Course Descriptions

8820 Publication Design

Grade Level: 10, 11, 12              Year Course

Prerequisite: B or better in English         10 Credits

Permission: Application Required           UC, CSU

This course is for students who are interested in the history and principles of graphic design for publication media. Students will explore two-dimensional real-world ap­plications of design. Students will develop skills in artistic perception, critiquing and applications of design strategies through experiences that emphasize solving visual art problems. Students will gain a working knowledge of page layout, photography and desktop publishing using InDesign® to produce the yearbook. Students will also be involved in advertisement sales, deadline production and computer skills. Students will be selected by the Publication Design instructor.

9623 Introduction to Computer Programming

Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12          Semester Course

Prerequisite: None         5 Credits
Permission: None

The content of this course includes: An Introduction to Computers; How Computers are Programmed; Entering, Compiling, and Running a Program; Variables and Constants; Loops; Functions; and Math Operations. The student's class time involves the use of the computer on a daily basis. This course satisfies the computer graduation requirement.

9653 Computer Graphics

Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12          Semester Course

Prerequisite: None         5 Credits
Permission: None

This course will introduce students to programming and graphic design using a painting and drawing application. Students use a set of computer tools to make drawings, paint­ings, designs, and other graphic work. Students use HyperStudioo to make programs consisting of several cards. Each card will be designed by the student using a set of tools. HyperStudio® makes extensive use of graphics and sound. This course satisfies the computer graduation requirement.

9663 Desktop Publishing

Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12          Semester Course

Prerequisite: None         5 Credits
Permission: None

This course will acquaint the student with the preparation and production of publications such as brochures, booklets, newsletters, etc. The class will be taught on Macintosh® computers using InDesign® software. The class will focus on layout design and will equip students with the skills necessary for the preparation of the yearbook and the school newspaper. This course satisfies the computer graduation requirement.

9673 Internet

Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12          Semester Course

Prerequisite: None         5 Credits
Permission: None

This course is designed to provide students with a thorough knowledge of and ability to use the Internet. Students will learn the structural, technical and cultural (depth & range) aspects of the Internet. Course content includes an introduction to Browsers, URL's, Electronic Mail, advanced search techniques, Bookmarks, and Website evaluation, and Netiquette. This course satisfies the computer graduation requirement.

9683 WebPage Development and Application

Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12          Semester Course

Prerequisites: None       5 Credits
Permission: None

WebPage Development is designed to teach the core technologies and fundamental use of the HyperText Markup Language (HTML). This course will expose students to the basic syntactical, technical and publishing aspects of HTML. Students will gain hands-on experience creating HTML tags, tag attributes, text fields, tables, hyperlinks, and graphic importing. This course satisfies the computer graduation requirement.

9633 Computer Animation

Grade Level: 10, 11, 12  Semester Course

Prerequisite: None         5 Credits
Permission: None

This course will show students a means of adapting artistic skills to electronic media and the use of graphics in computing. The student will animate pictures as animated gift and make movies wilth Macromedia Flash®• The student will study the elements and principle of art, color, and digital design as well as image creation, motion sequencing, and multimedia presentation. This class satisfies the computer graduation requirement.