Course Profile | ARTC 1302 8400
| Semester and year: | Spring 2009 |
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| Course number and section: | Look for ARTC 1302 8400 in the online schedule |
| Course Title: | Digital Imaging I |
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| Course Preview: | Digital imaging - using Adobe Photoshop, a raster image editing and/or image creation software. This course will provide the student with the knowledge and skills necessary to apply raster images to design and production problems in the visual arts and graphic design, and to use the computer as a medium to create images and design. |
| Textbooks and Other Course Materials: | 1: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book |
| Learning Outcomes: | 1: Knowledge of photo enhancement, retouching, special effects techniques 2: Identify terminology, advantages and limitations of image editing software; 3: iDistinguish bit-mapped resolutions for image acquisitions and output devices; |
| Evaluation Procedures: | The Purpose of this course is to develop the skills necessary to create manipulated images with concepts for visual communication, using photoshop as a tool. Equal emphasis will be placed on a good technical understanding of Photoshop, as well as, an aesthetic understanding of the imagery it creates.
Students will be graded on participation,timely completion of work; following instructions; creativity; and effort.
Point ranges for each grade:
A = 90-100B = 80-89 C = 70-79 D = 60-69 F = 0-59 |
| Attendance Policy: | There is no require attendance or strict monitoring of your participation. This is an online self-paced course allowing students to have access to the course materials via the Internet from a computer at home/work or in a lab - any time, day or night. This course combines self-study with instructor-guided instruction. Self-paced means you initiate your own level of mastery of the course content. The course material is designed to guide you but it is up to YOU to set your own learning goals. The course is set up into 4 units with specified but flexible deadlines to complete each unit project. |
Please note: This course profile is subject to change.