Graphic Design Today’s graphic designers must stay attuned to the rapidly changing image market. The following courses enable students to gain the tools and skills they need to be great designers. Learn how to execute design skills digitally through our courses in digital design, starting on page 8.
Graphic and Digital Design Certificate Can be completed online, on campus, or through a combination of online and on-campus study MAJOR CODE: GRDS
Required Courses: • Color Theory, Graphic Design I, and Digital Graphics w/Illustrator I OR Graphic/Digital Basic Core plus • Digital Imaging w/Photoshop I • Graphic Design History plus • Typography I, Digital Layout with InDesign, and one (1) digital or graphic design elective course OR three (3) digital 12
and/or graphic design elective courses
GRAPHIC DESIGN I Carmile Zaino A | 12 sessions | beg. Jan. 28 | Th 7-9:30 pm
Susan Mayer B | 12 sessions | beg. Jan. 30 | Sat 1–3:30 pm
Alisa Evdokimov X1 | 9 weeks | Jan. 25–Apr. 1
TBA X2 | 9 weeks | Mar. 7–May 16 Learn design fundamentals and concept development as they relate to typography, composition, and color. Discover what makes the difference between ordinary images and powerful, effective graphics. Strengthen your design communication skills and develop your style and vision as you transform your concepts into finished designs. Online section requires access to a scanner. 2 CREDITS PCGA 1005 $699
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GRAPHIC DESIGN II TBA
DESIGN STUDIOS GRAPHIC/DIGITAL DESIGN BASIC CORE Sally Herships, Etta Siegel
X1 | 9 weeks | Jan. 25-Apr. 1 Students develop their conceptual and technical skills through sessions in both a nondigital studio and a digital lab. They work on projects that incorporate research, illustrations, and graphics and represent a range of ideas—literal
A | 24 sessions | beg. Jan. 27 | W, F 7–9:50 pm
and abstract, metaphorical and symbolic.
Eduardo Ivan Rivera, Ira Robbins
Discussion of professional practices and class
B | 12 sessions | beg. Jan. 30 | Sat 10 am–12:50 pm
critiques strengthen students’ ability to present
In this introduction to visual communication
a total graphic concept. Prerequisite: Graphic
concepts and tools, you learn the fundamentals
Design I and working knowledge of Illustrator
of typography, graphic design, and layout as
and InDesign. 2 CREDITS
well as digital skills. Taught by two instructors,
PCGA 2121 $699
the class includes basic design and type exercises using Photoshop and Illustrator. Develop the essential design skills you need to produce graphics for print, advertising, corporate identity, and other media. Note: Certificate students must use the GRDS major code and follow all guidelines for certificate registration. See registration details for this certificate. PCGA 1000 $1,795
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
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