Visual Communication Required Courses
VC 101 - Introduction to Visual Communications
Course description:
This course introduces graphic media principles and concepts. The course emphasizes the historical development and current uses and applications of the various visual and audio processes in digital media production. Course Offering: As needed.
Course availability: Spring & Fall
Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 3
VC102 – Design Principles and Elements
Offered: Fall and Spring
Prerequisite(s): VC125, VC126
Credits: 3
This course presents the use of the industry-standard vector image creation tools of Adobe Illustrator to produce graphics and typography for print and for the Web. Using Illustrator is profoundly necessary in digital graphics production.
VC125 – Photoshop
Offered: Fall and Spring
Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 3
This course will provide graphic artist students with basic knowledge ability to create effective graphic design.
VC126 – Illustrator
Offered: Fall and Spring
Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide students with fundamental knowledge and skills with the industry-standard raster image editing tools of Adobe PhotoShop to produce graphics for print and for the Web.
VC 131 - Desktop Publishing
Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): VC 102
Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide students with the basic knowledge and skills for desktop publishing (DTP). The application used in the course is QuarkXpress, an industry standard.
VC 141 - Web Design
Offered: Fall
Prerequisite(s): VC 102
Credits: 3
Students learn the basics of planning, constructing, testing, publishing, marketing and maintaining a web site in this course. They also learn to use Dreamweaver to actually design a web site.
VC 161 - Video I
Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 3
This course introduces the basic video production process including conceptualization, storyboarding, shooting and editing. Maximum class size limited to 12 students.
VC 172 - Imaging Concepts and Elements
Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 3
Because a picture is worth a thousand words, students learn what it takes to get the perfect picture in this course. This three-part course covers the tried-and-true techniques in capturing the right image from anyone’s camera, the different processes in digitizing it into the computer, and the various methods in manipulating it to anyone’s heart’s desire.
VC 292 - Project Management and Marketing Solutions
This course integrates all the skills and concepts acquired in the required 100 level courses.
Offered: Fall & Spring
Prerequisite(s): MK 123, MK 224, VC 101, VC 102, VC 125, VC 126, VC 131, VC 141, VC 161
Credits: 1-6