Graphic Design: Associate in Arts (Associate in Arts, 2017-2018)

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

1. Create visual communications for an intended message, from conceptual development to final artifact using a range of media, both traditional and digital, for final output both printed and digital.
2. Incorporate historic and contemporary design influences, both period and designer, in the creation of design solutions.
3. Implement appropriate typographic treatments for print and digital communications. This includes typesetting, legibility, and style as well as expressive communications.
4. Sketch and refine preliminary concepts for traditional and digital outcomes as well as conceptual ideation.
5. Illustrate fundamentals of design through the development of both traditional and digital applications.
6. Apply color theory to the creation of digital and traditional design solutions, including color correction and developing intended emotive reactions.
7. Utilize current graphic design terminology and methodology as a basis for discussing and evaluating works of design, both student and professional.
8. Construct vector and raster files for use in print, motion and digital outcomes.
9. Develop digital work environments and appropriated file formats for saving work as well as for distribution of final output, prepare for print or file transfer.
10. Utilize current industry software and equipment.
11. Develop and present a portfolio of projects for use in seeking an entry-level position or transfer to a four-year degree program.