1. My Four Year Degree Plan

• First Year:

  • First Semester:
    • Rhetoric and Composition 2
    • First Yr. Sem. in VS
    • Drawing 1
    • Global Engagement Sem.
    • Intro. to Hebrew Bible
    • Media Lens
    • Visual Studies 1
  • Second Semester
    • College Algebra
    • Foundation Art and Design
    • Typography 1
    • Oral Communication
    • Literature and Human Experience

• Second Year:

  • Third Semester:
    • Computational skills
    • Spanish 1
    • Graphic Design I
    • Image Methodology
    • American Experience
  • Fourth Semester:
    • Spanish 2
    • Graphic Design II
    • Sophomore Portfolio Review
    • American Dilemmas
    • Contemporary World Issues

• Third Year:

  • Fifth Semester:
    • History of Graphic Design
    • Advanced Issues in Typography
    • Graphic Design III
    • History & Evolution of Global Processes
    • Ethics
  • Sixth Semester:
    • Interaction Design
    • Junior Studio
    • Junior Portfolio Review
    • Science in Perspective

• Fourth Year:

  • Seventh Semester:
    • Topics in Graphic Design
    • Senior Studio
    • Social Design
    • Capstone Course
  • Sixth Semester:
    • Internship
    • Senior Exhibition & Portfolio Review

How will this major help you prepare a career in the future?

• Being a major in graphic design will help me be in a career that designs covers for books.

Do you have a back up plan if this major doesn’t work out?

• Yes I have a back up plan in case this major does not work out.

Do you have a minor or have you considered a second major?

• No I do not have a minor but I have considered a second major which is English Literature. I think that majoring in English will be beneficial because as a career I can edit books or textbooks before they are published and people are always creating books of some sort whether it be paper or online.

Part 1:
SKILLS INVENTORY

1) My greatest strengths in Drawing 1 include: patience in completing my drawings
For greater success in this course, I need to: practice more on my sketches and drawings

2) My greatest strengths in Media Lens include: evaluating the news for quizzes                               For greater success in this course, I need to: write my reports with greater thought

3) My greatest strengths in Intro to the Hebrew Bible include: paying attention to the lecture and taking good notes during class                                                                                                                    For greater success in this course, I need to: give more effort in my reading assignments

4) My greatest strengths in Visual Studies 1 include: active listening and patience with learning the skills                                                                                                                                                                   For greater success in this course, I need to: practice more on my Lightroom and Photoshop skills

5) My greatest strengths in Writing and Rhetoric 2 include: being proficient                                   For greater success in this course, I need to: better prepare on my essays and not procrastinate.

Computer skills:
My computer skills include: fast typing and Microsoft Word
I still need to learn: Microsoft Excel

Research & writing skills: writing  a good thesis statement
My greatest strengths as a researcher/writer include: researching good and valuable articles
I need to work on these aspects of research and writing: making transitions between paragraphs
I learn best & accomplish most when: I’m not distracted and I’m focused

ACTION PLAN

A class that I am struggling with is my Intro to the Hebrew Bible class.                                                   10 ways that I can improve in this class include:

1. concentrating on my reading
2. giving more effort in the class
3. not daydreaming during class
4. reading all the assigned material
5. asking questions when needed
6. asking my peers for help when needed
7. prepare for my quizzes
8. research on topics I don’t understand
9. asking my professor for help or more resources
10. give more effort in preparing for my exams

Part 1: My Thoughts on Upper Classmen Work

In general I loved seeing the upperclassmen’s work because it got me excited of the skills I will be able to build and create here at St. Edward’s.

-Hannah King: Graphic Designer

In my opinion I enjoyed Hannah King’s presentation the best because I am also majoring in graphic design and she showed me what will await for me in the future for my major. I thought her work was very creative and was very focused on leaves, nature, and flowers. And I think it’s awesome that she’s creating a design for her own subscription box.

-Clara Ewert: Photography

I really enjoyed looking at Clara’s photos because the photos presented were very relaxing to look at. And how she tried to focus on one object and blur out the rest of the objects in the photo.

-Alexis Abesamis: Interactive Game Studies

Her work was very different and video game themed. I enjoyed looking at her work because she used strong, vibrant colors. And her dragon art was cool as well.

-Michelle D:

I really enjoyed her work the best out of all the presenters because her work was very simple yet strong because of all the vibrant colors she used which made me want to look at her work even more.

Part 2: Inspirational Websites

–Jordy Farrell

I chose this website because the design reminded me of my childhood and it was pleasing to the eye because there were no straight lines.

–Brad Albright 

This website was my favorite because there was a lot of detail going on and the website was also laid out or designed like a newspaper which I enjoyed.

–May-Linn Aaslie

I chose this website because the design and layout was very modern and simplistic to the eye.

–Nadiya Kushnir

I chose this website because I liked how the artist used pictures or doodles as tabs and laid them in a circle instead of the usual rectangular tabs at the top.

These are some of the photographs that I had to for my visual studies class. The location of these photos are between Oltorf and Cesar Chaves streets. The goal of the assignment included to take photographs with gestalt principles.

To reach my goal of the assignments I went out to take pictures multiple times until I thought I had a decent amount of pictures to work with in finding the gestalt principles I was looking for.

Self-Critique:

I thought the strongest aspect of my pictures were that they were different and unique, and concentrated on light posts. My weakest aspect was the post-production of the pictures was not good. I thought that my pictures were to bright for my audience. My project can be strengthened conceptually by taking the pictures at a different angle or composing them differently. In terms of technically my pictures can be strengthened with better editing and light exposure. Overall I really liked my pictures and was satisfied with the end result.