2009 - 2010 Catalog - The Art Institutes
2009 - 2010 Catalog - The Art Institutes
2009 - 2010 Catalog - The Art Institutes
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advisor. Primary concentration tracks include<br />
10 courses, of which 5 are in the upper division.<br />
(Prerequisite: may vary based on specifi c courses)<br />
4 Credits<br />
SM1402 - Studio Major II:<br />
<strong>The</strong> student declares a primary studio concentration<br />
and track from a design discipline<br />
offered at the college in consultation with their<br />
advisor. Primary concentration tracks include<br />
10 courses, of which 5 are in the upper division.<br />
(Prerequisite: may vary based on specifi c courses)<br />
4 Credits<br />
SM2403 - Studio Major III:<br />
Th student declares a primary studio concentration<br />
and track from a design discipline<br />
offered at the college in consultation with their<br />
advisor. Primary concentration tracks include<br />
10 courses, of which 5 are in the upper division.<br />
(Prerequisite: may vary based on specifi c courses)<br />
4 Credits<br />
SM2404 - Studio Major IV:<br />
<strong>The</strong> student declares a primary studio concentration<br />
and track from a design discipline<br />
offered at the college in consultation with their<br />
advisor. Primary concentration tracks include<br />
10 courses, of which 5 are in the upper division.<br />
(Prerequisite: may vary based on specifi c courses)<br />
4 Credits<br />
SM3405 - Studio Major V:<br />
<strong>The</strong> student declares a primary studio concentration<br />
and track from a design discipline<br />
offered at the college in consultation with their<br />
advisor. Primary concentration tracks include<br />
10 courses, of which 5 are in the upper division.<br />
(Prerequisite: may vary based on specifi c courses)<br />
4 Credits<br />
SM3406 - Studio Major VI:<br />
<strong>The</strong> student declares a primary studio concentration<br />
and track from a design discipline<br />
offered at the college in consultation with their<br />
advisor. Primary concentration tracks include<br />
10 courses, of which 5 are in the upper division.<br />
(Prerequisite: may vary based on specifi c courses)<br />
4 Credits<br />
SM4407 - Studio Major VII:<br />
<strong>The</strong> student declares a primary studio concentration<br />
and track from a design discipline offered<br />
at the college in consultation with their advisor.<br />
Primary concentration tracks include 10 courses,<br />
of which 5 are in the upper division.(Prerequisite:<br />
may vary based on specifi c courses) 4 Credits<br />
SM4408 - Studio Major VIII:<br />
<strong>The</strong> student declares a primary studio concentration<br />
and track from a design discipline<br />
offered at the college in consultation with their<br />
advisor. Primary concentration tracks include<br />
10 courses, of which 5 are in the upper division.<br />
(Prerequisite: may vary based on specifi c courses)<br />
4 Credits<br />
TRANSITIONAL<br />
STUDIES COURSES<br />
TS094 - Transitional Studies: English:<br />
This course emphasizes the skills needed to produce<br />
clear, competent English prose. Coursework<br />
concentrates on basic paragraph writing with<br />
its attendant skills: various sentence structure,<br />
spelling, subject/verb agreement, punctuation,<br />
and correct verb tense. (Course is required for<br />
students with an Accuplacer Sentence Skills<br />
placement score of less than 87) Students will require<br />
a “C” or higher to pass Transitional English.<br />
(Prerequisite: none) 4 Credits<br />
TS095 - Transitional Studies: Mathematics:<br />
This course reviews the mathematics that is the<br />
foundation for the requirements of a degree<br />
program. <strong>The</strong> course focuses on conceptual<br />
understanding of problem solving, decision<br />
making, and analytical skills dealing with quantities,<br />
their magnitudes and inter-relationships.<br />
<strong>The</strong> course includes: complex manipulation of<br />
whole numbers, fractions, decimal numbers;<br />
ratios, proportions, and percentages; geometry<br />
(emphasizing the calculation of area and volume<br />
of complex 2D and 3D objects); algebra (emphasizing<br />
the manipulation of negative and positive<br />
numbers and the solution of linear equations;<br />
beginning statistics (graphing, mode, mean and<br />
median). (Course is required for students with<br />
an Accuplacer Elementary Algebra placement<br />
score of less than 57). Students will require a<br />
“C” or higher to pass Transitional Mathematics.<br />
(Prerequisite: none) 4 Credits<br />
VISUAL EFFECTS &<br />
MOTION GRAPHICS<br />
COURSES<br />
VE1409 - History And Trends Of<br />
Visual Effects:<br />
This course provides an overview of the visual<br />
effects industry, with an emphasis on traditional<br />
techniques and their historical context. This survey<br />
class also explores major trends in the visual<br />
effects industry, and identifi es career opportunities<br />
in the fi eld. (Prerequisite: none) 4 Credits<br />
VE1438 - Computer Graphics:<br />
This course will explore the history, psychology,<br />
and artistic interpretation of typography<br />
and digital design elements. Focus will be upon<br />
systematic application of typographic elements<br />
to enhance readability and visibility as well as<br />
communications for video, digital publishing,<br />
computer animation, and broadcast graphics.<br />
Desktop publishing activities will include the integration<br />
of computers and vector-based drawing<br />
programs. (Prerequisite: GD1403 - Typography<br />
for Digital Media) **This course requires a “C” or<br />
higher to pass. 4 Credits<br />
VE1457 - Conceptual Storytelling:<br />
<strong>The</strong> course is an introduction to storytelling<br />
and the components of story. <strong>The</strong> goal is to<br />
develop storytelling skills, and an understanding<br />
of story form. Students will examine story art<br />
through story structure, character and composition.<br />
Students will be presented with the tools,<br />
techniques, and understandings of what stories<br />
are and how they work. <strong>The</strong> course will comprise<br />
reading, writing, and discussion about traditional<br />
storytelling as well as the impact of technology<br />
and interactivity on storytelling. Students will<br />
learn to craft, analyze and critique stories while<br />
working with the tools necessary to present<br />
material in digital format. (Prerequisite: none)<br />
4 Credits<br />
VE2450 - Maps, Mattes, and Masks:<br />
This course continues the development of digital<br />
imaging skills, with an emphasis on advanced<br />
techniques in masking, maps, channels, and compositing.<br />
(Prerequisite: CA2429 - Introduction to<br />
3D Modeling) 4 Credits<br />
VE2453 - Introduction to VFX:<br />
This course will explore basic color theory and<br />
the various techniques of digital compositing.<br />
Emphasis will be placed on combining separately<br />
shot pieces of live action footage to create a<br />
seamless fi nished shot. (Prerequisite: CA2430 -<br />
Introduction to Video) **This course requires a<br />
“C” or higher to pass. 4 Credits<br />
VE2467 - Production Design:<br />
This course explores the production designer’s<br />
role of interpreting a screenplay (or similar<br />
work), and then combining reality and imagination<br />
to create visual elements that reinforce the<br />
screenplay’s narrative and aesthetic requirements.<br />
Students will consider both the explicit<br />
and underlying meanings in a scene, and then<br />
employ set and effects design to reinforce these<br />
ideas. (Prerequisite: VE1457 - Conceptual<br />
Storytelling) 4 Credits<br />
VE2481 - Interactive Visual Design:<br />
Students learn about interactive computer programs<br />
that combine animation with facilities for<br />
integrating text, sound, images, and fi ll-motion<br />
video into interactive products. This course<br />
allows students to explore the role of 2D and<br />
3D animation in the production of interactive<br />
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