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This course will ex­plore stu­dio pho­tog­ra­phy as a means to com­mu­ni­cate ideas. Stu­dents will learn to use light­ing to trans­form sub­ject mat­ter into metaphor, mood and mean­ing as well as how to de­velop vi­sual co­her­ence within a group of im­ages. Stu­dents will de­velop port­fo­lio level pro­jects that dis­play con­cep­tual think­ing and mas­tery of the craft of pho­tog­ra­phy.

This course will explore studio photography as a means to communicate ideas. Students will learn to use lighting to transform subject matter into metaphor, mood and meaning as well as how to develop visual coherence within a group of images. Students will develop portfolio level projects that display conceptual thinking and mastery of the craft of photography.

This is an in­ten­sive course in de­sign and de­vel­op­ment of dy­namic web­sites. The course of­fers a com­bi­na­tion of the­o­ret­i­cal and prac­ti­cal in­for­ma­tion on how to com­bine the PHP script­ing lan­guage with the MySQL data­base to pro­duce dy­namic web con­tent. Stu­dents are ex­pected to have in­ter­me­di­ate to ex­pert skills in HTML and CSS. The goal of the course is to give stu­dents the ex­pe­ri­ence of de­sign­ing dy­namic web con­tent and demon­strate tasks such as gen­er­at­ing im­ages dy­nam­i­cally, send­ing and man­ag­ing email, fa­cil­i­tat­ing user dis­cus­sions and man­ag­ing con­tent. The pur­pose is to learn a pro­fes­sional ap­proach to web­site con­cep­tu­al­iza­tion and ex­e­cu­tion.

This is an intensive course in design and development of dynamic websites. The course offers a combination of theoretical and practical information on how to combine the PHP scripting language with the MySQL database to produce dynamic web content. Students are expected to have intermediate to expert skills in HTML and CSS. The goal of the course is to give students the experience of designing dynamic web content and demonstrate tasks such as generating images dynamically, sending and managing email, facilitating user discussions and managing content. The purpose is to learn a professional approach to website conceptualization and execution.

User Ex­pe­ri­ence (UX) De­sign is an es­sen­tial com­po­nent in de­vel­op­ing web­sites, ap­pli­ca­tions, and any other type of prod­uct in­tended to be used by peo­ple. This course ex­am­ines the lead­ing con­cepts of user—­centered de­sign through read­ings, dis­cus­sions and as­sign­ments. Prac­ti­cal con­cerns in­clude eval­u­a­tion of tech­nol­ogy needed to cre­ate or main­tain web­sites; and ex­plo­ration of a step ­by ­step process for cre­at­ing prod­ucts using flow charts, con­tent trees and schemat­ics. Stu­dents will also gain an un­der­stand­ing of is­sues sur­round­ing us­abil­ity on the Web, knowl­edge man­age­ment and Web strat­egy.

User Experience (UX) Design is an essential component in developing websites, applications, and any other type of product intended to be used by people. This course examines the leading concepts of user—­centered design through readings, discussions and assignments. Practical concerns include evaluation of technology needed to create or maintain websites; and exploration of a step ­by ­step process for creating products using flow charts, content trees and schematics. Students will also gain an understanding of issues surrounding usability on the Web, knowledge management and Web strategy.

Ad­vanced web de­sign is a con­tin­u­a­tion of AD­V2450 Web I, a pre­req­ui­site of this course. Stu­dents will study, in fur­ther de­tail, HTML and CSS to en­sure that they have a solid foun­da­tion. It is as­sumed that stu­dents have a solid grasp of Pho­to­shop and Il­lus­tra­tor, and un­der­stand the proper web de­sign work­flow, but if not we will cover that a bit too. The course is fo­cused on com­plet­ing a web site, from re­search­ing it’s com­peti­tors, wire­fram­ing it’s con­tent, to de­sign­ing and build­ing it using HTML, CSS, and maybe some Javascript and PHP. We will even cover im­ple­ment­ing a re­spon­sive strat­egy into your work and the strengths and weak­nesses of it.

Advanced web design is a continuation of ADV2450 Web I, a prerequisite of this course. Students will study, in further detail, HTML and CSS to ensure that they have a solid foundation. It is assumed that students have a solid grasp of Photoshop and Illustrator, and understand the proper web design workflow, but if not we will cover that a bit too. The course is focused on completing a web site, from researching it’s competitors, wireframing it’s content, to designing and building it using HTML, CSS, and maybe some Javascript and PHP. We will even cover implementing a responsive strategy into your work and the strengths and weaknesses of it.