Course Sequence

Graphic Design
---> A.A.Degree: Graphic Design Concentration
---> Certificate: Graphic Design
---> Certificate: Pre-press & Production Mgt.
---> Skills Competency Award: Digital Darkroom & Color Mgt for RGB
---> Skills Competency Award: Print & Color Mgt for CMYK

Photography
---> A.A. Degree: Photography Concentration

A.A. Degree Requirements:
Graphic Design Concentration (Printable PDF version)

All courses below plus General Education
required courses (please see catalog).

Graphic Design Course Sequencing
To be successful, it is important to take
the courses in the correct sequence.


Semester 1
*GDP 111 Graphic Design Basics (3 units)
(core course-best to take before GDP114)
*GDP 113 - Typography (3 units)
PHOTO 109 - Photo I (3 units)
MAT 111 - Photoshop (3 units)

Semester 2
GDP 114 - Graphic Design I (3 units)
GDP 111 Course Advisory
GDP 118 - Creative Thinking (3 units)

Semester 3
GDP 212 - Graphic Design II (3 units)- (Spring Only)
GDP114 Course Advisory
GDP 215 - Publication Design (3 units)- (Spring Only)
GDP111 and GDP114 Course Advisory

Semester 4
GDP 230 - Graphic Design Portfolio (3 units) - (Fall Only)
GDP 290 - Graphic Design Work Experience (3 units)
GDP114 Prerequesite

Choose One of the Following:
(all are strongly recommended)
MAT 122 - Web Design I (3 units)
PHOTO 180 - Digital Darkroom (3 units)
PHOTO 285 - Color Management (3 units)

The Following courses are stongly recommended:
ART 140 - 2D Design (3 units)
ART 120 - Drawing
ART 145 - Design Literacy (3 units)
ART 102A - Early 20th Century Art (3 units)
ART 102B - Late 20th Century Art (3 units)

Certificate Program
All above courses.

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Certificate:Pre-press & Production Mgt.

First Semester
BUSAD 101 — Intro to Business (3 units)
GDP 111 — Graphic Design Basics (3 units)
GDP 114 — Graphic Design I (3 units)
MAT 111 — Photoshop I (3 units)

Second Semester
GDP 215 — Production & Pre-press (3 units)
GDP 290 — Work Experience (3 units)
MGMT 101 — Intro to Management (3 units)
MGMT 103 — Small Business Management or
MGMT 104 — Strategic Business Planning (3 units)
Total 22

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Skills Competency Award:
Digital Darkroom & Color Management for RGB

GDP 130 — Digital Darkroom I (1.5 units)
GDP 131 — Digital Darkroom II (1.5 units)
GDP 140 — Color Management for RGB (1.5 units)

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Skills Competency Award:
Print & Color Management for CMYK

GDP 120 — Production for Print I (1.5 units)
GDP 121 — Production for Print II (1.5 units)
GDP 141 — Color Management for CMYK (1.5 units)

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A.A. Degree Requirements:
Photography Concentration

ART 114 — History of Photography or
ART 145 — Design Literacy (3 units)
ART 140 — 2-D Design: Composition & Color (3 units)
FILMPRO 175 — Film & Video Production I (3 units)
GDP 111 — Graphic Design Basics (3 units)
GDP 113 — Typography (3 units)
GDP 118 — Creative Thinking (3 units)
MAT 111 — Photoshop I (3 units)
PHOTO 109 — Photo I (3 units)
PHOTO 180 — Digital Darkroom (3 units)
PHOTO 190 — Photojournalism or
JOURN 190 — Photojournalism (3 units)
PHOTO 209 — Photo II (3 units)
PHOTO 214 — Advertising Illustration or
PHOTO 280 — Adv. Lighting Systems & Digital Capture (3 units)
PHOTO 285 — Color Management (3 units)
Total Units 39

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