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In­tern­ship in Com­mu­ni­ca­tion De­sign As­sign­ment to field work/study sit­u­a­tions of ap­prox­i­mately eight to ten plus hours per week at a graphic arts-re­lated in­tern­ship site ap­proved by the de­part­ment in­tern­ship di­rec­tor. Sites may be in areas such as ad­ver­tis­ing, print­ing, cor­po­rate com­mu­ni­ca­tions or pub­lish­ing. Stu­dents keep a log/jour­nal to be shared in group sem­i­nars/dis­cus­sions. Su­per­vi­sion is by fac­ulty and by the job su­per­vi­sor. Stu­dents will be re­quired to keep a learn­ing jour­nal of their in­tern­ship in the form of a blog using Open Lab.

Internship in Communication Design Assignment to field work/study situations of approximately eight to ten plus hours per week at a graphic arts-related internship site approved by the department internship director. Sites may be in areas such as advertising, printing, corporate communications or publishing. Students keep a log/journal to be shared in group seminars/discussions. Supervision is by faculty and by the job supervisor. Students will be required to keep a learning journal of their internship in the form of a blog using Open Lab.

This draw­ing course in­tro­duces basic con­cepts, tools, tech­niques and the role of draw­ing in de­sign, il­lus­tra­tion, an­i­ma­tion and games. The course will also cover pro­jec­tion sys­tems, plans, el­e­va­tions, sec­tions, oblique, iso­met­ric, one-point per­spec­tive and two-point per­spec­tive views.

This drawing course introduces basic concepts, tools, techniques and the role of drawing in design, illustration, animation and games. The course will also cover projection systems, plans, elevations, sections, oblique, isometric, one-point perspective and two-point perspective views.

This course is a prac­ti­cal in­tro­duc­tion to the field of il­lus­tra­tion. Focus will be places on process work and pro­fes­sional prac­tices, pre­sented within con­tem­po­rary and his­tor­i­cal con­text. Course in­cludes pro­jects and lec­tures in a va­ri­ety of il­lus­tra­tion gen­res in­clud­ing: prod­uct de­sign and ad­ver­tis­ing, sto­ry­board, book il­lus­tra­tion, ed­i­to­r­ial il­lus­tra­tion, and in­sti­tu­tional il­lus­tra­tion. A va­ri­ety of ma­te­ri­als will be in­tro­duced through lec­tures and demon­stra­tions for use on as­sign­ments such as: pen­cil, pen and ink, brush, col­ored pen­cil, brush and paint, and col­lage. Crit­i­cal con­cepts such as: Con­cep­tual De­vel­op­ment, Work­ing on As­sign­ment, Com­po­si­tion, Con­trast, Value, Point of View, and Color the­ory will be in­tro­duced.

This course is a practical introduction to the field of illustration. Focus will be places on process work and professional practices, presented within contemporary and historical context. Course includes projects and lectures in a variety of illustration genres including: product design and advertising, storyboard, book illustration, editorial illustration, and institutional illustration. A variety of materials will be introduced through lectures and demonstrations for use on assignments such as: pencil, pen and ink, brush, colored pencil, brush and paint, and collage. Critical concepts such as: Conceptual Development, Working on Assignment, Composition, Contrast, Value, Point of View, and Color theory will be introduced.

This ad­vanced draw­ing course de­vel­ops vi­sual aware­ness of the human fig­ure. Stu­dents will de­velop an un­der­stand­ing of the basic forms of the human body, how those forms are con­nected and move, and how to draw those forms pro­por­tion­ally. Stu­dents will also con­sider how the human form re­lates to the world around it, de­vel­op­ing a clear un­der­stand­ing of how to cre­ate a com­po­si­tion con­tain­ing pro­por­tional fig­ures within a space ac­cord­ing to per­spec­tive. Sen­si­tiv­ity to line, vol­ume, light and shade is ex­plored. Com­mu­ni­ca­tion de­sign­ers use the con­cepts de­vel­oped in this course in dis­ci­plines such as ad­ver­tis­ing, graphic de­sign, il­lus­tra­tion, broad­cast de­sign, an­i­ma­tion and pho­tog­ra­phy.

This advanced drawing course develops visual awareness of the human figure. Students will develop an understanding of the basic forms of the human body, how those forms are connected and move, and how to draw those forms proportionally. Students will also consider how the human form relates to the world around it, developing a clear understanding of how to create a composition containing proportional figures within a space according to perspective. Sensitivity to line, volume, light and shade is explored. Communication designers use the concepts developed in this course in disciplines such as advertising, graphic design, illustration, broadcast design, animation and photography.

Work­ing in­de­pen­dently, each stu­dent re­searches, con­cep­tu­al­izes and de­vel­ops an in-depth pro­ject, across media chan­nels, which uses de­sign-think­ing to ad­dress a con­tem­po­rary issue.

Working independently, each student researches, conceptualizes and develops an in-depth project, across media channels, which uses design-thinking to address a contemporary issue.