NCSSM COURSE CAtAlOG - North Carolina School of Science and ...

The course cultivates students’ interest and appreciation for oil painting. The
subjects include still life, landscape, and portrait oil painting, as well as art theory
and appreciation. This class involves in-class demonstrations and supervised
work sessions as well as out-of-class work. Students assemble a portfolio of their
work completed in this course. Repeatable for credit.
AR316 Digital Fine Art Photography
One trimester
Credit: One unit additional elective credit.
Meeting pattern: Three periods per week.
This course introduces students to the concepts and techniques necessary to
create, edit, and store color photographic images using digital
technology. Units on color theory, image-editing, printing options, and digital
image storage are also covered. Students focus on personal exploration using
technology as a creative medium for visual expression. Repeatable for credit.
AR318 Mixed Media
One trimester
Credit: One unit additional elective credit.
Meeting pattern: Three periods per week.
In this course, students develop an inventive and experimental approach to a
variety of media and examine how media, idea, and composition relate.
Nontraditional uses of traditional materials are explored as well as the
boundaries between painting and sculpture when nontraditional materials are
incorporated in assemblage form. Repeatable for credit.
COURSE OFFERINGS: Drama
DR302, DR304, DR306 Theater Performance Workshop
One trimester each
Credit: One unit each additional elective credit.
Meeting pattern: One 3-hour evening class meeting.
This course focuses on the craft of stage performance beginning with rudiments
of acting and building outwards to develop the skills and vocabulary of the
theater artist. Students survey several acting methods working as individuals and
cooperative ensembles in the study of topics including voice, movement,
improvisation, characterization, scene work, and text analysis for stage. As the
course progresses, our study expands to skills in direction and technical
design/operation. During each class, students participate in acting exercises
that include structured peer feedback and often require physical activity. In
addition, students enrolled are required to apply their classroom experience by
11