Summary

Collaboration and Balance are Key
  • Consider these areas on a whole: Print, Interactive, Animation, and Game. Could also work with Advertising and Marketing areas.
  • Design VS Training
Digital Art and Design Program
Need balance between creative, business, and technical aspects of Graphic Communication / Arts.

  • Remove the word "computer" and change to "digital" - as technologies go more mobile so should we!
  • Classes
    • Drawing: remove traditional drawing - add one digital drawing class (imaging or vector drawing)
    • Photo: remove Traditional Photography - add digital photography,
    • Graphic Design - add
    • Graphic Design Practicum (instead of Advanced Computer Art)
    • Typography - add​
    • Possible package design course instead of 3D design (would need studio with work space and ventillation) 
    • History: Add a design / new media history / appreciation.
    • Business of art / portfolio development, or Freelance Principles and Practice - replace Internship with this course. Teach portfolio, business practice, proposals and contracts, etc. Maybe need two classes for these?
  • Need larger studio to facilitate proper growth - F160 would be a perfect DAD learning studio. Proximatity to other art programs, increased visibility, more space, darkroom, etc.

Option 1: Art & Technology​ 

Where creativity and technology converge.
This allows for more collaboration and integration between Art and Tech departments - Digital Art, CGI, and even OSA.
AFA - Digital Art or Graphic Arts
  • Digital Art might transfer more easily to 4 year schools? Something to look into.
  • Would be built in a way that students could take some ART core courses and then finish off with DART classes which would include a CGI courses (2D animation is the most relevant). And a Business of Art and Marketing or Advertising class.
AFA - Fine Arts
  • Require Digital Art & Design Course (perhaps new Digital Drawing, Digital Photo, and Intro to Computer Art). And Business of Art class.
  • Have core required courses for both Digital Art and Fine Art then branch off into specialty.
AAS and Certificate - Graphic Design
  • AAS Graphic Design (current DAD program altered to meet current trends)
  • Graphic Designer Certificate 
    (current Digital Designer Certificate altered to meet current trends)
AAS - Computer Graphics Imagery (CGI)
  • Change name to align with industry standard language (Computer-Generated Imagery)
  • Focus on animation. Remove / Replace the two Computer Graphics classes with ART courses as part of the curriculum including ART 101, ART 116 or ART 118, or ART 146. 
  • Three Certificates that stack to AAS CGI degree:
    1. 2D Animation
    2. 3D Animation
    3. Game Design
  • Change the Orientation course to a Digital Art / Graphic Design / CGI careers combo class to help streamline the process to place students into the correct programs. This course could be co-taugt with instructors from both areas.

Option 2: Art & Design​

AFA - Fine Arts
  • Require Digital Art & Design Course (perhaps new Digital Drawing, Digital Photo, and Intro to Computer Art). And Business of Art class.
  • Have core required courses for both Digital Art and Fine Art then branch off into specialty.
AFA - Art and Design (aka: Digital Art & Design or Graphic Communication)
  • Remove all traditional drawing courses from this degree. Instead build a Digital Drawing course (Graphic Designers do not need to know how to draw traditionally.)
Certificates
The idea with the certificates would be to offer them as Summer Certificates. Offer 3 back-to-back summer classes - one in the 3 week intersession, one in the first 4 weeks, and one in the second 4 weeks of summer.
Certificate - Graphic Design
​Edited Digital Designer Certificate into two degrees:
  1. Digital (web / interactive
  2. Print (layout and image making)
Certificate - Digital Image Specialist
  • Digital Imaging (drawing)
  • Digital Illustration
  • Digital Photography
Certificate - Photography Specialist
Tyler and I spoke and he would be interested in pursuing this as an option.
  • Photography: Dark Room
  • Photography: Digital
  • Photography: Portraiture, or Event Photography, or?

MV Programs

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AFA Fine Art (65)
​​Electives 9 Hours

Need to add Digital Class(es) - at least ART 146 - as a requirement.
DAD Programs (64)
​Required Studio 36 Hours ​
​Electives 9 Hours
CGI Programs (63)
​Required 44 Hours
OSA, MIS, and IMS Programs
All courses are not relevant. But maybe see - 

Other College Degree / Programs
MVCC
AAS - Digital Art / Design
  • 2 Year
  • Fine Arts and Humanities
  • 64 Credit Hours
MVCC
Certificate - Digital Design 
  • 2 Year
  • Fine Arts and Humanities
  • 24 Credit Hours
College of Lake County
AAS (23TB) - Digital Media and Design
+ One Specialty Option
  • 2 Year
  • Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts
  • 66 Credit Hours
​College of Lake County
Certificate (23TE) - Multimedia Presentations
  • 2 Year
  • Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts
  • 15 Credit Hours
​College of Lake County
Certificate (23TH)- Multimedia Communications
  • 2 Year
  • Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts
  • 36 Credit Hours
​College of Lake County
AAS (23TM) - Digital A/V Production and Editing
  • 2 Year
  • Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts
  • 63 Credit Hours
​Elgin CC
AAS - Communication Design - Graphic Design
  • 2 Year
  • Communication Design
  • 62 Credit Hours
​Elgin CC
AAS - Communication Design -
Videography & Motion Graphics
  • 2 Year
  • Communication Design
  • 61 Credit Hours
​Elgin CC
Certificate - Basic Vocational Specialist
in Adobe CS
  • 2 Year
  • Communication Design
  • 12 Credit Hours
​Elgin CC
Certificate - Basic Vocational Specialist
in Web Design
  • 2 Year
  • Communication Design
  • 12 Credit Hours
​Elgin CC
Certificate - Basic Vocational Specialist in Videography
  • 2 Year
  • Communication Design
  • 15 Credit Hours
​McHenry County College
​AAS - Graphic Arts
  • 2 year
  • 60 Credit Hours
McHenry County College
Certificate - Graphic Design 
  • 2 year
  • 27 Credit Hours
​McHenry County College
Certificate - Fundamentals of Design
  • 2 year
  • 15 Credit Hours
​McHenry County College
Certificate - Web Design
  • 2 year
  • 27 Credit Hours
​Oakton CC
AAS - Graphic Design
  • 2 Year
  • Libral Arts
  • 67 Credit Hours
​Oakton CC
Certificate - Animation & Multimedia (0371)
  • 2 Year
  • Libral Arts
  • 30 Credit Hours
​Oakton CC
Certificate - Web Graphic Design (0372)
  • 2 Year
  • Libral Arts
  • 31 Credit Hours
​Oakton CC
Certificate - Photography 
  • 2 Year
  • Libral Arts
  • 33 Credit Hours
​Praire State College
AAS - Multimedia Arts
  • 2 Year
  • Fine Arts
  • 62-63 Credit Hours
​Waubonsee CC
Associate in Arts - Graphic Design
  • 2 Year
  • Arts, Design, & Humanities
  • 61 Credit Hours
​Waubonsee CC
Certificate - Graphic Design
  • 2 Year
  • Arts, Design, & Humanities
  • 37 Credit Hours
​Waubonsee CC
Certificate - Animation
  • 2 Year
  • Arts, Design, & Humanities
  • 25 Credit Hours
​Joliet Junior College
AAS - Graphic Design
  • 2 Year
  • 62 Credit Hours
Joliet Junior College
Certificate - Graphic Design
  • 2 Year
  • 35 Credit Hours
​Joliet Junior College
AAS - Visual Graphics
  • 2 Year
  • 64 Credit Hours
​Harper College
AAS - Graphic Arts Technology - Graphic Design
  • 2 Year
  • Art, Design, & Performing Arts
  • 64 Credit Hours
​Harper College
AAS - Graphic Arts Technology - Web Design 
  • 2 Year
  • Art, Design, & Performing Arts
  • 64 Credit Hours
​Harper College
AAS - Graphic Arts Technology - Graphic Design
  • 2 Year
  • Art, Design, & Performing Arts
  • 64 Credit Hours
​Harper College
AAS - Graphic Arts Technology - Package Design
  • 2 Year
  • Art, Design, & Performing Arts
  • 64 Credit Hours
​Harper College
AAS - Graphic Arts Technology - Print Production
  • 2 Year
  • Art, Design, & Performing Arts
  • 62 Credit Hours
​Harper College
Certificate - Graphic Arts Technology - Fashion
  • 2 Year
  • Art, Design, & Performing Arts
  • 21 Credit Hours
​Harper College
Certificate - Graphic Arts Technology - Graphics Arts Printing
  • 2 Year
  • Art, Design, & Performing Arts
  • 27 Credit Hours
​Harper College
Certificate - Graphic Arts Technology - Graphics Arts
  • 2 Year
  • Art, Design, & Performing Arts
  • 34 Credit Hours
​Harper College
Certificate - Graphic Arts Technology - Desktop Publishing
  • 2 Year
  • Art, Design, & Performing Arts
  • 30 Credit Hours
​Harper College
Certificate - Graphic Arts Technology - Digital Photography
  • 2 Year
  • Art, Design, & Performing Arts
  • 23 Credit Hours
​Harper College
Certificate - Graphic Arts Technology - Interactive Technology
  • 2 Year
  • Art, Design, & Performing Arts
  • 30 Credit Hours
​Harper College
Certificate - Graphic Arts Technology - Package Design
  • 2 Year
  • Art, Design, & Performing Arts
  • 30 Credit Hours
​Harper College
Certificate - Graphic Arts Technology - Variable Data
  • 2 Year
  • Art, Design, & Performing Arts
  • 30 Credit Hours
​Harper College
Certificate - Graphic Arts Technology - Web Design
  • 2 Year
  • Art, Design, & Performing Arts
  • 30 Credit Hours
​Triton College
AAS Visual Communication—Graphic Design
  • 2 Year
  • Visual Communication
  • 66 Credit Hours
​Triton College
Certificate - Visual Communication—Graphic Design
  • 2 Year
  • Visual Communication
  • 48 Credit Hours
​Triton College
Certificate - Visual Communication—Social Media Design
  • 2 Year
  • Visual Communication
  • 25 Credit Hours

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