Graphic Design Classes

Graphic Design courses that offer practical career training

The Graphic Design program at Brooks Institute was designed to help prepare students to pursue career opportunities in the areas of graphic design and visual communication. Through coursework, lectures and encouraged internships students gain both the technical skills and creative problem-solving methodologies required for employment in the job market.

Our California Graphic Design courses are taught in classrooms and labs that give our students real-life experiences. You can have the opportunity to learn using industry-current equipment that many of today's modern graphic design firms use. And when you graduate, you can be prepared to pursue new opportunities with the practical graphic design experience and valuable portfolio pieces that employers are often looking for. Here are just a few of the specialty Graphic Design classes available to students at Brooks Institute:

Computers in Design

This Graphic Design course concentrates on the use of the computer as a mechanical illustration tool. Introduction and in-depth work with vector-based graphic and ancillary software programs, with the goal of creating electronic illustrations, logos and charts. Electronic prepress requirements will be emphasized including intermediate concepts for dimensional graphics as they relate to prepress considerations. This Graphic Design class should help prepare students for work in traditional print-based media and electronic media.

Advanced Identity Systems Design

This advanced-level Graphic Design class concentrates on developing identity systems, collateral design, and advertising that give visual representation to businesses, institutions, organizations, events, and individuals. Attention is given to the difference between identity and image and how graphic design plays a role in each.

Digital Animation

This Graphic Design course gives students the chance to study the process of creating shapes and objects in a 3D digital environment. Emphasis is placed on modeling set up for animation in a digital environment. Projects include the creation of wire frame figures and objects, creation of surfaces with the goal of realistic form and tonal value.

Visualization II

This Graphic Design class concentrates on developing the photographic knowledge and skills necessary for the graphic designer. Attention is given to the use of photography as a means to research, gather, and document visual information. The class is digitally based.

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