25 courses with the subject VSCM, 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.
VSCM 100Computer Imaging I3.0
This course explores current potentials, limitations, and issues related to use of computer software for design applications. Projects include graphics creation and manipulation; image acquisition, creation and manipulation; text creation and manipulation; typography; input and output options and control; hardware/software/system fundamentals; and troubleshooting.
This course focuses on the concepts, issues and techniques related to the design of Websites. Emphasis is on the design and hierarchy of a website. Students will utilize HTML, XHTML, basic JavaScript, dynamic HTML, and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills.
Continues VSCM 220. Increases the complexity and scope of the art direction and design for web graphics. Students will focus on professional quality web pages using dedicated software that adheres to current industry standards.
Continues VSCM 221 and increases the complexity and scope of the art direction and design for web graphics. Students will focus on professional quality web pages using dedicated software that adheres to current industry standards.
Continues VSCM 230. Covers corporate identity and explores logo development using the pictoral mark, typographic solution, and abstract interpretation as symbols of identity.
Examines problems in graphic design on the relationship between designer and client, including solving specific situations of image-making with emphasis on the total identity of an organization, firm, or publication. Involves extensive exploration of color and imagery. Studio.
Uses the history of type as the backdrop for the introduction to the art and craft of conventional through state-of-the-art typesetting as well as the creative and extraordinary use of type. Focuses on the letter, word, and sentence. Studio/lecture.
Continues VSCM 240. Broadens the scope to deal with the paragraph and the typeset page, with increased attention to the importance of subtleties and refinements. Explores the differing requirements of type in relationship to pictorial images.
This course focuses on the concepts, issues and techniques related to the design of Websites. Emphasis is on the design and hierarchy of a website. Students will utilize HTML, XHTML, basic JavaScript, dynamic HTML, and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills.
This course focuses on techniques and methods of advanced problem solving and exploration of extended identity systems. Students learn to analyze conceptual and contextual relationships pertinent to any visual communication assignment.
This course focuses on information graphics, including signage, environmental graphic design, and exhibit design. Information graphics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge. These graphics present complex information quickly and clearly. Studio.
Typography III concentrates on the exploration and management of large blocks of text in specific design problems. Special emphasis will be placed on the style and readability of typographic treatments.
The 12-day program is open to all University students and entails a collaboration between Drexel students and Tamagawa students in Japan as well as at Drexel (Philadelphia). In Japan, students will survey and experience the true Japan by visiting exceptional sites that exemplify the old and the new world of Japanese culture and life. The trip will balance visits between the everyday/industries and cultural sites/museums to capture a comprehensive understanding of the Japanese “IKI.” In Philadelphia, each group (made of Tamagawa and Drexel students) will conduct on-site research in historical and cultural venues and neighborhoods. Students will learn about immigration history, changing cultures over generations, and the challenges that diverse communities face.
VSCM 350[WI] Graphic Design: 20th Century and Beyond3.0
Concentrates on impact and significance of the graphic design profession in society through the history and movements of the profession and the work of 20th-century masters of visual communication. Students will analyze conceptual and contextual relationships and develop greater awareness of stylistic content and its relevance to the culture.
Weekly visits to studios of various design disciplines such as small graphic design offices, environmental graphic design firms, advertising agencies, book and magazine publishers, and website developers. A written report is due at the end of the term.
This course concentrates on exploring alternative formats and unique delivery systems for the transfer of information. Special emphasis is placed on developing appropriate imagery for the defined readership, formatting, the use of a comprehensive grid system and the development of a wayfinding system for the publication. The course will build a greater awareness of proportion, readability and information transfer, and will reinforce the use of color as a visual communication tool.
Continues VSCM 333. Explores three-dimensional graphic design processes and techniques for communication, including problems of scale, material, form, and function. Emphasizes package design. Includes point-of-purchase design. Studio.
Investigates design of books, from their pre-Gutenberg origins to contemporary technology of design, binding, paper, and finishing. Includes multiple page formats, production grids, and sequential images. Lecture/studio.
Covers running a design office, including basic contracts, fee structures, and the design process. Explores types of design offices; working with suppliers, printers, photographers, and illustrators; scheduling; resumes and portfolios; taxes; and marketing of graphic design services. Lecture/field work.
An exploration for the subtleties that distinguish excellence in graphic design print, web and motion venues. Selections include: Advanced Typography and Electronic Portfolio.
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VSCM
Credits (min)
3
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3
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Repeatable
Can be repeated 3 times for 9 credits Prerequisites: VSCM 340 [Min Grade: D]
An exploration of advanced media development in Graphic Design as relevancy and currency demands. Selections include: Illustration I and II and Bookmaking.
Subject
VSCM
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Type
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Repeatable
Can be repeated 3 times for 12 credits Restrictions: Can enroll if major is GRDS.
Requires each student to define a problem and set a goal and strategies, develop a concept, and carry out a solution. Divides time among research, design, thematic development, and final presentation. Requires instructor approval of study.
