Graphic & Digital Media Design
The Graphics and Digital Design course here at GJCTC trains students to produce a full-range of creative client projects, with opportunities to create illustrations, logos, and dynamic visuals to communicate through print and digital media. Students use the same advanced equipment, software, and techniques as professional graphic designers, including:
- Macintosh computers
- Roland large format cutter/printer
- Epilog laser engraver
- Four-color manual silkscreen printing press
- Heat pressed vinyl
- UV flatbed printer
Hands-On Training
- Safety
- Web or Mobile Design Software
- Advertising Design
- Principles of Design
- Digital Photography
- Explore Current Industry Trends
- Social Media
- Professional practices
Certifications
- Adobe Certified Associate Certification:
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- OSHA 10-Hour General Industry
PA SOAR Program
To qualify for free SOAR credits offered at participating colleges:
- Students must be enrolled in an approved Program of Study (POS) in the PDE SOAR program.
- Students must prepare for both college and a career by taking college prep academics, for example: College Prep English or Algebra II by their junior year of high school.
- Students must achieve a 2.5 GPA in the CTE program.
- Students must score competent or advanced on the end-of-CTE-program test, called the NOCTI, which is taken during the spring semester of their senior year of high school.
- Students must complete the SOAR statewide articulation competency list for their Program of Study.
For more information about this program, visit CollegeTransfer.Net.