B.S. in Graphic Information Technology

The B.S. in Graphic Information Technology (BS/GIT) degree stresses the application of theories, concepts, and principles found in science, mathematics, the humanities, and the social and behavioral sciences to the field of graphic information. Students study graphic content creation and management, materials and production processes, industrial management and human relations, marketing, and communications.

Courses in Graphic Information Technology make use of extensive online resources. For this reason, success in GIT is enhanced by broad-band access to the Internet at home using capable computing equipment and having graphic application software compatible with that used in class.

BS/GIT students begin by taking the GIT Foundation. These 5 courses (15 credit hours) have no prerequisites and can be taken in any order during the first four semesters. See the links above to the BS/GIT Course List and BS/GIT Course Sequence.

After completing the GIT Foundation, all BS/GIT students take a 48-hour core of graphic information courses. In contrast with the foundation, these upper-division courses have a specific sequence and defined prerequisites.

Additionally, the GIT curriculum provides flexibility for students to choose 9 hours of electives from three areas of specialization:

  • Web
    Advanced courses focus on the design, implementation, and analysis of Web-delivered graphical information. Topics include Web programming, graphics, site design, client-server considerations, e-commerce, and Web publications.

  • Media
    Advanced courses focus on the creation and management of graphical content across multiple media. Topics include interactivity, animation (both two- and three-dimensional), multimedia authoring, and commercial photography.

  • Print
    Advanced courses focus on current and emerging printing technologies. Topics include gravure technologies, work flow, variable data printing, management and cross-media planning, and production.

 

What You Can Do With This Degree

Graduates are ready to assume leadership in positions requiring knowledge in the creation, distribution, and storage of graphic information. Recent graduates have assumed positions of leadership in major printing and publishing companies, within departments of the Federal government, in state agencies and universities, and within e-commerce and online communications.

 

Courses Associated With This Degree

Please note:

  • GIT courses are offered such that a student has access to the entire course list during a normal period of study. Some courses may be offered in alternate semesters; other courses may be offered based on demand.
  • Always consult the current ASU schedule of courses to determine availability, meeting times, locations and prerequisites.
  • Permission of instructor is required for courses without schedule line numbers.

Sixteen (16) courses may be taken completely online. Other courses have varying degrees of online requirements.

Click on each of these sample course names for more information. Visit the ASU Class Search for availability of courses.

Course Legend

  • Click on each course configuration for more information.
  • Fully Online
    Class does not meet face-to-face; all instruction and testing is done online; all supplementary material is available online; all assignments are submitted online.
  • Flexibly Online
    Class meets face-to-face with all instructional and evaluation materials available online; student has the option to attend class as needed or complete course requirements online as desired.
  • Mostly Online
    Class may meet face-to-face as needed; all or the majority of instruction and examination is online; all or the majority of assignments are submitted online.
  • Some Online
    Class meets face-to-face for instruction and examination. Some supplementary material is available online; some assignments are submitted in class while others must be submitted online.
  • Little Online
    Class meets face-to-face for instruction and examination. Syllabus and schedule of instruction are available online; instruction is delivered and assignments submitted in class.
  • No Online
    Class meets face-to-face in a traditional classroom for all instruction, examination, and assignment submission.
  • No Class
    Class does not meet at a regularly scheduled time. Contact your instructor.

GIT 110 Technical Graphics

  • Description: Representation of 2-D geometry in orthographic, axonometric and oblique projection; detail, assembly, sectional, and auxiliary views; ANSI-standard lettering, size, and position symbols.

GIT 135 Graphic Communications

  • Description: Introduces the technologies involved in the design, image generation, transmission, and industrial production of multiple images for consumer utilization.

GIT 210 Creative Thinking and Design Visualization

  • Description: Fundamental methods, concepts, and techniques of creative thinking, design visualization, and problem solving. Also includes communication, cultural, and societal influences.

GIT 212 Computer Aided Drafting and Design

  • Description: CADD for product design, representation, and documentation; includes projection theory, descriptive geometry, graphics analysis, drafting standards, and precision dimensioning techniques.

GIT 215 Introduction to Graphic Programming

  • Description: Introduces analyzing, planning, and executing graphic programs using industry-standard programming tools.

GIT 230 Digital Illustration in Publications

  • Description: Raster and vector illustration in publishing.

GIT 301 Website Development for Non-GIT Majors

  • Description: Focuses on the basic skills necessary to successfully design or maintain a Web site; geared toward non-GIT majors.

GIT 303 Digital Publishing

  • Description: Introduces software and hardware used for digital publishing and infographics.

GIT 312 3D Computer Graphics Modeling

  • Description: 3-D solid modeling applications: concepts, techniques, data structures, modeling strategies, assemblies, geometric representation.

GIT 313 Technical Illustration and Photorealistic Rendering

  • Description: Computer-generated graphics for technical illustration and design presentation: axonometric and perspective drawing; shading, shadowing, materials and textures; photorealistic rendering for PostScript output.

GIT 314 Multimedia Design, Planning, and Storyboards

  • Description: Creative and conceptual process of content selection, planning, designing, flowcharting, storyboarding, proposing, configuring, prototyping, and presenting multimedia projects.

GIT 333 Printing Technology

  • Description: Theory and application of sheet and web press technology for offset-lithography, flexography, screen process, and digital printing.

GIT 334 Image Capture and Manipulation

  • Description: Theory and application of image capture techniques used for all copy formats and conversion processes required for reproduction or dissemination.

GIT 335 Computer Systems Technology

  • Description: Surveys computer-based technology covering hardware, software, storage, networking, Internet, telecommunications, and information systems.

GIT 337 Web Content Design

  • Description: Introduces design principles for visual content on the World Wide Web; raster, vector, fonts, portable documents, color palettes, file formats.

GIT 352 Technical Presentations

  • Description: Technologies for planning, creating, and delivering individual and group presentations.

GIT 384 Commercial Digital Photography

  • Description: Digital image, conversion, and output in a commercial studio emphasizing publishing workflow.

GIT 411 Computer Animation

  • Description: 2-D and 3-D computer animation methods: project planning, scripting, storyboards, advanced modeling, lighting, materials mapping, and motion.

GIT 412 Multimedia Authoring, Scripting, and Production

  • Description: Production of multimedia projects using industry-standard authoring applications: project management, client considerations, and project documentation; user interface design, interactivity, media, and databases.

GIT 413 Professional Portfolio Design and Presentation

  • Description: Digital media portfolio design and production: planning, audience analysis, media selection, authoring, media formats, production, copyright considerations, marketing, and delivery.

GIT 414 Web Site Design

  • Description: Web site design, authoring, standards, protocols, tools, and development techniques for commercial client-sided Web-based graphic information systems.

GIT 415 Computer Graphics: Business Planning and Management

  • Description: Implementation planning: feasibility and application studies; needs assessment and operational analysis techniques; organization, managerial, and technology considerations; business plan development.

GIT 417 Advanced Internet Programming

  • Description: Uses industry-standard programming languages and techniques to create interactive graphic information Web sites and applications.

GIT 432 Graphics Industry Business Practices

  • Description: Business practices related to press/prepress/Web industries; trade customs, cost analysis, marketing and management approaches.

GIT 435 Web Management and E-Commerce

  • Description: Internet Web site management, security, online databases, and new e-commerce business models.

GIT 436 Gravure Technology

  • Description: In-depth study of the market profile and production sequences related to the gravure method of printing.

GIT 437 Color Reproduction Systems

  • Description: Scientific analysis for the engineering of color reproduction systems and color models used in the graphics industry.

GIT 441 Graphic Information Systems

  • Description: Graphic information systems common to the workplace: graphic user interfaces for online databases, geographic, industrial, architectural, and management applications.

GIT 484 Internship

  • Description: Structured practical experience following a contract or plan, supervised by faculty and practitioners.

GIT 450 Digital Workflow in Graphic Industries

  • Description: Analyzes digital production systems for input, assembly, and output of graphic information to print and Web, including networking and job tracking.

GIT 494 Technical Foundations


GIT 494 Information Design and Usability


GIT 494 Advanced Commercial Photography


GIT 494 Cross Media Design Solutions


GIT 494 New Media Internet Technologies (Special Topics)

  • Description: Explores the technology behind new media on the Web, including social and collaborative media. Emphasis is on how, why and when these technologies can be optimally utilized.

TMC 494 Senior Project: Graphic Information


 

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For more information about this degree, contact the Department of Technology Management at (480) 727-1005 or e-mail ask.git@asu.edu.