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• ART 4201: Digital Visual Effects

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course builds on the foundational skills students have already mastered and explores more complex compositing and visual FX techniques. Masks, pre-compositing, motion tracking, 3D FX and particles will be covered. Students will design and produce final images based on 'real world' situations. Students will produce five minor and two major production-quality level projects to be included on their demo-reels.
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• ART 4204: The Figure in Ceramics

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  The purpose of this course is to provide students an opportunity for in-depth study of the human figure through the medium of fired ceramics. This class will explore the human form as a vehicle for making art. A variety of approaches to the representation of the figure will be employed. The history of the figure in clay and its place in contemporary art will be covered through lectures and readings.
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• ART 4205: Internship Digital Film/Photo

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Students will study the major movements in photography, with an emphasis on contemporary issues and photography of the 20th century. Students will research master photographers and emulate the photographers' techniques and styles in photographs presented for critiques.
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• ART 4206: Advanced Drawing

  3.00 - 12.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course explores the history of the field of Art Therapy is through studying its founding members, related disciplines and traditional populations. The history of Art Therapy is taught in a reflective manner to help students relate the history of Art Therapy to current practices in Art Therapy.
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• ART 4208: Contextual Design

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Students gain experience with professional design problems in a design studio environment. Comprehensive projects include: project briefs, assessment and planning, project budget and specifications, working with printers and web domains, and client management.
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• ART 4304: Ceramic Materials & Glaze Calc

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course is designed for the advanced student of ceramics and will examine the raw materials used in the ceramics field. Students will calculate, formulate, and fire clays, slips, and glazes at a variety of temperatures.
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• ART 4305: Photo Thesis Portfolio

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  A survey of fine and professional artists helps students contextualize their own career aspirations. Personalized instruction and class critique prepare students to articulate a unified personal aesthetic of style and content through a cohesive portfolio of both digital and physical materials. May be repeated once for credit.
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• ART 4306: Human Anatomy II

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This is a continuation of the Human Anatomy Drawing course for students interested in advanced study of the human form. Greater understanding of the anatomical substructures and deeper investigation of how they affect surface form will be promoted along with greater conceptual and abstract thinking and more effective translation in pictorial terms.
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• ART 4308: Senior Design Portfolio

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  The capstone course of the Graphic Design program. The semester prepares the students and their portfolios for the professional field or graduate study. The onus is on the student to work and update new or existent projects required of a graduating student. The framework includes professional development lectures, portfolio reviews, and projects.
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• ART 4404: Advanced Ceramics

  3.00 - 12.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course is designed to allow the advanced ceramic students an opportunity to work with an instructor in formulating and pursuing problems relating directly to their personal development as an artist/potter. Incoming students are expected to build upon the technical and aesthetic understandingof thier chosen artisitic direction. Formal analysis of their work occurs ing roup and individual critiques.
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