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CIS 194 - Layout Design III


Last Date of Approval: Fall 2021

3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 30
Total Lab Hours: 15
Course Description:
Students take design and composition to the next level building on earlier Layout Design classes. Students work on design projects from concept to finished product to gain insights and experience while exploring the challenges of designing posters, logos, magazine covers and more.

Prerequisites: GRA 176 , GRA 177  
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Layout Design I, Layout Design II

Mode(s) of Instruction: face-to-face

Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.

Course Fees: none

Common Course Assessment(s): none

Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Improved skills in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator.
  2. Improved knowledge of design principles, typography, colors.
  3. Have beginning knowledge of post-production (printing process, pagination, inks, resolutions, file formats, separations, etc.).
  4. Improved knowledge of the Macintosh operating system.

Course Objectives

  1. Students will be able to apply advanced techniques of InDesign (and other Adobe programs) to create a minimum of six design projects.
  2. Students will discuss, explain, and appropriately apply the terminology of advanced layout design.
  3. Students will be able to evaluate and discuss their classmates design work.



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