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Academic Catalog 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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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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CDAN201 CG Fundamentals 3 cr.
Introduction to the CG environment with an emphasis on physical motion, weight, texture, form and strategies for problem solving. Animation principles are translated into established and emerging 3D digital technologies.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
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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: ANIMATION MAJORS ONLY 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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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
Culturally Diverse Content
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
Culturally Diverse Content
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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CDAN304 Design for Animators 3 cr.
This course will focus on opportunities and strategies for design in the context of 2D and selected 3D animations. Through screenings, discussions, projects and in class experimentation, the class will explore the role and decisions of the “designer”. These choices are made in areas including color, form, environments, lighting, character, mark making, camera choices, typography and textures. Students will be encouraged to develop innovative solutions in design. Working counter to the conventions of industry trends will be the goal.
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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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
Spring
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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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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
Culturally Diverse Content
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
Culturally Diverse Content
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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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
Culturally Diverse Content
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, EDAD102 Architectural Technical Drawing, and EDAD202 Methods and Materials
Studio
Culturally Diverse Content
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
Culturally Diverse Content
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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EDAD301 Design Works at MassArt 3 cr.
Design Works is a multi-disciplinary critique and seminar class in current design/build topics. Invited experts in the design and research field provide background as well as project information, design briefs, and demonstrate skills in developing essential design tools. The class centers around a real project exercise based upon the actual needs of an educational, corporate, or community partner. Typical topics may include a range of interior and building design interventions- for example, a shared public space for the proposed new residence hall at the college, or a similar collective space. Semester to include field trips, student presentations of design projects including plans, sections, elevations, renderings and partial construction drawings of investigations. These projects may include modular details, kit of part construction, energy and sustainable design characteristics, analysis of precedent, daylighting and lighting principles, use of color, materials and assembly, furniture, and product design.
Prerequisites: Open to Freshmen with Permission of Instructor
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
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
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EDAD303 Lighting Design: First Light 3 cr.
The course holds as a design goal that effective lighting design begins with an understanding of the technology of lighting - in architecture, urban planning, theatre, and the arts. The course sequence includes the physics and science of light, lighting design principles of place making, the integration of lighting with building structure and form, lighting controls, as well as new directions in energy and environmental responsibility.
First Light is a multi-disciplinary course in light and lighting design. Invited experts in the lighting and research field provide essential tools, background, and demonstrations in a lecture and presentation format, with the class culminating in a final project that solves a particular design issue. Each project is pre-selected based upon the actual needs of a corporate or community partner, and the students address specific component solutions that are covered in the course content. Typical topics include but are not limited to analysis of precedent, day lighting, product design, line and low voltage systems, the science of light, experimentation of light as material, sustainability, lighting loads, solar energy systems, and physical applications. This course is open to all levels of students, with permission of the instructor, who are interested in light and relevant problem solving. Field trips to local lighting design centers, actual state of the art projects, fabrication shops, and research by local design firms included. Study models, drawings, research and presentation boards in traditional and digital media.
Prerequisites: Open to all levels with permission of the instructor
Critique
Departmental Elective
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EDAD304 Urban Architecture 3 cr.
This course introduces students to a broad range of current and historic theories while also introducing the means and methods of understanding and developing urban planning concepts for the city at the scale of the neighborhood. Material presented covers issues of urban design and city evolution, locally and globally, as well as the social, economic and political forces shaping urban life. Current topics in urban design are discussed including sustainable cities and the development of urban centers, information architecture, density, urban transport and active communities. Related disciplines and policies relevant to urban projects are reviewed for a comprehensive investigation. Students will be required to develop schematic plans for a specific urban site or neighborhood, and through their research and understanding of the topics presented, cogently discuss their approach and design solutions.
Prerequisites: Open to architecture majors who are juniors and above.
Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Elective
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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: EDAD202 Methods and Materials, or 3DSC102 Technology and Culture, or permission of Instructor
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
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
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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EDAD312 Net Zero House 3 cr.
As a collaborative design intensive, students are invited from multiple disciplines in design and research to develop preliminary schematic designs for a house approaching net-zero energy use. A local New England site will be proposed with the potential to be designed for a non-profit community group. Taught collaboratively by architects, sustainable engineers, and energy design professionals, the course will focus on a house of 800-1000 square feet, that produces, stores and sells energy, powers its mechanical systems, collects waste and rainwater and has high insulation values, while providing a “laboratory” framework for students to explore new concepts in sustainable design and construction. Students also develop a website to display the course outcomes.
Prerequisites: EDAD223 Architectural Design. Students must be juniors or above in architecture or other related engineering programs.
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Elective
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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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EDAD318 Revit I & II 3 cr
The course provides a basic understanding of the use of Autodesk Revit Architecture
parametric modeling software. Course content includes developing drawings using
typical building components as well as an introduction to component editing, scheduling
of components, and project documentation. Students model an entire project using
standard and custom components as appropriate. Every session will include the
introduction of new tools and tricks. Rendering and solar studies are also explored.
Studio
Fall and Spring
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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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EDAD324 Architectural Photography 3 cr
Examination of the fundamentals of architectural photography in the digital age - the use of digital photography to document and present significant historic and modern structures.
Subjects to include the exterior of buildings and architectural interiors. Overall views, areas and details of structures are photographed and analyzed. Students create a photo-journal to be utilized to develop ideas and record progress towards course goals. Developing and presenting a folio of photographs that document individual buildings to be presented by students. Verbal descriptions also utilized to enhance the images and render a complete description of subject buildings. Extensive lectures describing architecturally significant buildings and photographic techniques offered in weekly classes.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Elective
Fall
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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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EDAD331 Historic Building Fabrics 3 cr
The purpose of the course is to introduce students to historical materials, time, and structural assemblies-principally found in 19th century American buildings. This course also focuses on how preservation and design professionals use tools to document and assess historical properties in order to recommend treatments.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Elective
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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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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 EDAD223 Architectural Design I and EDAD202 Methods and Materials. This course is required of all undergraduates in the program and provides a means for undergraduates to design and explore constructed building details.
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
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Elective
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EDAD360 Furniture Fabrication for a Sustainable Future 3 cr.
This course combines the fine art of furniture making with state of the art industry design and fabrication techniques. Students develop their woodworking skills in fabrication, material selection, joinery, and the design of modular systems. Beginning with a set of individually generated or group designs, each student is responsible for creating a built piece that represents an understanding of efficiency, sustainability, and incorporates a range of possible uses: for living, learning, and work spaces.
Prerequisites: prior woodshop experience
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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EDAD391 Rendering 3 cr.
Architectural rendering using traditional and digital media of interior and exterior views of the built environment for all students of architecture and interior architecture. The course includes a particular focus on developing sections and using drawing to understand the building envelope. Students work with various media, techniques, in black and white and color to produce renderings from actual sites, photographs, drawings and plans. Shadows, material delineation, texture, perspective and axonometric techniques are discussed.
Prerequisites: Open to architecture majors who are juniors and above.
Critique
Departmental Elective
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EDAD392 AD Course Assistantship
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EDAD399 AD Independent Study
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EDAD401 Integrated Systems 3 cr.
Students explore strategies for enclosing buildings and examine how to integrate the building enclosure with its surrounding environment including framing, climate modification, and building services systems. Using their design from a prior studio as the basis for developing building enclosure systems, students research and explore multiple building service/ environmental systems that compliment their design in a sustainable context. This exploration includes how to evaluate, select and coordinate the structural framing and commonly used building service and environmental systems in association with the building envelope and it’s details. Students use their projects to gain knowledge of these systems as well as discover how to coordinate the interface between dissimilar enclosure systems.
Prerequisites: EDAD202, EDAD327, EDAD 302, EDAD417
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Elective
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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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EDAD404 Advanced Lighting/City Lights 3 cr.
This course aims to explore light as a sculptural and spatial element in the making of art and architecture. The student is introduced to the practice of light as a medium in relation to objects, spaces, buildings and site-specific installation. The class focuses primarily on the application of light as a transformative element in visual practices. This course is designed to familiarize the student with a wide variation of approaches and practices and to encourage a sense of discovery when considering the medium of light in relation to sculptural, spatial, and architectural explorations and in everyday observations. Some Wednesday afternoon field trips to professional companies such as Reflex Lighting, Color Kinetics and downtown sites in the city of Boston are included. Students also complete an off-campus group project.
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
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EDAD407 Furniture Design II 3 cr.
This studio is designed as a continuation of projects covering many of the principles of Furniture I with an emphasis on more independent projects.
Prerequisites: EDAD202 Methods and Materials or 3DSC102 Technology and Culture, or permission of Instructor
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Elective
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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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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
Culturally Diverse Content
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
Culturally Diverse Content
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
Culturally Diverse Content
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
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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
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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
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Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Fall/Spring
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AETE301 Interdisciplinary Portfolio I 3 cr.
The series of Portfolio courses requires students to place their college-wide learning in studios and critical studies in the context of art education. Substantive interdisciplinary projects are required for each seminar. The projects will steadily build towards fulfilling the Artist/Teacher Portfolio requirements established by the Art Education Department. Students may register for any of the Portfolio I or II sections.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Required, All College Elective
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
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Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Fall/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
Culturally Diverse Content
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: AETE307 (requisite - can be taken concurrently)
Lecture/Seminar
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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AETE406 Interdisciplinary Portfolio II 3 cr.
The series of Portfolio courses requires students to place their college-wide learning in studios and critical studies in the context of art education. A minimum of three substantive projects will be required for each seminar. The projects will build steadily towards fulfilling the Artist/Teacher Portfolio requirements established by the Art Education Department. Students should register for any of the Portfolio I or II sections.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Required, All College Elective
Fall/Spring
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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
Culturally Diverse Content
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
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Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Fall/Spring
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AETE409 Portfolio III: Capstone Projects 3 cr.
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 classroom goals and teaching styles 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 portfolio I and II sequence, this course will become the culmination of the resulting Artist/Teacher portfolio projects.
Prerequisites: AETE301, AETE406 Co-requisites: AETE-400
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
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
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Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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AETE414 Portfolio: Artist/Teacher Studio 3 cr.
This class 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, create and participate in communities of support, and to use art and teaching practices as foundations for research. Formerly known as Portfolio: Artist/Teacher Seminar
Prerequisites: AETE400, AETE409
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall/Spring
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EDFD101 Culture, Dress and Identity 3 cr.
This course will examine the relationship between culture, dress and identity. We will look broadly across the world at how dress and adornment are extensions of one’s culture and identity and compare and contrast this to our own. We will explore the significance of dress through rituals, ceremonies and rites of passages as well as through a social and political lens. We will also examine the effects of globalization on dress, what this means in our contemporary world, and how this is leading us into the future.
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All College Elective
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EDFD202 History of Textiles 3 cr.
This History of Textiles course will survey the fascinating development of textiles around the globe, from ancient to modern times, familiarizing students with specific styles, techniques, and constructions. Students will learn to identify motifs and patterns, as well as explore the cultural and historical milieu in which these textiles were created and used. Particular attention will be placed on understanding the role of textiles in clothing design.
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All College Elective
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EDFD206 Handbag Design I 3 cr.
Accessories are a major part of the fashion industry. Explore handbag design accessory specialization in this course that includes a brief history of the handbag, researching present trends and creating your own handbag designs. Using industry standards, students will design and construct a clutch, soft shoulder and other handbags.
Critique
All College Elective
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EDFD207 Fashion History II 3 cr.
In the second half of Fashion History, this course explores the glamorous fashions of the Rococo period. Magnificent architecture, artworks, and portraits painted by English and French artists set the tone for the early part of the course. Rigid garments are a reflection of the social structure and class system that will come undone with the rise of the French Revolution. “The Age of Napoleon” (or French Empire as it is more typically known) will be depicted in all of its contrived glory by Jacques Louis David in paintings elevating the newly formed French court in 1804. This course will also cover the rise of the new middle class, the elongated and romantic span of the Victorian era (1837-1901), and the development of machinery to speed up textile production, mechanical looms, and the sewing machine. The changes in masculine and feminine roles will also play a part in the reaction to fashion for the people who lived in those times. Paris, as the new center of fashion with the development of the French Couture and the designer salon, will be examined from the 1850’s to the 1960’s. Art, culture, music, and the “Silver Screen” will provide a backdrop for the direction of fashion throughout the twentieth century.
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Culturally Diverse Content
All College Elective
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EDFD208 Digital Tools/Fashion Design 3 cr.
An introduction to the creative, technical and research skills needed in designing apparel. Projects develop sketching techniques and use of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for design and execution of presentation boards.
Critique
Departmental Elective
Spring
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EDFD216 Digital Tools for Textiles 3cr
Students use advanced industry applications in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for creating printed fabric presentation boards. Students develop knowledge of scanning, color reduction, creating and putting into repeat, original textile designs.
Prerequisites: Completion of Studio Foundation Year
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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EDFD220 Fashion Illustration I 3 cr.
An introduction to the methods of Illustration for the fashion designer. Basic anatomy and analysis of the idealized fashion female and male figures will be emphasized through demonstrations and in-class exercises. Students will illustrate color fashion plates with apparel details, fashion silhouettes, and textile rendering using magic marker and watercolor. Basic layout skills, critique and editing processes are critical foundation teachings. Flat sketch, technical drawing skills are taught.
Prerequisites: Must complete foundation requirements.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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EDFD221 Fashion Illustration II 3cr
An advanced course in hand rendering fashion illustrations for the fashion designer. The fashion figures will be manipulated in multi-figure fashion spreads for collection and portfolio building. Demonstrations by instructor will cover layout and composition variables incorporating interactive movement of both the figure and the clothing. Anatomy studies, drawing from the live model, exaggeration of the garment silhouette, volume and creative style will be emphasized along with advanced textile rendering and detailed flat sketching. Directional information will be presented for use of computer-aided multi-media layouts using both hand and computer-aided fashion rendering.
Prerequisites: EDFD220
Department Requirement
Spring
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EDFD255 Creative Fashion Design I 3 cr.
Communication of original ideas using geometric principles in design as well as master block pattern structure. Students learn fundamental draping and development. Basic garment construction and the experience in translating creative designs into 3D form. Work in fabric and non-textiles.
Prerequisites: EDFD256
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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EDFD256 Pattern Drafting and Construction I 3 cr.
An introduction to the principles and procedures in the development and use of the flat pattern. The course introduces basic master block patterns with design changes.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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EDFD257 Pattern Drafting and Construction II 3 cr.
Development of master block patterns to include dress and pant with additional design options. Introduction to machine stitching for basic garment construction.
Prerequisites: EDFD256
Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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EDFD260 Fashion Industry Production/Gerber 3 cr.
Designing for mass-production using CAD - Gerber garment technology. Production methods of design and pattern/marker making utilizing the Accumark Silhouette System.
Prerequisites: EDFD256
Critique
Departmental Elective
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EDFD303 Paris to Antwerp: Crossing the Fashion Spectrum 3 cr.
This course will examine both the historical heritage of couture design as found through the textiles, techniques and craftsmanship of the designers, as well as a contemporary view of the globalization of fashion and where designers are heading in the future. We will examine how old world techniques continue to shape and work within the technological advancements of the present day. Students will examine how Antwerp has surfaced as a leading innovative force in fashion and what this means in the larger global context. All of this will be accomplished through lectures and coursework throughout the semester and will culminate with a two week travel program to Antwerp and Paris. Students will complete a final project based on their research, exploration and travel experiences.
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All College Elective
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EDFD306 Product Development 3cr
Students study the fashion industry and breakdown the product development process into practical steps to learn to produce a clothing line. Students are introduced to research, creating and presenting a product line along with a brand strategy for target consumer.
Prerequisites: EDFD255
Department Requirement
Fall
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EDFD316 The Fashion Marketplace 3 cr.
Designing your first fashion collection is just the beginning. Reaching potential customers is equally important. This course is all about the business of fashion and how to pitch your creations to retailers, clients, and the media. Topics will include understanding today’s retail landscape (from pricing and merchandising to trade shows and key selling opportunities), as well as fashion marketing skills, such as brand building, capitalizing on trends, and public relations/advertising campaigns. For the final project, students will create, merchandize, and promote a temporary retail store at MassArt where their clothing designs will be sold to the public following the fashion shows in May.
Prerequisites: EDFD255, EDFD256, EDFD257
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EDFD353 Pattern Drafting and Construction III 3 cr.
A course in advanced pattern drafting and grading techniques that emphasize tailored silhouettes. Students create original patterns as a means to experiment with advanced tailoring.
Prerequisites: EDFD257
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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EDFD354 Creative Fashion Design II 3 cr.
Intermediate level fashion design. Students develop more intricate designs into finished projects. Emphasis is on personal interpretation of projects in ready-to-wear categories that include swimwear, sportswear and outerwear.
Prerequisites: EDFD255, EDFD275
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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EDFD355 Creative Fashion Design III 3 cr.
Students develop more intricate designs into finished projects. Emphasis is on personal interpretation of projects in couture design that include lingerie, bridal, eveningwear and theatrical costume.
Prerequisites: EDFD354
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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EDFD359 Tailoring 3 cr.
Advanced construction techniques are used to develop knowledge of structure, shape, and tailoring to fit and style. Traditional methods of tailoring are utilized to create permanent shaping. Advanced principles of cut, seaming, hand-detailed construction and steam pressing help to develop a foundation to experiment with silhouettes.
Prerequisites: EDFD353
Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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EDFD392 FD Course Assistantship
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EDFD399 FD Independent Study
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EDFD450 Degree Project I 3 cr.
Students research and design a collection presenting a theme-oriented portfolio of finished work. Individual guidance in executing boards for original design ideas based on sources of inspiration that may include important artists, ancient cultures, historical eras, scientific resources or a specialized related technical design area. (two semesters)
Prerequisites: EDFD355, EDFD306, EDFD359
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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EDFD451 Degree Project II 3 cr.
Student research project - part II. Students present a theme-oriented formal collection of finished work based on their research. Sources of inspiration may include important artists, ancient cultures, historical eras, scientific resources, or a specialized related technical design area.
Prerequisites: EDFD450
Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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