Course Competencies - Fourth Semester

The integration and mastery of design technologies in production processes for print and Internet
publishing. Students develop professional skills in designing group projects set by an Art Director for
preflight and printing. Students integrate conceptual and technological theories through interactive
team collaboration, mastering multimedia website technology

APA 254 Graphic Design Production Processes
APA 285 Webmaster Production Processes

APA 254 Graphic Design Production Processes - VIEW -
1) Understand the basic processes to prepare a finished mechanical for printing.
2) Understand the importance of photography and the computer in the graphic field.
3) Learn the language of graphic production. 4) Apply printing processes to specific projects.
5) Develop technical and design skills utilizing the graphic mediums.
6) Develop professional skill in designing a group of projects set by an Art Director.
7) Understand the working relationship between designers, illustrators and printers.
8) Learn Macintosh computer systems and QuarkExpress and Adobe Acrobat software.

APA 285 Webmaster Production Processes - VIEW -
1) Master design and technical knowledge of advanced website production processes.
2) Integrate conceptual and technological website design theories through team collaboration.
3) Master the planning, organizing and launching an advanced multimedia business website.
4) Understand page templates, tables, forms, style sheets, file formats, links, text and graphics
in a business websit environment.
5) Understand processes of creating and maintaining advanced graphics, animation and
multimedia for a business website environment.
6) Master GoLive, ImageReady and Adobe PhotoShop Website programming software