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A conversation with another homeschool mom involved searching for a graphic arts class for her son. The problem is that he already has the knowledge needed for a beginners class, and in this area it is still hard to get homeschoolers into college classes. He needed the class more to say he had taken it than to learn the work.
In the meantime the child has created a business card and letter head for a company and also designed an online tutorial that a major company adapted for their own use.
This is where creativity comes in. If he is capable of doing everything and more than you would learn in a graphics design class, does he really need the class? No. You can take a portfolio of work he has created and package it as a "final project" for the class. Approximate the hours spent on the projects and assign a grade. If you know someone who hires or works with graphic artists, have them write an evaluatio of the students work.
Finally, If the parent feels the student might be missin some nuances of graphic design or skipped some steps, you can have them read a textbook or follow a free online course. This is more than enough to count as a graphics design class.
This idea extends beyond graphic design and works well for all visual arts classes. It can even work for science as they can show journal their experiments, proccesses, and results. It can work for social studies and history if they can show that they perhaps participated in historical reinactments and visited many museums.
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I wish I had done homeschooling but unfortunately they did not do homeschooling much when my children were young.
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