This course introduces the responsive frameworks, Bootstrap and Foundation. Expanding on web languages and technologies learned in Web Language I and II, students will learn more advanced constructs of the responsive framework, Foundation.
By the end of the course, students will be able to fully develop a responsive website from a prototype, integrate it into a content management system using PHP frameworks and author it to the web. This course will explore the history of advertising and examine its role and importance in society. The student will learn the basics of marketing and product positioning with a focus on Conceptualization, Reflection and Refinement, Steps 3, 4 and 5 of the Nossi 9 Step Creative Process.
How an advertising campaign develops, from the concept to final executions including newspapers, magazines, direct mail, television, radio and billboards will be explored, including the use of new medias, i. In this course, students will learn to identify and compose effective design patterns for digital interfaces. In addition, students will learn usability fundamentals such as learnability, visibility, error prevention, efficiency and solid interface design.
Lastly, students will also learn how to use associated prototyping tools to create both low-fidelity and high fidelity prototypes.
By the completion of this course, students will be able to better implement and understand the theory of effective design aesthetics and functionality and relate it to future academic and professional development projects. This course will examine advanced concepts of developing brand campaign elements with an emphasis on Execution and Presentation, Steps 6 and 7 of the Nossi 9 Step Creative Process.
Students will concept and produce various collateral materials including identity, packaging and web vehicles to promote and sell a brand through intelligent graphic design. This course provides a comprehensive overview of the user experience design process, and is intended to familiarize students with the methods, concepts, and techniques necessary to make user experience design an integral part of developing information interfaces.
The course provides students with an opportunity to acquire the resources, skills, and hands-on experience they need to design, develop, and evaluate information interfaces from a user-centered design perspective. With the demand for motion graphics in all aspects of marketing, communication and content production on the rise, the ability to manipulate graphical assets with respect to a timeline is invaluable.
Whether a graphic designer, web developer, videographer or anyone in any creative field, knowledge of graphical animation and presentation will improve the information provided and enable designers, developers or supervisors to make better decisions.
This course is designed to expose students to conventional animation practices used in the creation of professional motion graphics content. Animation fundamentals and elementary concepts such as basic editing, compositing, filters and effects, color correction, typography animation, motion tracking, chroma key footage manipulation, rotoscoping, masking and easing will be explored using industry-standard software and techniques.
Students will delve deeper into the usage of fonts as a major design element. Students will learn to properly use space, the typographic grid and hierarchy in their designs. Students will begin to use type as a graphic art. In this advanced course, students will further advance their understanding of professional motion graphics. Beyond the basics, students will gain more in-depth exposure to compositional awareness, typography and title sequence animation, short film narratives, animatics, and information visualization.
While addressing these concepts, students will add to their technical skillsets proficiency with particle emitters, expressions, 3D animation, lighting and materials, plugins and a number of other advanced techniques for professional quality motion graphics presentations.
The role of communication design in creating comprehensive corporate identity systems is the focus of this course. An analysis of corporate objectives and practical applications will be the basis for developing a structured corporate identity system, including logo design, color, symbols, and branding. Other business collateral may also apply stationery, business cards, signage, packaging, and vehicle graphics. Students will study and analyze effective corporate identity systems through case studies.
Project solution will require innovative thinking and alternative design approaches with creative, intense use of otherwise traditional media output.
This introduction to packaging design will allow students to see the importance of packaging in the marketplace. Students receive a broad overview that covers essential package design basics, including materials and production methods, structures and surfaces, product positioning, and environmental concerns.
The focus of this course is to provide students with the essential skills for professional copywriting and editing. Students will learn how to recognize the purpose behind any piece of copy, use creative skills to make their copy reach target audiences, apply technical specifications to any piece of copy through the use of style sheets and format spoken English into acceptable professional copy. In this course, 3D will be explored for commercial use such as building and animating logos.
Students will learn how to illustrate product in 3D and that will replace the use of photography. This course would also explore practical use of 3D in the realm of concept art. A variety of programs will be explored to create a diverse number of projects and concepts. In this course, students learn the skills and procedures necessary to start a successful freelance operation by learning advantages and disadvantages of freelancing.
They will learn what steps are necessary to protect their creative property and ensure that they are paid according to their skills and demand. Ethical standards, as well as moral standards, will be explored in order that students may understand fair competition in the freelance world.
Governmental regulations, licenses, and taxes will be explained. After completing this course, the student will have a firm grasp of the fundamentals of art direction. Students will have basic knowledge of the varieties and usage of fonts, page layout and the responsibilities an art director faces within an advertising agency and design studio.
Each student will focus on typographic design and layout techniques in order to communicate advertising concepts clearly and powerfully. The focus of this course is on creating a print publication from cover to cover. With an emphasis on hierarchy, grid, page sequence, and spreads, the publication integrates images, color, texture, and typography relative to the subject of the publication.
The pace of the course is fast and designed to simulate a working environment, while still giving students time to think out their concepts and make careful and considered design decisions. Integration — The ability to understand and execute both UI and Back end development.
Nossi offers a curriculum encouraging Web Designers to see opportunities in all three areas. Additionally, the interactive aspects of web design must be anticipated with each mobile device accessing the web. This course is designed to use all of the combined skills into a single project displaying their knowledge in web design. The course focuses on the students solving professional art direction challenges as it pertains to advertising elements within special environments, i.
Independent study courses are individually designed to meet specific needs of students. They may vary from one to four semester hours of credit. They may be in any subject area a student needs in order to complete degree requirements. This course provides students who are about to graduate an opportunity to explore the presentation and interviewing techniques used to find employment. Positive self-image and goal setting concepts are reintroduced.
Students are expected to create communication materials for self-promotion and develop strategies for networking and community involvement, including internship opportunities. Students must participate in a formal portfolio presentation of their work to the community and to their fellow students. They are given instructions in portfolio presentation and preparation for career opportunities. This course is designed to provide the student with instruction in two major areas of the English language — writing and oral communication skills.
Writing techniques using correct English grammar will be emphasized and will be applicable for different environments including corporate, business and professional settings. A variety of public speaking techniques will also be taught. The student will learn what is appropriate for each situation in which, as a professional artist, he might find himself.
This is a survey course of the science of psychology. It covers the key terms of most of the psychological concepts from brain biology to abnormal, motivational and developmental psychology. This course surveys a broad field of study. A study of the thinking and research behind various fields of psychology will lead to a discussion of how each field applies to human events in the everyday lives of people. An examination of how psychology applies to advertising, graphic arts, illustration and photography will be made.
This course examines history in America. The course will be a combination of lecture and discussion. Students will examine common uses of mathematics in everyday life. This course will also focus upon mathematical applications involving choice, voting systems, routing and networks, project scheduling, descriptive and inferential statistics and probability.
This course provides a broad coverage of the history of art from prehistoric cave painting through modern times. Students learn from lectures, slide presentations, outside reading as well as reading the assigned class textbook.
The students in this course are taught art appreciation, art history, terminology, artists and art styles and the characteristics that distinguish individual artists and styles. At the conclusion of this course students are expected to be able to identify different art works and then name the period, the style, its characteristics, influences and the artist. This course presents students with a survey of Western Civilization from the ancient world to contemporary culture.
Through discussion and appreciation of historical works, students will draw connections between the origins and influences of Western Civilization, as well as an understanding of its role in shaping cultures. This GE requirement was established, in part, because of the potent influence of science on society. Therefore, a major objective of this course is to help develop an understanding of the nature of science, including its philosophical basis, power and limitations.
The content of the course is centered on life and its relationship to the environment. Readings will come from PDF files on Moodle as well as from handouts from the instructor. A novel reading is required and each student will read and analyze a different novel from a list provided by the instructor. Readings from different genres and cultures will include short stories, poetry and drama. Essays to analyze the readings are the method of assessment as well as tests over the readings and background materials.
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