Graphic Arts Courses

INTRODUCTION TO PRINTING TECHNOLOGY

0.5 credits

This is a course designed to provide an introduction to careers in the graphic arts field. The emphasis of this course is to provide students with exposure to a variety of career choices such as desktop publishing, graphic design, pre-press, offset lithography, bindery and screen printing. Students will be able to sample some of the operations of the graphic arts industry while working on various printed projects. (Preference will be given to 10^th grade students.) This course will be offered in the second or third quarter.

INTRODUCTION TO SCREEN PRINTING

0.5 credits

This 9 week course will give students exposure to screen printing techniques. As an exploratory course, students will learn the basic process of creating artwork, screen preparation, printing of various projects, and different applications of the process. It is the intention of the course to give students skills and hands on experience with the actual production of screen printed projects. (Preference will be given to 10^th grade students.) This course will be offered in the second or third quarter.

INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

0.5 credits

This 9 week course introduces students to digital photographic equipment, theory and processes. Students will learn camera operation, composition, computer photo manipulation and creative expression. Students will also learn file saving, sharing and PDF conversion, negative scanning and manipulation as well as photo scanning and restoration. (Preference will be given to 10^th grade students.) This course will be offered in the first quarter or fourth quarter. (This course satisfies the .5 credit Fine Arts graduation requirement.)

GRAPHIC DESIGN 11

2 credits

The Graphic Arts program is designed to give the student the opportunity to learn skills needed in order to enter a post-secondary college or enable them to enter the job market with entry level skills. The student will learn desktop publishing, design, layout, process camera work, press, and bindery. He/she will become familiar with and operate equipment related to the printing industry. (This course satisfies the .5 credit Computer Literacy graduation requirement.)

GRAPHIC DESIGN 12

2 credits

This course is designed to allow the second year student to learn the finer parts of the graphic arts industry by working on every day printing projects generated by the city and schools. The student will learn two-color printing and the production of halftones in the camera area. During this second year, the student will be able to choose which particular career path that he/she wishes to pursue. The emphasis will then be put upon qualifying them so they may attain the experience necessary in order to enter the job market with entry level skills. (College credit may be available for this course. For more information, contact the CTE Office)

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