2013-2014 Course Catalog - PDF Format - Flagler College

Courses of Instruction 173
ART 320 – Print Production (3)
Prerequisite: ART 204. A lecture course designed for Graphic Design majors
to introduce them to the complex processes that are involved with printing
technology in the graphics industry. Emphasis will be given to teaching students
ART 325 – Illustration I (4)
This course is
designed to give the student a working knowledge of the basic tools and concepts
involved in illustrative drawing and design. Projects will include problems
that develop techniques commonly used in commercial illustration, such as
illustration for children’s books, advertising, and editorial illustration.
ART 327 – Type Studio 2 (4)
ART 228. A studio course that focuses on the interpretation of visible language
systems and exploration of typographic expression. Projects will integrate
accumulated typographic knowledge with form, image, sequence, and narrative.
The course will allow students to develop their own content and to communicate
individual perspectives through writing and research. Conceptual interpretation
and experimentation will be emphasized, as students develop their own voices
as authors and editors. Exercises may include advanced type problems such as
typeface design, complex publication design, and type in motion.
ART 328 – American Architectural History (3)
This course focuses on an introduction to and analysis of architectural styles
in the United States emphasizing settlement through the 1950s, including
residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. Included will be examples
from Canada and the Bahamas as well as buildings in St. Augustine and Florida.
Construction techniques, artistic details, materials, and craftsmanship will also
be presented. This course is cross-listed as HIS 328.
ART 329 – Package Design (4)
ART 227, ART 228, ART 229. This course focuses on three-dimensional design as
it applies to product containers. Type, layout, design, and form are fully explored to
create commercial packaging. All design problems are carried through from concept
to three-dimensional package. Focus will be placed on the practical and aesthetic
demands placed upon designers of three-dimensional sustainable products.
The relationship between form and function will be addressed, as well as
the relationship between creativity and cost-effective packaging requirements.
Construction methods, sustainable material choices, and three-dimensional