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Communications and Media Arts Courses:

COM118 - Introduction To Digital Photography
Credits: 3 Catalog Description: Presents the fundamentals of digital image capture using cameras and scanners. Emphasizes the making of images and the interpretation of their character in terms of subject and form: Classical photography with digital technology. Emphasizes the post-production work needed to bring images to an audience electronically, rather than intensive post-production experience with image manipulation, special effects, "new media," or animation. Student to supply his or her own digital camera, batteries, memory cards and any necessary hardware accessories or software accessories to make the camera functional. Lecture: 2 hrs. Lab: 2 hrs. Student Performance Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the course, as documented by quizzes, exams, classroom critiques, and/or web portfolios/galleries, the student will be able to: 01Demonstrate, when sitting at his or her individual work station in the presence of the instructor, the ability to optimize, edit and size a digital image. Fireworks or Photoshop 8.0 or higher will be available for the student to use during class time in a PC lab or in a MAC lab, at the discretion of the instructor. 02Identify the most effective images - chosen or assigned - for specific purposes and prepare the images for uploading to a web gallery. 03Evaluate the effectiveness of the chosen images in terms of the technical characteristics as well as the characteristics of subject and form. 04Evaluate the effectiveness - in terms of subject, form and technique - of images produced by class members. 05Demonstrate mastery of the industry-standard vocabulary of digital photography by scoring a minimum eighty percent on a written exam. 06Produce a web gallery of his or her own photographs - consisting of a minimum of two dozen images scored by a rubric - accessible to the instructor and the other members of the class.* *This course objective has been identified as a student learning outcome that must be formally assessed as part of the College's Comprehensive Assessment Plan. Faculty teaching this course must collect the required data (see Assessing Student Learning Outcomes form) and submit the required analysis and documentation at the conclusion of the semester to the Office of Assessment and Special Projects. Content Outline: Part One 01 Areas of professional practice 02 History of photography, old masters, modern masters, controversies 03 Image as message; the Five Levels of Style Characters (content, subject, form, technique, material) with emphasis on subject and form 04 Using web resources 05 Vocabulary of the profession 06 Classic motifs: portrait, landscape, architecture, still life, social document 07 Software options: choice, installation and optimization of image-management software (Fireworks or Adobe Photoshop 8.0 or higher) 08 Hardware options: cameras and scanners 09 Camera formats, lenses, media and media readers 10 Methods of image capture: acquiring images with cameras and scanners 11 Importing and exporting images from various sources Part Two 01 Image proportion, aspect ratio 02 Camera and lens control modes: automatic, manual, manual override 03 Power sources, choice and management of 04 Focal length, effects of, and converting to 35mm equivalent 05 Image capture: scene modes, motif programs 06 ISO, in-camera choice of, and image stabilization 07 Shutter speed and shutter lag 08 Viewing options: LCD display, optical viewfinder 09 Zoom modes, digital and optical 10 Characteristics of ambient light, manipulation of photographer-supplied light Part Three 01 Menus and keyboard commands 02 Quick Fix methods 03 Undo, save, revert, pre-set options 04 Monitor calibration 05 Tools for color adjustment 06 Tools for control of density and contrast 07 Palettes, curves, color balance, hue, saturation 08 Color models: RGB, CMYK, HSB 09 Adding color to monochrome images 10 Retouching: red-eye reduction, filters, using the stamp tool, exploring brush tools, feathering 11 Burning and dodging 12 Image size and resolution 13 Resizing/optimizing files for web, e-mail, other end uses 14 Straightening, cropping, perspective control, panoramas, combined images 15 Using layers, pixel selection, color samples, gradient tools 16 File management methods, using templates, compression 17 File formats, e.g. JPEG, TIFF, GIF, Photoshop, PDF, Raw, PCD 18 Creating web galleries, slide shows Part Four 01 Printing: desktop, service bureau 02 Positioning and scaling for printing 03 Printers, calibration of 04 Electronic data as perishable commodity Grading: The student will demonstrate mastery of the vocabulary of the course content the industry-standard vocabulary of digital photography - by scoring a minimum eighty percent on a written exam, and the student will demonstrate the ability to produce a web gallery of her own photographs - consisting of a minimum of two dozen images scored by a rubric - accessible to the instructor and the other members of the class. Effective Term: Fall 2008

COM118 - Introduction To Digital Photography

Credits: 3

Catalog Description: Presents the fundamentals of digital image capture using cameras and scanners. Emphasizes the making of images and the interpretation of their character in terms of subject and form: Classical photography with digital technology. Emphasizes the post-production work needed to bring images to an audience electronically, rather than intensive post-production experience with image manipulation, special effects, "new media," or animation. Student to supply his or her own digital camera, batteries, memory cards and any necessary hardware accessories or software accessories to make the camera functional.

Lecture: 2 hrs.
Lab: 2 hrs.

Student Performance Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, as documented by quizzes, exams, classroom critiques, and/or web portfolios/galleries, the student will be able to:

01Demonstrate, when sitting at his or her individual work station in the presence of the instructor, the ability to optimize, edit and size a digital image. Fireworks or Photoshop 8.0 or higher will be available for the student to use during class time in a PC lab or in a MAC lab, at the discretion of the instructor.

02Identify the most effective images - chosen or assigned - for specific purposes and prepare the images for uploading to a web gallery.

03Evaluate the effectiveness of the chosen images in terms of the technical characteristics as well as the characteristics of subject and form.

04Evaluate the effectiveness - in terms of subject, form and technique - of images produced by class members.

05Demonstrate mastery of the industry-standard vocabulary of digital photography by scoring a minimum eighty percent on a written exam.

06Produce a web gallery of his or her own photographs - consisting of a minimum of two dozen images scored by a rubric - accessible to the instructor and the other members of the class.*

*This course objective has been identified as a student learning outcome that must be formally assessed as part of the College's Comprehensive Assessment Plan. Faculty teaching this course must collect the required data (see Assessing Student Learning Outcomes form) and submit the required analysis and documentation at the conclusion of the semester to the Office of Assessment and Special Projects.

Content Outline:
Part One

01 Areas of professional practice
02 History of photography, old masters, modern masters, controversies
03 Image as message; the Five Levels of Style Characters (content, subject, form, technique, material) with emphasis on subject and form
04 Using web resources
05 Vocabulary of the profession
06 Classic motifs: portrait, landscape, architecture, still life, social document
07 Software options: choice, installation and optimization of image-management software (Fireworks or Adobe Photoshop 8.0 or higher)
08 Hardware options: cameras and scanners
09 Camera formats, lenses, media and media readers
10 Methods of image capture: acquiring images with cameras and scanners
11 Importing and exporting images from various sources

Part Two

01 Image proportion, aspect ratio
02 Camera and lens control modes: automatic, manual, manual override
03 Power sources, choice and management of
04 Focal length, effects of, and converting to 35mm equivalent
05 Image capture: scene modes, motif programs
06 ISO, in-camera choice of, and image stabilization
07 Shutter speed and shutter lag
08 Viewing options: LCD display, optical viewfinder
09 Zoom modes, digital and optical
10 Characteristics of ambient light, manipulation of photographer-supplied light

Part Three

01 Menus and keyboard commands
02 Quick Fix methods
03 Undo, save, revert, pre-set options
04 Monitor calibration
05 Tools for color adjustment
06 Tools for control of density and contrast
07 Palettes, curves, color balance, hue, saturation
08 Color models: RGB, CMYK, HSB
09 Adding color to monochrome images
10 Retouching: red-eye reduction, filters, using the stamp tool, exploring brush tools, feathering
11 Burning and dodging
12 Image size and resolution
13 Resizing/optimizing files for web, e-mail, other end uses
14 Straightening, cropping, perspective control, panoramas, combined images
15 Using layers, pixel selection, color samples, gradient tools
16 File management methods, using templates, compression
17 File formats, e.g. JPEG, TIFF, GIF, Photoshop, PDF, Raw, PCD
18 Creating web galleries, slide shows

Part Four

01 Printing: desktop, service bureau
02 Positioning and scaling for printing
03 Printers, calibration of
04 Electronic data as perishable commodity

Grading:
The student will demonstrate mastery of the vocabulary of the course content the industry-standard vocabulary of digital photography - by scoring a minimum eighty percent on a written exam, and the student will demonstrate the ability to produce a web gallery of her own photographs - consisting of a minimum of two dozen images scored by a rubric - accessible to the instructor and the other members of the class.

Effective Term: Fall 2008