Creating Tomorrow by Merging Technology with Design

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Computer Graphics & Design (CGD) provides technical skills and multidisciplinary knowledge required by diverse design careers. CGD graduates can describe ways projects presented within their electronic portfolio incorporate design principles, use appropriate materials, apply sustainable practices and integrate ergonomic features. CGD learning outcomes prepare graduates for proposing, manufacturing and marketing real and/or virtual products. Projects completed by CGD graduates' demonstrate competencies in creative problem solving, sketching, drafting, 3D graphics (including animating and rendering projects) - skills expected of entry level design technicians and/or engineering, architecture, environmental planning, animation, industrial, product and other design transfer students.

This semester's offerings of CGD courses and computer graphics labs include:

CGD 2: 2D/3D Technical Computer Graphics I

CGD 4: 2D/3D Technical Computer Graphics II

CGD 9: Advanced Computer Graphics for Design Application II

CGD 110: Computer Graphics Lab

CGD's collaborative learning environment prepares students for careers in diverse design fields. Project-based activities help them develop design skills and apply technology. Forthcoming pages and their CGD courses provide career and transfer options, discuss theories and principles that apply to design, provide instruction on commonly used computer graphics applications and design standards, feature creative problem solving methods for design development, and address human factors issues.

Students' portfolios enable them to thoughtfully organize presentations of products they develop and design. Work within a portfolio may feature signage, electronic devices, appliances, furnishing, bridges, buildings, communities or other products that relate to a student's career goal. Students' presentations include the use of computer aided design and modeling to visually communicate their ideas. The style of products they present demonstrates their ability to incorporate elements and principles of design into their work. Students' graphics also visually communicate ways their products could be manufactured and used. The descriptive graphics of their functional products reflects that their designs are intended to serve the needs of prospective clients.