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2022-2023 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]

Courses

The University Catalogue includes a listing of all active courses; course sections are not offered every term.

 

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  • ILUS 219 Selected Topics in Illustration



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course allows for the presentation of one-time, unique studio experiences involving either specialized themes, media, classroom structures, or teaching and learning formats, for the development of projects relevant to contemporary Illustration issues.

    Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT, ENVI

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • ILUS 221 Words as Pictures



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course focuses on the creative exploration and visual interpretation of letters and words, and how their visual impact can contribute to, enhance or even subvert their linguistic meaning. The course will be centered on various approaches to hand lettering, such as the illustration of letters, words and phrases, and non-conventional type usage. Conceptual and material prompts will be used as a platform for the student to explore both personal vision and professional applications.

    Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT, ENVI

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 222 Illustration with Digital Media



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Explore digital image-making techniques while practicing fundamental illustration skills including research, drawing, design, and visual communication in market-based projects. Exercises and workshops will guide students through digital media such as digital drawing, digital painting, vector drawing, and basic motion design. Projects will be framed around the contemporary illustration marketplace, exposing students to different kinds of professional opportunities.

    Prerequisites DESN*117 or 3 credits from DAAT and 3 credits from DRAW

    Priority enrollment for Game Art & Illustration majors, Figurative Illustration minors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 225 Object & World Building



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Draw appealing and believable objects and environments through advanced study of perspective, review of design theory and application of visual research. Exercises and workshops will go in-depth on perspective and volumetric drawing techniques and ask students to practice design systems including visual harmony, repetition, spatial relationships and color theory to create a cohesive visual language. Through longer projects, students will use observation and research to depict real and imagined spaces that are compelling and sophisticated. Assignments will encourage the ability to control shapes, draw confidently and create spaces that evoke mood, theme, time and place.

    Prerequisites DESN*117 or 6 credits from DAAT, DRAW, OR GAMA courses

    Priority enrollment for Game Art & Illustration majors, Figurative Illustration minors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 251 History of Illustration



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    History of Illustration will survey American and European illustration from the mid-1800s to the present day. The course will study the role illustration has had on the world and the role the world has had on illustration. It will address critical ideas, movements, and individuals, while relating topics to sociological, economic, political, and artistic movements. Each class will address different thematic subjects and trace the boundaries of the discipline as well as the historic and cultural threads that influence the current and future state of practice.

    Prerequisites AHST*102

    Priority enrollment to Illustration majors and Figurative Illustration minors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a discipline history elective, critical studies elective, or general elective requirement.
  

  • ILUS 280 Anatomy Elective



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Focus on the investigation and application of line, plane, mass, light and shade, shadow, perspective, anatomy, and proportion as they relate to figure drawing. Weekly sessions include a lecture, demonstrations from the skeleton, and drawing from life.

    Prerequisites DESN*120 or 3 credits from DRAW courses

    Priority enrollment to Illustration majors.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • ILUS 285 Drawing for Animators



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Introduces and develops the skills needed for good figurative animation drawing. Of primary concern is anatomical figure drawing with an emphasis on the structure and solidity of the figure, good proportions, and specific movement and gesture as they relate to the model. Other topics are two-and-three-dimensional ways of translating form, how perspective and viewpoint are used with the figure and affect scale, exaggerated foreshortening, diagrammatic and expressive line quality, facial expressions, hand and foot studies, capturing movement through gesture, and animal drawing.

    Prerequisites DESN*120 or 3 credits from DRAW courses

    Priority enrollment for Animation and Illustration majors.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • ILUS 286 Layout



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This sequel to ILUS 285 (Volumetric Figure Drawing) introduces and develops the skills and knowledge needed to create competently rendered, dynamic, three-dimensional space and convincingly place volumetrically rendered characters into such space, with attention to acting and storytelling needs. Topics include figures in space; creating the illusion of space; linear and aerial perspectives; how space creates mood and supports theme; the importance of viewpoint; composition, lighting, and color; how detail creates character; figure drawing as it relates to weight, balance, gesture, action and volumetric representation.

    Prerequisites ILUS*285

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • ILUS 298 Selected Topics in Illustration



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course allows for the presentation of one-time, unique studio experiences involving either specialized themes, media, classroom structures, or teaching and learning formats, for the development of projects relevant to contemporary Illustration issues.

    Prerequisites DESN*117 and DESN*120 or 3 credits from DAAT courses and 3 credits from DRAW courses

    Priority enrollment to Illustration majors.
    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • ILUS 303 Illustration III: Materials, Concepts And Formats



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    In this course, students investigate illustration’s capacity for personal expression within the arena of public communication. As a part of this, they work with various modes of picture building, conceptual development and materials applied to some of the major creative outlets in contemporary illustration. They make artwork in reaction to several outside sources, including various forms of the written word. Illustrators thrive when they learn to funnel their creative process through the professional and interactive system of sharing and feedback. Students will adopt this mode of working in order to see the potential for personal expression within it. Lectures and discussions relate to the illustrator’s multifaceted role as maker, thinker and communicator.

    Prerequisites ILUS*203

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 304 Illustration IV: Applications



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Building upon the heavy personal expression component of Illustration III, this course deepens the student’s understanding of the relationship between illustrators and the places their artwork exists within the world of popular culture. This is done through a series of projects that guide the student to solve problems from a personal perspective. This progression leads to the target market project where each student chooses an illustration subgenre based upon their interests and the natural sympathies of their work to this point. Research is conducted and artwork created in this area in order to deepen the student’s understanding of the field and their relation to it.

    Prerequisites ILUS*303

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 311 Figure Communication



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Emphasis on working from life. The course focuses on the use of the figure and or still life objects to communicate concepts in the figurative context. Drawing and painting media are explored.

    Prerequisites ILUS*213

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 313 Figure Painting



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This advanced course will examine the expressive potential of figurative painting as it relates to the effective depiction of human psychology, drama and narrative interaction. Both historical and contemporary figure painting strategies will be investigated as they relate to technique and concept development. Students will enhance these skills while working intensively in class from the model and in more complex, in-depth homework assignments. Through a progression of projects from portraiture to multiple figure compositions, students will expand their knowledge of painting techniques, stylistic approach and personal viewpoint as it relates to illustration and dynamic visual communication.

    Prerequisites ILUS*311

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • ILUS 323 Words, Images and Ideas



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This course informs and unites the explorations of ILUS 221 Words as Pictures with a meaningful understanding of typographic fundamentals. The student will further investigate the connection between the written word and it’s own visual impact and that in combination/integration with pictorial illustration. The progression will flow from the structure of the letterform, to the organization of letters into typefaces and words, to the organization of groups of words and pictures via compositional and hierarchical considerations, to the student’s personalization of this content into expressive and professionally applicable formats via both hand and computer based processes.

    Prerequisites ILUS*221

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 324 Designistration



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    The designistrator is a designer who is also an image-maker. This course builds upon the courses ILUS 221: Words as Pictures and ILUS 323: Words, Images and Ideas by giving students the opportunity to personalize their cumulative content while examining their personal take on the connection between and integration of pictorial and linguistic communication. This starts with a series of projects that guide them to find and develop a personal approach to this unique form of problem solving. Students will look deeper into the nature, applications, processes and systems of design and typography as they relate to the Illustrator-designer. As the course progresses, students will select formats, audiences and ideas to work with singularly or in groups as they build their individual bodies of work.

    Prerequisites ILUS*323

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 325 Figurative Interpretation & Personal Voice



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Develop unique visual vocabulary and personal voice through the interpretation of figures, spaces, and stories. This course emphasizes the observation of live models and figure drawing as subjects for experimentation with mark-making, media exploration, and stylization. Projects will ask students to apply these interpretive image-making techniques to storytelling prompts, creating images that clearly communicate ideas and narratives. Students will complete this course with a body of work that showcase the beginnings of personal voice as image-makers and storytellers, preparing them for their thesis project in senior-year.

    Prerequisites ILUS*204, ILUS*217, ILUS*222, and ILUS*225

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 331 Motion-Based Illustration



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    The explosion of screens in our everyday lives has expanded the repertoire of modern illustrators to create motion-based illustrations that function in editorial, publishing, and advertising contexts. In this course, students will learn how to use digital animation tools to add motion to their illustrations. A combination of demonstrations, lectures, and workshops will walk students through basic time-based concepts including timelines, transformations, asset development, and rendering. In-class discussion and critique will encourage students to develop their individual aesthetic sensibilities, and consider how motion can support storytelling and visual communication. Projects will mirror contemporary illustration projects such as editorial GIFs, motion comics, animated web banners, looping adverts, etc.

    Prerequisites ILUS*203 or ILUS*222

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 336 New Media Illustration



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Use new media tools to create dynamic, interactive, dimensional and experiential illustration projects. Workshops will invite students to explore new media techniques such as digital animation, digital sculpting, projection mapping, virtual reality painting and interactive storytelling. This exploration will provide base technical knowledge for students to develop new media illustration projects with engaging narratives that encourage audience participation and immersion. Assignments will demonstrate how new media technology can be used in traditional as well as new media markets.

    Prerequisites ILUS*204, ILUS*217, ILUS*222, and ILUS*225

    Priority enrollment to Illustration majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 341 Illustration Markets & Promotion



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Explore the commercial applications of an illustrator’s personal vision through a series of comprehensive self-promotional projects. Students will research market dynamics, influences, competitors, clients, precedent, social media tools, and printing/fabrication options as they relate to a series of markets. Students will plan goals and benchmarks to stay on track and follow a repeatable illustration process. Through the generation of new illustration work, students will practice skills learned earlier in the curriculum, including iteration, communication, design theory, and media application.

    Prerequisites ILUS*204, ILUS*217, ILUS*222, and ILUS*225

    Priority enrollment to Illustration majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 380 Children’s Book Illustration



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    The design and illustration of children’s books. Emphasis on the stages of development of a book from manuscript through dummy design to finished art. Professional practice and working with editors and art directors are discussed. Students become familiar with the work of past and present book illustration and design.

    Prerequisites DESN*120 or 3 credits from DRAW courses

    Priority enrollment to Illustration majors.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • ILUS 382 Comic Creation



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Through a planned series of lectures, demonstrations and assignments, students will explore the medium of comics as a vehicle for storytelling and narrative communication. Using a combination of imagery and typography, students will complete assignments that will further their understanding of panel and page composition, controlling pace and mood in a story, and sequential writing and character development. During the process of these projects, students will be introduced to various techniques that include a mixture of computer-based media and traditional media to develop preliminary sketches and complete finished pages. Emphasis will be placed on story development and the idea of the artist as creator.

    Prerequisites DESN*120 or 3 credits from DRAW courses

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 383 Conceptual Problem Solving & Narrative Development



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Practice methods to generate clear ideas, narratives and conceptual solutions for use in illustrated projects like storyboards, comics, publishing and editorial illustration. Exercises and workshops will examine brainstorming and sequencing techniques through a combination of writing and drawing while projects will ask students to respond to content from external sources such as news headlines, literature, and interviews.

    Prerequisites ILUS*204, ILUS*217, ILUS*222, and ILUS*225

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 398 Selected Topics in Illustration



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This course allows for the presentation of one-time, unique studio experiences involving either specialized themes, media, classroom structures, or teaching and learning formats, for the development of projects relevant to contemporary Illustration issues.

    Prerequisites DESN*117 and DESN*120 or 3 credits from DAAT courses and 3 credits from DRAW courses

    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • ILUS 401 Illustration Thesis I



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Students in this course examine the balance between their personal viewpoint and the professional applications relating to illustration. After a series of developmental assignments meant to foster material, ideological, and contextual exploration, students are mentored in the planning and creation of their thesis projects for the William H. Ely Illustration Exhibition.

    Prerequisites ILUS*302 or ILUS*304

    Corequisite Course(s): ILUS*441

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 402 Illustration Thesis II



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Students in this course examine the balance between their personal viewpoint and the professional applications relating to illustration. After a series of developmental assignments meant to foster material, ideological, and contextual exploration, students are mentored in the planning and creation of their thesis projects for the William H. Ely Illustration Exhibition.

    Prerequisites ILUS*401

    Corequisite Course(s): ILUS*442

    Open to Illustration majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 411 Illustration Thesis Studio I



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Refine image-making and visual communication skills through the creation of a cohesive body of work and initiating a multi-part thesis project to be displayed at the William H. Ely Illustration Thesis Exhibition. Open-ended projects and development of a written thesis document will ask students to research influences, precedent, and best practices while refining their personal visual voice. This course ties together the skills, tools, techniques, and habits learned earlier in the curriculum.

    Prerequisites ILUS*325, ILUS*336, ILUS*341, and ILUS*383

    Priority enrollment to Illustration majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 412 Illustration Thesis Studio II



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Complete a multi-part thesis project to be displayed at the William H. Ely Illustration Thesis Exhibition, package a professional visual portfolio, and create new portfolio pieces. Using research and development from Illustration Thesis Studio I, students will finalize their independent thesis projects. Additionally, students will review personal branding, develop self-promotional media, revise professional client list, prepare high-quality digital images, and assemble a portfolio in online and digital formats. Using the portfolio as a driver, students will create new pieces to fill gaps and support their unique illustrative point of view. In-class presentations, discussions and critique will prepare students for professional opportunities.

    Prerequisites ILUS*411

    Priority enrollment to Illustration majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 441 Illustration Portfolio I



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    In this course, students work to discover and refine the conceptual and visual approach that will define their unique voice as an illustrator. The boundaries and capabilities of this voice are tested and explored in a series of projects resulting in a body of coherent work - a portfolio. The course covers the major professional topics relating to the field of illustration, so this body of work can then be applied to the professional pursuit of the field. All of the sections of this course meet together for a series of discussions, lectures, guests, and trips relating to the business components of this course.

    Prerequisites ILUS*302 or ILUS*304

    Corequisite Course(s): ILUS*401

    Open to Illustration majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 442 Illustration Portfolio II



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    In this course, students work to discover and refine the conceptual and visual approach that will define their unique voice as an illustrator. The boundaries and capabilities of this voice are tested and explored in a series of projects resulting in a body of coherent worka portfolio. The course covers the major professional topics relating to the field of illustration, so this body of work can then be applied to the professional pursuit of the field. All of the sections of this course meet together for a series of discussions, lectures, guests, and trips relating to the business components of this course.

    Prerequisites ILUS*441

    Corequisite Course(s): ILUS*402

    Open to Illustration majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • ILUS 480 Communication Workshop



    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    In this unique, collaborative studio course, Graphic Design and Illustration Majors work to produce posters for the School of Theater Arts Main Stage Productions and/or similar client projects. Mentored by an illustrator-designer faculty, students are challenged with real-life, professional design studio experiences such as working on deadline with a client, illustration and design concept to completion, and final publication in the Borowsky Center for Publication Arts. Posters are used to announce upcoming theater productions, campus events or university PSA’s throughout the Philadelphia community. The course also provides students with an excellent opportunity to get an actual printed piece for their portfolios.

    Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT, or ENVI

    Open to Graphic Design and Illustration majors only.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • ILUS 482 Illustration Workshop: Personal Viewpoint



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    A special elective course for qualified Junior and Senior Illustration majors. The Department invites three of America’s most accomplished illustrators to share their talent, insights, and expertise by finding and emphasizing the personal conceptual viewpoint of each student. The goal is to meld that identity with each student’s developing technique to create the greater vision of the artist through illustration as a self-expressive art form. Each of the three faculty presents their work and answers questions in an open forum and then teaches an intensive five-week long segment of the course. The artists give lectures, technical demonstrations, and studio assignments, and students work through a demanding process to produce finished illustrations. This flexible curriculum also allows for timely illustration issues to be covered as they develop in the field.

    Prerequisites GDES*230, GDES*313, ILUS*204, or ILUS*303

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • ILUS 490 Independent Study



    1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • ILUS 498 Selected Topics in Illustration



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This course allows for the presentation of one-time, unique studio experiences involving either specialized themes, media, classroom structures, or teaching and learning formats, for the development of projects relevant to contemporary Illustration issues.

    Prerequisites DESN*117 and DESN*120 or 3 credits from DAAT courses and 3 credits from DRAW courses

    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • ILUS 690 Graduate Independent Study



    1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
    600 level graduate course

    Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • ILUS 699 Topics: Illustration



    1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
    600 level graduate course

    Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  

  • IMAG 101 Image/Time



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    In this course students use two-dimensional and digital media to explore issues of image and time. Concepts of representation, figuration, abstraction, sequence, and duration are addressed through the lenses of art, film and design. Inquiry-based research aids students in developing project content, an awareness of cultural and historical contexts, and the ability to analyze their art-making methods and the works of artists, designers and filmmakers. The development of common technical skills, critical skills, and a conceptual vocabulary provide a framework for future study. Students apply research to their processes and evaluate their work through writing and critique. The course fosters community through collaborative projects and incorporates at least one visit to an off-campus site.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  

  • IMAG 102 Color



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    Students are introduced to the interaction of color and a wide range of color concepts across
    multiple media. Color theory is addressed historically through readings. Assignments in
    painting, collage, digital media and aspects of film will address color in optics, lighting,
    print and paint. Students will combine media and work on inter-disciplinary projects. Content will
    include color interaction, psychology of color, additive and subtractive processes, and color use
    in representational as well as abstract art.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • IMAG 103 Color and the Lens



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    Students are introduced to the interaction of color and a wide range of color concepts with a focus using lens based media and sensors. Color theory, with an emphasis on lens based media and sensors, is addressed historically through readings. Assignments in photography, sensors, screens, and lens based projections; digital media and aspects of film will address color in optics, lighting, print and design. Students will combine media and work on inter-disciplinary projects. Content will include color interaction, psychology of color, additive and subtractive processes, and color use in representational as well as abstract art.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • IMAG 210 Drawing: Natural Forms and the Human Figure



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Drawing from natural forms and the human figure respects the historical practice of maturing the human gaze. This course nurtures the eye’s ability to discern the difference between gross and subtle distinctions in visual information and it poses projects and problems that improve the student’s ability to sustain observation and use vision discerningly, logically and intelligently as it applies to Art, Film, and Design. The class couples an intensive effort at serious scholarship based on principles of visual perception with an awareness of the value of using drawing as a tool for thought. Basic drawing materials are used and exercises in perceptual skills are practiced. Analytical thinking permeates the course and integrates the quest for insights about the graphic and spatial qualities of a variety of subjects related to natural forms and the human body. Indispensable methods of recording information based on principles of location, size, proximity, orientation and proportion are explained and utilized in the execution of drawings of various scales and media. Reading, writing, research, off-campus visits and a collaborative assignment, are all folded into the flow of course activities.

    Prerequisites IMAG*101

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • INCL 600 Foundations of Inclusionary Practices in the Classroom



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Student diversity is one of the main characteristics that defines today’s classroom. This course helps educators build the capacity to understand, honor and support the ever-increasing diversity of educational needs within classrooms. Recommendations are provided to enable teachers to augment their existing practices by infusing inclusive practices into existing content and curricula. Roles and responsibilities of general and special educators are explored to help facilitate collaboration in serving the needs of students and to make meaningful contributions to the identification, evaluation, re-evaluation, teaching and monitoring of progress of all students. Participants identify potential barriers to learning across curriculum areas in the general education classroom and identify strategies and services to eliminate those barriers.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • INCL 602 Classroom Management for Inclusive Classrooms



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course provides strategies for managing individual student and group behavior in the classroom. Develop a framework for understanding why children behave as they do in a classroom setting. Major concepts such as the drive to belong, private logic, birth order, goals of misbehavior, logical consequences, reflective listening, questioning skills and class meetings are explored. Examine types of patterns in students’ behaviors: attention getting, power struggles, revenge actions, and students who appear to be academically disabled but are not. Additionally, consider the links between the way adults respond to misbehaving children and how that response either feeds, extinguishes or has no effect on the target behavior. This course is a study of understanding for an inclusive classroom and examining adult response patterns to children’s misbehavior. Techniques include discussion, lecture, self-reflection, and case study evaluation of real life classroom situations. Practical application for K-12 teachers in all subject areas.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • INCL 603 Understanding How to Teach to Diverse Student Populations



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course is designed to enhance instructional skills and expand strategies essential to working with racial diversity, gender and sexual diversity, religious diversity, and diverse learning needs and styles. The course will examine varying cultures and unique student populations based on a diverse society. Structured to present the learner with a foundational knowledge base and accompanying skills related to Economically Disadvantaged students, Gender Issues, Racial Diversity, Religious Diversity, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity/Expression, Special Education, and English Language Learners, the course will be grounded in political and programmatic history as each relates to today’s classroom. Case studies and practical application of course understandings will be used.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • INCL 605 Gifted Education in Inclusive Classrooms



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Explore techniques to improve instruction to all students in advanced programs and bring gifted education pedagogy into regular classrooms more effectively. Renzulli to Bloom to Torrance are discussed and modeled, while participants investigate gifted research, gifted programming, and gifted curricula. While some school services for gifted and talented students involve part-time opportunities beyond the regular classroom, this course deepens approaches and methods to enhance learning opportunities within the regular classroom. This course also examines the theory that gifted education can address not only the needs of children who show talent, but may promote the emergence and development of gifted and talented children who show potential but have not had the opportunity to fully develop that potential.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • INCL 607 The Arts and Inclusion



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Using the arts as a vehicle for adaptive instruction, the K-8 classroom is a dynamic setting for inclusionary learning. Explore current research and test various methodologies, techniques, and innovative approaches to inclusion to deepen your understanding of special needs students and examine strategies and modifications to enhance learning for all students in the inclusive classroom, including students on the autism spectrum, students with developmental delays and with varying abilities. Design hands-on learning that incorporates the visual, aural, and tactile to engage all students across the curriculum.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • INCL 608 Differentiated Instruction



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Differentiated instruction is an approach to teaching that embraces diversity in learning styles. Discover helpful, field-tested techniques for the creation of an inclusionary classroom for students - from English language learners and special needs students to those with learning differences - to reach all learners effectively. Explore and research concepts, strategies and processes for managing a differentiated instructional setting with accommodations for learning and assessment. We focus on knowledge and skills needed for differentiated instruction across the curriculum, especially in literacy and mathematics.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • INCL 615 Creating Classroom Community Through the Arts



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Creating a classroom community through music, dance and theater introduces strategies for educators to incorporate elements of arts-based thematic instruction. Educators will use guided discovery, movement, imagery, spatial concepts, choreography, musical and rhythmic accompaniment and group theater games to promote positive relationships and academic achievement. This course will be facilitated by the instructor within a collaborative and cooperative framework, building upon current educational philosophies and practices, including Responsive Classroom. Instruction will be transparent, in that educators will be engaged in learning activities, which they may choose to adapt to meet the needs and developmental levels of their own students. Each class session will begin with a Circle of Power and Respect, interactive activities, and processing techniques derived from Restorative Practices. Application of learning from previous courses will be integrated into daily reflections and into the final project. Educators will collaboratively prepare projects in class and will be expected to continue this creative process outside of class, refining their thematic unit/’work of art’ and reflecting on classroom experience. Educators will be encouraged to actively participate in theater games and activities, experiment with various theater techniques, and design theater, dance or music-based thematic units integrating standards-based curriculum and IEP goals.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • INCL 616 Creating a Classroom Culture of Belonging



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course champions the importance of affirming the cultural identities of students and helping
    educators to respect cultural differences in others. Participants develop resources, tools and
    methods to increase cultural awareness in the classroom across the curriculum. Activities
    encourage students to understand and honor diversity, both in their schools and within the
    larger community. This course focuses on methods to weave tolerance and understanding into
    existing curricular units and lesson plans.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing
    Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • INCL 617 Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Emotional intelligence is a missing link in our educational curriculum. Teachers are given the tools for sharing academic lessons, but often they are ill-equipped to handle the stress that the students bring with them. SEL prescribes approaching students as complex human beings whose learning and behavior are just as impacted by their emotions, and their control over those emotions, as they are by the quality of instruction and discipline. However, social-emotional competencies need to be taught. The SEL approach involves teaching students how to manage emotions and behaviors to achieve one’s goals; recognize one’s emotions and values as well as one’s strengths and challenges; show understanding and empathy for others; form positive relationships, working in pairs and teams, dealing effectively with conflict; recognize and talk about their feelings; and resolve conflicts peacefully as a way to strengthen both academic achievement and emotional stability. The course will provide teachers with a practical framework that incorporates morning and class meetings, literature, video examples, creative dramatics and conflict resolution to implement the non-cognitive skills that will stimulate thinking and bonds among children that will carry over into their academic curriculum.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • ITAL 201 Italian 1



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Learning language is learning cultures. The Italian language offers you entry into many communities of diverse people and artists. Through hands-on activities and real-life tasks, you will develop basic speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills that will let you explore ideas, values, perspectives, and products of Italian culture. Our classroom will be a community building experience where you can gain skills in meaningfully communicating with others and explore your identities as a student and artist.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.

    This course is equated with the following courses: LALL*805
  

  • ITAL 202 Italian 2



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    As you advance in your study of the Italian language, you will be able to participate in rich conversations in Italian. In the context of this increased mastery, we will explore Italian culture through current events and art forms, such as film. Our classroom will be a community building experience where you can gain more advanced skills in expressing yourself as a student and artist.

    Prerequisites ITAL*201

    Prereq. Override Available
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • ITAL 398 Selected Topics in Italian



    1 - 3 credits undefined hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This course invites you to explore a topic in the context of an advanced introduction to the basic elements of Italian. We will explore the topic through hands-on activities that emphasize Italian language fundamentals. Students will practice writing, reading, speaking, and listening skills.

    Prerequisites ITAL*201 and ITAL*202

    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • IXDE 198 Selected Topics in Interaction Design



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    This course allows for the presentation of one-time, unique studio experiences involving either specialized themes, media, classroom structures, or teaching and learning formats, for the development of projects relevant to contemporary Interaction Design issues.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • IXDE 201 Markup and Scripting I



    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Addresses the development of basic web design and development skills, introduces students to digital media and asks them to produce a series of interactive multimedia projects for the Web using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Technical expertise and efficient working methodologies are applied to problems that are brought into the class from other design courses as well as from both individual- and group-assigned projects. All software is standard to current interaction design industry practices.

    Prerequisites Complete 12 credits from subjects IMAG, TIME, OBJT, ENVI or DESN*117

    Interaction Design majors priority registration.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
    This course is equated with the following courses: DAAT*201, EMDI*201
  

  • IXDE 202 Markup and Scripting II



    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Building on the fundamentals of markup and scripting introduced in previous coursework, this course further addresses basic web design and development skills, digital media and asks students to produce more complex series of interactive multimedia projects for the Web using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Technical expertise and efficient working methodologies are applied to problems that are brought into the class from other design courses as well as from both individual- and group-assigned projects. All software is standard to current interaction design industry practices.

    Prerequisites IXDE*201

    Interaction Design majors priority registration.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
    This course is equated with the following courses: EMDI*202
  

  • IXDE 210 Interaction Design: History and Practice



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    What is interaction design and what creative possibilities does it provide? This course offers a historical survey of interaction design, its evolving history and practices, and what the future holds. Students will be introduced to the innovative companies and individuals that are pushing the practical elements including topics such as usability and user experience in both the physical and digital world.

    Interaction Design majors priority registration
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a discipline history elective, critical studies elective, or general elective requirement.
  

  • IXDE 213 History of Media and Technology



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Technology and related industries are perceived as “new” when there is actually a long and fascinating history that brought us to our modern, interconnected world. This course looks at the historical development of computing and the way it has also spawned a parallel culture that has evolved over time. Starting in the mid-1830s, we examine the convergence of scientific, military, and political environments that spawned the employment of digital technology. We discuss the enhancement, exploitation, and embracing of digital technology by the corporate and aesthetic communities. We consider the invention of the personal computer and its ancillary products and how digital technologies are applied in fields as diverse as medicine, communications, manufacturing, cognitive psychology, and the arts.

    Prerequisites WRIT*101

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a discipline history elective, critical studies elective, or general elective requirement.

    This course is equated with the following courses: IXDE*213, MMDI*250, DAAT*260
  

  • IXDE 220 Making Interaction



    3 credits 67.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    In the context of Interaction Design, the “Maker Revolution’s” ideals are coupled with technology to create physical interactive objects - otherwise known as “physical computing.” Physical computing is a creative framework for understanding human beings’ relationships to the digital world. It refers to interactive systems that can sense and respond to the world around them. Physical computing explores the bridge between physical objects and the way we interact with them. By using Arduinos and other electronic components, students build objects that also provide interfaces with digital machines to create innovative new experiences. Students will learn about maker space culture and new digital maker equipment like 3D printing, laser cutting and the CNC machine, and their relationship to making interaction.

    Priority enrollment for Interaction Design majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • IXDE 222 Web Design I



    3 credits 67.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    The web is an important part of the interaction design industry even with the introduction of WIX.com and other services that have “democratized” web development. This course focuses on the mark-up languages of web development and the server-side environments in which web sites live. There is a focus on the web development process with a heavy emphasis on usability.

    Prerequisites IXDE*201

    Corequisite Course(s): IXDE*202

    Priority enrollment for Interaction Design majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • IXDE 298 Selected Topics in Interaction Design



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course allows for the presentation of one-time, unique studio experiences involving either specialized themes, media, classroom structures, or teaching and learning formats, for the development of projects relevant to contemporary Interaction Design issues.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • IXDE 311 Mapping the World



    3 credits 67.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Projection-mapping is an exciting new avenue for the exploration of spatial augmented reality (a type of augmented reality that is not screen-based and instead uses light projection). Projection-mapping offers the opportunity to channel the practice of any design discipline into a new expressive language. Projection-mapping projects enable illustrators, graphic designers and interaction designers to experiment with motion, immersion and interaction through large-scale light projection installations, using surfaces and 3D objects as the canvas. Students will also experiment with screen based augmented reality using software such as the Unity game engine and scripting.

    Priority enrollment for Interaction Design majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • IXDE 314 User Interface Design



    3 credits 67.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    What makes a user interface successful? This course examines the theories and practices related to user experience and experience design to set the foundation for designing and producing effective, intuitive interfaces. Students will produce user interfaces in both digital and non-digital formats using different techniques and software.

    Prerequisites IXDE*222

    Priority enrollment for students majoring in School of Design programs.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • IXDE 322 Web Design II



    3 credits 67.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Students learn cutting edge techniques to take their web development skills to higher levels of competency. The course will focus on JavaScript libraries, SASS, frameworks, and server-side instruction (PHP, MySQL). This is a course for students wanting to become “full-stack” developers - individuals who can do it all, from leading a project to designing and coding all aspects of a web product.

    Prerequisites IXDE*222

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • IXDE 398 Selected Topics in Interaction Design



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This course allows for the presentation of one-time, unique studio experiences involving either specialized themes, media, classroom structures, or teaching and learning formats, for the development of projects relevant to contemporary Interaction Design issues.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • IXDE 401 Advanced Programming



    3 credits 67.5 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This is an upper-level programming course that builds upon the programming instruction students have received in other classes across the university. It provides practical application in a number of programming languages including JavaScript (p5js), Python, Processing, and C#. Students will work with creative software such as the Unity and Unreal game engines as tools to create interactive software applications. Through the implementation of a software development process, students will learn how to plan and document their projects, prototype the functionality and proceed to the final development of a functioning software application.

    Priority enrollment for Interaction Design majors Priority enrollment to School of Design majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • IXDE 420 The Internet of Things



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a constant stream of data between systems and devices that do not require human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. In this course, students will explore the world of networked communication for interaction design.

    Prerequisites IXDE*401

    Interaction Design majors priority registration.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • IXDE 498 Selected Topics in Interaction Design



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This course allows for the presentation of one-time, unique studio experiences involving either specialized themes, media, classroom structures, or teaching and learning formats, for the development of projects relevant to contemporary Interaction Design issues.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • LENS 301 Lens Based Media Workshop



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Students explore the integration of photographic and cinematic practices through structured and personal assignments to develop technical, aesthetic, and conceptual mastery of the media associated with the lens. Students will examine notions of sequencing, with emphasis on investigating the transition from still to moving images and back again, and they will learn to synthesize film and photographic techniques to create innovative hybrid work. Analysis and study of contemporary lens-based practices as well as trends that traverse the traditional boundaries between photography and film will take place through reading, writing, and discussion with attention to current screenings and exhibitions.

    Requires completion of 45 credit.
  

  • LIBA 490 Independent Study



    1.5 - 3 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum.

    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LIBA 690 Graduate Independent Study



    1.5 - 6 credits 0.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • LIBA 699 Topics: Liberal Arts



    1.5 - 6 credits 0.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  

  • LITT 216 Lyric Poetry



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Close study of short poems from a wide range of literary history. The major goal of the course is to intensify sensitivity to language as both sound and meaning. We will be doing intricate line-by-line textual analysis in class. This course is highly recommended for song writers who wish to develop their skills in structuring and refining their lyrics. While term papers in this course must be critical (as in literary criticism) rather than creative, training in detailed analysis of poetry is extremely valuable for professional song writing. Assignments are light because of the brevity of the poems, but this is a classroom-intensive course where attendance is required. Term papers are encouraged in poetry of any period or world culture.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 217 Women Writers



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Students will read and critically examine a selection of works by writers who identify as women; genres considered may include poetry, fiction, playwriting, creative nonfiction, and others. The course will be informed by critical theories of gender, sexuality, and literary practice. It will consider what it means to read within a gender-based category, particular in light of contemporary thinking and experience, and how the work of women writers relates to literary history, culture, and artistic practice.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 219 20th Century American Writers



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course examines the arc of American literature over the span of the 20th century, interrogating both its roots and its legacies. Through close readings of texts from a diverse range of writers, students will investigate some of the literary movements, ideas and themes that define the century. Students will analyze texts in context of the historical, social, and political forces that shaped them, including industrialization, mass migration, military actions, and ongoing struggles for civil rights and social justice.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 221 Modern Drama



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    A study of the modern theater from the end of the 19th century to the mid-20th century. Students read some of the world’s most famous playwrights: Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, Pirandello, Lorca, Brecht, and Beckett. Theater trips are part of the experience of this course.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 224 Themes in Science Fiction



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    In this course, students examine selected tropes in science fiction, looking at sources all the way from Graeco-Roman literature to the early 21st century. The particular focus of the course is the short story, with some film resources. A thematic approach is taken, with a view of science fiction as a mode of social and political commentary on themes such as identity and artificial intelligence, the question of reality versus virtual reality, and the nature of time. The course also emphasizes the understanding of this literature in the larger context of science, technology, and culture.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 230 American Southern Writers



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    American Southern Writers focuses on the groundbreaking, seminal works of 20th-century writers from the American south who have left a deep mark on the ways we imagine American culture and identity: William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Carson McCullers, Flannery O’Connor, and Eudora Welty. Close attention to how a work’s rhetoric and style affects its presentation of basic motifs (poverty, sexuality, race, religion, rural and small-town life) and of the cultural and social topography of the south.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 231 Shakespeare



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    The dramatic works of the supreme writer of the English Renaissance: Shakespeare. A selection of his comedies, histories, tragedies, and romances are read. Focuses on the plays not only as literary accomplishments but also as theatrical performances existing in three-dimensional space. Concerned with both the parameters of the original Renaissance stage and with modern translations and transformations of the plays.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 232 American Playwrights



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    A study of the American theater in the past 75 years, looking at the works of such authors as O’Neill, Miller, Williams, Albee, and Shepard. Theater trips as well as showings of filmed plays.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 233 Art of the Song Lyric



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    A study of how modern song lyrics developed from the ancient tradition of lyric poetry and folk
    ballads and hymns, with roots in both Europe and Africa. We will examine a variety of song styles
    and attempt to formulate artistic criteria to evaluate them. Why does a song become a hit and
    remain popular for years? What organizing structures work best? Are there persistent
    themes or conflicts that can be called universal? How does a vocalist interpret or alter a song?
    We will also trace the intimate interconnection of popular music and dance in modern media.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 256 American Immigrant Literature



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    By immersing students in works from a broad range of first- and second-generation immigrant writers–like Julia Alvarez, Jhumpa Lahiri, Ocean Vuong, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie—this course will examine how immigrant voices have engaged with and spoken back to the dominant culture and how, over time, this has shaped ideas of what it means to be American. It will also investigate how U.S. immigration laws and policies have changed over the years and how this has affected the literature emerging.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 261 Literature, Spaces, Objects



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course considers the intersection of literature and the visual. How do literary works describe designed entities? How, in turn, do designers render visual ideas into text? In this course, the designed entities will include everything from architectural settings (physical spaces) to everyday products (objects). Students will analyze visual features in works by authors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Miriam Allen DeFord, Alifa Rifaat, H.G. Wells, and Umberto Eco. They will also consider linguistic representation in the objects and the writings of designers and artists. Students will practice using language and concepts from design to advance their critical inquiry into literature.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 262 The Graphic Novel



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Students will study the history, development, and cultural significance of the graphic novel. They will practice critically reading this distinct form of storytelling in the context of its historical beginnings, its contemporary exemplars, and its potential next directions. The course will consider works by authors and artists such as Lynda Barry, Alison Bechdel, Emil Ferris, Alan Moore, Chris Ware, and Gene Luen Yang. Students will further their investigation of course concepts by completing projects that combine creative and critical methods and by considering the role of collaboration in the graphic novel.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 264 The Memoir



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course considers the memoir as a literary form. Students will gain an understanding of the craft and history of personal writing, while exploring critical questions about narrative, the self, community, and the nature of creative nonfiction. The course will include readings from authors such as James Baldwin, Joan Didion, Roxane Gay, Renee Gladman, Mary Karr, and David Sedaris. It will examine the significance of autobiographical writing in contemporary culture, as well as its connections to literary history.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 299 Selected Topics



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Selected Topics in Literature supports the study of special topics, authors, and themes. Selected Topics courses include reading, critical writing, research, creative projects, and literary analysis. See course section descriptions for more information.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    Priority enrollment for Creative Writing majors & minors.
    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 325 Contemporary Novel



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    What is it about the novel as a form that has allowed it to endure and to flourish for centuries? How do contemporary novels engage with, innovate, and expand on this form? What light do these novels shed on our current world and on what it means to be human? This course will investigate these and other questions through close reading of several contemporary novels from a diverse range of international writers. It will also examine the writers’ creative processes and the social and political forces that shaped these works.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 331 Modern Children’s Literature



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This course considers the evolution of children’s literature from the 19th to 21st centuries across decades and genres, from picture books to YA to graphic novels. Students will analyze texts by authors such as L. Frank Baum, Dr. Seuss, Angie Thomas, E.B. White, Gene Luen Yang, and J.K. Rowling, as well as relevant literary theory. They will explore the ways in which books written not just about children but for them can be of critical importance to our lives and culture.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 334 Latin American Literature



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Throughout history, Latin American writers have had to negotiate aesthetic and stylistic concerns with the historical and social realities surrounding them-bloody colonial conditions, traumatic postcolonial transitions, puppet regimes, warlords, tyrannical governments. This course will look at the forerunners to the so-called “Boom” of Latin American literature on the world stage in the 1960s-70s, at some of the Boom’s central figures, such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa, and at contemporary reactions to the Boom by writers such as Valeria Luiselli, Samanta Schweblin, and Juan Gabriel Vasquez. We will explore the tensions between magic realism and realism as well as the possibilities of style, the high and low registers, the comic hard on the heels of the tragic, sprawling tableaux, formal inventiveness, and energy.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 337 Postcolonial Literature



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    The course explores a variety of texts by authors from formerly colonized countries in Africa, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, and elsewhere. Generally, we will examine how the colonial experience may have affected the form and content of the literature written in these places and will touch upon a wide range of issues such as the legacies of colonialism, history, and nationhood. More particularly, the course will pair Western canonical texts with postcolonial responses to look at the ways in which postcolonial literatures question, complicate, nuance or subvert central Western intellectual tenets and reframe concepts such as identity, justice, power, and knowledge, as well as conceptualizations of migration, cosmopolitanism, transnationalism and globalization.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 350 African American Literature



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    A selective survey of key works by African American writers from slave narratives to recent works in prose (fiction and non-fiction), poetry, and theatre. Close analysis of form and style with attention to the works’ social and historical contexts. Targeted use of important critical works on the African American literary tradition and its continuing development.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 355 Queer Literature



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Historically, some of the most exciting literary innovations—both in content and in form–have come from queer writers. This course will highlight some of the authors who have shaped this landscape, from pathmakers like Walt Whitman to explosive new voices like Alison Bechdel, Danez Smith, and Carmen Maria Machado. It will look at the historical, social, and cultural contexts in which these literatures have emerged. The class will also investigate the term “queer” and think about how it might be applicable beyond sexual and gender identities.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 399 Advanced Selected Topics in Literature



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Advanced Selected Topics in Literature supports the advanced study of special topics, authors, and themes. Advanced Selected Topics includes reading, critical writing, research, and theoretical perspectives that are appropriate to the 300 level.

    Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H

    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITT 589 Graduate Selected Topics



    1 - 3 credits undefined hours
    500 level graduate course

    Graduate Selected Topics in Literature supports the advanced, intensive study of special topics, authors, and themes. Graduate Selected Topics includes reading, critical writing, research, and theoretical perspectives that are appropriate to the graduate level.

    Prerequisites LITT course or current graduate student status

    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • LITY 600 Foundations of Literacy in the Classroom



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Literacy is the foundation for student achievement regardless of the subject matter. This course provides K-8 educators with tools and strategies needed to teach the foundational skills of reading, writing, speaking, listening and language using best instructional practices, differentiated instruction and formative/substantive assessment. Curriculum design and classroom organization to optimize learned best practice are examined. Each participant contributes to the group’s learning by researching teaching skills in one of the five foundational areas and presenting that research to the class. Participants then practice teaching skills from each foundational area in both small group and individual mock scenarios and develop lesson plans and classroom design models that enhance instruction and learning.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • LITY 601 Exploring Literacy through the Performing Arts



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Appropriate for educators who are currently teaching literacy in the K-5 classroom, this course develops understanding, knowledge and skill for designing performing arts-based lessons for literary development. Participants learn how to adapt traditional theatre games for use as warm-ups in literacy lessons. Playwriting activities are examined for their unique potential in leveraging the listening and speaking skills that are innate in children for developing their reading and writing competency. Teachers create performing arts integrated lesson plans to understand why movement, music and drama can be powerful tools for the literary teacher.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • LITY 602 Exploring Literacy through the Visual Arts



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course is appropriate for K-8 classroom teachers, special needs and ELL teachers, and teachers of science, mathematics and social studies who see literacy as a skill that extends across content areas and wish to investigate how an integrated curriculum with visual art at the core will increase the overall literacy of their students. With the goal of transforming literacy acquisition from learning to read, to reading to learn across all academic content areas, educators will gain a basic understanding of how the brain learns and why a visual art integrated approach can build both the acquisition of literacy skills and the fluency students need to become proficient and advanced learners.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • LITY 603 Exploring Multicultural Literature



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Teachers, librarians and reading specialists can learn to enrich student awareness and appreciation of diverse cultures though literature centered on the experiences of African American, Hispanic, Asian and Middle Eastern cultures. Participants read Zora Neale Hurston, Chris Soentpiet, Faith Ringgold, Mildred D. Taylor and the poetry of Joyce Carol Thomas, Paul Laurence Dunbar and Langston Hughes, focusing on their incorporation into cross-curricular studies.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • LITY 604 Exploring Literacy Through Poetry, Introductory



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Participants learn basic skills and strategies for the classroom while improving their own poetry and writing techniques. References, resources and materials necessary for the development of fundamental and advanced poetry and writing skills are emphasized. Topics include poetry readiness from couplet to quatrain to completed poem; writers’ resources, from books to the Internet; poetry for profit, with outlets for students and teachers; integrating poetry with mathematics and science; and narrative and historical poetry. Develop poetry centers, PowerPoint presentations and web activities to support integrating poetry across the curriculum.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • LITY 605 Exploring Through Poetry, Advanced



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Starting with the writings of contemporary and classic poets such as Frost, Longfellow, Angelou, Hughes, Shelley, Viorst, Silverstein and Carroll, this course instills an appreciation of poetry and helps participants develop stronger creative writing, vocabulary, comprehension, public speaking and critical thinking skills. This course covers poets and their craft, teaching to state literary standards, classroom activities and strategies for all levels.

    Prerequisites LITY*604

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • LITY 606 Reading & Writing Across the Curriculum



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Explore a variety of reading, writing, speaking and literature experiences designed to encourage students. This course helps classroom or reading teachers discover national programs and new avenues and strategies including: making children independent and reflective learners, interactive instruction, teaching across the curriculum, alternative assessment, divergent teaching strategies and interdisciplinary teaching.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • LITY 607 Integrating Children’s Literature into the Classroom



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    The works of contemporary authors and illustrators- as well as classic-are the springboard to the study of children’s literature and how to incorporate it into the classroom. Lectures include developing a classroom literature program, exploring emerging literary technologies and examining the thematic approach to literature using literary themes to teach mathematics, science, and history. The works of Beverly Cleary, Judy Blume, John Bellairs, Van Allsburg, Roald Dahl, and Maurice Sendak will be included.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
 

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