Curriculum C248C - Formerly Visual Communication

Offers students an opportunity to acquire specific skills in the diverse industry of Visual Communication including Graphic Design and Graphic Arts. The Associate's degree program provides background in basic layout, design, typography and production design techniques for print, Web and multimedia. Computer skills are developed as a design, communication and production tool using software, including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Quark XPress, Flash, Dreamweaver and others to meet the needs of the industry.

Selected as one of the top 50 growing occupations, qualified individuals may find employment in advertising agencies, art departments, printing and media studios. Typical job titles include: Graphic Designer, Graphic Artist, Publishing Designer, Web Page Artist, Commercial Artist and Photo-Manipulation Artist.

Semester One			Credit Hours
	VIC 100	Graphic Design			3
#	VIC 101	Graphic Arts Production			4
	VIC 104	Computer Art I			3
	VIC 121	Introduction to Quark InDesign			4
#	RHT 101	Freshman Rhetoric & Composition I			3
17
Semester Two
	SPE 101	Principles of Effective Speaking			3
	VIC 142	Introduction to Illustrator			3
	VIC 161	Introduction to Photoshop			3
	VIC 172	Web Page Design			3
#	VIC 202	Graphic Design Typography			4
16
Semester Three
#	VIC 221	Advanced Quark/InDesign			4
#	VIC 242	Advanced Illustrator			4
	VIC 261	Advanced Photoshop			4
#	VIC 272	Advanced Web Page Design or
	VIC 273	Introduction to Flash Animation			3
		General education/Humanities			1
	HTH 104	Science of Personal Health or
	HTH 281	First Aid & CPR			2
18
Semester Four
#	VIC 231	Production for Design			4
	VIC 280	Print for Design			4
#	VIC 282	Portfolio Design			4
	SSC 190	Contemporary Society or
	PSC 150	American National Politics or
	HIS 151	History of the U.S. to 1877			3
		General education/Mathematics and/or Science			3
18
		Total credits required for graduation		69

Coordinator: Lorette Dodt, Ext. 3519

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