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St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES - Building Futures ~ Creating Meaningful Lives
 
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
{Graphic 1} {Graphic 2}
Graphic Communications is a two-year, 900-hour course covering publishing, animation and multimedia disciplines in today's digital career. Students will master skills in digital photography and scanning, image manipulating and editing, computer presentations, web page design, desktop publishing, offset printing, 2D and 3D animation, and digital video production. many of the software programs utilized in the course are the same used by today's professionsls.
 
Students will also learn the principles of typography, layout and design, color theory, animation techniques, image composition, camera angles, script writing, public speaking, and fundamental publishing practices.
 
Academic Credits
 
Please check with your school or CTE Guidance Counselor on additional academic credits available within this Career and Technical Education course.

{Graphic 3}

    Career Opportunities
  • Layout Artist
  • Graphic Designer
  • Offset Printer
  • Computer Graphic Artist
  • Web Designer
  • Publication Designer
  • Multimedia Artist
  • Animation Artist
  • Video Producer
  • Package Designer
  • Retail Display Designer
  • And Many More
{Graphic 4}
Units of Credit
 
Orientation and Classroom Safety - Preparing to Enter the World of Work - Communication Concepts - Evolution and Communication Media - Basic Computer Operations, Troubleshooting, and the Network Server - Electronic Spectrum and Telecommunications - Basic Word Processing with MS Word - Creating Presentations in MS PowerPoint - Introduction to the Internet and Webpage Design - Video Production Theory - Digital Video Production with Adobe Premiere - Animcations with Macromedia Flash - 3D Animation with Carrara Pro - Introduction to Desktop Publishing - The Network Server - History and Evolution of Printing - Printing Services - Print Shop Organization - Printing Customs - Copyright - Cost Estimation - Design Principles - Typography - Color Theory - Digital Imaging Basics - Digital Photography - PageMaker - Photoshop - Offset Lithography - Internship/Work Shadowing - Career Planning
 
Articulation Agreements and Dual Enrollment
 
The St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES, partnering with post-secondary education institutions, has agreements that provide students with possible college credits and/or incentives if they choose to pursue post-secondary education and training.
Articulated Credit
 
Dual Enrollment

No student shall, on the basis of gender, race, color, national origin, disability or age, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subject to unlawful discrimination under any career and technical education program or activity.

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