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• FSM 226: HOSPITALITY STUDY TOUR II

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  Provides students with a second experience of the cultural and economic aspects of the hospitality industry in this study location. Actual observation and the study of systems of operation unique to this area will occur and what you learn will be applied to the American industry. Travel expenses and fees are the responsibility of the student. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and FSM 225 Prerequisite:    Permission of instructor and FSM 225
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• FSM 235: SUPERVISION AND TRAINING

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  Involves supervision and training for personnel in the hospitality industry. The course plan of study includes history of management, functions of management, management challenges of the future and industry regulations and personal development to achieve goals within the hospitality industry.
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• GCT 100: DESIGN TECHNOLOGY I

  1.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  This fundamental course explores the essential concepts of the IOS mobile platform and Adobe's desktop and mobile apps for creating, editing, presenting layouts, and vector and pixel-based graphics, while managing content across desktop, devices, and the Web. Students explore communicating and sharing resources with peers/team members and printing directly from devices.
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• GCT 102: ACROBAT ESSENTIALS

  1.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  An introduction to converting documents to PDF format, set navigation for PDF's, set security options, create bookmarks, and add hyperlinks and interactivity to documents using the standard for cross-platform file sharing without sacrificing the original design. Macintosh/Windows and Word skills recommended.
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• GCT 115: DESIGN & LAYOUT I

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  This fundamental course in two-dimensional communication design exposes students to Adobe design software and scanning techniques, explores layout and design principles, color decisions, typography choices and working with vector and pixel-based imagery. Students explore the influence of modern/contemporary and postmodern movements and associated cultural tendencies.
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• GCT 126: MOTION GRAPHICS

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  An introductory course incorporating vector graphic, digital imaging, and animation/motion software for generating static and motion content for web, mobile, and games. Students gain experience designing, creating, and optimizing loading gifs, cinemagraphs, cartoons/animations, sprite sheets, bitmap textures, social media imagery, and motion-based media elements.
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• GCT 131: TYPE & PUBLISHING I

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  Introduction to typography, core features and tools of page layout design using Adobe InDesign, master pages, fundamental typographic theories, process and spot color, integrating vector graphics and raster imagery into a series of compositions, and how to package, print and export your finished project.
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• GCT 151: ART & ILLUSTRATION I

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  An introductory course exploring Adobe Illustrator's art and illustration environment for creating and delivering visually compelling, scalable vector artwork for use in projects for both print and the web. Students will apply their art and design skills to create attention-getting images for creative entertainment, advertising and branding, and design elements for web and mobile content.
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• GCT 155: ENVIRONMENTAL GRAPHIC DESIGN I

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  Continued study of Adobe Illustrator, layout and design, spot color and environmental typography as the primary design form for producing basic custom apparel imagery, auto restyling artwork, indoor/outdoor graphics and label and signage solutions incorporating commercial art techniques and vinyl print/cut technologies. Corequisite(s): GCT 151
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• GCT 156: GRAPHICS PRODUCTION

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  Environmental graphic design involves the coordination of research, design elements, digital technology with design thinking and creative problem-solving to create symbols, signs, and wayfinding orientation. This course introduces students to various printing technologies from apparel decoration, graphics production and installation to functional printing of simple and complex close register images for various printing market segments Co-requisite: GCT 151
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