Undergraduate Courses

A comprehensive overview of human development from conception through adolescence. Theories of developmental psychology are related to research findings, & implications are drawn for practical issues.

Liberal Arts Core/CORE Equivalent - satisfies the requirement for Society & Social Sciences

Discussion of human growth across the lifespan; multiple contexts in which development unfolds are explored & implications for practice are considered.

Assessment of the food intake and needs of individuals of diverse ages and backgrounds. Taking into consideration the genetic, cultural, social, and economic factors that affect dietary choices, students will develop dietary plans that meet current recommendations for a variety of health conditions using exchange systems, food composition data, menus, recipes, and product labels.

Production-based course designed as a structured classroom environment for hands-on, critical inquiry. Students receive research guidance, feedback and support for individually designed and executed digital media/computational projects. May be taken in conjunction with another MCC course or as a stand-alone course in which students develop an independent project that may be an outgrowth of a previous MCC course. Open to graduate students by permission of the instructor.

The aesthetic & personal potential of the computer for the artist is defined. Students work on building skills in areas such as PhotoShop, Illustrator, layout & design, & animation. Readings & discussion include the impact of digital technology on culture, as well as individual artists’ projects.

Assignments, critiques, & demonstrations related to the specific level on which the course is being given. The use of the computer to augment & expand conceptualization & expression has provided the artist with some of the most important new means for visual thinking since the Renaissance invention of perspective. Students learn how to use the computer as an extension of the visualization process & its specific applications in both two-dimensional & three-dimensional art.

Assignments, critiques and demonstrations for the more advanced digital art student. The use of the computer to augment and expand conceptualization and expression has provided the artist with some of the most important new means for visual thinking since the Renaissance invention of perspective. Students learn how to use the computer as an extension of the visualization process and its specific applications in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional art.

An introduction to Digital Electronics, including binary systems & logic. Students must enroll in a Lab section to apply hands-on experience in simple computer programming techniques, digital processing applied to music with specific relevance to computer music synthesis & MIDI.

Hands-on lab accompanying Digital Electronics. Lab sessions will contain hands-on experience with logic circuits & microcontrollers. The course culminates with a student developed final project.

This course will introduce student to digital fabrication techniques within the
context of contemporary art. Students will complete a series of projects
exploring fabrication technologies such as 3D printing, 3D Scanning, CNC milling
and Laser cutting. In addition, student will question the machines' raw output
by fusing these processes with traditional sculptures techniques. Student will
produce a series of works following project prompts. Although the course will
process-heavy, student will maintain a rigorous conceptual grounding in their
completed works.

This course introduces students to basic digital composition in the context of research and practice-based project development. Students explore practices in digital multimedia production, web design and development, digital imaging, sound and video editing applications, scripting in HTML and CSS, and the operation of production equipment. Students conduct fieldwork and site-specific ethnographic research on a significant issue in the local context and present their findings through the design of a web-based portfolio.

Students may pursue work in black and white, color or digital photography. Technical demonstrations may include studio lighting, experimental processes, and large format cameras. Individual and group critiques focus on the development of ideas and meaning through photographic imagery, as well as aesthetic and formal concerns. Readings on individual photographers, history, and theory, as well as darkroom techniques are assigned.

A hands-on introduction to the technical and creative uses of digital photography. The class will explore the use of digital technologies to compose, shoot, scan, alter, and print images, as well as considering the ways in which photographic meaning has been changed by the use of the computer. Students provide their own camera and paper.

Digital recording technology & production techniques are explained & demonstrated. Lecture topics engage analog to digital conversion, digital to analog conversion, digital signal theory & filter design, digital audio effects & mixing. Studio lab assignments are performed outside of class reinforcing weekly lecture topics.

Elements of play scripts are analyzed and dramatized. Students cast and rehearse members of of the acting classes in brief scenes performed at workshop meetings on Friday afternoons. Class assignments included.

Explores the implications and meaning of having a disability in global contexts by
introducing students to experts’ voices, especially disabled activists, as they seek to advance disability
justice and inclusion and demand systemic change in spheres of influence including education, politics,
healthcare, the arts, culture, social welfare, and everyday life. Examines how public (government) and
private (outside of the government) policies and practices in these sectors affect the inclusion of persons
with disabilities. Students explore and identify how international trends in disability and inclusion, local
cultural beliefs, and biases influence inclusion.

This course examines the significance of technology to the definition and experience of disability; the relationship between disability and new media; the politics of representation; and debates between disability studies and media studies. Topics include biomedical technology; “assistive technology”; cyborgs and prostheses as fact and metaphor; inclusive architecture and design; visual rhetorics of disability in film and photography; staring and other practices of looking; medical and counter-medical performance; media advocacy, tactical media, and direct action.

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Comprehensive study of double reed-related topics, including repertoire spanning all style periods, sound, phrasing, articulation, technique, and physical setup.

Theories and practices of educational drama and theatre as applied to the secondary classroom in such areas as learning processes, motivation, communication and classroom management. Attention given to the relationship of drama and theatre to speaking, thinking, writing, reading, history and other curricular subjects. An examination of improvisational techniques as well as play production. Student will use drama and theatre to address the human developmental processes that impact on the 7-12 student's readiness to learn, such as culture, nutrition, personal safety and community. Laboratory experience required: 15 hours.