Professional Practice and Portfolio Preparation

This course is an overview of the business aspects of design and covers translation of jobs into properly written documents, meetings with clients and presentation of work, design and production processes, understanding the brief, debriefing, coding, encoding, budgets, estimating design, fees, and official contracts. During the semester, students will have to cover hours for the internship. This course also assists students in the development of their professional visual identity and portfolio. Prerequisite: GDP 413.