ART 5450 - Graphic Design III

Goals: To demonstrate and apply a professional understanding of formal principles, software skills, and project development skills: idea generation, sketching, refinement, project planning, and timely completion of projects. To build advanced projects in an environment of peer review and critique.

Content: This is a studio-based project course in which students apply and expand their knowledge of design, typography, and production techniques to produce a portfolio of designed artifacts. The course combines seminar, critiques and lab production. It includes extensive development of design skills through critiques, practice articulating design concepts through peer evaluation, and the application of effective design strategies.

Taught: Annually

Prerequisite: DMA 3450, grade of C- or better

Credits: 4