Graphic Tech: Graphic Design
Provides instruction in areas of graphic design and digital layout to prepare for entry-level positions as graphic designers or related positions in commercial printing companies.
Prepares the student for a career with prepress imaging companies, quick print and copy shops, in-plant shops, specialty printing companies, advertising agencies, and newspaper and magazine offices.
Innovations in computer technology continue to rapidly change and expand the field of graphic technologies. Therefore, the following courses of study may be subject to change in order to offer training based on current industry standards.
Included in this program are academic courses in communication, quantitative reasoning, and social sciences that provide knowledge and abilities upon which technical skills are built and personal development enhanced.
This program is approximately four quarters in length, depending on the time students need to satisfactorily complete all graduation requirements.
Admission Dates: Fall and Spring quarters
Program Requirements
Catalog No. | Course Name | Credits |
| Art, Design, & Visual Thinking | 5 |
| Macintosh Operations & Image Acquisition | 5 |
| Digital Imaging I: Photoshop | 5 |
| Electronic Publishing & Layout | 5 |
| Digital Imaging II: Photoshop | 5 |
| Prepress I | 5 |
| Intro to Vector-Based Illustration Software | 5 |
| InDesign I | 5 |
| Preflight | 5 |
| Digital Imaging III: Photoshop | 5 |
| QuarkXPress | 5 |
| Paper, Pricing, & Estimating | 5 |
| InDesign II | 5 |
| Web Design Principles | 5 |
| Web Animation I – Flash | 5 |
| English Composition (or higher) or CMST& 220 | 5 |
| Math for Industrial Professions (or higher) | 5 |
| General Psychology (or other social science or humanities course) | 5 |
Total Credits for Completion |
| 95 |
* Course assignments for summer are adjusted to accommodate a 9-week quarter.
*Elective courses may be taken or substituted for select program requirements of equal credits with the approval of the Instructor.
Elective Courses
Catalog No. | Course Name | Credits |
| Fundamentals of Drawing | 5 |
| Digital Photography | 5 |
| Graphic Design for the Web – Dreamweaver II | 5 |
| Web Development Languages I - XHTML & CSS | 5 |
| Web Animation II - Flash | 5 |
| Open Source Development Tools - PHP I | 5 |
| Databases for the Web – MySQL | 5 |
| Emerging Technologies – Search Engine Optimization | 5 |
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