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Course Catalog 2025-2026 
  
Course Catalog 2025-2026

CIS 265 - Adobe Photoshop


Credits: 3

Description: Acquire, edit, and output simple and complex digital imagery utilizing the tools and techniques of Adobe Photoshop. Emphasis is on the utilization of various techniques in sizing and cropping, color balance, hue and saturation control, shadowing, and text utilization. Students prepare images for printing, web design, and for current outputs for various media.

Transferable
Transferable to CSU only

General Education:
Not approved for General Education

Student Learning Outcomes:
  1. SLO#1: Create a graphic design document that utilizes raster image production.
  2. SLO#2: Utilize appropriate graphic design tools to create a document for print.
  3. SLO#3: Construct a portfolio of digitally completed documents for employment resume.


Total Course In-Class (Contact) Hours: 90
Course Duration (Weeks): 18
Weekly Student Hours (In-Class) Lecture Hours: 2
Weekly Student Hours (In-Class) Lab Hours: 3