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ART 232 - Ceramics I
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
Introduction to working with clay, using pinch, coil, slab and wheel; applying glazes, exploring decorating techniques using oxides. History of clay as an art form.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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ART 241 - Global History of Art: Ancient to Medieval
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall (odd years)
This course will introduce you to the major monuments of art and architecture across the globe beginning with prehistoric civilizations and ending with medieval societies. As a survey, we will be covering a wide range of objects, concepts, terms, chronology, and geography.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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ART 242 - Global History of Art: Renaissance to Contemporary
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall (even years)
This course will introduce you to the major monuments of art and architecture across the globe beginning with medieval societies and ending with the modern world. As a survey, we will be covering a wide range of objects, concepts, terms, chronology, and geography.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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ART 283 - Painting I
Units: 4
When Offered: Fall (even years)
Projects introduce traditional painting methods in oils or acrylic paints. Applied studio work, slide lectures, group discussions, and field trips are possible.
Repeatable: May be repeated one time for credit
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 201 , 204 , or 208
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ART 300 - Advanced Art
Units: 4
When Offered: Fall (even years)
An essential course for the serious art student. Projects include multimedia community outreach opportunities; such past projects have been local elementary school murals, public sculptures, and collaborations with other departments on campus. More experimental art processes will also be explored in this class such as indigo dye painting, cyanotypes, and image transfer techniques. Emphasis on developing individual student skills and concepts.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional lab fee
Prerequisite(s): ART 201 , 204 , or 208
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ART 301 - Color, Theory, and Application
Units: 4
When Offered: Spring (even years)
This is a combination studio and lecture course that focuses exclusively on issues of color, its aesthetic, symbolic and psychological dimensions, as related to visual expression. This content is applicable to both fine art and design-related fields.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 201 or ARC 122
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ART 305 - Figure Drawing I
Units: 4
When Offered: Fall (even years)
This course is dedicated to developing facility at rendering the human form in a variety of dry media. The context for this is drawing from live models (clothed), augmented with anatomical drawing exercises. It will also introduce students to the metaphorical and expressive possibilities of the human form.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 204 or 208
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ART 314 - Drawing II
Units: 4
When Offered: Spring (even years)
This course is a continuation and expansion of more advanced techniques in drawing. There will be an emphasis on concept building and storytelling through visual imagery. Students will explore new ways to think and approach drawing and the drawing surface.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional lab fee
Prerequisite(s): ART 204 or 208
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ART 323 - New Genre
Units: 4
When Offered: As offered
This course is an introduction and exploration in inter-media art. It will encourage interface and comparison within art and other disciplines.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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ART 325 - Sculpture II
Units: 4
When Offered: Spring (even years)
Sculpture II is an expansion of Sculpture I . There will be an emphasis on scale and new materials such as wood, metal, and found object assemblage. A large scale collaborative object for community outreach also gets explored in this class as well as a history in object making and their various functions.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 225
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ART 326 - Contemporary Art Issues
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring (odd years)
Students will be reading writings by a variety of cultural theorists and historians, site visits, guest speakers, experiments and class discussions. Topics of Fine Art vs. Visual Culture (mass culture, printed matter, etc.) will be major points of exploration and discussion. This course is not a studio class but a class which discusses studio practices and ideas.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 241 or 242
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ART 345 - Nineteenth Century Art History
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
A study of the major developments in the visual arts in Europe from David to the first Impressionist show in 1874. Lecture and slides.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 241 or 242
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ART 346 - History of Modern Painting
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
A study of the development of modern painting from the French Impressionist movement to the present day in the United States. Lecture and slides.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 241 or 242
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ART 347 - Contemporary Art History
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course critically examines visual art and design on a global scale from 1945 to the present. We will consider art in its broader framework of “visual culture” that includes performance, installation, print media, video, and propaganda.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 241 or 242
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ART 350 - Gallery Methods
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
In this course students will be learn the basics of gallery design and installation. This includes general theories pertaining to the exhibition space and the evolving history of the gallery. In addition, students will gain practical experience installing exhibitions.
Repeatable: May be repeated one (1) time for credit
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 241 or 242
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ART 351 - Museum Studies
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall (odd years)
The course will examine the pivotal role that the curators play in museums, and the ways in which the expanding art-world functions today. It will introduce students to aspects of museum work, with an emphasis on the role of the fine arts curator and curatorial theory and how this can integrate with becoming a professional arts administrator.
Repeatable: May be repeated one time for credit
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 241 , 242 , or PHO 140
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ART 353 - Ceramics II
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
Developing clay as an art form; study of properties of clay, glaze and their origin; fusion of materials; stacking and loading kiln, emphasis on wheel throwing.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 232
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ART 361 - Art of Latin America
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
As an introduction to the ancient Americas, this course will focus on seven major cultures in Mesoamerica (Olmec, Teotihuacan, Maya, and Aztec) and Andean South America (Chavín, Moche, and Inca). The course concludes with the arrival of Spanish explorers in the 16th century and a brief analysis of new visual forms produced in response to new social, political, and religious contexts.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 241 or 242
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ART 371 - Art of Southeast Asia
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course covers the development of art in India and Southeast Asia (i.e. Cambodia, Thailand, Burma (Myanmar), Vietnam, and Indonesia) from pre-historic periods to the present.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 241 or 242
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ART 381 - Women in the Arts
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course will focus on women both as the subjects and the creators of art. It will be organized chronologically and thematically. This will involve a historical survey of women artists and their artistic contributions, as well as an examination of the religious, mythological and secular images of women in art. Extensive attention will be given to the creation, modification, and persistence of these images throughout history, due to their respective religious, social, economical, psychological, and intellectual conditions.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 241 or 242
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ART 383 - Painting II
Units: 4
When Offered: Spring (odd years)
Projects further develop skills learned in ART 283 - Painting I . Applied studio work, slide lectures, group discussions, and field trips are possible.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 283
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ART 385 - Film as Visual Art
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
Film as Visual Art is a study of masterworks of cinematic art with an emphasis on visual aesthetics and cultural influences. The class will examine selected International cinematic classics, focusing on the film’s director, or ‘auteur’. The French idea of “camera as style” (pen) will be explored through the film director’s use of camera angles, composition, editing, and lighting will be explored and deconstructed, in a manner consistent with traditional forms of visual art. Also under consideration will be the way that these visual elements stand in dynamic and creative tension with the visual culture of their national origin or context. Included in this would be fashion, art, politics, and philosophy.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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ART 387 - Contemporary Visual Arts and Culture
Units: 3
When Offered: Online and Professional Studies
Contemporary Visual Arts and Culture is a study of the causes and effects of the proliferation of new media in 21st century Western Society. This class explores post-modern theory and a tactile approach to the elements that make up the visual world. By exploring advertising, television, film, digital image making, arts and crafts, social media, and both public and private spaces, this course considers the roles of consumers, creators, and critics of visual culture, while engaging with a Christian world view of these cultural practices.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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ART 391 - Art Theory
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall (odd years)
This is a seminar style class in which readings, critique sessions, writing, discussion, peer review, and the making of original artwork are used to discuss topics in art theory. This writing-centered course provides a forum for the exploration of contemporary art theories and practice. The course also examines the role of artists and artmaking in contemporary culture so students must respond critically to the subject matter at hand, analyze the texts and art works, and understand the methods, practices, and materials utilized in the creation of contemporary art.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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ART 399 - Independent Study
Units: 1-3
When Offered: As offered
An opportunity for students who have demonstrated the ability to do independent work to pursue in depth a topic of particular interest.
Repeatable: May be repeated for a maximum of six (6) units of credit
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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ART 400 - Problems in Art
Units: 1-4
When Offered: As offered
This course will explore and present selected specialized instruction in various media.
Repeatable: May be repeated for a maximum of eight (8) units with a change in topic
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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ART 405 - Figure Drawing II
Units: 4
When Offered: Spring (odd years)
This is a studio course whose aim is to develop increased mastery of the perceptual, technical, and compositional skills involved with figure drawing.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 305
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ART 412 - Topics in Art History
Units: 1-4
When Offered: As offered
Projects in Art History topics of current interest not normally covered by established courses. Content variable.
Repeatable: May be repeated twice for credit with a change of topic
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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ART 414 - Drawing III
Units: 4
When Offered: As offered
This course is to focus on a continuation of skill development, with an emphasis on individual style and expression. This course is structured to encourage personal voice through idea generation, material investigation, technical refinement and research. Students are encouraged to push the boundaries as they investigate materials, subject matter, process and interpretation related to image making.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 314
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ART 415 - Aesthetics and the Classroom
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
An upper division and graduate level course for the classroom teacher and liberal studies major. Also meets the art history requirement for Visual Arts. Studies assumptions we make about art, investigates our difficulties in understanding art, builds skill in perceiving and communicating about art, and connects lessons learned to practical classroom application.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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ART 430 - Art and the Bible
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
A study of the dynamic relationship, which has historically existed between the content of Biblical texts and visual art, with consideration also being given to select examples of music and literature.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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ART 432 - Sculpture III
Units: 4
When Offered: As offered
Advanced problems in sculpture for those who wish to develop individual statements in a sculptural media.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 325
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ART 435 - Figure Drawing III
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
Advanced studies and mastery of the perceptual, technical, and compositional skills involved with figure drawing.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 405
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ART 450 - Internship in Visual Arts
Units: 1-3
When Offered: As offered
Under faculty supervision, the student will be assigned to a position, utilizing principles of fine art acquired and employed throughout their university experience. This internship provides an opportunity for investigating and participating in field experience with a practitioner of the trade, giving depth and breadth to their understanding of fine art as a whole.
Repeatable: May be repeated for a maximum of six (6) units
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Department Chair
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ART 453 - Ceramics III
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
Advanced pottery with emphasis on wheel throwing and design problems. Individual objectives will more or less regulate the type of work done, although specific assignments will be given. Advanced-level performance is expected.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): ART 353
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ART 499 - Senior Exhibition
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
Senior Exhibition provides unit reward for the work art majors perform en route to the creation and mounting of their required thesis exhibit.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Senior status and permission of the Department Chair
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FRE 115 - Elementary French I
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course introduces students to fundamental skills such as understanding, reading, writing, and speaking the French language, while developing French cultural awareness. To introduce students to these skills, this course will prepare students to use common phrases, a basic vocabulary, and essential grammar. In addition, students will develop their cultural awareness and language skills through a variety of learning activities such as French games and interactive software, French songs, reading and writing short stories, and performing a brief oral topic demonstration.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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FRE 125 - Elementary French II
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course continues the study of the basics of the French language and expands or further develops the student’s ability to speak, understand, read, and write elementary French through a variety of activities both in and out of the classroom, homework assignments, workbook exercises, and language lab participation. In addition, the class gives further understanding and appreciation of French civilization/culture.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): FRE 115
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FRE 215 - Intermediate French I
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
Introduces students to more complex linguistic patterns presented in a French/Francophone cultural and comparative context, and includes practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing through discussion of short texts, written exercises and short compositions, work in multimedia resources, and participation in French cultural events. This is a dynamic, hands-on language course geared toward discussion of topical issues of interest to contemporary French speakers. It includes a review of basic French vocabulary and syntax keyed to readings on cultural topics including globalization, immigration, media, friendship, gender, religion, and human rights. Classes are conducted primarily in French.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): FRE 125
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FRE 225 - Intermediate French II
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course develops the advanced linguistic patterns introduced in Intermediate French I and includes more practice in speaking, listening, reading, and composition through discussion and written analysis of French films. The student will become a more proficient French communicator by learning about French culture, history, and politics while studying French cinema in the context of hands-on classroom activities. Knowledge of French vocabulary and grammatical structures taught in the earlier three semesters is assumed. Some grammar study is included, associated primarily with cultural conversations following from the cinema selections and student review projects. Classes are conducted primarily in French.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): FRE 215
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GST 010 - Lifeline
Units: 1
When Offered: As offered
The Lifeline course is an extension of the International Student Orientation at California Baptist University and is required of all Intensive English Program Students. The course is comprised of a semester-long series of small group seminars, activities and discussions designed to address the developmental and transitional needs of new international students at CBU. The course is designed to motivate students to engage in and think about issues and topics that are critical to academic success at the university level and cultural transition into the United States. Topics address the skills and relationships needed for students to succeed academically, socially, emotionally and spiritually.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
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GST 050 - Chapel Convocation
Units: 0
When Offered: Fall, Spring
The California Baptist University community gathers regularly for worship, communication, fellowship, personal development, and spiritual formulation. As a community deeply rooted in the Baptist tradition of the Christian faith, it is appropriate to expect broad participation in this experience. (This is a non-academic requirement and does not count toward the number of units required for graduation. A failing grade in Chapel will have a 1 unit negative effect on a student’s semester and cumulative grade point average.)
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
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GST 060 - Academic Success Seminar
Units: 0
When Offered: Fall, Spring
The purpose of this course is to equip students with tools that they need to be successful in their academics at California Baptist University. The course will be comprised of a series of workshops, activities and small group discussions designed to meet the academic needs of students at California Baptist University. (This seminar does not count toward the number of units required for graduation. A failing grade in the academic success seminar will have a 1 unit negative effect on a student’s semester and cumulative grade point average.) Course Fee equivalent to one (1) unit of tuition.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
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GST 061 - Academic Course on Excellence
Units: 0
When Offered: Fall, Spring
The purpose of this course is to promote academic success through excellence. Learning theories, concepts, and strategies related to academic excellence and personal success are covered.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
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GST 099 - The Teaching Assistant
Units: 0
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
The class is designed to provide students a deeper understanding of the academic discipline by viewing through the lens of instruction and evaluation of student work. Students will experience this perspective through opportunities to evaluate work, provide supplemental instruction, and participate in other in and out of class activities in support of the course in which the student is serving as a teaching assistant.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Provost Office
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GST 100 - First Year Experience
Units: 1
When Offered: Fall, Spring
The First Year Experience is designed to assist new students with the transition to university life and the California Baptist University community. The course is comprised of a semester-long series of small group seminars, activities, and discussions and is designed to address the developmental and transitional needs of new students at California Baptist University. Topics focus on the issues, skills, and relationships that can help students succeed academically, socially, emotionally, and spiritually. Based on years of tradition, but sensitive to the ever-changing needs of university students, this course provides a well-rounded introduction to the California Baptist University experience.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
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GST 101 - Essentials for Online and Professional Studies
Units: 0
When Offered: Online and Professional Studies
The course is designed to prepare students for a successful transition to college coursework, including online studies. Students are introduced to the resources California Baptist University has in place to ensure the success of its student body including an introduction to the Blackboard learning management system.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
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GST 199 - Portfolio Seminar
Units: 1
When Offered: Online and Professional Studies
The goal of the portfolio workshop is to help the student gather the material necessary for petitioning for prior learning credit and to assist in the presentation of the material. The prior learning portfolio is intended to be a thorough compilation of the student’s prior learning. With guidance from the faculty, the student will develop a portfolio documenting college level learning which has been obtained outside of the traditional college classroom setting through work related training, professional experiences, and community involvement. Portfolio credit is awarded for learning that has taken place-not for experience. Therefore in addition to documenting experience, students are expected to articulate and demonstrate appropriate theory and terminology in their portfolio. (Portfolio credit can only be earned toward general elective credits and cannot be earned in a student’s major field of study.)
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
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GST 200 - Career Readiness
Units: 1
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
This course is designed to help students align their academic studies with professional development so that they will be equipped to present themselves as the most preferred candidate when entering into their chosen job field. The full process of career readiness will be discussed and evaluated from student, alumni, and employer perspectives. Subject matter will consist of how to choose a major/career, preparing job application materials, interview skills, strategic job searching, etc.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
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GSC 101 - Introduction to Global Community Science
Units: 1
When Offered: As offered
This course is designed to introduce the students to the basic skills necessary for academic success in the discipline of Global Community Science, to provide students with an overview of the discipline including requirements of the major and expectations of professions in which that major may be applied, and to explore the students’ calling and vocation.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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GSC 310 - Sustainable Agriculture and Population Dynamics
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring (odd years)
This course explores diverse aspects of agriculture and agriculture sustainability, primarily from various natural science perspectives. Techniques of organic and sustainable agriculture will be emphasized. This course also touches on the social, political, and economic forces that relate to farming communities, food production and distribution, and consumption.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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GSC 400 - Special Topics
Units: 1-4
When Offered: As offered
Concentration upon a specific topic in the field of Global Community Science. Topic varies for different semesters.
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit with change in topic
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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GSC 400L - Special Topics Lab
Units: 1
When Offered: As offered
This laboratory course may be offered in conjunction with the special topics course, or on its own, to provide instruction with hands on experience. Topic varies for different semesters.
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit with change in topic
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional lab fee
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GSC 410 - Social Issues and Sustainable Development
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall (odd years)
This course will review the major social issues of the four “underdeveloped” continents (Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East), and examine sustainable development practices and principles which impact those issues. Students will be introduced to the United Nations Sustainable Development Framework of 1) Social and Economic Development, 2) Natural Resources Management, 3) Stakeholders, and 4) Means of Implementation, and various other conceptual models of development. Among the pressing social issues considered include poverty due to land degradation and desertification, infrastructure in slums and refugee conditions, access to clean water, low-cost-high-safety housing, and disease prevention.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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GSC 495 - Field Practicum
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course is designed to allow students to participate in an extended discipline specific experience through approved programs in the area of community science. In addition to the required field experience, it is designed to be an exercise for students to reflect upon, evaluate, and assimilate knowledge and experience they have gained through their course of study and practicum. Students in this course will prepare a presentation (both written and oral) that will focus on that experience.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Department Chair
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GDM 110 - Fundamental Design
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
This course explores the tools and implementations of Adobe Illustrator through assigned projects and exercises. Techniques will be explored and explained. Best practice work-flows will be taught. The goal of this course is a working knowledge of Illustrator for the student.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional course fee (TRAD only)
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GDM 120 - Fundamental Typography
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
This course explores the tools and implementations of Adobe InDesign through assigned projects and exercises. Techniques will be explored and explained. Best practice work-flows will be taught. The goal of this course is a working knowledge of InDesign for the student and for the student to be able to identify key typography concepts.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional course fee (TRAD only)
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GDM 130 - Fundamental Image
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
This course explores the tools and implementations of Adobe Photoshop through assigned projects and exercises. Techniques will be explored and explained. Best practice work-flows will be taught. The goal of this course is a working knowledge of Photoshop for the student.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional course fee (TRAD only)
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GDM 140 - Fundamental Web
Units: 3
When Offered: Online and Professional Studies
This course introduces students to the primary languages of web design, HTML and CSS. The course is designed to provide students with a foundational knowledge in the way that web pages are designed and coded. Tools and techniques needed to design and create web pages will be explored.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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GDM 150 - Fundamental User Interface and User Experience Design
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
This course serves as an introduction to a variety of visual, navigational and structural approaches in the user experience (UX) and interface (UI) building process. The primary goal is for students to better understand how to design for various digital and environmental user experiences. Topics that will be covered include research, navigation systems, visual hierarchy, prototyping, testing and best practices. A strong emphasis is placed on conceptual development, structure, interactivity, and design aesthetics that will result in effective physical and virtual user experience solutions.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional course fee (TRAD only)
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GDM 200 - Special Topics in Graphic Design
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course focuses on different topics in the field of graphic design each time it is offered. Designed to reflect both the rapidly changing culture and technologically progress of the field.
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit with change in topic
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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GDM 240 - Design Movements of the 20th Century
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
This course surveys of design movements of the 20th century and the influences found today. Movements such as Futurism, Modernism, Postmodernism and the Information Age will be studied.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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GDM 305 - History of Graphic Design
Units: 3
When Offered: Online and Professional Studies
A study of the causes and effects of critical design movements. This course explores the political and social environments that shaped the creation and evolution of graphic design. This course will give students insight into different movements, such as the Medieval Era, Graphic Renaissance, Industrial Revolution, Art Nouveau, Modernism, Postmodernism, and the Digital Revolution. Students will also evaluate how the history of graphic design influences current design philosophies and strategies.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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GDM 310 - Intermediate Design
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall. Spring
This course is an intermediate design course in which project work is used to study work flow, pre-press techniques and practices, idea generation, and other concepts that arise from the process of creativity.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GDM 110 and 130
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GDM 320 - Intermediate Typography
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
This course is an intermediate typography course in which more complex typography concepts, best practice type generation and project work challenge the student.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GDM 110 , 120 , and 130
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GDM 321 - The Art and Design of Professional Presentations
Units: 3
When Offered: Online and Professional Studies
This course introduces students to the knowledge and skills necessary to develop professional interactive multimedia productions. Classroom activities include how to identify the design and communication issues from pre through post production of an interactive presentation. In this multimedia design and production course, students integrate research, writing, creative visual layout, and interface design to develop high impact professional presentations. Additionally, students will learn how to define and identify project goals, purpose, audience, timeline milestones, budget constraints and other multimedia project parameters.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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GDM 328 - Wordpress and Advanced Blog Design
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course explores the process of using Wordpress, a power engine, to build professional blog sites upon. The students will design and build blogs using Wordpress and other programs needed to build graphic assets.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GDM 310
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GDM 330 - Intermediate Image
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
This course is an intermediate image course in which more complex photography and photoshop techniques will be taught. Students will learn how to manipulate photography using photoshop to create complex ideas and messages.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GDM 130
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GDM 331 - Animation and Motion Graphic Design
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course explores the tools and implementations of Adobe After Effects through assigned projects and exercises. Techniques will be explored and explained. Best practice work-flows will be taught. The goal of this course is for the student to have a working knowledge of After Effects.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GDM 310
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GDM 340 - Intermediate Web
Units: 3
When Offered: Online and Professional Studies
This course expands on students accrued HTML and CSS knowledge. Principles of content strategy will be integrated with visual design to create compelling web experiences. Popular as well as up and coming CMS solutions such as WordPress, Ghost, and others will also be explored.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GDM 140
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GDM 341 - Video Fundamentals
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course explores the tools and implementations of Adobe Premiere Pro through assigned projects and exercises. Techniques will be explored and explained. Best practice work-flows will be taught. The goal of this course is for the student to have a working knowledge of the Adobe Premiere Pro editing software.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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GDM 350 - Advanced User Interface and User Experience Design
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course takes a deep dive into designing User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) for mobile and emerging technologies and will critically examine conceptual innovations in the field. On a practical level, students work with information architecture, prototyping and wireframing tools, usability assessment, and best practices for design communication.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GDM 150
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GDM 351 - 3D Design for Emerging Media
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
Students in this course will work with industry standard 3D programs and processes to develop their ability to analyze form and space relationships. Students will work with properties such as lighting and texture in the creation of optimized 3D objects for inclusion in a variety of digital media and 3D printing processes.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EGR 121 or FLP 170 or GDM 110
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GDM 352 - Visual Effects Design for Emerging Media
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course teaches students the primary skills and processes used in the visual effects (VFX) industry. Students will learn basic compositing and how to integrate computer graphics and 3D components with live action in a methodology that simulates standard VFX production pipelines.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EGR 121 , FLP 170 , or GDM 110
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GDM 370 - User Interface Design
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course explores design principles, methodology and best practices through assigned projects and exercises. Techniques and ideas will be explored and explained. The goal of this course is to introduce the student to the emerging world of mobile application and explore concepts of user interface design.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GDM 110 or 130
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GDM 375 - Fundamental Mobile Design
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course introduces the concepts and methodologies of mobile application design. The building blocks for the programming and design of the language and code will be introduced. The student will build a basic application from scratch to presentation and then launch.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Pre- or Co- Requisite(s): GDM 370
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GDM 400 - Special Topics in Graphic Design
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course focuses on different topics in the field of graphic design each time it is offered. Designed to reflect both the rapidly changing culture and technologically progress of the field.
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit with change in topic
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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GDM 410 - Advanced Design
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
This course is an advanced design course in which project work is used to build a professional portfolio for employment or advanced studies. Complex design issues and problem solving challenge the student throughout the creative process.
Repeatable: May be repeated one (1) time for credit
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GDM 310
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GDM 420 - Advanced Typography
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course is an advanced typography course in which complex real-world typography concepts are now explored to build projects for a professional portfolio of work for employment or advanced studies.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GDM 320
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GDM 430 - Advanced Image
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course is an advanced image course in which professional, complex image generation is explored and expert techniques in color correction, masking and compositing are implemented. Professional portfolio projects are built to prepare students for employment or advanced studies.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GDM 330
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GDM 440 - Advanced Web
Units: 3
When Offered: Online and Professional Studies
This advanced course exposes students to real world web design problems through projects and case studies. Client side scripting with JavaScript will be introduced. Web standards and best practices will be studied in depth, as well as project workflow.
Repeatable: May be repeated one (1) time for credit
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GDM 340
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GDM 441 - Advanced Video and 3D
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course is an advanced video & 3D course in which project work is used to study complex concepts of story, editing and publishing. Projects in this course are designed to build a student’s portfolio of professional work for presentation for employment and advanced studies.
Repeatable: May be repeated one (1) time for credit
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GDM 310
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GDM 450 - Internship in Graphic Design and Digital Media
Units: 1-3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
The internship will consist of an off-campus work opportunity in the field of design at a minimum of 3 hours a week.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Senior status and permission of the Department Chair
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GDM 451 - Internship in Graphic Design and Digital Media
Units: 1-3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
The internship will consist of an off-campus work opportunity in the field of design at a minimum of 3 hours a week.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GDM 450 and permission of the Department Chair
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GDM 461 - Advanced Design for Emerging Media
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
With the ubiquity of mobile devices and the mainstream adoption of wearables, there will soon exist access for nearly everyone to have a digital layer of Artificial Intelligence (AI) structured data viewable in mixed reality environments such as Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR). This course provides students with an overview of the history and evolution of these technologies, their convergence, and how to build basic mixed reality applications.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GDM 351 or 352
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GDM 462 - Game Design
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course provides an overview of mobile game industry, game development process and phases, the related principles of project management, the phases of game design, and game mechanics. As students take their first steps in learning the concepts of game design, this course provides a foundation for students to enter the video game development market. Students will build their own game using industry standard development software.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GDM 351 or 352
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GDM 470 - Advanced Mobile Design
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
The advanced mobile design course will further develop the students understanding of the principles and methodologies application design. The course will task the students to build application from their inception to launch. The students will work within the confines of application API and other standards within the industry.
Repeatable: May be repeated one (1) time for credit
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GDM 370 and 375
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GDM 499 - Senior Project
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
This course is designed as a capstone showcase of the student’s accumulated body of work while in the program. The Graphic Design Senior Show will consist of 10 portfolio pieces from the student’s portfolio. This is an effort to keep the student on task and focused on the portfolio.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Senior status and permission of the Department Chair
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GRK 213 - Introduction to Koiné Greek I
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
An introduction to Koiné Greek emphasizing basic grammar and vocabulary preparatory for translation of the Greek New Testament.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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GRK 223 - Introduction to Koiné Greek II
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
Continuation of GRK 213 with beginning translation from the First Epistle of John.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GRK 213
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GRK 313 - Intermediate Greek
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
A “literary laboratory” in which to observe the function of Greek syntax through the translation and exegetical study of specific New Testament materials.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GRK 223
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GRK 323 - Intermediate Greek
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
A “literary laboratory” in which to observe the function of Greek syntax through the translation and exegetical study of specific New Testament materials.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GRK 223
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GRK 413 - Greek Exegesis
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
A careful exegetical study of a Greek text of specific New Testament text(s) presenting the opportunity to further develop translational, analytical, and interpretive skills.
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit with change in topic
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): GRK 313 and 323
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HSC 100 - Introduction to the Health Science Professions
Units: 1
When Offered: Fall, Spring
This course is designed to introduce students to the basic skills necessary for academic success in the health science majors, to review the numerous career options in the health, exercise, and allied health professions, and to explore the student’s calling and vocation.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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HSC 101 - Introduction to Public Health
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course provides an introduction to public health concepts and practice by examining the philosophy, purpose, history, organization, functions, tools and activities and results of public health practice. Case studies and a variety of practice-related exercises serve as a basis for student’s participation in real world public health problem-solving simulations.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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HSC 104 - Survey of U.S. Health Care Delivery
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
The course is designed to provide the students with a basic foundation in the ways in which healthcare is delivered to patients in the United States. The course will explore the matrix of insurance companies, financing, patient rights, and physician liabilities as it creates a contemporary illustration of how environmental factors influence and shape our current system. The primary foci will be the delivery, financing, and regulation of healthcare in the US.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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HSC 200 - Special Topics in Health Science
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
Concentration upon a specific topic in the field of health science. Topic varies for different semesters.
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit with change in topic
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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HSC 210 - Ethics in Health Care
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course provides grounding in ethical theories and principles as they relate to and impact current healthcare issues and policies. Students are introduced to a variety of frameworks for ethical decision-making and policy analysis. Current trends in the contemporary healthcare arena are analyzed through the use of case studies. Recent healthcare issues are presented including euthanasia, fertility interventions, mental illness, genetic engineering, multicultural issues, economics, public policy, professional ethical codes, and other relevant topics.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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HSC 300 - Health Communication
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
The purpose of this course is to focus on the use of communication strategies to inform and influence individual and community decisions regarding health. The seminar will focus on the following contexts of health: the multidimensional nature of health communication; understanding empirical research in health communication; behavioral theories in health communication; rhetorical theories in health communication; legal and ethical concerns in health communication; the communication of risk and uncertainty; and the design of health campaigns. Students will be required (a) to research and prepare a health communication strategy for use in a specific context and (b) to design an accompanying print or hypertext document to be used in that context.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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HSC 301 - Principles of Health Education
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This is an introductory course that overviews principles of health education. Health education is an academic area that fosters the acquisition of skills and competencies to assist individuals, families, and communities to make informed decisions related to health. This course will introduce students to Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) credential that is nationally recognized by National Commission on Health Education Credentialing, and will be a fundamental course for students who are preparing for the CHES exam.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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