Any TCCN equivalents are indicated in square brackets [ ].
GRTC 2350: Graphics for Digital Media (formerly ITEC 2350)
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisite: demonstrated computer proficiency or ITEC 1301. Introduction to pixel-based vector graphics for use in print and digital media.
GRTC 2351: Web Design
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisite: GRTC 2350. Web page design, site planning, interface design, and site implementation.
GRTC 2352: Digital Photography
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisite: GRTC 2350. Digital cameras; photographic principles; image organization, meta-data, evaluation, and correction; digital asset management; creating image portfolios for the Web; use of color management to soft/hard-proof finished photographs.
GRTC 3350: Graphic Communications Materials and Processes (formerly ITEC 3350)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: GRTC 3353 or equivalent. Graphic communications processes and ancillary operations. Materials used in the graphic reproduction process.
GRTC 3351: Graphic Production Process Control I
Cr. 3. (2-3). Graphic communication production control emphasizing job engineering; techniques used to reproduce varying types of original images; tone capture and correction; proofing; platesetting; and final output.
GRTC 3352: Graphic Production Process Control II
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisite: GRTC 3351. Using graphic communication production control techniques to produce single- and multi-page documents. Includes an in-depth study of page layout, imposition, and static and variable-data printing technologies.
GRTC 3353: Visual Communications Technology (formerly ITEC 3353)
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisite: ITEC 1301 or equivalent. Graphic, digital, and filmed/taped communications processes.
GRTC 3354: Video Planning and Production
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisite: GRTC 2352. Planning, storyboarding, workflow, and techniques of capturing audio and video.
GRTC 3399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of department chair. Independent work in graphics technology under supervision of a faculty member.
GRTC 4198:4298: Special Problems
Cr. 1, 2 per semester. Prerequisite: approval of department chair. Individual projects under faculty sponsorship.
GRTC 4372: Costing in Graphic Communications (formerly ITEC 4372)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: credit for or concurrent enrollment in GRTC 3351 and GRTC 3352 or consent of instructor. Principles and techniques of cost estimation for graphic communications production.
GRTC 4373: Graphic Production Process Control III
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisite: GRTC 3352. Using graphic communication production control techniques to produce full-color documents. Includes an in-depth study of color theory, measurement, correction, modification, management, and separation techniques.
GRTC 4374: Video Post-Production
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisite: GRTC 3354. Video editing systems, editing principles and techniques, special effects, types of output media, and distribution.
GRTC 4376: Multimedia Authoring
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisites: GRTC 2351, 3353 and 4374. Development and construction of instructional and display multimedia.
GRTC 4377: Practicum in Graphic Communications Technology
Cr. 3. Prerequisites: GRTC 3351 and GRTC 3352. Directed individual study in graphic communications technology. Class presentations by students; instructor-led discussions of research methods.
GRTC 4378: Senior Project
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: GRTC 3351, 3352, 4372, and 4373. Directed research project.
GRTC 4390: Current Issues in Graphic Communications (formerly ITEC 4390)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: GRTC 3351 and GRTC 3352. Issues and topics in graphic communications technology.
GRTC 4394: Selected Topics in Graphic Communications
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisite: approval of department chair. May be repeated for credit when topics vary
GRTC 4396: Internship in Graphic Communications Technology
Cr. 3. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
GRTC 4397: Selected Topics in Graphic Communications
Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of department chair. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
GRTC 4398: Special Problems (formerly ITEC 4398)
Cr. 3 per semester. Prerequisite: approval of department chair. Individual projects under faculty sponsorship.
GRTC 4399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of department chair. Independent work in graphics technology under the supervision of a faulty member.
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