Course Info

GD 380: Strategy and Design with Community Client

This course enables students to work from start to finish on client-based graphic design and projects. Students establish working relationships as individuals and in teams that utilize their skills to effectively evaluate the communication needs of an organization or business, develop design solutions that fulfill those needs, and negotiate the process between designers and clients. Objectives of the course include: improving student's developing design skills to an advanced level, creating awareness of current design trends, supporting student's development of independent working habits, utilizing integration of both hand-skills and the computer as design tools, and completing professional projects after staged client feedback and revisions.

GD 300 OR GD 330 is a prerequisite for this class.

This course is repeatable for 12.00 credit hours.

Spring 2023-2024

Section: 901
Class number: 35287
Meeting time: M 5:45PM - 9:00PM
Location: 14EAS 00507 at Loop Campus

Fall 2023-2024

Section: 401
Class number: 12986
Meeting time: Tu 1:30PM - 4:45PM
Location: 14EAS 00507 at Loop Campus

Winter 2022-2023

Topic: Attract Teaching Talent to Chicago Magnet School
Section: 501
Class number: 31270
Meeting time: Tu 1:30PM - 4:45PM
Location: 14EAS 00507 at Loop Campus

Section 801

Class number 31686

Topic: Designing Materials: Institute for Global Homeless
Meeting dates: 1/2/2023 - 3/19/2023
Meeting time: Tu 5:45PM - 9:00PM
Location: 14EAS 00507 at Loop Campus
Topic: Designing Materials: Institute for Global Homeless
Meeting dates: 1/2/2023 - 3/19/2023
Meeting time: Tu 5:45PM - 9:00PM
Location: DPAUL C112P at Loop Campus


Fall 2022-2023

Section: 401
Class number: 18626
Meeting time: W 1:30PM - 4:45PM
Location: 14EAS 00213 at Loop Campus

Fall 2021-2022

Section: 401
Class number: 4215
Meeting time: W 10:00AM - 1:15PM
Location: 14EAS 00213 at Loop Campus
CLOSED

Fall 2020-2021

Topic: Wayfinding and Env Design
Section: 401
Class number: 10490
Meeting time: TuTh 3:10PM - 4:40PM
Location: Online: Sync
Instructor: Alex Modie