Prepares students for careers with commercial printing companies, pre-press imaging companies, advertising agencies, and newspaper and magazine offices.
Students participate in work-based learning activities.
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.
This program is approximately five quarters in length, depending on the time students need to satisfactorily complete all graduation requirements.
In addition to the program course requirements, students must also complete the general education requirements for the degree they seek to obtain. The two degree options in this program are the Associate of Applied Technology (AAT) or the Associate of Applied Science–T (AAS-T) the different requirements for each degree are listed below.
AAT Degree General Education Requirements (15 credits): ENGL& 101 English Composition or CMST& (or higher). MAT 105
Math for Industrial Professions (or higher). PSYC& 100 General
Psychology or other social science or humanities class
AAS-T Degree General Education Requirements (20 credits): All AAS-T degrees must have a minimum of 20 credits of transferable general education. These credits replace the academic courses required for the AAT degree. Required credits include: 5 credits in Communication: ENGL& 101 or CMST& 220; 5 credits in quantitative reasoning: MATH& 141, MATH& 142, MATH& 146 or MATH& 151; 10 credits in social science, humanities or science: (choose two from the following) PSYC& 100, PSYC& 200, PSY 210, PSYC& 220, SOC& 101, ART&
101, MUS& 105, ASL& 121, BIOL 118, BIOL& 241, BIOL& 242, CHEM& 161, CHEM& 162, PHYS& 121, ECON 101, ECON& 201 or ECON& 202.
Admission Dates: Fall and Spring quarters.
AAT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
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GTC 110 |
Art, Design, & Visual Thinking |
5 |
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GTC 123 |
Macintosh Operations & Image Acquisition |
5 |
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GTC 130 |
Digital Imaging I: Photoshop |
5 |
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GTC 143 |
Electronic Publishing & Layout |
5 |
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GTC 149 |
Digital Imaging II: Photoshop |
5 |
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GTC 164 |
Prepress I |
5 |
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GTC 174 |
InDesign I |
5 |
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GTC 203 |
Preflight |
5 |
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GTC 210 |
Digital Imaging III: Photoshop |
5 |
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GTC 223 |
Prepress II |
5 |
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GTC 233 |
QuarkXPress |
5 |
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GTC 254 |
Capstone Class |
5 |
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GTC 264 |
Paper, Pricing & Estimating |
5 |
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GTC 276 |
InDesign II |
5 |
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MDP 171 |
Designing with Illustration Software |
5 |
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MDPW 246 |
Advanced Digital Illustration Software |
5 |
Subtotal 80
Select at least 20 credits from the following approved elective course list to fulfill degree requirements.
Elective Courses
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MDP 103 |
Fundamentals of Drawing |
5 |
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MDP 119 |
Digital Photography |
5 |
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MDP 133 |
Introduction to Dreamweaver I |
5 |
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MDP 231 |
Independent Study Project |
5 |
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MDP 239 |
Internship |
5 |
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MDPW 111 |
Web Development Languages I - XHTML & CSS |
5 |
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MDPW 123 |
Web Design Principles |
5 |
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MDPW 134 |
Web Animation I-Flash |
5 |
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MDPW 211 |
Web Animation II – Flash |
5 |
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MDPW 216 |
Open Source Development Tools - PHP I |
5 |
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MDPW 231 |
Databases for the Web – MySQL |
5 |
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MDPW 265 |
Emerging Technologies – Search Engine Optimization |
5 |
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MDPW 271 |
Graphic Design for the Web – Dreamweaver II |
5 |
Technical Course Requirements (Total) 80
General Education Requirements (See listing above) 15
Elective Credits 20
TOTAL CREDITS FOR COMPLETION OF AAT DEGREE 115
AAS-T PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
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Technical course requirements (Same as AAT) |
80 |
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General Education Requirements (See listing above) |
20 |
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Elective credits |
20 |
TOTAL CREDITS FOR COMPLETION OF AAS-T DEGREE 120
* Course assignments for summer are adjusted to accommodate a 9-week quarter.
