This one-semester course is intended as a practical, hands-on guide to help you understand graphic design concepts, graphic image creation, and image manipulation. It covers careers you can pursue in graphic design as well as training and skills required for a graphic designer. In addition, this course describes how to create images using color and typography and how to manipulate images and guides you how to create images using design elements and principles. Finally, this course covers copyright laws and ethics related to the use of graphic design.

This course covers the following material:

• Identify and assess the training and skills required for a career in graphic design and create a résumé.

• Describe DI concepts and the use of basic tools.  

• Describe the properties of color and apply color-balancing techniques and the effects of typography on a DI.

• Describe how to organize and store images.  

• Describe laws and ethics related to graphic design.  

• Create images using design elements and principles.  

• Describe how to create one-point and two-point perspective images.