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- PUB 600: Topics in Publishing Management
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- PUB 602: Design & Production Control in Publishing
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- PUB 101: The Publication of Self in Everyday Life
- PUB 131: Publication Design Technologies
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- PUB 231: Graphic Design Fundamentals
- PUB 331: Graphic Design in Transition: Print and Digital Books
- PUB 332: Graphic Design in Transition: Print and Digital Periodicals
- PUB 350: Marketing for Book Publishers
- PUB 355W: Online Marketing for Publishers
- PUB 371: Structure of the Book Publishing Industry in Canada
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- PUB 375: Magazine Publishing
- PUB 401: Technology and the Evolving Book
- PUB 431: Publication Design Project
- PUB 438: Design Awareness in Publishing Process and Products
- PUB 448: Publishing and Social Change: Tech, Texts, and Revolution
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PUB 331: Graphic Design in Transition: Print and Digital Books
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PUB 332: Graphic Design in Transition: Print and Digital Periodicals
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PUB 371: Structure of the Book Publishing Industry in Canada
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PUB 438: Design Awareness in Publishing Process and Products
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PUB 448: Publishing and Social Change: Tech, Texts, and Revolution
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PUB 456: Institutional and International Event Planning and Management
PUB 331: Graphic Design in Transition: Print and Digital Books
Building on the principles learned in PUB 231: Graphic Design Fundamentals, this course is a comprehensive look at book design practices, in both print and digital media. Students further investigate typography and formats to better understand how they help organize and convey information.
This is a hands-on course divided into a lecture and a lab session each week. Through lectures, in-class exercises, projects, required readings, and critiques, students gain a greater understanding of the relationship between content and form. While working on their projects using the design process, students develop a deeper understanding of hierarchy, grids, rhythm & pacing, typography, and the visual relationship between type and graphics. The course also covers design issues such as: art direction & production; book design history; conceptual thinking; and readability & legibility.
Prerequisite
PUB 231 or equivalent.
Sample Assessment Breakdown
- Typographic Exercise 5%
- Book Design Assignment 1 20%
- Book Design Assignment 2 30%
- Reading reflections (x 2) 15%
- Essay 20%
- Attendance & Participation 10%