GRDSN 111
Design Process II

Prerequisites

GRDSN 101 or permission of instructor

Concurrent enrollment

GRDSN 112 – Design Technology II

Course Description:

This course expands on the fundamentals of design, visual communication and conceptualization introduced in GRDSN 101. Students demonstrate skills at a higher level of performance. In addition to typography, color and composition, students are engaged in problem solving and critical thinking activities in order to solve fundamental design problems. Students apply learned skills to the completion of more complex projects in GRDSN 113.

Required Textbooks

Robin Landa’s Graphic Design Solutions 5th ed.

Teaching / Learning Strategies:

Activities include but are not limited to:

• Projects
• Exercises
• Lectures
• Demonstrations
• Guest Speakers

Attendance Policy:

Attendance is crucial to your progress and will be taken at the beginning of every class.
The attendance policy is as follows:

4 Credit Course:  More than 8 absences = 0.0
Two late attendances = one absence.

Make-up Policy:

For an absence to be excused a student will need to communicate to their instructor via email prior to an absence.

Students need to complete any work missed by the next class period, or by instructor arrangement.

If the above criteria are not met the absence will be applied to the attendance policy.

Grading / Evaluation Policy:

Depending on the course, the instructor will supply a point based grading system or a scoring rubric to set “a standard of performance” to communicate the expectations of quality around specific exercises or projects.

In order to receive a grade for the course, all projects / exercises must be completed and received on the server by the end of the quarter. In order to receive a passing grade, at least one project has to meet the final design due date.

Some courses are in sequence. If you receive a failing grade in a course, you may have to come back the following year to complete the SFCC Graphic Design A.A.S. degree.

Note: This course syllabus is only for the quarter listed above and the faculty may make appropriate changes. Also, future syllabi for this course may be different.

Other Policies:

Covid-19 Syllabus Statement

Faith and Conscience Absence Policy

Acceptance Syllabus Statement

Campus Safety Syllabus Statement

Diversity Syllabus Statement