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8194 - Advanced Fashion Design return to top

PEIMS ID:13009400
Credit:  2.0
Grades: 11 - 12

Duration: Full Year
Offered At:   CHS SVHS
Prerequisite: Fashion Design I

This hand-on laboratory course emphasizes design and production. The student will research the fashion industry, determine textile characteristics on apparel and fashion, design and construct advanced garments, and continue to develop your career portfolios. If you want to learn what it takes to be a fashion designer and learn marketing and promotion skills this is the class for you.

8204 - Graphic Design and Illustration return to top

PEIMS ID:13008800
Credit:  1.0
Grades: 9 - 12

Duration: Full Year
Offered At:   CLHS SVHS
Prerequisite: None

Learn Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop – two programs used widely throughout the art, business, scientific, design and multimedia industries. Build two-dimensional cartoons and artwork in Illustrator and Photoshop and learn to animate them in Photoshop and Flash. Find out what your digital camera is capable of and how to improve and artistically alter your pictures using Photoshop. Don’t pay big bucks for this knowledge years from now! Learn it now while you’re still young, and while it’s free! This course counts for Technology Applications credit.

8205 - Advanced Graphic Design and Illustration return to top

PEIMS ID:13008900
Credit:  2.0
Grades: 10 - 12

Duration: Full Year
Offered At:   CLHS SVHS
Prerequisite: None

Take what you learned last year in Graphic Design and Illustration to the next level. Work on advanced projects that combine Illustrator, Photoshop and other software in new and exciting ways. Want to dive more into animation – go for it! Interested in finding out how to sell photos for profit – you can! Want to build websites for your use or to sell to companies? Why not? Individual interests and custom tailored projects are the name of the game in this class. Head to college with a whole lot of knowledge! This course counts for Technology Application credit.

8314 - Problems and Solutions- Advanced Film return to top

PEIMS ID:12701500
Credit:  1.0
Grades: 12 - 12

Duration: Full Year
Offered At:   CLHS
Prerequisite: None

This course is a project-based research course for students who have the ability to research a real world problem. Students develop a project on a topic related to a career interest in this cluster, use scientific methods of investigation to conduct in depth research, matched with a mentor from the business or professional community, compile findings, and present their findings to an audience that includes experts in the field. To attain academic success, students must have opportunities to learn reinforce, apply and transfer their knowledge, skills and technologies in a variety of settings. This course is designed to provide students an opportunity to earn one advanced measure for the Distinguished Achievement Program.

8354 - Advanced Audio Video Production return to top

PEIMS ID:13008600
Credit:  2.0
Grades: 10 - 12

Duration: Full Year
Offered At:   CLHS SVHS
Prerequisite: Audio Video Production

Did you enjoy Audio Video Production last year? Then why not move on up to Advanced Audio Video where your Final Cut Pro skills will be put to the test creating films for competition and possibility for profit? Hone your filmmaking skills and create projects you can be truly proud of. Plus, you will have the opportunity to attend the Austin Film Festival with us in Austin in October – a rare opportunity to meet big time filmmakers, directors, and producers. What other class gives you that?

8454 - Fashion Design return to top

PEIMS ID:13009300
Credit:  1.0
Grades: 10 - 12

Duration: Full Year
Offered At:   CHS CLHS SVHS
Prerequisite: None

If you have a love for fashion and the textile and apparel industries this is the course for you. In this hands-on laboratory course you will learn the current fashion trends, maintenance and care for apparel, use design elements and principles in garment construction, recycle and redesign apparel, career opportunities, develop a professional portfolio and much more. You also will comprise a career portfolio and create a mock window display.

8684 - Audio Video Production return to top

PEIMS ID:13008500
Credit:  1.0
Grades: 9 - 12

Duration: Full Year
Offered At:   CHS SVHS
Prerequisite: None

Have you ever dreamed of making your own movies? In Audio Video Production that’s exactly what we do. We use Mac computers and the latest and greatest film making software, Macintosh Final Cut Pro, to make our own live action, animated, multi-camera, and sound-dubbed films. You’ll learn pre-production, editing, and post-production techniques that will allow you to export your films in a variety of formats for DVD, Web, and Podcast use. AND you will have the opportunity to earn your Apple Certified Level I End User Certification for Final Cut Pro should you wish to do so. This class is for serious filmmakers only because there is a lot to learn! This course will count for Technology Applications credit.

8754 - Commercial Photography return to top

PEIMS ID:13009100
Credit:  1.0
Grades: 9 - 12

Duration: Full Year
Offered At:   CHS SVHS
Prerequisite: None

This technical course is designed to provide advanced knowledge and skills acquisition of the contemporary resources, processes and impacts of graphic communications technology. Activities in this course may include graphic design, computer image composition, preparing production, image transfer and finishing experience. Examples of student learning activities are taking and editing photographs, publishing a newsletter, using computers to transmit information, and developing quality control methods. Examples of equipment used are digital cameras, video camcorder, recorders, copiers, computers hardware/software and optical systems.

8764 - Advanced Commercial Photography return to top

PEIMS ID:13009200
Credit:  2.0
Grades: 10 - 12

Duration: Full Year
Offered At:   CHS SVHS
Prerequisite: Students must have completed Commercial Photography. Teacher’s signature required

This is an advanced technical course designed for students to apply skills and knowledge learned in Photograph I. Examples of student learning activities are create photographs for a defined purpose using approved composition and layout techniques, and create an advertising campaign for specific products. . Examples of equipment used are digital cameras, video camcorder, recorders, copiers, computers hardware/software and optical systems.

9064 - Professional Communication return to top

PEIMS ID:13009900
Credit:  0.5
Grades: 9 - 12

Duration: Semester
Offered At:   CHS CLHS SVHS
Prerequisite: None

Professional Communications blends written, oral, and graphic communication in a career-based environment. Careers in the global economy require individuals to be creative and have a strong background in computer and technology applications, a strong and solid academic foundation, and a proficiency in professional oral and written communication. Within this context, students will be expected to develop and expand the ability to write, read, edit, speak, listen, apply software applications, manipulate computer graphics, and conduct Internet research.

 
 
 

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