ARGD 2010. Graphics Survey. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: GRAPHICS SURVEY.
Prerequisite: ARST 1040 and ARST 1050 and ARST 1060 and ARST 1070 and ARST 1080.
Survey of graphic style from Victorian to Contemporary Digital. Exploration of visual problems through an introduction to typography, composition, color, and drawing for Graphic Designers.
ARGD 3010. Design Drawing Techniques. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: DES DRAW TECH.
Basic technical and perspective drawing, leading into felt marker illustration.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 3020. Electronic Design. 3 hours. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: ELECTRONIC DESIGN.
The Macintosh system and utilities with emphasis on page layout and illustration programs.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 3030. Typography. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: TYPOGRAPHY.
Principles of lettering, letter construction, and basic typography in relation to visual communication. Experience in lettering as it is used and reproduced today is a major component of this course.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 3040. Concepts in Design. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: CONCEPTS IN DESIGN.
Development of techniques to improve formulation of ideas and creative skills in design.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 3050. Illustration. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: ILLUSTRATION.
Stresses the importance of technique in a variety of media as the basis for solving design problems.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 3060. Layout. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: LAYOUT.
Beginning design of page layout for printed materials using symmetry and asymmetry to create compositions with type and image.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 3070. The History of Graphic Design. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: HIS OF GRA DES.
A comprehensive history of graphic design from antiquity until the present.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 3080. Internship in Graphic Design. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: INTERN GRA DES.
Entry-level experience working in commercial design office or advertising agencies.
Non-traditional format: Internship.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 3090. Photography For Graphic Design. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: PHOTO FOR GRAPHICS.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Explores the importance of photography as it relates to graphic design.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 3310. Techniques and Topics in Science Illustration. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: TNQ TOP SCI ILL.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Beginning through advanced techniques used in science illustration. The techniques will focus on pen and ink line as well as continuous tone illustrations. The topics will range from a beginning to advanced understanding of entomology, ornithology, herpetology, and human anatomy.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 3320. Design in Scientific Illustration. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: DSN SCI ILL.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
An investigation of illustration plate layout and design, working from a publisher's specifications, the production of illustrations for portfolio, business identity design, and business practices.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 3330. Color Techniques in Scientific Illustration. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: COLOR SCI ILL.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Development of skills, beginning through advanced, in color illustration using multiple techniques and for multiple audiences. An introduction into editorial, conceptual, and commercial design. Techniques include digital software Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Macromedia freehand, watercolor, airbrush, gouache, and color pencil. Subjects will include natural and medical science.
Offered fall semester every year.
ARGD 3340. Art Graphic Design Directed Study in Scientific Illustration. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: DIR STU SCI ILL.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Materials and methods used for scientific illustration in color and for the production of illustrations of professional caliber on specific subjects (entomology, archeology, etc.) for inclusion in a portfolio.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 4010. Graphic Design Reproduction. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: GRA DES REPRO.
A series of projects to acquaint students with the advantages and limitations of current printing technologies.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 4020. Environmental Graphic Design. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: ENVI. GRA. DES..
The design of graphic elements in the built and natural environment including informational signs and symbols, client identity, exhibit design and ornamentation systems.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 4030. Advanced Typography. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: ADV TYPOGRAPHY.
Functional communication utilizing creative manipulation of lettering, typography, images, and technical processes.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 4040. Advanced Illustration. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: ADV ILLUSTRATION.
Stresses the development of an individual visual style through in-depth exploration of a selected technique.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 4050. Calligraphy. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: CALLIGRAPHY.
Use of the fifteenth-century Humanist Hand and its italic variant, the Chancery Hand, and the familiarity with other historical calligraphic hands.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 4060. Advanced Layout. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: ADV LAYOUT.
Comprehensive design projects in book design, posters, and other printed material.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 4070. Three-Dimensional Graphic Design. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: 3-D GRA DES.
Comprehensive structural and graphic development of three-dimensional, promotional objects such as pop-ups, packaging, and displays.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 4080. Special Problems in Graphic Design. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 2-6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: SP PROB IN DESIGN.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Advanced research in graphic design media and techniques with application to a comprehensive project in visual communication.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 4090. Advanced Electronic Design. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: ADV ELEC DES.
Use of desk-top computer for image editing and related applications.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 4100. Graphic Design Business and Promotion. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: BUS AND PROMO.
Business practices in graphic design, including portfolio formats, personal promotion, resumes, contracts, and professional ethics.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 4110. Portfolio Project. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: PORTFOLIO PROJ.
A capstone course developing a comprehensive project of choice.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ARGD 4120. Informational Graphics, Signs, and Posters. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: INFORMATIONAL GRAPH.
Prerequisite: ARGD 3020 or permission of department.
Documenting informational graphics, signs, and poster designs in everyday life through digital photography. A series of projects focusing on concepts represented in a form which is thought provoking, challenging, or provocative. Graphics which transcend language and cultural differences will be explored. Traditional materials combined with vector- and raster-based image creation software will be used.
Non-traditional format: Field trips for shooting different locations.
ARGD 4130. Photography and Image Editing for Designers. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: PHO IMG EDIT DESIGN.
Prerequisite: ARGD 3020 or permission of department.
Investigating photographic expression and image creation through digital photography and raster-based (pixel) image creation software. Improving the concept or communication potential of imported and digitally created visuals through image editing software.