Mar 29, 2024  
2013-2014 Course Catalog 
    
2013-2014 Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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  • 22-3042 Jewelry and Object Strategies for Non-Majors


    This course teaches advanced processes in the design and making of body ornaments, sculpture, and objects. Techniques including forming, fabrication, patination, and mechanisms will be learned. Development of individual creative projects in addition to the application of design principles will be emphasized. Contemporary issues and history in the field of metals and jewelry design will be addressed.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2043 Advanced Jewelry and Objects for Non-Majors 
  
  • 22-3100 Special Topics in Art History:


    Course focuses on specific topics, themes, ideas, or periods in the history of art. Each semester this course covers different material that might not be included in the permanent course offerings or concentrates on new or experimental approaches to issues in art history.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-1102 History of Art II: Renaissance to Modern 
  
  
  
  
  • 22-3120 Thesis Practicum in Art History


    This is the final course for Art History majors and builds upon the methodological and professional foundations laid in the Advanced Seminar in Art History. Based on his/her investigations and interactions with the instructor, other faculty members, and fellow students, each student will produce a substantive research-based thesis of academic writing on a topic area of his/her choosing. The class will organize and formally present their research at the Art History Manifest Symposium, a public event, which will be held at the end of the year.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES:  
  
  • 22-3130 Art of The 60’s: A Reevaluation


    This survey will cover the major movements in the visual arts – painting, sculpture, photography, conceptual art, environmental works, figurative art – of the 1960’s. The course will be international in scope as well as multicultural. This course is a reevaluation from a more postmodern perspective with a strong emphasis placed on the inclusion of women and minority artists. The works of art will be analyzed within the socio-political context of the period.

    3 Credits
    PL
    Requirements 30 Completed credit hour
  
  • 22-3190 Senior Seminar in Art History


    This is the first semester of the two-part Art History Capstone. This course examines the disciplinary foundations, historiography, and major issues of art history and explores the various methodological approaches used in the field. Students will focus on further developing their skills in critical reading and academic writing. In addition, students will be exposed to the conventions and professional practices of art history, will work on elements of their professional portfolio, and will learn about careers related to art history.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3110 Twentieth Century Art Theory 
  
  • 22-3211 Drawing Strategies


    Course allows students to deal with contemporary concepts of art, applying their knowledge of representation and compositions to develop thinking and creative expression with varied media.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2259 BFA Review in Fine Art 
  
  • 22-3221 Painting Strategies


    This course will continue to explore art historical and contemporary developments in painting techniques, processes, and concepts. Projects will focus on developing individual painting skills and conceptual growth. Emphasis will be on the position and context of painting in the wider spectrum of contemporary art practice.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable 3
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2259 BFA Review in Fine Art 
  
  • 22-3223 Senior Fine Art Studio II


    Senior Fine Art Studio II provides an intensive studio-based experience and ensures the completion of the student’s final body of work before their participation in the Fine Art BFA show, and provides the benefit of concentrated faculty input. The development of sustained, self-directed studio practice is a central aspect of the development of a professional practice. Students will meet both as a group to share goals and progress and individually with the instructor throughout the semester for intensive critique sessions.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3253 Senior Fine Art Studio I  CONCURRENT: 22-3269 Fine Art Thesis Exhibition Workshop II 
  
  • 22-3224 Printmaking Strategies


    This course offers students the opportunity to further explore techniques and concepts studied in Contemporary Issues in Printmaking, and to apply these to their own creative projects. Course gives more advanced instruction in a broad range of printmaking media both traditional and innovative, including silkscreen, lithography, intaglio, relief and hybrid forms, and emphasizes research and contextualization as an underpinning for studio practice.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2259 BFA Review in Fine Art 
  
  • 22-3225 Multiplicity: Theory and Practice in Contemporary Art


    Course examines the theoretical and philosophical implications of the multiple through readings, discussions, writing assignments, and studio art projects. Studio techniques demonstrated may include printmaking, casting, or other processes useful in the production of multiples. Course culminates in an individual presentation in which students examine their own work in the theoretical context established by the course. Art history students may present a similar analysis of the work of a contemporary artist.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-1101 History of Art I: Stone Age to Gothic  and 22-1102 History of Art II: Renaissance to Modern 
    Requirements Permission of Instructor
  
  • 22-3226 Multimedia Printmaking Studio


    Course emphasizes a broad range of techniques, with the opportunity to work at a large scale and with multiple media, including hand-drawn, painted, digital, and photographic matrices. New twists on traditional techniques and non-toxic alternatives will be introduced. Students will be encouraged to work across media and develop a more spontaneous approach to printmaking.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2224 Contemporary Issues in Printmaking 
    Requirements Faculty Advisor Approval
  
  • 22-3228 Multimedia Painting Studio


    This course will explore painting strategies beyond direct perceptional methods, techniques, and assignments. Students will engage processes and systems such as collage, representation, abstraction, photographic and digital sources and hybrid forms to produce a body of work. Focusing on the experiential, interpretive and linguistic constructions of painting, students will develop their own painting projects, drawing from global art history, contemporary practices, and critical studies. Students will be required to create an archive of their process and studies; and give a presentation of their work, including their own writing influences, and source materials, which will culminate in a final project.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3221 Painting Strategies 
  
  
  • 22-3236 Performance Art Strategies


    This course gives students a comprehensive introduction to the history and nature of performance art and develop their ideas for live work. Course covers major Postmodern movements that make particular use of live art–Dada, Futurism, and Fluxus–as well as issues of feminism and multiculturalism that have utilized performance. Students present work for critique throughout the semester, culminating in a group show to be presented in a public forum.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
  
  
  • 22-3253 Senior Fine Art Studio I


    Senior Fine Art Studio I provides intensive studio-centered work on a one-to-one basis with the instructor. The tutorial relationship is specifically designed for individual guidance on self-directed projects in order to help students achieve clarity of expression and further their conceptual, material, and process development. The development of sustained, self-directed studio practice is a central aspect of a professional practice. Students will meet both as a group to share goals and progress and individually with the instructor throughout the semester for intensive critique sessions.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2259 BFA Review in Fine Art  and 22-3264 Junior Fine Art Seminar: Practice and Theory  CONCURRENT: 22-3268 Fine Art Thesis Exhibition Workshop I 
    Requirements Permission of Instructor
  
  • 22-3254 Topics in Studio Art:


    Course will focus on specific topics, themes, and ideas in studio and post studio art. Each semester, course will cover different material that might not be included in the permanent course offering or will concentrate on new and experimental approaches to issues in art practice.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-1220 Fundamentals of 2-D Design  and 22-1210 Drawing I  and 22-1230 Fundamentals of 3-D Design 
  
  • 22-3254J Special Topics in Studio Art:


    Special Topics in Studio Art will focus on specific topics, themes, and ideas in studio and post-studio art. Each semester, course will cover different material that might not be included in the permanent course offering or will concentrate on new and experimental approaches to issues in art practice.

    2 Credits
    GA Repeatable
  
  • 22-3255 Body, Space, Image Strategies


    This course presents an intensive survey of contemporary performance, site, and installation art from an anthropological point of view.  Specifically, course focuses on artists’ work that were constructed to be experienced live and/or through photographic and video documentation of the work.  Students will be given workshops on sound, digital photography, and video editing. Students will be required to produce and present a performance, site, or installation work of their own for their final project as well as photographic and/or video artworks based on their piece.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2259 BFA Review in Fine Art  or 23-3202 Digital Imaging II  COREQUISITES: 22-1275 Digital Video Editing Workshop for Artists 
  
  • 22-3262 Advanced Fine Arts Studio


    Capstone course, intended for senior-level Fine Arts majors, features intensive presentations and critiques. Students work on developing their final body of work to prepare for entry into graduate school or pursuit of a career in fine arts.

    3 Credits
    Requirements Senior Status required
  
  • 22-3263 Professional Practices in Fine Art


    Course addresses professional issues such as portfolio preparation, approaching galleries, dealing with establishing alternative spaces, internships, residencies, and granting opportunities. Preparation for graduate school, exhibition, and installation strategies will be central to the class. Reading and field trips to commercial and alternative galleries and museums will support an interdisciplinary approach to professional practice. Course is required for all Fine Art majors.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2259 BFA Review in Fine Art  COREQUISITES: 22-3110 Twentieth Century Art Theory 
  
  • 22-3264 Junior Fine Art Seminar: Practice and Theory


    This course engages students in activities conducive to the recognition of their individual voices and concerns as they begin to develop strategies for independent studio practice. Centered around the critique, the course emphasizes critical and constructive analysis of one’s own work, as well as the work of one’s peers. Students are challenged to identify, represent, and defend their own values, to recognize the perspectives of others, and to develop critical skills for engaging in intellectual discourse around a range of work in various media and genres through presentation, discussion, critique, and reflective writing.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2259 BFA Review in Fine Art  COREQUISITES: 22-3110 Twentieth Century Art Theory 
  
  • 22-3268 Fine Art Thesis Exhibition Workshop I


    Workshop course will prepare both Fine Arts majors and Art History majors for participation in the BFA Fine Art exhibition. Focus will be on specifics of selecting and installing work and writing and editing the catalogue. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of cooperation and collaboration between artists (Fine Arts majors) and curators (Art History majors).

    1 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2259 BFA Review in Fine Art  and 22-3264 Junior Fine Art Seminar: Practice and Theory 
  
  • 22-3269 Fine Art Thesis Exhibition Workshop II


    Workshop course will prepare both Fine Arts majors and Art History majors for participation in the BFA Fine Art exhibition. Focus will be on specifics of selecting and installing work and writing and editing the catalogue. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of cooperation between artists (Fine Arts majors) and curators (Art History majors). Continuation of 22-3268.

    1 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3268 Fine Art Thesis Exhibition Workshop I  COREQUISITES: 22-3263 Professional Practices in Fine Art 
  
  
  • 22-3340 Intermediate Typography


    Course examines the historical, aesthetic, and cultural development of typographic forms from their beginnings in 1455 to 1900. Projects involve the examination of historical styles and theories of type design and typographic layouts, and their influence on modern and contemporary typography.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2330 Introduction to Graphic Design  or 22-2612 Intro to Visual Design Studies 
  
  • 22-3345 Publication Design


    Course examines editorial operations, production procedures, and the role of the art director to familiarize students with theoretical and practical concerns of magazine and trade publication design and internet publishing. Course emphasizes the identity of current publications as a result of design format and grid structure.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 36-2601 Authoring Interactive Media  or 22-3375 Website Design I  and 22-3530 Photo Communication 
  
  • 22-3347 Book Design


    This course begins with a brief history of bookmaking, publication presses, and critique of book classifications. Students focus on the relationship of content to layout and book cover design by examining the unifying elements of type, photos, illustrations, and other graphic devices. Students produce a small book.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-1320 Design Lab 
  
  
  • 22-3355 Branding Identity


    Course provides students with an understanding of methodologies and strategies used for building and maintaining brands and their identity within a contemporary corporate environment. Visual systems are explored to develop culturally relevant messages and images, thus building sustainable brand recognition. Projects focus on how organizations use visual communications to express their core values and impact consumer perceptions of their brand.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3340 Intermediate Typography  and 22-3350 Sign, Symbol, Image 
  
  
  • 22-3361 Packaging Design II


    Packaging course deals with the 3-D development of packaging using flat planer material to establish the form through folding, creasing, and die-cutting. The course focuses on the development of interesting solutions, including graphic identity and layout, to a variety of package needs–retail, consumer product, point-of-purchase, and promotional. Students will develop all aspects including a fully functioning prototype for a variety of different client contexts. Course will look into the mass production issues as well as specialty types of packaging.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3360 Packaging Design 
  
  • 22-3370 Advanced Typography


    Course studies 20th century design philosophies and their influence on typography and typographic design. Projects allow students to experiment with type from a variety of approaches and examine its possibilities as expressive form in relation to syntax and visual communication.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3340 Intermediate Typography 
  
  • 22-3371 Promotional Graphics


    Course explores graphics and advertising promotional material, signage systems, and exhibition graphics. Projects focus on contemporary digital methods and mediums, which include site and informational signage, exhibit display and graphics, vehicle and fleet wraps, architectural wraps, banners, point of purchase displays, and countertop systems. Additional topics include demographically focused mobile advertising, brand visibility solutions, sweepstakes and context graphics, and site-specific graphic informational systems.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2330 Introduction to Graphic Design  OR 22-2612 Intro to Visual Design Studies 
  
  • 22-3375 Website Design I


    Course, intended for Art and Design as well as Photography majors, covers Web site design topics. Studies include hypertext, graphic style information, graphic file formats, digital imaging, and basic computer-user interface issues. Course assignments include design and execution of HTML documents and graphics and completion of a written thesis.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2330 Introduction to Graphic Design  or 22-2612 Intro to Visual Design Studies 
  
  • 22-3376 Website Design II


    Course covers advanced topics in Web site design and is intended for Art and Design and Photography majors. Studies cover human-computer interface design, multimedia use in internet and intranet publications, and network systems design and functions. Course assignments include design and execution of HTML documents, graphics, and other media objects in addition to completion of a written thesis.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3375 Website Design I 
  
  • 22-3377 Info Architecture


    No description available.

    3 Credits
  
  
  • 22-3381 Intro to Web Content Management


    This course covers advanced topics in website design and is intended for Art and Design majors. Studies include the creation and implementation of design templates to allow end user control over HTML-based content, files, documents in popular open source, industry standard content management systems. Course assignments include the merger of front end web technologies such as HTML/CSS and back end technologies including PHP/MySQL.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3376 Website Design II 
  
  • 22-3382 Dynamic Data Visualization: Web


    This course is an introduction to the visualization of dynamic data. Unlike static information graphics, visualizations of dynamic data are designed to change as the data changes in real-time. This will include understanding how to gather and parse data through systems analysis to its visual representation and interactivity. We will create dynamic visualizations on the web using contemporary scripting libraries.

    3 Credits
  
  • 22-3385 Professional Portfolio Development


    This course assists senior students, majoring in Graphic Design, Advertising Art Direction or Illustration, in preparing to enter the job market and emphasizes assembling a portfolio, writing and designing a resume, and interviewing techniques. Where to look for a job, salary ranges, and alternative means of employment are also discussed.

    3 Credits
    Requirements 98 earned credit hours and Major 221, 223 or 224 and BFA Degree
  
  • 22-3420 BFA Review in Illustration


    This one-credit workshop course prepares Illustration students for a formal review of their work after the first year of study at Columbia College Chicago or, in the case of transfer students, in their first or second semester. Students will apply basic documentation and presentation skills in the preparation of a digital portfolio composed of work in multiple media. A faculty panel will review each portfolio and provide critical response and feedback on individual works and the portfolio as a whole. This review will serve as an advising instrument to guide students in consequent curricular choices.

    1 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-1210 Drawing I  COREQUISITES: 22-2420 Applied Drawing 
  
  • 22-3424 Drawing the Graphic Novel


    This course provides students with a means for creative self-discovery and the exploration of complex ideas. Students record their observations, experiences, and memories in a sketchbook and translate this material into various graphic narratives of varying lengths. The class explores the rhythms of storytelling and formal elements of comics. Students learn to compose comic pages using iconic visual language, while experimenting with a variety of tools, media, and approaches.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2414 Figure Drawing 
  
  
  • 22-3432 Children’s Book Illustration


    Students gain an historical appreciation for the art by studying 19th-21st centuries’ children’s book illustrators and their techniques, sources of inspiration, and influences.  Students experiment and develop individual graphic and illustrative styles with emphasis on practical application of children’s book illustration for publishing.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2420 Applied Drawing 
  
  • 22-3435 Cartooning


    This course introduces different aspects and basic techniques of cartoon drawing. Five genres of cartooning are explored. The course includes an in-depth study of one-liner, multi-panel, advertisement, illustrative, and political editorial cartoons. Instruction includes the historical study of specific types of cartoons dating back to 1745. Styles of cartoons, thematic types, and construction of cartoon character for the technique of animation are explored.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2414 Figure Drawing 
  
  
  • 22-3448 Type as Image


    This course is rooted in the basic fundamentals of typography and letterforms. Students are directed to explore the process of creating and editing typographic forms into visual images to communicate a message or express an idea. The objective of the course is to be able to utilize typography as a form of illustration. The learning goal of the course is to develop an appreciation of typography as a form of illustration

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3460 Digital Illustration 
  
  • 22-3460 Digital Illustration


    This course helps students begin to master digital painting, drawing, and image processing techniques to extend and augment their skills and techniques with traditional media and methods. Students work with the latest painting and drawing software that digitally mimics traditional tools such as watercolor, oil paint, airbrush, and charcoal. Students also explore methods such as brush effects, compositing, masking, and collage as a resource for initiating, developing, and refining illustration concepts.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-1310 Beginning Typography  and 22-1320 Design Lab  and 22-2400 Illustration Introduction: Lecture  and 22-2415 Illustration Introduction: Studio 
  
  • 22-3465 Sequential Imaging


    Course helps students learn to develop images sequentially for creative application in print, television, film, animation, and Web site design. Students conceive or interpret a concept, then develop that concept into a final time-based presentation through research, thumbnail sketches, and renderings. Students continue to refine and develop their illustration skills while beginning to understand and master sequential presentation methods using the latest computer-based imaging sequencing software.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES:22-3460 Digital Illustration  and 22-3430 Figure Illustration 
  
  • 22-3482 Editorial Illustration


    Course combines analysis and personal expression to convey ideas from social and political commentary into a visual representation. Content includes traditional and non-traditional methods and materials. Students apply previously learned skills and techniques to solve visual problems in a professional environment.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3460 Digital Illustration  and 22-3430 Figure Illustration 
  
  • 22-3485 Illustration for Film and Animation


    Course applies the advanced principles of illustration to create conceptual art as a visual guide for the production of live-action films or animation. Students learn to analyze and research various genres of film and animation from a historical perspective and to use that knowledge to develop character and concept illustrations inspired by a motion picture script.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3465 Sequential Imaging  and 22-3447 Broadcast Design: Introduction 
    Requirements 3.0 GPA required
  
  • 22-3500 Art Director/Commercial Photographer


    Course is designed to simulate the real-world assignment pairing of art directors and photographers common within the advertising industry. Creative teams will be established consisting of one art director and one studio photography student. Class is team taught by Art & Design and Photography professors.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3540 Creative Strategies in Advertising Design I 
  
  • 22-3525 Art Director/Copywriter Team


    Course teams up writers and designers to work on advertising projects in a collaborative setting. Students develop concepts together, then write and design advertisements and promotional materials for highly targeted audiences. Class is team taught by Art & Design and Marketing professors.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3540 Creative Strategies in Advertising Design I 
  
  • 22-3530 Photo Communication


    Course provides students with a better understanding of photographic images and their application to design. Students shoot their own photographs for their layouts thus developing a visual language, enhancing photo selection, and improving editing skills. Students learn to visualize not only the look of the design, but also the structure and form of the photographs they shoot. Basic format is 35mm or digital location photography, table-top, and lighting work. Alternative ways to generate photographic images are reviewed.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 23-1100 Photography I  and 23-1101 Photography I Workshop  or 23-1111 Foundations of Photography I  or 23-1250 Digital Photography for Non- Photo Majors  and 22-2510 Advertising Art Direction: Introduction  and 22-3340 Intermediate Typography 
  
  
  • 22-3540 Creative Strategies in Advertising Design I


    Course allows students to work with marketing information as the basis for campaign visuals. Course explores the comprehensive responsibilities of the art director, from concept to solution particularly as advertising represents the marketing voice for clients.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2520 Advertising Design 
  
  
  
  • 22-3584 Management for Designers


    Course teaches students to function effectively in real world design management situations. Students receive practical insights into the business of design management situations and the business of design - for example, how to start a business, how to bill, how to prepare contracts/proposals, network and solicit clients, deal with printers/photographers, and gain insight into copyright law. Course is a must for future advertising art directors, graphic designers, and illustrators.

    3 Credits
  
  • 22-3700 Product Design IV


    Course focuses on research and development of a new and innovative product. Students will do everything from market research and product definition to the creation of a professional-appearance model and a fully documented design database. The product must involve the design of a complex assembly, combining a variety of manufacturing processes. Students are responsible for researching every aspect of the project and for developing a clear budget for all tooling costs for materials. Course includes field trips to manufacturers and the presentation of case studies of complete development cycles.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2710 Product Design III: Product Semantics  and 22-2715 Advanced CAD for Product Design 
  
  
  • 22-3710 Product Design V


    Course focuses on the development and subsequent testing and refinement of a new product. Students research and develop a new product resulting in a working prototype to be field tested, videotaped, and analyzed. Based on this analysis, refinements are made and product is prototyped again and re-tested. Students work with CAD/CAM software or rapid prototyping to develop the original prototype, thereby learning the refinement process and the flexibility of parametric design database. Course introduces case studies along with methods of field-testing, videotaping, and compiling information into a visual database for presentation.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3700 Product Design IV 
  
  • 22-3715 Digital Presentation Techniques


    Course introduces product design students to essential methods of digital presentation techniques. Students focus on a variety of advanced digital techniques for utilizing graphic design programs, digital presentation programs, and portfolio development strategies. Students use work from past projects to develop more polished and sophisticated presentations in preparation for their portfolios and internships including the design and production of a CD-ROM and animations.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-1210 Drawing I  or 22-1701 Product Design: Drawing I  and 22-1220 Fundamentals of 2-D Design  and 22-1230 Fundamentals of 3-D Design 
  
  • 22-3720 Manufacturing for Product Design


    Course is dedicated to advanced manufacturing processes as they concern product designers. Students build on material covered in the introductory course as well as processes introduced within the design studio sequence. Advanced processes are examined along with the connection between product designers and engineers. Interrelationship between CAD/CAM and rapid prototyping is addressed in greater detail, as are issues of green manufacturing, design for disassembly (DFD), and specialized batch production. Field trips to advanced manufacturing sites or presentations from material and process specialists form a key component of the class. Coursework includes a design-related project.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-2710 Product Design III: Product Semantics 
  
  • 22-3740 Product Design Thesis I


    Course allows a student to choose a semester-long project under the advisement of a faculty member. Students select an area of interest and conduct all necessary research, development, prototyping, and refinement required for the development of a successful product. Requirements include market research, cost analysis, prototyping, and field-testing and refinement. Students produce a complete booklet documenting the full process and completed product in its entirety.

    3 Credits
    WI
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3700 Product Design IV  and 22-3715 Digital Presentation Techniques  and 22-3720 Manufacturing for Product Design 
  
  • 22-3741 Product Design Thesis II


    Course consists of a semester-long project chosen by the student under advisement of a faculty member. If approved by a faculty member, this can be a continuation of 22-3740 Product Design Thesis I. Students select an area of interest in order to broaden material and process awareness. Completion of project requires a complex user interface and extensive research into the development of a working virtual prototype. Students spend the first third of the semester doing research and are responsible for the development, prototyping, and refinement required to create a successful product. Requirements also include market research, cost analysis, prototyping, field-testing, and refinement. Student produces a complete booklet documenting the full process and the completed product in its entirety.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3740 Product Design Thesis I 
  
  • 22-3750 Product Design Professional Business Practices


    Course examines professional business practices within a design consulting firm or design office of a manufacturer. Students focus on a variety of specialized activities that commonly occur inside a design office. Through a series of design problems, students are exposed to working in design teams, designing over a network, researching methods, and researching alternative ways to manufacture a single product. Course is taught as a seminar with short projects geared toward an understanding of the professional office environment.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3740 Product Design Thesis I 
  
  • 22-3803 Design Studio III: Code Compliance


    Course exposes students to the methodology of the design process through problematic constraints, presentation of verbal and graphic solutions, and final critique. This design studio focuses on commercial space planning, safety constraints, building code, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Field trips and visiting lectures may be featured.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-1230 Fundamentals of 3-D Design  and 22-2801 Design Studio II  CONCURRENT: 22-3821 Rendering and Presentation 
  
  • 22-3804 Design Studio IV: Adaptive Reuse


    Course exposes students to the methodology of the design process through problem definition, acknowledgment of problematic constraints, presentation of verbal and graphic solutions, and final critique. Design studio focuses on historical context, adaptive reuse, or preservation/restoration projects. Field trips and visiting lecturers may be featured.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3803 Design Studio III: Code Compliance  CONCURRENT: 22-3822 Fundamentals of Lighting I 
  
  • 22-3805 Design Studio V: Global Issues


    Course exposes students to the methodology of the design process through problem definition, acknowledgment of problematic constraints, presentation of verbal and graphic solutions, and final critique. Studio focuses on commercial, corporate, or institutional design problems and explores socially conscious design that incorporates global issues within context of specific problems. Field trips and visiting lecturers may be featured.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3804 Design Studio IV: Adaptive Reuse 
  
  • 22-3806 Senior Project A: Research and Programming


    Five-week course develops student’s ability to gather information and compile research material to develop a design program for their designated thesis topic. Research is conducted using textbooks, periodicals, photographs, sketches, the internet, and on-site analysis, if appropriate. Material and design program are formally presented during week five.

    1 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3805 Design Studio V: Global Issues  CONCURRENT: 22-3807 Senior Project B: Schematic Design 
  
  • 22-3807 Senior Project B: Schematic Design


    Ten-week course focuses on conceptual development, preliminary study models, and schematic drawings through use of sketch techniques. All material for this 10-week period is presented in sketch and model format. During week 10 students present their accumulated material in a final format for critique.

    2 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3805 Design Studio V: Global Issues  CONCURRENT: 22-3806 Senior Project A: Research and Programming 
  
  
  
  
  • 22-3815 AutoCAD Detailing III


    Intermediate level course continues AutoCAD Fundamentals and Architectural Drafting and Detailing II. Students are introduced to interior detailing of commercial spaces and issues involved in developing working drawings such as sheet modules, reference symbols, and targets. Students spend extensive class time concentrating on drafting and detailing and learn more advanced AutoCAD commands.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-1813 AutoCad Fundamentals 
  
  • 22-3816 AutoCAD Detailing IV


    Final course of the Drafting and Detailing sequence utilizing the AutoCAD program for drafting, in which a class model simulates a professional architectural/interior design firm environment, exploring the approaches used in the professional community. Students explore advanced AutoCAD commands, program configurations, and interfacing with other programs. Students may complete working drawings through a team or individual approach.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3815 AutoCAD Detailing III 
  
  • 22-3817 Building Information Modeling - BIM


    Course teaches students to design and construct utilizing the new Building Information Modeling (BIM) methodology. The concept - Parametric Modeling - assigns information to 3 dimensional objects, automatically updated as the model changes and evolves. Utilizing BIM the student will generate orthographic drawings and, additionally, specifications, scheduling, managing cost, etc. BIM provides continuous and immediate feedback for the student. Through utilizing this model the student will be cognizant of this new efficient way for multi-disciplines to work collaboratively.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3816 AutoCAD Detailing IV 
  
  • 22-3818 VIZ/3-D


    Course utilizes 3-D Studio VIZ, a program used to quickly create professional-quality 3-D models, photo-realistic still images, and film-quality animation on your PC. Program is rooted in 3-D art, not in 2-D drafting. Program was developed for architectural and interior design practice, civil engineering, and industrial design.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3816 AutoCAD Detailing IV 
  
  • 22-3821 Rendering and Presentation


    Course focuses on creation of two- and three-dimensional color renderings of projects in a variety of materials and approaches. Study emphasizes delineation of orthographic, paralines and perspectives, fundamentals of rendering form, defining light and shadow, textures, materials, characteristics, and drawing techniques. Instructor also introduces students to presentation techniques and helps them develop their skills in this area.

    3 Credits
    Requisites CONCURRENT: 22-3803 Design Studio III: Code Compliance 
  
  • 22-3822 Fundamentals of Lighting I


    Lecture/studio course introduces students to interior and architectural lighting through discussion of the nature of lighting and its use in graphic expression. Students examine levels of lighting, light sources, and luminaries as well as psychology of light, color rendering characteristics of different bulb and lamp types, calculations and the use of drawing conventions, and symbols in the development of a lighting plan.

    3 Credits
    Requisites CONCURRENT: 22-3804 Design Studio IV: Adaptive Reuse 
  
  • 22-3823 Business Practice for Designers


    Course explores business procedures currently practiced today. Instruction covers marketing and selling, Request for Proposal (RRP), contracts, compensation, and fees. Assignments and course content utilizes computer technology for the development of the necessary materials. Course illustrates the process of selling yourself, your ideas, and your firm.

    3 Credits
    Requisites CONCURRENT: 22-3809 Senior Project D: Working Drawings 
  
  • 22-3824 Portfolio Development Workshop


    Course consists of two full-day workshops that expose students to the mechanics of portfolio presentation and development. Students take this portfolio workshop and the thesis course series concurrently (Thesis C-E).

    1 Credits
  
  • 22-3889 Internship: Interior Architecture


    3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requirements Senior Status required
  
  • 22-3931 Experimental Photography/ Graphic Techniques I


    This course is a systematic exploration of alternative photographic processes, such as Cynaotype, Van Dyke, process camera work, and halftone production. Students experiment with images through manipulation of graphic arts, film, cliché verre, and photographic prints. Each student develops a self-directed project using one of these mediums.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 23-1111 Foundations of Photography I  and 22-1220 Fundamentals of 2-D Design  or 23-1100 Photography I  and 23-1101 Photography I Workshop  and 22-1220 Fundamentals of 2-D Design 
  
  • 22-3932 Experimental Photography Graphic Techniques II


    This course is a systematic exploration of advanced alternative photographic processes with digital imaging techniques to include making digital negatives. Course also teaches the use of camera and enlarger to make color separation negatives. Each student develops a self-directed project using one of these mediums.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 22-3931 Experimental Photography/ Graphic Techniques I 
  
  
  • 22-3988 Internship: Art and Design


    No description available.

    1-6 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requirements Internship Coord. Perm.
  
  • 22-3990 Directed Study: Art and Design


    Course consists of learning activities involving student independence within the context of regular guidance and direction from a faculty advisor. Directed Studies are appropriate for students who wish to explore a subject beyond what is possible in regular courses or for students who wish to engage in a subject or activity not otherwise offered that semester by the College. They involve close collaboration with a faculty advisor who will assist in development and design of the project, oversee its progress, evaluate the final results, and submit a grade.

    1-6 Credits
  
  • 22-3998 Independent Project: Art and Design


    Course is an independent project designed by the student, with the approval of a supervising faculty member, to study an area that is not presently available in the curriculum. Prior to registration, student must submit a written proposal that outlines the project.

    1-6 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requirements Permission Instr & Chair
  
  • 23-1000 Darkroom Dynamics


    This course is designed for students from all disciplines who want to learn about black and white darkroom photography and experiment with image-making processes. Students will work with pinhole and film cameras in response to challenging and open-ended assignments, and then produce prints using a variety of traditional, historic, and experimental darkroom processes. Experimentation is at the core of this course.

    3 Credits
  
  • 23-1011 Lightroom Fundamentals


    This two-day workshop introduces students to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom software. It is intended for students who have demonstrated camera proficiency, but have not used Lightroom for the importing, storage, developing, and printing of their photographs. Students will gain proficiency in the particular digital workflow that is the basis of our program and digital labs. Students must pass a portfolio review and a test in order to register for this workshop.

    1 Credits
  
  • 23-1110 Photography for Interior Architecture Majors


    This introductory level photography course introduces upper level Interior Architecture students to the fundamentals of architectural photography. General photographic and visual theory will be addressed, including the urban and architectural landscape, ultimately focusing on specific concerns in exterior and interior photography. Principles of artificial lighting, color theory, and spatial abstraction will be explored through student produced photographs, along with a general grounding in photographic history and criticism.

    3 Credits
  
  • 23-1111 Foundations of Photography I


    This primarily screen-based course introduces the basic visual grammar and critical-thinking skills of photography. Using a digital camera with manual controls and RAW capture, students will learn the craft of making photographs while also being introduced to issues of aesthetic form, historical context and the content or meaning of photographs. Students will learn to question, explore, communicate and evaluate basic photographic concepts that are applicable to many disciplines. Please consult the department website at Columbia College Chicago for updated information about acceptable cameras.

    3 Credits
  
  • 23-1112 Foundations of Photography II


    This course reinforces the basic understanding of camera functions, exposure and digital workflow that were taught in 23-1111 Foundations of Photography I. It introduces the skills necessary to make and analyze high-quality prints and places greater emphasis on color theory. This course reinforces and expands upon critical thinking skills regarding the diversity of contemporary photographic imagery, and helps students to locate their practice within those traditions and innovations. Please consult our website at www.colum.edu/photo for updated information about acceptable cameras.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 23-1111 Foundations of Photography I 
 

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