help students develop a wider range of communication resources. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10330, GR10361, GR10350, GR10460
This course is the continuation in the study of typography, including the classifications previously covered, with a new emphasis on the expressive potential of designing with type. Exercises and projects focus on the hierarchical design skills required for effective and clear communications. Using traditional comping skills and computer generated type; projects will be enhanced through the study of current typographic trends in graphic design. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10330, GR10450, GR10460, GR10471
This course examines the importance of graphic symbols in design. Logos, trademarks and other symbolic images will be examined in historic and contemporary contexts. Graphic elements including typography, simplified imagery, and abstract shapes will be utilized to create individual logo designs and other symbolic images. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10471, GR20571
This course will examine the influences of societal trends, historical events, technological developments and the fine arts on contemporary graphic design, illustration, typographic design, architectural design, photography and fashionable design trends in general. Through lectures, supplied visual examples, independent research and design assignments, the student will gain insight into a variety of major design influences. The student will learn how to research and utilize a wide variety of design styles. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10450, GR10460, GR10471, GE10120, GE10230
Instruction provides students insight into the process of planning, designing, and developing an HTML-based website using current World Wide Web Consortium standards. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
A study of the role of graphic design in advertising will be emphasized in this course. Marketing research, objectives and strategies will be explored and applied. Graphic design will be presented as a goal-focused promotional tool. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Graphic design principles will be applied to the development of 3-D packaging. This course will explore packaging materials, production techniques, processes and industry guidelines for surface treatments of product design in the context of today’s marketplace. Assignments will demonstrate the functionality of packaging, from identification of a product to its consumer appeal. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10471, GR20571, GR20620
The role of communication design in creating a comprehensive corporate identity program is the focus of this course. An analysis of corporate objectives and practical applications will be the basis for developing a structured corporate identity system, including logo design and other business communication applications. Students will conduct an in-depth systematic study of the creation of a Corporate Identity Standards Manual. Students will study and analyze effective Corporate Identity systems through case studies. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR20620, GR20571
Interactive visual design provides an introduction to Flash-based interactive design for the web and applications. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10471, GR20751
This is the last course of the Typography sequence. It explores and looks at typography as a highly effective visual tool, which delivers powerful messages, on the visual, intellectual and emotional level. It will focus on the extensive exploration of the creative process, which will include traditional and experimental forms of typographic expression. Emphasis will be placed on students’ experimentation with different media, both digital and non-digital. Students will apply creative typographic solutions to design problems based on historical models and contemporary trends. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR20571
This course examines the graphic designers’ role in the layout and design of publications. Lectures and studio work cover current practices and technologies used to produce multipage documents. The assignments will be typographically oriented with a combination of images, color and texture as well as typographical relationship problem solving to the subject of the publication. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR20541, GR20771
The role of graphic design in collateral materials will be introduced and explored with a focus on: brochures, billboards, transit cards, point of sale materials, point of purchase materials, direct mail pieces, sales promotional materials, folders, CD design, etc. Collateral elements will support client formulated positioning statements. The process of developing unified branding/collateral materials involving multiple presentations will be emphasized. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR20751, GR20771, GR20761
This course will begin the process of assembling a student’s design work for inclusion into a viable portfolio which meets industry standards. Working with an instructor, each student will select representative pieces showcasing work that reflects a unique style. Lectures will cover the importance of professional presentation, arrangement of pieces, complete skill representation, varieties of portfolios, and media usage and techniques. Students will create additional new work as a requirement of the course. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR20751, GR20761, GR20771
This course will introduce students to the discipline of Information This course will introduce students to the discipline of Information Design, with specific concentration on the area of Information Graphics. Emphasis will be placed on developing, organizing and delivering complex information content through direct and concise visual representations. Students will explore various methods of representing complex amounts of information through the study of content and concept development. Course topics will include visual representation of statistical and technical information, charts and graphs, and content delivery through various media channels. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR20771, GR20820
Students will study the theory and practice of Environmental Graphic Design, including educational and cultural exhibitions, retail and service environments, and way-finding systems. Conventions of two-dimensional graphic design such as typography, layout, image use, and visual hierarchy will be expanded into the three-dimensional environment. Elements such as scale, light, color, typography, viewer placement, conceptual sketching, 3D model building, and various computer programs will be used to present and define the chosen message. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR20761, GR20820
This course acquaints students with professional design practices on the design of double page and multi-page editorial projects. It focuses on the use of design principles and concepts – with special attention to the use of the grid and selection and use of typography and images. Students will use their computer skills to generate final output of type and images for editorial projects. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: Earned 120 quarter credits, GR20860, GR20820, GR20850
This course will explore theories, methods and strategies for creating effective marketing plans for both products and services. By providing concepts of product, price, promotion, positioning, distribution and benefit as they relate to advertising. Lectures include a review of the target audiences, budgets, types of analysis and brand strategy while examining various management styles, techniques and trends in the industry. Course includes fieldwork, projects and presentations. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: Earned 120 quarter credits, GR20860, GR20850
This course focuses on the completion of the portfolio. Working with an instructor, each student will select representative pieces showcasing work that reflects a unique style. Students will demonstrate their conceptual and design abilities as well as their presentation and technical skills to meet professional industry standards. Emphasis will be placed on portfolio presentation, market research and identifying short and long-term professional employment goals. Students will create additional new work as a requirement of the course. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR20860, GR30950, GR31021, GR31010
This course will examine the role of the art director in producing multi-faceted design projects. Students will also work in teams and coordinate their creative efforts from concept to finished output. By setting professional standards and encouraging teamwork the course will further enhance students’ design, communication, negotiation and leadership skills. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: Earned 120 quarter credits, GR31010, GR31021 OR Academic Director Approval
This course will guide students through the process of compiling their work into a digital, web-based portfolio. Emphasis will be placed on the creation of design layouts, interfaces, buttons, graphical elements, resumes, and other materials that may support their interactive online portfolios. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR20670, GR20790, Must be taken in second to last quarter with GR41110
This course requires students to research, develop and implement a cohesive graphic design plan that will solve a visual communication problem and/or address an issue approved by the instructor. Students will utilize both their graphic design and web skills to create a final project consisting of print and interactive media. Students must present the final visual thesis with a professional oral presentation. Students must demonstrate an understanding of design principles and design theory. A written analysis will be a supplement to the visual presentation. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: Academic Director Approval
This course is an in-depth study of the business aspects of the graphic design profession including copyright laws, client relations, estimates, invoices, professional business conduct, ethics, networking and marketing ones’ business. Professional development tools will also be presented, including resume writing, personal stationary, package design, and proposal and budget writing. Successful professional interviewing skills will be emphasized. Students will be required to secure and complete a freelance design project for the final review. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Through a field experience, students will be able to apply acquired subject matter and career/professional skills in a real and practical situation. The main objectives of the internship are to allow students the opportunity to observe and participate in the operation of a successful business relating to their field of study. The students will gain experience needed to enter the field upon graduation. (3 quarter credits, 9 hours per week)
Prerequisites: Must be taken in last quarter of study
This course introduces the theories and applications of both the IBM and Macintosh computers. Topics include word processing, spreadsheets, databases, PowerPoint, computer graphics, file preparation for high-end output, file management, basic data storage and retrieval and the Internet. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course provides a framework for considering critically significant photographers and their work. Students will be expected to describe, interpret, and evaluate the origins, stylistic changes, and artistic innovations in the history of photography from the nineteenth century through contemporary times. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course is an introduction to the principles and practices of American Government. Concepts such as democracy, civil rights, civil liberties; public opinion; mass media, political parties, and the three branches of government will be discussed. Students will learn about the framework of government from colonialism to the present day. Government ideologies will be discussed and applied to various situations in an unbiased manner. Students will be able to see the importance of government and how decisions made by the government affect our everyday daily lives. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Students will study the following principles: motion and the effects of unbalanced force systems acting upon rigid bodies; Newton’s laws of motion; motion along straight and curved paths; weight; work, energy and power; impulse, momentum and impact. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10220 OR GE10450
This course covers the period of U.S. history from early colonization to the Spanish/American War. Primary emphasis is on the English colonies and the period of nationhood. This course will examine U.S. history in terms of social, economic and political perspectives, and students will also trace the histories of various American populations, such as women, African-Americans, Native Americans, etc., throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course covers the period of U.S. history from the turn of the century to the present. This course will examine U.S. history in terms of social, economic and political perspectives. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course covers Western civilizations from the Ancient Near East, through Greece and Rome, to the Middle Ages, the rise of Christianity, and the Renaissance. These civilizations will be examined in terms of social, economic, political and cultural perspectives. Major historical events, ideas, and developments will be discussed, and issues of race, class, and gender will be considered. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course covers European history from the Reformation/Counter-Reformation, through the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, ending with World War II. This course will examine social, economic, political and cultural perspectives. Major historical events, ideas, and developments will be discussed, and issues of race, class, and gender will be considered. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course provides an introduction to the principles of economics emphasizing an analysis of the economy as a whole. Interrelationships among the consumer, business, and government sectors are explored from American and international economic perspectives. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10110, GE10210, AND GE10220 OR GE10450
This course is designed for students who wish to study abroad. Students will travel between the spring and summer quarters and will return to campus to complete a final exhibition project during the summer quarter. The course will consist of lectures, activities, research, and discussions designed to examine the culture, history, and aesthetics of the city or cities chosen for the study abroad experience. Students will also be encouraged to explore issues of identity and place, ideology (values, norms, customs), society (conformity/autonomy, gender, class), and structure (religious, political, economic) as they share, analyze, and reflect upon their experiences throughout the course. (3 quarter credits, 44 hours over two week break)
Theatre Appreciation introduces students to the art, in theory and in practice, of live theatre and the many types of artists who collaborate to create a theatrical production. This course will enhance students’ appreciation of the nature and place of theatre in contemporary culture. Students will experience theatre in depth through reading scripts, analyzing productions, and completing a creative theatre project. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course gives an overview of basic legal principles related to starting and conducting a business. Topics include legal systems, litigation, dispute resolution and contracts. The protection of intellectual property, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, and service marks, is also emphasized. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course focuses on the development of critical reasoning skills, including the ability to evaluate a wide variety of information. Students will consider what an argument is, how arguments go wrong and what makes an argument valid. Students will study both informal and formal logical arguments and structures. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course offers students the opportunity to explore the diversity of cultures through the reading and analysis of modern literary works. Included in the study will be historical and political influences, social trends, customs and values. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course will introduce the student to the historical development of music and the composers of different eras. Students will focus on the role that music plays in our lives today as well as examining the cultural influences that have determined the varied musical languages throughout the world. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course will focus on the museum and its function in society. Topics will include the role of museums, their history and philosophy, and their structure and nature. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10110, GE10210, AND GE10120 OR GE10230
This course will consider up to three genres of creative writing: fiction, poetry and the nonfiction essay. Throughout the quarter, assignments and activities will provide students with opportunities to hone their creative voices and have their work, as well as that of their peers, critiqued in a workshop setting. In addition to producing creative writing, critical and formalist approaches will be applied to contemporary and canonical works; these exercises will provide students with an objective vocabulary with which to evaluate two rather polished pieces that they will generate during the course. Students will also be introduced to the methods and procedures of the publishing market. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course will examine emerging photographic styles and perspectives of a newer generation of photographers reacting to the cultural revolution of the 60’s and 70’s; the eruption in the 80’s of Post-Modernism and Critical Theory; and the digital revolution of the 90’s. Students will further examine contemporary issues focusing on the theoretical swing from Post-Modernism back to Modernist practices; and lastly a look at the popular trend of using alternative processes from the nineteenth century. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10110, GE10210, GE10130
This course is designed for students who wish to study abroad. Students will travel between the spring and summer quarters and will return to campus to complete a final exhibition project and an in-depth research paper during the summer quarter. The course will consist of lectures, activities, research, and discussions designed to examine the culture, history, and aesthetics of the city or cities chosen for the study abroad experience. Students will also be encouraged to explore issues of identity and place, ideology (values, norms, customs), society (conformity/ autonomy, gender, class), and structure (religious, political, economic) as they share, analyze, and reflect upon their experiences throughout the course. (3 quarter credits, 44 hours over two week break)
This course includes representing and analyzing data through such measures as central tendency, dispersion, probability theory, the binomial distributions, the normal curve and normal distributions, central limit theory, and sampling distributions. Graphing and using polynomial functions and systems of equations and inequalities in the interpretation and solution of problems will be examined. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
The Comparative Religions course is an introduction to the academic study of religion. The course objectively examines religious beliefs and practices across human history, with particular emphasis upon how the human past has shaped worldwide religious belief and experience in the present. Students learn about a broad range of religious traditions, and how particular beliefs might affect ritual behavior, interpersonal relationships and the practice of “community.” (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE20510 OR GE20530
In this course students will explore the different media theories and their impact upon society, ethics, and popular culture. Students will use this information to inform and enrich their own work and to critically evaluate media art. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course exposes students to the subject of out-of-home advertising, point of sale, and sales promotion advertising. Different types of out-of-home advertising associated with manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers will be presented. Descriptions of the types of work produced by advertising agencies and design firms, related to out-of-home advertising materials will be defined and presented in detail. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10330, GR10471, GR20571
This course explores planning, building and execution of a comprehensive advertising campaign for an existing commercially available product or service. Students will conduct individual and group research; create a thorough analysis of a product in order to design and deliver an effective advertising strategy, including visual components in the form of a campaign. Students will construct, draft, create and present a final sales pitch presentation along with collateral materials. The product will be selected and assigned by the instructor at the beginning of the course. This course will also test students’ abilities to work as a team, build a dynamic and healthy professional atmosphere within a team and deliver a quality product on time. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR20641 OR GR20761
Students explore the use of a variety of wet and dry media and their grounds; building confidence and skill with direct approaches, in studio and assigned projects. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR20860
The art of book design is one of the most important of the graphic design arts, and one that the best designers find an enriching challenge. This course will focus on telling a story using type and images in new and creative ways. We will explore advanced methods of using type such as contrast, scale, fragmentation, and sequencing. We will use images in abstract space to express dynamics such as emotion, time, movement, and thought. A multi-page format will allow the student to develop individual design within each page, and to form a unified visual voice or style throughout. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: Earned 120 quarter credits and GR20820 OR PH20710
Introduction to Motion Graphics provides an overview of motion graphics creation techniques and strategies. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Working in teams, students will utilize their previously acquired knowledge of design, typography, and production techniques to effectively solve communications problems for real world non-profit clients. Under the guidance of faculty, students will review client needs, generate design solutions and present directly to the client for selection and approval. The client will professionally print the chosen design. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR31021
This course emphasizes digital imaging for interactive presentations. Students will use vector and raster-based applications for image creation and manipulation. Advanced concepts such as web animation, layering, texture mapping, and archiving will be covered. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM10210 OR GR10471
This advanced course teaches the student how to create web pages with 2-D animation and interactive games and multimedia presentations using software such as Macromedia Flash. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM20530 OR GR20790
This is an intermediate course designed to further the student’s black and white photographic skills. By manipulating film exposure and development, the student will learn how to create excellent and expressive black and white prints. The student’s exploration and understanding of the photographic medium will be guided by specific set assignments, demonstrations and group critiques. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: PH10130 OR PH10350
This course introduces students to the fundamental terminology, concepts, and techniques of digital photography. It focuses on the principles of using color, composition, lighting, and other techniques for overall thematic and visual effects of photographic images. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM10210 OR GR10471 OR AD10231 OR PH10111
This course is designed to change on a regular basis. It looks at a specific area of creativity related to photography and design and will give students an opportunity to look at this area in-depth. Students will learn through lecture, field trips, hands-on experience and experimentation and will create a final project in the specific area. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: PH20710 and earned a minimum of 120 credits OR Academic Director Approval