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• ARTA 232: User Interface Design

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  User Interface Design is an advanced course in the theory and implementation of accessible human interfaces for web and mobile interfaces. Students will learn how to design adaptive user interfaces using industry-standard UI/UX (User Interface/User Experience) design tools. Students will learn how to solve a variety of user experience design problems through user research, interface design, interactive prototypes, and user testing.
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• ARTA 236: Interactive Design

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  This course presents a visual and creative approach to learning interactive design with the basic fundamentals of object-oriented programming. Students will learn the fundamentals of programming within a visual context, including how to develop strong conceptual skills required for creating interactive applications. Interactive design and programming is intended for both creative and technical oriented individuals.
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• ARTA 240: Advanced Web Site Design

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  Web Design II is an advanced web design course focusing on responsive web design, web animation, accessibility, standards-based design, and advanced interactivity. Students will be exposed to theories of information architecture and adaptive mobile design, which aid in creating more accessible and dynamic websites with HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and JavaScript. Students will build on the skills presented in ARTA 130 Web Design I to create responsive web layouts that are accessible on both mobile and desktop web browsers.
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• ARTA 253: Guerrilla Marketing Media

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  This course will focus on developing unconventional and alternative methods of media for the video and photography industry. Students will focus on creating different types of promotional materials using guerrilla-style strategies in areas such as the environment, journalistic style, social media campaigns and commercial branding. Students will demonstrate the skills necessary to use different types of media equipment such as portable high-resolution cameras, aerial drones, action cameras, portable sliders, 360 devices, and various hand-held gimbals.
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• ARTA 255: Illustration

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  Visual problems of illustration and the conceptual and technical processes used to solve them; use of traditional wet and dry media, communication concepts via the combining of pictorial images with type, visual and journalistic problems with consideration of current market trends; additional concepts explored using graphic computers and software.
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• ARTA 256: Visual Communications: History/Theory/Practicum

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  Survey of the history, theory and practice of visual communication from the invention of alphabets and writing to electronic new media. Emphasis is placed on understanding key inventions, techniques, historical and social movements and individuals in the evolution of human visual communications. Prerequisite:    ARTA 101, 111, and 180
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• ARTA 260: Individual Studio/Professional Practice

  4.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  An intensive studio experience for personal development and growth, that culminates in a final, semester-end exhibition. The critique will be the core process where aesthetic awareness and creative issues unfold. Students gain knowledge of professional practices through visits to galleries, museums, and artists' studios; and meeting artists, dealers, critics, and museum staff; researching and writing about these experiences. Prerequisite:    ARTA 226 and ARTA 204
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• ARTA 260G: Individual Studio/Professional Practice

  4.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  An intensive studio experience affording students the opportunity for an extended period of personal development and growth, led and critiqued by accomplished visual artists. Will culminate in students participating in a group exhibition. The critiquing process is fundamental to the visual, aesthetic, and conceptual growth of students. Writing intensive. Prerequisite:    ARTA 126, ARTA 204, and ENGL 101
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• ARTA 261: Advanced Ceramics

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  This advanced exploration of the clay medium builds on the foundation skills acquired in ARTA 161 Ceramics. The relationship of technique to concept will be examined with an emphasis on craftsmanship. Wheel throwing, hand building, glazing, and firing techniques will be covered in greater depth. Coverage of contemporary issues in ceramics will help students develop a more informed aesthetic sensibility for the ceramic arts. Offered on demand. Prerequisite:    ARTA 161
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• ARTA 281: Digital Design and Typography II

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  This course is designed to further develop and strengthen the skills and knowledge obtained in Digital Design & Typography I. Assignments are selected with the student's portfolio in mind and provide a variety of design challenges that will enhance students' competitive power for industry needs. Special emphasis will be placed on typographic detail, vocabulary, the design process, presentation, assemblage, and problem solving in a "real world" context. This course concludes with a hardcopy built portfolio. Prerequisite:    ARTA 180
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