Visual communications & Technology Degree

Core Courses

Core Courses are designed to provide industry requests for employees that understand the fundamental methods and practices involved in visual communication.

Through the Core Course experience students gain foundation skills for advanced work in a area of specialization as well as an opportunity to develop and or augment their personal portfolios.

Core courses may be taken at any time they are offered and available and in any order as long as the required prerequisites for class entry are met.

Core Courses may be waived if a student provides either a transcript from an accredited college or university or a portfolio that demonstrates knowledge and skills covered in the course and in the course syllabus. Students choosing to waive a course must meet with an appropriate VCT faculty advisor and fill out a VCT waiver form. Waiving a course does not reduce the required amount of credits necessary to complete a degree.

Students who have completed required materials for a course should consider taking the course to develop a comprehensive body of work for portfolio purposes. In addition, software and the requirements of industry change continuously making updating of what had previously been a satisfactory skill set a necessity.

Courses on the provided planning sheets are for reference only. All Art/VCT degree course requirements are reviewed and updated regularly. Please see an Art/VCT faculty advisor for
up-to-date information and requirements.

 

 VCT Foundation Requirements:
Required for all Students.
In addition to these courses students choose a major or specialized course of study.
Business and Communications
BusAd 120 Marketing
MusTc 105 Multimedia Rights and Methods
Art / Design
ART 109 Design
VCT 101/ART 205 Graphic Design I: Typographic Design
Art 100 Beginning Photography
Computer Graphics
VCT 124 Macintosh Computer Basics
VCT 125 Digital Image Construction
VCT 131 Desktop Publishing with InDesign
VCT 132 Digital Illustration with Illustrator
VCT 129 Introduction to Photoshop
Media
VCT 111 Survey of Current Image Production
ART 115 Multimedia I:  Flash
VCT 140 Digital Imaging

[In addition to these courses students choose a major or specialized course of study.]

Please go to Planning Options or Planning Sheets