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RELG 315 - Introduction to Christian Ethics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an analysis of the historical development of Christian ethics. Selected current social problems and issues will be examined from the perspectives of historical and contemporary Christian ethical stances.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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RELG 321 - Religion and Politics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course examines historical and contemporary issues and debates concerning the role of religion in public and political life in the United States.
Offered (SPRING)
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RELG 322 - African Religion
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is a study of the cultural backgrounds, creation myths, religious movements and their founders, world views, ideals of conduct and institutional development of the major African religious traditions both in Africa and the African Diaspora. This course will explore both traditional and new religions.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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RELG 323 - Judaism
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course examines the development of post-Biblical Judaism, major themes, movements, practices, and values.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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RELG 326 - Islam
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an introductory study of Islam as a religious tradition, the Koran, the Prophet, the Sunna of the Prophet, the Sacred Law, theology of Sufism and modernist development.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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RELG 327 - Islam and Race in the U.S.
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course introduces students to the intersecting subjects of Islam and race in the U.S. through a cultural studies approach.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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RELG 328 - Christianity
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will trace the historical, institutional, and theologico-philosophical development of the Christian religion from the first to the twentieth century. Special attention will be given to the impact of Christian thought on the development of Western culture.
Offered (SPRING)
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RELG 331 - Buddhism
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course focuses on the cultural and social situation of India during the time of the Buddha, history and development of Buddhist thought, sectarian schools and the rise of Mahayana and Tantric Buddhism, monasticism, ethics and meditation, and impact of Buddhism on Hindu tradition.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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RELG 332 - Religion in Japan
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course examines religious movements in Japan with emphasis on the development of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity and the use of the new religions.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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RELG 333 - Religious Ethics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an examination of the principal ethical problem areas and the approach made to them by the major world religions.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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RELG 340 - Religion and Social Justice
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course examines the role of religion in both historical and contemporary struggles.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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RELG 342 - Religion and Science
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Both historical and contemporary debates regarding the relationship of religion to science will be examined in this course. Topics to be considered include creation, evolution, intelligent design, miracles, and natural law.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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RELG 407 - Religion in Culture and Society
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
The relationship between religion and culture will be examined in this course. The impact of each upon the other will be studied, and an examination will be made of the extent to which religion effects cultural development.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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RELG 408 - Readings in Religious Thought
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Advanced students in Religious Studies are given the opportunity to do directed research in religious literature. Honors Seminar.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SA+P Freshman Orientation |
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ORAP 107 - Freshman Orientation Architecture and Planning
1 Credits
1 lecture hours.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SBM Freshman Orientation |
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ORBM 102 - Freshman Orientation for Business and Management Majors
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course introduces students to the expectations and demands of higher education, to the legacy and tradition at Morgan State University, to college survival strategies, and to the broad array of career opportunities in business and management. Students enrolled in this class are required to attend all university convocations and other prescribed extra-curricular activities. They are also required to hold conferences with their faculty advisors in order to pass the course. Students transferring 24 or more credits to the university when admitted are exempted from this requirement. Honor students must take ORBM 112 (Formerly ORIE 102/112).
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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ORBM 112 - Freshman Orientation for Business and Management Majors (Honors Students Only)
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course introduces students to the expectations and demands of higher education, to the legacy and tradition at Morgan State University, to college survival strategies, and to the broad array of career opportunities in business and management. Students enrolled in this class are required to attend all university convocations and other prescribed extra-curricular activities. They are also required to hold conferences with their faculty advisors in order to pass the course. Students transferring 24 or more credits to the university when admitted are exempted from this requirement. Honor students must take ORBM 112 (Formerly ORIE 102/112).
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SCMNS Freshman Orientation |
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ORNS 106 - Freshman Orientation for Majors in the School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course introduces students to the expectations and demands of higher education, to the legacy and tradition of Morgan State University, to college survival strategies, and to the broad array of career opportunities in the science, mathematical and technological fields. Students enrolled in this class are required to attend all university convocations and other prescribed extracurricular activities. They are also required to hold conferences with their faculty or staff advisors in order to pass the course. Students transferring 24 or more credits to the university when admitted are exempted from this requirement. (FORMERLY ORIE 106).
Offered (FALL)
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Screenwriting and Animation |
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SWAN 101 - Introduction to Cinematic Storytelling
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is required for all SWAN majors. The course introduces the academic study of film as a distinct art form with an emphasis on cinematic literacy including: (1) composition (2) sound (3) cinematography and (4) narrative structure. Through lecture and screenings of masterworks, students will explore film theory and form as the basis for the critical analysis of film content and larger questions of culture production and artistic expression.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SWAN 102 - Introduction to Film and Digital Storytelling
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is required for all SWAN majors. Through lecture and lab, students are introduced to the changing landscape of innovative technologies and mobile devices expanding the meaning of filmmaking and visual storytelling from web platforms, to social media and blogs. Students are required to produce individual and collaborative digital essays, memoir, and cinematic stories merging prose, music, and spoken word with motion graphics for web based exhibition.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 101
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SWAN 220 - Filmmaking I
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This course is required of all SWAN majors The course introduces students to the fundamentals of filmmaking across the 3 major phases of (1) preproduction (2) production and (3) post-production. Through instruction and applied theory and practice, students will develop individual concepts and stories from concept through pre-visualization and scripting, for the production of collaborative short films on location and in soundstages.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 101 and SWAN 102 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SWAN 225 - Film Editing I
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This course is required of all SWAN majors. Introduction to the terminology and practical application of film editing techniques, how they have originated and continue to evolve through new digital workflows. The course is devoted to the principles and theories applied in organizing audio and visual material into a cohesive narrative that tells a story.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SWAN 230 - Introduction to the Fundamentals of Film and Television Writing
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course is required for all SWAN majors. The course provides an in-depth introduction to the principles, theory, forms, and techniques of writing for motion pictures and television. The course surveys philosophers and dramatists such as Aristotle, Campbell, and Egri, as an introduction to dramaturgy (the science of drama). By emphasizing the development of fundamental skills in dramatic structure, character development, narrative form, scene development, dialogue, locale, theme, and script format, the course prepares students for more advanced individual and collaborative work in writing screenplays, sitcoms, episodic drama, and animation. Final Draft software is provided in SWAN labs.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 101 and SWAN 102 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SWAN 235 - Direct Film Animation
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
The course surveys experimental film and animation. Students use techniques such as “machima” and create “cameraless” narrative or non-narrative content - synch or non-synch or silent meditative gag oriented dramatic images and sound created in a range of ways including scratching on balck film, drawing or painting on clear white film, working with found (exposed) film footage, and applying objects to the film.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 241 - The Art and History of the Graphic Comic
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course satisfies the film history and culture requirement for SWAN. The course introduces students to the comic as an art form with a history that spans over a century. Masterworks and their creators, as well as genres within the form, are examined through critical evaluations of comics and the industry behind them. Though emphasis is placed on the history of American comics, students will also study European and Japanese comics, and how they have been adapted as film and TV.
Prerequisite(s) ART 209 OR SWAN 220
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 300 - The Art and Language of Cinema
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
The course introduces the academic study of cinema as a communicative art, with an emphasis on cinematic literacy and film aesthetics through analysis from a number of critical perspectives including: (1) mise-en-scène, (2) sound, (3) cinematography and (4) editing. Through lecture and screenings of film masterworks, students will apply fundamentals of film theory and genre in written analyses and collaborative multimedia projects in some sections.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 301 - Undergraduate Symposium
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Structured forum for undergraduate majors to discuss curricular issues, meet with faculty, and have exposure to an array of guest speakers from within the film and entertainment industry, including the Visiting Artists Program for SWAN.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 230 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 305 - History of Animation
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course satisfies the film history and culture requirement for SWAN. The course surveys the history of animation with respect to the art form as a cultural and social artifact for entertainment and creative expression, from its earliest beginnings to current 3-D and VR immersion.
Prerequisite(s) ART 209 or SWAN 220 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 310 - Seminar in Film and Society
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Through lecture and screenings, study of the ways film affects and is affected by social behavior, belief, and value systems, considered in relation to role of media in society and the role that story and mythology plays in culture.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 315 - Film Appreciation
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Through lecture and screenings this course will introduce students to masterworks in film across important periods and major movements within cinema. The course will also examine master films for their ability to tackle complex topics such as the treatment of race, class, and gender.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 321 - Filmmaking II
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
Students experience and acquire further understanding of practical and aesthetic challenges, and problem solving undertaken by artists and professionals in filmmaking and content production for narrative storytelling. This project driven class requires the assignment of specific roles for collaboratively producing short films that are selected by the Instructor from original scripts provided from SWAN screenwriters both within and outside of the class. The shorts from this class are exhibited at the annual SWAN Short Film Slam, and competitions as qualified.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 must be completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 330 - Fundamentals of Cinematography
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This course is an introduction to the art of cinematography requiring the study of theory and applied practice. examines the expressive strategies used by cinematographers in the creation of the moving image art forms on location and on the studio stage. Students are required to interpret screenplays and pre-visualize their work with storyboards prior to production of scenes and sequences. Both individual and collaborative work is required to culminate with students applying various techniques of cinematic interpretation on an original short form the perspective of the Director of Photography.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 335 - Introduction to Screenwriting
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This course is required of all SWAN majors. The course emphasizes the narrative structure of films and development of the professional screenwriter’s vocabulary for constructing, deconstructing, and reconstructing their own work. Course requires lecture and screenings, and applied theory and practice. Students are required to develop and write the first draft of an original screenplay. The course also surveys the business and entrepreneurship of writing for film television for both union and independent studios. Final Draft software is provided in SWAN labs.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 230 or permission of Instructor reqiured to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SWAN 336 - Practicum in Animation Writing
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This course emphasizes development, pre-visualization, and scripting of original concepts for animation as features, series, and shorts.The course incorporates a study of current practice in the industry and stresses the techniques and process of getting original work into the creative pipeline of a leading childrens or adult animated series.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 230 or SWAN 341 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 337 - Introduction to Film and Digital Storytelling
3 Credits
4 hours per week. 3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
Through lecture and lab, students are introduced to the changing landscape of innovative technologies expanding the meaning of film making and visual storytelling from YouTube to Facebook, and e-games. Students are required to collaboratively produce stories merging prose, pictures, memoir, motion graphics, and animation for dissemination on the web as steaming media and interactive exhibits.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 340 - Seminar in the Episodic Comedy
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course concentrates on the half-hour episodic comedy. Emphasizing the nature of comedy and comedic techniques, it incorporates a study of current comedic practice in the industry and the creation of specs and original material for “live action” or animated situation comedy series, including skits and short format webisodes.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 230 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (FALL)
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SWAN 341 - Seminar in the Graphic Comic
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This course concentrates on the form and production of the graphic comic. The course surveys the development of comics from pulp magazines and comic strips to their modern forms. Students study comic storytelling form through critical examination of published works and in-class discussions and readings of their own original work. The students also form a comic book studio and are required to conceptualize, write, illustrate, edit and publish several issues of a graphic comic magazine during the semester.
Prerequisite(s) ART 209 or SWAN 230 or permission of Instructor requierd to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SWAN 342 - Pre-Viz & Storyboard Design
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course concentrates on the art, form, and function of the motion picture storyboard in the development, previsualization, and budgeting of films and digital media, including e-games. The course introduces the tools and techniques of translating screenplays into storyboards as visual blueprints for planning and budgeting films. The storyboard will be examined as a collaborative outcome of the vision of a creative team led by the director that captures the style and mood of a film before it is ever shot. Students will be required to create storyboards, and “animatics” merging 2-D and 3-D modeling and animation.
Prerequisite(s) ART 209 or SWAN 220 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 345 - Animation Workshop I
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
Introductory theory and fundamentals of animation through lecture/screenings and production of animated short content from concept, pre-visualization, and storyboards to production and post. The course emphasizes 2D animation and motion design using After Effects, and other tools from the Adobe Creative Suite. Traditional animation techniques with pencil and paper, are also employed in this course.
Prerequisite(s) ART 209 or SWAN 220 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (FALL)
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SWAN 346 - Animation Workshop II
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
Intermediate course in 3-D computer based animation techniques utilizing Cinema 4D and also Autodesk products in some sections. Students work on individual and collaborative projects in creating characters and story sequences culminating in shorts integrating mixed media and composite animation with live action.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 345 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (SPRING)
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SWAN 347 - Lighting for Film and Digital Media
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
Introduction to applied theory and practice in lighting techniques for film and digital media. The class surveys the use of lighting in cinema from early to contemporary films, and the role of the Director of Photography (DP). Students are required to analyze lighting set-ups and to complete individual and collaborative projects with an emphasis on lighting as an implement of storytelling. Creative lighting techniques covering topics such as people, environment, spatial relationships, movement, color, special effects and continuity.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 348 - Sound Design for Film and Animation
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This course offers an introduction to applied theory and practice in audio recording techniques and sound design for film and digital media. The class surveys the use of sound in cinema from early talkies to contemporary films, and the art of sound design. Introduction to principles and practices of film and television sound recording and design, with supervised exercises in a workshop environment. Students are required to complete individual and collaborative field and sound stage projects.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 350 - Black Film
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course satisfies the film history and culture requirement for SWAN. Through screenings and lecture, the course examines the historical and cultural significance of Black Film from silent movies to talkies, to current cinema. In distinguishing black commercial films from black independent films, the course will examine the role of authorship in creating black images that promulgate minstrelsy and stereotypes. or break new ground in the treatment of complex topics such as race and gender.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor requied to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SWAN 351 - Women in Film
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course uses the formal workings and aesthetics of film to examine the work of women filmmakers across genres including television series and documentaries. Through lecture and screenings, students are introduced to aspects of film and gender theory as it relates to portrayals of women in motion pictures and television. Race, class, and gender are also explored within the context of social and political issues handled by women producers, screenwriters, and directors.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 352 - Animation in Film
3 Credits
3 hours per week. 3 lecture hours.
This course uses the formal workings and aesthetics of film to examine animation. Through lecture and screenings, students are introduced to masterworks of animation with respect too artistic techniques of storytelling. Portrayals of race, class, and gender are also explored from the earliest cartoons, to anime and new Disney and Pixar 3-D animated films. Research includes critical essays and collaborative multimedia projects in some sections.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 345 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 355 - World Cinema
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course satisfies the film history and culture requirement for SWAN. To begin an examination of world cinema, students will survey the development of film in Europe and America from 1895 forward. Through screenings and lecture, students will be introduced to the formal workings and aesthetics of film in world cinema including major movements such as German Expressionism, Italian neorealism, the French new wave, and Third Cinema. Emphases in this course can range from African and Asian cinema, to films from Latin America.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SWAN 356 - American Cinema
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Through lecture and screenings of films considered to be American masterworks, students will utilize fundamentals of film theory in written analysis and critical essays on the art form across genres. Research includes collaborative multimedia projects in some sections.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 357 - European Cinema
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Through lecture and screenings of films considered to be European masterworks, students will utilize fundamentals of film theory in written analysis and critical essays on the art form across genres. Research includes multimedia projects in some sections.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 ir SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 358 - Asian Cinema
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Through lecture and screenings of films considered to be masterworks, students will utilize fundamentals of film theory in written analysis and essays on the art form. The course will consider a specific genre such as the samurai, Asia Extreme, martial arts, war, horror, etc. Research includes critical essays and collaborative multimedia projects in some sections.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 359 - Post-Colonial Cinema
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Through lecture and screenings of films considered to be defining works of post-colonial cinema, students will utilize fundamentals of film theory in written analysis and critical essays on the art form across genres. Research includes collaborative multimedia projects in some sections.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 360 - Latin American Cinema
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Through lecture and screenings of films considered to be defining works of Latin American Cinema, students will utilize fundamentals of film theory in written analysis and critical essays on the art form across genres. Research includes collaborative multimedia projects in some sections.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 380 - Digital Film Making II Intermediate
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Students acquire understanding of practical and aesthetic challenges undertaken by artists and professionals in the making of motion pictures and digital media, including interactive entertainment and streaming web-based media. Examination of film as both art and industry: storytelling, sound and visual design, casting and performance, editing, finance, advertising, and distribution. Students further hone analytical skills and development of critical vocabulary for study of film and digital media as technical, artistic, and cultural phenomenon.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 350 or SWAN 355 completed with a grade of “C” or higher or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 385 - Film Editing II
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This intermediate course requires more complex film techniques and file based workflow management of both Final Cut Pro and Avid Media Composer projects. Students will be required to complete multiple projects requiring individual and collaborative work. The art of editing and its theories will be stressed in both narrative (dramatic) and non-narrative (documentary) storytelling. Students will also be introduced to “finishing” techniques using the Avid Nitris to prepare media deliverables in content formats meeting technical standards required by film, cable, and television outlets.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 386 - Game and Art Design I
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This course introduces students to electronic game development from concept through scripting, and production. Game industry trends and practices are surveyed and students must create an original concept and develop it as a pitch concept with a game demo.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 345 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 387 - Film and Visual Storytelling II
3 Credits
4 hours per week. 3 lecture hours. 3 lab hours.
Through lecture and lab, this intermediate course will emphasize file-based workflow management of individual and collaborative projects merging prose pictures, memoir, motion graphics, and animation. Students will be required to research, develop, and plan fieldwork as a class while broadening their vocabulary of innovative technologies expanding the meaning of film making and visual storytelling. Projects for the course will emphasize a theme or issue that the class will use as the basis for creating a collection of stories to be disseminated via a website designed for the topic.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 337 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
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SWAN 388 - Great Works - Directed Reading in Screenwriting and Animation I
2 Credits
2 hours per week. 2 lecture hours.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 390 - Special Topics in Producing
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Topics in this seminar range from legal aspects of filmmaking to the producer’s role in merging art and commerce in the entertainment industry. Overviews options, trade and craft union negotiations, music rights, product placement, licensing, development, finance, production, and distribution of feature films and multimedia entertainment such as electronic games. Includes applied approach to the evaluation and development of screenplays through writing coverage. Also considers the legal issues surrounding the making of documentaries and narrative films from original material and acquired sources such as literature, bios, and comics.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 400 - The Film and Entertainment Business
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course examines the economic structures and business practices in contemporary Hollywood film and television industries. The course surveys studios and networks, their marketing and distribution systems, and their relationship to independent producers, talent, and distribution systems. Students must create a prospectus and business plan for an original film, television, or multimedia entertainment project.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 405 - Special Topics in Film Theory
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will survey contemporary film theory and criticism. Since the 1970s, film scholars have developed and modified a range of critical methods for the study of media texts: psychoanalysis, feminism, Marxism, cultural studies, queer theory, audience and star studies, post-colonialism, genre analysis, and many others. This course will examine those elements as well as the more recent scholarship in the context of our present cultural and critical landscape. May be repeated under different subtitles.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 350 or SWAN 355 or permission of Instructor required to register
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SWAN 407 - Special Topics in Film Genre
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course focuses on the study of a film style or genre or sub-genre, such as crime, film noir, blaxploitation, the western, or the musical. The course will examine a specific genre through the aesthetics and film narrative form that defines a body of work associated with characteristics of storytelling.. Research includes written analysis, critical essays, and multimedia projects in some sections. May be repeated under different subtitles.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 350 or SWAN 355 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 408 - Special Topics in Film History
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Lecture/screenings. Historical, critical, cultural, aesthetic, and social study of a specific country or national cinema covered over the semester. Topics include, American, European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, and African film considered as developing art forms and as ethnic, social, and cultural artifacts. Studies in selected historical movements such as expressionism, socialist realism, surrealism, neo-realism, New Wave, and documentary. May be repeated under different subtitles.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 350 or SWAN 355 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 410 - Special Topics in Animation
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
Each workshop focuses on various software packages used by practitioners of animation and the problems and capabilities new technology brings to the creative expansion of the art. Topics include Maya, Z-Brush, Soft Image, 3-D Studio Max, Motion, Shake, Adobe After Effects, etc. The workshop allows the advanced student an opportunity for applied practice on individual or collaborative projects related to the subject of the course. The course features guest lecturers and visiting artists.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 345 or SWAN 346 or permission of the Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 411 - Special Topics in Cinematography and Production
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
Through lecture and lab, this course focuses on specialized production and technical approaches to cinematography as an extension of storytelling on location and in sound stages. Topics for the course range from green screen animation, directing and capturing action, wildlife and nature projects, travelogues, the environment, science, aerospace, engineering, medical topics, etc. The course integrates the advanced study of principles of digital cinematography, with emphasis on electronic exposure control, lighting, formats, cameras, and lenses. In addition to camera techniques, students will become familiar with jibs, camera dollies, and portable camera devices such as the “steadicam.” Students are required to complete individual and collaborative field exercises in specific topic areas culminating in applied theory and practice on short films and documentaries. The course also features guest lectures, screenings, and visiting artists.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 330 or SWAN 380 or permission of the Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 412 - Special Topics in Post-Production and Visual Effects
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
Through lecture, studio work, and lab, this course focuses on special topics in post-production such as visual effects, film to digital post-production processes, finishing techniques with the Avid Nitris system, file based work flow management in Final Cut Pro and Media Composer, color correction, and other specialized areas of post that are fundamental to filmmaking. Students are required to complete individual and collaborative field assignments culminating in the “finishing” or polish of a project they bring to the class or the integration of visual effects.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 345 or SWAN 346 or permission of the Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 414 - Special Topics in Game Art Design and Interactivity
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
Through lecture, studio work, and lab, this course focuses on special topics in game art and design and interactivity. This course provides students an opportunity to work closely with the Instructor and visiting artists on the development electronic games and other interactive entertainment or informational multimedia. Topics include graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for games, coding and computer programming for games, game aesthetics and art direction, character design, and narrative structure for games.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 345 or SWAN 346 or permission of the Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 415 - Special Topics in Children’s Programming
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Through guest lectures and visiting artists, studio work and lab, this course focuses on special topics in children’s programming for cable and TV. Topics will range from creating children’s shows to directing them, and provide important guidelines in the motion picture and television business for working on the set with children. The course will also examine the popularity of children’s books as a source for film adaptations and multimedia entertainment.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 330 or SWAN 335 or permission of the Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 425 - Factual and Fictional Adaptation
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Through readings, screenings, and applied theory, the course contrasts literary and visual storytelling forms for an understanding of why literature and even theatre resist film. The course introduces film narrative structure as a temporal form that often requires the condensation and compression of novels, or the expansion of short stories and graphic comics into movies. Students are required to adapt their own original work from literature or other artistic forms to a short screenplay.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 335 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 430 - Seminar in One-Hour Drama
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Exploring both theory and practice in the one-hour dramatic teleplay, this course focuses on significant one-hour sub-genres and the specific challenges inherent in writing episodic drama, stresses analysis and evaluation of current programming in the one-hour dramatic series, and concentrates on developing a spec script or original material for a one-hour dramatic series.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 335 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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SWAN 431 - Developing Dramatic Series
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Through screening and lecture, students analyze the structure of one-hour episodes of dramatic series for cable and broadcast, and learn the techniques and phases of developing an original series. The course also examines contemporary industry production trends and business practices for freelance screenwriters and producers. Students are required to develop original show concepts and pitches for review and feedback, culminating in a draft pilot script and outline of a series bible by each student.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 335 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 432 - Developing Comedy Series
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course surveys basic tenets and analysis of television comedy shows and contemporary industry production and business practices. Students are required to develop original show concepts and pitch them for review and feedback by class members, the instructor, and guests. The course culminates in the development of a pilot episode and the outline of a series bible by each student.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 335 or permission of the Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 434 - Advanced Screenwriting
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course stresses the refinement of screenwriting and scriptwriting skills and extends the student’s study to include sub-genres such as dramatic shorts, literary adaptation, television and cable movies, docudrama, feature-length animation, and/or children’s educational/dramatic shows. The course requires the creation of a full-length screenplay or original short film scripts for collaborative production in conjunction with filmmaking courses.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 335 or permission of the Instructor required to register
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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SWAN 436 - Advanced Animation Writing
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This is an advanced animation course designed for experienced animation students who are well versed in concepts and technical basics. The course challenges students to embark on animation projects that allow them more discretion regarding theme, topic, tools, and techniques employed. Class discussions focus more on trouble-shooting - while applying advanced techniques - than on lecturing about traditional animation methods.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 335 or SWAN 336
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 438 - Film and Digital Storytelling Studio
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
Sound stage based workshop providing students with opportunities to explore projects involving multimedia and transmedia whereby storytelling content exists in multiple formats including as social media. The culmination of the project for this course is expected to involve the integration of apps for mobile devices that tie into site navigation, and exhibits and kiosks with film and digital storytelling content. Focus on strategic decision making in areas of writing, design, cinematography, editing, and sound to enable filmmakers to discover their own personal style in telling stories on the screen.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 330 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 441 - Special Projects in the Graphic Comic
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This senior-level course requires students to create and publish an independent, long-form graphic novel in consultation with a faculty advisor. Students will also read and review several examples of classic and contemporary long-form graphic fiction.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 341 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 450 - Social Issues in the Contemporary Documentary
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This course introduces students to contemporary debates in documentary through screenings and readings. The course allows students to develop skills in critically analyzing documentaries and encourages the development of research and scriptwriting skills for documentary. Students develop a documentary idea through research to treatment or first draft stage and/or produce critical analyses of documentaries.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SWAN 455 - Writing and Producing the Documentary
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
Film theory, form, and aesthetics are used as the foundation for introducing the documentary as a genre. The course surveys documentary masterworks and the techniques and ethical challenges of the form. The class will screen and discuss selected documentaries and instruction in various production skills necessary to create them. Students are required to complete a series of exercises from conceptualization through post-production, culminating in production of a short documentary.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 330 or SWAN 335 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SWAN 456 - Corporate Film and Video
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This course focuses on the techniques, objectives, and procedures of researching, writing, and producing film, video and web based digital media for business, government, education, and non-profits. The course emphasizes the storytelling process from research and development to production and delivery. The course blends applied practice and lecture and requires field production of client-driven projects.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 330 or SWAN 335 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SWAN 457 - Writing and Producing the Short Film
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This course will require the writing, development and production of a short film. Students will write original scripts that they will direct and produce as shorts thereby broadening their perspective of the filmmaking process as a whole. Emphasis is placed on creating viable scripts for translation as written material to the screen incorporating narrative structure and the cinematic language within the short form.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 330 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 465 - Advanced Digital Film Editing
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
Lecture and lab requiring the submission of a rough cut of an existing project or a proposal to edit work of another director. Applied practice in advanced organization and operation of the post-production process with file based workflow and indexing of data and metadata. Students may propose to edit a significant scene given to them by the instructor. Avid Media Compoer will be utilized in most sectios of this course.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 385 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 469 - Internship I (Film/TV/Digital Storytelling)
3 Credits
9 hours per week.
This course introduces the student to the professional world of film and television. Places students in supervised environments where professional practices and issues are related to film and digital storytelling, including animation and gaming. It offers the student experience in any of the aspects of research and development, publicity, production and post-production in a supervised capacity at an approved television station, film location, or government agency.
Prerequisite(s) Majors and minors with Junior or Senior standing, and permission of instructor required to register
Offered (FALL/SUMMER/SPRING)
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SWAN 470 - Internship II (Film/TV/Digital Storytelling)
3 Credits
9 hours per week.
This course continues the student’s experience in the professional world of film and television. It offers the student experience in any of the aspects of research and pre-production, writing and development, publicity, production, and post-production in a supervised capacity in film and TV. This includes indie film and documentaries, diversified film and entertainment companies, broadcasters, corporate, non-profit and government agencies (especially those dedicated to film, television, or the arts).
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 469 and permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (FALL/SUMMER/SPRING)
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SWAN 472 - Instructional Design for Electronic Media
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This course will focus on techniques used by training specialists and instructional designers for the formation of curriculum and pedagogy using open source and proprietary multimedia applications. Students are required to use applied theory and practice in hands-on experience developing and producing instructional modules for business and industry as multimedia deliverables with designed-in objectives and outcomes.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 456 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 480 - Character Design and Animation
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This course focuses on character design in 2-D and 3-D animation utilizing the fundamentals and techniques of character modeling. Students are required to create and design characters for a scenes, sequences, and shorts utilizing the Adobe Creative Suite, Autodesk software, and Cinema 4D, among other leading software for animation.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 346 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 485 - Creative Projects
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This workshop is designed for students to work individually and collaboratively on a major project in film or digital multimedia, including screenplays, e-game sequences, animation, interactive kiosk display, short film, documentary, animation, graphic comics, and corporate and informational videos. Each student works closely with an instructor. Admission requires junior or senior standing and the consent of the SWAN coordinator.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 330 or SWAN 335 or permission of SWAN Department required to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SWAN 490 - Advanced Film Production
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
Workshop providing students with opportunities to rehearse, perform, and evaluate scenes on location and in sound stages. Three different production styles to which performers may need to adjust are: (1) preproduction rehearsals with director (2) single-camera experience, and (3) multiple camera experience. Draws from array of historical examples, examination of many expressive strategies useable in the creation of moving image art forms. Unifying theory and practice, presentation of approach to viewing great films of past that empowers filmmakers to use sound and images to tell stories. Focus on strategic decisions making in areas of writing, design, cinematography, editing, sound, and performance to enable filmmakers to discover their own personal style in telling stories on the screen.
Prerequisite(s) SWAN 380 or SWAN 385 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SWAN 495 - Senior Studio Projects I
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This is the first part of a cumulative year-long course in which students will apply aspects from their studies of the previous three years in a 2-semester capstone sequence. Students will use the final semester of the studio project to complete an original work of one of the following: a full length feature screenplay, short film, webisodes, an animated film or a fully interactive/informative media project. Students will produce all developmental materials in SWAN 495 (Senior Studio Projects I) including proposal, storyboards and animatics, and schedules and budgets. Students will satisfy production and postproduction workflow requirements in SWAN 496 , including deliverable specifications for sound, picture, color, and formats prior to screening or submission.
Prerequisite(s) Senior standing and permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (FALL)
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SWAN 496 - Senior Studio Projects II
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This is a the final part of a cumulative year-long capstone sequence in which students will apply aspects from their studies of the previous three years. Students will use the final semester of the studio project to complete an original work of one of the following: a full length feature screenplay, short film, webisodes, an animated film or a fully interactive/informative media project. Students will produce all developmental materials in SWAN 495 (Senior Studio Projects I) including proposal, storyboards and animatics, and schedules and budgets. Students will satisfy production and postproduction workflow requirements in SWAN 496, including deliverable specifications for sound, picture, color, and formats prior to screening or submission.
Prerequisite(s) Senior standing and permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (SPRING)
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SWAN 497 - Directed Research in Film Studies
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
SWAN 497 offers intensive exploration and analysis of a specific area of film study, allowing students to concentrate their studies in an upper-level course. Depending on faculty research interests and student demand, this course may cover genres, periods, directors, and other cinematic conceptual frameworks. Majors and minors engage in supervised individual research or investigation under guidance of faculty mentor. Culminating paper or project required.
Prerequisite(s) Senior standing and permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SWAN 499 - Independent Projects in Film and Digital Storytelling
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Intensive study of one of the following problems under the supervision of a faculty adviser: program evaluation, screenwriting, production, programming, film and cinema studies. Must culminate with a comprehensive research paper and/or project.
Prerequisite(s) Senior standing and permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SCED 302 - Principles of Teaching in Secondary School
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course includes a consideration of the objectives of secondary education and the function of the teacher in the realization of these objectives. Attention is given to questioning, assignment, procedures, lesson planning, training in unit and project teaching, adjustment to individual needs, the contract assignment, quizzes, examinations, marking systems, socialized procedures and the theory underlying the core curriculum.
Prerequisite(s) EDUC 200
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SCED 307 - Adolescent Psychology
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to provide the pre- service teacher with an opportunity to familiarize himself/ herself with the problems and phenomena of adolescence. The course emphasizes research-and experience-based principles of effective practice that the preservice teacher can employ to encourage the intellectual, social, and personal development of students. Additionally, it emphasizes research-and-experience-based principles of individual and group motivation that the pre-service teacher can employ to ensure that his/her students engage in positive social interactions and active learning activities, and exhibit self-motivational behavioral tendencies. Procedures for ensuring that pre-service teachers acquire strategies for developing assessment competencies in their students will be emphasized. Observation in the secondary school is required.
Prerequisite(s) EDUC 200
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SCED 429 - Methods of Teaching Reading in the Secondary Content Area, Part I
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed for candidates seeking secondary teaching certification. It emphasizes the purposes for reading, various methods for assessing students’ reading, cognitive strategies and skills, which fosters independent readers and meaningful student- centered instruction. Ten (10) hours of clinical experiences are required in an appropriate school setting.
Prerequisite(s) EDUC 200
Offered (FALL)
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SCED 430 - Methods of Teaching Reading in the Secondary Content Area, Part II
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course reviews and expands the content from Methods of Teaching Reading in the Secondary Content Areas Part I. It emphasizes types of reading, skills in reading, multimedia resources and strategies for helping students communicate effectively about what they read in content area texts. It also focuses on various types of teaching assessments and their interpretation. Ten (10) hours of clinical experiences are required in an appropriate school setting.
Prerequisite(s) EDUC 200 and SCED 429
Offered (SPRING)
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SCED 450 - Methods and Materials for Teaching High School English
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
The purpose of this course is to help the pre-service teacher acquire the abilities, understanding and skills needed in teaching English at the secondary school level. This course includes the study of aims, objectives and methods of teaching English at the secondary school level; the selection of course content and its organization; the study of typical units in composition and literature; and the study of teacher planning, evaluation and related co-curricular activities. Specifically, this course is designed to assist the pre-service teacher: (1) in the use of effective verbal, nonverbal and media communications to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interactions in the classroom; and, (2) in the application of effective planning, management and instructional techniques that are based on knowledge of the content area, and on community and curriculum needs. This course serves two integrative functions as it proposes to teach the pre-service teacher: (1) to integrate the competencies and knowledge acquired in major, professional and pedagogical courses to create learning experiences that make the central concepts, tools of inquiry and structures of the content area meaningful for all students; and, (2) to create learning experiences that build on the experimental, cultural, racial, gender and socioeconomic diversity of students in order that they might achieve higher levels of learning. Knowledge and procedures required for the successful implementations of assessment outcomes for English are addressed. Requisite: Students enrolled in methods courses are required to participate in practicum experiences in the public schools. To introduce the yearlong internship, and to comply with the 100 consecutive days expectations, candidates will be required to attend seminars during the first and second semester. The interns will receive prerequisite activities designed for a successful completion of the internship.
Prerequisite(s) Completion of all professional education requirements and senior status.
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SCED 452 - Methods of Teaching History and Social Studies in the Secondary School
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course stresses: the objectives of history and social studies in secondary schools; the selection of subject-matter; parallel reading; courses of study; the development of social studies from the community point of view; reference books, maps, charts and other auxiliary material; the organization of materials; lesson plans; and measuring results. Specifically, this course is designed to assist the pre-service teacher: (1) in the use of effective verbal, nonverbal and media communications to foster active inquiry, collaboration and supportive interactions in the classroom; and, (2) in the application of effective planning, management and instructional techniques that are based on knowledge of the content area, and on community and curriculum needs. This course serves two integrative functions as it proposes to teach the pre-service teacher: (1) to integrate the competencies and knowledge acquired in major, professional and pedagogical courses so as to create learning experiences that make the central concepts, tools of inquiry and structures of the content area meaningful for all students; and, (2) to create learning experiences that build on the experimental, cultural, racial, gender and socioeconomic diversity of students in order that they might achieve higher levels of learning. Knowledge and procedures required for the successful implementations of State and National Assessment outcomes for social studies are addressed. Requisite: Students enrolled in methods courses are required to participate in practicum experiences in the public schools. To introduce the yearlong internship, and to comply with the 100 consecutive days expectations, candidates will be required to attend seminars during the first and second semester. The interns will receive prerequisite activities designed for a successful completion of the internship.
Prerequisite(s) Completion of all professional education requirements and senior status.
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SCED 453 - Methods of Teaching Science in Secondary Schools
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to help the pre-service teacher ac- quire the skills, understandings and abilities needed in teaching science (biology or chemistry or physics) at the secondary school level. The following topics are included: (1) the methods of the scientist and their application to the methods of the science teacher; (2) the role of motivation and the learning environment in the student’s acquisition of science concepts; (3) the necessity of developing course content to meet the changing demands of scientific endeavors; and (4) the role of demonstration projects and experimentation in the student’s acquisition of scientific concepts. Specifically, this course is designed to assist the pre-service teacher: (1)in the use of effective verbal, nonverbal and media communications to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interactions in the classroom; and, (2) in the application of effective planning, management and instructional techniques that are based on knowledge of the content area, and on community and curriculum needs. This course serves two integrative functions as it purposes to teach the pre-service teacher: (1) to integrate competencies and knowledge acquired in major, professional and pedagogical courses so as to create learning experiences that make the central concepts, tools of inquiry and structures of the content area meaningful for all students; and, (2) to create learning experiences that build on the experiential, cultural, racial, gender and socioeconomic diversity of students in order that they might achieve higher levels of learning. Knowledge and procedures required for the successful implementation of State and National Assessment outcomes for science are addressed. Requisite: Students enrolled in methods courses are required to participate in practicum experiences in the public schools. To introduce the yearlong internship, and to comply with the 100 consecutive days expectations, candidates will be required to attend seminars during the first and second semester. The interns will receive prerequisite activities designed for a successful completion of the internship
Prerequisite(s) Completion of all professional education requirements and senior status.
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SCED 454 - Methods of Teaching Family and Consumer Science
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course emphasizes the aims, methodologies, and principles of teaching family and consumer sciences at the secondary school level. The course stresses selection of subject matter, organization of materials, subject-matter teaching techniques, and evaluation.
Prerequisite(s) Completion of all professional education requirements and senior status.
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SCED 456 - Methods of Teaching Mathematics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course stresses the following activities that are important to the skills acquisition of pre-service teachers: the objectives of Mathematics in secondary schools; the selection of subject matter; the development of lesson plans; the use of textbooks and supplementary materials; the interpretation of measurement results; the appropriate use of teaching strategies; and the interpretation of standardized test results. Specifically, this course is designed to assist the pre-service teacher: (1) in the use of effective verbal, nonverbal and media communications to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interactions in the classroom; and, (2) in the application of effective planning management and instructional techniques that are based on knowledge of the content area, and on community and curriculum needs. This course serves two integrative functions as it proposes to teach the preservice teacher: (1) to integrate the competencies and knowledge acquired in major, professional and pedagogical courses so as to create learning experiences that make the central concepts, tools of inquiry and structures of the content area meaningful for all students; and, (2) to create learning experiences that build on the experiential, cultural, racial, gender and socioeconomic diversity of students in order that they might achieve higher levels of learning. Knowledge and procedures required for the successful implementation of State and National Assessment outcomes in mathematics are addressed. Requisite: Teacher education candidates enrolled in methods courses are required to participate in practicum experiences in the public school. To introduce the yearlong internship, and to comply with the 100 consecutive days expectations, candidates will be required to attend seminars during the first and second semester. The interns will receive prerequisite activities designed for a successful completion of the internship.
Prerequisite(s) Completion of all professional education requirements and senior status.
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SCED 490 - Observation and Student Teaching in the Secondary School - (English, Biology, Chemistry, History, Mathematics, Physics)
12 Credits
40 hours per week.
This course is designed to serve as the capstone experience for the pre-service teacher who is preparing to teach in the secondary school. Specifically, this course provides the pre-service teacher with an opportunity to study the art of teaching by extended observation of and actual experience in teaching secondary school students; to collaborate with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community for the purpose of generating additional support for students’ learning and well-being; to engage in effective interactions with parents for the purpose of generating additional support for students’ learning and well-being; to implement practices that convey an understanding of the responsibilities, structure and activities of the teaching profession; and to reflect on his/her teaching and its efforts on student growth and learning. Seminars are provided to help the pre-service teacher solve problems related to his/her teaching experiences and to deal with other professional matters. The pre-service teacher is placed in the public schools of Baltimore City and nearby counties and is assigned to contrasting cultural and instructional situations. The University provides a staff representative who works with the cooperating teacher and with the pre- service teacher by making frequent visits to the schools. An additional student teaching fee is required for matriculation in this course.
Prerequisite(s) Completion of all methods and professional education courses in the general, major and professional sequence, and admission to the Teacher Education Program.
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