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Nov 22, 2025
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GRDS 450 - Annual Report Studio(3-6 cr)This course challenges a student team to undertake the design, photography, and production of a highly visible publication for the National Capital Region of the U.S. National Park Service. Collaborating with a client communications director, design students learn to generate imaginative creative concepts from editorial content and to communicate those concepts through effective art direction and design. Student photographers travel extensively throughout the greater Washington, D.C., area to capture images that satisfy specific content, format, and technical requirements. Client contact, project management, team-building, and presentation skills are sharpened in this unique real world experience. Annual Report Studio is a yearlong course; conceptual design and photography are generated in the fall and production design and imaging in the spring. A two-semester commitment is expected of students to ensure continuity in the creation of this critical document.Prerequisites: 18 credits in graphic design or photography; a minimum 3.0 GPA; interview and portfolio review; and permission of instructor. Must be taken twice in consecutive semesters.
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