This is a composition course that stresses the writing process. Students will write multi-paragraph essays using the following expository modes: description, narration, example, comparison/contrast, classification/division, process analysis, and causal analysis. Nonfiction readings will be covered to help illustrate writing structures and the organization of ideas. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: ASSET placement OR successful completion (grade "C") of GE0011EN and/or GE0012RD
This is a composition course that focuses primarily on analytical and persuasive writing, as well as the research paper. Emphasis is also placed on critical reading and thinking. Cultural issues such as diversity, multiculturalism, tolerance, and effective communication will be discussed in connection with some writing assignments. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10110
This course covers algebraic techniques and problem-solving, such as algebraic and complex fractions, operations with real numbers, linear functions and systems, quadratic equations, radicals and radical expressions, factoring, polynomials, conic equations and applications, exponents and radicals. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: ASSET placement OR successful completion (grade "C") of GE0013MA, GE0013MA
This course surveys Western art forms relative to political, social, religious, and economic movements from the Baroque to present day. Topics include painting, sculpture, decorative arts, architecture, photography, and conceptual art. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: None
In this course, students will learn professional methods of speaking and of communicating their ideas and experience to others. Students will prepare and deliver demonstration and persuasive speeches designed to be effective with a variety of audiences. Students will also participate in small group presentations. Topics include subject selection, audience analysis, research, organization, and the use of voice and body in speech delivery. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course presents a survey of major events and development in the history of motion media and mass communication. The survey focuses on the relationship between technology and media development and explores the impact motion media and mass communication have on society and economy. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course focuses on points in a coordinate system, formulas for figures in one, two, and three dimensions: points, directions, lines, triangles, polygons, conic sections, general quadratic equations, and spheres. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: ASSET placement OR successful completion (grade "C") of GE0013MA
This is course an introduction to the concepts, theory and practice of ethical decision-making in the personal and social realms. Concepts such as justice, mercy, responsibility, and morality are considered. Students will learn about a broad range of ethical theories and theorists, ancient to modern. These theories will be compared, contrasted, and applied to a variety of ethical problems, dilemmas, and controversies. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10110, GE10210
Students will study the following principles: motion and the effects of unbalanced force systems acting upon rigid bodies; Newton’s laws of motion; motion along straight and curved paths; weight; work, energy and power; impulse, momentum and impact. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10220 OR GE10450
This course focuses on aesthetics, which is alternately defined as philosophy of art, philosophy of beauty, and philosophy of taste. All three definitions point to the ways in which we create, experience, think about, and write about the fine arts. Through texts, lectures, videos, and discussions, students will learn about the variety of ways in which individuals generate their own critical voice and aesthetic theories. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10110, GE10210 AND GE10120 OR GE10230
This course is an introduction to theories about the process of communication, including key concepts and terms for human communication. Additionally, listening and feedback, nonverbal communication, intrapersonal and interpersonal communication, group and organizational communications will also be a focus. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course focuses on the development of critical reasoning skills, including the ability to evaluate a wide variety of information. Students will consider what an argument is, how arguments go wrong and what makes an argument valid. Students will study both informal and formal logical arguments and structures. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Visual awareness is expanded through the observation of the principles of light and the translation of three-dimensional form into two-dimensional drawings. Advancing from simple to complex forms, skill levels in construction and an understanding of line and perspective will be developed. Students study the effects of light and movement on the human body. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course will introduce the basic principles of design. Using a variety of materials and techniques, the creative process will be introduced and developed. An exploration of design elements and relationships will establish a basic aesthetic sensitivity. An introduction to basic typography will be explored, in order to integrate simple type with imagery. A demonstration of basic tools for learning craftsmanship and presentation skills will be emphasized. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This fundamental course provides an introduction to the principles of color and an exploration of color theory as it relates to graphic design. The psychological and cultural aspects of color will be examined in making appropriate design decisions. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
The creative professions require innovative individuals with clear vision. Freshmen at The Art Institute of Philadelphia will work together to develop the vision of what makes a successful student and professional. The course begins by welcoming students into The Art Institute of Philadelphia community and helping them integrate into this student environment. Students will become acquainted with college and community resources, explore their goals for success, and work on establishing a visionary course for the development of their professional portfolio. The course concludes with attending the portfolio show of the graduating class. (0 quarter credits, 2 hours per week)
Students develop basic image manipulation skills in a raster-based computer environment. Emphasis is on mastering the fundamentals of scanning, color management, photo retouching, imaging, special effects, and filters and masks. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: LS10110
An introduction to lettering skills and the history and foundations of letter forms. Also studied are the placement of display and text type in a formatted space, and the relationships between the appearance and readability of letter forms. Students will work in digital typesetting technology. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
An introduction to various logic statements used in all programming languages, providing the skills to convert written words into programming logic. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Students will acquire the skills needed to develop, design and produce basic Web pages. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM10210 and IM10210 OR GR10471
An introductory study of the principles and practices of recording sound will be covered. Students examine the tools and techniques used in multi-track recording and mixing. This class includes the study of basics of critical listening, microphone technique, console and recording systems, signal flow, signal processing, routing, and general studio operations. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: LS10110 OR to be taken simultaneously with LS10110
This course emphasizes digital imaging for interactive presentations. Students will use vector and raster-based applications for image creation and manipulation. Advanced concepts such as web animation, layering, texture mapping, and archiving will be covered. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM10210 OR GR10471
Students will acquire the skills needed to develop, design and produce intermediate web pages incorporating current scripting languages such as ECMAScript (JavaScript). (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM10310 OR GR20670
In this advanced workshop, students build upon their knowledge of basic web design and development techniques by completing several web site projects from the beginning design phase through the final coding phase. Emphasis is placed on current trends, standards, and technology. Student designs are continually subjected to peer review. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM10310
The principles and practices of digital audio in a multimedia setting are explored. Students learn to use current digital audio programs for recording, editing, sequencing, and mixing for a variety of outputs and applications. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM10330
This course is an introduction to e-learning development with an emphasis placed on the instructional design model to develop for any type of classroom or training e-learning solution preparing students for future development in the e-learning industry. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM10210
Students will acquire the skills needed to develop, design, and produce advanced web pages. These pages will utilize current standards and include dynamic visual interfaces. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM10410
Students undertake a study of 2-D animation using a computer modeling and animation software program as the primary tool. This class will emphasize the creation of interactive animated sequences for multimedia applications. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course will focus on the advanced key elements of today’s raster electronic imaging technologies to provide a solid progression in the student’s knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the field of multimedia and digital design. This is a computer lab-based class with specific instruction in raster-based programs. Additionally, because these technologies do not exist in isolation, the systematic collaboration with various related software will also be discussed and practiced. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM10340
This course is an introduction to e-learning application development with an emphasis placed on the design and content of interactive e-learning classroom or training solutions using industry standards for the web application. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM20511
This advanced course teaches the student how to create web pages with 2-D animation and interactive games and multimedia presentations using software such as Macromedia Flash. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM20530 OR GR20790
This course will guide students through the process of compiling their work into an interactive portfolio. Students will apply techniques and strategies to market themselves in their chosen fields. Emphasis will be placed on students assessing their most marketable skills, designing storyboards for their interactive portfolios, creating professional design layouts, creating interfaces, backgrounds buttons, audio/video elements, resumes and print materials to support their interactive online portfolios. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: 90 credits earned
This course focuses on the multimedia project management process and development of the project team as key to the successful achievement of multimedia project goals. The process examines the main elements required in every proposal/plan, time frame, and budget. Key areas of multimedia project teams serve to support the fundamental approach that every project team is tailored to achieve project results efficiently and effectively. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM10410, IM20620
This course focuses upon the aesthetics of multimedia pieces. Using previously authored work and one new project, students will examine the relationship between form, subject matter and content with the goal of developing the most effective images and sounds to express the meaning of the piece. Everything from button design, to screen transitions, through music will be examined to work towards achieving the goal of portfolio quality pieces. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM10410, IM20521, IM20611
This course will guide students through the process of compiling their work into a final interactive portfolio. Students will apply techniques and strategies to market themselves in their chosen fields. Emphasis will be placed on students assessing their most marketable skills, designing storyboards for their interactive portfolios, creating professional design layouts, creating interfaces, backgrounds, buttons, audio/video elements, resumes, and print material to support their interactive portfolios. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM20710
This course will allow the students to move beyond the basics of HTML and get on with learning how to create database-driven applications. The topics covered in this course will help the students to create a complete on-line store with shopping cart and content management systems. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course introduces students to the concepts and processes of developing web sites which have as a primary goal addressing and solving user needs. By exploring the process step-by-step, students will identify where user issues are raised and how they are answered. During the course, students either physically create a Web site or a prototype. Students present and defend their decisions. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM10310, IM20720
Students will explore current trends in web development, building projects in the latest technologies and techniques. This will include an examination of both visual and programming trends. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM20521
This course serves to introduce and provide experience with the design, development, and evaluation of Advanced Web Applications using Flash. Students will learn to write advanced Flash ActionScripts. Students will also learn to use technologies such as XML with Flash to create Flash Applications. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM20620
Corporations and other organizations utilize Web sites to disseminate information about products, services, and events or to provide point-of-purchase sales. Students will plan and design a Web site in this course. The Web site will be designed and developed to sell a product or service, build a brand image, sell goods and/or provide information to a consumer. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM20830
In this course, students learn the basics of streaming technologies and apply them to sites and events. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Students select an area from Interactive Multimedia and research and program their graduate projects. The emphasis is on quantitative and qualitative research, scheduling of the project, methods of presentation, and qualitative results. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: 150 credits OR two quarters before graduation
This course allows the students to refine their skills relating information design to company objectives, both business and financial. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM30930
The astonishing growth of emerging technologies is one factor that has led to the demand for applications, advertising and marketing online. Students learn to apply traditional principles where they are appropriate and to discover and apply a new fundamental understanding of emerging technologies. This course is based on intensive case studies of sites on the Web as well as lecture. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM20720, IM30920
Students will transfer their understanding of databases to a web-based database structure, learning how the Web changes the basics of databases and how servers and server management affect the performance of a database-driven site. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM20820
In this course, students select an area from Online Media and Marketing to research for their graduate project. The emphasis is on quantitative and qualitative research, project scheduling, presentation methods, and qualitative results. Students will prepare, present and defend a graduate project suitable for a professional audience. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM31010
Working in teams, students take responsibility for specific assignments. In this course, students will put a multimedia product developed by others on a network, troubleshoot the product, and correct and finalize the product. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor AND earned 135 credits
Through a field internship experience, students will be able to apply acquired subject matter and career/professional skills in a real and practical situation. The main objectives of the internship are to allow students the opportunity to observe and participate in the operation of successful businesses relating to their fields of study. The students will gain experience needed to enter the field upon graduation. (3 quarter credits, 9 hours per week)
Prerequisites: Completion of all courses required prior to the last two quarters
This course introduces the theories and applications of both the IBM and Macintosh computers. Topics include word processing, spreadsheets, databases, PowerPoint, computer graphics, file preparation for high-end output, file management, basic data storage and retrieval and the Internet. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course gives an overview of basic legal principles related to starting and conducting a business. Topics include legal systems, litigation, dispute resolution and contracts. The protection of intellectual property, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, and service marks, is also emphasized. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course surveys Western art forms relative to political, social, religious, and economic movements from antiquity to the Mannerist period. Topics include painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and architecture. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course provides a framework for considering critically significant photographers and their work. Students will be expected to describe, interpret, and evaluate the origins, stylistic changes, and artistic innovations in the history of photography from the nineteenth century through contemporary times. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course focuses on international literary selections. Topics include the critical evaluation of the literary genres: short story, poetry, and drama. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course is an introduction to the principles and practices of American Government. Concepts such as democracy, civil rights, civil liberties; public opinion; mass media, political parties, and the three branches of government will be discussed. Students will learn about the framework of government from colonialism to the present day. Government ideologies will be discussed and applied to various situations in an unbiased manner. Students will be able to see the importance of government and how decisions made by the government affect our everyday daily lives. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course focuses on a working knowledge of human sensory processes and their subsequent perceptual and behavioral manifestations. Topics include learning, memory, consciousness, and cognition. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course will introduce the student to the physical, ecological, social and political principles of environmental science. The student should gain an understanding of scientific method and how it is used to analyze the relationship between humans and the natural environment. The course will help the student to develop an analytical framework that he/she can use to judge environmental issues and intelligently discuss environmental responsibility. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
In this course students will examine group interaction within human society. Through texts, lectures, videos, and discussions, students will learn about the variety of ways sociologists view human culture and society, as well as the sociological phenomena that affect the lives of individuals within the world-wide human family. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course covers the period of U.S. history from early colonization to the Spanish/American War. Primary emphasis is on the English colonies and the period of nationhood. This course will examine U.S. history in terms of social, economic and political perspectives, and students will also trace the histories of various American populations, such as women, African-Americans, Native Americans, etc., throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course covers the period of U.S. history from the turn of the century to the present. This course will examine U.S. history in terms of social, economic and political perspectives. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course covers Western civilizations from the Ancient Near East, through Greece and Rome, to the Middle Ages, the rise of Christianity, and the Renaissance. These civilizations will be examined in terms of social, economic, political and cultural perspectives. Major historical events, ideas, and developments will be discussed, and issues of race, class, and gender will be considered. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course covers European history from the Reformation/Counter-Reformation, through the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, ending with World War II. This course will examine social, economic, political and cultural perspectives. Major historical events, ideas, and developments will be discussed, and issues of race, class, and gender will be considered. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course is designed for students who wish to study abroad. Students will travel between the spring and summer quarters and will return to campus to complete a final exhibition project during the summer quarter. The course will consist of lectures, activities, research, and discussions designed to examine the culture, history, and aesthetics of the city or cities chosen for the study abroad experience. Students will also be encouraged to explore issues of identity and place, ideology (values, norms, customs), society (conformity/autonomy, gender, class), and structure (religious, political, economic) as they share, analyze, and reflect upon their experiences throughout the course. (3 quarter credits, 44 hours over two week break)
Theatre Appreciation introduces students to the art, in theory and in practice, of live theatre and the many types of artists who collaborate to create a theatrical production. This course will enhance students’ appreciation of the nature and place of theatre in contemporary culture. Students will experience theatre in depth through reading scripts, analyzing productions, and completing a creative theatre project. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course introduces students to the aesthetic, technical, and historical principles of film and the artists who were instrumental in its development and growth. Students will examine the creative process and analyze the different genres of film. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course focuses on past and current social issues and political and economic trends that influence America and its people. Additionally, the course will focus on how political and economic trends impact world affairs. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course offers students the opportunity to explore the diversity of cultures through the reading and analysis of modern literary works. Included in the study will be historical and political influences, social trends, customs and values. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course will introduce the student to the historical development of music and the composers of different eras. Students will focus on the role that music plays in our lives today as well as examining the cultural influences that have determined the varied musical languages throughout the world. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course will focus on the museum and its function in society. Topics will include the role of museums, their history and philosophy, and their structure and nature. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10110, GE10210, AND GE10120 OR GE10230
This course will cover the history of 20th Century art. It will explore the inter-relationship between historical, social, political, religious and technological developments in the 20th century and the art that was a reflection of these developments. The course will discuss the modern artist’s role in society as innovator, social activist, explorer, critic and prophet. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course will consider up to three genres of creative writing: fiction, poetry and the nonfiction essay. Throughout the quarter, assignments and activities will provide students with opportunities to hone their creative voices and have their work, as well as that of their peers, critiqued in a workshop setting. In addition to producing creative writing, critical and formalist approaches will be applied to contemporary and canonical works; these exercises will provide students with an objective vocabulary with which to evaluate two rather polished pieces that they will generate during the course. Students will also be introduced to the methods and procedures of the publishing market. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course is designed for students who wish to study abroad. Students will travel between the spring and summer quarters and will return to campus to complete a final exhibition project and an in-depth research paper during the summer quarter. The course will consist of lectures, activities, research, and discussions designed to examine the culture, history, and aesthetics of the city or cities chosen for the study abroad experience. Students will also be encouraged to explore issues of identity and place, ideology (values, norms, customs), society (conformity/ autonomy, gender, class), and structure (religious, political, economic) as they share, analyze, and reflect upon their experiences throughout the course. (3 quarter credits, 44 hours over two week break)
The Comparative Religions course is an introduction to the academic study of religion. The course objectively examines religious beliefs and practices across human history, with particular emphasis upon how the human past has shaped worldwide religious belief and experience in the present. Students learn about a broad range of religious traditions, and how particular beliefs might affect ritual behavior, interpersonal relationships and the practice of “community.” (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE20510 OR GE20530
In this course students will explore the different media theories and their impact upon society, ethics, and popular culture. Students will use this information to inform and enrich their own work and to critically evaluate media art. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course explores the fundamental techniques to create animation in a 3-D environment on a computer. Specific animation features and functions of the given software will be discussed and applied to the creation of short 3-D animation compositions. Emphasis will be placed on transferring basic animation techniques into a computer-generated 3-D animation composition. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AD10350
This course covers advanced modeling techniques used for building a 3 dimensional character. Students will explore techniques of character modeling to include various approaches to figure construction. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AD10460, AD20560
This course covers the various camera and lighting techniques as applied to animation art and design. Discussions will cover the general concepts of principles of camera moves and lighting in the video studio and computer animation application. Focus will be placed on applying camera and lighting techniques to computer-generated animation. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AD10460
This course covers the process of non-linear video editing. Using a computer and Avid software, students explore the essentials of editing video and audio in a digital environment, from digitizing to outputting onto videotape. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: DF10240
The importance of the artist in television broadcast communications is explored as students take a broadcast graphic project from concept to completed videotape. Students produce graphics specifically for video, utilizing a keyer, character generator, and computer paint system. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM10210 OR PH10111 AND DF10311
This intensive course enhances and advances the students understanding of graphic design as a communications tool. Building on a basic understanding of design theory and computer added-design, students will refine their technical and creative skills by generating compelling, informative designs that incorporate both visual and typographic elements. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10340 OR IM10210
This intensive course advances the students understanding of the computer as an artistic tool. Building on previous courses in drawing, concept development and introductory computer-aided design, students will be asked to generate a number of compelling and expressive solutions that address specific illustrative problems, both technical and creative. As part of this course, students will be given the opportunity develop their mastery of digital illustration by exploring numerous tools and techniques to obtain desired results. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10340, GR10330, GR10350 AND GR10361 OR IM10210 OR Academic Director Approval
This course builds upon the Image Manipulation class to integrate raster and vector graphics with concerns for varied formats, including web and print graphics. Students will create a variety of visual projects with emphasis on advanced image correction, retouching, manipulation and use of special effects. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GR10350 OR IM10210 OR Academic Director Approval
Students will study the possibilities and constraints of image transport and display over the Internet. Current technologies will be studied in an application-oriented approach. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Post production audio class. The student will bring together all elements of sound for a final production. This will include rerecording of sound effects, automatic dialogue replacement, editing of music and sound sweetening. Once all the sound is collected and edited the student will mixdown to the final format. The format can be surround sound, or stereo. The final project will be presented in a professional industry standard format. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM10430 OR VP20521