• Course Description    
    In this introductory Graphic Design course, students will enhance their creativity as they experience the occupation of a graphic designer by engaging in the process of designing—developing and presenting creative ideas that fit the parameters of a given job, including logos, business cards, and CD covers. Budding designers will cultivate their self-expression, building visual communication skills as they solve problems, manipulating hand tools and computer applications in the Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. Graphics students will leave high school equipped with the skills to compete in an expanding, innovation-driven, global economy—imagination, creativity, and problem-solving talent.

    Objectives
     Students will be able to...   

    • Use images to communicate ideas (visual communication skills).
    • Enhance conceptual problem-solving skills through regular creativity practice.
    • Recognize dedication and persistence as key ingredients in outstanding achievement. 
    • Express original ideas by pushing beyond the first solution (creativity).
    • Conceive and develop solutions from thumbnail sketches to final art. 
    • Implement basic design principles to construct graphic design projects.
    • Collaborate in teams to brainstorm and solve design problems.
    • Appreciate the value of entrepreneurship education.
    • Demonstrate basic proficiency with industry-standard graphics software.
    • Build a portfolio that represents your work in class (keep all work).
    • Appreciate what it takes to achieve success in the career world.



    2017-18 syllabus