AVCD 154 - Digital Imaging Foundation

Studies in creative problem-solving and the visual expression of ideas, with an emphasis on dynamic visual imagery in design. Areas of concern include: developing design process skills, aesthetics, the integration of image with typography, digital image manipulation and collage, and on enhancing technical skills for both raster and vector graphics. Lectures will cover contemporary and historic digital media artists and designers. This is a foundation course for Art, Graphics and Illustration, and Art Education majors. It should be taken second semester freshman year by Graphics and Illustration majors, and first semester sophomore year by Art and Art Education majors. This course is taken concurrently with AVCD 154L, Digital Imaging Foundation Lab.

Prerequisites & Notes
Course Codes: ACS. Prereq: ART*101 or permission of the Director of the Graphics and Illustration program. Coreq: AVCD*154L. Additional course fee required. Cross-listed with ART*154. Normal Offering Cycle: Fall and Spring

Credits: 3