CGR 201—GRAPHIC ARTS FUNDAMENTALS/ 3 Units
History of major printing process; application of layout and design, hot and cold type composition, proofreading, paste-up, process photography, offset production procedures, paper, printing inks, bindery and photographic legal restrictions. Field trips may be required. Lecture. Material fee required. (Fall) Transfer: CSU MJC Activities.
CGR 211—INDESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHY 1/ 3 Units
Basic fundamentals of typesetting and composition. Includes instruction in the printer’s point system, type face identification and mark-up procedures. Operation of display and typesetting equipment. Note: PageMaker software. Field trips may be required. Lecture/Laboratory. (Fall) Transfer: CSU MJC Activities.
CGR 212—ELECTRONIC PREPRESS/ 3 Units
Recommended for Success: Concurrent enrollment in CGR 211. Terminology, materials, equipment, facilities and methods used in electronic prepress. Electronic job planning and layout basics, such as: file formats, fonts, imposition, trapping, screen angling, preflight, postscript output, image setters, proofing and output to plates. Techniques of preparing electronic files for output to: postscript printers, image setters, and direct to plate. Procedures for preparing line art, black and white photos, color photos, clip art and software created illustration. Scaling graphics to layout specs and working with single multicolored layouts. Note: Illustrator software. Field trips may be required. Lecture/Laboratory. (Fall) Transfer: CSU MJC Activities.
CGR 214—BINDERY/ 3 Units
Formerly listed as: CGR - 214: Printing Presses and Bindery 1 Introduction to bindery work: planning, paper cutting, folding, assembling, finish work and packaging. Die cutting materials, Scoring, Numbering, Foil stamping, and embossing Field trips may be required. (A-F or P/NP) Lecture/Lab Transfer: (CSU)
CGR 221—IMAGE CAPTURE AND MANIPULATION/ 3 Units
Optical and digital methods of image capture and manipulation. Photographic materials and equipment for the graphic arts. Densitometry, light sources, pin register, film assembly, exposure and development control. Contact frame, camera, and scanner theory and practice. Students will use a variety of flat bed scanners, transparency scanners, and digital cameras. Photoshop will be used to manipulate the images. Materials fee may be required. Lecture/Laboratory. (Spring) Transfer: CSU MJC Activities.
CGR 222—IMAGE ASSEMBLY & PLATEMAKING/ 1 Unit
Recommended for Success: Before enrolling in this course, students are strongly advised to satisfactorily complete OFADM 351 with a minimum grade of C or better satisfactorily complete CGR 214 with a minimum grade of C or better. Planning for lithograph plating; handling and repair of lithograph negatives; special negative operations--scribing, opaquing, retouching, flat layout and imposition; single and multiple negative masking. Imposition and step and repeat at the RIP. Addition of marks and color bars in the RIP software. Trapping in the RIP software. Field trips may be required. (A-F or P/NP) Lecture/Lab Transfer: (CSU)
CGR 223—LITHOGRAPHIC & FLEXOGRAPHIC PRESSES/ 3 Units
Formerly listed as: CGR - 223: Printing Presses and Bindery 2 Recommended for Success: Before enrolling in this course, students are strongly advised to satisfactorily complete CGR 214 with a minimum grade of C or better. Beginning skills in the operation of Lithographic Offset Presses an Flexographic Web Press. Students will be required to print multi colored work and produce 2,000 or more copies in a final 3 hour lab. Field trips may be required. (A-F or P/NP) Lecture/Lab Transfer: (CSU)
CGR 224—ILLISTRATOR & ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING/ 3 Units
Formerly listed as: CGR - 224: Electronic Publishing Systems Recommended for Success: Before enrolling in this course, students are strongly advised to satisfactorily complete OFADM 351 with a minimum grade of C or better. Illustrator training and Introduction to electronic publishing systems, to include text generation, computer-designed graphics. Typographical applications and output devices, to include imagesetters wide format, and direct to plate devices. Current options for hardware and software used in the graphic communication industry and the advantages and disadvantages. Postscript and its role in electronic publishing. Three maximum completions. Field trips may be required. (A-F or P/NP) Lecture/Lab MJC Activities. Transfer: (CSU)
CGR 225—PRODUCTION SCREEN PRINTING/ 2 Units
Fundamentals of production screen printing on multi-media or substrates. Screen printing with single and multi-color with hairline registration. Field trips may be required. Materials fee required. Lecture/Laboratory. (Spring) Transfer: CSU.
CGR 230—GRAPHIC DESIGN/ 3 Units
Recommended for success: Satisfactory completion of ART 120, ART 124, CGR 211, CGR 212, and CGR 224. Provides a knowledge of graphic design principles and application in business today. Note: Illustrator software. Lecture/Laboratory. Field trips required. Transfer: CSU MJC Activities.
CGR 232—GRAPHIC DESIGN PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT/ 1 Unit
Recommended for Success: Before enrolling in this course, students are strongly advised to complete a minimum of 15 units in the CGR major. Students develop their knowledge and skill for organizing a comprehensive professional portfolio that prepares their work to pursue career opportunities in the graphic design and printing industry. Portfolios include a collection of individual and group projects, resume, a professional cover letter, and samples of completed job applications. Students prepare and present their portfolio as a final project. (A-F or P/NP) Lecture. Transfer: CSU
CGR 331—INDESIGN & TYPOGRAPHY 2/ 3 Units
Formerly listed as: CGR - 331: Typography 2 Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of CGR 211 with a minimum grade of C or better. InDesign and Typography 2 covers advanced skills in the page layout software InDesign and advanced skills of typography. History of Type, and the use of InDesign to perform advanced typography skills to produce outstanding; flyers, brochures, posters, etc. Field trips may be required. (A-F or P/NP) Lecture/Lab
CGR 332 —ADVANCED PRESSES/ 3 Units
Formerly listed as: CGR - 332: Production Presses and Bindery Recommended for Success: Before enrolling in this course, students are strongly advised to satisfactorily complete CGR 214 with a minimum grade of C or better. Advanced skills in the operation of Lithographic press and Flexographic press. Printing four colors in tight registration using a Lithographic press and a Flexographic press. Producing printed pieces for the college and meeting industry standards on those printing projects. Field trips may be required. (A-F or P/NP) Lecture/Lab
CGR 333—PHOTO TECHNIQUES/ 3 Units
Recommended for Success: Satisfactory completion of CGR 211 and 221. Photo manipulation procedures: Photoshop training, image capture using scanners and digital cameras, output devices (proofing and image setters), special films, proofing methods and materials, and utilizing industry equipment and software. Note: Primary software (Photoshop). Lecture/ Laboratory. (A-F Only)(Fall)MJC Activities.
CGR 342—DESIGNING FOR CLIENTS/ 2 Units
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of CGR 212 Recommended for success: Satisfactory completion of 211, 224, 230, 221, and 331. Techniques required to design and prepare copy for several types of printing media. Emphasis on digital skills and procedures required for the production of artwork. Design and preparation of printing for a client. Field trips may be required. Lecture/Laboratory. (A-F Only)(Spring)
CGR 350—GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION INTERNSHIP/ 2 Units
Prerequisite: Minimum of 15 units completed in Communication Graphics major. Supervised field experience in graphic communications. Study and research related to job training. Current developments in graphic communications. Initial orientation, two student/instructor conferences and one local work-site visit. 150 hours paid or 120 hours non-paid work per semester equals 2 units. Three maximum completions.
CGR 352—PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT/ 1 Unit
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of with a minimum grade of C or better Minimum of 15 units completed in Graphic communication Major. Fundamentals of Graphics Production Management to include: job flow, production work, maintenance schedules, and development of portfolios. Field trips may be required. (P/NP Only)
CGR 395—COMMUNICATION GRAPHICS OPEN LAB 1/ 3 Units
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of CGR 211 and/or CGR 221 and/or CGR 224 and/or CGR 214 and/or CGR 223. Provides access to Communication Graphics laboratory setting for advanced students for the purpose of continued skills development applicable to production processes in Design and Printing. Four completions allowed. Field trips may be required. (A-F or P/NP) Lab.
