Department Programs
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Graphic Design
The Spokane Falls Graphic Design Program has a proud thirty year history and has
established a strong reputation of excellence in the Northwest. With active guidance
from our advisory committee of local professionals, the program is continually updated
to reflect, or predict, the latest trends in the business. Inter-linked courses
simulate industry environments and require students to develop self-directed learning
skills. The project-oriented curriculum focuses on print design and the logic of
page layout, image manipulation and vector drawing. Students are also introduced
to non-print media.
Please visit the
Graphic Design web site for
more information.
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Interior Design
The interior design program at Spokane Falls Community College offers a broad-based
and professionally relevant curriculum designed to enable graduates to successfully
compete for jobs and to function as interior designers. Students who enter the program
have various alternatives. The two-year program prepares students to obtain employment
in residential-oriented retail establishments such as wall covering and furniture
stores. Completing an optional third year will qualify students for entry-level
positions as professional interior designers and will emphasize commercial design,
business, communications and advanced design specialty courses. These students prepare
a portfolio and complete at least 165 hours of internship designed to ease the transition
from school to work.
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Interior Design web site
Photography
Founded in 1965, the photography program at Spokane Falls Community College is an
intensive two-year study of visual communications. With guidance from an advisory
committee made up of employers and working professionals, the photography program
is constantly updated to reflect current industry standards. Students explore career
opportunities in commercial illustration, corporate communications, photojournalism
and portraiture, and have opportunities to interact with industry through field
trips, guest speakers and cooperative work experiences. First-year students learn
the fundamentals of lighting and composition while surveying career fields. Second-year
students complete projects with real world scenarios and focus on prevailing trends
in technology.
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