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ARTS111 Graphic Design 1

10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation Computer laboratory classes, lectures, tutorials and small-group practice.

This unit introduces students to computers, including hardware, software and design applications as they are used in the graphics and media industry. The range of software programs applied to project-based exercises will include image manipulation, typography, photographic enhancement and desktop publishing applications. An understanding of the content and context of contemporary graphic design practice will be examined in relation to the exercises completed by the student, and will be enhanced by concurrent studies in art and design history and theory.