Category: Academic Programs & Courses

FLM-475 FILM INTERNSHIP

Participation in an internship experience allows students to use classroom-learned skills in a related employment experience. Students must work a minimum of 135 hours over the course of the entire semester. To participate students must be of junior or senior status with completion of freshman and sophomore studios. Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8. Seniors may not be eligible to participate in an internship during their final semester. Transfer students must have attended one semester at CCS in addition to meeting the other eligibility criteria.

Credits: 3

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DAE-405 SECONDARY ART TEACHING:METHODS,,MATERIALS AND CONTENT AREA LITERACY

In this class, students continue to develop and learn professional methodologies of art instruction for youth in middle schools and high schools, grades 6-12. The course covers secondary visual arts content, approaches, techniques, materials and safety precautions appropriate for secondary level students. Classroom management, inclusion and accommodation of differently-abled students, technology integration, assessment, and student diversity issues are covered. An emphasis on cultural and contextually reverent pedagogy is explored through the development of a social justice lesson plan. Content area literacy approaches and methods for including the teaching of reading, writing and public presentations for secondary level students are integral to the course. Thirty hours Field Experience in Secondary educational settings required outside of class. Field experiences and hours are an integral part of each art education course. Students are expected to participate in field during the course of the semester in a professional and timely manner. Students must complete all required field hours and associated field experience assignments in the course before they can register for the next art education course. Art Education candidates must pass DAE 405 with a grade of ‘C’ (2.00) or higher to qualify for certification.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DAE 315

DAH-241 HISTORY OF MODERN DESIGN

This course examines the social, economic, political, and cultural forces that influence modern design. Beginning with the Industrial Revolution and continuing to present day, this course introduces the prominent designers, their ideas, their influences, and the historical context in which they worked. The course covers a variety of media and discusses design in the United States, Europe, and Asia. This course satisfies the General Elective requirement.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DEN 102

DAS-303 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE FOR ARTISTS

This course addresses the skills and knowledge needed to succeed as a contemporary artist while sustaining a professional studio practice. Topics include creating and organizing your professional profile, documentation and marketing, pplications for field related opportunities, and basic small business skills. Students will learn how to develop a resource data base, create valuable professional networks, and consider marketing and exhibiting from a broad range of commercial and alternative contexts. Guest lecturers, and visiting-artist presentations connect course information with real-world experience.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DEN-102

DCE-275 INTERMEDIATE HAND-BUILT POTTERY

The vast majority of the history of pottery and vessel-making is dominated by hand-building techniques. For thousands of years prior to the advent of the powered pottery wheel, early artisans formed pottery with just their hands, and later, an assortment of hand-wielded tools. This class draws direct inspiration from this history as it is reflected in a range of cultures, while also focusing on the significance of contemporary hand-built pottery in the industrial era of today. Students make functionally and conceptually oriented pottery using a range of hand-building techniques including coiling, slab work, extruding, and hollowing-out.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DCE-175

DEN-317 SCI FI AND HORROR WRITING

Science Fiction and Horror may transport readers to a planet light years away or usher them through fiend filled graveyards and crypts. Whether extrapolating futuristic technology from contemporary science or conjuring novel survival strategies, these genres imagine what might have been or what might be, creating a platform for rich possibility. In this course, we will explore the nature of both genres by reading and discussing a diverse selection of works drawn from text, film, television, radio and comics before students generate writing of their own. Concepts will be reinforced through group workshop and discussion. In this multi-genre course, we will focus on those elements that make for vivid, effective, memorable writing in science fiction and horror: original detail, memorable image, inventive language and authentic setting. Both critical thinking and artistic sensibility will be emphasized.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DEN 102

DFA-475 ART PRACTICE INTERNSHIP (3 credits)

Participation in an internship experience allows students to use classroom-learned skills in a related employment experience. Students must work a minimum of 135 hours over the course of the entire semester. To participate students must be of junior or senior status with completion of freshman and sophomore studios. Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8. Seniors may not be eligible to participate in an internship during their final semester. Transfer students must have attended one semester at CCS in addition to meeting the other eligibility criteria. Must be Senior status.

Credits: 3

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DFN-132 PROCESS & MAKING

This course will familiarize students with the basic construction and fabrication techniques of design model construction. Through the completion of a hand-held power tool model, students will be introduced to the majority of tools, machines and best practices needed to achieve successful models and projects within the Model Shop. Special emphasis is placed on a high level of craftsmanship required in models for industry. This course will familiarize students with surfacing techniques appropriate to model making and painting processes. Students learn a wide variety of methods and techniques needed to safely complete future projects. Safety is the MOST essential function of this course.

Credits: 3

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