MACC Catalog #GRA 120
CIP # 100301
DATE: August 2015
Moberly Area Community College
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GRA 120 Graphic Arts II
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Catalog Description: GRA 120 Graphic Arts II (2-2-3)
Advanced image creation using Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign is covered in a series of production projects. Advanced projects include the layout of two-page and multi-page newsletter, large format ad layout, and other page layout techniques. A simulated production environment is created as students design project and use industry standards and procedures. Emphasis is placed on design and production of multi-color, single color, and spot color layouts.
Prerequisite: GRA 110 Graphic Arts I or instructor approval
Text: Bruno, Pocket Pal: Graphic Arts Prod. Handbook, 20th Edition, Signet Tn/Intl. Paper Publisher, ISBN: 978-0-7772-7161-2.
Lem, Graphics Master Eight, 8th, Edition, LEM Publisher, ISBN: 978-0-914218-15-9.
Other Required Materials:
Jump Drive/s, line gauge.
Purpose of Course:
Students will use Desktop Publishing software building on the basic tool that were used in Graphic Arts I. Each student will create page layouts, taking in to account, imposition, trims, bleeds. Process Color and PMS color selection will be used... Type standards of Post Script and True type will be used. The students will work with the software packages InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop learning advanced techniques of each program. Each student will be required to work with files and create Postscript, PDF and ASCII files using Acrobat Distiller, Matchprint RIP and ECRM RIP. Files will be formatted for various output devices.
Course Objective:
To use basic graphic arts terminology, use the advanced tools of the graphic arts software and create graphic arts files for various output devices.
Course Content:
The course will be project driven with students creating projects in assigned graphic packages using tools that were demonstrated in class. Written assignments will be given to assess terminology and processes. Students will use good design techniques in creating projects in the graphic arts packages. Use of advanced tools will be assessed by online and take home assignments. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the different printing processes by identifying products that were created using those processes. A field trip will be taken to a publishing facility to create a better understanding of print production. Production sequences will be identified by students by evaluation of printing products.
Statement to Connect Course with Technical Program Outcome Statement:
In compliance with MACC’s General Education outcomes, the student who successfully completes this course will be able to:
I. Demonstrate effective written and oral communication;
Assessment of Student Learning: All students are guaranteed a grade of no lower than an A if 90% or greater is earned as an overall course grade. The standard 90, 80, 70, 60 grade scale for grades of A,B, C, D will be used. Any student with an overall grade below 60 may receive a grade of F in the course. A curve may be applied to the overall grades of all students. The instructor reserves the right to make minor adjustments (+/-2%) based on improvement and consistency of effort. Approximately three exams will be given during the semester. Each exam will be worth 100 points. A final worth 100 points will also be given. All exams will be announced well in advance. Homework and quizzes will also be given. Exams will have written components and may have online components. Class time will be used for lecture/discussion and mini-lab activities. Student performance objectives will be distributed throughout the course. All examinations will cover the specified performance objectives. All tests will be well announced. Quizzes may be given either as announced or unannounced.
Program Assessment: The Graphic Arts Technology faculty continually strives to meet the needs of their students through program improvements. These improvements are a result of program assessment, and the consultation and advisement of the Graphic Arts advisory committee. In addition to the course assessments outlined in this syllabus, the objectives achieved in this course will also be an integral part of the Graphic Arts Technology program assessment. Students will be assessed on the mastery of course concepts and essential skills attained in this course during the capstone course, Graphic Arts Management.
Instructor Policies:
Attendance:
Any student who misses two consecutive weeks of class during a regular sixteen-week semester or the equivalent proportion of class time during a shorter session will be dropped from the class by the instructor unless acceptable justification is supplied. Additionally, any student who misses more than one-fourth of the entire number of in-seat class meetings in a regular 16-week semester or the equivalent proportion of class time during a shorter session, may be dropped from that class by the instructor if, in the opinion of the instructor, the student does not have reasonable opportunity to succeed in the class. A student’s attendance rate will be calculated based upon the first day of the semester (not the student’s date of enrollment in the course).
Student attendance must be defined in a different manner for online, hybrid, and virtual courses. Student attendance in these courses is defined as active participation in the course. Online, hybrid, and virtual courses will, at a minimum, have weekly mechanisms for student participation, such as any or all of the following methods:
a. Completion of quizzes or exams
b. Submission of assignments
c. Participation in threaded discussions
d. Communication with the instructor
A student who does not participate in an online, hybrid, or virtual course for two consecutive weeks will be dropped by the instructor unless acceptable justification is supplied. As with ground courses, a student’s attendance rate in online courses will also be calculated based upon the first day of the semester. If a student does not demonstrate active participation in the online course within the first two weeks (or the equivalent proportion of class time during a short session), the student will be dropped as “never attended.” Simply logging into an online class does not constitute active participation.
Students should be aware that their dropping a course and their last date of attendance in the course may impact their financial aid.
Tardiness:
Attendance will be taken within the first 5 minutes of class.
Make-up and late work:
No make-up work will be allowed except in extreme instances.
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Extra-credit may or may not be awarded.
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