More on the course "Graphic Design Fundamentals" from UCSC Extension

I just sent out  the list of all our winter and early spring courses. They
include a new one, 3Graphic Design Fundamentals,2 that I9d like to tell you
about. If you9re more comfortable designing an application interface than a
Web page with images and colors and a lot of text, this class is worth
looking at. It is not a Web class, but it will give you the background in
typography, color, image selection and layout that will help you function as
a graphic designer (even though that isn9t your title) when you are call
upon to make design decisions. The instructor taught in our (no longer
offered) graphic design program for many years and enjoys the rewards of
teaching non-designers.

GRAPHIC DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS

Course Description:
If you need to make design decisions for presentations, web pages or printed
materials and you want your final product to be professional and effective,
this is the class for you. This course will provide you with the basic
skills used by designers everywhere. Through lectures, discussions, slides,
critiques and hands-on projects students will learn to set a strategy for
any given project, ideate via thumbnail sketches, select appropriate imagery
and typeface, all while keeping the brand and project constraints in focus.
        overview of typography
        overview of color theory
        overview of layouts and grids
        overview of image selection
This course is highly recommended as a foundation for anyone interested in
taking web design courses, especially Graphic Design Principles for the Web.
This course emphasizes visual problem solving skills and not computer
instruction.

Number of Sessions: 7
Tue 6:30PM to 9:30PM
Feb 19, 2008 to Mar 11, 2008
Sat 1:00PM to 5:00PM
Mar 08, 2008 to Mar 15, 2008
Tue 6:30PM to 9:30PM
Mar 18, 2008

Required Text(s): "Design Basics Index" by Jim Krause; How Design Books,
ISBN: 1-58180-501-2.
Tuition:  Early: through February 5, 2008  
Through February 5, 2008:  $495.00
After February 5, 2008:  $550.00

Campus:  CUPERTINO
Instructor(s):  
JULIA PINSKY, B.A.

For full information and registration:

http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/ucsc/public/category/courseDetails.do;jsession
id=A7EFBC424B41A2BF16348DD0EAB8E4A5?method=load&courseId=3252827&selectedCat
egoryId=1000075&selectedProgramAreaId=1006924&selectedProgramStreamId=153536
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Note: We will be offering a course call 3Graphic Design Principles for the
Web2 in May that is for those who are comfortable with the topics listed
above, but want specific Web design skills.

Information of both courses:
http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/webdesign

Best,
--Lillian

Lillian Svec
Program Coordinator
Web Design & Development Program
UC Santa Cruz Extension in Silicon Valley
www.ucsc-extension.edu/webdesign

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