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.

Fall 2025-2026

  • Section: 401
  • Class number: 12955
  • Meeting time: W 1:30PM - 4:45PM
  • Location: 14EAS 00507 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Heather Quinn | View syllabus

Spring 2024-2025

Fall 2024-2025

  • Section: 401
  • Class number: 14674
  • Meeting time: M 1:30PM - 4:45PM
  • Location: 14EAS 00507 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Heather Quinn | View syllabus

Spring 2023-2024

Fall 2023-2024

  • Section: 401
  • Class number: 12986
  • Meeting time: Tu 1:30PM - 4:45PM
  • Location: 14EAS 00507 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Heather Quinn | View syllabus

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
  • Instructor: Twisha Shah-Brandenburg | View syllabus

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
  • Instructor: LeAnne Wagner | View syllabus
  • 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
  • Instructor: LeAnne Wagner | View syllabus


Fall 2022-2023

Fall 2021-2022

  • Section: 401
  • Class number: 4215
  • Meeting time: W 10:00AM - 1:15PM
  • Location: 14EAS 00213 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Heather Quinn | View syllabus
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