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The course will provide an overview about information management and how it applies to the sporting industry. As students develop websites, write sports stories and use multimedia to cover sports, including photography, videography and broadcasting, they will learn about careers in sports information, how an organization communicates with the media and its constituents, and how communication in sport has evolved and continues to evolve. Prerequisite: WRIT 135 or WRIT 140. (Spring 2025)
Core: Communication Foundations
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103 Big Questions, Deep Connections (3 SH)
In this course, students will meet in small groups with their first-year advisers to develop skills to enable a successful transition to EMU and begin to develop Students will investigate the central ideas of various academic disciplines and the role of higher education. Students with guidance from faculty and staff will evaluate and reflect upon their goals for education, career, and life. Students will identify and develop the adaptive skills to successfully navigate their academic, co-curricular, intercultural and career plans. Assignments, activities, and gatherings will introduce the four Core portfolio themes of Students will explore the themes of an EMU education: Faith and Ethics, Intercultural Understanding, Power and Equity, and Environmental Sustainability. Students will develop resumes, set up their EMU portfolios, and earn EMU experience points towards their first EMU Engage credit as they attend orientation activities and events of their choice for class.
CORE 202 Living Well (2 SH)
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HIST 499 Independent Study (1-3 SH)
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3 SH)
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HONRS 310 Honors Colloquium+ (3 SH)
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Three-Dimensional Design develops a fundamental understanding of a variety of techniques, processes, and styles in three-dimensional media. Students will be challenged to become thoughtful of formal and conceptual concerns in art, while investigating the technical aspects of three-dimensional design. Students will gain practical experience by using various materials as well as by employing compositional and conceptual theories to create sculptures. (Fall 20232025)
Core: CA
VACA 142 Graphic Design I (2 SH)
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This follow up to VACA 143 Foundations of Design I: 2D introduces students to digital tools such as Photoshop as they further their understanding of principles of design. Prerequisite: VACA 143.
VACA 151 Photography I (2 SH)
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Using the creative process approach, students will work with typography and imagery in order to create effective layout solutions for print and digital media. Focus will be on Adobe InDesign and how it works in conjunction with Illustrator and Photoshop. Prerequisite: VACA 142. (Spring 2026)
VACA 243 Graphic Design III-Illustration and Drawing (2 SH)
The focus will be on Adobe Illustrator and the use of the its tools to create digital illustrations and logo design. The emphasis will be on technical and creative process in order to provide a final visual solution. Prerequisite: VACA 142. (Spring 2026)
VACA 252 Photography II (4 SH)
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In this course students will explore how installation and experimental art immerses the viewer in a multi-sensory experience. Through both traditional and nontraditional media such as photography, video, painting, ceramics, sculpture, etc., students will explore the impact of materials and techniques on form, content and the expressive possibilities of various materials on a space. Through experimentation, boundaries of traditional art practices will be challenged to transform the perception of space. (Spring 20242026)
VACA 344 Web Design and Social Media (4 SH)
This class explores Web design and social media applications as they relate to expression and organizational communication. Students will construct web sites using both HTML coding and contemporary Web design software. Social media applications will be integrated in a holistic way as part of an overall communications strategy. Prerequisite: VACA 141 144 or equivalent. (Fall 2024)
VACA 345 Advanced Photoshop (4 SH)
Students will study advanced Photoshop techniques with special emphasis on masking and compositing photographs. Students will practice layering, digital effects, and photo repair as well as investigating imaging in a theoretical and philosophical context. Prerequisites: VACA 151 and VACA 252. (Fall 2025)
VACA 353 Alternative Photo Processes (4 SH)
Students will experiment with alternative acquisition and printing processes. Acquisition methods will cover pinhole, panoramic, HDR, legacy lens, and infrared processes. The history of photographic methods will be studied. The genre of landscape will be explored with several of the techniques. Students will print on alternative forms such as art and Japanese papers, metal surfaces, canvas, and other media forms. Prerequisites: VACA 151 and VACA 252. (Fall 20232025)
VACA 354 Conservation Photography (4 SH)
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A study of the aims and philosophy of art education in the elementary school with emphasis on child development through art. Students will experience art techniques and materials suitable for children from Pre-K through grade 6 with emphasis on appropriate motivational and teaching methods. Topics to be covered may include: the role of art in society and in the schools; fundamentals of art; sequential and discipline-based art curricula; teaching strategies; art motivation; art integration with the sciences, social studies, and cultural understandings; evaluation; teaching art history, criticism and aesthetics; writing instructional objectives and lesson plans; and teaching art production. For art education majors a 20-hour practicum in the elementary setting is a component of the course. Admission to teacher education may be a prerequisite. A two-credit option without a practicum is available for students who are not pursuing Art Education. (Spring 20242026)
Core: CA & CE
VACA 398 Secondary School Art Methods (3 SH)
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