Creative Arts & Technology Courses
Students in this course become better members of the College’s improvisational acting troupe. They develop improvisational approaches to acting that are then put to use in performing a wide variety of scenarios–some involving audience participation–on current issues of particular concern to college students. There are frequent performances during the semester both on and off campus. This course may be repeated for credit.
A continuation of Elementary Chorus, the experience will provide the student basic choral participation enabling them to: develop the quality of their singing voice, match pitches in specific ranges, learn to follow a score of written music, improve their concentration, perform more complex harmonies and rhythms. The repertoire will include music from all periods from European classical to contemporary American popular styles. This course may be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: CAT 189.
Printmaking allows artists to change and develop images in stages, creating a visual record of creativity. This course will introduce many techniques, both traditional and experimental.
Private instruction in piano, voice, other orchestral instruments such as trumpet, saxophone and guitar. At least one year of prior instruction on the selected instrument or the consent of the instructor is required. Enrollment on the basis of audition. This course may be repeated twice for a total of three semesters
Continuation of Studio Music I; course may be repeated twice for a total of three semesters.
Rehearsal for and actual production of a full length play, to be performed at the College and perhaps elsewhere as well. Students may become involved as performers or as stage managers, designers, costumers, or any combination thereof.
Students will explore compositional techniques through a survey of strategies of various musical parameters, through analysis and original composition and production projects. Students will create original compositions and these will be critiqued in class and revised. Orchestration and arranging techniques will also be addressed.
A continuation of CAT 300, focusing on form and arrangement, including song form.
(Also WMS 302) Multi/Transcultural & Global Awareness A hands-on quilting bee and a global look at women, past and present, as artists and workers in fabric.
Acting for film and television places different demands upon an actor. Working in conjunction with the video classes and the course in TV Studio, aspiring performers experiment with such areas as drama, commercials, and news broadcasting.
Be a part of the motion graphics craze – learn how to create bugs, lower thirds, opening animations – all the elements that are in demand for the NYC Metropolitan broadcast industry. Work on projects and become proficient at using AfterEffects, the state-of-the-art special effects digital video editing software.
A continuation of the first semester, this course is focused on longer, more in-depth work. Through individual development as well as group projects, students will gain insight into the experience of working on a production team that will carry into the workplace. Further discussion of aesthetics and the role of sound in our visual world and sound and music in media will be explored. Prerequisite: CAT 286.
This course continues the focus on core methodologies for collaborative game development. The interactive development process will be enhanced through online communication strategies, version control and a rigorous review process. In addition, students will gain a better understanding of the art pipeline for both 2D and 3D game engine environments.
Working in a critical and collaborative environment students develop advanced recording projects and learn the art of mixing. Through focused listening, reading, discussion, group critique and disciplined studio practice, students begin to achieve professional quality in their work. Students learn advanced mixing techniques including customized effect, 3D listening, and precision editing. CAT 310 is a hands-on studio production course which emphasizes development of the ear, attention to detail, creativity, and critical discourse in sonic manipulation.
This course was designed to provide you with the information and tools needed to begin a freelance or full-time career. Some of these include a comprehensive overview of business practices, systems and interpersonal skills. Among the subjects to be covered are the studio set-up, portfolio, résumé, how to research and identify markets, promotion, taxes, copyright, negotiation and contracts.
The core skills learned in Level Design I are further refined and used to create a more immersive player experience. Advanced skills are taught such as controlling world physics, creating particle effects, building custom user interfaces, generating real-time camera effects, using post-processes to transform a scene’s aesthetic, and creating in-game cinematics.
This course prepares future K-12 art teachers. It focuses on methods to create a stimulation creative environment that is appropriate to students at different stages of their development. It investigates educational methods and curriculum content and engages the future teacher in hands-on studio work to develop his/her own technical and aesthetic skills. How to manage a studio class, assessment strategies, and educational theories and practices are examined.
You will learn how to see and how to draw from direct observation of nature and life. You will use a variety of media to create self-portraits, figure drawings, object studies, still lifes, interior scenes, landscapes, depending on Instructor. Use drawing as part of the planning process for prints, paintings, and digital works, and as a finished work in its own right.
Exploration of the function, responsibilities and entitlements of an artist manager. Consideration of artist, producer, management contracts and master recording leases.Overview of the copyright law and how it applies to the arts. Application for copyright registration, mechanical and synchronization licenses, music publishing, performing rights organizations and the issue of public domain will also be discussed.
What are the strengths and limitations of game engines? Further examine the tools used for game development to go beyond the fundamentals of programming.
This is the all-important element that breaths life into those seemingly thinking creatures found in today’s games. See how state machines, decision making, path finding, and both construction all play a role in making them believable.
Character Design is a "drawing-heavy" course that covers character development and design techniques, models sheets and current software to achieve character creation for a variety of platforms. These genres include comics, the graphic novel, illustration, game, children's books, as well as 2D, 3D and Stop-Motion animation. Students will create characters that are unique, relatable, and experimental. The history of character design and character animation will be discussed as it applies to the course each week.
Intensive studio work in students’ choice of painting media and style. Teachers continue to develop students’ technical mastery and “eye” and assist them in defining their unique goals as painters. Drawing and painting from observation, memory, model (the figure, still life), frequent individualized critiques, required museum and gallery trips. This course may be repeated for credit.
A systematic study of drawing from the live model at rest and in motion. We examine the body as a working system, while drawing the main skeletal, muscular and structural forms. Demonstrations and individualized critiques enable the student to see and to draw the figure with growing knowledge, self-assurance, and mastery of line, perspective, light, and shading. Informative for science and nursing students, essential for artists.
Through a series of critical concerns in the analysis of an action and motion drawing, the student will be able to understand the difference between drawing for animation and drawing for illustration. The art of conveying gestures while learning the construction and mechanics of the human figure will be examined.