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A required course for all Advertising Design and Graphic Arts students. Topics include creative user interface design and best workflow practice. Students will design a website using an XHTML template, and will develop design, typography and web programming skills. XHTML and CSS will be taught. Over the semester, you will: • Design and build an effective personal portfolio web site • Gain a solid foundation in current web markup languages (HTML & CSS) • Explore industry standards in layout design and functionality • Upload a fully operational site to a personal URL

A required course for all Advertising Design and Graphic Arts students. Topics include creative user interface design and best workflow practice. Students will design a website using an XHTML template, and will develop design, typography and web programming skills. XHTML and CSS will be taught. Over the semester, you will: • Design and build an effective personal portfolio web site • Gain a solid foundation in current web markup languages (HTML & CSS) • Explore industry standards in layout design and functionality • Upload a fully operational site to a personal URL

This course explores research and documentation for all media formats including text, images, sound, and multimedia. Students will explore information issues, especially in terms of their relevance today: how information is produced and organized in both traditional and emerging media, how information access is affected by political, economic and cultural factors, and the ethics of information use. Students will also acquire the practical skills of locating information sources in a variety of media and formats, critical evaluation of sources, and documentation and citation of traditional and emerging media and technologies. Students will apply what they learn to create and present research and documentation projects.

This course explores research and documentation for all media formats including text, images, sound, and multimedia. Students will explore information issues, especially in terms of their relevance today: how information is produced and organized in both traditional and emerging media, how information access is affected by political, economic and cultural factors, and the ethics of information use. Students will also acquire the practical skills of locating information sources in a variety of media and formats, critical evaluation of sources, and documentation and citation of traditional and emerging media and technologies. Students will apply what they learn to create and present research and documentation projects.

This course explores creative visual thinking and the importance of communication design. Students will experiment with image making techniques and learn to use graphic elements to communicate concepts and ideas.

This course explores creative visual thinking and the importance of communication design. Students will experiment with image making techniques and learn to use graphic elements to communicate concepts and ideas.