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3.00 Credits
This course is about learning the central beliefs of the world's major religions. Through writing, reflection, and presentation, students will explore the basic tenets of the world's major religions, who founded the religion, their main writings or scriptures, and their philosophical underpinnings concerning such issues as definition of religion, the existence of God/gods, faith, reason, ceremonial practices, and their relationship with the world. Meets MnTC Goal 6
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2.00 Credits
In this introductory course, students will take a philosophical approach to thinking about painting, photography, film, architecture, music, literature, theater arts, and popular art. Using ideas from a variety of time periods, students will analyze artworks of their own choosing. All students will find this course valuable though it will be of special interest to those in programs such as Applied Visual Arts, Architectural Technology, Graphic Design Technology, Photography, Photographic Imaging Technology, Interior Design, Landscape Horticulture, Multimedia and Web Design.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
In this introductory course, students will take a philosophical approach to thinking about painting, photography, film, architecture, music, literature, theater arts, and popular art. Using ideas from a variety of time periods, students will analyze artworks of their own choosing. All students will find this course valuable though it will be of special interest to those in the following programs: Interior Design, Architectural Technology, Graphic Design Technology, Multimedia & Web Design, and Photographic Technology. The 2-credit option and the first 2 credits of the 3-credit option will address the philosophy of the arts in general, and the last credit of the 3-credit option will only address topics in the philosophy of architecture. Mn TC Goals: Goal 02 - Critical Thinking; Goal 06 - Humanities/Fine Arts
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3.00 Credits
In this introductory course, students will take a philosophical approach to thinking about technology. Students will discuss and criticize texts written by ancient, modern, and contemporary philosophers. Also addressed will be related ethical and political matters. Meets Mn TC Goal Areas 2, 6, and 9.
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2.00 Credits
This course gives the student a introduction to most of the controls and adjustments available on today's complicated digital SLR cameras. Through hands-on projects we will experiment with both manual and automatic exposure controls with a main emphasis in exposure control, depth-of-field, and motion adjustments. Discussion of camera types, lenses types and uses, and accessories will compliment the practice of capturing images that illustrate composition and storytelling. An introduction to management of images and proofing techniques will be included. This course is specially designed for those who plan to make a career out of providing photographic services.
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3.00 Credits
This hands-on introductory course is designed to familiarize students with the industry standard Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera. Coursework will cover operation of manually-adjustable DSLR camera functions such as controlling motion, depth of field, ISO, white balance through various indoor, outdoor, and natural lighting conditions. Gaining an understanding of the controls and adjustments will be the key to this course; but students will also be exposed to additional skills such as management and output of images as part of the digital workflow procedures, photographic composition, use of on-camera flash, presentation of finished images, and uses of images in the industry.
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2.00 Credits
All photography makes use of some form of lighting and this course will introduce the student to both natural, ambient, and artificial lighting situations. Lighting equipment operation and use light modifiers and meters will be the main emphasis throughout this course. Lighting variables, metering techniques, and light control will be practiced by distinguishing the qualities of light in terms of direction, color, contrast, form, and intensity. This course will give the student an understanding of all types of lighting and practical hands-on experience with meters, lights, and modifiers used both in studios and on location.
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1.00 Credits
This course covers the use of natural outdoor and window lighting and cameras to produce professional looking portraits. Emphasis will be on the use locations and posing to capture creative images of individuals, couples, small and large groups of people. A critical skill in this area is the ability to use the correct lighting direction, form, intensity, color and contrast to enhance the character and features of the customer. Projects will include typical family, high school senior, on-location, and group portrait techniques. Prerequisites: PHOT 1050, PHOT 1110
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3.00 Credits
The essence of good photography is the ability to apply principals of photography to the understanding of light and lighting conditions. This course teaches students to differentiate and control light by distinguishing qualities of light in terms of direction, color, contrast, and intensity. It builds on this differentiation by teaching ways to modify light, both in the studio and on location. this course covers the use of various types of light meters and light modifiers used in all different lighting conditions from studio, to window light, to indoor flash, and to outdoor light. Consideration is given to the use of traditional lighting methods and the significance of these methods in the commercial photography market.
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2.00 Credits
Adobe Lightroom helps photographers organize and manipulate their images. It works hand in hand with Adobe Photoshop and Bridge but adds many new options and features. This course will explore the power and features of Lightroom and how it can import, catalog, save and organize thousands of images and save the photographer a lot of time upfront in the workflow. Then Lightroom's develop and print modules can modify, manipulate and improve digital images in a non-destructive manner. We will wrap up this class with practice outputting images to web, to CD and to labs to create products and images for client viewing. Bring a few hundred images to class for hands-on practice during this class. Prerequisites: NONE
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