Cuyahoga Community College Western Campus                                          Business and Technology Unit (Rm C251)
 Intro to Visual Communication
VC&D 1110   /   18628  Weds. 12-1:50 pm   /   13635  Weds. 2-3:50 pm   /   Spring semester 2005   /   2 credits
Instructor: Al Wasco	Office: C230  Office phone: 216-987-5212    
			Office hours: T 2:30-6 p; W 4-5:30 p; Th 2:30-5:30 p; F 12-2, 4-5:30 p
			Email: AWDsgn@sbcglobal.net or alan.wasco@tri-c.edu
Class website:		www.IntroVC.com
Please note that this is a tentative schedule of topics to be covered. Specific dates and/or topics may change based on class progress, interest, and other education considerations. Other assignments may be added to those listed below. Please contact me if you have questions about this schedule. 
 
WK 1	Jan 19	Introductions. What is visual communication? How do we use it?
		Assignment 1: Examples of visual communication (due next class)
WK 2	Jan 26	Visual perception: how do we see? Optical illusions; Visual order in black & white
		Assignment 2: Black squares (due next class)
WK 3	Feb 2	Principles of visual organization: CRAP: contrast, repetition, alignment, proximity
		Assignment 3: Revise Black square assignment based on feedback (due next class)
WK 4	Feb 9	Gestalt principles of visual organization
		Assignment 4: Examples of Gestalt principles in use (due next class)
WK 5	Feb 16	Tonality: Black, white and everything in between.
		Assignment 5: Explore tonality (due next class) 
WK 6	Feb 23	All together now: Tonality and other graphic principles in use
		Assignment 6: Analyze magazine layout (due next class)
WK 7	Mar 2	Color! Theory and practice, systems, color wheel, color schemes.
		Assignment 7: Examples of color schemes (due next class)
WK 8	Mar 9	More color!
		Midterm Quiz
		Bring Notebook for progress review
		Assignment 8: Color self-portrait (due next class)
WK 9	Mar 16	SPRING BREAK – no class!
WK 10	Mar 23	Visual storytelling: ideas & implementation
		Assignment 9: Single-frame story (due next class)
WK 11	Mar 30	Multiframe story: learning from comic books.
		Assignment 10: Multiframe story (due next class)
WK 12	Apr 6	Symbols: definition & history; types of symbols
		Assignment 11: Examples of symbols in print (due next class)
Monday	Apr 11	Last day to withdraw with the grade of W
WK 13	Apr 13	Typography: what it is & how we use it
		Introduction of final project (due May 11)
		Assignment 12: Typographic scavenger hunt (due next class)
WK 14	Apr 20	Typography in action: using type effectively
		Assignment 13: Examples of type in action (due next class)
WK 15	Apr 27	Information graphics: the architecture of information
		Work on final project
WK 16	May 4	Advertising & Propaganda: The power of visual communication.
		Notebook due.
WK 17	May 11	Final project due. 
		End-of-semester celebration!