Liberal Arts Courses – Page 9

DAS-316 PRE-LAUNCH ESSENTIALS,ESSENTIALS

DAS-316 follows DAS-315 to form the capstone,experience of the Minor in Creative,Entrepreneurship. Students will focus on,operational and oversight aspect of their venture,,including studying, selecting and integrating,information analysis and business software into a,customized enterprise reporting platform. This,review will include accounting information,,project management and team communication, search,engine optimization, customer acquisition and,retention, digital marketing optimization, and,enterprise resource planning. Interpersonal,skills training will include internal team and,business partner management, customer service and,satisfaction, and business development, sales and,presentation training. Finally students will,secure a mini-internship with an appropriate,entity. Mini-internships must be approved in,advance. As needed, Design Core Detroit will help,through their Design Network.,This course can be used for Liberal Arts or,General Elective credit.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DAS 313, DAS 314, DAS 315

DEN-410 AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORS

This course introduces students to major African,American authors of the 20th and 21st centuries,,including Morrison, Ellison, Wright, Hurston,,Mosley, and Gaines. The course surveys an,extensive collection of social and cultural,viewpoints present in American authors of African,descent.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DEN 239

DLE-322 CONSCIOUSNESS, CREATIVITY AND IDENTITY

Drawing inspiration from consciousness-centered,education models, this innovative course offers,students an opportunity to dive within themselves,,discovering and exploring their own boundless,creative potential. Consider this course an,experimental incubator for the creation of ideas,,images, and artistic motivation. Emphasis is,placed on reflection with the student’s,journaling, discussing and meditating together. ,This unique course offers students new methods of,inquiry, encouraging students to re-integrate,their own creativity and imagination. All,students will have the opportunity to be trained,by professional meditation teachers during the,third week of class and will meditate in class,throughout the semester.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: Take one 3.0 credit, 200 level course from one of the,following subjects: DAH (Art History), DEN (English), DAS,(Academic Studies), DVC (Visual Culture).

DNS-345 EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Earth, though a very small part of a vast,universe, provides the resources that support all,global societies and the ingredients necessary to,maintain life. This course is designed to,introduce students to the basic principles and,contemporary advances in Earth Science through,units that emphasize broad and up-to-date,coverage of basic topics and principles in,geology, oceanography, meteorology and astronomy,,and environmental science. The course will also,investigate the role of humans in their,environment. Students will explore human,dependence on, technological control over, and,interactions with the environment in terms of,sustaining resources and making informed choices., This course satisfies the General Elective,requirement.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DEN 102 OR DEN 108

DVC-408 EAST ASIAN FILM

The socio-political aftermath of World War II in,Japan, China and Korea led to an explosion of film,culture in those countries, one inspired by the,commercial and art cinemas of the West, but one,that has rivaled them in terms of innovation. ,While addressing the histories and present-day,climates of their mother countries, East Asian,films since 1945 have developed unique approaches,to narrative and culturally specific imagery, and,furthered a dialogue between the three neighbors,that reflects their centuries old interrelations.,This course will trace the evolution of film,language from the master directors of post-war,Japan (Ozu, Mizoguchi, Ichikawa and Kurosawa) to,the various filmic modes in post-revolutionary,China (Ang Lee, Wong kar-wai, Zhang Yimou and Hou,Hsiao-hsien) to the radical transformations of,contemporary Korean cinema (Park Chan-wook, Bong,Joon-ho and Na Hong-jin).

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: Take one 3.0 credit, 200 level course from one of the,following subjects: DAH (Art History), DEN (English), DAS,(Academic Studies), DVC (Visual Culture).

DAH-301 CLASSICAL ART AND EARLY MEDIEVAL

Students explore the roots of Western civilization,in the classical Greco-Roman tradition. Since,architecture and sculpture are the hallmarks of,this period, major Greek and Roman monuments will,be highlighted. The course will also discuss this,classical tradition as the source of early,Christian art, Byzantine art and early medieval,art, including Romanesque.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DAH 200, DAH 201 (or DAH 202)

DAS-485 SPECIAL PROJECT 300/400

The Special Project class is offered on an,occasional basis, with course content specific to,the area being explored.,

FALL 2023

,SETTING UP SHOP,
,This course is designed as a special project for,students interested in designing, creating, and,maintaining a store where students and alumni can,sell their art. Students will develop and,implement a business plan using market trends and,project management principles. Students in this,course will create a contact network to contribute,to the long-term success of the student/alumni,shop.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DAS 213

DEN-485 SPECIAL PROJECT 300/400

The Special Project class is offered on an,occasional basis, with course content specific to,the area being explored.,
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,CREATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS:TELE-STORIES PROJECT,,The course will be offered in partnership with,Timeslips, a nonprofit organization that connects,students with elder populations to foster,connection creativity through conversation /,engagement. The goal of Timeslips is to change the,way we understand and experience aging by bringing,young people into positive relationships with,seniors, who will be invited to express themselves,creatively. Students will be trained in,questioning, listening, and collecting responses,that will be translated into assignments that will,culminate in a capstone project to be gifted to,their senior partners. Benefits for seniors are,human connection and interest, memory share,opportunities, and a rekindled interest in,creativity. Benefits for students are an altered,attitude toward aging, increased confidence, and,novel prompts for art making and connection.,Benefits for the college include enhancing our,reputation as an institution engaged in social,activism and committed to both experiential,learning and DEI initiatives that generate both,local and global impact.,

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,ICELANDIC SAGAS,
,The saga is a distinct genre of prose narrative,recorded in medieval Iceland which fictionalized,events that took place during the time of the,Vikings from the settlement of Iceland about 870,AD to just after the conversion to Christianity in,the year 1000. Sometimes called “family sagas”,because they document generations of activity,within single family lineage, sagas are the,crowning achievement of medieval narrative art in,Scandinavia and the later Norse world, and have,their own set of characteristics and audience,expectations. Depicting strong individuals within,a new immigrant society that was primarily,self-governed, sagas are regarded as forerunners,of the modern historical novel.,

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Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DEN-102

DLE-345 ART, LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Will explore the various links between the visual,and literary arts through readings of plays,,poems, stories, novels, letters, manifestos,,etc. that have been written by and/or about,artists and designers.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: Take one 3.0 credit, 200 level course from one of the,following subjects: DAH (Art History), DEN (English), DAS,(Academic Studies), DVC (Visual Culture).