ARTS3613 Digital Publishing 1

Credit Hours: 3 semester hours
Prerequisites: ARTS1105 Digital Foundations

Course Description

Students will learn to use digital publishing tools to manipulate text and images in order to create print-based designs Students will use advanced concepts of typography and layout to address visual communication problems.

Goals and Objectives

Students who complete this course will be able to:

• Demonstrate competency with the basic and advanced uses of Adobe InDesign desktop publishing software by creating a variety of finished documents that incorporate the integration of text and graphics.

Books Recommended

• Book: Making and Breaking the Grid by Samara, ISBN# 9781592531257 *Newest Edition

• Book: Elements of Typographic Style by Bringhurst, ISBN# 9780881792065 *Newest Edition

• Book: Adobe InDesign CC Classroom in a Book

Materials Needed

• Flash Drive (portable storage device)

• Please allow yourself at least $10.00 for printing projects based upon the university print shop pricing.

• Access to the Internet outside of the classroom.