Graphic Arts I & II


Graphic Arts I is designed to prepare students for entry-level jobs in the printing trades.  Skills may be developed to the student's utmost potential.  Related instruction will be presented on a broad, basic level.

Studetns will receive practical shop experience in desktop publishing; operate both Macintosh and IBM compatible computers; layout, design; arrange pasteup, artwork and photographs according to layout; operate process camera; expose and develop negatives; strip negatives into flats for platemaking; offset press operation; basic screen printing; and much more!

In Graphic Arts II students further develop the skills learned in GA I.  Students move on to advanced levels of desktop publishing and concentrate much more on darkroom work, platemaking, operation of the offset printing press, and finishing and bindery work.  GA II students who meet academic and attendence standards may concider On The Job Training (OJT) in the spring semester.  OJT gives them the opportunity to get real world experience while still enrolled in school.

Students in both Graphic Arts I and II will participate in an intra-curricular organization called Skills USA.  For more information on Skills USA see the link on the Graphic Arts Home Page.

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