Course Descriptions 11-12 - NHTI - Concord's Community College

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to develop and successfully administer and market suchfacilities.SM 211 Sports Tourism 3-0-3Sport provides a significant impetus for travel incontemporary society, and this course focuses on therelationship between the sports and tourism industries. Thestudy of sports tourism draws from the disciplines ofpsychology, sociology, geography, management, leisure, andrecreation behavior. Typically, the course will include a fivedaytrip (at student expense) to a location such as Orlando,Florida, to visit world-class sports and convention facilities.SM 220 Sports Communications 3-0-3This course seeks to provide the student with anappreciation of the unique dynamics associated with thesports communication field. Students will better understandthe expectations associated with developing a sports story, asports news release, and/or a sports opinion piece, viatraditional print media or electronic media - radio, television,and/or the Internet. A review of journalistic ethics will beincluded. Students will gain first-hand experience with regardto producing television and radio broadcasts of live sportingevents. (Prerequisites: EN 101 and EN 120; SM 101 stronglyrecommended)SM 225 Sports Law 3-0-3This course focuses on the legal issues unique to the sportsworld and to sport managers. Numerous case studies andprecedents are examined, as well as how they relate tocurrent situations involving professional, intercollegiate,interscholastic and community sports and athletic activities.SM 250 Sports and Society 4-0-4This course is designed to raise awareness with regard to thesociology of sport and how cultural practices in the world ofsport can have significant social, economic, and politicalconsequences. Discussion and research should give futuresport managers a broader understanding of how sportimpacts different groups of people in different waysthroughout this country and beyond.SM 290 Sports Management Internship 0-9-3This course allows students opportunities to experience reallifesports management situations "in the field." Internshipsare cooperatively sponsored by participating partners. Thecourse approach and content can be designed to match theneeds of the sponsor with the desires of the student, as thestudent gets hands-on opportunities to participate in thepractical application of the sports management concepts andprinciples studied in the classroom. Students have completedsuccessful internships with the Whittemore Center, VerizonCenter, Planet Fitness, New Hampshire InternationalSpeedway, Concord Boys and Girls Club, Concord YMCA andmany other local or regional facilities or organizations thatare sports businesses.SM 293 Managerial Decision-Making 3-0-3This course is designed to be a capstone course for SportsManagement students to enhance and practice their criticalthinking and management skills. Students will be expected touse their previously acquired expertise (in, e.g., marketing,supervision, accounting and management) and apply that tocase studies and computer simulations of companies, bothindividually and in teams. The course will be conductedthrough student presentations and execution of a multi-yearcomputer-based simulation. (Prerequisites: AC 101, SM 101,SM 170 and BU 152 or BU 270)Visual ArtsCourses will be offered at Smokestack Center on NorthState Street in Concord.VRTS 101 Introduction to Drawing 2-4-4Students in this course will gain the basic skills and insightsnecessary to create drawings that are both accurate andexpressive. Explorations of line, value and form will engagethe eye and the hand as well as the heart. Students will gainconfidence in their own vision and their ability to draw whatthey see.VRTS 102 Introduction to the Visual Arts 3-0-3The purpose of this course is to introduce students to thelanguages, concepts, and practices of art through visual andart historical perspectives. Students will be engaged indiscussion about the elements of art, such as content,composition, style, method and materials. Students will alsobe introduced to all of the visual art practices, includingdrawing and painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography,conceptual and installation art, video art, earthworks, andperformance art, as well as craft and graphic design.VRTS 103 Two-Dimensional Design 2-3-3This course is designed to provide students with a solidfoundation in two-dimensional design and color theory.Students will learn the basic elements needed to form visualpatterns and proceed to explore a variety of approachesrelating to visual organization and pictorial composition. Asection of the course will be dedicated to the fundamentalsof color theory, its function and application.VRTS 104 Three-Dimensional Design 2-3-3This is a foundation course introducing the student to thetechnical and conceptual elements for the organization anddevelopment of three-dimensional structures. Beginningprojects will address the basic elements needed to explore avariety of approaches relating to form and space, then moveto more complex issues involving the relationships betweenform and function.VRTS 111 Survey of Western Art History I 3-0-3This course examines the history of western civilizationthrough the study of objects created by people from variouswestern cultures - from the cave paintings of the pre-historicera to the great cathedrals of Europe during the 12th and13th centuries. Students will study the artifacts, architecture,painting and sculpture that inform understanding of aculture's way of life, beliefs, and priorities. In turn, studentswill gain a deeper understanding of today's culture andsociety. Students will also develop the basic skills andvocabulary necessary to critique a work of art.8/17/2011 NHTI, Concord’s Community College Course Descriptions 2011-2012 57
VRTS 112 Survey of Western Art History II 3-0-3This course examines the history of painting sculpture andarchitecture created by Western Europeans from the early14th century through the 19th century (and beyond if timepermits). These works of art will be studied as a way tounderstand the way of life, beliefs and priorities of thesesocieties, as well as contemporary culture. Students will alsocontinue to develop the basic skills and vocabulary necessaryto critique a work of art.VRTS 115 History of Modern Art 3-0-3This course examines the origins and development ofModern Art from the French Revolution in 1789 to theoutbreak of World War II in 1939. Late 20th Century Art,including Postmodernism, and trends in Contemporary Artare introduced. Emphasis is placed on two-dimensional art,sculpture and architecture, and the creative processesemployed by modern artists. Students explore individualworks of art within their cultural and historical context.VRTS 120 Introduction to Oil Painting 2-4-4An introduction to the basic techniques of oil painting,concentrating on the principles of color and light. Using avariety of subject matter, students will explore the problemsof pictorial composition, color theory, oil-related mediumsand techniques.VRTS 121 Introduction to Watercolor 2-4-4This course introduces the student to the basic watercolortechniques and use of materials. It is a sequential program ofstudy, applying the elements and principles of Two-Dimensional design to the watercolor discipline. Students willstudy still life, landscape, and the human form. Referencewill be made to past and contemporary masters of thewatercolor medium. (Prerequisite: FA 101 with a grade of “C”or higher)Special topics courses listed under VRTS 125 Introduction tothe Traditional ArtsCourses under this heading allow students to work withestablished artists to develop skills using tools and methodsused to create functional artwork throughout history.VRTS 125A Woodworking in the Hand Tool Tradition2-4-4This course will focus on the skills and insightsnecessary to find beautifully functional spoons in thetree and to extract them by techniques traditional tothe New England farm shed. Students must attend allof the first six classes, after which no more than twoabsences will be allowed without penalty.VRTS 126 Introduction to Printmaking 2-4-4This course introduces the student to the basic printmakingintaglio and relief techniques and use of materials. It is asequential program of study, applying the elements andprinciples of two-dimensional design to the printmakingdiscipline. The course is designed to give the student indepthexperimentation in creating single and multi-plateprints while encouraging creative ideas and content.Technical areas addressed include color registration, editionprinting, presentation and image development, ink andpaper selection. Reference will be made to past andcontemporary masters of the printmaking medium(Prerequisite: FA 101 with a grade of “C” or higher)VRTS 130 Introduction to Photography 2-4-4This basic photography course is designed to familiarize thestudent with the use and care of photographic equipment, a35mm manual camera, as well as developing and darkroomprinting techniques. The assignments are designed to cover avariety of shooting situations, and the expectation is that thestudent will apply the elements of composition to anddemonstrate proficient technical ability with expressivecontent in the making of pictures. Students should expect toprovide their own 35mm camera.VRTS 133 Introduction to Figural Sculpture 2-4-4This course is an introduction to basic human figuralsculpture, designed to develop the student's understandingof the anatomical structures of the human figure, gesturalforms, constructive methods, and then applying thisknowledge to create unique character and figural sculpturesin traditional sculpting media, such as wire, wax, plaster, andclay. The emphasis in imagery will be: direct live modelobservations, translating 2-D sources into form, developinghand-eye coordination, technical discipline, and evolving apersonal expressive use of materials, technique, and subjectmatter. All projects are designed to combine relatedtechnical, visual, and historical components. (FA 101 or FA104 with a grade of “C” or higher)VRTS 135 Introduction to Ceramics 2-4-4This introduction to ceramics will focus on studio workleading to the completion of five projects. Students will learnthe basics of handbuilding, the potter's wheel, kiln firing,glazing, and surface embellishment. Class time will be madeup of instructor's demonstrations, group critiques, andindividual studio work. Projects will stress the sculpturalpotential of clay with a visit into the aesthetic merit offunctional vessel making. A research project, introducingstudents to the work of contemporary clay artists, willprovide inspiration and direction.VRTS 201 Drawing II 2-4-4This advanced drawing class builds upon the aesthetic,technical, and conceptual foundation established in VRTS 101(Introduction to Drawing). This observational drawing coursewill develop greater technical facility with materials andexplore methods for translating and interpreting one'senvironment onto a drawing. As conceptual options and skillwith materials increase, drawing will become a strongeroutlet for personal and creative expression. Students willexpand their understanding and use of color and work moreextensively from the human figure. The historical foundationof drawing will be explored, as well as contemporary andhistorical trends. (Prerequisite: FA 101)VRTS 210 Life Drawing 2-4-4This advanced drawing class builds upon the aesthetic,technical, and conceptual foundation established inIntroduction to Drawing (VRTS 101) with an emphasis on thehuman form. The student will aim to develop a knowledge ofand a sensitivity to the structure, anatomy, and expressivequalities of the human form in a variety of ways including8/17/2011 NHTI, Concord’s Community College Course Descriptions 2011-2012 58
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