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Jan 02, 2025
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GRDP 1061 - Graphic Design 2: Profession and Process Credits: 3 Hours/Week: Lecture 2 Lab 2 Course Description: This course introduces students to graphic design as a conceptual, visual, and commercial discipline. Topics include developing a visual vocabulary; exploring basic design elements and principles to solve communication problems; employing a creative design process to create principled designs that meet clients’ needs; and using common design and imaging software to produce items such as logos, brochures, posters, and magazine layouts. MnTC Goals None
Prerequisite(s): GRDP 1060 Corequisite(s): None Recommendation: Concurrently enrolled in GRDP 1015 , GRDP 1019 , and GRDP 1063
Major Content
- Presenting a finished product
- Articulating the needs of your client
- Examining the steps in the creative design process
- Designing several simple layouts
- Designing and printing using Adobe InDesign
- Learning about the graphic design profession
- Introducing students to the industry competencies and expectations
Learning Outcomes At the end of this course students will be able to:
- apply the formal elements and principles of design to projects that combine type, images and graphic elements in creative ways.
- complete and present their projects in a professional manner, meeting specified deadlines, and articulating how successfully they addressed their clients’ needs.
- use industry-standard software to conceptualize, design, print, and assemble a variety of standard design products.
- participate in a creative design process to develop and execute client-centered graphic design projects.
- differentiate between graphic design disciplines.
- describe graphic design career competencies and expectations.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6) None Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10) None
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