| source City University of New York (X) |
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department Performing Arts (X) |
This course provides students with a foundational understanding of the essential software for beginning their careers as digital designers. These will include the Adobe Creative Suite software (Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady, & InDesign), Apple?s iMovie, Garageband, and KeyNote as well as Microsoft?s Power Point. The class will provide an overview of the various interface elements and program capabilities through a variety of engaging design projects. The course allows students who are considering pursuing the Associates degree in Digital Design to sample the many different possible directions and methodologies that they might follow.
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This course surveys the principal developments in art from the end of the nineteenth century through the twentieth century: School of Paris (1865-1909), Impressionism and Post-Impressionism; School of New York (1910--present), Cubism, Futurism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Social Realism, Contemporary Black and Hispanic Art.
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This course will explore the city as it has been seen through the eyes of painters, photographers, sculptors and architects of the 20th and 21st century. Using the resources of the web, students in this online course will examine the ways in which artists have responded to the city: sections of the course include 1) documenting urban society and culture; 2) cityscape and landscape; 3) the individual in the city; 4) war and the city; 5) living and working spaces in the city; 5) living and working spaces in the city; 6) the family in the city.
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This course will help students to build a familiarity with the use of point, line, shape, texture and color in order to create designs that build a sense of space, time and motion. Knowledge of these tools and how they work will help them to better understand design for 2D mediums such as screen based and print media as well as photography and film. Students will develop important familiarity with concepts of harmony, scale and proportion, contrast and emphasis, as well as rhythm by means of exercises and readings. These readings and exercises will help them to realize these important concepts in their work as digital designers.
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This course will explore primary issues relating to usability studies, why they are necessary, their application, and their influence on design. Students will investigate various methods of conducting usability studies for original designs through testing scenarios and heuristic analysis. Students will then analyze their collected data and learn to apply that data to their own (and each other?s) designs. The final assignment will revolve around the presentation of a paper analyzing a design of their own, the testing process and the influence of testing on that design.
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This course introduces the student to a diversity of movement influences such as mime, the Alexander Technique, the Suzuki training, and Anne Bogart's Viewpoints for the stage. Methods will be used to help the student connect physically, emotionally and mentally with the challenges of the dramatic text. The student will become familiar with the different theories as well as with the application of various methods.
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An arts forum in which the student will analyze examples of the visual and performing arts of several outstanding civilizations and will discuss the role of the artists in various societies, the relationship of the arts to historical events, and the development of culture beginning with pre-historic times up to the fifteenth century.
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An arts forum in which the student will analyze and discuss appropriate material (as in Arts and Civilization I) from the 15th century to the present.
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The student will analyze, discuss, and define: nature of art, meaning of art, major forms of art, and components of art; art periods, narration, description, illusion and reality, criteria for criticism, and art in New York. The student will engage in field trips and special projects.
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This course will explore the city as it has been seen through the eyes of painters, photographers, sculptors and architects of the 20th and 21st century. Using the resources of the web, students in this online course will examine the ways in which artists have responded to the city: sections of the course include 1) documenting urban society and culture; 2) cityscape and landscape; 3) the individual in the city; 4) war and the city; 5) living and working spaces in the city; 5) living and working spaces in the city; 6) the family in the city.
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This course surveys the principal developments in art from the end of the nineteenth century through the twentieth century: School of Paris (1865-1909), Impressionism and Post-Impressionism; School of New York (1910--present), Cubism, Futurism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Social Realism, Contemporary Black and Hispanic Art.
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The beginning art student will master the basic principles of composition, design, and color through the use of collage, paint, and photographic montage; s/he will develop basic skills in the use of paint and collage materials. S/he will be required to complete at least two pictures to the satisfaction of the instructor.
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The advanced art student will develop or improve skills in painting, assemblage, and three-dimensional art. S/he will become acquainted with and master the use of "found objects" in making a picture. S/he will complete a master project to the satisfaction of the instructor.
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Students learn to create still-life paintings. This class will focus on classical painting techniques such as chiaroscuro, under-painting and glazing.
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The student will operate a 35-mm camera and light meter, expose, process, and make contact prints from film which has been shot on class assignments; use negatives which s/he has already generated in performing contact printing, editing, enlarging, and photo finishing.
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The student, with previous photographic experience, will be able to plan and execute a picture story and identify the method of other photojournalists by viewing published picture stories and books. S/he will edit and enlarge prints which s/he will present to the instructor and class.
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This course introduces the student to fundamentals of two-dimensional digital art forms created from original images shot with a digital camera. This course covers techical aspects of the digital image using image enhnacement through photo-editing software. Imagination and originality of images and their manipulations will be emphasized.
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This course covers in-depth exploration of digital photography using advanced editing software for students who already have a working knowledge of the medium. The connection between original digital images, composition, ideas and attitudes will be investigated.
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The student will master specific techniques and skills used in the commercial and advertising art field. S/he will prepare paste-ups and mechanicals used in printing reproduction. S/he will assemble a portfolio of paste-up specimens of letterheads, book jackets, graphs and charts, advertisements, and brochures. The student will master entry-level skills and will produce a portfolio of artwork which is essential to entering this field.
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The student will master the fundamentals of graphic design and combine media skills with graphic techniques in the preparation of design projects. Beginning with the basic principles of design and layout, the student enlarges his/her concepts from rough visualizations through comprehensive and finished layouts. The student will rough up, crop, and finish original design projects which include business letterhead, book jacket, record cover, and an industrial, educational, or governmental brochure. S/he will review these pieces with the instructor and select additional works for the portfolio begun in Commercial Arts I.
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This course focuses on color and design and its influence upon our society. Students will study color theory, historical and psychological characteristics of color, principles of design, and applications of color in industry. Students will develop projects with paint and collage, as well as explore computer colors in an electronic environment. Topics will include color theory, color models and color matching, color perception and design considerations, and choosing color for multiple media.
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The course explores the basic components of music and how these have manifested themselves in different cultures at different times in history. The students will acquire a musical vocabulary, auditory skills and an understanding of a wide range of musical styles.
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This course focuses on color and design and its influence upon our society. Students will study color theory, historical and psychological characteristics of color, principles of design, and applications of color in industry. Students will develop projects with paint and collage, as well as explore computer colors in an electronic environment. Topics will include color theory, color models and color matching, color perception and design considerations, and choosing color for multiple media.
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This course is designed to develop a basic knowledge and practice of Music Theory as applied to the keyboard for students with no previous musical training. Topics will include melodic and rhythmic notation, intervals, scales and basic keyboard harmony.
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Fundamentals of Music Theory at the Piano II is designed to further develop a basic knowledge and practice of Music Theory as applied to the keyboard for students who completed Fundamentals of Music at the Piano 1. Minor scales, augmented and diminished intervals and chords, musical forms, non-harmonic tones and more advanced keyboard harmony will be covered. Ear training and dictation will be included, as well as more advanced digital sampling.
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