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Discipline: Arts - CEA: Graphic Design & Illustration Unit
Course Name Course Number
Conceptual Illustration ARTC 169
  • Students will present a portfolio representative of their ability to communicate visually through illustration demonstrating the use of composition, contemporary art trends, and cultural, social, and visual language.
Creative Design and Compositing ARTC 220
  • Produce realistic-looking Photoshop composites.
Design: Two Dimensional ARTD 20
  • Use value to describe form and express light logic.
  • Use the formal elements, principles of design, and principles of gestalt to create well-designed studio projects in achromatic value and color.
  • Perceive and interpret the 3-D world through contour line drawings.
  • Identify, evaluate, discuss, and use the formal elements and principles of design and forms of compositional structure.
  • Students will accurately identify three different spatial devices
  • Students will be able to identify the three basic types of balance/symmetries.
  • Students completing an assignment in Area C (Arts) courses will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression.
  • Two-Dimensional Design students will be able to list all of the elements and principles of design by the eighth week of the semester.
  • Use historic and current forms of abstraction in the visual arts.
  • Perceive and demonstrate the relationship of hues to the conceptual pigment color wheel by mixing, analyzing, appraising, and identifying color correct swatches for
  • Perceive and demonstrate the relationship of color complements by mixing, analyzing and appraising complementary tones (chromatic grays).
  • Perceive and demonstrate the relationship of color to value by mixing, analyzing, and appraising monochromatic tints and shades relative to the achromatic value scale.
  • Make use of critical thinking (reading, writing, listening, speaking, observing and assessing) skills elemental to the problem solving of design and the visual arts.
  • Recognize, analyze and interpret the expressive and creative qualities of art media in a work of art as it affects elementary compositional decisions.
  • Differentiate preferential, factual, and judicious thinking elemental to solving problems in design and visual arts.
Dynamic Sketching ARTC 163
  • Students will present a sketchbook portfolio representing a breadth of sketching techniques and represented by a minimum of 65 completed pages.
  • Students will be able to apply 3-dimensional and freehand perspective techniques to sketching.
  • Students will demonstrate compositional integrity in the application of sketching concepts and techniques.
  • Students will demonstrate the ability to apply light logic and tone to form and texture in sketches.
  • Students will demonstrate synthesis in the use of line, shape, volume, light, and texture in quick-sketch.
Fundamentals of Graphic Design ARTC 100
  • ARTC 100 students will produce composites in Photoshop using effective selection techniques and non-destructive editing.
Graphic Design Internship ARTC 299
  • Self-assess knowledge and skills gained though the work experience.
Illustration ARTC 165
  • ARTC 165 students will be able to describe the history of illustration and its application to various fields.
  • Create original illustrations that interpret the visual world.
  • Describe the history of illustration and its application to various disciplines.
  • Develop skill in the use of tools and materials, which are common to the field.
  • ARTC 165 students will be able to demonstrate the ability to evaluate peer work via written critiques.
  • Discuss, analyze, and evaluate personal and professional illustration projects in both written and oral critiques.
  • Synthesize the formal art elements and principles of design with illustration skills and techniques in varying pictorial formats that range from simple to complex.
Motion Graphics, Compositing and Visual Effects ARTC 272
  • Produce motion graphics that meet industry creative standards.
Portfolio ARTC 290
  • Create a professional-quality, online portfolio.
Print Design and Advertising ARTC 120
  • Prepare digital files for print.
Typography ARTC 160
  • Employ appropriate methods and technology to produce original letterforms and type styles.
Vector Design and Illustration ARTC 140
  • Design and produce information graphics.
Visual Development ARTC 167
  • Students will present a visual development portfolio representing the successful application of the synthesis of story, style, character, location, emotion, symbology, and composition.
Web Design ARTC 200
  • Design effective web site prototypes.
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