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TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

9th Grade: 10th Grade: GRAPHIC ARTS 2
Graphic Arts 1 Graphic Arts 1
Graphic Arts 2 Graphic Arts 2 (1 semester, .5 credit, Grades 10-12)
Woods Technology Advanced Graphic Arts Prerequisite: “B+” or better in Graphic Arts 1
Woodworking Technology 2 Woods Technology Meets Fine Arts requirement
Engineering Drawing 1 Woodworking Technology 2
Engineering Drawing 2 Advanced Woods The Graphic Arts II course will expand on the knowledge
Digital Video Production 1 gained in Graphics Arts I. The students will further their
Advanced Digital Video Technology knowledge in digital imaging and computer design.
Engineering Drawing 1 Students will also learn to create computer illustrations
Production Engineering Drawing 2 using Adobe Illustrator. The students will complete
Digital Video Production 1 advanced projects in the following areas: Computer
11th Grade: Advanced Digital Video Design using PhotoShop and Illustrator, screen-printing,
Graphic Arts 1 offset lithography, airbrush, and digital video. Students
Graphic Arts 2 Production will also be given a choice as to which areas they would
Advanced Graphic Arts 12th Grade: like to concentrate their studies. The class is primarily
Woods Technology Graphic Arts 1 “hands-on” in a laboratory setting, but the students are
Woodworking Technology 2 Graphic Arts 2 required to pass certain tests before working in the lab.
Advanced Woods Advanced Graphic Arts
Woods Technology Lab Fee: $30.00
Technology Woodworking Technology 2
Engineering Drawing 1 Advanced Woods ADVANCED GRAPHIC ARTS
Engineering Drawing 2
Digital Video Production 1 Technology (1 semester, ½ credit)
Advanced Digital Video Engineering Drawing 1 Prerequisite: “B+” or better in Graphic Arts 2
Engineering Drawing 2 Meets Fine Arts requirement
Production Digital Video Production 1
Advanced Digital Video

Production

GRAPHICS ARTS 1 This course is designed for the serious student who may
be thinking about a particular graphic arts field as a
(1 semester, .5 credit, Grades 9-12) career. The course is set up to run as a small business.
Meets Fine Arts requirement The department will accept orders for poster designs, t-
shirts, business cards, brochures, etc. The students are
The Graphic Arts I course serves as an introduction to responsible for meeting with the client and taking notes
the various fields of graphic arts. Students will learn the on the design. The students then work up a design
fundamentals of digital imaging including raster and proposal including printing costs. The students are
vector images and the various file types associated with responsible for completing the job and collecting the
each. The students will also learn the principles and money from the client. The course is developed around
elements of design. The students will apply their each individual student allowing a concentration in a
knowledge of digital imaging and design principles by particular area(s). The students will have the ability to
creating and editing various designs on the computer. modify course requirements to meet his/her individual
The students will complete lab projects in each of the needs.
following areas: computer design using PhotoShop,
offset lithography, screen-printing, airbrush, and digital Lab Fee: $30.00
video. The class is primarily “hands-on” in a laboratory
setting, but the students are required to pass certain
tests before working in the lab.

Lab Fee: $30.00

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