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3.00 Credits
3 Credits The premise of this course is that understanding and experiencing the arts is crucial to becoming a healthy and productive human being. All individuals are creative in some way, and by being exposed to various art forms each student's natural abilities will be allowed to emerge. Course activities will include an introduction to the history of art through lectures, reading, writing, discussions, and testing. Appreciation and understanding of art will be encouraged through field trips to museums, galleries, and artists' studios when feasible. Experience of art will be fostered through individual and collaborative projects.Prerequisite: ENG101 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits These courses offer an in-depth exploration of various aspects of art including hands-on (such as drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, graphic design, clay, photography, book arts, etc.) and advanced art history. Courses may be offered on-site or at other facilities and/or artists' studios. Topics will change each semester. Prerequisite: ART110 or ART112.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course includes an overview of the history of graphic design and communication through visual symbols, illustrations, and words. Students will be assigned various projects that reflect real-world assignments in the work place. It also allows students to use these forms to express their personal ideas and styles. Graphic design has its roots in the earliest forms of communication beginning with prehistoric images and moving on to abstract symbols and the invention of the alphabet. Graphic design is the ART of communication as it reflects the need for communication. It gives expression to the culture that it represents by informing, persuading, and educating. In addition, graphic design may also encompass personal iconography and promote individual beliefs. Prerequisites: ART110, ENG101, CPT117.
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3 Credits This course is an introduction to various drawing techniques. Subjects will include: still life, figure, and landscape. Slides, samples, or copies will be shown to provide students with examples of the various techniques including: pencil, charcoal, pen, ink, wash, and pastel. Drawings will be made in class and a sketchbook of drawings will be made outside of class. ?Learning to draw is really a matter of learning to see.. .? ?CKimon Nicoliades The basic skill needed for drawing is coordination between the eye and the hand. Whether working from life or from the imagination, drawing involves both visual and motor skills. The appreciation of good drawing is seeing, seeing, seeing. The basis of good drawing is practice, practice, practicePre/Co-requisites: ART110 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits A basic course in American Sign Language, providing a core vocabulary of approximately 450 signs, a sign language syntax, manual alphabet, idioms, and mime. Emphasis will be placed equally on expressive and receptive skills and the ability to communicate using visual vernacular techniques. The relationship between American Sign Language and the role of deaf culture as each relates to a deaf person's sense of self-esteem and value in the larger culture of American society will be studied.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course is for students with some basic introduction to ASL and is a continuation of ASL106. It is designed to develop further communicative competencies in the language beyond the basic level. Emphasis will be placed on ASL grammar, spatial referencing, detailed descriptions of people and surroundings, and deaf culture. This level II course will build on the basic skills learned in ASL106 through use and commitment to building a more extensive working vocabulary. The relationship between ASL and the role of deaf culture as each relates to a deaf person's sense of self-esteem and value in the larger culture of American society will be studied in great depth. Prerequisite: ASL106 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course is a continuation of the skill areas of American Sign Language I and II, further developing both expressive and receptive skills. Vocabulary and fluency will be increased at an advanced level in ASL and fingerspelling. Opportunities to practice signing through interaction with the deaf community will be provided. During the last weeks of the semester, students will be encouraged to communicate in sign language only, without use of voice. Adaptive sign language for special populations will be introduced. Prerequisite: ASL107 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits Continued development of expressive and receptive ASL skills through student-led discussions, prepared reports on deafness related topics, etc. will be the focus of this course. Students will prepare a Service Learning project to be completed outside of the classroom and will be able to report/discuss the progress taking place with class members in ASL. Prerequisite: ASL206 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course will explore deaf culture as well as the history of deafness and its many facets. Deaf community, and its stance on a variety of deafness related topics, will also be discussed. Deaf community members, hearing parents of deaf children, late-deafened adults, oral deaf, signing deaf will be included as critical components to the course. Prerequisite: ASL106 or equivalent.
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of molecular and cellular biology. Topics include: cell structure, cell physiology, inheritance, genetics and evolution. The laboratory will introduce basic experimental techniques and activities that reinforce the concepts introduced in lecture. Prerequisite: Students must meet one of the following prerequisites: successful completion of a high school or adult education biology (within the past 5 years), satisfactory performance on the departmental placement test, or permission of instructor.
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