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Course Descriptions
DIGITAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY
| #COP 2842 |
3 hrs., 3 crs. |
| Developing Web Sites using PHP/MySQL |
$12.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: CEN 2313
This course provides the students with the opportunity to learn how to create database-driven web sites using service-side scripting languages. Topics include introduction to PHP, working with data types and operators,, building functions and control structures, manipulating strings, accessing files and directories, manipulating data in arrays and strings, working with databases and MySQL, manipulating MySQL databases with PHP, managing state information, and debugging and error handling. |
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| #DIG 1710 |
3 hrs., 3 crs. |
| Introduction to Game Development |
$12.00 lab fee |
| Participants in this course will have an opportunity to explore the skills and techniques associated with the electronic/digital game development process, including content creation strategies and production techniques. This course is intended for individuals interested in the game. |
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| DIG 2000 |
3 hrs., 3 crs. |
| Introduction to Digital Media |
Participants in this course will have an opportunity to explore the avenues of contemporary digital design, highlighting the importance of process, innovation, and communication. Students will become familiar with design projects, ranging from traditional print, sophisticated websites, interactive digital media, and motion graphics. Students will be required to focus on developing and refining the design concept and the execution strategies specific to digital media. |
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| #DIG 2040 |
3 hrs., 3crs. |
| Survey of Game Development |
$18.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: DIG 1710.
Participants in this course will have an opportunity to explore the skills and techniques associated with game development fundamentals. Experiences include a survey of game development, game design, creating game art objects, game scripting, and game documentation. |
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| #DIG 2100 |
3 hrs., 3crs. |
| Web Design I |
$18.00 lab fee |
| Participants in this course will have an opportunity to explore an introduction to professional tools, techniques and methods used in Web design and publishing. Through the use of current industry production software, students will create and edit electronic pages, layouts and Websites. |
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| #DIG 2101 |
3 hrs., 3crs. |
| Web Design II |
$18.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: DIG 2100.
Participants in this course will have an opportunity to explore advanced conceptual, aesthetic, and production design issues for interactive Websites design and creation. Current industry production software will be used to develop electronic pages and paths that contain interaction, animation, sound, and video. |
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| #DIG 2205 |
3 hrs., 3crs. |
| Basic Video Editing |
$16.00 lab fee |
| Participants in this course will have an opportunity to explore basic working concepts of the art of editing through the use of linear and non-linear video editing systems. Topics to be covered include: capturing both digital and analog video, organizing a new project, storing video clips, explaining the browser, viewer, canvas and timeline. Students will experience hands on instruction in the use of the above elements, which will result in the ability to log and capture, edit with straight cuts and simple effects, and output the final product to tape. Students will also be exposed to some of the more advanced features of an editing program including special effects, composing, text and titling. |
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| #DIG 2251 |
3 hrs., 3crs. |
| Introduction to Digital Audio |
$18.00 lab fee |
| Participants in this course will have an opportunity to explore the skills and techniques associated with digital audio production. Students will explore current technologies and practices used for field recording, use of digital audio workstations, and digital audio editing. |
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| #DIG 2280 |
3 hrs., 3 crs. |
| Digital Video and Sound |
$22.00 lab fee |
| Participants in this course will have an opportunity to explore basic working concepts of the art of editing through the use of desktop video production and editing software as well as a non-linear video editing system. Topics to be covered include: capturing both digital and analog audio and video, organizing a new project, storing digital audio and video clips, managing multiple audio and video inputs, and navigating canvas and timeline. Students will experience hands on instruction in the use of the above elements, which will result in the ability to capture, edit, and output the final product to a rendered digital compression format and DVD. Students will also be exposed to advanced features of a digital video editing program. |
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| #DIG 2284 |
3 hrs., 3crs. |
| Advanced Digital Video & Sound |
$22.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: DIG2280.
Participants in this course will have an opportunity to explore advanced concepts and skills for planning and production of digital video segments and projects of extended length. Through a series of projects, students develop an awareness of advanced digital editing techniques. the encouragement of increasing levels of storytelling, pacing, timing, and an overall higher visual aesthetic will be emphasized. Students will work in teams to design, plan, and create a video segment within an array of genres: documentary, staged interview, fiction, animation, and more. |
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| #DIG 2300 |
3 hrs., 3crs. |
| 2D Animation |
$22.00 lab fee |
| Participants in this course will have an opportunity to explore the skills and techniques associated 2D Animation. This is an introductory course in creating two-dimensional digital animation. The software Adobe After Effects, or an equivalent substitution such as Flash, FlashMX, or Fireworks will be used. Students will explore the historical and cultural precursors to digital animation, making links between early cinema, experimental film, and our contemporary electronic milieu. |
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| #DIG 2302 |
3 hrs., 3crs. |
| 3D Modeling and Animation |
$25.00 lab fee |
| Participants in this course will have an opportunity to explore the skills and techniques associated 3D modeling and Animation. This is an introductory course in creating three-dimensional digital animation. The software 3D Studio-Max, or an appropriate substitution will be used. Students will explore the concepts of light, shadow, foreshortening, nurbs, polygons, textures, keyframes, and rendering processes as they relate to digital animation and 3D modeling. |
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| #DIG 2410 |
3 hrs., 3crs. |
| Basic Scripting for Video & Digital Media |
Prerequisite: Satisfactory reading and English scores on the College-Level Entry Placement Test.
Participants in this course will have an opportunity to explore basic concepts of writing for visual media. This exploration will include, but not be limited to, a taxonomy of visual presentations, the stages of script development for visual media, development of creative concepts, differentiating fictional from non-fictional narratives, writing for multiple digital formats, and writing for online digital media. |
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| #DIG 2430 |
3 hrs., 3crs. |
| Storyboarding and Conceptualizing for Game
Development |
$18.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: DIG 1710.
Participants in this course will have an opportunity to explore the skills and techniques associated with storyboarding and game creation. This is an introductory course in the conceptualization as it relates to game development. Students will explore the concepts of game layout charts, storyboarding, level layouts, environment illustrations, character designs, model sheets and graphic user interface as they relate to game development. Basic skills in software such as GameMaker or 3D Studio-Max, or an appropriate substitution will be introduced. |
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| #DIG 2580 |
1 hr., 1cr. |
| Digital Media Portfolio |
Prerequisite: Permission of adviser to enroll.
Participants in this course will have an opportunity to explore the skills and techniques associated with digital media portfolio creation. Students will explore current tactics and practices used to display best works and showcase projects completed throughout their digital media program. Students will research Web sites, analyze intended audiences, construct a resume, write a digital artist’s statement, and create a prototype digital portfolio for self-promotion. This is a capstone course intended to be taken the last semester of study. |
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| #GRA 1100 |
3 hrs., 3crs. |
| Principles of Graphic Design |
$12.00 lab fee |
| Students attending this course will be exposed to a hands-on introduction to the principles and techniques of graphic design for print and digital media covering print and digital production; resolution and size considerations; vector vs. raster formats; color theory and layout principles; typography; file formats, output, and management. Upon completion, students should be able to creatively produce graphic designs. |
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| #GRA 2121 |
3 hrs., 3crs. |
| Introduction to Desktop Publishing |
$18.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: GRA 1100.
Students in this course will focus on the skills and practice related to desktop publishing processes and procedures. Experiences will include an exposure to the uses of Adobe InDesign (or an equivalent desktop publishing software application) for document layout and design. Students will have the opportunity to learn how to integrate text, graphics, and photographs to create a variety of professional quality finished documents for practical and business use. |
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| #GRA 2151 |
3 hrs., 3crs. |
| Drawing Techniques for Digital Illustration |
$18.00 lab fee |
| This course provides students with experiences in illustration and digital art techniques and the application of vector graphics in the field of graphic design. The content includes, but is not be limited to: identification and investigation of Adobe Illustrator and/or Corel Draw consisting of lines and curves defined by mathematical objects called vectors. Identification and application of general methods for critical, aesthetic, and technical judgments relating to the uses of computer-generated illustrations for print, web, and multimedia designs. Also included is the history of graphic design and the application of computers to the graphic world. |
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| #GRA 2156 |
3 hrs., 3crs. |
| Computer Graphics for Digital Designers I |
$25.00 lab fee |
| Participants in this course will have an opportunity to explore the basic functions of Adobe Photoshop to create dynamic digital art in the field of Graphic Design. The course begins with the identification and investigation of the Principles and Elements of Design, moves to exploration of the role Photoshop and photo-editing plays in the graphic industry, and concludes with student design and completion of a comprehensive project. |
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| #GRA 2157 |
3 hrs., 3crs. |
| Computer Graphics for Digital Designers II |
$25.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: GRA 2156.
Participants in this course will have an opportunity to explore the advanced functions of Adobe Photoshop to create dynamic digital art in the field of Graphic Design. |
DESIGN DRAFTING-ARCHITECTURE/INDUSTRIAL
| EGS 1110C |
6 hrs., 3 crs. |
| Engineering Drawing |
$25.00 lab fee |
Student must provide own drafting instruments.
A basic course in graphical expression. This course focuses on using 3-D visualization projects to solve problems and uses traditional drafting practices,. Areas covered will be orthographic projections, geometric constructions, isometric drawings, sectioning, dimensioning, and auxiliary views. |
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| EGS 1130C |
6 hrs., 3 crs. |
| Descriptive Geometry |
$25.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: EGS 1110C or previous drafting experience. Students must furnish own drafting instruments.
This course focuses on the graphical solution of relationships between point, lines, planes, and solids in space with
emphasis on advanced geometric constructions, auxiliary views, surface intersections, and developments. |
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| ETD 1320 |
3 hrs., 3 crs. |
| AutoCAD |
$25.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: EGS 1110C or drafting experience.
A beginning course in AutoCAD. Content includes drawing to scale, editing, plotting a drawing, the use of library symbols and files management. |
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| #ETD 1325 |
1 hr., 1 cr |
| AutoCAD, Level I |
$10.00 lab fee |
| Basic knowledge and skills necessary to successfully operate a microcomputer system using a Computer Aided Drafting and Design application program. Topics include CADD System Hardware, MS-DOS Operating System, installing AutoCAD, operating AutoCAD, using draw and edit menus. |
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| #ETD 1326 |
1 hr., 1 cr. |
| AutoCAD, Level II |
$10.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: ETD 1325.
Review of AutoCAD, Level I, drawing graphic entities, advanced editing commands, dimensioning commands, advanced plotting commands. |
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| #ETD 1327 |
1 hr., 1 cr. |
| AutoCAD, Level III |
$10.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: ETD 1326.
Review of AutoCAD Levels I and II, grouping entities into blocks, drawing enhancements, attributes, and data extraction. |
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| #ETD 1802C |
6 hrs., 3 crs. |
| Technical Illustration |
$25.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: EGS 1110C.
A study of pictorial drafting styles and techniques, including isometric, diametric, trimetric, oblique, perspective, and shading. |
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| ETD 2350 |
3 hrs., 3 crs. |
| Advanced AutoCAD |
$25.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: ETD 1320.
An advanced course in AutoCAD. Includes external references, drawing environments and viewports, utility commands, special features, 3D modeling, rendering, customizing AutoCAD menus, and AutoLISP. |
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| #ETD 2357C |
6 hrs., 3 crs. |
| AutoDesk Inventor |
$25.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: EGS 1110C or previous drafting experience.
This course forms a solid foundation in the basics of using AutoDesk Inventor (a Parametric Solid Modeling Mechanical Design software package). |
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| #ETD 2395 |
6 hrs., 3 crs. |
| CAD for Architecture |
$25.00 lab fee |
Prerequisites: TAR 1120 or equivalent.
The student will use Architectural CAD software to complete a 3-D design and set of working drawings. This will consist of a Floor Plan, 4 Elevations, Structural Section, Floor and Roof Framing Plan, and a Presentation Drawing. |
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| #ETD 2461 |
1 hr., 1 cr. |
| Mechanical Systems Drafting |
Prerequisite: EGS 1110C. Corequisite: ETD 2461L.
Industrial drafting with emphasis on piping, welding, and design of gearing and cams. |
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| #ETD 2461L |
6 hrs., 3 crs. |
| Mechanical Systems Drafting Lab |
$25.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: EGS 1110C. Corequisite: ETD 2461.
Investigation and implementation of ETD 2461 lecture content with emphasis on drafting solutions using both manual and computer methods. |
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| #ETD 2465 |
1 hr., 1 cr. |
| Jig and Fixture Design |
Prerequisite: EGS 1110C. Corequisite: ETD 2465L.
Emphasis on jig and fixture design, casting design, materials selection, and computer-aided design solutions. |
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| #ETD 2465L |
6 hrs., 3 crs. |
| Jig and Fixture Design Lab |
$25.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: EGS 1110C. Corequisite: ETD 2465.
Investigation and implementation of ETD 2465 lecture content with emphasis on drafting solutions using computer-aided design drafting equipment and software. |
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| #ETD 2730 |
1 hr., 1 cr. |
| Industrial Drafting |
Prerequisite: EGS 1110C. Corequisite: ETD 2701L.
The course will focus on concepts and practices of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing using practical examples and SME videos. All drawings will be done using AutoCAD. Emphasizes industrial drafting conventions and practices, including tolerancing, dimensions, surface control, threads, and assemblies, using ANSI standards. |
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| #ETD 2730L |
6 hrs., 3 crs. |
| Industrial Drafting Lab |
$25.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: EGS 1110C. Corequisite: ETD 2701.
Investigation and implementation of lecture content with emphasis on drafting solutions. |
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| TAR 1120 |
1 hr., 1 cr. |
| Architectural Drafting |
Prerequisite: EGS 1110C. Corequisite: TAR 1120L.
Review of fundamentals of drafting concepts and application to architectural design. Understanding of basic architectural concepts is made by using residential plans to develop details, symbols, and an understanding of sound architectural design. |
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| TAR 1120L |
6 hrs., 3 crs. |
| Architectural Drafting Lab |
$25.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: EGS 1110C. Corequisite: TAR 1120.
Investigation and implementation of lecture content with emphasis on drafting solutions. |
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| #TAR 2122 |
1 hr., 1 cr. |
| Residential Architectural Design |
Prerequisite: TAR 1120. Corequisite: TAR 2122L.
A continuation of Architectural Drafting with emphasis on light construction principles. The student will design a multi-level residence and develop all details, presentation drawings, and a scale model. |
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| #TAR 2122L |
6 hrs., 3 crs. |
| Residential Design Lab |
$25.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: TAR 1120. Corequisite: TAR 2122.
Investigation and implementation of TAR 2122 lecture content with emphasis on drafting solutions using computer-aided design system. |
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| TAR 2154 |
1 hr., 1 cr. |
| Commercial Architectural Design |
Prerequisite: TAR1120. Corequisite: TAR 2154L.
A continuation of Architectural Drafting with emphasis on structural and mechanical systems design. Students will design a commercial building of their choice, making a complete set of details and presentation drawings. Emphasis will be placed on using computer-aided design and equipment software. |
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| TAR 2154L |
6 hrs., 3 crs. |
| Commercial Design Lab |
$25.00 lab fee |
Prerequisite: TAR 1120. Corequisite: TAR 2154.
Investigation and implementation of TAR 2154 lecture content with emphasis on drafting solutions using computer-aided design system. |
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| # Applies only to A.S. degree, A.A.S. degree, and certificate programs. |
| + Minimum grade of "C" required. |
| = PSAV course. |
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