Sacramento City College
Unit Plan
Completed Spring 2002
Department Name: Graphic Communication
Department Spokesperson: Carl Winther
Division Dean:
Phil Cypret
Elements of the Unit Plan:
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Accomplishments
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Three Year Plan
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Action Plan
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Budget Request
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Budget Narrative
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Key Performance Indicators
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Department / Accomplishments 2001 - 2002
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Year-end status and accomplishments
3 – Year Plan
Graphic Communication Department
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Hiring Plans: hire 2 adjunct for Quark
Xpress and Animation
Construct new Mac lab to accommodate
47 stations
Projected move to new Technology
Building with new Mac lab
Upgrade computer hardware in lab
Continuous upgrade of software
Expansion to new software- Adobe After
Effects for Animation certificate
Upgrade to flat panel digital monitors
when quality reaches our industry
standard
Acquisition of a large format printer
Direct to plate system to eliminate all
darkroom chemicals
Purchase OSX Macintosh server
Hire full time instructor in area of
multimedia
Provide training for faculty and GC staff,
using OSX / department requests and
forms, and new software for lab
coordinators
Market the GC program to area high
schools, using electronic prepress
equipment / Web / Multimedia
Expansion of Distance Education classes
Articulation with Business Dept
Transfer of classes to 4 year colleges
Update curriculum per software updates
Expansion of certificate/AS
program/degree
Research industry opportunities for
advanced students for employment or
internships
Continue to develop & expand Web site
Develop a high school instructor’s
summer workshop for training
Assist Folsom Lake Center in developing
a Graphic Communication program
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Graphic Communication Department / Action Plan 2002 - 2003
Goal 1: Curriculum
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Linkage to other
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Action Item
Maintaining up-to-date software
Update all applications as they are released
Expansion of Multimedia program to include Broadcast Graphics
(Adobe After Effects)
Expand Distance Education Classes
Develop a curriculum program to bring high school instructors to a
higher level of education
All colleges and
district plans
All colleges and
district plans
All colleges and
district plans
All colleges and
district plans
Local and regional
high schools
Year-end status and accomplishments
This year we upgraded to Photoshop 7, Illustrator 10, Quark 5,
PageMaker 7 and added LightWave 3D software
As software is released, our goal is to implement it within the
first semester of its release
Writing new curriculum to include the use of After Effects,
which will expand our current animation program.
Revise current curriculum to include a distance education
component
To develop a summer workshop that would provide detailed
instruction in a variety of desktop publishing and multimedia that
will result in high school instructors sending students to our
program.
Goal 2: Hardware / Software
Maintain a state-of-the-art computer lab
All colleges and
district plans
Acquisition of a OSX Macintosh server
All colleges and
district plans
Acquisition of flat panel digital monitors
All colleges and
district plans
Acquisition of a large format printer
All colleges and
district plans
Acquisition of direct to plate system
All colleges and
district plans
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The success of our program has always been the ability to teach
the latest software on the latest hardware technology. Our
program is directed by local graphic industries and we must
maintain a level that will allow our student employment
A Macintosh lab is unique when compared to existing Window
hardware, thus requiring a server that works directly with the
computers that we use.
Current flat panel technology limits our ability to teach color
correction. As the flat screen technology increases, our goal is to
change our entire lab to flat screen panels. Additionally, this will
provide more work space for students.
Many of our classes involve high quality color and large sized
printouts. Gives students experience in using hardware that is
standard in the prepress industry.
With the removal of all darkroom hardware and chemicals, we
need a system that will allow us to make printing plates directly
from the computer.
Graphic Communication Department / Action Plan 2002 – 2003
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Hiring of two adjunct faculty
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district plans
Hiring a full time faculty
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Goal 3: Adjunct/full time faculty hiring
Linkage to other
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Year-end status and accomplishments
Classes have continued to grow at a phenomenal rate,
requiring us to have multiple sections of the same class
subject. We are currently expanding Quark Xpress and
multimedia.
The ability to have an additional full time instructor
would bring continuity to our growing program in
animation/multimedia
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Description
Current budget is $8000
Operating
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Computers Equipment Furniture Program
Supplies
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Increase
Start-up
$4,000
Software updates
$4,000
1 full timer
Remodel
Space
Faculty
Hires
$35,000
Toner/inkjet/paper
2 adjunct instructors
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Budget Narrative 2003 - 2004
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Software
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Training
$5000
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High school articulation
$5000
Instructional supplies
$3000
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Justification
New 47 station lab plus instructor and lab assistant and teaching stations give a total of 55
computers. Our current budget of $8000 has not increased in 22 years. With the new lab, we must
depend on additional funds if we are to stay current.
In order to maintain the high level of quality that has built our program to where it is now, we must
keep up with the hardware changes/progression in our industry. Replacing all of the computers at
one time would be cost prohibitive, thus, if we set up a one third or one fourth purchase every
year, we can maintain our high level of technology that has made us the leading electronic
prepress and multimedia program in Northern California.
Our technology changes daily. We must have a plan in place that will allow us to get adequate
training for our instructors as the software changes.
Our intention is to develop better contact with local high schools. The printing of glossy brochures
and literature will allow us to keep the high schools informed of our program and to relay our high
quality of graphic training.
The increase in lab size has more than doubled our need for instructional supplies. These include
toner, ink jet cartridges and paper.
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Skill attainment “C” or better
Career Certificate / Certificate of Completion
Enrollment
Job Placement / Internships
Retention
Productivity
Transfer rates
Local competitions
Graphic Communication
Department