Spring 2027

Digital and Print Media Design

Digital and Print Media Design covers principles and techniques of effective visual communication using industry-standard digital design software for digital and print publications.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 William Tracy

Summary

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Past student reviews · brianna van matre

The workload included three main projects supplemented by scaffolding elements like videos and reflections, with a difficulty rating of 4 out of 5.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Discuss the theoretical principles of design

  • Present work applying digital and print media design principles to groups of peers and professionals

  • Articulate effective and tactful critiques of peer work and examples of design encountered outside of the classroom

  • Deploy current industry-standard software tools in digital and print media design

  • Explain the ways digital and print design are integrated into professional strategic communications

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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LSC 332

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Professors

Spring 2027
Historical instructors & teaching patterns

BRIANNA VAN MATRE is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 280

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · brianna van matre

Brianna Van Matre taught the course with a supportive approach, offering sweet feedback on designs while maintaining strict grading standards.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 92.7% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.71 GPA, 89.3% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · brianna van matre

The workload included three main projects supplemented by scaffolding elements like videos and reflections, with a difficulty rating of 4 out of 5.

Past student reviews · brianna van matre

Students found the instructor very willing to provide feedback, which balanced the strictness of the grading and helped with design development.

Topics

  • Theoretical principles of design
  • Visual communication in digital and print publications
  • Strategic communications integration

Skills

  • Effective visual communication using industry-standard digital design software
  • Integration of digital and print design into professional strategic communications

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
LSC 332 · Spring 2027

Digital and Print Media Design

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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