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2022-2023 Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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GRDP 2061 - Graphic Design 3: Concepts and Composition

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 2 Lab 2
Course Description: This course continues and builds upon the concepts and skills covered in Graphic Design 2: Process and Profession. Topics include; conducting research, generating ideas, and studying form and media to further enhance the student’s own visual communication language skills. Course activities emphasize visual problem-solving in a wide range of topics and a variety of media.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): GRDP 1061  
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: Concurrently enrolled in GRDP 2067  and GRDP 2069  

Major Content
  1. Refining the creative design process
  2. Finding visual relationships between disparate elements
  3. Making principled design decisions based on past decisions and client need
  4. Synthesizing design elements to fit different orientations and formats
  5. Designing more sophisticated layouts using visual perception theories and historical conventions
  6. Designing documents in a variety of formats and for a variety purposes

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:
  1. elucidate on the design choices they have made in light of their clients’ needs.
  2. design visual identity systems and collateral materials to be delivered via print and web.
  3. construct logical compositions based on proportion, visual hierarchy and historical precedent.
  4. articulate the needs of their client, communicate a plan of action, and present and explain their design solutions.
  5. synthesize a variety of research materials to adapt, inform and contextualize their own designs. 
  6. Identify the strengths, weaknesses, and usefulness of different design styles.
  7. design multipage and folding documents in a variety of formats.

Competency 1 (1-6)
None
Competency 2 (7-10)
None


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