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3.00 Credits
Lecture This course explores the history and creation of electronic music. It includes directed listening exercises, music studio techniques, and basic "hands on" electronic music production. Students will be introduced to a basic overview of the skills necessary for creating music with advanced computer software. Areas addressed include fundamentals of sound and acoustics, an historical overview of electronic music's developments and developers, learning about and using software synthesizers, digital processing, computer-assisted composition and directed listening of works in relation to the periods that they represent. The course includes the creation of student works to be presented in peer critique sessions and public concerts. Basic computer literacy is a prerequisite for this course.
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1.00 Credits
Lecture This course uses movement to explore and stengthen body awareness and integration, spatial orientation, and creative problem solving as a support for learning. Drawing on Chi Gong, Laban Movement Analysis, Brain Gym, Body/Mind Centering, Swiss Ball work, Interplay methods, and contemporary dance, students explore pattern, balance, rhythm, focus, self-awareness, observation, improvisation, and physical interactions that underlie perception and the integration of our senses.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture This course will explore dance as an art form that uses the body and movement as its medium. We will experience movement/dance in the context of personal expression, historical dance styles, cultural movements, social interaction, and spiritual practice. The goals of this course are: to experience a deep body-level understanding of movement; to develop a language to experience, observe, and describe movement; to explore the expressive and creative potential of movement, both personally and in groups; to look at and experience how dance has evolved in several specific forms and cultural contexts. Some of the dance forms may include modern, jazz, hip hop, African, and Tai Chi. No formal dance training is required. Course work will include movement practice in most class meetings, periodic master classes in different dance styles, video and live concert viewing, experience with improvisation and choreography, and some readings on the aesthetic and cultural contexts of different dance traditions.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture AT1011, AT2061 In this course, students will be introduced to the art of visual communication - the combining of images, typography, and layout to inform, persuade, and entice an audience. The course is designed to enhance students' awareness of the visual environment in which they live and to teach them to create effective graphic designs. The course follows a hands-on, process-oriented approach that emphasizes both practical and conceptual skills. Students will learn to use two software programs that are industry standards-Adobe Illustrator and InDesign. Students will complete exercises and projects that stimulate their imaginations, develop their critical thinking skills, and enhance their use of a creative process.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture AT1011, AT1071, AT1111, AT1211, AT1311, AT1411, AT1321 This hands-on course helps students to develop a strong working foundation in Adobe Photoshop. Students will learn both the hows and the whys of the essential features of Photoshop, and learn to use Photoshop as a creative tool to develop photography-based, two-dimensional works of art. Students complete a series of experiments and projects that explore image manipulation, image creation, and the integration of images and text. Students employ basic design principles and use a creative process for generating, producing and evaluating visual ideas. Assignments emphasize technical processes, visual and creative thinking strategies, design principles, image development, and personal expression.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture AT1111 From the earliest times, the human figure has been a frequent and important subject in works of art. This course introduces students to the human figure. Students study the human form in three ways: through anatomical studies of the skeletal and muscular structure, through drawing sessions with a nude model and through action studies of both nude and clothed figures. They use a variety of techniques, including contour, gesture and modeled drawing, and a variety of materials, including pencil, charcoal, crayon and ink. Areas of focus include light and shade, point of view and composition. Through observation and analysis of the works of master artists and through critiques of their own work, students develop an understanding and appreciation of the use of the human figure in art. Each student produces a final project that demonstrates his or her unique understanding and expression of the concepts studied in the course. At the end of the semester, students participate in a student exhibit.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture AT1111 This course will build on students' previous experience in drawing to introduce them to the tools, materials, techniques, and basic language of painting as experienced through transparent and gouache paints. The use of wet materials combined with a deep exploration into the uses of color allows students to form visual ideas and express them in formal and non-traditional approaches. Still lives, landscapes and figure work will provide inspiration for many projects, yet students will also explore the possibilities of non-representational work. Finally, students will be exposed to and research the work of some major artists working in a variety of genres.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture AT1311 This second-semester course introduces students to zone-system photography as a means to refine their understanding and control of print tones. Also, through emphasis on the photographic essay, students explore the use of the medium as visual language.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture AT2311 This course allows a student to design and pursue a personal photography project which incorporates student chosen techniques, styles, subject matter, and presentation for exploration. The student will identify the goals of the project and areas of needed instruction and field supervision with instructor consultation. The student is expected to maintain a schedule of regular supervised darkroom hours and meet with the instructor on a weekly basis to review and assess progress. The project will be graded on the basis of whether the student accomplishes the goals and on the quality of the photographs as measured on an established course standard for judging prints.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture AT1411 This course introduces the student to Video Art as a form of self-expression. Through the use of experimental and conventional techniques the student learns to use video as an art form to explore personal mythologies, socio/cultural issues or for the creation of short narrative-style movies. Through this course the student is introduced to the recent history of video as an art form distinct from film in concept, methodology and production. The student will be introduced to contemporary video artists such as Bill Viola, Coco Fusco, Martha Rosler and Matthew Barney among others. This course also seeks to further expand the technical and conceptual knowledge gathered in the introductory course Video I. Students learn more sophisticated shooting and editing strategies using professional cameras and the Final Cut Pro editing software.
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