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Regular Semester Classes
GRAP 1010
Introduction to Desktop Publishing & Printing
 3 Credit Hours
Desktop publishing and graphic arts printing production processes, materials, and equipment. Laboratory experiences support lecture/theory content.
GRAP 2030
Desktop Publishing for Printing Applications
 3 Credit Hours
Electronic page layout and image generation using desktop software. Laboratory experiences support lecture/theory content. Prerequisite: Grap 1010
GRAP 2031
Electronic Publishing Systems
 3 Credit Hours
Electronic publishing systems as applied to both print and digital distribution. Typography as related to digital image generation. Laboratory experiences support lecture/theory content. Not available for those with credit in Grap 2022 (previous catalogs). Prerequisite: Grap 2030
GRAP 2032
Imaging Technology for the Graphic Arts 		3 Credit Hours
Investigation of photographic and electronic technology used to produce line, halftone and color separation negatives/positives for printing processes. Laboratory experiences support lecture/theory content. Prerequisite: Grap 1010
GRAP 4038
Principles of Color Reproduction
 3 Credit Hours
Technical aspects of process color reproduction; includes color theory, ink evaluation, densitometry, tone reproduction, printing characteristics, color correction, gray balance, color separation, and proofing. Laboratory experiences support lecture/theory content. Prerequisite: Grap 2032
GRAP 2610
Principles of Multimedia
 3 Credit Hours
Production & organization of materials for multimedia. Students will gain experience in creating interactive presentations for business, classroom, & world wide web use. A lab fee will be assessed to cover the cost of supplies. Prerequisite: 3 semester hours of course work utilizing microcomputers or other significant experience using Windows or Mac-OS.
GRAP 2620
Multimedia Applications I
 3 Credit Hours
Provides new media production techniques that will cover many of the intermediate to advanced tools that are currently used with constructing,
maintaining, and publishing a professional website. The class structure will be hands-on with lecture and independent practice of skills learned. Prerequisite: GRAP 2610
Summer Classes
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GRAP 4014
Introduction to Illustrator
 1 Credit Hour
Introduction to use and application of Adobe Illustrator for Macintosh. Study of Illustrator tools and drawing and manipulating shapes and paths. Lab supports lecture/theory content.
GRAP 4014
Advanced Illustrator
 1 Credit Hour
Advanced techniques in the use and application of Adobe Illustrator for Macintosh. Study of advanced Illustrator tools and use of filters and transforming text and graphics. Lab supports lecture/theory and content.
GRAP 4014
Introduction to Photoshop
 1 Credit Hour
Introduction to Photoshop applications for those with little or no experience. Study of basic tools, palettes, and menus used for digital manipulation of electronic imagery. Experiences using Macintosh computers support course content. Empty zip disk required the first day.
GRAP 4014
Advanced Photoshop
 1 Credit Hour
Introduction to Photoshop applications for those with little or no experience. Study of basic tools, palettes, and menus used for digital manipulation of electronic imagery. Experiences using Macintosh computers support course content. Empty zip disk required the first day.
GRAP 4014
Intro. to Dreamweaver
 1 Credit Hour
An introduction to the use and application of Macromedia Dreamweaver for Macintosh for those with little or no prior experience to the program. Study of software basics and the use of tools, palettes & menus used for developing HTML-based web pages. Experience using Macintosh computers support course content.
GRAP 4014
Advanced Dreamweaver
 1 Credit Hour
Advanced techniques in the use and application of Macromedia Dreamweaver for Macintosh. Study of advanced features and dynamic HTML. Laboratory experiences support lecture/theory content. Prerequisite: Introduction to Dreamweaver or equivalent experience.
GRAP 4014
Intro. to Flash
 1 Credit Hour
An introduction to the use and application of Macromedia Flash for Macintosh for those with little or no prior experience to the program. Study of software basics and the use of tools, palettes & menus used for developing animated, vector-based web content. Experience using Macintosh computers support course content.
GRAP 4014
Advanced Flash
 1 Credit Hour
Advanced techniques in the use and application of Macromedia Flash for Macintosh. Study of animation techniques, tweening, importing and methods of creating interactivity. Laboratory experiences support lecture/theory content. Prerequisite: Introduction to Flash or equivalent experience.
GRAP 4014
Web Page Planning
 1 Credit Hour
An introduction to planning and production of web pages using HTML. Laboratory experiences support lecture/content theory. Experience using Macintosh computers support course content.
GRAP 4014
Preflighting
1 Credit Hour
An introduction to tools and practices used for building and preflighting more efficient files for successful output. Experience using Macintosh computers support course content. Knowledge of desktop publishing and of printing terms also preferred.
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