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Course Numbering Information:
Courses at SLCC are identified by an alphabetic prefix (two to four letters) followed by a four-digit number. Numbers beginning with a “1” generally indicate a course designed primarily for freshmen (such as ENGL 1010); numbers beginning with a “2” generally indicate courses designed primarily for sophomores (such as MATH 2010); numbers beginning with a “0” generally indicate preparatory courses that are non-transferable (such as WRTG 0990).
Visual Art & Design
ART 2120 - eDesign & Publishing
Credits: 3 This course teaches electronic publishing using MS Publisher (or other layout software) and Adobe Acrobat. Electronic documents contain links, web addresses, movies, and sounds to create marketing pieces, product catalogs, e-brochures and e-forms.
Credits: 2 This course is for all Visual Art & Design majors wishing to perfect advanced features and skills specific to graphic design application. Students will create and rework portfolio pieces.
Prerequisite:ART 1280 Semester: Fall Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 2 Students will develop advanced skills to create electronic files ready for printing. They will also use their skills to produce quality portfolio pieces.
Prerequisite:ART 1200 Semester: Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Various black and white and color media will be introduced to develop editorial and advertising illustration techniques with emphasis on composition, drawing, creativity, exploration of techniques.
Prerequisite:ART 1110, ART 2110 (can be taken concurrently), or instructor approval
Credits: 3 This course builds upon previous Design, Typography and Layout classes as well as introduces students to corporate identity and collateral design problems. Students will produce portfolio and art show quality work.
Prerequisite:ART 1135 & ART 1230 Recommended Prerequisite:ART 2230 (may be taken concurrently) Semester: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3 This course is a continuation of ART 1230. Students will explore the design aspects and possibilities inherent in typography as well as more complex layout problems. Students will produce portfolio and art show quality work.
Prerequisite:ART 1120 and ART 1200 and ART 1230 Recommended Prerequisite: ART 2230 before ART 2220 (may be taken concurrently) Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 This course will cover design considerations for basic packaging. Packaging fundamentals & basic materials & processes will be introduced. Projects may include hang-tags, bags, boxes, cylinders or point-of-purchase displays.
Credits: 2 This is a continuation of ART 1260. Advanced techniques and principles in figure drawing. Primary emphasis on light logic, gesture and head studies.
Prerequisite:ART 1260 Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 In-depth development of editorial/advertising illustration will be covered as well as skills using various black and white and color media. Students will produce original art with both traditional and digital media
Prerequisite:ART 2210 or instructor approval Semester: Fall
Credits: 3 This course introduces students to product/service promotion and advertising. Students will gain a basic understanding of the components of an advertising agency; strategies, media choices, budgets, production analysis, proposals and presentations. Professional ethics will be addressed.
Credits: 2 Creation of an Illustration Portfolio, with finished examples that show pictorial evidence of skill and personal style in chosen medium from the broad spectrum of media reviewed.
Prerequisite:ART 2270 or instructor approval Semester: Spring
Credits: 3 An exploration of a variety of non-traditional photographic processes and techniques. Emphasis is placed on applying these techniques to individual artistic photographic expression and creating a fine-art portfolio.
Prerequisite:ART 1310 Semester: Fall Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 4 Apply photo studio environment and equipment to create images of still-life, product, portrait, and location. Emphasis on light theory, lighting equipment, all camera formats, and refinement of digital exposure and film image capture.
Prerequisite:ART 1340 Semester: Fall Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 The study of photographic documentary and narrative techniques related to applications for visual communication. Emphasis placed on the emotional impact of photographic images. Editorial and photojournalism tecniques are also explored. Professional ethics will be addressed.
Prerequisite:ART 1380 w/C grade or better Semester: Fall Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 An examination of the art, cultural impact, social connections, and invention of photography. Historic photographers, events, trends, applications, and techniques are explored. Contemporary connections are examined.
Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Utilize Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw processing to produce images specific to photography. Emphasis on digital workflow, color gamut, ICC profiles, image scans, file types, shortcuts, digital printing and output.
Prerequisite:ART 1380 (may be taken concurrently) and ART 1280 Semester: Fall Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Techniques to photograph informal, formal, and environmental portraits. Produce aesthetic portraits in the studio or location utilizing electronic flash. Refine posing, composition and conceptual aspects for dramatic portraits of people.
Prerequisite:ART 2310 (may be taken concurrently) Semester: Fall Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Explores the principles, philosophies, history, technical aspects and business practices of nature photography. Includes both in-class and on-location image capture assignments.
Prerequisite:ART 1380 Semester: Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Study, research, and implement basic photography business skills. Students learn about photographic careers, self-promotion, image usage/licensing, copyrights, estimating, billing, and examine self-direction related to photography.
Prerequisite:ART 2310 w/C grade or better or instructor permission Recommended Corequisite:ART 2375 and ART 2380 Semester: Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 1 This course provides advanced photography students additional time and instructional guidance in portfolio development and presentation. Students practice personal portfolio direction and image selection.
Credits: 4 Refinement of all photographic aspects and vital development of individual photographic style. Demonstrate interpretation of advanced lighting applications utilizing photographic equipment for creative studio and location technique.
Prerequisite:ART 2310 Semester: Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Students will develop the skills necessary to manage web site development and design projects from conception to delivery. Students create project specifications based upon a clients input and then write a project proposal, develop a project plan using the industry-leading project management software, manage a project, react to unexpected issues, and deliver a final product.
Prerequisite:ART 2440 Semester: Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Students will create original designs, layouts, and illustrations using Adobe Illustrator vector software. Production issues for print and web media presented. Design, illustration, and multimedia students are required to take ART 2412.
Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 2 For Visual Art and Design students (2nd yr. status best) or working artists who wish to create/rework portfolio pieces. Advanced use of Adobe Illustrator, and interface with the following: Photoshop, In-Design, Flash. Six original projects required.
Prerequisite:ART 2412 or instructor approval Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Students learn the knowledge and skills needed to build and manage professional web sites that adhere to industry standards. Students design & create interactive web sites, graphs, animation, and advanced styling using HTML, CSS, & JavaScript.
Prerequisite:ART 1280 or ART 1080 or COMM 1800 or ART 1800 Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 2 The course is an introduction to the technical issues of digital video production. Including the capturing and editing of digital video and audio for animation, web, mobile, and digital media applications.
Prerequisite: ART 1800/COMM 1800/EBT 1800/ENGL 1800/FLM 1800, ART 1280, ART 2340, or instructor approval Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 2 Expanding on traditional painting techniques using digital painting programs that mimic the use of traditional media. Projects focus on design and application for illustrations, special effects, 3D textures, and concept designs.
Prerequisite: ART 1800/COMM 1800/EBT 1800/ENGL 1800/FLM 1800 or ART 1280; ART 2110 Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 2 This course continues all work begun in other computer graphics classes. Students pursue their own direction in the production of finished projects.
Prerequisite: Instructor approval Semester: Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Students will refine electronic, mobile, and web publishing techniques to create cutting edge publications and visual based applications for mobile devices and outlets such as the Apple App Store. This capstone course will review the latest trends in social media giving students exposure to many of the most popular trends in graphic arts, mobile publishing, and social media.
Credits: 2 Build on knowledge of proportion, line, value and shape. Expressive and imaginative interpretation are encouraged. Textural explorations, symbolic content in drawings and rapid drawing exercises are areas of skills developed.
Prerequisite:ART 1110 or instructor approval Semester: Fall
Credits: 3 A continuation of ART 1530. Further development of various watercolor techniques and composition. Students are encouraged to develop their own unique talent. Maturation and experimentation of aesthetic philosophy are expected.
Prerequisite:ART 1530 or portfolio review by instructor Semester: All
Credits: 3 Execute design process in relation to user design and user experience (UI & UX) . Control Information hierarchy, design user behaviors, prototype user interfaces with interactions, and execute responsive web design strategies.
Prerequisite:ART 2440 Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Painting the draped and undraped figure in oil or acrylic. Emphasis on light logic, color theory. Painting the human head will be emphasized.
Prerequisite:ART 1260 and ART 2110 Semester: Spring & Summer Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Covers the strategy and methodology in creating and implementing e-Commerce Websites. Topics include demographics of the Internet, opportunity and risk assessment, competitive analysis, current technologies, and e-Commerce systems & trends.
Prerequisite:ART 2440 Semester: Fall Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Use interactive design software to create interactive experiences and animations. Learn the basics of scripting to control animations, transitions, and interactions triggered from various forms of user input and interactive devices.
Credits: 4 In this capstone web design course students will learn the essentials of designing websites that have dynamically changing content. Basic knowledge and structure of database driven websites with user generated content using PHP and MySQL will be discussed. Foundations in validating and processing form data along with designing themes for open source content management systems are taught.
Prerequisite:ART 2440 and ART 2550 Semester: Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 2 The integration of type and image in motion using design and animation principles in the creation of graphics for time based visualizations.
Prerequisite:ART 1280 Recommended Prerequisite:ART 1230 and ART 1620 Semester: Fall Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Application of modeling, texturing, rendering, lighting and compositing principles using 3D software with emphasis on applying traditional art principles.
Prerequisite:ART 1280 and ART 1630 Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Application of the various methods for creating animation using 3D software, Including keyframing, simulations, and character set up with emphasis on applying traditional animation principles.
Prerequisite:ART 2630 Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Methodology and strategies for digitally sculpting character models, and creating readily revisable and animator friendly rigs for maximum flexibility in a CG visualization.
Prerequisite:ART 2640 Semester: Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Methodology and strategies for digitally sculpting character models, and creating readily revisable and animator friendly rigs for maximum flexibility in a CG visualization.
Credits: 3 Exploring methods to create textures/shaders and effects, as well as techniques and practices for lighting, multi-pass rendering, and compositing for use in CG and VFX visualizations.
Credits: 3 Exploring procedural and painting methods to create art-directable surface textures/shaders utilizing different rendering engines & software, also techniques and practices for lighting, multi-pass rendering, and compositing for use in CG visualizations.
Credits: 3 Applying principles and process from Game Development in a collaborative production by creating assets and implementing them in an engine to produce a prototype game.
Credits: 3 Multiple-day, off-campus fieldtrip relating to photographic studies. Students tour world-class galleries/museums, attend private displays of historic and contemporary art, perform photographic work, keep a reflective journal.
Prerequisite: Instructor approval Semester: Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 1-6 This course allows design majors to learn special skills, hone specific skills, learn new software or explore special graphic design topics in a classroom setting.
Credits: 1-6 This course allows Illustration majors to learn special skills or techniques, hone specific skills, learn new software or explore special illustration topics in a classroom setting.
Credits: 1-6 This course allows animation majors to learn special skills, hone specific skills, learn new software or explore special animation topics in a classroom setting.
Prerequisite: Instructor approval Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 1-6 VAD Photo majors to learn special techniques, hone specific skills, learn new software and/or explore special photographic topics in a classroom setting.
Prerequisite: Instructor approval Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 1-6 This course allows Multimedia majors to learn special skills or techniques, hone specific skills, learn new software or explore special topics in a classroom setting.
Credits: 1-3 After completing all available courses in an area of study, students have the opportunity to pursue advanced study with a faculty member on an individual basis. Students must consult with that faculty member about details and permission.
Credits: 1-3 Work experience for credit. Can be applied toward vocational /technical elective credits in the General Studies Program. Students may earn 1 to 3 credits per semester, and 6 credits total.
Credits: 3 Course covers the theory of shielded metal arc welding, oxy-acetylene welding and cutting. Study of electrode classification and Mastery of Safety procedure.
Credits: 7 Practical lab applications of shield metal arc welding, oxy-acetylene welding and cutting. Study of electrode classification, mastery of safety, rolling bend test.
Corequisite: WLD 1110 Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Study of welding joint design, defects and the properties of metals. Destructive testing, code procedures, plasma arc and air cabin arc cutting, brazing and braze welding. Emphasis on welder qualifications for A.W.S. Certification.
Prerequisite: WLD 1110 and WLD 1111 Corequisite: WLD 1121 Semester: Fall & Spring
Credits: 7 Advanced welding, thermal cutting, braze welding, and fabrication. Numerically controlled cutting and an emphasis on A.W.S. Certification preparation.
Prerequisite: WLD 1110 and WLD 1111 or equivalent Corequisite: WLD 1120 Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Theory of wire feed weld on ferrous and nonferrous base metals. Theory of welding metallurgy and shielding gas and filler metal. MIG and TIG welding including emphasis on qualification for A. W. S. Certification.
Credits: 7 Practical hands on lab application of GMAW to include short arc (MIG) and spray arc transfer, GTAW (TIG) on ferrous and nonferrous base metals. Practical maintenance and repair welding application. Emphasis on A. W. S. Certification prep.
Credits: 3 Theory of FCAW (inner shield and dual shield), SAW (submerged arc welding), pipe welding and fitting, layout, and fabrication including blueprint reading and interpretation. Emphasis on A. W. S. prep for Certification.
Credits: 7 Practical Lab application of flux core arc welding (FCAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), pipe welding and layout, fabrication, and pipe welding techniques. Emphasis on A. W. S. Certification prep.
Credits: 1-8 Designed to assist students to obtain specialized training specific to industry needs. Is taught on an as needed basis when requested by industry with variable contact and credit hours.
Credits: 4 Course covers the theory of shielded metal arc welding, oxyacetylene welding and cutting. Study of electrode classification and Mastery of Safety Procedure.
Credits: 2 Practical lab applications of shielded metal arc welding, oxy-acetylene welding and cutting. Study of electrode classification, mastery of safety, guided bend test.
Credits: 4 Study of welding joint design, defects, and properties of metal. Destructive testing, code procedures, plasma arc and air cabin arc cutting, brazing and braze welding. Emphasis on welder qualification for A. W. S. Certification.
Credits: 2 Advanced welding, thermal cutting, braze welding, and fabrication. Numerically controlled cutting and an emphasis on Certification preparation with the A. W. S.
Credits: 4 Theory of Wire feed weld on ferrous and nonferrous base metals. Theory of welding metallurgy and shielded gas and filler metal. Mig and Tig welding including emphasis on qualification for A. W. S. Certification.
Credits: 2 Practical hands on lab application of GMAW to include short arc (MIG) and spray arc transfer, GTAW (TIG) on ferrous and nonferrous base metals. Practical maintenance and repair welding application. Emphasis on A. W. S. Certification prep.
Credits: 4 Theory of FCAW (inner shield and dual shield), SAW submerged arc welding), pipe welding and fitting, layout, and fabrication including blueprint reading and interpretation. Emphasis on A. W. S. prep for Certification.
Credits: 2 Practical Lab application of flux core arc welding (FCAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), pipe welding and layout, fabrication, and pipe welding techniques. Emphasis on A. W. S. Certification preparation.
Credits: 1-7 Designed to assist students to obtain specialized training specific to industry needs. Is taught on an as-needed basis when credit requested by industry with variable contact and credit hours.
Contact Hours: 10 Students are provided with a general introduction to the art, science, and technology of welding. General industrial safety practices are taught.
Prerequisite: School of App Tech entry; good eyesight, lift 50 lbs
Contact Hours: 100 Learn practical welding and cutting skills using the oxyacetylene welding process on carbon steel. Safe practices and theory of OAW are taught.
Contact Hours: 120 Learn practical welding and cutting skills using the oxyacetylene welding process on carbon steel. Safe practices and theory of OAW are taught.
Contact Hours: 160 Learn practical welding skills using the GMAW process on carbon steel and aluminum. Short circuiting and spray transfers. Safe practices and theory of GMAW are taught.
Contact Hours: 170 Learn practical welding skills using the FCAW process on carbon steel. Gas shielded and self-shielded. Safe practices and theory of FCAW are taught.
Contact Hours: 140 Learn practical welding skills using the GTAW process on Fe and non-Fe metals. Safe practices and theory of GTAW are taught. Plasma Arc Cutting is also covered.
Contact Hours: 60 Instruction in basic math skills needed by welders. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, metrics, and currency. Basic geometry and trigonometry formulas are taught.
Contact Hours: 60 Develop essential human-relation skills needed to maintain gainful and satisfying employment, including solving problems, understanding relationships, personal ethics and interpersonal relation skills.
Contact Hours: 15 Prepares students to find employment related to their training; covers applications, networking in the job market, resumes (writing resumes, electronic resumes, and sending resumes), interviewing, and strategies for keeping a job.
Credits: 5 Designed for students with little writing experience. Introduces them to the writing process while building confidence and fluency. Students learn writing as a social act intended for different audiences and purposes.
Prerequisite:ESL 1010 and ESL 1020, both w/C grade or better, OR appropriate placement score
Credits: 3 Prepares students for college-level writing. Uses discussion, critical thinking, reading and writing to discover ideas and meaning for writer and reader alike.
Prerequisite:WRTG 0900 w/C grade or better, or appropriate placement score