Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert

Complementary (Continued)
360-D2B-LA
Programming with Visual Basic
(Complementary course - not open to Computer Science
students)
This course introduces the student to VB for Windows.
This course stresses good programming practices and
provides insights into the major applications of
computers. Students interested in this course should
have a basic knowledge of using a computer. All
programming concepts will be reinforced with class
exercises and lab assignments.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00
360-D2G-LA
Study Skills in Algebra
(Complementary course, see NOTE below)
360-D2H-LA
Study Skills in Functions
(Complementary course, see NOTE below)
NOTE: Required for students in the Explorations program.
Open to non-Science students as follows: (1) For students
who have passed High School SN 4 or ST4 or Math SN 5 or
ST5 but who are not yet sufficiently confident to go on to
Math SN 5 or ST5 or Calculus I. (2) For students currently
enrolled in Math 013 (SN 4 or ST4) or Math 015 (Math
SN 5 or ST5) but who need additional reinforcement of
their Math skills.
These courses will help the student develop and strengthen
skills necessary to succeed in college level science and
mathematics courses. Emphasis will be placed on
communication in the language of mathematics including
correct notation, terminology, and the ability to use
mathematics and science textbooks.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00
360-E1A-LA
Introduction to Film Studies
(Complementary course - not open to Creative Arts
students)
This course is designed to change the way students see films
by introducing them to the specialized language of film
making. We will look at specific elements such as types of
shots, camera movement, lighting, set design, sound,
editing techniques and narrative structure in order to better
understand how film works as an art form. Using this
knowledge, the student will analyze the ways in which film
makers convey meaning, message and mood in their films.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00
360-E1B-LA
The Arts in Review
(Complementary course - not open to Creative Arts
students)
In this course, students will learn to understand the
aesthetic values of different art forms, and to gain an
appreciation for the diversity and scope of the arts.
Students will be introduced to different modes of
analysis and criticism by reading and writing reviews of
books, films, the performing arts and exhibitions at
Montreal galleries and museums. Students will examine
their responses to different art forms and will share their
reactions with others.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00
360-E1C-LA
Writing for Journalism
(Complementary course - open to all students)
This course concentrates on the art and science of
writing for the news media. Reporting techniques,
journalistic principles, news story construction, and copy
editing will be examined, as will opinion and feature
writing.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00
360-E1E-01
Science Fiction and The Graphic Novel
(Complementary course - open to all students)
Students in this course will study relevant works in a way
that establishes their relationship to one another
through a common motif or recurrent literary theme.
Students will trace common ideas, aesthetic forms and
contexts in a selection of works from diverse periods and
cultures.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00
360-E1G-LA
La Belle Province
(Complementary course -not open to Creative Arts
students)
This course will tell the story of Quebec through sound
and image. The changes in Quebec’s history have been
vibrantly recorded in the works of artists for over four
centuries. These artistic tellings of history are everpresent
in music and the visual arts. From generation to
generation artists have been influenced by the lived
experience of both social and personal events. In turn,
their artistic works have affected people, both artists and
spectators. By examining the works and lives of artists
from the past to the present we will discover how we
have become who we are now. Some of Quebec’s
greatest hits include the painters Ozias Leduc, Anne
Savage and Paul-Émile Borduas, the musicians La Bolduc,
Gilles Vigneault, Beau Dommage, Diane Dufresne and
Arcade Fire, the directors, Denis Arcand, Denis
Villeneuve, and Robert Lepage and the multimedia
phenomenon Cirque du Soleil.
3hours/week Units: 2.00