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2016-2017 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]
Courses
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Overview Course Renumbering Course Search Course Prefix Key
Overview
The course catalogue contains information on all active courses offered by the University including: title, course number, credits, contact hours, prerequisites, offering college, priority enrollment, repeatability, and restrictions. Courses listed in the catalogue are not offered every semester. To access a listing of course sections being offered during a particular term refer to the Course Section Offerings page on the Office of the Registrar website.
Course Renumbering
During the 2013-2014 academic year the University began a multi-year course renumbering project. A complete list of all courses renumbered during the last three academic years can be found below.
Renumbered Courses 2013-2016
Course Search
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ANIM 341 History of Animation
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
The aesthetics of animation design and the structural elements of frame-by-frame filmmaking have evolved over time. Analytical, procedural, and historical approaches are brought to bear in the study of animation principles and their development in cinematic history.
Requires completion of 60 credits.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill an art history elective, liberal arts elective, or free elective requirement.
This course is equated with the following courses: MAAN*341
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ANIM 345 Special Effects Compositing College of Art, Media & Design School of Film
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Most films these days require work in post-production to create their final look. This course will explore how to generate moving mattes, track camera moves, color correct, shoot blue/green screen content, work with shadows/explosions/fire/water, and combine 2D, 3D, and filmed elements.
Prerequisites ANIM*231, DAAT*220, or FILM*213
Priority enrollment to Animation majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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ANIM 351 Advanced Drawn Character Animation College of Art, Media & Design School of Film
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
For students who want to expand their drawn character skills; this course will explore movement in perspective, motion/emotion, 4(+) legged movement, and advanced timing understanding.
Prerequisites ANIM*201 or ANIM*203
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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ANIM 401 Animation Thesis I College of Art, Media & Design School of Film
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Directed independent production of a short film project in an idiom of the student’s choosing; additional production of a visual portfolio and reel.
Prerequisites ANIM*302 or FILM*305
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: MAAN*401, ANIM*401
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ANIM 402 Animation Thesis II College of Art, Media & Design School of Film
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Directed independent production of a short film project in an idiom of the student’s choosing; additional production of a visual portfolio and reel.
Prerequisites ANIM*401 or ANIM*302
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: ANIM*402, MAAN*402
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ANIM 404 Animation Thesis II College of Art, Media & Design School of Film
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Directed independent production of a short film project in an idiom of the student’s choosing. Seniors complete their academic year thesis project and present their work at a public screening at the end of the spring semester.
Prerequisites ANIM*401 or ANIM*302
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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ANIM 480 Animation Professional Practices College of Art, Media & Design School of Film
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Preparation for entering the professional field of animation requires the ability to present one’s self and work well. Online reels, web presence, resumes, business practices, intellectual property, and the ability to both interview and be interviewed will all be addressed.
Prerequisites ANIM*302 or FILM*305
Open to Animation majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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ANIM 490 Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Film
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
300 level undergraduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
This course is equated with the following courses: ANIM*490, MAAN*490
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ANIM 499 Internship College of Art, Media & Design School of Film
1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
400 level undergraduate course
Internship program in which the student, working closely with an internship advisor, is placed in one of several professional situations. Placements include assisting in professional studios, practice in biomedical photography laboratories, and working for commercial and non-profit galleries, among others. Placements in film and animation are sponsored by local independent production houses and television stations, design firms, and freelance artists; students of film may assist in location shooting, set production, editing, casting, scripting, and a myriad of other practical tasks.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
This course is equated with the following courses: ANIM*499, MAAN*499
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ANIM 601 3D II: Modeling and Lighting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course is designed to further develop 3D computer animation modeling, texturing, lighting, and rendering skills. Using industry-standard software, students explore and develop 3D skills with both photo-realistic and stylized graphic approaches to image creation and manipulation.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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ANIM 602 3D III: Character Animation College of Art, Media & Design School of Film
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course is designed to deeply increase students’ 3D computer character animation knowledge. Using industry-standard software, students build character models and skeletons, attach the models to the skeletons, and move the resulting 3D computer characters through a series of exercises as they explore and refine 3D character animation skills.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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ANIM 690 Animation Graduate Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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ANIM 699 Topics: Animation College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
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ANTH 250 Cultural Anthropology Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An exploration of the nature of human culture, its variations, and the anthropological
explanations of these differences ranging from the symbolic to the functional and historical. This survey of culture in Western and non-Western societies considers a number of special topics: language and society; cultural identity and the arts; gender; religion and cultural change; marriage and family; ethnicity and race; the impact of globalization, tourism, and cultural change.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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ANTH 252 Human Evolution Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An introduction to human biological and cultural evolution, a survey of the major evolutionary stages in hominid evolution, an introduction to Paleolithic technologies, and a comparison of contemporary Stone Age societies with Paleolithic populations.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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ANTH 253 Modern Mideast Art and Culture Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course considers the artistic, socio-cultural, and historic context of contemporary visual, literary, and performing arts from Morocco to Afghanistan. Through an examination of the lives and work of selected contemporary filmmakers, illustrators, writers/poets, musicians and painters, we will touch on the intellectual and artistic traditions underlying their work. Also considered will be how they are affected by issues such as secularism and religious fundamentalism, political struggles, war and exile, women’s rights, and the impact of the West.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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BOOK 233 Bookbinding Methods College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A workshop class familiarizing the student with the characteristics and handling qualities of materials used in various book structures. Structures covered include pamphlet binding, multi-signature books, clamshell boxes, portfolios, accordion structures, and oriental binding. Emphasis is placed upon both the use of conservationally sound materials and the use of these structures as vehicles for the student’s creative expression.
Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT and ENVI or FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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BOOK 304 Image, Text & the Book College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
An opportunity to explore the integration of type and relief image in unique and editioned book structures. Hands-on experience in dealing with composition (metal) type and computer typesetting is on an intermediate level. Relief printing, photopolymer plates, color reduction printing, and related traditional and contemporary methods of multiple image making are pursued. Special emphasis on development of a personal visual language.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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BOOK 325 Book Arts: Structures College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Historical book forms serve as models and as a departure point for innovative new work. Among the new structures presented are accordion bindings and variations, pop-ups, carousel books, tunnel books, and box structures. Students are encouraged to explore new applications and to experiment by combining images and text with book structures. Prior bookbinding experience is suggested. May serve as a follow-up course for FAPR 233. Priority enrollment to Printmaking majors and Book Arts minors.
Priority enrollment to Printmaking majors and minors.
This course may be completed 2 times credit.
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BOOK 336 Advanced Book Arts: Concepts and Structures College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Because Artists’ Books function as an “alternative space,” one can examine contemporary, historical, and independent approaches to the printed page and how it represents itself in ways different to painting, sculpture or film. Students will continue to explore the potential of letterpress and other printmaking processes while considering the books structure as an integral part of the process. Emphasis will be on edition work, one of a kind and collaborative book works. Consideration is placed on pace and development of information, in relation to the viewers’ hand. Manipulating word and image in unconventional ways as inventive departures from existing means of describing reality.
Prerequisites BOOK*304
This course may be completed 2 times credit.
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BOOK 434 Book Production College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
400 level undergraduate course
This advanced course focuses on the development and production of a printed book or portfolio of works: design and formatting of a publication including the investigation of sequence, page design, and binding possibilities; hands-on experience in the preparation of images for press production, pre-press techniques; and assisting the Master Printer in the printing. All work is produced in the Borowsky Center for Publication Arts, the University’s offset lithography facility. Students may choose to collaborate on projects or work independently.
Open to majors in the College of Art, Media, and Design only. Requires completion of 45 credits
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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BOOK 490 Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
400 level undergraduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
This course is repeatable for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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BOOK 601 Revealing the Narrative College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course focuses on developing a sensitivity to language and verbal constructs in relation to text, image and structure. The expansion of the student’s creative writing within the context of artists’ books and the narrative is explored in both written and visual means.
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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BOOK 602 The Book: Past and Present College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
The history of the book occurs in unison with the research of contemporary artists books in order for students to gain a thorough understanding of the historical precedence of the medium; and gain knowledge in which to position their own work within a historical, cultural, and contemporary context. This course will alternate between the history of the book one week, and then contemporary artist books which incorporate or respond to the historical materials covered in the preceding class, the following week. The class will make site visits to prominent collections to view and study pertinent examples. Students will be also be expected to write and analyze in a critical manner the materials covered while examining how they relate to their own art making practices and realizations.Hands-on study of rare books and manuscripts form antiquity to the present, with discussions dealing with their structural, historical, and artistic significance. The class meets at the Library Company of Philadelphia, with field trips to local special collections.
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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BOOK 621 Bookbinding I College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Bookbinding I is a hands on introduction to the materials, tools and techniques used in bookbinding. Students create basic book structures and develop their hand skills - emphasis is placed on craftsmanship and conservation techniques. This comprehensive foundation course prepares students for intermediate courses and further explorations of the medium.
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
Experience Required- See Dept.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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BOOK 624 Bookbinding II CAMD CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Building upon skills acquired in Bookbinding I, students complete a series of projects based on contemporary and historical models that serve as departure points for innovative bindings. Both nonadhesive and adhesive structures incorporating various board attachments, sewing styles and endbands will be explored, as well as enclosures. This intermediate course prepares students for advanced courses that focus on refining skills and techniques.
Prerequisites BOOK*621
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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BOOK 634 Book Production College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
This advanced course focuses on the development and production of a printed book or portfolio of works: design and formatting of a publication including the investigation of sequence, page design, and binding possibilities; hands-on experience in the preparation of images for press production, pre-press techniques; and assisting the Master Printer in the printing. All work is produced in the Borowsky Center for Publication Arts, the University’s offset lithography facility. Students may choose to collaborate on projects or work independently.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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BOOK 695 Graduate Book Arts Internship College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 - 4.5 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
A supervised practicum, working with practicing artists, with non-profit arts organizations, in print shops, and in book and paper conservation laboratories. Students gain knowledge of the field and hands-on experience in a variety of professional settings. One goal of the internship is to assist them in testing and expanding their professional skills and knowledge and help them make informed career decisions.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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BOOK 699 Topics: Book Arts College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
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BOOK 701 Colloquium: Professional Practices College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
700 level graduate course
Professional practices and issues related to the fields of printmaking and book arts and publication arts are explored through discussions, lectures, workshops and field trips. Students will complete their professional development requirements: resume, cover letters, grant applications, residency applications, gallery packet and conduct a public professional presentation of work.
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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BOOK 723 Bookbinding III College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 90.0 hours
700 level graduate course
This advanced course focuses on investigating the book structure, advanced bindings and techniques. Individual attention to developing creative solutions to support and develop book content begins in order to facilitate ideas for thesis - emphasis is placed on conceptual development of structure, content and form to prepare students for thesis work. Fine binding styles, leather paring, covering methods and advanced finishing techniques will be investigated.
Prerequisites BOOK*621 and BOOK*622 or BOOK*624
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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BOOK 724 Bookbinding IV College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
700 level graduate course
This final bookbinding course is structured as a workshop in order for students to investigate and develop structure and content that support thesis work. Discussion of issues central to book arts, contemporary art and studio practice transpire, as well as critiques and individual instruction.
Prerequisites BOOK*721 or BOOK*723
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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BOOK 788 Thesis Writing Seminar I College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 credits 22.5 hours
700 level graduate course
In this seminar students will develop a series of papers in preparation for their written thesis, a researched critical paper that informs and elaborates on his or her thesis exhibition and studio practice. The intent of the thesis is to locate the student’s practice within the landscape of contemporary art practice and in relation to its history and traditions.
Prerequisites GRAD*750
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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BOOK 789 Thesis Writing Seminar II College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 45.0 hours
700 level graduate course
In this seminar students will develop a written thesis, a researched critical paper that informs and elaborates on his or her thesis exhibition and studio practice. The intent of the thesis is to locate the student’s practice within the landscape of contemporary art practice and in relation to its history and traditions.
Prerequisites BOOK*788
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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BOOK 795 Thesis Studio I College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 45.0 hours
700 level graduate course
This course will be comprised of studio seminar coursework preparing students for developing a cohesive body of work based on skills and knowledge acquired thus far in the program. Guest critics will be invited over the course of the semester. The MFA candidate develops an individual course of study and defines the projects, in preparation for the required Thesis Exhibition during the final semester Tutorial and critic based.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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BOOK 796 Thesis Studio II College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
6 credits 180.0 hours
700 level graduate course
This course covers the planning, implementation and execution of a mature body of work to be prepared for Thesis Exhibition at the end of the semester. This course is structured as independent meetings and the scheduling is by arrangement in association with each student’s thesis committee.
Prerequisites BOOK*795
Corequisite Course(s): BOOK*787
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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BUSN 118 Introduction to Business
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
This course applies an interdisciplinary approach in a global, political, and economic perspective. Topics include the historical development of the American Business system; comparison of economic philosophies; functions of management, marketing, finance, and organizational structure; government intervention in business activity; the international business environment, and social responsibility.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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BUSN 210 Digital Marketing College of Performing Arts School of Music
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
With an increasing emphasis on integrated digital strategies, the opportunities for marketing professionals and organizations with end-to-end Internet expertise have never been greater. Students will learn digital marketing skills through coursework focused on website usability, social media marketing, email marketing, search engine optimization (SEO) and more.
Priority enrollment for MBET majors and MBET minors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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BUSN 320 Entrepreneurs Boot Camp
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course provides students the opportunity to participate in the Corzo Center Workshops and lectures in an academic context: providing contextual readings, discussion with other participants and short assignments allowing students to reflect on what they’ve learned and consider how to apply it effectively to their own ideas or projects. Central to the course is participation in the Entrepreneur’s Boot Camp, offered by the Corzo Center for the Creative Economy. The Corzo Center ‘Boot Camp’ is an interactive course providing a chance to learn what it takes to be an entrepreneur - how to plan, develop, budget, market, and present your business idea.
Prerequisites FYWT*100 or FYWT*111
Corzo Boot Camp Reg. Required
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
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BUSN 330 Business Fundamentals for the Creative Economy
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
In this course students will explore business tools and practices designed to meet the specialized needs of individual creative and performing artists functioning within the private enterprise system. Students will engage in independent exploration through guided case study. Units covered include marketing, fundraising and grant writing, record-keeping, taxes, financial decision-making, and legal issues in the arts.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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BUSN 365 Business Planning I
1.5 credits 22.5 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course covers the multiple facets of starting up and operating a business. Topics of learning consist of the development of an industry analysis, and a comprehensive marketing plan.
Prerequisites MBET*207, MBET*210, and MBET*353
Priority enrollment for MBET majors and Business minors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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BUSN 366 Business Planning II
1.5 credits 22.5 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course continues the exploration of the multiple facets of starting up and operating a business. The course will build on the industry analysis and marketing plan created in Business Planning I by exploring and ultimately developing a comprehensive business plan.
Prerequisites BUSN*365
Priority enrollment for MBET majors and Business minors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CAIN 497 Design Internship College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Enrollment in this course is open to Graphic Design, Illustration, and Industrial Design students and requires prior permission from the Internship Advisor. Interested students should contact the Advisor before registering for an advising session. Once students are registered for the course, they can begin the process of coordinating their internship placement under the advisor’s guidance. This course is a supervised art or design practicum taking place off campus in a cooperating business or studio that helps students bridge the gap between their academic learning and the practical application of that learning in the professional world. It is an excellent way for students to nurture their interpersonal skills, be exposed to new ideas in the industry, learn new skills by observing others in the workplace, develop real world problem solving abilities, and make professional connections. Many types of internships are available, with outlets ranging from commercial to altruistic. The placement represents 90 contact hours of professionally relevant experience and training, which amounts to 6 hours a week for the 15 week semester. A University professor observes, advises, and assesses the student during the course of the internship through in-person and e-mail correspondence.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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CAIN 498 Fine Arts/Crafts Internship College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Opportunities to apprentice to practicing artists, gain gallery experience, and work with non-profit organizations, which leads to practical experience and knowledge about the field.
Open to Fine Arts and Crafts majors only. Requires completion of 45 credits
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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CERA 101 Introduction to Ceramics College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Through lecture and demonstrations, students learn basic skills such as handbuilding, throwing, and press molding with an introduction to loading and firing kilns and mixing clay and glazes. Problems are given with an emphasis on developing each student’s potential for personal expression and artistic invention. Freshmen are encouraged to participate in the departmental guest lecture series and field trips.
Requires completion of 15 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CERA 211 Throwing Exploration Projects College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Beginning studio work using the throwing process and related glazing and firing techniques. Problems are given with an emphasis on developing each student’s potential for personal expression and artistic invention.
Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT and ENVI or FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CERA 212 Throwing Exploration Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A continued exploration of throwing process and ceramic technique This freestanding course also serves as a companion to CRCM 211. Materials addressed will be at a beginning level-more experienced students taking the class will explore the topics in more depth.
Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT and ENVI or FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CERA 213 Handbuilding Exploration Projects College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Beginning studio work with clay using the handbuilding processes of slab, coil pinch, and pressing form molds, plus related glazing and firing techniques. Problems given emphasize developing each student’s potential for personal expression and artistic invention.
Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT and ENVI or FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CERA 214 Handbuilding Exploration Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A continued exploration of studio work with clay using handbuilding processes. This freestanding course also serves as a companion to CRCM 213. Materials addressed will be at a beginning level; more experienced students taking the class will explore the topics in more depth.
Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT and ENVI or FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CERA 220 Ceramics College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Through lecture and demonstration, students learn basic skills such as handbuilding, throwing, and press molding with an introduction to loading and firing kilns. Mixing clay, slips, and glazes is also being covered. Graduate students may register for this course under GRCR 660.
Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT and ENVI or FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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CERA 221 Introduction to Molding & Casting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A course in model making, moldmaking, and casting techniques, using plaster and synthetic compounds. Emphasis is on developing proficiency in slip casting for use in the artist’s studio and in industry for serial production.
Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT and ENVI or FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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CERA 223 Ceramic Technology College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A lecture and laboratory course designed to investigate basic clay and glaze materials. Students gain an intuitive understanding of ceramic materials, their practical and aesthetic properties, and develop a series of personal glazes. The nature of clays and the relationship among clay bodies, slips, sigillatas, and glazes is also explored.
Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT and ENVI or FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course may be completed 4 times for credit.
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CERA 299 Selected Topics in Ceramics College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course allows for the presentation of one-time, unique studio experiences involving either specialized themes, media, classroom structures, or teaching and learning formats, for the development of projects relevant to contemporary ceramic issues.
Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT and ENVI or FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course may be completed 4 times for credit.
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CERA 313 Ceramics Junior Studio I College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Builds upon a basic grounding in ceramic concepts and techniques. Through lectures, technical demonstrations, conceptual projects and critique students further their development as artists.
Prerequisites Take 6 credits from: CERA*211, CERA*212, CERA*213, or CERA*214
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CERA 314 Ceramics Junior Studio II College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
A continuation of CRCM 313, Ceramics Junior Studio I. In preparation for the senior thesis, students take on increased responsibility for the form and content of their work.
Prerequisites Take 6 credits from: CERA*211, CERA*212, CERA*213, or CERA*214
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CERA 315 Ceramics Junior Projects College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course serves as a companion to CRCM 313. Technical and conceptual material presented dovetails with that presented in CRCM 313.
Prerequisites Complete 6 credits from: CRCM*211, CRCM*212, CRCM*213, or,CRCM*214.
Corequisite Course(s): SOAC*300 and SOAC*301
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CERA 411 Ceramics Senior Thesis I College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
In consultation with faculty, students question and refine their interests and begin production of a cohesive body of work for their thesis exhibition. Faculty presentations are complemented by student research and investigation.
Prerequisites Complete 6 credits from CERA*211, CERA*212, CERA*213, or, CERA*214
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CERA 412 Ceramics Senior Thesis II College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Production of work for the thesis exhibition continues. In preparation for leaving the academic environment, students complete work for their portfolio. Though development of technical skills continues, the emphasis is on having students articulate their ideas and understand the content of their work.
Prerequisites Complete 6 credits from CERA*211, CERA*212, CERA*213, or, CERA*214
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CERA 413 Ceramics Senior Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
A continuation of CRCM 315. Problems become more complex as students acquire a level of technical mastery appropriate to their ideas. Emphasis is placed on the student’s conceptual development.
Prerequisites SOAC*301
Corequisite Course(s): CRFT*401 and CRFT*402
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CMMC 124 Introduction to Advertising College of Performing Arts School of Music
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
This course introduces students to a history of advertising in order to provide a context for current trends and themes; they will learn about the unique characteristics, strengths and weaknesses of the different tactics and vehicles that make up the current marketing mix. They will learn the different jobs within advertising agencies, what they do, what their responsibilities are, and how they work with others.
Priority enrollment for MBET majors and minors. Advertising Design majors are not permitted to register this course.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CMMC 206 Webcasting II College of Art, Media & Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
WEBCASTING II is a production workshop that offers an advanced level of media production methods for different online distribution methods. Students will learn to develop all aspects of interactive streaming, from media production, to server configuration, to front-end programming and social networking. The course will focus more on the technology rather than the content. We will be experimenting with various new technologies such as FLASH Movies, JAVA based players, and Video LAN. We will also be incorporating alternative input devices for the streaming part of the class such as wireless video cameras, simple FLASH-based animation, and other methods that expand the type of streaming experience that can be created.
Prerequisites CMMC*205
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CMMC 207 Digital Distribution College of Performing Arts School of Music
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Digital Distribution is a critical course focusing on the impact that digital media and distribution have had on our society and culture over the last ten years in particular. Digital technology has revolutionized the way we produce and consume media. The shift has been epitomized in the rise of self-published content created by individuals rather than traditional broadcasters and distributed to a mass audience. We are entering an era of common, niche-driven mass media, produced by anyone with a computer and an Internet connection. Students in this course will focus on the impact that digital distribution has had on traditional media and the way our culture is changing with this new perspective. We will also look at the way in which companies are adapting to this change in the media landscape. Which companies are approaching the challenges with fresh ideas, and which ones are struggling to adapt? We will look at case studies to help navigate the evolution of companies’ relationship with this disruptive technology.
Priority enrollment for MBET majors and MBET minors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CMMC 321 Advertising Strategy Development College of Art, Media & Design School of Film
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
The business side of creative advertising, this course examines the functions of the various departments within an advertising agency, focusing on strategic development, and introduces the three key steps in that development-market segmentation, brand positioning, and research. Students learn a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods and analytical methods and apply what they have learned by developing and presenting an advertising strategy for an actual product.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
Priority enrollment to Communication majors and Strategic Advertising minors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CMMC 322 Advertising: Creative Concepts II College of Art, Media & Design School of Film
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Having learned how to create strong individual concepts, students create broader and deeper concepts that can form the basis for a number of ads and learn how to execute an idea in more than one medium. The course begins by examining award-winning print campaigns in order to recognize suitable ideas for multi-ad campaigns; to identify elements and themes and their grounding in research; and to understand the consumer. The course then examines how interactive media are being used to build customer relationships and brand identities, and explores the strategic functions of these new media. Students develop storyboards for a product or service that reinforces that product’s existing brand personality.
Prerequisites CMMC*221
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CMMC 324 Introduction to Public Relations College of Art, Media & Design School of Film
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course explores the fundamentals of public relations, viewed as a marketing communications tool, with special attention to its role in the non-profit sphere. The course reviews the functions of a wide range of marketing communications tools and explores how PR can be used in conjunction with them to achieve an organization’s objectives, helping students to come to understand the role of public relations in the overall marketing communications plan. Students learn how to coordinate messages in order to allow the company to speak with one voice and reinforce one overall corporate identity, with special attention to social marketing and the public. A series of projects culminates in students developing a public relations proposal for a non-profit organization.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CMMC 351 History of Documentary College of Art, Media & Design
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Introduces the historical and aesthetic sweep of approaches to documentary film and video. Through extensive screenings and readings, this survey opens the range of choices and creative possibilities for documentary while understanding aesthetic conventions, technological limitations, and social history. In addition to attending screenings and discussion, students write two short papers and one longer term paper.
Priority enrollment to Communication majors, Documentary Video minors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CMMC 353 Media Industries College of Art, Media & Design School of Film
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course investigates the range of organizations and economic forces involved in media production. Includes diverse production models, from mainstream and corporate, to public sector, to alternative, and comparisons with media industries in other cultural settings. The course focuses on business and policy issues and considers examples of media practice from broadcast and cable news, advertising, Hollywood and independent cinema, public media, and new media industries. The course includes a final research project.
Priority enrollment for MBET majors and minors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill an art history elective, liberal arts elective, or free elective requirement.
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CRFT 203 Computers for Object Makers College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course covers computer processes useful as compliments to traditional craft ways of making. 3D Scanning gives the artist/designer a digital replica that can then be changed in scale or manipulated in other ways. 3D Computer Modeling programs create files that can then be turned into physical objects using 3D printing. Also covered will be a selection of technical processes such as laser cutting for stack-lamination (building forms by gluing up layers of plywood or other sheet materials), ‘unfolding’ software (creating patterns for fabric and other sheet materials that can then be sewn or seamed into 3D form), CNC milling, etc. Previous 3D computer modeling experience is not required.
Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT and ENVI or FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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CRFT 211 Craft Exploration College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT and ENVI or FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRFT 281 3D Computer Modeling College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An introduction to the use of 3-D modeling software for visualization, design, production, and presentation of Craft objects. Through tutorial exercises and individual projects, students become fluent in the use of this important tool. One piece of software (such as formZ, Rhino, etc.) that is both CAD accurate and affordable to individual artists is covered. As students gain proficiency, they apply the techniques to problems addressed in their major studio classes. Students taking the course for a second time explore the capabilities of the software in more depth and focus on intelligent sequencing of operations and using the tools in context.
Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT and ENVI or FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
Computer Literacy Required
This course may be completed 4 times for credit.
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CRFT 299 Selected Topics in Crafts College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course allows for the presentation of one-time, unique studio experiences involving either specialized themes, media, classroom structures, or teaching and learning formats, for the development of projects relevant to contemporary Crafts issues.
Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT and ENVI or FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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CRFT 401 Craft Senior Projects College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Student begins to produce a body of work for the Crafts Senior capstone exhibition. Part of this course is Senior Seminar, a forum for the discussion of ideas and issues through student participation, guest lecturers, and professional offerings. The modern craft aesthetic is examined in terms of late nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first century ideas and issues. Emphasis on the interdependency of all the arts with an eye to the unique contribution of crafts ideology and practice. Topical discussions encourage students to find contemporary relevancy and validity in an analysis of historical precedents. The professional practices component covers: making an artist’s presentation, resume and portfolio preparation, writing an artist’s statement, recordkeeping and taxes, grant writing, self-promotion and career/entrepreneurial opportunities. Particular attention is paid to the style and survival techniques of contemporaries working in craft media.
Prerequisites SOAC*301
Corequisite Course(s): Take CRCM*411, CRFB*411, CRGL*411, CRMT*411 and CRWD*411
Open to Crafts majors only.
Enrollment in Studio Required
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRFT 402 Craft Senior Projects College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Student completes a body of work for the Crafts Senior capstone exhibition. Topical discussions and activities continue. The professional practices component includes mounting and promoting an exhibition, final portfolio preparation.
Prerequisites CRFT*401
Corequisite Course(s): CERA*412, CERA*413, FIBR*412, FIBR*413 GLAS*412, GLAS*413, METL*412, METL*413, or WOOD*413
Open to Crafts majors only.
Enrollment in Studio Required
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRFT 490 Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
300 level undergraduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
Restricted to Undergraduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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CRWT 101 Intro to Contemporary Poetry I Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
The first half of this year-long course will introduce students to the fundamentals of poetic craft and to the varied landscape of contemporary poetry. Students will complete creative and critical responses to recent books, exploring the ways in which poetry’s formal features, such as line and image, connect to aesthetics, culture, and poetic theory. This course requires close engagement with major works of Anglo-American poetry from the last fifteen years; it also emphasizes the production and critique of original creative work and the development of literary community.
Open to Creative Writing majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRWT 102 Intro to the Contemporary Short Story I Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
In the first half of this year-long course, students are introduced to the fundamentals of the short story through close reading of contemporary short fiction. Students will learn to read as writers, analyzing the construction of stories and practicing writing techniques in preparation for crafting short stories of their own.
Open to Creative Writing majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRWT 140 The Writing Life Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
What does it mean to be a writer? How does a writer define community? What is a writer’s responsibility? These are some of the questions that will be posed in this course for first-year Creative Writing students, which serves as an introduction to the major and the practices and principles that are central to the writing life. Through both personal and critical writing, students will reflect on the creative processes that are unique (or not unique) to writers by reading and responding to a variety of texts–writers’ memoirs, craft handbooks–and ideas about writing creatively. The course will also require engagement with literary events and organizations, both on campus and in downtown Philadelphia, helping students forge connections with the broader writing community.
Open to Creative Writing majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRWT 151 Intro to Contemporary Poetry II Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
The second half of this year-long course will deepen students’ familiarity with poetic craft and contemporary poetic theory. Through creative and critical responses to major poetic works from the last thirty years, students will explore contemporary prosody and its connection to literary history. The course will include workshop of student work, as well as close engagement with some of the ideas that have been central to recent poetics.
Prerequisites CRWT*101
Open to Creative Writing majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRWT 152 Intro to the Contemporary Short Story II Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Continuing the work begun in the first semester, students begin to write their own short stories in a workshop setting. Goals are to hone reading skills, learn to workshop material usefully, and produce-and significantly revise-one short story.
Prerequisites CRWT*102
Open to Creative Writing majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRWT 181 Poetry Workshop for Non-Majors Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Students’ poems are discussed, criticized, revised, and improved. Principles governing the decision to change a poem in various ways, the study of poems by American and English poets, the reading of some criticism, and concentration on the basic principles of craft are all included. Theories involve sound, content, meaning, and purpose of student poems and of poetry in general. The poet’s sense of an audience also figures in the discussion.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
Not open to Creative Writing majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 182 Fiction Workshop for Non-Majors Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course focuses on writing short fiction in a workshop setting. Students study the elements of creative writing, experiment with several forms, and develop a clear voice. The goal is to produce a portfolio of finished pieces.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
Not open to Creative Writing majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 183 Screenwriting Workshop for Non-Majors Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course focuses on the fundamental elements and process of screenwriting in a workshop setting. Though students will complete a short film script as their final project, the tools and knowledge necessary to complete a feature-length script will be the focus of study.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
Film/Video, Animation, and Creative Writing majors are not permitted to register this course.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 201 Intermediate Poetry Workshop Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The intermediate workshop will allow students to immerse themselves in the workshop model, applying the critical vocabulary that they’ve learned throughout the previous year to their own work. Students learn both by being critics and by listening to other student critics. Required of all Creative Writing majors in their genre of concentration.
Prerequisites CRWT*151 or CRWT*181
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 202 Intermediate Short Story Workshop Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The intermediate workshop will allow students to immerse themselves in the workshop model, applying the critical vocabulary that they’ve learned throughout the previous year to their own work. Students learn both by being critics and by listening to other student critics. Required of all Creative Writing majors in their genre of concentration.
Prerequisites CRWT*152 or CRWT*182
Priority enrollment for C.W. majors & minors.
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 211 Poetry and Poetics Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An exploration of significant poetic theory and practice since modernism. Following a survey of postmodern avant-gardes such as the New York School, Black Mountain College, and Language poetry, we will examine recent work in areas such as ecopoetics, conceptualism, digital poetry, and postlanguage romanticism. Throughout the course, we will consider key debates in recent poetics; the course will conclude with the study of several full-length collections that challenge easy classification. Students will gain familiarity with 20th and 21st century poetry, advanced skills in critical analysis, and insights into contemporary aesthetics.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill an art history elective, liberal arts elective, or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 212 The Short Story Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A study of significant books and writers in the evolution of the short story. Students will observe the changing nature of the form and gain insight into relationships among writers of different generations, from Joyce and O’Connor to Cheever and Carver to contemporary short story writers such as Jhumpa Lahiri, Haruki Murakami and Junot Diaz.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill an art history elective, liberal arts elective, or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 214 High Modernism Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Students are introduced to the writers of the high-modernist period and the emergence of certain stylistic, aesthetic, thematic, and idiomatic ideas and devices that still inform contemporary literature. The course will emphasize these ideas by pairing fiction writers with poets, in order to see the ways in which similar cultural and historical concerns sponsored innovations in both genres.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill an art history elective, liberal arts elective, or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 222 The Linked Short Story Collection Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This seminar introduces students to the tricky, increasingly popular and frequently misunderstood genre of the linked short story collection. Links among grouped stories occur in different ways-through theme, structure, setting, character, shifting points of view. Through critical reading and writing, students will learn different approaches to shaping a linked story collection and make a thoughtful, informed attempt at writing two linked stories of their own.
Prerequisites CRWT*152 or CRWT*182
Priority enrollment for Creative Writing majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 224 Poetic Translations & Adaptations Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Translation and adaptation have been vital to the shaping and reinventing of English and American poetry. They have introduced new forms and conventions, and very often have refreshed a poet’s language just as it was becoming staid and mannered. Poets translate and adapt our love for the original, but also to reassess their own work, calibrate their language, extend their range, and stock up the imagistic arsenal. After all, different languages, different cultures, and different historical periods yield different modes of perception, different sensibilities. Often enough, poets will publish breakthrough collections after engaging with translation.
Prerequisites CRWT*151 or CRWT*181
Priority enrollment for Creative Writing majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 225 Travel Writing Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
In this craft seminar, students will explore several forms of travel writing. Readings will include excerpts and full-length books recording accounts of travelers’ adventures, memories, insights, quests over the past 2000 years and more. Writing exercises will require students to experiment with forms ranging from the commercial article for an airline magazine to a sophisticated essay on travel as a cross-cultural meditation.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 226 Arts Criticism & Reviewing Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This craft seminar will engage students with great art, expanding their experience of looking and hearing while learning about arts criticism and arts reviewing. Students will investigate not only the world of great books, of great paintings in museums, great plays performed by major theatre companies, great music performed by world-class ensembles, but also discover art about which there is little or no received opinion: at the Fringe, at First Friday, at university theatrical and musical performances. Such work is often not great, and thus students will learn to identify and hone their standards of evaluation. Substantial reading and performance attendance will be required.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 230 Graphic Storytelling Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Graphic Storytelling allows students to create original works of fiction and nonfiction as they pertain to the sequential format. Combining the use of imagination, observation and reference while utilizing a variety of media, writing develops through a series of exercises and assignments and evolves into finished and more polished work. Exercises/assignments focus on: character/world-building, story structure, and utilizing one-panel, four-panel and multi-panel/page formats. Skills learned in this class may be applied to comics and graphic novels, as well as other similar genres such as animation and video games.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
Priority enrollment for all Creative Writing majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 231 Writing for the Web Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
How does web writing differ from writing for other mediums? Students in this course will learn the developing conventions of this new medium, including clarity, conciseness, front-loading important content, _chunkingî information, personalizing voice, incorporating graphics and images, and inviting feedback or collaboration. As the web is still a young medium, students will also have the opportunity to experiment with new writing strategies. Writing assignments will fall within the following web _genresî : a commercial site, a review, a podcast, and a blog series.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 234 Creative Nonfiction Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This introductory workshop introduces the major forms of creative nonfiction–including the personal essay, profile, investigative feature, and social/cultural commentary–and explores how storytelling strategies can be employed within the genre. Students will learn to develop individual voices and styles, taking into account the demands of different audiences, different subjects, and different aims. Students will be assigned readings within the genre of creative nonfiction; they will also conduct their own research (both primary and secondary).
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 235 Children’s Fiction Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
CRWT 235 introduces students to the unique challenges of writing children’s literature. The course focuses on fiction of/for adolescence, including the genre of Young Adult Literature, and familiarizes students with the technical and theoretical approaches involved with this literature. The class will involve both careful, critical reading of relevant texts alongside writing and responding to others in a workshop setting.
Prerequisites CRWT*152 or CRWT*182
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 236 Speculative Fiction Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Literature has been historically filled with ghosts, gods, magic, talking animals, and the
walking dead, and some of the most powerful and popular storytelling of our time has examined the
nuances of the human condition in our own future, in alternate realities, and on other worlds. In
this course, students will read and discuss different kinds of speculative fiction, and use
those influences to shape their work. They will learn techniques to help them bust through genre
tropes, explore their obsessions, and write their own supernatural or science fiction stories.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
Priority enrollment for all Creative Writing majors and Creative Writing minors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 237 Long Poems Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This craft seminar focuses on the Western literary tradition of the long poem in various forms and contexts. Encompassing traditional epic poetry, documentary poetry, novels in verse, and more, the long poem has a rich, complex history. In this course we’ll explore that history through a series of narrative and non-narrative forms. Students will be exposed to various types of long form poetry, while writing and workshopping their own long poems.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 238 Historical Fiction Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
What makes historical fiction different from other types of literary fiction? What relationship does historical fiction have to the ‘true’ historical record? How does a writer of historical fiction approach incorporating research? How do writers set stories in time periods they’ve not experienced directly and make them feel meaningful and authentic? In this course, we’ll consider these broad questions, while paying close attention to the technical considerations particular to writing historical fiction. We’ll sample a range of authors who approach this task differently, try our hand at writing stories of our own, and contemplate how fiction set in the past can help illuminate the present.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
Priority enrollment for all Creative Writing majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 301 Advanced Poetry Workshop Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Students will read, write, and critique poems at an advanced level. They will produce a portfolio that shows the development of a distinct voice, the influence of critical reading, and significant accomplishment in literary craft. Required of Creative Writing majors in the genre of their concentration.
Prerequisites CRWT*201
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 302 Advanced Workshop in Short Story Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Students will read, write, and critique fiction at an advanced level. They will produce a portfolio that shows the development of a distinct voice, the influence of critical reading, and significant accomplishment in literary craft. Required of Creative Writing majors in the genre of their concentration.
Prerequisites CRWT*202
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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