Apr 25, 2024  
2017-2018 University Catalog 
    
2017-2018 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]

Courses


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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

A complete list of all courses renumbered during the last academic year can be found below.

Courses Renumbered 2016-2017  

Course Search 

 
  
  • IDES 334 Design Communications

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 67.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This course builds upon basic graphic skills in communicating design ideas clearly and effectively through thoughtful layouts, principles of visual communication and information design, storytelling and visual narratives, as well as the strategic representation of research data and mapping. Graphic programs and analog methods will be used to complete course projects. Each student will also create a portfolio template which will be used and edited for future use.

    Priority enrollment to Industrial Design majors.
    Requires completion of 45 credits.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 336 Social Media for Designers

    College of Art, Media & Design

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Design and Digital Media focuses on the creation of interactive and online publishing of design projects and design portfolios. This digital media course supports professional practice in the various design studios (e.g. graphic, industrial, and/or web development design) through the understanding and use of accessible web tools (i.e. blog, website building tools, etc.). Individual creativity is stressed as students learn to develop a web presence. Issues of user interface, interactivity and information design are explored in the communication of ideas. Both collaborative and individual exercises are assigned.

    Priority enrollment to Industrial Design majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 337 Product Design Methods

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 67.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This course will focus on methods and processes to prepare the student for a career as a Product Designer. This will include the use of advanced analog and digital tools for physical modeling and testing of product ideas. Advanced CAD modeling and use of the laser cutter, CNC, and 3D Printer will be relied upon in the production of high tolerance prototypes for rigorous user testing. This course will foster a higher level proficiency with the multiple methods of the product designer to express complex ideas and products.

    Priority enrollment to Industrial Design majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 371 Architectonics

    College of Art, Media & Design

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    An elective course intended as a multidisciplinary forum for the investigation, appreciation, and design of architectural space, structures, and systems. Using in-class exercises as a laboratory for creative and collaborative exchange, students learn alternative design processes, design vocabulary, user-centered experience and design. This course develops concepts and analytical studies of objects/spaces through various 2D and 3D drawing/modeling techniques and culminates in an actual built/altered environment. Graduate students may register for this course under GRID 624.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 401 Studio 5: Projects Studio

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    These studio courses focus on decisive and responsible positions in formulating new design directions. Building upon past learning, projects sharpen fundamental skills of sketching (2D & 3D), design drawing, computer modeling, prototyping and conceptual diagramming. Students are encouraged through critical discourse and research on historical and contemporary material of cultural shifts to formulate their own ideology. Project proposals forward questions such as social context, ergonomics, and ecological consequences. Students are expected to identify local stakeholders (industry, users, designers, etc.) and ask them to be topic advisors as appropriate. First-semester projects are dedicated to three fast-paced, highly theoretical, predefined topics. The next semester is devoted to further development of one of these projects. This final semester-long project works toward project closure and pragmatic articulation, ready to be shown both inside and outside an academic context.

    Prerequisites IDES*302, IDES*322, IDES*331, and IDES*332

    Open to Industrial Design majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 402 Studio 5: Projects Studio

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    These studio courses focus on decisive and responsible positions in formulating new design directions. Building upon past learning, projects sharpen fundamental skills of sketching (2D & 3D), design drawing, computer modeling, prototyping and conceptual diagramming. Students are encouraged through critical discourse and research on historical and contemporary material of cultural shifts to formulate their own ideology. Project proposals forward questions such as social context, ergonomics, and ecological consequences. Students are expected to identify local stakeholders (industry, users, designers, etc.) and ask them to be topic advisors as appropriate. First-semester projects are dedicated to three fast-paced, highly theoretical, predefined topics. The next semester is devoted to further development of one of these projects. This final semester-long project works toward project closure and pragmatic articulation, ready to be shown both inside and outside an academic context.

    Prerequisites IDES*401

    Open to Industrial Design majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 403 Business Planning and Practices

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Based on the principles of human-center design, this course introduces students in the arts and media to the principles of business - idea development, marketing, finances, and presentation skills - and develops competencies in strategic thinking problem solving, goal setting, time management, presentation skills, business writing, and financial literacy. Over the course of the semester students research, develop and prototype their ideas forming them into viable ventures. The course also introduces students to the various organizational structures used in business - small and large, start-up and established. The course culminates with public presentations and judging with the best proposals being eligible for a venture grant or participation in a summer incubator program.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 421 Professional Presentation & Portfolio

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This course refines the students’ written, verbal, and visual presentation skills and assists them in developing communication materials for their creative body of work. This studio course will include intensive group critique of individual presentation materials prepared outside of class. Students develop self-promotion and personal branding, presentation skills, correspondence and portfolio materials utilizing contemporary technologies.

    Requires completion of 60 credits
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 422 Professional Practice

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Refines the students’ written, verbal, and visual presentation skills and assists them in developing communication materials for their senior theses and industry-sponsored projects. Intensive group critique of individual presentations prepared outside of class. Students develop self-promotion, presentation, and correspondence materials utilizing service bureaus and contemporary technologies such as digital files, fax, and the World Wide Web to prepare and transmit this information.

    Prerequisites IDES*421

    Corequisite Course(s): IDES*402

    Open to Industrial Design majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 425 Personal Presentation + Process

    College of Art, Media & Design

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This course refines the students’ written, verbal, and visual presentation skills and assists them in developing communication materials for their creative and diverse body of work. This studio course includes intensive group critique of individual presentation materials prepared outside of class. Students develop self-promotion, personal branding, as well as presentation skills and tools.

    Priority enrollment to Industrial Design majors.
    Requires completion of 24 credits.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 426 Professional Presentation + Portfolio

    College of Art, Media & Design

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This course refines the students’ written, verbal, and visual presentation skills and
    assists them in developing communication materials for their portfolio materials and
    senior capstone project. Students continue to develop portfolios, websites and presentation
    materials that clearly communicate the concept, process, and innovation of their work.

    Priority enrollment to Industrial Design majors.
    Requires completion of 24 credits.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 431 Design Theory Seminar

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    In this industrial design seminar, students investigate design philosophies, issues, and pedagogy, from a historic as well as contemporary international design context. Students study various definitions of design, explore design theories and issues, and consider theoretical relationships with other applied arts.

    Prerequisites IDES*302, IDES*322, IDES*331, and IDES*332

    Corequisite Course(s): IDES*401, IDES*421, IDES*432

    Open to Industrial Design majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 432 Design Practice and Business Strategy

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This course introduces the various modes of design practice and business strategy through discussion, lectures, and research. The following subjects are addressed: 1. Running a practice, 2. Legalities and contracts, 3. Publications/exhibitions, 4. Client interaction, 5. Job search, recruiters and directories, 6. Portfolios, 7. Networking (etiquette and strategy), 8. Work structure (internship, freelance, in-house etc.), and 9. Entrepreneurial and alternative practices. Visitors and field trips represent a broad spectrum of the design community including design shop owners, design curators from galleries or museums, industrial design entrepreneurs, and copyright lawyers.

    Priority enrollment to Industrial Design majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 490 Independent Study

    College of Art, Media & Design

    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 not 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.
  
  • IDES 503 Business Planning and Practices

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    Based on the principles of human-center design, this course introduces students in the arts and media to the principles of business - idea development, marketing, finances, and presentation skills - and develops competencies in strategic thinking problem solving, goal setting, time management, presentation skills, business writing, and financial literacy. Over the course of the semester students research, develop and prototype their ideas forming them into viable ventures. The course also introduces students to the various organizational structures used in business - small and large, start-up and established. The course culminates with public presentations and judging with the best proposals being eligible for a venture grant or participation in a summer incubator program.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 506 Cognitive Science of Interaction Design

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    500 level undergraduate course

    The goal of this course is to address complexity of interaction between human beings and designed systems, environments or objects. This includes a wide range of practical applications - from designing or iPhone apps and interactive installations to designing of “smart clothes” and neural interfaces. In the first part of the course students will be introduced to basic concepts and vocabulary of the fields of cognitive science and psychology relating to interaction design. The main topics covered in the course will be cognitive science research findings related to information input and processing theory, perception and cognition, information appliances and interface design. In the second part of the course students will apply their knowledge of cognitive science concepts and human-centered design theory to specific projects assigned to them in collaboration with the main design studio and their personal interest.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 540 Design for Sustainability

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    This graduate seminar provides students with frameworks and methodologies for designing products, services, and systems that comply with the principles of social, ecological, and economic sustainability. Readings, discussions, and lectures by faculty and sustainability experts help students develop a holistic systems view and understanding of ecological impacts as a factor for design decisions. Students will research and study the work of a number of sustainability experts to help position and inform their own developing design practice. Particular focus is put on design for manufacturing innovation, especially in regards to digital and distributed manufacturing technologies.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 550 Product Lifecycles and Flows

    College of Art, Media & Design

    1.5 credits 30.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    This graduate seminar explores the systems within which products are designed, manufactured, distributed, and marketed. Through readings, discussions, and lectures by faculty and industry professionals, as well as site visits to fabricators, distributors, and design studios, students learn about the rapidly evolving industrial landscape. Case studies of innovative product design, manufacturing culture, and economic models, and especially the impact of new technologies on the process of design and fabrication of products, provide students with several frameworks for contemporary product design: from understanding complex material and energy flows across economies, to the different stages a product passes through during its lifecycle, to the need for optimization of material cycles from virgin to finished material, to part or component, from product to waste product. Special focus is given to industrial ecology as a system for describing and designing sustainable ecologies.

    Priority enrollment to MID majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 603 Design Studio I

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This studio is structured around collaboration with businesses, for- and not-for-profit organizations and community. Projects focus on organizational development, service design and design for user-experience. Studio teams combine first and second year MID students. As first-year students are introduced to the human-centered design process and methodology, second year students take on the leadership role as team managers and facilitators. There is a strong emphasis on design research and synthesis, clear and highly visual communication, and the prototyping and practice is additionally supported through Design Methods I and II (IDES 604 and 704).

    Corequisite Course(s): IDES*604

    Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 604 Design Methods I

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    As a complement to the studio course (IDES 603), this course helps to develop the skills and methods required to realize successful design projects. Put into practice, these “tools” enable and support a design process that is increasingly shared with other disciplines, facilitates collective learning, and produces actionable strategies for change. Special emphasis is placed on participant field research, system mapping, the development of design-orientated scenarios and the ability to communicate design thinking and concepts in a clear and compelling way. Content of the coursework comes directly from the studio projects.

    Corequisite Course(s): IDES*603

    Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 605 Design Studio II

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This design studio offers the opportunity to launch individual or group design projects that are not connected to the ongoing industry partnerships. Projects are framed through critical issues, connected to the ongoing industry partnerships, and take into consideration personal interests of the individual student. The primary goal of this course is to increasingly strengthen the student’s ability to engage and advance critical issues through demonstrating and testing design concepts that can lead to products, systems and/or services. Students will be able to gauge their personal strengths and weaknesses, and orient/position themselves for the subsequent summer internship.

    Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 606 Design Methods II

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    As a complement to the Design Studio II course (GRID 605), this course builds on the introduction to the design process, its tools and methods, to further develop the skills and methods in GRID 604 in the previous semester. The course further develops field research methods and principles (e.g. Universal Design, Human Factors) and refines mapping, modeling and presentation techniques. This course also supports students’ portfolio development and self-promotion in order to secure an appropriate internship for the summer.

    Prerequisites IDES*604

    Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 610 Prototyping Studio

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    The major multidisciplinary studio where human-centered design process, development, and production are emphasized through the integration of critical issues that inform product design and in collaboration with one of the program’s strategic industry partners. Issues discussed and explored through making are: human experience and lifestyles; cultural and political issues; ergonomics; poetics; semantics; interactivity; imagery and form. The design process will consider above issues in the formulation of a design program; conceptual abstract studies; physical and material investigations; simulated and physical representation; and the application of manufacturing processes. Mechanical and digital fabrication and prototyping tools are used to create physical models and outputs in a range of fidelities and formats. In this studio, first year graduate students will be introduced to the program’s design culture and second year graduate students will have the opportunity to further improve their abilities to apply the design process while acting in a leadership role.

    Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • IDES 614 Materials and Processes Seminar

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    A writing-intensive course introducing the student to the nature of materials used in industrial products and the various processes by which they are formed. Films, lectures, and field trips familiarize students with wood, metal, and plastic materials as well as processes such as injection molding, laser cutting, and stereolithography. Emphasis is placed on the study of material characteristics and the appropriate use of forming methods. Introduction to technical information, specification writing, and professional communications. Meets with IDES*232. In order to receive graduate credit, graduate students are expected to exceed undergraduate course expectations by applying the skills and competencies outlined in the syllabus to graduate level concepts that will typically relate to their major program of study. In this regard, graduate students taking this graduate elective are required to meet with the instructor prior to the start of class to determine and outline the nature of the requirements to be met.

    Open to graduate students in the College of Art, Media, and Design only.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • IDES 624 Architectonics

    College of Art, Media & Design

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    An elective course intended as a multidisciplinary forum for the investigation, appreciation, and design of architectural space, structures, and systems. Using in-class exercises as a laboratory for creative and collaborative exchange, students learn and apply alternative design processes, design vocabulary, user-centered experience, and design. This course develops concepts and analytical studies of objects/spaces through various 2D and 3D drawing/modeling techniques and culminates in an actual built/altered environment. Meets with IDES 371. In order to receive graduate credit, graduate students are expected to exceed undergraduate course expectations by applying the skills and competencies outlined in the syllabus to graduate-level concepts that typically relate to their major program of study. In this regard, graduate students taking this graduate elective are required to meet with the instructor prior to the start of class to determine and outline the nature of the requirements to be met.

    Open to graduate students in the College of Art, Media, and Design only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 626 Team Building

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Through a combination of readings, discussion, and participation in thematic events, as well as the study of their own behavior, students learn about the nature of authority and responsibility, anxiety, communications, the evolution of norms and the underlying assumptions that often govern team development. Students will also learn how a task with a specific deadline and collective responsibility for a product affects team dynamics and is effected by them.

    Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 690 Graudate Independent Study

    College of Art, Media & Design

    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 is not 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.
  
  • IDES 699 Topics: Industrial Design

    College of Art, Media & Design

    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 is not repeatable for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  
  • IDES 703 Advanced Design Studio

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    700 level graduate course

    This studio is structured around collaborations with businesses, for- and not-for-profit organizations and community. Projects focus on organizational development, service design and design for user-experience. Studio teams combine first and second year MID students. As first-year students are introduced to human centered design process and methodology, second year students take on a leadership role as team managers and facilitators. There is a strong emphasis on design research and synthesis, clear and highly visual communication, and the prototyping and iteration of design concepts based on user input and feed-back. The development of design skills and studio practice is additionally supported through Design Methods I and II.

    Corequisite Course(s): IDES*704

    Open to Master of Design majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 704 Advanced Design Methods

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Building on the design methods classes offered during the first year, the laboratory offers a series of tutorials in order to round out students’ particular skill sets. This course will further support professional networking through development of student’s portfolio websites and other outreach projects.

    Prerequisites IDES*606

    Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 710 Advanced Prototyping Studio

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    The advanced multidisciplinary studio where human-centered design process, development, and production are emphasized through the integration of critical issues that inform product design and in collaboration with one of the program’s strategic industry partners. As an advanced studio, this course builds upon concepts and techniques introduced in GRID 610 Prototyping Studio and other 1st year graduate level courses. Issues discussed and refined through making are: human experience and lifestyles; cultural and political issues; ergonomics; poetics; semantics; interactivity; imagery and form. The design process will consider above issues in the formulation of a design program; conceptual abstract studies; physical and material investigations; simulated and physical representation; and the application of manufacturing processes. Mechanical and digital fabrication and prototyping tools are used to create physical models and outputs in a range of fidelities and formats. In this studio students will have the opportunity to further advance and refine their design capabilities while acting in a leadership role on the project teams.

    Prerequisites IDES*610

    Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 711 Thesis Preparation

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This graduate seminar addresses the individual professional interests of each degree candidate as they relate to the student’s thesis project. Informed by a range of design research methods and sensemaking actions, students will establish an argument, strategy, and timeline for the development and completion of a thesis project while identifying the broader socioeconomic context where they intervene as designers. The product of this course is the declaration of the thesis project topic with supporting research, the thesis action plan, and the composition of the thesis committee.

    Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 712 Design Entrepreneurship

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course will help students to develop the tools that take ideas from inception to business plan, to put their ideas into idioms that make sense to industry, and to create the viable means for connecting new product and service development to sustainable outcomes. This course will explore new business incubation, microbusiness practices, emerging models of design consultancies, and, practices of innovation in a global economy.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 721 Thesis Project

    College of Art, Media & Design

    6 credits 180.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    A tutorial providing the opportunity for individual candidates to shape and present the outcome of their programs of study in a manner that directly reflects their career objectives. Projects may be carried out independently, under industry sponsorship, or as part of a research project, based on a plan produced and approved through the thesis director.

    Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 722 Thesis Documentation

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    A tutorial providing the opportunity for individual candidates to develop and present their thesis in a manner that directly reflects their career objectives. The thesis project and document must exhibit an in-depth exploration of an approved topic, which addresses an area of importance to the Industrial Design field and contributes to the body of knowledge pertaining to that area. It may be carried out under industry sponsorship, as a part of a research project, or be independently based.

    Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IDES 795 Design Internship

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    A supervised practicum in a cooperating business, consultancy or design firm. The internship represents full-time employment equivalency under the new mentorship of a professional; it provides practical on-site experience, in which the intern is integrated into the professional staff, assuming professional-level responsibilities and experience. A University professor also observes, advises, and assesses the student during the course of the internship.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  
  • ILUS 101 Illustration 101

    College of Art, Media & Design

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    This is an introductory course to the Illustration field. Students will develop
    fundamental illustration skills and become familiar with major areas within the industry,
    such as advertising, book, editorial and entertainment design. Students will explore a
    variety of traditional and digital media and techniques while acquiring approaches to
    communication-based problem solving skills using research methods to create and communicate their
    ideas. Both concept and execution are emphasized. In the Freshman Illustration Forum, guest
    illustrators and art directors present work that demonstrates the possibilities of illustrative
    thinking, image making and application.

    Priority enrollment for freshman level CAMD Core Studies
    students.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 102 Introduction to Illustration

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    This is an introductory course to the Illustration field. Students will develop fundamental illustration skills and become familiar with major areas within the industry, such as advertising, book, editorial and entertainment design. Students will explore a variety of media and techniques while acquiring approaches to communication-based problem solving skills using research methods to create and communicate their ideas. Both concept and execution are emphasized. Guest illustrators will present work that demonstrates the possibilities of illustrative thinking, image making, and application.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 103 Imaging Workshop

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    This course will ground the student in the use of computer based drawing, painting and imaging applications as a means of personal expression. This will start with traditional work brought into the computer via the scanner and digital camera. It will move on to manners of using traditional and digital work in complimentary fashion, and then on to entirely digital methods of image making. The goal is for the student to feel comfortable with and capable of creating digital imagery as a means of creatively solving visual problems. As such, the projects will be based in processes of conceptualization and image making that can be applied to future artistic pursuits. The software focus will primarily be Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, Adobe Illustrator, and other applications may be incorporated.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 105 Digital Imaging

    College of Art, Media & Design

    1.5 45.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    This course will ground the student in the use of computer based drawing, painting and imaging
    applications, and extended techniques as a means of personal expression. Projects start with
    traditional work brought into the computer via the scanner and digital camera. It will move on
    to manners of using traditional and digital work in a complimentary fashion, and then on to
    entirely digital methods of image making. The goal is for the student to feel comfortable with
    and capable of creating digital imagery as a means of creative self-expression. As such, the
    projects will be based in processes of conceptualization and image making that can be
    applied to future artistic pursuits. The software focus will primarily be Adobe Photoshop, but
    Adobe Illustrator, Corel Painter, and other applications are also covered.

    Priority enrollment for freshman level CAMD Core Studies students.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 201 Illustration I: Pictorial Foundation

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Introduction to drawing, value, line, perspective, composition and other picture-making skills as they relate to illustration. Objective visual perception, clarity in drawing and technical facility is stressed. This course is also an introduction to conceptual strategies available to the visual artist, the critical link between text and image, and the creative approaches for giving visual form to abstract concepts and ideas. Issues covered and developed in this course are the basis for critical visual thinking and image making in future communication assignments.

    Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT, ENVI

    Priority enrollment to Illustration majors and Figurative Illustration minors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 203 Illustration II: Illustration Methods

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course covers the development of narrative imagery, pictorial illusion, color and space, and their combined potential for communication. Procedures focus on developing visual awareness, a dependable work process, more personal imagery and conceptual directions. Various media and technical procedures are explored such as oil, acrylic and watercolor paints, and other traditional and digital media as well. Research strategies and reference serve as source material for pictorial development. Assignments and lectures focus on the requirements of creative thinking, successful image making and applied illustration.

    Prerequisites ILUS*201

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 211 Figure Anatomy

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course will fully investigate the human form through an in-depth study of skeletal and muscular systems. Its objective is a comprehensive understanding of structural issues that will enable proficient usage of the figure from both reference and imagination. There will also be a thorough analysis of critical drawing concerns that are essential in the depiction of proportion, form, space and movement. Projects both in and out of class will focus on the development of anatomical understanding while also engaging pictorial, compositional and conceptual concerns.

    Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT, ENVI

    Priority enrollment to Illustration majors and Figurative Illustration minors.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • ILUS 213 Responsive Drawing

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    The goal of this course is to enrich each student’s understanding of drawing’s potential for visually investigating the world in which they live and as a result, they will develop more effectively as unique visual communicators. Transitioning from Figure Anatomy and dynamically responding to a variety of problems both in and outside the classroom, students will develop new techniques, vocabularies and strategies that will greatly enhance their abilities to become illustrators with personal vision. From imaginative concept development to concise short hand description of live environments to powerfully describing figurative narratives, all involve sophisticated processes and drawing confidence. A variety of mediums, formats and objectives will be utilized as well as working from life in class.

    Prerequisites ILUS*211

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • ILUS 219 Selected Topics in Illustration

    College of Art, Media & Design

    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 Illustration issues.

    Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT, ENVI

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • ILUS 221 Words as Pictures

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course focuses on the creative exploration and visual interpretation of letters and words, and how their visual impact can contribute to, enhance or even subvert their linguistic meaning. The course will be centered on various approaches to hand lettering, such as the illustration of letters, words and phrases, and non-conventional type usage. Conceptual and material prompts will be used as a platform for the student to explore both personal vision and professional applications.

    Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT, ENVI

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 251 History of Illustration

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    History of Illustration will survey American and European illustration from the mid-1800s to the present day. The course will study the role illustration has had on the world and the role the world has had on illustration. It will address critical ideas, movements, and individuals, while relating topics to sociological, economic, political, and artistic movements. Each class will address different thematic subjects and trace the boundaries of the discipline as well as the historic and cultural threads that influence the current and future state of practice.

    Prerequisites AHST*102

    Priority enrollment to Illustration majors and Figurative Illustration minors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill an art history elective, liberal arts elective, or free elective requirement.

  
  • ILUS 280 Anatomy Elective

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Focus on the investigation and application of line, plane, mass, light and shade, shadow, perspective, anatomy, and proportion as they relate to figure drawing. Weekly sessions include a lecture, demonstrations from the skeleton, and drawing from life.

    Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT, ENVI

    Priority enrollment to Illustration majors.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • ILUS 285 Drawing for Animators

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Introduces and develops the skills needed for good figurative animation drawing. Of primary concern is anatomical figure drawing with an emphasis on the structure and solidity of the figure, good proportions, and specific movement and gesture as they relate to the model. Other topics are two-and-three-dimensional ways of translating form, how perspective and viewpoint are used with the figure and affect scale, exaggerated foreshortening, diagrammatic and expressive line quality, facial expressions, hand and foot studies, capturing movement through gesture, and animal drawing.

    Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT, ENVI

    Priority enrollment to Animation majors.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • ILUS 286 Layout

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This sequel to ILUS 285 (Volumetric Figure Drawing) introduces and develops the skills and knowledge needed to create competently rendered, dynamic, three-dimensional space and convincingly place volumetrically rendered characters into such space, with attention to acting and storytelling needs. Topics include figures in space; creating the illusion of space; linear and aerial perspectives; how space creates mood and supports theme; the importance of viewpoint; composition, lighting, and color; how detail creates character; figure drawing as it relates to weight, balance, gesture, action and volumetric representation.

    Prerequisites ILUS*285

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • ILUS 302 Illustration Methods

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    The development of narrative imagery, pictorial illusion, and space, and their combined potential for communication. Procedures focus on developing visual awareness, personal imagery, and conceptual directions. Direct drawing situations and photographic reference (existing or student-produced) also serve as source material for pictorial development. Various media and technical procedures are explored. Assignments and lectures focus on the requirements of applied illustration.

    Prerequisites ILUS*301

    Priority enrollment to Illustration majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 303 Illustration III: Materials, Concepts And Formats

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    In this course, students investigate illustration’s capacity for personal expression within the arena of public communication. As a part of this, they work with various modes of picture building, conceptual development and materials applied to some of the major creative outlets in contemporary illustration. They make artwork in reaction to several outside sources, including various forms of the written word. Illustrators thrive when they learn to funnel their creative process through the professional and interactive system of sharing and feedback. Students will adopt this mode of working in order to see the potential for personal expression within it. Lectures and discussions relate to the illustrator’s multifaceted role as maker, thinker and communicator.

    Prerequisites ILUS*203

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 304 Illustration IV: Applications

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Building upon the heavy personal expression component of Illustration III, this course deepens the student’s understanding of the relationship between illustrators and the places their artwork exists within the world of popular culture. This is done through a series of projects that guide the student to solve problems from a personal perspective. This progression leads to the target market project where each student chooses an illustration subgenre based upon their interests and the natural sympathies of their work to this point. Research is conducted and artwork created in this area in order to deepen the student’s understanding of the field and their relation to it.

    Prerequisites ILUS*303

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 311 Figure Communication

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Emphasis on working from life. The course focuses on the use of the figure and or still life objects to communicate concepts in the figurative context. Drawing and painting media are explored.

    Prerequisites ILUS*213

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 313 Figure Painting

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This advanced course will examine the expressive potential of figurative painting as it relates to the effective depiction of human psychology, drama and narrative interaction. Both historical and contemporary figure painting strategies will be investigated as they relate to technique and concept development. Students will enhance these skills while working intensively in class from the model and in more complex, in-depth homework assignments. Through a progression of projects from portraiture to multiple figure compositions, students will expand their knowledge of painting techniques, stylistic approach and personal viewpoint as it relates to illustration and dynamic visual communication.

    Prerequisites ILUS*311

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • ILUS 321 Figurative Communication

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Emphasis on working from life. The course focuses on the use of the figure and or still life objects to communicate concepts in the figurative context. Drawing and painting media are explored.

    Prerequisites ILUS*212

    Corequisite Course(s): ILUS*301

    Priority enrollment to Illustration majors and Figurative Illustration minors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 323 Words, Images and Ideas

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This course informs and unites the explorations of ILUS 221 Words as Pictures with a meaningful understanding of typographic fundamentals. The student will further investigate the connection between the written word and it’s own visual impact and that in combination/integration with pictorial illustration. The progression will flow from the structure of the letterform, to the organization of letters into typefaces and words, to the organization of groups of words and pictures via compositional and hierarchical considerations, to the student’s personalization of this content into expressive and professionally applicable formats via both hand and computer based processes.

    Prerequisites ILUS*221

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 324 Designistration

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    The designistrator is a designer who is also an image-maker. This course builds upon the courses ILUS 221: Words as Pictures and ILUS 323: Words, Images and Ideas by giving students the opportunity to personalize their cumulative content while examining their personal take on the connection between and integration of pictorial and linguistic communication. This starts with a series of projects that guide them to find and develop a personal approach to this unique form of problem solving. Students will look deeper into the nature, applications, processes and systems of design and typography as they relate to the Illustrator-designer. As the course progresses, students will select formats, audiences and ideas to work with singularly or in groups as they build their individual bodies of work.

    Prerequisites ILUS*323

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 380 Children’s Book Illustration

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    The design and illustration of children’s books. Emphasis on the stages of development of a book from manuscript through dummy design to finished art. Professional practice and working with editors and art directors are discussed. Students become familiar with the work of past and present book illustration and design.

    Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT, or ENVI

    Priority enrollment to Illustration majors.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • ILUS 382 Comic Creation

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Through a planned series of lectures, demonstrations and assignments, students will explore the medium of comics as a vehicle for storytelling and narrative communication. Using a combination of imagery and typography, students will complete assignments that will further their understanding of panel and page composition, controlling pace and mood in a story, and sequential writing and character development. During the process of these projects, students will be introduced to various techniques that include a mixture of computer-based media and traditional media to develop preliminary sketches and complete finished pages. Emphasis will be placed on story development and the idea of the artist as creator.

    Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT, or ENVI

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 401 Illustration Thesis I

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Students in this course examine the balance between their personal viewpoint and the professional applications relating to illustration. After a series of developmental assignments meant to foster material, ideological, and contextual exploration, students are mentored in the planning and creation of their thesis projects for the William H. Ely Illustration Exhibition.

    Prerequisites ILUS*302 or ILUS*304

    Corequisite Course(s): ILUS*441

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 402 Illustration Thesis II

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Students in this course examine the balance between their personal viewpoint and the professional applications relating to illustration. After a series of developmental assignments meant to foster material, ideological, and contextual exploration, students are mentored in the planning and creation of their thesis projects for the William H. Ely Illustration Exhibition.

    Prerequisites ILUS*401

    Corequisite Course(s): ILUS*442

    Open to Illustration majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 441 Illustration Portfolio I

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    In this course, students work to discover and refine the conceptual and visual approach that will define their unique voice as an illustrator. The boundaries and capabilities of this voice are tested and explored in a series of projects resulting in a body of coherent work - a portfolio. The course covers the major professional topics relating to the field of illustration, so this body of work can then be applied to the professional pursuit of the field. All of the sections of this course meet together for a series of discussions, lectures, guests, and trips relating to the business components of this course.

    Prerequisites ILUS*302 or ILUS*304

    Corequisite Course(s): ILUS*401

    Open to Illustration majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 442 Illustration Portfolio II

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    In this course, students work to discover and refine the conceptual and visual approach that will define their unique voice as an illustrator. The boundaries and capabilities of this voice are tested and explored in a series of projects resulting in a body of coherent worka portfolio. The course covers the major professional topics relating to the field of illustration, so this body of work can then be applied to the professional pursuit of the field. All of the sections of this course meet together for a series of discussions, lectures, guests, and trips relating to the business components of this course.

    Prerequisites ILUS*441

    Corequisite Course(s): ILUS*402

    Open to Illustration majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 480 Communication Workshop

    College of Art, Media & Design

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    In this unique, collaborative studio course, Graphic Design and Illustration Majors work to produce posters for the School of Theater Arts Main Stage Productions and/or similar client projects. Mentored by an illustrator-designer faculty, students are challenged with real-life, professional design studio experiences such as working on deadline with a client, illustration and design concept to completion, and final publication in the Borowsky Center for Publication Arts. Posters are used to announce upcoming theater productions, campus events or university PSA’s throughout the Philadelphia community. The course also provides students with an excellent opportunity to get an actual printed piece for their portfolios.

    Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT, or ENVI

    Open to Graphic Design and Illustration majors only.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • ILUS 482 Illustration Workshop: Personal Viewpoint

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    A special elective course for qualified Junior and Senior Illustration majors. The Department invites three of America’s most accomplished illustrators to share their talent, insights, and expertise by finding and emphasizing the personal conceptual viewpoint of each student. The goal is to meld that identity with each student’s developing technique to create the greater vision of the artist through illustration as a self-expressive art form. Each of the three faculty presents their work and answers questions in an open forum and then teaches an intensive five-week long segment of the course. The artists give lectures, technical demonstrations, and studio assignments, and students work through a demanding process to produce finished illustrations. This flexible curriculum also allows for timely illustration issues to be covered as they develop in the field.

    Prerequisites ILUS*303

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • ILUS 490 Independent Study

    College of Art, Media & Design

    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 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.
  
  • ILUS 601 Illustration Methods

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Introduction to drawing and painting skills as they relate to illustration. Objective visual perception, clarity in drawing, and technical facility are stressed. Students are exposed to visual communications, strategies, and design concepts through exposure to art history and the field of contemporary illustration.

    Priority enrollment to Illustration majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 602 Illustration Methods

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    The development of narrative imagery, pictorial illusion, and space, and their combined potential for communication. Procedures focus on developing visual awareness, personal imagery, and conceptual directions. Direct drawing situations and photographic reference (existing or student-produced) also serve as source material for pictorial development. Various media and technical procedures are explored. Assignments and lectures focus on the requirements of applied illustration.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 603 Illustration Methods

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    The development of narrative imagery, pictorial illusion, and space, and their combined potential for communication. Procedures focus on developing visual awareness, personal imagery, and conceptual directions. Direct drawing situations and photographic reference (existing or student-produced) also serve as source material for pictorial development. Various media and technical procedures are explored. Assignments and lectures focus on the requirements of applied illustration.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 604 Figure Utilization

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Studies of the figure in narrative contexts are explored, as is work from single and grouped models, nude and costumed. Concentration is on developing compositions and concepts from different and often combined resources. Drawing and painting techniques are utilized.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 605 Design Methods

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Within the context of design/illustration projects, a basic understanding of how artwork is reproduced in commercial print media. Emphasis is on the relationship between electronic media and production techniques. Specific programs utilized include: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 606 Figurative Communication

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Emphasis on working from life. The course focuses on the use of the figure and or still life objects to communicate concepts in the figurative context. Drawing and painting media are explored.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 607 Sequential Format

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Course focuses on sequential formats as they relate to illustrations and graphic design. Potential areas of inquiry: brochures, storyboarding, simple animations, slide presentations, websites, multipage spreads, and identity programs.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • ILUS 608 Children’s Book Illustration

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    The design and illustration of children’s books. Emphasis on the stages of development of a book from manuscript through dummy design to finished art. Professional practice and working with editors and art directors are discussed. Students become familiar with the work of past and present book illustration and design.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • ILUS 609 Communication Workshop

    College of Art, Media & Design

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    In this unique, collaborative studio course, Graphic Design and Illustration Majors work to produce two posters per semester for the School of Theater Arts Main Stage Productions. Mentored by illustration and graphic design faculty, students are challenged with real-life, professional design studio experiences such as working on deadline with a client, illustration and design concept to completion, and final publication in the Borowsky Center for Publication Arts. Posters are used to advertise upcoming theatre productions on campus and throughout the Philadelphia community. The course also provides students with an excellent opportunity to get an actual printed piece for their portfolios.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • ILUS 690 Graduate Independent Study

    College of Art, Media & Design

    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.
  
  • ILUS 699 Topics: Illustration

    College of Art, Media & Design

    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.
  
  • IMAG 101 Image/Time

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    In this course students use two-dimensional and digital media to explore issues of image and time. Concepts of representation, figuration, abstraction, sequence, and duration are addressed through the lenses of art, film and design. Inquiry-based research aids students in developing project content, an awareness of cultural and historical contexts, and the ability to analyze their art-making methods and the works of artists, designers and filmmakers. The development of common technical skills, critical skills, and a conceptual vocabulary provide a framework for future study. Students apply research to their processes and evaluate their work through writing and critique. The course fosters community through collaborative projects and incorporates at least one visit to an off-campus site.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  
  • IMAG 102 Color

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    Students are introduced to the interaction of color and a wide range of color concepts across
    multiple media. Color theory is addressed historically through readings. Assignments in
    painting, collage, digital media and aspects of film will address color in optics, lighting,
    print and paint. Students will combine media and work on inter-disciplinary projects. Content will
    include color interaction, psychology of color, additive and subtractive processes, and color use
    in representational as well as abstract art.

    Prerequisites IMAG*101

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IMAG 210 Drawing: Natural Forms and the Human Figure

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Drawing from natural forms and the human figure respects the historical practice of maturing the human gaze. This course nurtures the eye’s ability to discern the difference between gross and subtle distinctions in visual information and it poses projects and problems that improve the student’s ability to sustain observation and use vision discerningly, logically and intelligently as it applies to Art, Film, and Design. The class couples an intensive effort at serious scholarship based on principles of visual perception with an awareness of the value of using drawing as a tool for thought. Basic drawing materials are used and exercises in perceptual skills are practiced. Analytical thinking permeates the course and integrates the quest for insights about the graphic and spatial qualities of a variety of subjects related to natural forms and the human body. Indispensable methods of recording information based on principles of location, size, proximity, orientation and proportion are explained and utilized in the execution of drawings of various scales and media. Reading, writing, research, off-campus visits and a collaborative assignment, are all folded into the flow of course activities.

    Prerequisites IMAG*101

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IMAG 211 Color

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 67.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Students are introduced to the interaction of color and a wide range of color concepts across multiple media. Color theory is addressed historically through readings. Assignments in painting, collage, digital media and aspects of film will address color in optics, lighting, print and paint. Students will combine media and work on inter-disciplinary projects. Content will include color interaction, psychology of color, additive and subtractive processes, and color use in representational as well as abstract art.

    Prerequisites IMAG*101

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IMAG 212 Photography in Art, Film & Design

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 67.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Photography for Art, Film and Design will teach artists, designers, filmmakers, and writers the basics of photography. This course will also highlight artists, designers, storytellers and filmmakers who utilize photography in their work. As a result, students will discover how photography can be incorporated into their studio practices as artists, designers, writers or filmmakers.

    Prerequisites IMAG*101

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IMAG 213 Drawing: Observation

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Observation respects the historical practice of maturing the human gaze. The course nurtures the eye’s ability to discern the difference between gross and subtle distinctions in visual information and it poses projects and problems that improve the student’s ability to sustain observation and use vision discerningly, logically and intelligently. The class couples an intensive effort at serious scholarship based in principles of visual perception with an awareness of the value of using drawing as a tool for thought. Basic drawing materials are used and exercises in manual skills are practiced. Analytical thinking permeates the course and integrates the quest for insights about the graphic and spatial qualities of a variety of subjects. Indispensable methods of recording information based on principles of location, size, proximity, orientation and proportion are explained and utilized in the execution of drawings of various scales and media.

    Prerequisites IMAG*101 or FNDP*111, FNDP*151, and FNDP*161

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IMAG 214 Drawing: Ideation

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Ideation sharpens the ideas and methods required for visual analysis and thoughtful investigation through drawing. The class invites prolonged study of objects and places while it anticipates a capacity on the part of the student to sustain research on a single topic. Multiple methods of decomposing the object such as exploded and transparent views are promoted as well as methods that compare how interior (skeletal) structures effect exteriors, surfaces and forms. Reflection, by drawings of ideal, solid and geometry, supports the retention of basic knowledge pertaining to volumetric structure and anticipates the development of imaginary imagery pertaining to objects and places. Planar understanding of mechanical and organic forms and the modular understanding of complex volumes will be combined with other historical conventions to support analysis. Imagination and visualization are encouraged in the form of projects that emphasize multiple views of imaginary objects and places. Fantasy in the form of directed assignments is encouraged and a utilitarian use of sequential imagery to support narrative is introduced.

    Prerequisites IMAG*101

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IMAG 215 Word & Image in Visual Culture

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 67.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course will explore the intersection of visual and verbal communication via the written word, its interaction with images, and their combined impact within visual culture. Students will learn about the relationship between text and image through class lectures, studio work, individual research and collaborative projects. By analyzing and understanding how text and image combine to create meaning, students develop new strategies for making that will enhance their artistic, conceptual, critical and analytical skills.

    Prerequisites IMAG*101

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • IMAG 220 Special Topics in Image/Time

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 67.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Special Topics in Image/Time courses blend studio practice with research, so that studio and seminar contents are fully integrated. The courses are organized around a central theme that serves as an intersection for cross-disciplinary study. Course topics vary each semester and cover areas such as the environment, art history, technology, and cultural studies as these topics relate to art, design and film. In the course projects, students may use a variety of materials to create works while investigating historical and cultural contexts.

    Prerequisites IMAG*101

    Priority enrollment for majors within CAMD.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • INCL 500 Foundations of Inclusionary Practices in the Classroom

    Division of Continuing Studies

    3 credits 42.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    Student diversity is one of the main characteristics that defines today’s classroom. This course helps educators build the capacity to understand, honor and support the ever-increasing diversity of educational needs within classrooms. Recommendations are provided to enable teachers to augment their existing practices by infusing inclusive practices into existing content and curricula. Roles and responsibilities of general and special educators are explored to help facilitate collaboration in serving the needs of students and to make meaningful contributions to the identification, evaluation, re-evaluation, teaching and monitoring of progress of all students. Participants identify potential barriers to learning across curriculum areas in the general education classroom and identify strategies and services to eliminate those barriers.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  
  • INCL 501 Instructional Strategies for Student Diversity

    Division of Continuing Studies

    3 credits 42.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    This class is designed to address the diversity of learning needs of students in today’s classrooms. Educators will learn how to assess and differentiate by ability and interest; style and readiness level; and will be able to embed formative assessments and research-based instructional practices in order to accommodate students’ needs and monitor progress. A three-tiered model of instruction and intervention (RTII in Pennsylvania) will be used to frame and inform the discussion of instructional needs and supports for ALL K-12 learners in general education, special education or both. The principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) will be utilized to guide instruction and intervention resources. This course is intended to assist educators in developing proficiencies in the domains and components of the Danielson Framework for Teaching model, specifically the domain of ‘Instruction’.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  
  • INCL 502 Classroom Management for Inclusive Classrooms

    Division of Continuing Studies

    3 credits 42.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    This course provides strategies for managing individual student and group behavior in the classroom. Develop a framework for understanding why children behave as they do in a classroom setting. Major concepts such as the drive to belong, private logic, birth order, goals of misbehavior, logical consequences, reflective listening, questioning skills and class meetings are explored. Examine types of patterns in students’ behaviors: attention getting, power struggles, revenge actions, and students who appear to be academically disabled but are not. Additionally, consider the links between the way adults respond to misbehaving children and how that response either feeds, extinguishes or has no effect on the target behavior. This course is a study of understanding for an inclusive classroom and examining adult response patterns to children’s misbehavior. Techniques include discussion, lecture, self-reflection, and case study evaluation of real life classroom situations. Practical application for K-12 teachers in all subject areas.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  
  • INCL 503 Understanding How to Teach to Diverse Student Populations

    Division of Continuing Studies

    3 credits 42.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    This course is designed to enhance instructional skills and expand strategies essential to working with racial diversity, gender and sexual diversity, religious diversity, and diverse learning needs and styles. The course will examine varying cultures and unique student populations based on a diverse society. Structured to present the learner with a foundational knowledge base and accompanying skills related to Economically Disadvantaged students, Gender Issues, Racial Diversity, Religious Diversity, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity/Expression, Special Education, and English Language Learners, the course will be grounded in political and programmatic history as each relates to today’s classroom. Case studies and practical application of course understandings will be used.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  
  • INCL 504 Creating Effective Classroom Learning Centers

    Division of Continuing Studies

    3 credits 42.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    Learning centers provide opportunities for self-directed, differentiated learning. They need to be well designed and skillfully implemented to meet the needs of individual students. This course helps identify needs and develop differentiated classroom learning centers that engage students’ interests, complement existing lessons and work with various learning styles. Participants consider student assessment and customization in creating effective centers for student use.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  
  • INCL 505 Gifted Education in Inclusive Classrooms

    Division of Continuing Studies

    3 credits 42.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    Explore techniques to improve instruction to all students in advanced programs and bring gifted education pedagogy into regular classrooms more effectively. Ideas from Renzuilli to Bloom to Torrance are discussed and demonstrated while participants investigate information on gifted research, gifted program models and gifted curriculum programming. Many school services for gifted and talented students are part-time opportunities beyond the regular classroom. In this class, consider methods to provide more occasions to enhance learning opportunities within the regular classroom for these students. This course also looks at the theory that gifted education can address not only the needs of children who already manifest high levels of various kinds of intelligence, but may also promote the emergence and development of talent and intelligence in children who have potentials but may not have had the opportunity to develop them.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  
  • INCL 506 Understanding the Autism Spectrum Disorders Within the Inclusive Classroom Setting

    Division of Continuing Studies

    3 credits 42.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    Autism is the fastest growing developmental disorder worldwide, with CDC data showing that 1:88 children in the U.S. alone is diagnosed with some form of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This course will explore ASD and the impact that this disorder can have on how students learn. We will use research-based practices to help educators accommodate the needs of these exceptional learners within the inclusive classroom setting; facilitate engagement with peers; and design educational programs to enable students with ASD to reach their maximum potential. We will cover ASD recognition in children; factors affecting learning and development; instructional strategies and the adaptation of the classroom environment; collaboration with special education teachers and other support staff; behavior management in the classroom; and positive behavioral supports.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  
  • INCL 507 The Arts and Inclusion

    Division of Continuing Studies

    3 credits 42.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    Using the arts as a vehicle for adapting to diverse leaning methods, the K-8 classroom is considered a dynamic setting for inclusionary learning. Explore current research and various approaches relating to inclusion in the general classroom environment via arts activities. Through discussions and activities, educators gain a better understanding of special needs students and examine strategies and modifications that can enhance learning for all students in the inclusive classroom. This course provides various methodologies, techniques and innovative strategies to teach special education students effectively. Discuss the autism spectrum, developmental delays, mental challenges, physical disabilities and other obstacles students face and then consider hands-on activities that incorporate the visual, aural and tactile to engage these students across the core curriculum.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  
  • INCL 508 Differentiated Instruction

    Division of Continuing Studies

    3 credits 42.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    Differentiated instruction is an approach to teaching that embraces diversity in learning styles. Discover helpful, field-tested techniques for the creation of an inclusionary classroom for students - from English language learners and special needs students to those with learning differences - to reach all learners effectively. Explore and research concepts, strategies and processes for managing a differentiated instructional setting with accommodations for learning and assessment. We focus on knowledge and skills needed for differentiated instruction across the curriculum, especially in literacy and mathematics.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  
  • INCL 509 Including Special Needs

    Division of Continuing Studies

    3 credits 42.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    The goal to accommodate a wider variety of students’ needs is having an impact on public school classrooms everywhere. This course helps participants develop a richer, more appropriate understanding of the special needs of students and helps them respond in kind. Explore special education and inclusion from practical viewpoints through discussion, empathy-building activities and in-class exercises. Topics include the history of special education, key aspects of the special education law, research on the benefits of inclusion and the current approaches to classroom application.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  
  • INCL 510 Children at Risk

    Division of Continuing Studies

    3 credits 42.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    This course is designed to provide educators with a better understanding of children with different social, emotional, developmental and learning disorders, such as dyslexia, autism and ADHD. Strategize activities and ways to help at-risk children and discuss a team approach that includes teachers, support services, community resources and parents. Explore creative activities, such as role playing, art, music, literature and puppetry and how these can serve as vehicles to enhance student learning. Themes, such as friendship making, manners and respect, are included to help children develop healthy social skills. Approaches to implement in the classroom and resources available to educators, parents and students are presented.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  
  • INCL 511 Conflict Resolution: Bullying

    Division of Continuing Studies

    3 credits 42.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    Children who are comfortable in their own skin are more likely to respect and appreciate others and grow into caring, healthy and productive adults. Using art, music, puppetry, role-playing and creative expression, this course provides strategies to help kids improve their relationships through effective communication, especially in handling conflict and anger. Subjects include expressing and understanding emotions, verbal and nonverbal language cues, anger management and conflict resolution, listening, problem solving, decision making and parenting.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  
  • INCL 512 Creating Multicultural Environments in the Classroom

    Division of Continuing Studies

    3 credits 42.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    This course assists K-12 educators in recognizing the importance of affirming the cultural identities of students and helping them to respect cultural differences in others. Participants develop resources, tools and methods to increase cultural awareness in the classroom across the curriculum. Activities encourage students to understand and honor diversity, both in their schools and in the larger community. This course focuses on methods to weave tolerance and understanding into existing curricular units and lesson plans.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
 

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