This course provides for the integration of advanced advertising design techniques and reproduction methods with emphasis on commercially valid advertisements. First semester will be an advanced continuation of projects with Photoshop and Illustrator in the area of graphic design/communication dealing with advertising. Practical applications of illustration and printing methods will be stressed the second semester along with in-depth discussion of what career paths one could take in Graphic Design. Portfolio development, correct oral and written communication, as they relate to the visual arts, will be integral in all aspects of this course.