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studio operation. Topics include recruitment, appraisal, and delegation to a studio staff; negotiating with clients and talent; and the management of large productions. Students must use business management software to estimate costs for photographic work and manage a studio budget. (Prerequisite: PA3481 - Career Development) 4 Credits PH3410 - Photographic Essays and Visual Narratives: This course addresses photography as a narrative or illustrative medium used in support of the text content of publications. Students are required to produce their own renditions of picture stories, illustrations, magazine covers, and page layouts for all types of print media. (Prerequisite: PH2470 - Editorial Photography or PH2478 – Location Photography) 4 Credits PH3413 - Photographic Studio: Students will develop the ability to solve problems of visual communication through assignments designed to challenge their skills in lighting, camera operation, and commercial interpretation. All aspects of studio photography are discussed from lenses to lighting and people to products. (Prerequisite: PH2413 - Advanced Lighting) **This course requires a “C” or higher to pass. 4 Credits PH4410 - Specialization: In this course, the student elects to specialize in one or more of the major fi elds of photography, including photographic illustration, industrial, editorial, photojournalism, landscape/nature, commercial and portraiture. Advanced application, marketing and preparation of portfolio for employment are stressed. This is considered to be the most important section of the overall portfolio requirements. (Prerequisite: PH3413 - Photographic Studio and Approval of Academic Director) 4 Credits PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS PA095 - College Success: This seminar is designed to help incoming students make a successful transition to the academic, cultural and social climate of The Art Institutes International Minnesota. Highlights of the course include a focus on the necessary survival skills for academic and personal growth and development. (Prerequisite: none) 0 Credits PA3411 - Capstone/Portfolio: In this course, students will take menu-driven concepts and derive a business plan that outlines the acquisition of a food service property by 68 analyzing the demographics, location, marketing, and fi nancial requirements of such a venture and determining its overall feasibility in the marketplace. Trends, lifestyle shifting, and psychographic analysis will be addressed while analyzing successful restaurant concepts via case studies. The capstone project culminates in a complete business plan ready for market entry. (Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Director) **This course requires a “C” or higher to pass. 4 Credits PA3415 - Management Internship: In this course, the student serves as a management intern at a food service facility. The student learns the hands-on duties that managers perform on a day-to-day basis. Interviewing, hiring, employee relations and discipline, scheduling, and team building are possible duties to be performed. The student should also practice good customer relations and may be involved in marketing and promotion. The student may also be required to participate in cash handling, inventory, or other duties that the host site may require. (Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Director) 4 Credits PA3415 - HM - Management Internship: The purpose of the 16 credit Hospitality Management Internship is to provide students with a comprehensive immersion in a selected Hospitality Operation. Students will spend one full quarter observing and interacting with management at the selected property. Interns will be expected to become involved with all aspects of managing a Hospitality operation, including human resource functions, scheduling, fi nancial analysis, supervision and leadership modeling. Interns will be expected to work closely with the management of the internship site in preparation for their careers in the industry. Interns will become involved in every department and aspect of the operation, specifi cally with a management orientation that will provide detailed information by department and an overall property coordinated vision. (Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Director) 16 Credits PA3481 - Career Development: In this course, students focus on the mechanics of the job search process (networking, resume and cover letter writing, and interviewing) and the development of the oral communication skills needed in all aspects of professional life. (Prerequisite: GE1410 - English I) 4 Credits PA4483 - Digital Portfolio: The objectives of this course are to complete the digital portion of the student’s portfolio, to assess its strengths and weaknesses, to correct those weaknesses and augment the students’ strengths, and to produce a professional-level demo tape. This course will also stress the importance of professional development and help the student obtain the necessary completion of the initial job search requirements. (Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Director) **This course requires a “C” or higher to pass. 4 Credits PA4484 - Portfolio Presentation: In this course, students will assemble and enhance the print portion of their animation portfolio, as well as sharpen their job seeking skills. (Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Director) **This course requires a “C” or higher to pass. 4 Credits PA4485 - Portfolio Preparation: This course will prepare students for job interviews by helping them compile a portfolio. Students will demonstrate their conceptual design, craftsmanship, and other skills as they assemble and refi ne their portfolio pieces. Each student will select representative pieces, showcasing work that refl ects a unique style. Particular emphasis is placed on identifying short and long-term professional employment goals, as well as related strategies and resources. (Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Director) **This course requires a “C” or higher to pass. 4 Credits PA4486 - Internship: Through a fi eld internship experience, students will be able to apply acquired subject matter and career/professional skills in a real and practical situation. The main objectives of the internship are to allow students the opportunity to observe and participate in the operation of successful business related to their fi elds of study. Students will gain the experience they need to enter the fi eld when they graduate. (Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Director) 4 Credits PA4487 - Portfolio: This course focuses on the completion of the portfolio and enables students to begin their job search. Students should come into this course with work for the portfolio already begun. During the term, students will determine the quality of their work so that enhancements may be made. In addition, they will complete a professional resume and begin the job search. (Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Director) **This course requires a “C” or higher to pass. 4 Credits STUDIO MAJOR COURSES SM1401 - Studio Major I: The student declares a primary studio concentration and track from a design discipline offered at the college in consultation with their
advisor. Primary concentration tracks include 10 courses, of which 5 are in the upper division. (Prerequisite: may vary based on specifi c courses) 4 Credits SM1402 - Studio Major II: The student declares a primary studio concentration and track from a design discipline offered at the college in consultation with their advisor. Primary concentration tracks include 10 courses, of which 5 are in the upper division. (Prerequisite: may vary based on specifi c courses) 4 Credits SM2403 - Studio Major III: Th student declares a primary studio concentration and track from a design discipline offered at the college in consultation with their advisor. Primary concentration tracks include 10 courses, of which 5 are in the upper division. (Prerequisite: may vary based on specifi c courses) 4 Credits SM2404 - Studio Major IV: The student declares a primary studio concentration and track from a design discipline offered at the college in consultation with their advisor. Primary concentration tracks include 10 courses, of which 5 are in the upper division. (Prerequisite: may vary based on specifi c courses) 4 Credits SM3405 - Studio Major V: The student declares a primary studio concentration and track from a design discipline offered at the college in consultation with their advisor. Primary concentration tracks include 10 courses, of which 5 are in the upper division. (Prerequisite: may vary based on specifi c courses) 4 Credits SM3406 - Studio Major VI: The student declares a primary studio concentration and track from a design discipline offered at the college in consultation with their advisor. Primary concentration tracks include 10 courses, of which 5 are in the upper division. (Prerequisite: may vary based on specifi c courses) 4 Credits SM4407 - Studio Major VII: The student declares a primary studio concentration and track from a design discipline offered at the college in consultation with their advisor. Primary concentration tracks include 10 courses, of which 5 are in the upper division.(Prerequisite: may vary based on specifi c courses) 4 Credits SM4408 - Studio Major VIII: The student declares a primary studio concentration and track from a design discipline offered at the college in consultation with their advisor. Primary concentration tracks include 10 courses, of which 5 are in the upper division. (Prerequisite: may vary based on specifi c courses) 4 Credits TRANSITIONAL STUDIES COURSES TS094 - Transitional Studies: English: This course emphasizes the skills needed to produce clear, competent English prose. Coursework concentrates on basic paragraph writing with its attendant skills: various sentence structure, spelling, subject/verb agreement, punctuation, and correct verb tense. (Course is required for students with an Accuplacer Sentence Skills placement score of less than 87) Students will require a “C” or higher to pass Transitional English. (Prerequisite: none) 4 Credits TS095 - Transitional Studies: Mathematics: This course reviews the mathematics that is the foundation for the requirements of a degree program. The course focuses on conceptual understanding of problem solving, decision making, and analytical skills dealing with quantities, their magnitudes and inter-relationships. The course includes: complex manipulation of whole numbers, fractions, decimal numbers; ratios, proportions, and percentages; geometry (emphasizing the calculation of area and volume of complex 2D and 3D objects); algebra (emphasizing the manipulation of negative and positive numbers and the solution of linear equations; beginning statistics (graphing, mode, mean and median). (Course is required for students with an Accuplacer Elementary Algebra placement score of less than 57). Students will require a “C” or higher to pass Transitional Mathematics. (Prerequisite: none) 4 Credits VISUAL EFFECTS & MOTION GRAPHICS COURSES VE1409 - History And Trends Of Visual Effects: This course provides an overview of the visual effects industry, with an emphasis on traditional techniques and their historical context. This survey class also explores major trends in the visual effects industry, and identifi es career opportunities in the fi eld. (Prerequisite: none) 4 Credits VE1438 - Computer Graphics: This course will explore the history, psychology, and artistic interpretation of typography and digital design elements. Focus will be upon systematic application of typographic elements to enhance readability and visibility as well as communications for video, digital publishing, computer animation, and broadcast graphics. Desktop publishing activities will include the integration of computers and vector-based drawing programs. (Prerequisite: GD1403 - Typography for Digital Media) **This course requires a “C” or higher to pass. 4 Credits VE1457 - Conceptual Storytelling: The course is an introduction to storytelling and the components of story. The goal is to develop storytelling skills, and an understanding of story form. Students will examine story art through story structure, character and composition. Students will be presented with the tools, techniques, and understandings of what stories are and how they work. The course will comprise reading, writing, and discussion about traditional storytelling as well as the impact of technology and interactivity on storytelling. Students will learn to craft, analyze and critique stories while working with the tools necessary to present material in digital format. (Prerequisite: none) 4 Credits VE2450 - Maps, Mattes, and Masks: This course continues the development of digital imaging skills, with an emphasis on advanced techniques in masking, maps, channels, and compositing. (Prerequisite: CA2429 - Introduction to 3D Modeling) 4 Credits VE2453 - Introduction to VFX: This course will explore basic color theory and the various techniques of digital compositing. Emphasis will be placed on combining separately shot pieces of live action footage to create a seamless fi nished shot. (Prerequisite: CA2430 - Introduction to Video) **This course requires a “C” or higher to pass. 4 Credits VE2467 - Production Design: This course explores the production designer’s role of interpreting a screenplay (or similar work), and then combining reality and imagination to create visual elements that reinforce the screenplay’s narrative and aesthetic requirements. Students will consider both the explicit and underlying meanings in a scene, and then employ set and effects design to reinforce these ideas. (Prerequisite: VE1457 - Conceptual Storytelling) 4 Credits VE2481 - Interactive Visual Design: Students learn about interactive computer programs that combine animation with facilities for integrating text, sound, images, and fi ll-motion video into interactive products. This course allows students to explore the role of 2D and 3D animation in the production of interactive 69
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CONTENTS Mission, Vision and Values
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ABOUT THE TWIN CITIES The Twin Citi
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