Graphic Design

Associate of Arts in Graphic Design

The Graphic Design program provides students acomprehensive foundation in design elements, design principles, typography,layout, branding, and motion graphics. The program is geared towards studentswho want to acquire fundamental skills in digital art technology, designaesthetics and design practice to enter the workforce, or transfer to aBachelor of Arts in Graphic Design.

Career Opportunities in Graphic Design include:

Graphic designer, Web designer, UI designer, Artdirector, Creative director, Marketing specialist, Software applicationsdesigner, Marketing content creator, Public relations designer, Multimediaartist, Commercial designer, Industrial designers, Mobile designer, UIDesigner, Social media designer, Publishing Designer.

Program Level LearningOutcomes

·     Create visual compositionsusing design skills with strong conceptual abilities. 

·     Communicatevisual ideas clearly, confidently in work, presentation, and writing. 

·     Apply thecreative process as a dynamic progression of research, speculation,experimentation, prototyping, critique and refinement. 

·     Develop basicbusiness practices to include freelancing strategies, portfolio creation andpromotion, and professional communication strategies.

Graphic Design Certificate of Achievement

Catalog Description 

The Graphic Design certificate provides students a comprehensive foundation in design elements, design principles, typography, layout, branding, and motion graphics. The program is geared towards students who want to acquire fundamental skills in digital art technology, design aesthetics and design practice to enter the workforce.

Career Opportunities in Graphic Design include:

Graphic designer, Web designer, UI designer, Art director, Creative director, Marketing specialist, Software applications designer, Marketing content creator, Public relations designer, Multimedia artist, Commercial designer, Industrial designers, Mobile designer, UI Designer, Social media designer, Publishing Designer.

1.    Enrollment andCompleter Projections

There is an average of20-30 Graphic Design majors at Chabot College, however because the program didnot align with UC and CSU many students did not continue toward the AA degree.Clarifying the courses sequence and the degree to include CID courses shouldincrease our completer projections to 5-8 students in the first three yearswith additional students completing the program thereafter.

The purpose of the Graphic Design Associate in Arts is to prepare students to enter the workforce as an entry level Graphic Design professionalor transfer to a Bachelor of Arts program in Graphic Design. The courseworkwill prepare students to enter the workforce prepared to do entry level designwork using skills obtained from the foundational courses in this program. Thesesame foundational courses will also prepare students interested in furtheringtheir education to transfer to a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design program with many foundational courses already completed.

The purpose of the Graphic Design Certificate of Achievement is to prepare students to enter the workforce as an entry level Graphic Design professional. The coursework will prepare students to enter the workforce prepared to do entry level design work using skills obtained from the foundational courses in this program. These same foundational courses will also prepare students interested in furthering their education.

The Graphic Design AA & Certificate of Achievement is designed to meet the professional standards for acquiring common body of knowledge and skills for professional practice in Graphic Design.  With the Graphic Design AA & Certificate of Achievement students are ready to work as professionals, and have mastered a broad range of conceptual, formal, and technological skills. Whatever educational or career paths students take, certain fundamental competencies have been acquired. This fits into Chabot College’s mission by preparing students to contribute to the intellectual, cultural, and economic vitality of the region.

Required Courses (18 units)	Graphic Design Electives          select 6-7.5 units from the following courses:
DIGM 1  Introductionto Digital Art, 3 units	ART 25 Color Theory, 3 units
or	PHOT 50 Introduction to Photography, 3 units
ART 23 2-D Foundations, 3 units	FILM 15 Introduction to Digital Filmmaking, 3 units
DIGM 2 Introduction to Graphic Design, 3 Units	DIGM11 Video Editing, 3 Units
DIGM 6A  PhotoCompositing, 3 units	DIGM 12A Motion Graphics, 3Units
DIGM 4A  Digital Illustration, 3 units	DIGM 7 Design and Layout, 3 Units
DIGM 5 Typography, 3 units	DIGM 8A Graphic Design Studio, 3 Units
DIGM 7 Design and Layout, 3 units	DIGM 8B Graphic Design Studio II, 3 Units
or	FILM 16 Digital Storytelling, 3 Units
DIGM 8A Graphic Design Studio, 3 units	FILM 12 Screenwriting and Storyboarding, 3 Units
	DIGM20 Digital Portfolio and Promotion, 1.5 Units
Total Units 24-25.5

General Education Courses (25 units)

For specific GeneralEducation courses refer to Chabot College catalog section on A.A. Graduation Requirements. 

GRAPHIC DESIGN COA

Required Courses (18 units)	Graphic Design Electives  Select 3-4.5 units from the following courses:
DIGM 2 Introduction to Graphic Design, 3 Units	ART 25 Color Theory, 3 units
DIGM 6A  Photo Compositing, 3 units	DIGM 12A Motion Graphics, 3Units
DIGM 4A  Digital Illustration, 3 units	DIGM 8B Graphic Design Studio II, 3 Units
DIGM 5 Typography, 3 units	DIGM20 Digital Portfolio and Promotion, 1.5 Units
DIGM 7 Design and Layout, 3 units
DIGM 8A Graphic Design Studio, 3 units
Total Units 21-22.5

This program will allow student garner foundational skills in Graphic Design.

There are a number of Graphic Design programs in the area that I have reached out to regarding our program. I have reached out to Mary Carke-Miller at Berkeley City College, Jong Govsky at Cabrillo College, Kevin Leeper and Diablo Valley College, the cte coordinator at Gavilian College, Jerri Nemiro at Hartnell College, Nathan Atkinson at San Francisco City College, Eve Page-Mathias at San Jose City College, Vera Fainshtein at San Mateo College, Amir Esfahania at Skyline College, and Jeff Rascov at West Valley College. I had a positive response from most of the individuals I contacted about my program because it already exists as part of our curriculum and our submission is not a new program but instead a substantial change to the existing program.