
Digital Graphics
The Academy of Graphics and Publication at Santa Susana High School is a nationally recognized program of excellence in the area of Arts Media and Entertainment which encompasses a comprehensive, rigorous series of courses designed to teach students professional level art and technical design skills. Students will learn Adobe Photoshop (editing images), Adobe Illustrator (digital illustration), Adobe InDesign (layout), Adobe Premier (video), and Adobe Animate (animation). They will also work with an SLR camera exclusively using the professional settings, utilize reflectors and studio lights, create graphics for various projects, internship (work on real projects for real clients) and earn up to six units (two classes) of college credit along the way and eventually make real money working on real projects for real clients. The academy includes six courses, totaling up to 70 units of course work.
Honors Graphic Design ROP/CTE (10 Units)
The capstone course for the Academy of Graphics and Publication. This is an honors credit class which is for college credit (3 units) if you receive an A, B, or C in the class. We work with Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign to create Cereal Boxes, Packaging, Vector Art, Tee Shirt Design, Silk Screen, Album Design, Posters and Advertising, Typography, Yearbook Cover Design, Currency Design, Logo Design, Business Card Design, Corporate Branding, Menu Design, Billboard Artwork, Magazine Covers and Layouts, and Computer Animation. There are also internship opportunities.
Annual (10 Units)
This is a yearlong class designed to create the school yearbook and supplement. Five times our book has placed #1 in the Nation in the American Scholastic Association National Yearbook Competition in New York. As a class we create a theme, design spreads, cover and utilize photography. We cover events through journalism and photography, place content in layouts, and proof our work. At the end of the year we create a supplement to the book which has been either an interactive interactive app, or interactive PDF.
AP Studio Art 2D (Digital Photography)
(10 Units)
This is a yearlong Digital Photo class which covers how to use a professional camera, and identify elements and principles in your work. This leads to working with studio strobes, reflectors, and doing fashion shoots, which include modeling, styling, hair, and makeup. These images are then post processed in Photoshop for use in Graphic Design related projects. In the past twelve years, 100% of our students who have turned in a portfolio to the College Board, have received college credit, totaling over 400 students.
Portfolio requirements.
Graphics and Publication (5 Units)
In this semester course we learn professional design programs, such as Adobe Photoshop (Editing Images), Adobe Illustrator (Illustration), Adobe InDesign (Layout), Adobe Premiere (Video), and Adobe Animate (2D Animation). We then cover typography, and do graphic design projects such as designing advisement's, posters, and more.
Digital Photography (5 Units)
Students learn to use an SLR camera at an advanced level. Covering ISO, Aperture, Shutter Speed, and Manual Modes. We learn composition, shoot elements and principles, editing techniques in Photoshop, and use reflectors for fashions shoots.
Basic Design (10 Units)
Basic Design is a course which covers drawing, painting, and sculpture, all through the lens of learning and using the elements and principles of art and design. This is a hands on class where students have the opportunity to imagine, create, and problem solve. This class is a prerequisite course for most academies.
Certification Requirements
Recognition - 30 Units
Honors - 40 Units (3.0 GPA)
High Honors - 50 Units (3.5 GPA)
Note:
Must take ROP Graphic Design Honors capstone class and complete a senior project.
Courses and Course #’s
Basic Design (10 units) (Y)
Graphics & Pub (5 units ) (S) - #7849
Digital Photo (5 units ) (S) - #8169
AP Studio Art (Digital Photo) (10 units ) (Y) - #5722
Annual (10 units ) (Y) – 5057/5058
ROP Graphic Design Honors (10 units ) (Y) - #7292/7293 Capstone Course
ROP Entrepreneurship and Innovation Honors (10 units)
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Santa Susana High School
3570 E. Cochran St.
Simi Valley, CA 93063
805.520.6800
www.santasusana.org