Professor Labrecque is a creative developer, designer, and educator with more than twenty years of experience delivering expressive web, desktop, and mobile solutions. His work centers on creative design software, digital production workflows, user interaction, and core design principles.
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Adobe Creative Cloud, Substance 3D, Generative AI, Media Design, Motion Design, Animation, Interactive Design, UI, UX, Graphic Design, Audio and Video Production
APRD 2006 - Creative Design Software
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Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Summer 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Summer 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Summer 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Summer 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Summer 2024 / Fall 2024 / Spring 2025 / Summer 2025 / Fall 2025 / Spring 2026
Equips students with the practical knowledge and critical skills necessary to effectively employ professional design software in advertising, public relations and creative practice. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of working with creative design software and the tools and workflows used to bring design ideas to life.
APRD 3100 - UX and UI Design Workflows
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Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024 / Spring 2025 / Fall 2025
Explores how to create and produce effective and engaging designs for dynamic information across a variety of screens while maintaining brand identity. Extending the design principles learned in previous classes, the student will concept for user interfaces (UI) and navigational frameworks that optimize usability and accessibility.
APRD 3501 - Creative Design Software 2
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Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2024 / Spring 2025 / Fall 2025 / Spring 2026
Equips students with the critical skills necessary to effectively employ visual design software in creative practice. Students will expand upon existing software skills and explore concepts and techniques when working with visual design software and the design of user-centered media content.
APRD 3504 - Creative Design Software 3
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Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2025 / Fall 2025 / Spring 2026
Equips students with the critical skills necessary to effectively employ video and motion design software in creative practice. Students will expand upon existing software skills and explore additional concepts and techniques when working with video and motion design software while designing effects-based content.
APRD 4873 - Special Topics
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Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024
Special Topics.
APRD 4931 - Internship
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Spring 2020 / Summer 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Summer 2021 / Spring 2022 / Summer 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
Internship course