Any student who has questions outside of class, please email me at zigahelen@yahoo.com.

Instructor: Helen Ziga
Office Hours: 11:15-11:45 am by appointment; Room 218
Room #: 205

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FINAL EXAM LAST DAY OF CLASS
Exam will be written and based on the vocabulary and reading assignment for the course. The exam will be primarily fill in the blank, short answers and short essays. No word banks and no multiple choice.

There will be no makeup for this exam. It is worth 10% of your total grade.
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Course Description
This course examines the importance of graphic symbolism in design. Logo and other symbolic images will be examined in historic and contemporary context. Graphic elements including letterforms, simplified imagery and abstract shapes will be used to create logo designs and other symbolic images.

Course Objectives and Purpose
Upon completion of this course students will:

• Employ line and shape, color and texture in visual context to symbolically express an assigned concept.
• Apply a variety of strategies to the creation of graphic symbols.
• Make a critical analysis of a symbol in order to relate the formal properties of the symbol to its meaning.
• Develop a graphic system for the expression and execution of compound concepts.

Course Evaluation and Grading
Midterm and Final Grades are a combination of your project grades, exams, in-class work and the consistency of your projects. Project evaluations are based on each completed project as well as individual components within that project. Meaning, if sketches are due on a specific date, you will turn in those sketches for grading and that grade will affect the final grade for that project. You will be assessed on the following:

• Creativity/Functionality: How unique is your project and do I know what the concept is?
• Preliminary Work: Did you have your sketches and proper research done on time? Are you solving the assigned problem?
• Following Directions: Did you follow the basic criteria of the project? Did you just fulfill the assignment or did you exceed the requirements to create the best possible result for the assignment?
• Craftsmanship/Neatness: Did you execute your project with proper skill of the software being used? Is your design clear? Did you spell check?
• Color Choice: Do you have a specific reason for your color palette and is it the best choice?
• Layout Elements: Do the elements adhere to the design fundamentals learned in class – form/counter form, type of line used, space relationship, good typography?

Estimate on How Many Hours You Will Spend on Assignments Outside of Class
Expect to spend 2-4 hours per week in addition to the 4 lab hours to complete your assignments.

Required Materials

• Pantone Top 100 Colors – Available on Amazon.com for $29.95 or JourneyEd.com for $19.95.
• 3-ring binder
• 3-hole puncher or clear page sleeves
• CDs, USB or jump drive
• Sketch pad (at least 8.5x11”)
• Drawing pencils
• Fine tip and thick black marker
• Set of color markers
• Set of color pencils
• Sheets of Black Matte Board (buy as needed)
• X-acto knife
• Spray mount
• PRINTING: Expect to spend approximately $25 on printing for this class.

Grading

• Final Exam: 10%
• Quizzes: 5%
• In-Class Assignments: 20%
• Homework Assignments: 10%
• Projects: 55%

Grading Standards
A 95-100; A- 90-94; B+ 87-89; B 84-86; B- 80-83; C+ 77-79;
C 74-76; C- 70-73; D+ 65-69, D 60-64; F is Below 60

• A - Superior performance on all levels of evaluation, participation and submissions standards.
• B - Above average craftsmanship and problem solving abilities
• C - Average performance, everything is turned in on time of an average quality of creativity and production
• D - Failure to meet minimum quality requirements in most areas
• F - Serious problems with work and attitude

Class Rules

• Come to class on time and prepared to work for the entire class period. You will be marked absent if you do not have your supplies or are unprepared.
• Keep all projects and evaluation sheets in your binder. Your binder will be collected and evaluated at the end of the quarter so keep it organized and neat.
• Cell phones must be turned off while in the classroom. Students who take calls in class will be asked to leave. Headphones are permitted but must be turned off while the instructor is speaking to the class.
• Food and drink are not permitted in the classroom.
• No YouTube, Facebook or any social networking sites are allowed to be in use while in class.
• You do not have to ask to take breaks. However, students who take regular extended breaks or who leave class early will be counted absent.

PROJECT STANDARDS

Work is due at specified deadlines. I will not accept late projects or late sections of projects unless there is a valid reason (illness with doctor’s note or car wreck) and it is the student’s responsibility to contact me to inform me that they will not be able to meet the deadline. PRINTING PROBLEMS AND CORRUPT FILES DO NOT COUNT AS VALID REASONS.ll result in the student receiving a zero for the project and an F as an overall grade for the course.

Incomplete Work/Missing Projects
Students who do not complete all class assignments will receive a final course grade of “D” or lower.

Redoing Work
No resubmissions of past projects will be accepted. This means that the grade you receive for your project is your final grade for that project.

Academic Honesty
Engaging in academic dishonesty can have serious consequences for the student. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not exclusive to, the following:

1. Cheating
2. Plagiarism
3. Submission of the same work in 2 or more classes without prior approval
4. Submission of work not actually produced by the student turning in the work for a grade

The repercussions for academic dishonesty will result in either a grade of zero (0) for the project or test where there was cheating or an F for the entire course. If the academic dishonesty is extreme, the Graphic Design department chair will be informed.

Attendance
It is the Art Institute of Atlanta’s policy that a student is suspended from class after 4 absences. Suspensions may be appealed in writing to the Dean. Students who miss a 5th day of class will automatically receive a WF (withdrawal fail) and this may not be appealed.
Explanations of absence – medical, personal or job-related – do not excuse absence or tardiness. Arriving 10 minutes later or leaving class early before being dismissed will result in being marked absent.

Make-Ups
No quiz, exam or project make-ups are allowed unless prior arrangements are made with the instructor. It is the student’s responsibility to obtain notes, project specifications, etc from other students if they arrive late and missed part of class. Not knowing about an assignment is no excuse for missing deadlines or not completing a project properly.