Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert

Creative Arts (continued)
510-402-LA
Advanced Digital Workshop
(Concentration course for students in Creative Arts -
Digital Imaging/Studio Arts profile only)
In this advanced course students are given the
opportunity to develop a more personal body of work
with digital tools. Students will work by proposal, for
which they must do research into a contemporary digital
art practice. Work will be reviewed in class critiques and
presentations. Both written and verbal analysis will be a
requirement. Depending on the dictates of their
proposals, students will be encouraged to look beyond
the platforms they have already learned for the
completion of their work.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00
Prerequisite: 510-202 or with written permission from
instructor (any with 510 prerequisite failed may be
taken concurrently 510-402)
510-403-LA
Integrated Project/Portfolio
(Concentration course for students in Creative Arts -
Digital Imaging/Studio Arts profile only)
In this course, students integrate the skills and knowledge
acquired in the program. They prepare a portfolio for
application to university programs, technical schools, or
related employment. The portfolio will consist of slide
documentation and examples of work completed in
previous courses, a statement of intent, a letter of
application, properly formatted lists of slides, content etc.
Students will propose and execute an artwork of their own
design, which will be worked on over an extended period of
time (8 weeks). The written proposal for the extended
studio project must include a rationale on how the artwork
includes themes, theories, and techniques that the student
has identified as being present in their work.
3 hours/week Units: 1.66
Prerequisite: all 510s from previous semesters or with
written permission from instructor (any prerequisite
failed may be taken concurrently with 510-403)
510-901-LA
Drawing
(Option course for students in Creative Arts -
Film/Video/Communications and Photo/Design only)
Learning how to draw requires learning to see and translate.
This is considered a basic skill in any field of visual art.
Students will learn how various qualities of line can be used
to describe objects, figures, environments, movement and
time. They will be introduced to perspective systems and
experiment with light, colour and distortion. This course is
useful to students interested in still or moving images. Class:
3 hours/week Units: 1.66
Prerequisite: 510-101 or with written permission from
instructor
510-902-LA
Computer Graphics
(Option course for students in Creative Arts -
Film/Video/Communications and Photo/Design profiles
only)
This option course is designed to give students an
introduction to various ways to create digital images that
can be used for computer graphic. Students will learn to
create, manage and manipulate digital graphics files,
using Photoshop as their primary tool. Students will be
graded on their mastering of technical skills, creativity in
solving problems and how well they link the formal
aspects of art-making with content and meaning.
3 hours/week Units: 1.66
510-904-LA
Experimental Techniques in Drawing
(Option course for students in Creative Arts -
Film/Video/Communications and Photo/Design profiles
only)
In this course students will be exposed to experimental
techniques in drawing which contribute to their visual
understanding. Using collage, colour, and mixed media,
students will consider the problems and challenges of
composition, movement, change and related issues. This
drawing course allows for direct hands on experimentation
with the concerns common to all 2-dimensional visual
works.
3 hours/week Units: 1.66
Prerequisite: 510-101 or with written permission from
instructor
510-905-LA
2D Computer Animation Workshop
(Option course for students in Creative Arts -
Film/Video/Communications and Photo/Design profiles
only)
Students will be introduced to some basic techniques of
computer assisted animation using desktop-based
animation software; in particular, Macromedia’s Flash.
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
demonstrate competence with Vector and Paint-based 2D
graphics production; produce animation sequences using a
range of animation techniques; complete a short animated
work illustrating skills acquired during the course;
incorporate sound and other multimedia elements into a
presentation.
3 hours/week Units: 1.66
Prerequisite: 510-101 or with written permission from
instructor