Visual Communications
(To keep up with industry needs and provide appropriate training, program requirements are reviewed every year. The requirements listed below are effective Summer Quarter 2007 through Spring 2009.)

Degree Options:  Certificate of Completion (CC) and Associate of Applied Science (AAS)

Prerequisites

Some or all of the following are required. See your faculty adviser for specific details.

...Keyboarding and basic computer skills

...Some classes have entry requirements not listed here.

 

Certificate	45 credits

Professional-Technical (PT)

VICOM 100	Introduction to Web Design	5
VICOM 110	Graphic Design 1	5
VICOM 150	Business for the Professional Artist	3
VICOM 211	Design with Flash	3
VICOM 228	In Design Layout	3
VICOM 230	Photoshop	3
VICOM 235	Computer FreeHand Design	3
	or
VICOM 250	Design with Illustrator

Related Instruction (RI)

BUSN 135	Business Mathematics or 100-level math	5
BUSN 138	Principles of Marketing	5
BUSN 160	Human and Labor Relations	5
SPCH 100	Basic Oral Communication	5
	or
WRIT 101	Principles of Writing

Associate of Applied Science	93-95 credits
All courses and requirements listed for Visual Communications certificate	45

Professional-Technical (PT)

C SCI 212	Intermediate Web Page Development	5
VICOM 132	Drawing for Illustration I	5
VICOM 152	Lettering I	2
VICOM 101	Dreamweaver Fireworks	5
VICOM 120	Graphic Design II	5
VICOM 130	Graphic Design III	5
VICOM 133	Drawing for Illustration II	5
VICOM 140/240	Cooperative Education	3–5
VICOM 153	Lettering II	2
VICOM 245	QuarkXPress	3
VICOM 285	Capstone	5

Related Instruction (RI)

BUSN 132	Advertising	3
	or
PRINT 148	Digital Photography

Important Notes:

...This information does not substitute for meeting with a faculty adviser.

...Students must achieve a minimum grade of 2.0 in each  VICOM class.

...Certificate and AAS programs emphasize preparation in specific job skills required for entry-level employment.

...Not all classes are offered every quarter.

...Enrollment in this program is open every quarter.

Department Web Site and Contact Information
http://flightline.highline.edu/vc