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Eat Your Words Food and its con­nec­tion with iden­tity and cul­ture. This class is paired with Pro­fes­sor De­v­ers’ Eng­lish Com­po­si­tion 1, ENG 1101 as part of a learn­ing com­mu­nity. Stu­dents will use their writ­ing pro­jects from Eng­lish to ex­plore con­cepts of vi­sual lit­er­acy and vi­sual sto­ry­telling. Using the theme of food and cul­ture, stu­dents will ex­plore the cre­ative process and prin­ci­ples of de­sign. Ul­ti­mately stu­dents will be en­cour­aged to dis­cover new re­la­tion­ships be­tween ty­po­graphic form, space, and struc­ture with the con­tent from their own writ­ing pro­jects. In this course, stu­dents will learn con­cepts and ap­plied the­o­ries of dig­i­tal media and the two fun­da­men­tal graphic forms: raster and vec­tor dig­i­tal im­ages and will de­fine and de­scribe sim­i­lar and con­trast­ing fac­tors in each kind of image. The com­par­i­son will also rec­om­mend the best prac­tice, spec­i­fi­ca­tion or stan­dard for using a spe­cific form in a spe­cific ap­pli­ca­tion. The course will in­clude basic dig­i­tal imag­ing ter­mi­nol­ogy, and tech­niques in­clud­ing size, res­o­lu­tion, color space and file el­e­ments, mea­sure­ments and file for­mats. Stu­dents are in­tro­duced to dig­i­tal imag­ing con­cepts through soft­ware such as Adobe Pho­to­shop and Il­lus­tra­tor on the Mac­in­tosh op­er­at­ing sys­tem. Scan­ning and dig­i­tal pho­tog­ra­phy are in­te­grated into les­son plans.

Eat Your Words Food and its connection with identity and culture. This class is paired with Professor Devers’ English Composition 1, ENG 1101 as part of a learning community. Students will use their writing projects from English to explore concepts of visual literacy and visual storytelling. Using the theme of food and culture, students will explore the creative process and principles of design. Ultimately students will be encouraged to discover new relationships between typographic form, space, and structure with the content from their own writing projects. In this course, students will learn concepts and applied theories of digital media and the two fundamental graphic forms: raster and vector digital images and will define and describe similar and contrasting factors in each kind of image. The comparison will also recommend the best practice, specification or standard for using a specific form in a specific application. The course will include basic digital imaging terminology, and techniques including size, resolution, color space and file elements, measurements and file formats. Students are introduced to digital imaging concepts through software such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator on the Macintosh operating system. Scanning and digital photography are integrated into lesson plans.

The study and use of graphic com­mu­ni­ca­tion tools through un­der­stand­ing graphic el­e­ments and prin­ci­ples geared to the de­vel­op­ment of sen­si­tiv­ity to the na­ture of graphic re­la­tion­ships and their con­trol within a given frame­work. Find­ing so­lu­tions to prob­lems of ab­stract, con­cep­tual, ex­pres­sive and ap­plied char­ac­ter, with in­creas­ing aware­ness of the range of prop­er­ties of black and white and color. Iden­ti­fy­ing the char­ac­ter­is­tics, phys­i­cal prop­er­ties and psy­cho­log­i­cal ef­fects of black and white and of color for vi­sual ex­pres­sion and prac­ti­cal graphic ap­pli­ca­tion. photo: Prof. Rosen­blatt

The study and use of graphic communication tools through understanding graphic elements and principles geared to the development of sensitivity to the nature of graphic relationships and their control within a given framework. Finding solutions to problems of abstract, conceptual, expressive and applied character, with increasing awareness of the range of properties of black and white and color. Identifying the characteristics, physical properties and psychological effects of black and white and of color for visual expression and practical graphic application. photo: Prof. Rosenblatt