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GD120 Graphic Design I

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  • CRN: 20064
  • Credits: 3
  • Locations, days, times, and instructors:
    • Hillsboro HC H105, Monday and Wednesday, from 11am to 1:50pm
      From April 1 through June 12, 2024, Kate A Simon

Class materials

Textbooks

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Details about this class

GD120 is an Introduction to Graphic Design and is the first course in the Graphic Design program. Instruction will center on the design process and hand skills. Adobe CC applications (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign) will not be used until later Graphic Design courses.

MATERIALS: Students will be investing in several of the tools they will use in the next 2 years of instruction and beyond. The Materials Kit can be purchased at the Rock Creek bookstore or you can purchase items on your own. Materials will be discussed during the course introduction on the first day of class.   Tools/materials kit: $230 – $240.

TEXTBOOK: GD120 ǀ Introductory Graphic Design: Working With Foundation Elements and Principles, Study Guide and Workbook by Linnea Noreen Gruber; 1st edition © 2015; ISBN 9781-9141918-7.   Book: $46 – $50 (new)

Both the Materials Kit and textbook can only be purchased through the Rock Creek bookstore.

 

Technology

There is no additional technology required for this class.

No show policy

Your instructor can mark you as a "no show" if you do not participate in your class during the first week. This will remove you from the class.

Students with disabilities

Students with disabilities should notify their instructor if accommodations are needed to take this class. For information about technologies that help people with disabilities taking Online based classes please visit the Disability Services website.