Individual Classes and Course Descriptions

Course:  Visual Art and Design

            Grade Level:  9, 10, 11, 12

            Credit:  1 unit

            Prerequisite: 

            Fee:  Will be charged

                        This course provides a foundation in aesthetic concepts and applies these concepts to the visual art, design, printing, and the photography industry.  Course content provides the opportunity to acquire marketable skills by examining both the visual arts and design industry and its career opportunities.  Varying degrees of aesthetics are required, along with the ability to interpret many aspects of life and technology.

Course:  Graphic Design and Digital Imaging

            Grade Level:  11, 12

            Credit:  2 units

            Prerequisite:  Graphic Communications

            Fee:  Will be charged

This level of the graphic communications sub cluster covers the principles of design and general layout procedures. Content will cover electronic systems and software programs used in graphic design, page composition, image conversion, and digital printing.  Advanced knowledge and skill in graphic design and digital imaging will be enhanced in a graphic communication production laboratory facility through experiences, which simulate the graphic communications industry and school-based and work-based learning opportunities.

Course:  Graphic Communications Production

            Grade Level:  10, 11, 12

            Credit:  2 units

            Prerequisite:  Graphic Communications

            Fee:  Will be charged

This course, which is the second level of graphic communications, prepares students for work-related skills and advancement into graphic design and digital imaging and for gainful employment and/or entry into post-secondary education in the graphic communications industry. Content provides students the opportunity to acquire marketable skills in both theory and practical application.

 

Course:  Graphic Communications

            Grade Level:  10, 11, 12

            Credit:  2 units

            Fee:  Will be charged

This course is the first in a series that prepares students for gainful employment and/or entry into post-secondary education in the graphic communications industry. Content provides the opportunity to acquire marketable skills by examining both the industry and its career opportunities and by developing leadership, teamwork, and industry skills. Laboratory facilities and experiences simulate those found in the graphic communications industry.