| 1. Topics to be Covered |
| List of Topics |
No. of
Weeks |
Contact hours |
Graphic Design as a discipline:
- About this course.
- About the assignments.
- Course Tools.
- What is graphic design
- Why study graphic design
- What is graphic designer
- Graphic design today
- Creative Thinking.
|
1 |
4 |
Fundamentals of Typography (1):
- Introduction to Typography.
- The Anatomy of Letters.
- Words and Spacing.
- Type Size: The Point System.
- Typesetting Text.
|
1 |
4 |
Fundamentals of Typography (2):
- Typefaces, Fonts and Type Families.
- Typeface Categories.
- Denotation in Type.
- Connotation in Type.
|
1 |
4 |
Fundamentals of Typography (3):
- Looking at Letterforms.
- Experimenting with Letterforms.
- Typographic Composition.
- Making a Monogram.
|
1 |
4 |
Fundamentals of Imagemaking (1):
- Introduction to Imagemaking
- Techniques of Imagemaking
- Process, Generation, Iteration
|
1 |
4 |
| Fundamentals of Imagemaking (2):
|
1 |
4 |
Fundamentals of Imagemaking (3):
- Denotative Imagemaking
- Connotative Imagemaking
|
1 |
4 |
| First Major Exam |
1 |
4 |
Fundamentals of Shape and Color (1):
- Introduction to Shape & Color
- Graphic Shapes
- Visual Contrast
- Marks, Icons, and Symbols
|
1 |
4 |
Fundamentals of Shape and Color (2):
- Negative/Positive, Figure/Ground
- Working with Color
- The Color Wheel
- Negative/Positive, Complimentary/Contrasting
- Mixing Color: Paint, Print and Screen
|
1 |
4 |
Fundamentals of Composition (1):
- Introduction to Composition
- Principles of Composition
- Visual Contrasts
- Single Contrasts
- Multiple Contrasts
|
1 |
4 |
Fundamentals of Composition (2):
- Type Contrasts
- Image Contrasts
- Composition in a Single Image
- Cropping and Hierarchy
- Composition in Context
|
1 |
4 |
| Second Major Exam |
1 |
4 |
Production Process:
- Prototyping.
- File formats.
- Print finishing.
|
1 |
4 |
| Revision |
1 |
4 |
| Total |
15 |
60 |
