Graphic arts technology combines technology and creativity, electronic prepress and graphic design. Students begin with a foundation program of design, drawing, desktop publishing, and studio skills courses. After the first semester, students master digital illustration, digital prepress, digital photography, offset press work, screen printing, and publication design. A variety of computer platforms and software configurations are used. Specific tools include specialized computer workstations, internet access, scanners, printers, process cameras, densitometers, plate burners, large and small format cameras, and printing presses.
Students develop a professional portfolio.
An internship experience and final portfolio review is required. Illustration, Associate in Applied Science Degree Illustrators are visual communicators who express and clarify ideas using paint, brush, pen, pencil, or the computer. Each illustrator applies their own special talent, skill and perspective to the canvas or the monitor. The result is art that communicates information or feeling in magazines, newspapers, on CDs, the internet, and in film. The Illustration program combines traditional painting and drawing with high tech computer training.