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Course Master:
Term:
Fall 2022
Discipline:
FYE (First-Year Experience)
Credits:
4 credits
Type:
CCI
Level:
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?:
No
Exam Date:
Friday, December 16, 2022 - 16:00
Pre-requisites:
None
Co-requisites:
None
Professor(s)
Notes
Discover the creative process behind artifact production while learning the fundamental concepts of 3D design. Learn to make models and prototypes from materials as diverse as paper and Play-Doh. Acquire the skills to design virtual objects such as movies, websites and computer programs, and compare these methods those of the plastic arts. Gain new insight into the creative process with a final project that combine material and virtual approaches through the creation of a robotic sculpture that will move and interact with humans.
Learning Outcomes
- Information Literacy: Students will comprehend how information is produced and valued in order to discover, evaluate, use, and create information and knowledge effectively and ethically. In FirstBridge, students will demonstrate the conversational nature of scholarship, and recognize their potential role and responsibilities as contributors to that conversation. For each discipline taught in FirstBridge, students will identify reference works, journals, databases and/or major works in history, in order to start effective research in the field (FB LO1)
- Life at University: Students will acquire the study skills, time management, and interpersonal skills needed to meet the demands of university-level academic work at a Liberal Arts College individually or as a team. Students will value the multiple meanings of place through experiential learning at AUP and beyond in the Parisian or global context (FB LO2)
- Learn how to create simple 3-D toys and models
- Learn how to create simple interactive machines
- Have a general understanding of the role materials play for basic design
- Have acquired critical skills to assess objects designed by others
- Have an appreciation of the creative process in the arts and sciences
- Have an informed opinion about the current state of design and the marketing of design objects
- Be able to comprehend the connections necessary for creative design
- Local and Global Perspectives: Students will enhance their intercultural understanding of languages, cultures, and histories of local societies and the global issues to which these relate (CCI LO1)
- Aesthetic Inquiry and Creative Expression: Students will engage with artistic or creative objects (e.g., visual art, theatrical works, film) in different media and from a range of cultural traditions (CCI LO2)
- Civic and Ethical Engagement: Students will demonstrate awareness of ethical considerations relating to specific societal problems, values, or practices (historical or contemporary; global or local) and learn to articulate possible solutions to prominent challenges facing societies and institutions today so as to become engaged actors at various levels in our interconnected world (CCI LO4)
Syllabus
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Schedule
Start Date:
Monday, September 5, 2022
End Date:
Friday, December 16, 2022
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | 13:45 | 16:40 | M-013 |
Wednesday | 13:45 | 15:05 | M-013 |