10 courses with the subject GAD, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
GAD 1200Studio Art for the Graphic Artist3
Students will learn the principles and elements of art. They will learn techniques and processes to translate ideas into form coupling graphic and studio art-based concepts. The paint brush and stylus will be used to create the same image on screen and canvas. Students will also employ the stages of the artistic process to develop creative problem-solving skills. A vocabulary for participating in critiques will be introduced. Topics include color, form, space, line, pattern, rhythm, balance, perspective, and abstraction. PREREQUISITE: None
GAD 1212Graphic Design I: Typography and Web Design3
This first of a four-course progression in Graphic Arts and Design, this course will offer students graphic design theory, composition, and production skills. Proficiency with the industry standard software tools of Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign. Students will learn the fundamentals of designing communication materials, including effectively conveying messages with typography, images, and symbols; logo and web design; branding and visual identity. Students will create communications pieces that promote themselves as well as benefit the AIC community. PREREQUISITE: None
This course will familiarize students with the theory and operation of Digital press. The technical components of these presses will be detailed emphasizing the advantages and limitations of the process, enabling the student to maximize their design capabilities. Printing substrates will be presented in detail along with color matching systems. PREREQUISITE: None
This course is an introduction to 3D, screen and vinyl printing. Student designed activities are supported by exercises that provide quality and control for printing process. Emphasis of the course is centered on establishing repeatability of the printing process by controlling variables; photographic stencil systems; single and multiple color image design, conversion assembly and transfer; multidimensional work, sheet-fed manual, and flat substrate printing applications of simple and complex close register line images.
This course will present aspects of the packaging industry and the array of materials and processes used in the design and production of packaging for consumer goods. Lectures will include the fundamentals of package construction, graphic design and production and the package's relationship to the product itself. Projects will incorporate design concepts, layout execution, and preparation of production art for specialty packages. PREREQUISITE: GAD3412
GAD 4412Graphic Design IV: Color Management and Reproduction with lab4
This fourth course in the four-course progression in Graphic Arts and Design, will begin by exploring some of the many fascinating aspects of color, including the nature of light and 246
This lecture course covers the rendering of images for illustration. Students will learn the techniques of drawing with a computer. Topics discussed will include visual composition, form, space, perspective, color, and modern art history, as well as Postscript and EPS format. Students will also engage in exercises and projects using the Adobe programs Illustrator vector-based drawing program and the Adobe Acrobat PDF program. PREREQUISITE: Senior Status or permission of the instructor.
This supervised work experience will offer the students the opportunity to work for a professional entity. The semester prior to taking this course, students, with the help of faculty and staff will secure internship placement. Students must complete 126 hours of work for a professional entity across the semester in which they take this course. Students will set internship goals and will be assessed on those goals four times, week 5, mid-term, week 11and final. This course will meet once weekly to prepare for assessments and to share effective ways to best manage the internship experience. At the completion of the internship, students will present their accomplishments as part of a weeklong internship event. PREREQUISITE: Junior/Senior Status. COREQUISITE: BAS4899
