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Academic Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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TRVL200 Boston to Beijing: China Through the Five Senses 3cr
This course’s intention is to immerse students in the living history of China through close contacts with its ancient and contemporary
culture. Daily exposure to art, architecture and religious artifacts will broaden students’ understanding of Chinese culture while enhancing their own creative endeavors. The primary focus is the examination of both two-dimensional and three-dimensional art, within the context of China’s rapid rise on the world stage and ancient
history. We will examine the influence of rituals within the arts and crafts - specifically those of woodblock printing, calligraphy, textiles and pottery. During our travels we will visit Buddhist Temples, splendors of Imperial Courts and the idiosyncratic gardens of the aristocrats. Our sojourn through China will find us trekking through both Beijing and Dunhuang. Each of these areas is steeped in history, and their spiritual and artistic lives exemplify regional and external influences.
Prerequisites: By permission.
Travel Course
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CDAN200 Animation 1 3 cr.
An introduction to the fundamental principles of expression through movement in time, sequential composition, editing, and integration of image sequences and sound. A series of short projects will apply basic animation principles. Presentations and projects involve simple phenomena of cycles, transformations, transitions, sequential structure and the expression of emotional and kinetic states. The use of digital still and video cameras is introduced, as well as sound integration, editing and story structure using current digital software combined with traditional techniques.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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CDAN202 Drawing for Animators 3 cr.
Drawing for Animators will build drawn animation skills through in-class exercises and related assignments. Students will animate all their work on paper using a variety of dry and wet media. They will gain knowledge of the physics of motion, squash and stretch, time-based blurring, perspective in motion, kinesthesia, and the use of light and shadow. Observational skills will be enhanced by using a live model, and by analyzing live-action footage and exemplary animation.
Prerequisites: CDAN202, MPFV214 or consent of instructor
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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CDAN203 The Digital Toolbox 3 cr.
This course serves as an introduction to various alternative animation techniques, with emphasis on how an individual animation artist might innovate ways to integrate continually emerging digital tools into his or her work. Software applications such as Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Flash, Illustrator and After Effects are introduced and incorporated into assignments that include “old-school” animation devices and techniques such as Zoetropes, flipbooks, rotoscoping and multi-plane shooting. Additionally, Mini-DV, and digital still cameras, along with digital audio recorders are introduced. A semester-long, image-based digital animation will be produced, along with numerous shorter assignments. There will be portions of class time made available for workshop.
Prerequisites: CDAN-203 or by permission of instructor.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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CDAN207 Toolbox II 3 cr.
This course will explore how concepts and creative project solutions can be further articulated through an expanded use of digital software and media. Toolbox Two will build on principles and techniques introduced in Digital Toolbox. Students will work on project-based assignments that require use of both 2D and 3D software. Through screened examples, workshops, visiting lecturers, critiques, and trial and error, participants will gain familiarity with problem-solving strategies and inventive use of digital resources in animation.
Prerequisites: CDAN203
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
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CDAN212 Design for Animators I 3cr.
An introductory exploration to the application of a range of fine art materials with a focus on
water-based media. Through demonstrations, in-class exercises and comparative assignments,
students build technical skills and increase knowledge of color, form, space, light and
composition in applied problems.
Fall and Spring
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CDAN215 Stop Motion Animation I 3cr.
Stop-motion animation covers a vast array of techniques, skills and history.
We will discover underlying common principles through screenings, demonstrations and exercises.
Since students don’t have access to the 300 person, three year production schedule that a
stop-motion feature requires, we will learn effective strategies to make more with less. Most
assignments will require students to isolate production elements and explore multiple paths to
solutions. Emphasis here will not be on product, but on process. Therefore it will be expected
that various paths may reveal failed strategies. The point will be to gain broad experience
rapidly. It is expected that students will learn skills needed to produce expressive and engaging
stop-motion animated pieces.
Prerequisites: CDAN301 or Permission of Instructor
Departmental Requirement
Fall and Spring
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CDAN217 Life Drawing 3cr.
The study of the human figure emphasizing observational response to movement, form, light
and shadow, expression, and concepts of pictorial space.
Fall and Spring
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CDAN218 Figurative Clay Construction 3cr
Working in clay, students are introduced to the basic forms of the human body and clay
application as a foundation to begin sculpting the figure. Form relationships, gesture,
movement, human proportions as well as relevant anatomy are discussed and explored as we sculpt
from a live model. Students finish class with two complete pieces ready for kiln firing as well as
a deeper ability to visualize the human body in three dimensions and the foundations for
translating that skill into sculpture, drawing or animation.
Undergraduate Elective
Fall & Spring
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CDAN219 Motion Graphics 3CR
Motion Graphics works towards an exploration of
the intersection of design and movement as
employed in the pursuit of communication. Course
assignments are intended to bring the kinetic
principles of animation into the design realm.
Prerequisites: Open to SO, JUN, and SENIORS
Hybrid Studio Critique
Instructor’s Discretion
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CDAN224 VFX Alchemy: Pixels & Grain 3cr
Through the completion of short assignments,
students use an integrated approach to producing
visual effects with historic and contemporary
techniques. Adobe After Effects, analog film
camera systems, and motion control are some of
the technologies explored. A full range of
examples from the avant-garde to the mainstream
provide insight into methodology and design
solutions. No prior experience with film is
necessary. Students of all disciplines are
welcome.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Fall
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CDAN225 Puppet Animation & Fabrication 3cr
Character and set fabrication is explored with an
eye toward contemporary practices in the field of
stop motion puppet animation. A variety of
armatures and rigs will be used in exercises that
emulate challenges found in the field.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Fall
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CDAN226 3DCG Character Animation 3cr
Leaping directly to animating 3DCG characters by
utilizing pre-existing rigs, the goal is to
create realistic performances that are applicable
to all forms of animation. Topics like workflow,
staging, acting choices, dialogue and more are
explored. Work will primarily be completed using
Autodesk Maya.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Fall
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CDAN300 Character Animation 3 cr.
A study of the use and dynamics of the character in animation. Through screenings, guest lecturers, workshops, critiques, design, performance and animation exercises, students will explore the fundamentals of character animation. Course emphasis is on 2D formats, although there may be some 3D content mixed in.
Prerequisites: CDAN200 & CDAN203, or permission of instructor
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Elective
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CDAN301 Animation II 3 cr.
Animation II will introduce students to various mixed media approaches to animation design. Students will learn strategies enabling them to complete several short animated films within a single semester. They will be instructed in numerous elements necessary to create an independently authored animated film, including the concept of unity, advanced camera techniques, and the language of the cinema. Further emphasis will be placed on experimentation, auteurism, and expressionistic use of materials. There will be regular screenings of exemplary animation and regular classroom critiques.
Prerequisites: CDAN202, MPFV214 or Drawing for Animators
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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CDAN302 Animation III 3 cr.
Animation III is a course that focuses on various narrative forms for animated short films. A wide range of exercises are employed to address issues of both content and form, such as: creating an animated film by utilizing documentary audio or found sound, interpreting an existing work of poetry, adapting a news article, and translating a theatrical script into a visual storyboard. Students are expected to work both individually and collaboratively.
Prerequisites: CDAN301
Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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CDAN303 Sound Design for Animators 3 cr.
Soundtracks for motion pictures are possibly the least noticed element, yet provide the strongest cues to the viewers’ emotional response. This course will enhance the student’s understanding of the power of sound as well as providing the vocabulary to make meaningful aural decisions. Students will create audio pieces that stand alone and later synchronize them with animation.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Elective
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CDAN306 Toolbox III 3 cr.
Continued study of the digital realm in animation. Primary focus is on 3D computer animation.
Prerequisites: CDAN 207 - Toolbox Two
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Elective
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CDAN307 Advanced Character Animation 3cr
This course will build upon the principles
covered in Character Animation. Strategies in
acting, walk and run cycles, experimentation with
movement and timing, critical animation thinking
and advance studio techniques (tricks of the
trade ) will be covered.
Prerequisites: Take Character Animation
Hybrid Studio Critique
Fall and Spring
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CDAN309 Optical Printing 3cr
Students learn how to shape the space, time and
light of the motion picture image on one of the
most versatile of film devices, the optical
printer. The optical printer consists of a
camera, a projector head and a light source on
which you rephotograph already developed film to
extract and explore the hidden potentialities of
the image. Students quickly gain hands on
experience with the printer through numerous
demonstrations and exercises. Screenings of key
works will illustrate a myriad of techniques.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Undergraduate Elective
Fall
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CDAN392 AN Course Assistantship
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CDAN399 AN Independent Study 3 cr.
Critique
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CDAN400 Degree Project I 3 cr.
The first of two semesters involving investigation and articulation through animation of a topic of personal interest for each student. This course involves extensive scholarly research and experimentation including short trials runs of techniques and strategies. All these are used on the path towards completion of a comprehensive film or set of films. At the close of the first semester, students will have defined their intentions through a completed animatic essay on purpose and intent, design studies, trial shorts, and a minimum of one minute of completed footage representative of their final product.
Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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CDAN401 Animation Portfolio 3 cr.
Animation Portfolio provides a concentrated opportunity for graduating seniors to develop content and practices directed towards their professional goals in the field of animation. Through a series of projects, lectures and workshops, students develop professional standards and produce a finished portfolio and show reel.
Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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CDAN402 Degree Project II 3 cr.
The second of two semesters involving investigation and articulation through animation of a topic of personal interest for each student. Students complete all phases of production and promotion of their chosen project.
Prerequisites: CDAN400
Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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CDAN403 Animation IV 3 cr.
Animation IV is an advanced-level production course in which students produce one high-end, purpose-driven animation. Emphasis is placed on clear communication of ideas, which is challenged through intensive group critique of every phase of the process: from script to storyboard to animatic to finished animation. Complete musical score and sound design is coordinated via a semester-long collaboration with students from Berklee College of Music. Additionally, students will complete three, ten-second “style emulations”. which closely examine the work of independent animators.
Prerequisites: CDAN302
Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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CDAN404 Stop Motion Collaboration 3cr
Students will work cooperatively on a short animated sequence designed to demonstrate and develop advanced stop
motion animation skills. Topics will include miniature set construction and detailing, tabletop and practical lighting, motion control
cinematography, front light/back light and compositing, casting of foam puppets, armature fabrication, use of surface gauges and frame grabbing, and puppet animation.Formerly titled Stop Motion Animation II]
Prerequisites: Must complete foundation year.
Studio
Spring
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CDAN405 Advanced 3D Digital Animation 3cr
Advanced 3D Digital Animation builds upon digital animation skills developed in Intro to 3D Digital Animation, specifically 3D computer-generated animation in Maya . The course is primarily focused upon techniques of advance
biped-character modeling, introduction to NURBS-based modeling, UV mapping, character rigging, and advanced character animation.[Formely Titled Toolbox IV]
Prerequisites: CDAN-306
Spring
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EDAD102 Architectural Technical Drawing 3 cr.
Development of a variety of design/technical drawing skills through exploration in various media using architectural design contexts. Attention is given to 3D material rendition, construction means, and form characteristics through measuring, documentation and transformation into 2D drawing. Freehand and hard line drawing including plan, section, elevation, axonometric, isometric, and perspective are covered through a diverse set of drawing projects.
Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall/Spring
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EDAD200 Pattern Language & Morphology in Architecture 3 cr.
An introduction to the design processes used in all areas of architecture and basic design, students develop a foundation in the principles of design through concept development, perception, comprehension and visual communication through sketches, measured drawings and models.
Prerequisites: Concurrent or previous enrollment in EDAD102 Technical Drawing and EDAD 202 Methods and Materials or equivalent as approved by Instructor. (A preparatory course to studio design issues, required of all undergraduates in the program)
Studio
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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EDAD202 Methods and Materials 3 cr.
This course introduces students to the history, origins, properties, working methods, and assembly techniques of the major materials that comprise the built environment, with a focus on the development of woodshop skills and wood frame construction.
Students are immersed in the nuts and bolts of architectural craft and construction technology practice. Through design sketch problems, hands-on demonstrations, and readings, students focus on the most common methods of constructing building systems in wood, masonry, steel, and concrete. Constructing a full-scale model of a wood-framed structure brings the theory to life. Read chapters 1-5, 8-11, and 13-15 of Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods (Edward Allen) prior to class.
Prerequisites: Concurrent or previous enrollment in EDAD200 Pattern Language
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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EDAD203 3D Modeling for Freshman 3 cr.
An exploration of form.Z as an introduction to 3D modeling skills. Various design projects are used as the basis to explore the 2D and 3D tools to form a basic understanding of the software.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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EDAD205 Technical Drawing as an Art Form 3 cr.
The goal of this course is to reestablish this classic form of drawing. Assignments will stress the technical aspects of pencil as well as pen and ink drawing. Students will be introduced to axonometric views, perspective construction and freehand object drawings of interior and exterior views. Lectures will include technical drawing and architectural renderings from the golden age.
Critique
All College Elective
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EDAD211 Digital Tools 3cr
Students are introduced to 2D/3D drawing and modeling software with an emphasis on architectural design in digital space. In-class demonstrations occur throughout the semester and address how to use digital tools at various stages of the design process at various scales. Students apply skills taught in class to small design projects as part of the course.
Lecture
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EDAD216 History of Architecture and Urban Planning I 3 cr.
The course examines building cultures from different periods and places, beginning with pre-history and the ancient civilizations from more than 5000 years ago that kept the first written records, through the era of medievalism up to the dawn of modernity.
Emphasis is given to different aspects of the built domain: selected individual buildings, their symbolical significance, layouts, spatial organization, construction, building materials and technologies, along with buildings’ sites and city plans within the broader urban and cultural landscapes. Each lecture is based on a variety of case studies of buildings and settlements explored within their specific geographies and historical settings. Rather than asking for simple memorizing of particular data or dates, students develop skills of analyzing, comparing and getting oriented within distinct historical spaces and periods.
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Requirement
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EDAD223 Architectural Design I 3 cr.
Introduction to architectural design as a social art. The course lays the foundation of basic skills in architecture through which students are introduced to design through observation of people and places, program schematics, access, siting and elementary building languages.
Through a series of projects of increasing complexity, students work on designs that include small scale private and public programs, and transform ideas into built form.
Prerequisites: Undergraduates: EDAD200 Pattern Language
Studio
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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EDAD227 Architectural Structures I 3 cr.
Introduces construction at a domestic scale through lectures, slides and field trips. Structural calculations include safe selection of building parts by stress analysis, beam equations and column computations. Students learn sufficient wood and masonry building techniques to design a small wood frame building. Assignments include structural models and calculations.
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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EDAD300 Design/Build/Artisanry 3 cr.
Development of technical drawing skills through exploration in various media using architectural or industrial design contexts. Introduces various drawing techniques. Attention is given to 3D material rendition, construction means, and form characteristics through measuring, documentation, and transformation into 2D drawing. Freehand and hard line drawing including plan, section, elevation, axonometric, isometric, and perspective.
Critique
Departmental Elective
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EDAD302 Sustainable Architecture 3 cr.
Providing a broad overview of ecology and landscape as a basis for understanding sustainable principles, the course follows research focusing on “deep retrofit” detailing for new and existing wood frame housing in various climates, with an emphasis on cold climates similar to New England. Lectures include siting, water and waste, trash and recycling, conservation and energy production, air, environment and health, materials and methods in construction, transportation, food production, native landscape design and the broader issues of building community. Sustainable construction principles centered in wood frame construction for both new and existing housing presented and researched including the current developments in details, environmental and energy systems alternatives. Individually and in groups, students are required to develop details for existing construction approaching zero-energy use in various climates, associated with an outline specification indicating materials, systems and energy sources. Each student will complete a drawn presentation, an individual outline specification, and a short presentation on a focused area of interest.
Prerequisites: EDAD223 Architectural Design I, or equivalent as approved by Instructor.
Lecture/Seminar
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EDAD307 Furniture Design I 3 cr.
This studio is designed as an introduction to the basic principles of furniture design as it relates to history, methods of production and style. Through a series of projects, students design and construct projects focusing on material selection, joinery conventions of similar and different materials and craft in assemblage. Students are encouraged to develop consistent formal elements in their designs, with attention to ease of use, function, assemblage and workmanship.
Prerequisites: Take Methods and Materials or Projects in Wood or Joinery
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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EDAD310 Architectural Design II 3 cr.
The studio focuses on the development of tools and fundamental skills for primary competence in design leading to an emerging ability to integrate design explorations - the ability to think critically about and integrate research and precedents, climate and site, program, use and structural building propositions.
Prerequisites: EDAD223 or EDAD305 Architectural Design I or equivalent as approved by Instructor
Studio
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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EDAD316 History of Architecture and Urban Planning II 3cr
The course explores building cultures from around the world from 1400s until the mid-20th century. As the time-line covered in the course starts
with the Renaissance – defined by its radical shift from the previous, predominantly religious, ideological framework, to man-centered belief
systems – the entire period can be generally considered as the Age of Modernity. Therefore, special attention in the course is paid to the
various concepts, understanding, and architectural manifestations of the idea of Modern. Each lecture is based on a variety of
case studies - specific buildings, urban plans and theoretical statements of the leading architects, planners and visionary contributors
to the creation of the built domain, understood through the specificities of the ideological, cultural, and intellectual settings of different
periods and geographies.
Fall
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EDAD317 Architectural Structures II 3 cr.
Continues structural design of wooden buildings and computations for generic or special extra load applications requiring compound wood sections. Introduces steel construction and calculation for steel beams and columns. Environmental systems of plumbing, heating and insulation are covered and students design a domestic plumbing system.
Prerequisites: EDAD227 Architectural Structures I, or equivalent as approved by Instructor.
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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EDAD320 Architectural Design III 3 cr.
Students are exposed to a design project of increasing complexity and an investigation of mixed use programming at an urban site. Design work includes experimentation with the design and selection of structural systems and application of sustainable principles to site and building design concepts and details.
Development of architectural design skills that address the issues of housing both locally and globally viewed through a lens of cultural differences: as in typical minimum housing sizes and varied user profiles. The coursework includes investigation of elements of urban tissue such as plazas, squares, street edges and systems of city form understood through street patterns and greenways followed up in a site study focused on the primary design project for the studio. Students explore needs, values, norms and spatial patterns as a means to sensitize them to diverse physical and cultural environments that culminate in the design of a mixed-use housing project in a local urban contex
Prerequisites: EDAD310, EDAD327
Studio
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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EDAD327 Architectural Structures III 3 cr.
Introduces structure design of compound steel beams and columns and long span trusses of steel or wood. Environmental systems/building science topics include electricity, wiring, lighting and daylighting, long span roofing and foundation and site methods.
Prerequisites: EDAD317 Architectural Structures II, or equivalent as approved by Instructor
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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EDAD330 The Art of Furniture Design I: Fundamentals of Design and Construction 3 cr.
In this course, students initiate and are guided through a hands-on design/build project based on fundamental tenets of furniture design. Students will come to class with work from Design Processes for Furniture Design to use as the basis for their project. This studio shop course will begin with a review of design fundamentals and the concept design process. If necessary, concepts are refined through additional drawings and maquette model making as preparation for the concluding phase: completion of the final product. This class will also be open to students outside of the certificate program who have experience in basic hand tool use and maintenance as well as a comfort level for work in standing machine power tools.
Prerequisites: Design Processes for Furniture Design
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Elective
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EDAD333 MassMaker Studio 3 cr
MassMaker is an interdisciplinary, mixed media design studio program focused on an
entrepreneurial approach to the making of things. The course simulates the development cycle of
ideas from inspiration, through design and development, prototyping and fabrication, and
creation and marketing. Working in teams with other students from different disciplines,
students gain leadership, collaboration, and design skills in a problem based, hands on
environment of shared success.
Students form teams, create a problem statement, propose an idea to solve the stated problem,
design their solution, prototype and fabricate it using a mixture of means and methods including
digital design (3D Modeling, Parametric Design, Finite Analysis), digital prototyping and
fabrication (3D Printing, CNC Controlled, Laser Cutters) traditional crafts (Wood, Metal,
Composites shops), and the present their concept using digital design and graphics techniques
including printed material, digital media, animation, or interactive media. Fabrication and
prototyping takes place in shops and labs located throughout the Mass Art campus. Studio space for
design and assembly will be provided to each team.
Undergraduate Electove
Spring Only
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EDAD334 Architectural Communication 3cr
Amongst fields of creative production,
architecture is unique in its reliance on
representational images. Architects rely on these
representations to convey multiple layers of
information, from the conceptual to the
pragmatic. With the dizzying array of digital and
analog media at our disposal, how do we determine
how best to present our design ideas? And, with
limited time, how do we select the most effective
and efficient technique to present conceptual
content? In this course, students take a closer
look at strategies of architectural
representation, with a focus on communicating a
clear message through graphic means. Students
explore multiple historical examples, learn new
drawing and model making techniques, and produce
a range of 2d and 3d work that aims to fully
capture and enhance design intent.
Prerequisites: EDAD-102
Critique
Undergraduate Elective
Spring
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EDAD340 The Art of Furniture Design II: Fundamentals of Design and Construction 3 cr.
In this course, students initiate and are guided through a hands-on design/build project based on fundamental tenets of furniture design. Students will come to class with work from Design Processes for Furniture Design to use as the basis for their project. This studio shop course will begin with a review of design fundamentals and the concept design process. If necessary, concepts are refined through additional drawings and maquette model making as preparation for the concluding phase: completion of the final product. This class will also be open to students outside of the certificate program who have experience in basic hand tool use and maintenance as well as a comfort level for work in standing machine power tools.
Prerequisites: The Art of Furniture Design: Fundamentals of Design and Construction I
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Elective
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EDAD345 Animals, Architects & Attitude 3cr
This community service project begins with a one semester design course, followed by a spring building workshop in which students design and construct an object that has a real world client with a need. This semester includes research, lectures, demonstrations, zoo visits, drawings, operational model making, and presentations. During the term students produce drawings and test models. To demonstrate the constructability of the finalized form the class works collaboratively to create a scale operational model. In spring of 2019 students may have the
opportunity to continue and construct/install the final design at the Franklin Park Zoo.
The course is presented to students with an emphasis on developing skills in research, analysis, design development, and critique with juried selection.The final result is the creation
of a useful space and structure where humans and animals interface and learn from each other with a covered stage for presentations, educational programming, concerts, and performances located at the Franklin Park Zoo.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Fall
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EDAD346 Animals, Arch. & Attitude II 3cr
This continuation of a community service design
course, is intended to be a chance to construct
large scale ( 1:2 scale ) working prototypes and
models based on designs produced in the first
course that was offered in the Fall of 2018. In
this course students will construct mock ups of
operational stage props, a transformable stage
with backstage, and a dynamically shaped
lightweight roof structure. These large scale
furniture-like objects will then be displayed a
the Franklin Park Zoo, to demonstrate to design
intent and help the Zoo raise funds to build the
actual project in 2019.
This course is presented to students with an
emphasis on developing skills in material
research, analysis, and detail design and
fabrictaion.The final result is the creation of a
useful tranformable space and structure where
humans and animals interface and learn from each
other with a covered stage for presentations,
educational programming, concerts, and
performances located at the Franklin Park Zoo.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Spring
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EDAD350 Building Components and Details 3 cr.
This course investigates the nature of construction material and the inherent ways that materials behave, using these properties in small-scale design studies. Construction assemblies are studied for their logic and design opportunities. Students use industry conventions such as dimensioning and material constraints in designs to develop projects through drawing, models and building actual details. The work is developed in architectural, interior and industrial design contexts.
Prerequisites: Concurrent or previous enrollment in EDAD310.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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EDAD356 Exhibit Design 3 cr.
The intent of this class is to discover and explore the basic principles of designing exhibits, including structural frameworks, ergonomics, scale, graphics, and an exploration of materials, form and fabrication. Students are exposed to concepts of time and the multiple types of display for selling, celebrations, fairs, expositions and markets.
Prerequisites: Open to all majors; limited spaces will be reserved for freshman.
Critique
Departmental Elective
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EDAD360 Furniture Fabrication for a Sustainable Future 3 cr.
This course combines experience in the fine art of furniture making with an exploration of the procurement, preparation and use of sustainable
materials. Students develop their woodworking skills in both traditional joinery techniques as well modern production methods. Each student is
responsible for generating and building an original design that represents an understandingof efficiency and sustainability.
The focus is on functional pieces for living, learning and working spaces.
Prerequisites: prior woodshop experience
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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EDAD367 Building Operating Systems 3cr
Mechanical/electrical/plumbing/communication
systems for domestic to tall buildings are
introduced in the context of declining energy
supplies and increasing global pollution. Lower
energy systems for heating, ventilating, air
conditioning, plumbing, and lighting for new and
retro-fit applications are contrasted with
traditional systems, and selections of
architectural design and landscape elements which
support more sustainable systems are covered.
Students estimate heating, cooling, ventilating,
lighting, electrical, elevator, sewage and pure
water loads and gain some understanding of how
handling these loads affects the space and layout
of buildings and what sort of
collaboration with engineers is to be expected.
The principles of operation and code standards
for the various environmental control systems are
explained, together with relative costs and
expected maintenance requirements.
Issues of energy source availability, safety,
pollution, storage and delivery are discussed
from a local and global perspective. Field trips
to local “”green”” buildings demonstrate the use
of currently available lower energy systems.
Prerequisites: EDAD-317
Lecture
Spring
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EDAD392 AD Course Assistantship
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EDAD399 AD Independent Study
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EDAD402 Professional Practice 3 cr.
Students are introduced to architectural practice through social and community design issues, fiduciary responsibility, design and construction contracts and contract law, regulations and codes governing design and construction, ethics, sustainability and environmental issues and requirements for planning, site design and building design and construction.
Prerequisites: EDAD320 Architectural Design III (required of all graduates in the program) Permission of Instructor required of students in the undergraduate program.
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Elective
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EDAD405 Making Cities Work 3 cr
What design decisions lead to a more sustainable future and how are those decisions made? In this course we examine how the architecture and design of cities is dependent on the underlying urban fabric by looking carefully at the forces that shape great urban spaces - the designers, the political players and the everyday urban dwellers.
Contemporary projects ranging from The High Line in Manhattan to Germany’s Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord are used as case-studies in conjunction with study of Boston’s historical and contemporary urban landscape. Students’ final projects for the course involve direct observation, analysis and documentation of selected sites in Boston. Through case studies and investigations in Boston we critically assess the social, cultural, environmental and economic factors that influence built and landscape fabric of cities and what the confluence of those underpinnings means for the future of the places where we live.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Elective
FAll
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EDAD409 The City: Interviews With Innovators In Design and City Process 3cr
This highly interactive lecture course seeks to
expose students to a group of experts who are
challenging the larger forces that affect
building design, including public participation in zoning
and city master-planning, economics, finance, and
development models, and resiliency and climate
change regulations. Guest lecturers such as Dr.
Barry Bluestone, Dr. Atyia Martin, Chief
Resiliency Officer for the City of Boston, and others will
present their work and engage in a lively
interview-style conversation around how designers
can shape projects in intelligent and innovative
ways to deal with today’s complex realities.
Prior to the ‘interviews’, students are expected to
familiarize themselves with the work of the
visitor and compile questions that they will ask the guest.
Prerequisites: Knowledge in architectural design and Interest in planning initiatives in the cities of Boston and Cambridge.
Seminar
Fall
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EDAD410 Architectural Design IV 3 cr.
Architectural design projects of increasing complexity, to include multi-storied construction proposed in the public realm on an urban site. The course provides a framework for making clear design decisions related to the development of solving complex programming skills in a community setting. Projects use a range of building systems requiring long spans and taller structures in steel and concrete. The studio begins with a short project exercise in manipulating an existing exposed column and beam grid system in order to investigate the structural frame, closure and edge conditions.
Prerequisites: EDAD320 Architectural Design III
Studio
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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EDAD417 Architectural Structures IV 3 cr.
Introduces structural design of 3-hinged arches and concrete buildings including computations for safe selection of beams, joists, slabs and columns. Environmental systems/building science topics include active and passive solar design, HVAC, acoustics, fire alarm, sprinkler, security and elevators, concrete methods, and critical path method job planning.
Prerequisites: EDAD327 Architectural Structures III, or equivalent as approved by Instructor.
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Requirement
Fall/Spring
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EDAD427 Structures Overview 3cr
Designed for students who require a comprehensive overview of current structural methods in the United States. Covers structural examples and calculations for reinforced concrete, steel, wood
frame and cross laminated timber. Students accustomed to a masonry building tradition are introduced to the possibilities of wood and related calculation methods. Computations are
presented in typical applied context.
Prerequisites: EDAD-227 and EDAD-317
Lecture
Fall
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EDAD440 Intermediate Furniture Design: Pre-Capstone Studio 3 cr.
Working with greater autonomy in the shop environment, each student develops a more advanced design project in consultation with faculty. The project will be based on students’ ongoing practice of concept documentation and idea development in their sketchbooks, and focused on continued evolution of individual vision and practice. Practical issues such as rapid decision making and timely procurement of materials are incorporated into the design/build process. This course may be combined with the Art of Furniture class, depending upon enrolment.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Elective
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EDAD441 Furniture Design Capstone 3 cr.
This is the culmination of a five semester concentration on the development of studio furniture. Students are required to produce a significant work of merit – a furniture suite, or a series of pieces – in order to successfully complete the capstone course. The expectation is for the student to produce work which is a cohesive representation of his or her individual aesthetic voice and vision. As such, the final work will be the defining element of the emerging artist’s portfolio as the student moves into professional practice.
Prerequisites: Intermediate Furniture Design: Pre-Capstone studio
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Elective
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EDAD450 Architecture Degree Project I (Research) 3 cr.
This course is the first of a two-semester senior architectural degree project. This project will be the vehicle for students to develop techniques to self sufficiently research, explore, develop and ultimately demonstrate the validity of an architectural thesis / proposition put forth by the student. In this semester students will identify a thesis / proposition of personal interest to them; they will develop a comprehensive preliminary architectural program that supports the thesis / proposition; and they will identify a locally available site which will provide an appropriate context for the proposed project. Through research, evaluation, analysis and testing, the student will confirm the feasibility of the chosen project to accomplish the architectural goals and support the thesis / proposition stated by the student.
Prerequisites: EDAD410 Concurrent or prior enrollment in Architectural Design IV (Required of all undergraduates in the program)
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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EDAD451 Architecture Degree Project II (Design) 3 cr.
This is the second semester course in a design study in architecture, lasting one year for each of the graduating seniors in architecture. Students come to this class armed with the products of EDAD450 - thesis concept, a comprehensive program, a feasibility study, and preliminary design drawings. In this semester students focus on their building design in plan, section, elevation, structural models of various scales, details, building envelope studies, environmental and service systems into a final design set, with details appropriate to their projects. Students shall be required to provide a bound book and associated CD organized to show process, outcomes, and the fully developed design documentation including photographs of the final project.
Prerequisites: EDAD450 Architecture Degree Project I
Studio
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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AETE201 Art & Human Development 3 cr.
An exploration of the cognitive and psycho-social development of learners through psychological, sociological, and anthropological theories. Theories of development and the nature of art-making are the focus of the course.
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Required, All College Elective
Fall/Spring
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AETE208 Seminar I: Contemporary Teaching Practices 3 cr.
Seminar I and Seminar II run in tandem to provide a sophomore-level introduction to teaching and contemporary art. In Seminar I, visits to a variety of educational settings (including public schools, after-school programs, alternative programs, art spaces, and community centers) introduce students to teaching contexts. The course begins to prepare students for their responsibilities as teachers.
Co-requisites: Seminar II: Contemporary Art Practices
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Requirement
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AETE209 Seminar II: Contemporary Art Practices 3 cr.
Seminar I and Seminar II run in tandem to provide a sophomore-level introduction to teaching and contemporary art. In Seminar II, visits to a variety of art settings (including museums, galleries, and artists’ studios) introduce students to contexts where art is made and produced, exhibited, and experienced. The course begins to prepare students to be socially responsible artist/educators.
Co-requisites: Seminar I: Contemporary Teaching Practices
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Requirement
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AETE221 Interdisciplinary Studio I 3 cr.
The Interdisciplinary Studio in Art Education is the major studio course in the department. This
sequence of courses combine focused studio practice with critical research from life
experience as learners, as teachers, and as artists. Substantive interdisciplinary projects
allow students to experiment with and refine their personal artistic disciplines. Art
Education majors complete the Interdisciplinary Studio sequence by taking the course at each
level (200, 300, 400) before enrolling in Capstone and Artist Teacher Studio. The number
of Interdisciplinary Studios required is determined by the student’s track in the
department.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Department Requirement
Fall and Spring
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AETE300 Seminar III: Issues and the Individual Learner 3 cr.
An opportunity for students to explore skillful communication, particularly as it relates to expectations, beliefs, relationships, and management with children and youth. Also, an examination of contemporary readings and models that link diversity and art education. Fieldwork with a variety of learners is a significant component of the course.
Prerequisites: AETE201, AETE208, AETE209
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Requirement
Fall/Spring
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AETE307 Saturday Studios Prepracticum I 3 cr.
An intensive study of a variety of teaching models and their respective planning strategies. Reading and discussions will address writing lesson plans, conducting instructional sessions, and assessing student learning. Students make direct field observations in schools, community settings, and museums. Students will also be required to serve as research and teaching assistants to the Saturday Studios’ teachers on at least three Saturday mornings.
Prerequisites: AETE201, AETE208, AETE209
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Requirement
Fall/Spring
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AETE322 Interdisciplinary Studio II 3 cr.
The Interdisciplinary Studio in Art Education is the major studio course in the department. This
sequence of courses combine focused studio practice with critical research from life
experience as learners, as teachers, and as artists. Substantive interdisciplinary projects
allow students to experiment with and refine their personal artistic disciplines. Art
Education majors complete the Interdisciplinary Studio sequence by taking the course at each
level (200, 300, 400) before enrolling in Capstone and Artist Teacher Studio. The number
of Interdisciplinary Studios required is determined by the student’s track in the
department.
Prerequisites: AETE-221
Hybrid Studio Critique
Department Requirement
Fall and Spring
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AETE400 Saturday Studios Prepracticum II 3 cr.
A teaching experience to practice theories and models of teaching in the context of the Saturday Studios setting. Through readings, class discussions, and coaching sessions, students analyze communication skills and motivational techniques to inform their practice. Students reflect upon all aspects of their teaching and set goals to address challenges they encounter.
Prerequisites: AETE307
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Requirement
Fall/Spring
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AETE404 Seminar IV: Creating Community 3 cr.
An examination of a variety of community arts programs in order to understand how artists and arts administrators approach the design and implementation of art education programs in community settings. Students will design and implement a community art project as part of the course.
Prerequisites: Take AETE-307 or permission of instructor.
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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AETE407 Student Teaching Practicum 6 cr.
Students are placed for their practicum in area schools for either Pre-K - 8 or 5-12 licensure. They work closely with cooperating teachers
designing, teaching, and evaluating lessons relating to the school curriculum. They are supervised by Mass Art faculty and attend a
weekly seminar on issues related to their teaching experience. They compile a teaching portfolio and hang an exhibition of their students’ work.
Prerequisites: AETE400, AETE412 or AETE 404
Practicum/Mix
Departmental Requirement
Fall/Spring
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AETE408 Seminar V: Designing Curriculum in the Visual Arts 3 cr.
An exploration of the philosophical, socio-cultural, and personal issues that shape teaching practices. Through readings and critical analysis of existing models, students design individual solutions to curriculum problems in the visual arts. (This course is usually taken concurrently with the Student Teaching Practicum or the Community or Museum Internship.)
Prerequisites: AETE400
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Requirement
Fall/Spring
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AETE411 Museum/Community Internship 3 cr.
Provides a field-based setting for Museum and Community Education students. Students work with museum or community professionals and a college supervisor to build skills and insights that will advance their knowledge of the museum or community education profession.
Prerequisites: AETE404 or AETE412
Practicum/Mix
Departmental Requirement
Fall/Spring
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AETE412 Seminar VI: Exhibitions: Concept, Context, and Audience 3 cr.
This course explores the role and responsibilities of museums and galleries in presenting objects to the public. Coursework examines the history of museums and the rise of art collections for public viewing. Students work on a group project in which they develop an exhibition. In addition to creating artwork for the show, the students focus on curating, installing and developing educational materials for the public. The class examines the Looking to Learn gallery education program at MassArt and visits Boston area galleries and museums as part of the course work.
Prerequisites: AETE301 or AETE406, AETE307
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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AETE424 Interdisciplinary Studio III 3 cr.
The Interdisciplinary Studio in Art Education is the major studio course in the department. This
sequence of courses combine focused studio practice with critical research from life
experience as learners, as teachers, and as artists. Substantive interdisciplinary projects
allow students to experiment with and refine their personal artistic disciplines. Art
Education majors complete the Interdisciplinary Studio sequence by taking the course at each
level (200, 300, 400) before enrolling in Capstone and Artist Teacher Studio. The number
of Interdisciplinary Studios required is determined by the student’s track in the
department.
Prerequisites: AETE-322
Hybrid Studio Critique
Department Requirement
Fall and Spring
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AETE425 Capstone Studio 3 cr.
Capstone Studio provides an opportunity for reflection on, refinement, and presentation of
prior learning in the program; a search for lasting connections between creating and
teaching. Students consider contemporary pedagogical concepts in direct relation to how
artists experience making, viewing, and learning. This course further supports teachers in using
their own art-making, personal sources of inspiration, and reactions to works of art in
teaching. As students move through the Interdisciplinary Studio sequence, this course
emphasizes focus on a cumulative artistic identity.
Prerequisites: AETE-322 or permission of instuctor
Hybrid Studio Critique
Department Requirement
Fall and Spring
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AETE426 Artist Teacher Studio 3 cr.
Artist Teacher Studio is designed to help teaching interns navigate the balance between
being an artist while being a teacher. Students collaborate to find ways to maintain their own
art practice, to bring the works and practices of contemporary art into teaching, to create and
participate in communities of support, and to use art and teaching engagement as foundations for
research.[Formerly known as Portfolio:Artist/Teacher Seminar]
Prerequisites: AETE-400 and AETE-425
Hybrid Studio Critique
Department Requirement
Fall and Spring
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AETE444 Concepts & Processes for Classrooms 3cr
An intensive, condensed examination of the traditional and new media of visual artists as used in elementary, middle, and high school educational settings. Emphasis is placed on the relationship of materials and processes to the images and ideas they convey, as well as the practical concerns of organization, age-appropriateness, special adaptations and efficient routines. Each student will engage in research and an in-depth exploration of a concept/process. Special consideration given to substantive, appropriate, and respectful content in Pre-K - 12 classrooms.
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3DTD210 Advanced Techniques for Furniture Making 3 cr.
This course will expose students to a variety of somewhat specialized techniques that can be applied to furniture production. Sessions explore the basics of select special skills, with of the objective of giving students enough exposure to begin applying these techniques independently to their studio projects. Areas of study may include turning, veneering, vacuum pressing, casework techniques, laminating, chair-making techniques, upholstery, caning and marquetry, and carved molding.
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CDGD201 Typography 3cr
Students take a close look at how to design and use basic letterforms, and build skills in typesetting and typographic layout, and in expressive typography and conceptual thinking. Topics include typographic contrast, information hierarchy, major type families, the history of design, and typographic grids.
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CDGD202 Intermediate Typography 3cr
Students apply typographic principles to communication design projects of moderate complexity. They strengthen skills in building typographic relationships and detail, creating sophisticated typographic layouts, including dynamic use of the grid, and employing type use and choice for creating expressive, conceptually based typographic design.
Prerequisites: CDGD-201 and CDGD-203
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CDGD203 Foundations of Graphic Design 3cr
Students are introduced to visual principles as the basis of graphic design communication, and elements and issues of visual language. The course covers the manipulation of graphic form to convey meaning, strategies for idea generation and development of unique concepts, and the designer’s role as visual storyteller.
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CDGD218 Graphic Design I (PCE) 3cr
Students learn the formal elements of design, concept, and typography, and builds skills for integrating these elements into effective graphic design communication.
Prerequisites: CDGD203
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CDGD310 Graphic Design II 3cr
Application of design and typographic principles to projects of significant scope and complexity for print and screen-based formats. Students will be challenged to develop content, effective concept, and user-centered approaches to effectively communicate with defined audiences.
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Foundations of Graphic Design, Typography, GD I, Intermediate Typography and a
working knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. GDC program students should take
Interaction Design before or at the same time as GD II.
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CDGD328 Print Production 1.5cr
This practical class teaches how to take a project from the design stage to printed product. Topics include: how to get print estimates, “preflighting”, font management, and color for print production. Includes a tour of a printing press.
Prerequisites: Must first complete Foundations of GD, Typography, GDI, Int. Type and GDII
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CDGD337 Advanced Interactive Projects 3cr
Students bring advanced skills for concept, design, and design thinking to planning, designing and prototyping dynamic screen-based interactive experiences. We investigate complex systems of information emphasizing organization, navigation and usability. We focus on designing a valuable experience for the user while creating portfolio-quality prototypes for the web.
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Interaction Design and an
advanced-level design course such as Graphic
Design 3, or permission of the instructor:
Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe
Illustrator.
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CDGD365 Information Design 3cr
This course will explore and build skills for visualising and presenting information to the public in a clear, concise, and attractive way for both print and interactive media, addressing user centered systems of information with an emphasis on organization, navigation and management. This course is suitable for advanced design students and/or professional designers.
Prerequisites: PREREQUISITES: Graphic Design II; Interaction Design or other basic UX course; (GDC students: Intermediate Portfolio). Proficiency in Photoshop and Illustrator, and familiarity with Excel.
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CDGD371 Intermediate Portfolio 4cr
Students build an entry-level production portfolio based on studio assignments and visits by working professionals demonstrating a synthesis of program learning thus far: application of design and typographic principles,
and type/image integration. Emphasis on portfolio presentation and verbal presentation skills. Final panel presentation determines whether the student progresses to the next level of the certificate program.
Prerequisites: Open only to certificate students who have completed all six prerequisites for Interaction Design.
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CDGD471 Final Portfolio 4cr
Students prepare a portfolio for a job search that demonstrates professional competence in
design, concept, technical skills, and craft and meets high standards of excellence.
Prerequisites: Open only to certificate students who have completed all other design courses.
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DSGN346 User Experience (UX) Design 3cr
An introduction to current concepts and methods employed in the design of interactive media. Subjects of study include defining user and site requirements, managing information complexity, and designing visual interfaces that are usable
and testable. Students will gain experience with UX essentials such as user research, personas, user flows, and user testing.
Formerly called Designing Interactive Experiences.
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