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DFA-475 ART PRACTICE INTERNSHIP (6 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.

Credits: 6

Prerequisites:

DAD-122 MOTION TECHNIQUES

This course introduces Advertising students to the basics of software used to create time-based media, websites and mobile apps. It explores the creative team’s role in creating communications that engage targeted and diverse consumer groups through digital media. Students create microsites, animations, and develop a case study.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DAD 110

DAD-460 THESIS STUDIO

This course integrates all that the student has learned and focuses on creating a unique capstone/thesis project that focuses on engaging, motivates and influences diverse audiences and consumers in a positive and emotional way. The project is a personal statement based on introspection, community, purpose, and passion.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DAD 421, DAD 434

DAS-490 INDEPENDENT STUDY

Independent Study is available to students who are at Junior or Senior level standing with a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above. The student may receive approval to work in an area or on a project that is not otherwise offered or addressed in the regular curriculum. An Independent Study should include opportunities for individual student voice and provide a space for diverse perspectives. Students may receive credit toward graduation for no more than 6 credit hours. The student must submit to the chairperson of the department in which they wish to study, an Independent Study Proposal of 150 words (no less) of the student’s plan for study and her/his reason for choosing to study independently. Once the department chairperson provides approval and the instructor for the Independent Study is determined, the faculty member must write an Independent Study Syllabus with education goals, learning outcomes, meeting dates, course expectations, timelines, and due dates. Art Education candidates must pass DAE 490 with a grade of ‘C’ (2.00) or higher to qualify for certification.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DEN 239

DFA-346 ADVANCED FIGURE PAINTING

This class is designed to vigorously extend ideas explored in Introduction to Figure Painting, with an opportunity to engage in more complex figurative problems. Class discussions include relevant topics on contemporary figurative art. Emphasis is on larger format, longer studies and formal painting concerns.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DFA 120, DFA 220

DMA-208 INTRO TO DIGITAL 3D II

This course takes Digital 3D into a deeper concentration. Students explore procedural, projection mapping, and UV texturing techniques. Students also dive deeper into modeling learning sub-division polygonal and spline techniques. Lighting is the third element of the class where students learn studio and environmental set-ups along with HDRI techniques. This class prepares students with the tools to execute stand alone objects or elements they can use for compositing.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DMA 108

DMA-257 VIS COMM 3 MATERIAL INDICATION

Being able to indicate materials in a convincing manner is the next step in a concept designer’s foundation. This class is the continuation of Drawing1, 2 and Digital Fundamentals honing student’s skills in perspective and rendering. Students will dive deeper into Photoshop to become comfortable with its toolset and application. They will digitally execute volumes and shading and then move forward into the study of materials and how light affects them. Projects will range from executing gray shading primitive shapes to realistic indication of plastic, wood, glass and chrome.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DFN 101, DFN 112, DFN 119

DMA-457 VIS COMM 7

This course is designed to support the Senior Concept Studio 1 project. Students continue their journey in advanced 2D and 3D techniques that apply to their Senior Thesis. Deep exploration in 3D articulation and methods along with expanding painting, compositing and other 2D techniques will be the primary focus. While expanding their technique, students will also learn how applied personal styles, lighting and value can affect different aspects of storytelling. This class prepares the student for entry into the next level of work. Future scenarios in professional studios and corporations are discussed and general business and ethics are addressed along with portfolios being prepared according to the student’s personal direction.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DMA-358

FLM-235 ACTING

Students will research and implement the five acting techniques utilized by performers to create compelling on-screen characters-Classical, Chekhov, Method, Meisner, and Practical Aesthetics-through physicality, voice, and partner scenes. The class introduces methods for working with actors to elicit a desired performance.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: FLM 106

FLM-500 GLOBAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE

(This is a faculty led study abroad course * syllabi will differ per destination), On a Global Learning Experience course, students are brought outside the typical classroom, for a 24/7 learning experience in varying locations outside the USA. The course will provide students with tools for analyzing your learning process and identifying cultural patterns, differences, similarities and values encountered during the journey. Students develop a sense of cross-cultural understanding, and navigate towards becoming a global citizen. Students develop a heightened sense of confidence, and leadership as they plan, and execute this excursion. In addition students discover the role of becoming an ambassador for their own culture. Practical issues about studying abroad (safety, money, packing, etc.) are delivered via pre-departure sessions with the International Student Services Office.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: SLP 007