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TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

9th Grade: 10th Grade: GRAPHIC ARTS II
Graphic Arts 1 Graphic Arts 1
Graphic Arts 2 Graphic Arts 2 (1 semester, ½ credit, meets HHS fine art requirement,
Industrial Design 1 Advanced Graphic Arts Grades 9-12)
Industrial Design 2 Industrial Design 1
Engineering Drawing 1 Industrial Design 2 The Graphic Arts II course will expand on the knowledge
Engineering Drawing 2 Advanced Woods gained in Graphics Arts I. The students will further their
Digital Video Production 1 knowledge in digital imaging and computer design.
Advanced Digital Video Technology Students will also learn to create computer illustrations
Engineering Drawing 1 using Adobe Illustrator. The students will complete
Production Engineering Drawing 2 advanced projects in the following areas: Computer
Digital Video Production 1 Design using PhotoShop and Illustrator, screen-printing,
11th Grade: Advanced Digital Video airbrush, and digital video. Students will also be given a
Graphic Arts 1 choice as to which areas they would like to concentrate
Graphic Arts 2 Production their studies. The class is primarily “hands-on” in a
Advanced Graphic Arts 12th Grade: laboratory setting, but the students are required to pass
Industrial Design 1 Graphic Arts 1 certain tests before working in the lab.
Industrial Design 2 Graphic Arts 2
Advanced Woods Advanced Graphic Arts ADVANCED GRAPHICS
Industrial Design 1
Technology Industrial Design 2 (1 semester, ½ credit, meets HHS fine arts requirement,
Engineering Drawing 1 Advanced Woods Grades 10-12)
Engineering Drawing 2
Digital Video Production 1 Technology This course is designed for the serious student who may
Advanced Digital Video Engineering Drawing 1 be thinking about a particular graphic arts field as a
Engineering Drawing 2 career. The course is set up to run as a small business.
Production Digital Video Production 1 The department will accept orders for poster designs, t-
Advanced Digital Video shirts, business cards, brochures, etc. The students are
responsible for meeting with the client and taking notes
Production on the design. The students then work up a design
proposal including printing costs. The students are
GRAPHICS ARTS I responsible for completing the job and collecting the
money from the client. The course is developed around
(1 semester, .5 credit, meets HHS fine art requirement, each individual student allowing a concentration in a
Grades 9-12) particular area(s). The students will have the ability to
modify course requirements to meet his/her individual
The Graphic Arts I course serves as an introduction to needs.
the various fields of graphic arts. Students will learn the
fundamentals of digital imaging including raster and Note: Students may take course more than once and
vector images and the various file types associated with continue to build their video production skills. A
each. The students will also learn the principles and specialized curriculum will be developed in coordination
elements of design. The students will apply their with the student for students that repeat the course.
knowledge of digital imaging and design principles by
creating and editing various designs on the computer.
The students will complete lab projects in each of the
following areas: computer design using PhotoShop,
screen-printing, airbrush, and digital 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.

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