Course Syllabus

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  GID 43: Illustration & Digital Imaging  

Instructor: Carolyn Brown
Text/voice: (415) 997-9270 
Email: browncarolyn@fhda.edu
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Drop-in help: Sunday 7-9PM
Course location: online   

Course description: Creation of images to communicate ideas. Traditional and digital media. Emphasis on concept development and communication effectiveness. Development of personal visual vocabulary while learning art making techniques and media, reproduction processes and illustration business practice. The course has modules. Each module has activity choices for illustration and digital imaging. Activities have options allowing students to personalize their learning experience. 

  Student Learning Outcomes  

A successful student will be able to create illustrations and digital images that visually communicate an idea, message, or story.

A successful student will be able to effectively use painting and drawing tools to visually communicate ideas and information.

  Course Objectives  

The student will be able to:

  1. create illustrations that visually communicate an idea, message, or story.
  2. demonstrate an awareness of basic principles of form and composition.
  3. effectively use painting and drawing tools to visually communicate ideas and information.
  4. compare and contrast styles of contemporary electronic illustrators with illustrators using traditional media.
  5. recognize and appreciate the contributions made in this field by people from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
  6. share through class discussions the cultural and personal strengths of their work.

  Communication  

Text/voice: (415) 997-9270 
Email: browncarolyn@fhda.edu
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Drop-in help: Sunday 7-9PM

  Grades & Dropping  

84% - 100% = A
81% - 84% = A-
78% - 81% = B+
68% - 78% = B
50% - 68% = C
0% - 50% = D

Use this FORM if you need to drop the class. 

  Students Services & Resources  

If you have a learning challenge or physical challenge, you are entitled to any assistance you need to achieve your academic goals. To contact the Disability Resource Center, you may:

  • Visit DRC in the Student Resource Center Building 5400
  • Email DRC
  • Call DRC at 650-949-7017 to make an appointment
  • a DRC accommodation means extra time for assignments

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  Academic Honesty  

This class is easy if you do your own work. I encourage you to express your own authentic creativity however you want at whatever level you are at. When you do your own authentic work, your grades will be excellent.

If you hand in drawings you copied from Google or other pages, you will get a zero for the assignment and I will review all of your other assignments. Then we will have a conversation about cheating. It will be very stressful for you and you may fail the course.