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VCT 1061 - Graphic Design I

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
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): VCT 1060  
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. The creative design process
  2. Presenting a finished product
  3. Real Estate Flyer
  4. Articulating the needs of your client
  5. Tri-fold brochure
  6. Creating graphic elements
  7. Working with InDesign
  8. Typography and InDesign
  9. Digital images and InDesign
  10. Printing through InDesign

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. use industry standard software to design, create, print and assemble a variety of standard design products.
  2. participate in a creative design process to develop and execute graphic design projects.
  3. apply the formal elements and principles of design to projects that combine type, images and graphic elements in creative ways.
  4. complete and present their projects in a professional manner, meeting specified deadlines, and articulating how successfully they addressed their clients’ needs.
  5. complete and present their projects in a professional manner, meeting specified deadlines, and articulating how successfully they addressed their clients’ needs.

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


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