ARTC 1302 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC Digital Imaging I This is a WECM Course Number. Course Description: Digital imaging using raster image editing and/or image creation software: scanning, resolution, file formats, output devices, color systems, and image-acquisitions. This course is cross-listed as ARTC 1402. The student may register for either ARTC 1302 or ARTC 1402 but may receive credit for only one of the two. (2 Lec., 4 Lab.) |
ARTC 1305 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, NLC, RLC Basic Graphic Design This is a WECM Course Number. Course Description: Graphic design with emphasis on the visual communication design process. Topics include basic terminology and graphic design principles. (2 Lec., 4 Lab.) |
ARTC 1309 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC Basic Illustration This is a WECM Course Number. Course Description: Introduction to drawing techniques as they pertain to the commercial illustration industry. (2 Lec., 4 Lab.) |
ARTC 1313 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, MVC, NLC, RLC Digital Publishing I This is a WECM Course Number. Prerequisite Recommended: ARTC 1302. Course Description: The fundamentals of using digital layout as a primary publishing tool and the basic concepts and terminology associated with typography and page layout. (2 Lec., 4 Lab.) |
ARTC 1317 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, ECC, RLC Design Communication I This is a WECM Course Number. Course Description: Study of design development relating to graphic design terminology, tools and media, and layout and design concepts. Topics include integration of type, images and other design elements, and developing computer skills in industry standard computer programs. (2 Lec., 4 Lab.) |
ARTC 1353 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, NLC, RLC Computer Illustration This is a WECM Course Number. Course Description: Use of the tools and transformation options of an industry-standard vector drawing program to create complex illustrations or drawings. (2 Lec., 4 Lab.) |
ARTC 1392 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, NLC Special Topics in Design and Visual Communications This is a WECM Course Number. Course Description: Topics address recently identified current events, skills, knowledge, and/or attitudes and behaviors pertinent to the technology or occupation and relevant to the professional development of the student. This course may be repeated if topics and learning outcomes vary. (2 Lec., 4 Lab.) |
ARTC 2305 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, NLC, RLC Digital Imaging II This is a WECM Course Number. Prerequisite Recommended: ARTC 1302. Course Description: Principles of digital image processing and electronic painting. Emphasis on bitmapped- or raster-based image marking and the creative aspects of electronic illustration for commercial and fine art applications. (2 Lec., 4 Lab.) |
ARTC 2311 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC History of Communication Graphics This is a WECM Course Number. Prerequisite Recommended: Credit or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1301, or demonstrated competence approved by the instructor. Course Description: Survey of the evolution of graphic arts as it relates to the history of art. Topics include formal, stylistic, social, political, economic, and historical aspects. Emphasis on the art movement, schools of thought, individuals, and technology as they interrelate with graphic arts. (3 Lec.) |
ARTC 2313 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, EFC Digital Publishing II This is a WECM Course Number. Prerequisite Required: ARTC 1313. Course Description: Includes layout procedures from thumbnails and roughs to final comprehensive and print output. Emphasis on design principles for the creation of advertising and publishing materials, and techniques for efficient planning and documenting projects. (2 Lec., 4 Lab.) |
ARTC 2317 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC Typographic Design This is a WECM Course Number. Corequisite/Concurrent: Credit for or concurrent enrollment in ARTC 1317 or instructor approval. Course Description: Exploration of problems in typographic design including computer generated letterforms as elements of design. Includes theory and techniques of traditional, contemporary, and experimental typography. (2 Lec., 4 Lab.) |
ARTC 2380 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC Cooperative Education - Commercial and Advertising Art This is a WECM Course Number. Course Description: Career-related activities encountered in the student's area of specialization offered through an individualized agreement among the college, employer, and student. Under the supervision of the college and the employer, the student combines classroom learning with work experience. Includes a lecture component. (1 Lec., 15 Ext.) |
Academic Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for transfer among community colleges and state public four year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.
WECM Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as workforce education (technical) courses offered for credit and CEUs (Continuing Education Units). While these courses are designed to transfer among state community colleges, they are not designed to automatically transfer to public four-year colleges and universities.
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for transfer among community colleges and state public four year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.
WECM Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as workforce education (technical) courses offered for credit and CEUs (Continuing Education Units). While these courses are designed to transfer among state community colleges, they are not designed to automatically transfer to public four-year colleges and universities.