Enrollment opens Spring 25
Rookies
New to Graphic Design? Want to learn the basics? Want to start from square one? This course is for you.
To get the most out of this opportunity, we recommend you purchase all four courses. The courses are not bundled to allow students to have the agency to learn what they want, when they want.
This virtual course is theory only; no software needed.
Course 1 - Foundations
Understanding branding - marketing and messaging
Intro to logos and iconography
What the Fonts
File Types - usage and function
Color Theory - Color Modes
Resolution = Quality
Knowing the difference: Vector and Raster
Layout and Composition
Q&A
SPRING 2025
Course 2 - Branding Overview
Foundations - Review
Branding - dos/don'ts
Student Submitted topics*
Q&A*
SPRING 2025
Course 3 - Adobe Overview
Intro to Adobe Photoshop - software demonstration brings course 1 and 2 into a real-time design
Overview of Adobe Lightroom, Bridge, and Illustrator
Tools of the trade - what’s right for you
Student Submitted topics*
Q&A*
SPRING 2025
Course 4 - Live Design
Watch Me Work - creating a design prompted by Student submissions in real-time*
Student Submitted topics*
Q&A*
SPRING 2025
