Tag: 2024-2025

DAD-221 COMMERCIAL CONCEPTS AND PRODUCTION

Students learn the strategies, processes, and,storytelling techniques used to create effective,television advertising. Student creative teams,solve broadcast specific assignments for targeted,and diverse consumers and audiences by,developing concepts, scriptwriting, drawing,storyboards, and producing animatics. Current,trends in broadcast are reviewed including,web-based communications, graphics, special,effects, post-production techniques, music,,editing, and directing. Presentations specific to,television ideas are practiced on a regular basis.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DAD 235, DAD 250, DAD 283

DAD-475 ADVERTISING DESIGN 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: 6

Prerequisites:

DAH-201 VISUAL NARRATION AFRICA

This course is an introduction to the visual,cultures of Africa and its Diasporas, through a,series of case studies in visual narration in a,wide variety of media and formats from Africa,,the Caribbean, the US, Brazil, and indeed,throughout the Black Atlantic. The case studies,range from altar-making to filmmaking, and from,sculpture to pageantries of carnival. The course,seeks to locate these individual,images-texts-objects in the larger narrative and,performance traditions, as well as the,socio-political and historical contexts, from,which they emerge. But the course also asks,where these forms are going, and how historical,memory works now, always in motion. What, then,,are the theoretical and practical implications,for establishing origins, authenticity, and the,future?

Credits: 3

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DAH-310 RENAISSANCE AND MANNERIST ART

In the sixteenth century, as ancient manuscripts,began to be rediscovered, translated and made,available to European humanists such as Petrarch,,society turned in a more worldly direction.,Artists began adding classical themes to their,devotional repertories and more frequently,directed their attention to the problems of life,on earth. This class covers painters, architects,and sculptors, including Botticelli, Leonardo,da Vinci and Michelangelo in Italy, and Jan,Van Eyck, Hieronymous Bosch, Albrecht Durer and,Hans Holbein in northern Europe. Mannerism as an,outgrowth of the Renaissance is also discussed.

Credits: 3

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

DCE-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-102 COMPOSITION II

In DEN 102, the second composition course in a,series, students practice the necessary writing,skills to discover the pleasures and challenges of,research, rhetoric, and reflection. In this course,students investigate and analyze a variety of,written and visual texts and respond in critical,and creative work utilizing primary and secondary,sources. DEN 102 stresses important academic,skills, including research strategies, the writing,process, formatting, revision, editing, and,presenting before a group. This course satisfies,the General Education requirement.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DEN-101

DFA-220 INTRODUCTION TO FIGURE PAINTING

This figurative painting course utilizes the,painting principles acquired in Introduction to,Painting. Emphasis is placed on color theory,,value, illusion of form and space, compositional,theory and paint application. Contemporary,approaches to figurative painting are examined,through class presentations and studio processes.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DFN 103 DFN 104 DFN 120 DFN 121

DFD-219 EMBELLISHED SURFACES

Students explore stitch by learning hand,embroidery, sewing machine, and digital,technologies used to construct images and,pattern. While exploring traditional,embellishment techniques, and unconventional,materials such as water-soluble embroidery film,,construction materials, found and recycled items.,Participants are encouraged to develop a personal,visual language through a series of class and,individual projects. The course challenges,students to develop concepts and ideas that,expand the traditional notions of embellishment.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites:

DFN-112 DRAWING II: STYLE & SKILL

Students expand their understanding of the,fundamentals of drawing and sketching, and develop,their own personal sense of style and enhanced,skill. A variety of drawing techniques are,explored with a focus on creative composition,,design and visual narrative. Additionally, the,human figure will be explored as a basis of,understanding gesture, proportion, geometric forms,in space and the definition of complex surfaces.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DFN 101