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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 12.00 Credits
6940. Individual Research. Variable credit. Individual research for the doctoral candidate. Prerequisite(s): approved applications for special problems/independent research/dissertation credit must be submitted to the COBA Student Advising Office prior to registration.
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3.00 - 9.00 Credits
6950. Doctoral Dissertation. 3, 6 or 9 hours. To be scheduled only with consent of department. 12 hours credit required. No credit assigned until dissertation has been completed and filed with the graduate dean. Doctoral students must maintain continuous enrollment in this course subsequent to passing qualifying examination for admission to candidacy. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite(s): approved applications for special problems/independent research/dissertation credit must be submitted to the COBA Student Advising Office prior to registration.
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3.00 Credits
1500. Introduction to Communication Design. 3 hours. Overview of the communication design profession. Terminology, design planning, creative methodological processes, human communication, metaphorical thinking, Gestalt, form analysis, semiotics, ethics and creative teamwork. Offered fall semester only.
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3.00 Credits
1510. Typography I. 3 hours (2;4). This course will teach students about typography's formal, plastic qualities. Topics covered will include : typographic anatomy and vocabulary, figure ground relationships, letterform drawing and rendering, character manipulation, typographic semiotics and the relationship existing between type and color. Course will be structured around lectures, demonstrations, extensive studio work and critiques. Traditional and digital techniques will be used over the course of the semester. This is an artifact based course. Prerequisite(s) : ART 1200, 1400, 1500. Student must be accepted into the communication design program through the Communication Design Entry Portfolio Review. Students are required to have completed Adobe Illustrator certification prior to the start of this class.
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3.00 Credits
1550. Introduction to Fashion Design. 3 hours. An overview of fashion as art and as an industry, including manufacturing processes, terminology and line organization. Principles and elements of design as applied to fashion. Offered fall semester only.
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3.00 Credits
1560. Fashion Design: Introduction to Industrial Sewing Techniques. 3 hours. (2;4) Introduction to machinery and construction techniques used in the mass production of apparel. Student projects focus on unlined garment construction.
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3.00 Credits
1625. Introduction to Interior Design. 3 hours. Basic understanding of concepts, principles and elements as they relate to the interior design profession.
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3.00 Credits
2500. Design Thinking. 3 hours (2;4). This course will introduce students to : creative methodologies, research processes, ethnographic study, teamwork, ideational drawing for communication, iterative exploration, semiotics and branding. Students will encapsulate the processes they learn in this class into a capstone visual artifact. This artifact along with projects and exercises generated in Typography I and II wil be evaluated by the communication design faculty to determine which students will move forward into the next two courses in the communication design sequence. Participation in the Conditional Mid-Point Review is required to pass the course. Prerequisite(s) : ART 1510, ADES 1500 (student may be concurrently enrolled), ADES 1510. Student must be concurrently enroled in ADES 2510.
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3.00 Credits
2510. Typography II. 3 hours (2;4). This course will teach students about typography hierarchy and systems. Building on the skills learned in Type I students will engage with : grid, sequences and narrative, hierarchical relationships, typographic texture, typographic expressions, formal typographic variables and their effect on the typographic systems. Traditional techniques will be used over the course of the semester. This course is an artifact bsed course. Prerequisite(s) : ART 1510. Students are required to have completed Adobe InDesign certification prior to the start of this class.
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3.00 Credits
2520. Graphic Design I. 3 hours (2;4). Students in this course will apply the processes and skills learned in Design Thinking as well as the typographic skills acquired in Typography I & II to produce a variety of graphic design artifacts such as visual identity development and collateral which may include, but is not limited to, brochures, stationery ensembles and / or poster design. Additionally, students will first learn various graphic illustration styles and continue to explore color theory. Participation in the Mid-Point Review is required to pass this course. Prerequisite(s) : ADES 2500, 2510. Student must have been selected to continue in the program in the Conditional Mid-Point Portfolio Review. Students are required to have completed Adobe Photoshop certification prior to the start of this class.
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