Facilities

The Graphic Communications Department provides a wide variety of equipment and workspaces. Students can use vintage letter-
presses, traditional offset presses or on-demand, digital color printers. As a result, students receive a rich educational experience that spans the entire creative process, beginning with ideation, through professional production practices, to high-end output.

Facilities span two campuses, Mission and Ocean. Each campus focuses on a different aspect of the graphic communications field.

The Ocean campus hosts courses in graphic design, computer software and letterpress. The design and letterpress courses are held in classrooms arranged for interaction—and adjacent to three computer labs. This allows instruction to segue from design conception to design production. The computer labs are packed with powerful Apple Macintosh computers, each of which is equipped with software currently used in the industry.

The Mission campus hosts printing and beginning computer classes. Facilities include offset printing presses, a traditional large format camera, and a state-of-the-art color digital printer with adjacent computer labs.

With small class sizes, one computer per student in digital classes, and a wide range of course offerings including evening, weekend and online courses, the Graphic Communications Department at CCSF offers an outstanding educational experience.