MACC Catalog #GRA 210
CIP # 100301
DATE: January 26, 2010
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Catalog Description: GRA 210 Graphic Arts III (2-2-3)
The major areas of production used in the printing industry are applied. This includes graphic design, job planning, page layout, halftones, direct to film, direct to plate, image assembly, proofing, plate-making, presswork and bindery/finishing. Students apply each of the production processes to multiple projects. Students will follow projects from preproduction through production and post production stages.
Prerequisite : GRA 120 Graphic Arts II or instructor approval
Text : None.
Other Required Materials :
Student supplied 6 & 12 pt line gauge 2 100 mg Zip Disks.
Purpose of Course :
This course is designed to provide the fundamental skills required to set up and operate an offset press and screen printing press. Emphasis is placed on press operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of single-color jobs on various paper stock on sheet-fed offset presses and duplicators. Upon completion, student should be able to produce commercial-quality single-color work.
Course Objectives:
This course is designed to provide the fundamental skills required to set up and operate an offset press and screen printing press. Emphasis is placed on press operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of single-color jobs on various paper stock on sheet-fed offset presses and duplicators. Upon completion, student should be able to produce commercial-quality single-color work.
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Course Content :
1. Discuss and demonstrate single and multi-color prepress and press production procedures.
2. Discuss graphic arts and imaging production procedures using appropriate industrystandard terminology.
3. Demonstrate competence in all phases of single and multi-color graphic arts production.
4. Demonstrate problem-solving skills related to single and multi-color graphic arts production.
5. Demonstrate paper calculations and paper cutting procedures as required for production.
6. Discuss and demonstrate ink mixing procedures and ink selection.
7. Discuss paper characteristics, specifications and paper selection.
Statement to Connect Course with Technical Program Outcome Statement:
In compliance with MACC’s General Education outcomes, the student who successfully completes this course will be able to:
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Demonstrate effective written and oral communication;
Assessment of Student Learning : All students are guaranteed a grade of no lower than an A if 90% or greater is earned as an overall course grade. The standard 90, 80, 70, 60 grade scale for grades of A,B, C, D will be used. Any student with an overall grade below
60 may receive a grade of F in the course. A curve may be applied to the overall grades of all students. The instructor reserves the right to make minor adjustments (+/-2%) based on improvement and consistency of effort. Approximately three exams will be given during the semester. Each exam will be worth 100 points. A final worth 100 points will also be given. A research project worth 200 points is also required. All exams will be announced well in advance. Homework and quizzes will also be given. Exams will have written components and may have online components.
Class time will be used for lecture/discussion and mini-lab activities. Student performance objectives will be distributed throughout the course. All examinations will cover the specified performance objectives. All tests will be well announced. Quizzes may be given either as announced or unannounced.
Statement to Connect Course with General Education Outcomes or Technical
Program Outcome Statement:
In compliance with MACC’s General Education outcomes, the student who successfully completes this course will be able to:
Use basic graphic arts terminology, identify careers in the graphic arts field and software needed to produce graphic arts files. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the different printing processes by identifying products that were created using those processes. A field trip will be taken to a publishing facility to create a better understanding of print production. Production sequences will be identified by students by evaluation of a printing product. Production sequences and color selections will be
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identified and defined. Students will also read and review industry publications to become familiar with keep up to date with current technology.
Program Assessment : The Graphic Arts Technology faculty continually strives to meet the needs of their students through program improvements. These improvements are a result of program assessment, and the consultation and advisement of the Graphic Arts advisory committee. In addition to the course assessments outlined in this syllabus, the objectives achieved in this course will also be an integral part of the Graphic Arts
Technology program assessment. Students will be assessed on the mastery of course concepts and essential skills attained in this course during the capstone course, Graphic
Arts Management.
Instructor Policies:
Academic Dishonesty: MACC board policy is as follows: “Academic dishonesty by students damages institutional credibility and unfairly jeopardizes honest students; therefore, it will not be tolerated in any form.” Forms of academic dishonesty include but are not limited to the following: violations of copyright law, plagiarism, fabrication, cheating, collusion, and other academic misconduct. Incidents of dishonesty regarding assignments, examinations, classroom/laboratory activities, and/or the submission of misleading or false information to the College will be treated seriously. The procedure for handling academic dishonesty is outlined in the Student Handbook ( Policy Handbook
M.010
). In cases of alleged academic dishonesty, the burden of proof is on the student, not on the instructor.
Attendance:
Any student who misses two consecutive weeks of class during a regular sixteen-week semester or the equivalent proportion of class time during a shorter session will be dropped from the class by the instructor unless acceptable justification is supplied.
Additionally, any student who misses more than one-fourth of the entire number of inseat class meetings in a regular 16-week semester or the equivalent proportion of class time during a shorter session, may be dropped from that class by the instructor if, in the opinion of the instructor, the student does not have reasonable opportunity to succeed in the class. A student’s attendance rate will be calculated based upon the first day of the semester (not the student’s date of enrollment in the course).
Student attendance must be defined in a different manner for online, hybrid, and virtual courses. Student attendance in these courses is defined as active participation in the course. Online, hybrid, and virtual courses will, at a minimum, have weekly mechanisms for student participation, such as any or all of the following methods: a. Completion of quizzes or exams b. Submission of assignments c. Participation in threaded discussions d. Communication with the instructor
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A student who does not participate in an online, hybrid, or virtual course for two consecutive weeks will be dropped by the instructor unless acceptable justification is supplied. As with ground courses, a student’s attendance rate in online courses will also be calculated based upon the first day of the semester. If a student does not demonstrate active participation in the online course within the first two weeks (or the equivalent proportion of class time during a short session), the student will be dropped as “never attended.” Simply logging into an online class does not constitute active participation.
Students should be aware that their dropping a course and their last date of attendance in the course may impact their financial aid.
Tardiness:
Attendance will be taken within the first 5 minutes of class.
Make-up and late work:
No make-up work will be allowed except in extreme instances.
Extra-Credit:
Extra-credit may or may not be awarded.
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ADA Statement
Students who have disabilities that qualify under the Americans with
Disabilities Act may register for assistance through the Office of Access and ADA Services. Students are invited to contact the Access Office to confidentially discuss disability information, academic accommodations, appropriate documentation and procedures. For more information, please call either the Moberly office at (660) 263-4100 x 11240 or the Columbia office at (573) 234-1067 x 12120, or visit our web page at http://www.macc.edu/index.php/services/access-office .
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