Jennifer Fisher leads the Graphic Design program as both chair and instructor — which means the course design work here has shaped not just individual courses but the program's overall structure and standards. The collaboration covers seven courses across the full GRD sequence, with four fully built out: Vector Imaging, Publication Design, Raster Imaging, and Graphic Design IV.
Each completed course includes a full module breakdown, CLOs mapped to program outcomes, question banks, learning activities, rubrics, and a course map. GRD-159 includes a dedicated Generative AI module with an ethics framework — one of the first in the division to address AI use explicitly. Graphic Design IV (GRD-242) connects directly to CSC-289 in a cross-program capstone where design students deliver production assets to AI/IT students.
Students who complete the Adobe Certified Professional sequence earn industry-recognized credentials: Graphic Design and Illustration Using Adobe Illustrator (GRD-154), Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign (GRD-155), and Visual Design Using Adobe Photoshop (GRD-159). Students who certify in Photoshop plus either Illustrator or InDesign automatically earn a fourth credential: the Adobe Certified Professional in Visual Design — a specialist-level recognition built into the program sequence.
Note: In Adobe's ecosystem, "Ai" refers to Adobe Illustrator — not artificial intelligence. The program intentionally addresses both: industry-standard design tools and responsible use of generative AI in creative workflows.
As with all collaborations here: the design framework and structure came from our partnership. The content expertise — the discipline knowledge, the creative judgment, the professional standards — belongs to Jennifer.
7 GRD courses
3 ACP exams + Visual Design specialist
CLO-to-PO alignment
Question banks
Activity sets
Rubrics
Generative AI + ethics module
Cross-program capstone