Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

GRDS 2200 Foundations in Graphic Design

This course offers fundamental skills relating to visual communication and digital literacy. The course introduces students to the field of design with design concepts and theories such as design thinking. Through studio projects, the students will become familiar with design as a creative, technical, and conceptual process. Students will use type, image, form & color to explore graphic design as a form of visual communication. Emphasis is placed on the design process and basic practices of critique and discussion.

Registration Name

Foundations in Graphic Design

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Prerequisite

None

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

  1. Ability to produce refined, sophisticated conceptual artwork that illuminates the subject and supports the content.
  2. Experiment with solutions, critically analyze the results of their own solutions, and make modifications.