New
Course Announcement – Winter 2003
Geologic Illustration
1 Credit Hour
2nd Block Class
(Feb 28th - Apr
14th)
1 hr lecture and 2 hrs lab
per week
Instructors:
J. D. Keith, K. Thompson, and other Geology Faculty Members
Objectives: To
teach students how to design and create publishable geologic illustrations.
Standard tools to be introduced and used will be Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop,
Acrobat and HTML. The primary assignments to be completed will be illustrations
needed in other Geology courses this semester or thesis illustrations.
[Alternative assignments (such as generic index maps, simplified geologic maps,
cross sections, etc) will be provided to students if needed.] Downloading web
resources, scanning, redrawing illustrations, overlaying, and uploading
illustrations and photos to the web will be covered. There will be a number of guest and faculty lecturers as well as
student presentations. Students will upload their maps and illustrations to the
department web server to produce online portfolios (suitable to show
prospective employers). Grading will be based largely (80%) on the web-based
portfolio of each student.
Prerequisites:
Geology 351 or Geology 230
Field Trips: One
half-day trip (teaching photography).
Text: none
required nor recommended
Preliminary
Course Outline
Geologic
Illustration
Winter 2003; Version of Monday, March 31, 2003
Instructors: J. D. Keith and K Thompson
|
Day |
Date |
Topic |
Specialist or Assignment |
|
F |
28-Feb |
Course Introduction and
Index Maps |
J. Keith |
|
M |
3-Mar |
Getting to Know Adobe
Illustrator |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
W |
5-Mar |
Adobe Illustrator - Lab |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
F |
7-Mar |
Adobe Illustrator - Lab |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
M |
10-Mar |
Critical Design Elements and
Considerations |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
W |
12-Mar |
Setting Up Personal Web
Pages |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
F |
14-Mar |
Setting Up Personal Web
Pages - Lab |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
M |
17-Mar |
Geologic
Maps and Sections |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
W |
19-Mar |
Adobe Illustrator - Lab |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
F |
21-Mar |
Adobe Illustrator - Lab |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
M |
24-Mar |
Landscape
and Rock Photography |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
W |
26-Mar |
Adobe Photoshop - Lab |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
F |
28-Mar |
Adobe Photoshop - Lab |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
M |
31-Apr |
Advanced
Techniques and Acrobat |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
W |
2-Apr |
Adobe Photoshop - Lab |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
F |
4-Apr |
Adobe Photoshop - Lab |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
M |
7-Apr |
Student
Presentations |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
W |
9-Apr |
Open
Lab |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
F |
11-Apr |
Open
Lab |
K. Thompson and J.D. Keith |
|
M |
14-Apr |
Student Presentations |
|
|
W |
23-Apr |
FINAL EXAM; |
COMPREHENSIVE |
This course is graded on a pass/fail basis. The minimum requirements
for a passing grade are:
1.
Attend class
(only two absences are allowed without permission of the instructor).
2.
Create a web page
with personal resume and portfolio of work. [This portfolio would consist of
all illustrations made for this class or illustrations made for other classes
as well.]
3.
Pass the Final
Exam (score above 60%) which will consist of an exercise using PhotoShop and an
exercise using Illustrator that requires use of the basic tolls and skills.
Instructors:
J. D. Keith, K. Thompson, and other Geology Faculty Members
Objectives: To
teach students how to design and create publishable geologic illustrations.
Standard tools to be introduced and used will be Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop,
Acrobat and HTML. The primary assignments to be completed will be illustrations
needed in other Geology courses this semester or thesis illustrations.
[Alternative assignments (such as generic index maps, simplified geologic maps,
cross sections, etc) will be provided to students if needed.] Downloading web
resources, scanning, redrawing illustrations, overlaying, and uploading
illustrations and photos to the web will be covered. There will be a number of guest and faculty lecturers as well as
student presentations. Students will upload their maps and illustrations to the
department web server to produce online portfolios (suitable to show
prospective employers). Grading will be based largely (80%) on the web-based
portfolio of each student.
Prerequisites:
Geology 351 or Geology 230
Field Trips: One
half-day trip (teaching photography).
Text: none
required nor recommended