Graphic Arts

People who work in this pathway prepare and create media. They perform a variety of tasks involved with transforming text, designs, and pictures into finished products.

Example Careers

• Art Director
• Artist
• Photographer: Digital, Still, Video, Film 
• Computer Animator
• Curator and Gallery Manager
• Desktop Publishing Specialist
• Graphic Designer
• Graphics Equipment Operator
• Illustrator
• Printing Equipment Operator
• Web Page Designer

Pathway Courses (Course Planning Handbook)

• Graphic Design I (ART130)
• Graphic Design II (ART 140)
• Animation and Motion Graphics (ART150)
• AP Studio Art (ART 361)

Related Electives

• PLTW Introduction to Engineering Design Honors (IND 121)

Career Related Activities

• Art Club
• Leyden Art Show
• Triton Art Show
• Career Fair
• Ask the Expert Day

External Experiences

• Job Shadow
• Internship (Long-term)
• Mini-Internship (Winter Break, Spring Break)

Certifications

• Certiport Adobe Photoshop Certified User
• Certiport Adobe Illustrator Certified User

Triton Certificates

• Digital Photography Certificate
• Visual Communication - Graphic Design Certificate
• Visual Communication - Social Media Design Certificate

Triton Degrees

• Art
• Visual Communication - Graphic Design

Example College Majors

• Advertising Art Direction 
• Art Education
• Fine Arts
• Graphic Communication 
• Graphic Design
• Publication Design 
• Technical Education
• Web Design