Category: Communication Design

This motion design course introduces concepts and methods used in designing dynamic digital communications that rely on the typography, image, video, sound, and message. The language of motion design and its associated meaning(s) are presented through a series of dynamic projects, where students select the narrative content they explore. Students learn relevant techniques and concepts, associated with both analog and digital tools in order to aid in the creation of well-crafted dynamic sequential solutions. Students may elect to take additional courses, Motion Design II and III, starting in the junior year.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DGD 151 OR DGD 201

Students will work in the creative process of original typographic design which will emphasize exploration, historical research and synthesis of these variables in typographic design. Students will consider and explore various design process methodology related to type design. Students are encouraged to use technology and media that reflects the project outline and student’s skill level. Students will revisit and review typographic nomenclature relevant to type design and consider the important role of graphic design history in the context of type design. An inclusive historical lens is encouraged.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DGD 311 OR DGD 312

(This is a faculty led study abroad course * syllabi will differ per destination), On a Global Learning Experience course, students are brought outside the typical classroom, for a 24/7 learning experience in varying locations outside the USA. The course will provide students with tools for analyzing your learning process and identifying cultural patterns, differences, similarities and values encountered during the journey. Students develop a sense of cross-cultural understanding, and navigate towards becoming a global citizen. Students develop a heightened sense of confidence, and leadership as they plan, and execute this excursion. In addition students discover the role of becoming an ambassador for their own culture. Practical issues about studying abroad (safety, money, packing, etc.) are delivered via pre-departure sessions with the International Student Services Office.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: SLP 007

This required typography course, the first in a sequence of three, develops an understanding of two-dimensional design space and the unique nature of typographic communication principles. Through a series of projects centered around the role of type in communication design, students develop an understanding of typographic aesthetics, concepts of organization, understanding nuance of language based messages to achieve a particular hierarchy, while emphasizing the role of analog and digital tools to achieve well-crafted solutions with specific communication intent. Content used in this course present design’s complex history, while also providing students the opportunity to lend their point of view in content analysis.

Credits: 3

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In this course, students apply their knowledge of grid systems and type families to develop informed solutions to complex communication problems. This course emphasizes research methods and creative processes that encourage experimentation. Typographic systems are created for print, interaction design and motion graphics. Projects, discussions, and readings focus on the practical and theoretical concerns in contemporary typographic communications.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DGD 311 OR DGD 312

The program is an intense three week studio program for advanced communication design students. Students complete projects working with faculty from Europe. The program includes lectures, studio visits and visits to museums and collections. Contact the department for application and portfolio requirements.

Credits: 3

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This required typography course is the second in a sequence of three, that develops an understanding of 2D design space and the unique nature of typographic communication principles. Building on Typography I, students expand their ability to work with typographic form, understanding the nuance of language-based messages, and organization through projects that introduce organizational systems, grids, and the associated nomenclature. Classifications, and anatomy of letterforms, are integrated into projects, language hierarchy, image, and rhetorical elements in order to develop sequential narrative communication. This course helps students apply the role of analog and digital tools to achieve well-crafted solutions with specific intent. Content used in this course presents design’s complex history, while also providing students the opportunity to lend their point of view on content analysis. Students may elect to take additional Type courses, Type IV and Type Design in their junior year.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DGD 151

This required interaction course, the last of three, moves into more complex design principles, code language(s), hardware/software used in the creation of dynamic communication design solutions that are physical, human-centric experiences that extends our understanding of user(s) and user groups that consider digital accessibility through the integration of user testing, performance, and play. Through assigned projects students will apply an understanding of typographic form, message and organizational systems in the context of moderated physical user experiences in spaces large and small. Students are encouraged to move beyond explore and engage new tools and platforms in order to achieve informed design solutions. Contemporary themes of interactive communication and culture, including elements of media theory are presented. Students may elect to take additional courses in Interaction Design like Experience I and II, in the junior and senior year.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DGD 264, DGD 212 OR DGD 277

Through the College’s affiliation with the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, junior or first-semester senior students in good academic standing have the opportunity to spend a semester (Fall or Winter) or full year studying at another member institution in the United States or abroad. Application information is available in the Academic Advising and Registration Office.

Credits: 12

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This non-major course is designed to introduce/develop two-dimensional design skills in the context of typographic environments to students outside of the major of Communication Design. Projects will introduce students to the principles of typography and image in order to develop skills related to organizing typographic and image environments to achieve clear communication based on an understanding of typographic hierarchy, message, and aesthetics, as well as spatial relationships of the page/screen such as grid, column and margin. Additionally students will develop the ability to make typographic design decisions that consider taste, audience/user, content, concept, and sequence, by employing process methodologies used in the creation of unique visual communication solutions that speaks to their own art and design practice, or cultural, social lens.

Credits: 3

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