This class explores traditional digital photographic techniques, investigates the mechanics and abilities of a digital camera, and examines photographic history. Using the camera as a manual 35mm DSLR, students will produce ...

This class builds on the fundamentals acquired in Digital Photography and guides students to an advanced, working understanding of the medium. Students will become well versed in numerous technical approaches to image ...

Professional practices in the context of art and design involves skills intended to build and sustain a creative career. This course will focus on planning for a successful transition from undergraduate life to the ...

This course introduces students to the basic concepts of graphic design with Adobe software as the main tool in achieving a project’s goals. Students will explore communicating their individual ideas through the use of ...

Course Description: How can photography act as a witness? How can an image empower change? In this course we will consider these questions and more as we examine core ideas for understanding the creation, gathering, and ...

In this class we will learn the fundamental techniques of observation utilized by designers and artists to make visual decisions and to create compelling works. As artists, we observe the world very closely. We consider ...

In this introduction to painting we will make a good study of the fundamentals so that you can become familiar and comfortable with the use of acrylic paint on a variety of surfaces. When the semester is complete you ...

This course offers a basic introduction to the history of European and American art and architecture from the ancient period to the present. It is designed to provide an introduction to all the major eras of Western art ...

This seminar focuses on the relation of Impressionism and modern life, especially the new urban spaces and lifestyles of Paris in the late nineteenth century. A key concern, for instance, will be representation of city ...

This class will acquaint the students with the study of color and the role it plays in design and art. Color is best comprehended by hands on experience, by putting theory into practice. Seeing comes before practice and ...