Graphic designers are visual communicators who combine color, composition, typography, and illustration in creative, innovative ways to inform, motivate, sell, educate or entertain. Advertisements, brochures, corporate identity programs, product packaging, video graphics, computer imagery, signs and exhibits are all created by graphic designers to communicate visually. This course will provide students with the opportunity to utilize state-of-the-art technology to further develop their own graphic design skills.

Applications available for student use will include: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign2, Painter7, Fireworks, Flash, and other products used in print, digital video, and Web design. In addition, students will have access to color printers, scanners, graphics tablets and digital cameras.

Examples of related occupational areas are: Production Artist; Graphic Designer; Layout Artist; Illustrator; Web Graphic Designer; Digital Graphic Designer; Desk-top Publisher; Multimedia Designer; Animator; Digital Video Production Developer; Video Game Designer.

Recommended Grade Level: 9 -12

Students will be expected to write, document, modify and successfully execute computer programs. Emphasis will be placed on analyzing a problem, developing a plan for the solution, and then using structured programming techniques to write a program.

Languages available for student use will include: Java, Visual BASIC and Visual C++.

Examples of related occupational areas are: Applications Developer; Systems Analyst; Programmer Analyst; Software/Application Support; Operating Systems Specialist; Web Developer; Software Engineer.

Recommended Grade Level: 9 -12