Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert

Creative Arts Profiles and Graduate Profile
Creative Arts Option
Profiles
There are three distinct profiles which share a common first
semester. As of the second semester, students specialize in
a profile of their choosing. In the third and fourth
semesters, students in each profile are permitted to take an
optional course in profiles other than their own, thereby
giving each student a well-rounded exposure to various
media used for expression.
1. Digital Imaging/Studio Arts allows students to create
works with traditional art-making techniques such as
drawing, painting and sculpture, and with digital imaging
in both 2D and 3D applications. They will learn how the
computer can be an artist's tool, how the screen is a kind
of canvas, and how sculpture can be designed in both real
and virtual space. Students practise traditional art-making
techniques concurrently with the newer digital methods.
2. Film/Video/Communications is designed to educate
students about film and video from a variety of
perspectives - aesthetic, historical, technical, and
theoretical. The profile has a “hands-on” approach, and
working individually and in teams, students create
original productions in a variety of styles and
situations, including fiction, documentary, and
animation.
3. Photo/Design teaches students about photography and
design in contemporary media, through a variety of both
practical and theoretical study. Integrating digital and
traditional media, students will learn to express their own
ideas in practical courses merging technical aspects of
photography and design, and the visual language
associated with modern communications.
Graduate Profile
Graduates will:
• Be able to define and produce an artistic work in their
field of specialization.
• Be familiar with current theories, trends, history, and
practices of creative arts in their chosen field of
specialization.
• Be familiar with and use the critical vocabulary
pertinent to their specialization.
• Be able to situate the contemporary creative impulse
within the history of art and ideas.
• Demonstrate an awareness of the historical and cultural
influences in their chosen field of specialization.
• Show awareness of ethical issues in personal and work
situations.
• Be skilled in methods of analysis and argument.
• Demonstrate the ability to think critically and creatively.
• Be confident in their ability to recognise and experiment
with many different means of communication using
various media.
• Be able to convey meaning through a variety of media
and technologies.
• Demonstrate abilities in a preferred medium as well as
explain the theories relevant to the use of this medium.
• Demonstrate understanding of the "production chain"
of all the steps between conception and presentation of
a project.
• Demonstrate self-motivation and the ability to meet
goals within deadlines.
• Demonstrate the ability to persevere and rework
projects to achieve high standards.
• Demonstrate the ability to work in a cooperative
manner with members of a team as well as
independently.
• Be able to present their work in a professional manner.
• Demonstrate the ability to transfer and apply skills to
environments and/or problems different from those
with which they have experience.
• Be able to develop projects that will prepare them for
university studies in either the Creative Arts field or in a
wide range of university programs outside of the
Creative Arts field.
• Develop a portfolio for application to university
programs or to potential employers.
Additionally, graduates from the Digital Imaging/Studio
Arts profile will:
• Be able to identify and describe the elements of 2- and
3-dimensional space, figure ground, value and form; the
principles of rhythm, size, proportion and composition;
and the expressive qualities of symbol and story.
• Be able to identify and describe the elements of value,
perspective and colour schemes; the principles of
contrast, emphasis and unity; and the expressive
qualities of thematic development and sequence.
• Demonstrate the ability to organize the elements and
principles to convey meaning through a variety of media
and technology.
• Be able to discuss the creative process, especially in
relation to their own production.
• Be able to speak about their work in reference to
historical and/or contemporary art.