graphic design

GRAPHIC DESIGN PROGRAM

NEW STUDENTS–we advise you to take these courses your first semester:

ARTS 1311: Design I
ARTS 1316: Drawing I
ARTC 1325: Intro to Computer Graphics-Print
ARTC 1327: Typography
One course from the General Education Requirements list (see degree plan below)
Semester total: 15 credits

The Graphic Design Program features two degree options and one certificate option. The degree granted is the Associate of Applied Science Degree (AAS) and is designed for graduates to enter the workforce. Many credits may be transferable. Majors for the degree program enroll in core curriculum courses and general education for their Freshman year. During the Sophomore year, students select their specialty option from Print or Animation. Graduates with the AAS degree usually enter the workforce after graduation, but may also transfer several courses to a design school or university for further studies and degrees. There is also a short Certificate program for those who do not have the time for the AAS degree. However, be advised that due to fewer courses in the curriculum, the graduate with a certificate with probably not bed as competitive in the work-force as a person with the AAS degree or higher education.

Web design is included in both options, and additionally, pre-graduates create their own promotional web sites to show their portfolios and resumes on-line. Meet our recent graduates.

The Print option concentrates on traditional graphic design for print media such as newspaper or magazine advertising or editorial design, brochures, outdoor advertising, etc. Graduates usually go to work in advertising agencies, design studios, in-house art departments or for the print media.


	• Art • Photography • Faculty • Curriculae • Class Documents • Graduates • Visual Arts • Art & Design Schools • Amarillo College	GRAPHIC DESIGN PROGRAM NEW STUDENTS–we advise you to take these courses your first semester: ARTS 1311: Design I ARTS 1316: Drawing I ARTC 1325: Intro to Computer Graphics-Print ARTC 1327: Typography One course from the General Education Requirements list (see degree plan below) Semester total: 15 credits The Graphic Design Program features two degree options and one certificate option. The degree granted is the Associate of Applied Science Degree (AAS) and is designed for graduates to enter the workforce. Many credits may be transferable. Majors for the degree program enroll in core curriculum courses and general education for their Freshman year. During the Sophomore year, students select their specialty option from Print or Animation. Graduates with the AAS degree usually enter the workforce after graduation, but may also transfer several courses to a design school or university for further studies and degrees. There is also a short Certificate program for those who do not have the time for the AAS degree. However, be advised that due to fewer courses in the curriculum, the graduate with a certificate with probably not bed as competitive in the work-force as a person with the AAS degree or higher education. Web design is included in both options, and additionally, pre-graduates create their own promotional web sites to show their portfolios and resumes on-line. Meet our recent graduates. The Print option concentrates on traditional graphic design for print media such as newspaper or magazine advertising or editorial design, brochures, outdoor advertising, etc. Graduates usually go to work in advertising agencies, design studios, in-house art departments or for the print media.	Animation option is our second field of study,and is found in the television, interactive game, instructional media, and motion pictures film industries for both entertainment and advertising. Increasingly animation is used on the internet. Graduates will usually work for animation studios, game developement companies, web design companies, video studios, motion picture studios, television stations, and special effects studios. We know most of our graduates will go right into the work place. Some will continue their education at other schools, even while working as graphic designers to help them pay for school. Teachers in graphic design must have at least three years graphic design job experience (including part-time teachers) in addition to degree requirements. Regular graphic design faculty are Steven Cost, Alix Christian and Pete Gonzalez. Meet the Faculty. If you would like information, brochure, and an interactive CD-ROM (mac and pc compatible– with examples of student work and short videos about our teachers) about the Graphic Design Program and the Visual Arts Department, please contact Professor Kenneth Pirtle, Chair, at P.O. Box 447, Amarillo College, Amarillo, Texas 79178, or phone: 806-371-5271, or email: pirtle-kd@actx.edu .

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