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Julkaisugrafiikka (MAGS2059), 6 op
Basic information
| Course name: | Julkaisugrafiikka Magazine Design |
| Course Winha code: | MAGS2059 |
| Kurre acronym: | |
| Credits: | 6 |
| Type and level of course: | Professional studies |
| Year of study, semester or study period: | 2.year |
| Implementation: | Not defined |
| Semester: | |
| Language of tuition: | Suomi |
| Teacher: | Teemu Lipasti ja Juha Pohjola |
| Final assessment: | Grading scale (0-5) |
Descriptions
Prerequisites
Publishing Programs, Pixels Graphics, Typography II
Course contents (core content level)
The common history of layout design for magazines
The most relevant trend setters and their work
Typography in magazines and newspapers
The basics of how a magazine publishing company works, visual journalism and illustrations
Workflow and co-operation in publication
Advanced information about programs used to create and manipulate the graphics in publications
How to save a publication, sending created publication to the printing company
Course contents (additional)
Different genres of magazines
Information graphics as publisher tool
What a graphic artist does in a newspaper
Core content level learning outcomes (knowledge and understanding)
The course gives the student know essentials of the history of maganize layout desing, knows the most influential innovators of the field and is familiar with their works. The student is aware of the need of constant renewal and understands the importance of being up to date with magazine graphics
The student has basic knowledge of print media typography, layout design and the communicational requirements of publishing graphics and is aware of ethical principles of publishing graphics.
The student knows how the layout programs work. He also has knowledge what is required of graphical technology in print medias and understand the importance of co-operation in publication.
Core content level learning outcomes (skills)
After the course the student is cabable of working as a layout designer for a magazine. He is literate with layout designing programs and can adapt himself with the communicational organization of magazine publishing company
Recommended reading
Jarno Lukkarila: Tekstuuri, typografia julkaisijan työvälineenä,Credonet, Helsinki 2001.
Markus Itkonen: Typografian käsikirja, RPS-kustannus, Helsinki 2003.
Riitta Brusila (toim.), Typografia, kieltä vai visuaalisuutta, WSOY, Porvoo 2002.
Pekka Loiri ja Elisa Juholin: HUOM! Visuaalisen viestinnän käsikirja, Infoviestintä Oy, Helsinki 1999.
Hanno Spissler: Infografiikka julkaisijan työvälineenä, Hredonet Oy, Helsinki 2001.
Carl Henning, Esko Ojala ja Jukka Pellinen: Sanomalehden ulkoasuopas, Sanomalehtien liitto 1988.
Handouts from the lessons
Teaching and learning strategies
Lessons
Various team work assignments
Assingments
Exams
Tutoring
Company visits
Rating/Feedback
Teaching methods and student workload
Lectures
exams
Learning tasks / Assignments
Group exercises
Oppimisen ohjaus
Evaluation/Feed back
total
Company visits
Assessment weighting and grading
Assessment is course work based
Layout program literacy passed/failed
Being present during lectures, approved assingments and exam
Related competences of the degree programme
Ability to communicate visually
Competence of production technology / engineering
Ethical competencies
Knowledge of communications business methods