Lebanon College

15 Hanover Street ♦ Lebanon, NH 03766 ♦ Ph: 603-448-2445 ♦ Fax: 603-448-2491

Course Name: Advanced Desktop Publishing - Independent Study

Course number: CIS219

Term: Winter 2010

SYLLABUS

Instructor's Name: Jenna Dixon E-MAIL: j@djinna.com

Class Meeting Day: na Class Meeting Time: na
Credits: 3 Class Start date: September 14, 2009
Open Lab Hours: Tuesday 9:00AM –
3:00PM

Text Required:
Graphic Design: The New Basics, Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips (Princeton Architectural
Press, 2008)
Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students, Ellen Lupton
(Princeton Architectural Press, 2004)

Additional materials posted to text websites:

http://gdbasics.com
http://www.papress.com/other/thinkingwithtype/index.htm

Course Prerequisites: CIS219 Introduction to Graphic Design or permission of the faculty.

Course Description: [ Ray: please add the official description; it is not currently online that I can find.
-Jenna ]

Course Objectives: [ ditto. ]

Assessment criteria will include increased knowledge and understanding of the following:
• understanding of graphic design in a rigorous, critical way
• understanding informed by contemporary media and theory
• topics to include visual structures ranging from point, line, and plane to scale, hierarchy, layers,
and transparency,
which underlie any work of design, from logo to letterhead to complex web site

Practical Application
 • Demonstrate ability to set up and format new documents using Adobe Creative Suite
applications
• Prepare final files for commercial printing per printer's instructions
• Prepare final files for electronic distribution in appropriate formats
• Facility with online tools for collaboration and communication

Class Format
Independent study. Student will work hands-on, and post work to the following site:

http://cis319.posterous.com/

Via this email address:

post@cis319.posterous.com

For each week's projects, student will email the following:

1. at least two work-in-progress images; these can be alternate directions considered and
discarded, or snapshots of early version of the final piece
2. an image of the final piece
3. the live file, packaged with fonts and zipped; this might be Illustrator, Photoshop, or InDesign,
depending on the project

These can be three separate emails; attach files, and use the body of the email to describe the work
and the approach taken.

Include explanations of any source material used. All work must be original.
Image file formats: jpgs for photographic work; gifs for illustrative work.

Methods of evaluating student work will include the following:

Punctuality 25%
Verbal communication about weekly projects 25%
Final Project, visual: 50%

Grades are given based on the following:

A 93-100% C 73-76%
A- 90-92% C- 70-72%
B+ 87-89% D+ 67-69%
B 83-86% D 63-66%
B- 80 - 82% D- 60 - 62%
C+ 77-79% F 0-59%

Schedule

Week 1 – 14 January 2010

 • Graphic Design: The New Basics, ch1: Point, Line, Scale

• Layout project 1-2, gdbasics.com

Week 2 – 21 January 2010
• Graphic Design: The New Basics, ch2: Rhythm and Balance

• Layout project 1-2, gdbasics.com

Week 3 – 28 January 2010

• Graphic Design: The New Basics, ch3: Scale

• Layout project 1-2, gdbasics.com

• Thinking with Type, Anatomy, X-Heights, Size

Week 4 – 04 February 2010

• Graphic Design: The New Basics, ch4: Texture

• Layout project 1-2, gdbasics.com

• Thinking with Type, Fonts and Families, Screen Fonts

Week 5 – 11 February 2010

• Graphic Design: The New Basics, ch5: Color

• Layout project 1-2, gdbasics.com

• Thinking with Type, Kerning, Tracking

Week 6 – 18 February, 2010

• Graphic Design: The New Basics, ch6: Figure/Ground

• Layout project 1-2, gdbasics.com

• Thinking with Type, Line Spacing

Week 7 – 25 February 2010

• Graphic Design: The New Basics, ch7: Framing
 • Layout project 13-14, gdbasics.com

• Thinking with Type, Alignment

Week 8 – 04 March 2010

• Graphic Design: The New Basics, ch8: Hierarchy

• Layout project 1-2, gdbasics.com

• Thinking with Type, Hierarchy

Week 9 – 11 March 2010

• Graphic Design: The New Basics, ch9: Layers

• Layout project 1-2, gdbasics.com

• Thinking with Type, Single-Column Grid

Week 10 – 18 March 2010

• Graphic Design: The New Basics, ch10: Transparency

• Layout project 1-2, gdbasics.com

• Thinking with Type, Multi-Column Grid

Week 11 – 25 March 2010

• Graphic Design: The New Basics, ch11: Modularity

• Layout project 1-2, gdbasics.com

• Thinking with Type, Horizontal Anchors

Week 12 – 01 April 2010

• Graphic Design: The New Basics, ch12: Grid

• Layout project 1-2, gdbasics.com

• Thinking with Type, Modular Grid

Week 13 – 7 April, 2010
• Graphic Design: The New Basics, ch13: Pattern

• Layout project 1-2, gdbasics.com

• Thinking with Type, Crimes Against Typography

Week 14 – 14 April, 2010

• Graphic Design: The New Basics, choice: ch14, 15, or 16

• Layout project 1-2, gdbasics.com

Week 15 – 21 April, 2010
• Final Portfolio Presentation

Class Attendance: A student should recognize that one of the most vital aspects of a college experience is attendance and
participation.
Attendance is a must. Absences will effect a student' s grade.
Because this course is being taken as an independent study, timely completion of all projects is paramount.
If there is an illness or emergency, please notify the College office or email me before class. All assignments will be
submitted on time.
NO MAKE- UP ASSIGNMENTS WITHOUT LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT OF ABSENCE WITH INSTRUCTOR.
If you need any help, please feel free to email me.

Class Cancellations: Should classes need to be canceled by instructor, students will be notified be before class.
Due to inclement weather, the College will post announcements on radio stations WTSL, Q106, and
WNHV.
If the College office is closed, the message will be on the Lebanon College answering machine. (603-
448-2445).
Academic Policies:
(1) This syllabus is subject to change.
(2) If you have a special need because of a learning or other disability, see your professor as soon as possible to arrange an
appropriate accommodation.
(3) Students are responsible for meeting all of their academic obligations. Lebanon College provides no excused absences
for outside activities.
(4) Lebanon College students are expected to understand the meaning of all academic policies as described in the Student
Handbook, and to behave in accordance with the College's policies on academic honesty. All assignments are to be done on
your own using on your own work, ideas, and words, unless instructed otherwise. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
Academic dishonesty results in a failing grade and possible dismissal from the College.