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SFCC Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Courses are listed in alphabetical order by general subject and in numerical order within each general subject. Courses at the first-year level are numbered 111 to 199 or 1000 to 1999; those at the second-year level are numbered 200 to 299 or 2000 to 2999. All courses at SFCC numbered 100 through 110 are developmental in content and will not be counted toward graduation requirements.
Prerequisites represent the minimum skill level necessary for success in a course. If a student has the prerequisite skills but has gained them outside the classroom, they may see a faculty adviser for permission to enroll.
Prerequisites must be completed with a grade of C or better before a student may enroll in a course that requires them. Students may be stopped from enrolling or may be disenrolled if pre- or corequisites are not met.
A math course taken more than three years ago cannot fulfill a prerequisite for a subsequent math course unless a student can demonstrate proficiency. A math or science course taken more than five years ago cannot be used to fulfill a prerequisite for another course. Students may fulfill math prerequisites by scoring at the appropriate level on the college’s math placement test.
For college-level courses, there is an assumption of college-level reading and writing skills, whether or not prerequisites are stated for a particular course.
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Accounting |
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ACCT 111 - Small Business Accounting
Credits: 3
A survey of the basic accounting principles and the accounting cycle as applied to a service enterprise. Topics include common accounting entries, financial statement preparation, bank reconciliation, cash management and payroll.
Offered: Fall and Spring.
Three lecture hours.
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ACCT 124 - Payroll Accounting
Credits: 3
A study of basic labor law, salaries and wages, and the accounting processes required in payroll accounting. Students are exposed to the tax rules, tax rates and tax reports that form the core of payroll accounting. The class includes a practice set using a popular accounting software.
Prerequisite(s): ACCT 111 or ACCT 2110 .
Offered: Fall and Spring.
Three lecture hours.
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ACCT 125 - Computerized Accounting - Quickbooks
Credits: 3
An introduction to performing the basic accounting cycle on the computer. Topics include accounting system setup, data entry, managing receivables and payables, depreciation and financial statement preparation.
Prerequisite(s): ACCT 111 or ACCT 2110 .
Offered: Summer, Fall and Spring.
Three lecture hours.
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ACCT 140 - Personal Income Tax Preparation
Credits: 2
Introduces basic tax return preparation issues and the software to complete and electronically file basic tax returns for low-income taxpayers.
Corequisite(s): ACCT 140L .
Offered: Spring.
Two lecture hours.
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ACCT 140L - Personal Tax Preparation Lab
Credits: 1
Applies current tax code to prepare individual tax returns for low-income taxpayers. Minimum of twenty-five hours of volunteer tax return preparation work must be performed during the spring semester. May be taken twice for credit with permission.
May be taken twice for credit with permission.
Graded: Pass/Fail.
Corequisite(s): ACCT 140 .
Offered: Spring.
Two lab hours.
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ACCT 202 - Governmental Accounting
Credits: 4
The theory and practice of accounting for government and other nonprofit organizations. Topics include fund accounting, financial reporting and accounting for nonprofit entities.
Prerequisite(s): ACCT 2120 .
Offered: Occasionally.
Four lecture hours.
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ACCT 2110 - Principles of Accounting I (Financial)
Credits: 4
[Previously offered as: ACCT 121]
An introduction to financial accounting concepts emphasizing the analysis of business transactions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the effect of these transactions on the financial statements, financial analysis, and the interrelationships of the financial statements.
Offered: Summer, Fall and Spring.
Four lecture hours.
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ACCT 2120 - Principles of Accounting II (Managerial)
Credits: 4
[Previously offered as: ACCT 122] An introduction to the use of accounting information in the management decision making processes of planning, implementing, and controlling business activities. In addition, the course will discuss the accumulation and classification of costs as well as demonstrate the difference between costing systems.
Prerequisite(s): ACCT 2110 .
Offered: Fall and Spring.
Four lecture hours.
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ACCT 2125 - Introduction to Intermediate Accounting I
Credits: 4
[Previously offered as: ACCT 221] Introduction to intermediate accounting concepts, principles and practices, stressing financial reporting theory, applied financial accounting problems and contemporary financial accounting issues. Focuses on the determination of income and financial position of the corporate form of organization.
Prerequisite(s): ACCT 2120 .
Offered: Fall and Spring.
Four lecture hour.
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Adobe Construction |
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ADOB 111 - Adobe Construction Basics
Credits: 3
History and overview of adobe construction techniques. Topics include monumental structures and settlements throughout the world and adobe practices that meet modern building codes. Students will examine construction and design techniques from foundation to roof. Students will make adobe bricks, build walls and construct other building components..
Offered: Fall.
Two lecture hours, two lab hours.
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ADOB 112 - Adobe Wall Construction
Credits: 3
An introduction to exterior and interior adobe wall construction techniques. Students will learn the requirements for wall thickness, height and foundation construction based on the New Mexico Earthen Building Code. Topics include the installation of windows and doors and lintels over openings, the construction of bond beams at the top of walls, methods for the attachment of roof structural members and design and construction of buttresses and arches.
Offered: Fall.
Two lecture hours, two lab hours.
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ADOB 113 - Passive Solar Adobe Design
Credits: 2
The integration of passive solar heating systems into the design of adobe homes. Topics include direct gain systems, Trombe Wall (indirect gain) systems and greenhouses/sunspaces. Students will learn the advantages and disadvantages of each system in order to choose among them for use in different parts of a house or commercial structure. Students will calculate the proper sizing of systems as well as auxiliary back-up systems.
Offered: Occasionally.
Two lecture hours.
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ADOB 114 - Floor Design and Construction
Credits: 3
Traditional and modern Southwest floors and floor coverings. Topics include mud, brick, stone, concrete, tile, wood and sheet-goods flooring materials and applications. Students will design and build floor mock-ups. Suspended floors over crawl spaces or basements are covered as well as the sizing of joists and deck materials. Radiant floor heating systems are also discussed.
Offered: Occasionally.
Two lecture hours, two lab hours.
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ADOB 115 - Finish Practices
Credits: 3
Traditional and modern finishes used in the building of the exteriors and interiors of buildings of the Southwest. Topics include treatments of exposed adobe bricks; mud plaster by hand and trowel; plasters made with stabilized mud, lime, gypsum, cement and elastomerics. Wall insulation, vapor barriers, moisture protection, and the lath systems will be examined. The treatment of vigas, posts, corbels, exposed lintels and wood trim are also covered.
Offered: Occasionally.
Two lecture hours, two lab hours.
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ADOB 116 - Roof Design and Construction
Credits: 3
Traditional Southwest designs of pitched and flat roofs on adobe buildings. Topics cover roofing materials, structure, and plans, including vigas, beams, joists rafters, trusses. Ceiling materials, including latillas, rough boards, tongue-and-groove, are discussed along with details such as insulation, deck sheathing, canales and parapets. Two actual or mock-up roofs will be built.
Offered: Occasionally.
Two lecture hours, two lab hours.
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ADOB 118 - Preservation Practices
Credits: 3
The techniques of preservation, conservation, stabilization, restoration, remodeling, modernization and repurposing of adobe buildings. Consideration is also given to constructing additions to existing buildings. Topics include surveying and assessing existing buildings and the development of preservation plans. The US Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Preservation are discussed along with the New Mexico Code for Historical Earthen Buildings. Safety around old buildings is emphasized.
Offered: Occasionally.
Three lecture hours.
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ADOB 122 - Rammed Earth Construction
Credits: 2
An introduction to rammed earth construction techniques from around the world. This course examines various rammed earth construction methods including the use of small and large forms and manual and engine power. Topics also include the design of rammed earth walls that accommodate windows, doors, electrical, plumbing and heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.
Offered: Occasionally.
Two lecture hours.
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ADOB 198 - Adobe Building Practicum
Credits: 1-3
Applied adobe experience. Practicum activities may take place on campus, on the worksite of an adobe building project, on a adobe preservation site or working with an adobe related non-profit or government entity.
Permission required.
Offered: Summer, Fall and Spring.
One-three lecture hours.
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Alternative Fuels |
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ALTF 121 - Biofuels I
Credits: 4
Surveys the range of feedstocks that can be used to make biofuels and bioenergy. Students will learn how to safely make ethanol and biodiesel from plants and vegetable oil sources and will focus on the biology and processing of algae using several types of bioreactors. Students will prospect for local algae strains and learn how to use various monitoring and analytical tools. This class will tour commercial biofuels and algae operations in New Mexico.
Prerequisite(s): SUST 1130 .
Offered: Fall and Spring.
Three lecture hours, two lab hours.
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ALTF 161 - Introduction to Algae Cultivation
Credits: 3
An introduction to algal biology and sustainable cultivation. Students learn media preparation, sterile technique, culture inoculation, and microscopy. Students demonstrate proficiency in scale-up from isolated strains to 10-liter photobioreactors. Standard monitoring equipment is used for the analysis of water and media chemistry, monitoring algal growth rates, and troubleshooting. Data collection, record keeping, and safety are emphasized throughout the course.
Offered: Fall.
Two lecture hours, two lab hours.
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ALTF 221 - Biofuels II
Credits: 4
Provides hands-on experience in biofuels production. Students will learn the various methods of manufacturing biofuels on a commercial scale. Topics include advanced production technologies, feedstock or algae species selection and pretreatment, quality control, energy balance and safety considerations. The course will explore various economic models for first, second and third generation biofuels and will examine the range of potential commercial algae products including fuel, food, nutraceuticals and other co-products. Students will work with advanced monitoring, quality control equipment and data acquisition and analysis.
Prerequisite(s): ALTF 121 .
Offered: Spring.
Three lecture hours, two lab hours.
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ALTF 261 - Advanced Algae Cultivation
Credits: 3
A continuation of ALTF 161. Students scale up algae production from 10-Liter photobioreactors to large scale (1000 - 50,000 liter) algae production systems. Mass balance, carbon and water footprints, and system maintenance are covered. Students design a large-scale algaculture facility and present the project as a business plan. Advanced analytical methods and culturing techniques are presented throughout the course along with data collection, record keeping, and lab safety.
Prerequisite(s): ALTF 161 .
Offered: Spring.
Two lecture hours, two lab hours.
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ALTF 262 - Algae Harvesting
Credits: 3
An applied course in the harvesting of algae biomass, analysis of product, and effective storage of product. Mechanical, chemical, auto flocculation, dissolved air flotation, and ultrasound methods are presented. Matching appropriate technology to the harvesting of different algae species is emphasized. Students are expected to develop a model system for harvesting algae with a competent return-on-investment analysis. Advanced analytical methods and harvesting techniques are presented throughout the course along with data collection, record keeping, and lab safety.
Prerequisite(s): ALTF 261 .
Offered: Summer.
Two lecture hours, two lab hours.
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ALTF 268 - Algae Culture Capstone
Credits: 3
A course to provide students with opportunities to enlarge and complete their learning experience by spending time in a real working environment and/or through experiments of the student’s design. Students can tailor the learning experience based upon individual goals through research projects and experimentation, assisting with laboratory experiments, and daily algaculture operations. Students must have completed a significant portion of core requirements to be eligible for this course.
Offered: Occasionally.
Three lecture hours.
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ALTF 298 - Biofuels Internship
Credits: 1-3
Provides students with an opportunity to enlarge and complete their learning experience by spending time in a real working environment. Students much have completed a significant portion of core requirements to be eligible for this course. May be taken twice for a degree or certificate credit.
May be taken twice for a degree or certificate credit. Permission required.
Graded: Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite(s): ALTF 121 .
One-three lecture hours.
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American Heart Association |
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AHAC 151 - Basic Life Support For Healthcare Providers
Credits: 0.5
This class covers life-saving methods for healthcare professionals that include adult, infant, and child resuscitation, prevention of disease transmission and the use of a bag-valve mask. Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive BLS-CPR certification through the American Heart Association.
Offered: Summer, Fall and Spring.
Half a lecture hour.
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AHAC 280 - Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider Instructor
Credits: 0.5
This course is for the certified health care provider who has mastered Basic Life Support knowledge and wishes to become a certified BLS Instructor. This course will provide the knowledge, skills and techniques to conduct a standard BLS CPR course. Current BLS Healthcare Provider or CPR certification required.
Permission required.
Offered: Occasionally.
Half a lecture hour.
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AHAC 281 - Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Credits: 1
This course is for the currently certified health care provider who has mastered Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). Knowledge and skills required to evaluate and manage the first ten minutes of an adult ventricular fibrillation and tachycardia (VF/VT) arrest are introduced and practiced. The management of the ten core ACLS cases is incorporated and tested. Current health care provider certification required.
Permission required.
Offered: Occasionally.
One lecture hour.
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AHAC 284 - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Credits: 1
This course instructs health care providers in the management and care of pediatric emergencies. Current health care provider and CPR certifications required.
Permission required.
Offered: Occasionally.
One lecture hour.
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American Sign Language |
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SIGN 1110 - American Sign Language I
Credits: 4
[Previously offered as: AMSL 111] An introductory level language course in the language of the American Deaf culture. Content includes ASL vocabulary and conversational skills; linguistic features of ASL; and skills in narrative/storytelling. In-class activities, comprehension and expressive examinations, narrative and storytelling assignments in addition to semester projects are venues for students to demonstrate their learning. In addition, Deaf culture and Deaf community issues are addressed.
Offered: Summer, Fall and Spring.
Three lecture hours, two lab hours.
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SIGN 1120 - American Sign Language II
Credits: 4
[Previously offered as: AMSL 112] Students gain further exposure to ASL structure and grammar, and Deaf culture and the Deaf community. Emphasis is on increasing students’ ability to comprehend other signers and express themselves with more elaboration when conversing or presenting in ASL.
Prerequisite(s): SIGN 1110 or AMSL 111.
Offered: Summer, Fall and Spring.
Three lecture hours, two lab hours.
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SIGN 1130 - Introduction to Deaf Studies
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: AMSL 131] Provides an overview of cultural issues and historical perspectives, education for deaf and hard-of hearing children, laws pertaining to educational choices, and rights of the deaf. The course also addresses sociological influences contributing to life for deaf persons in America and explores the role of technology, organizations, and relevant legislation. Additional topics include etiologies, demographics and communication methods.
Offered: Spring.
Three lecture hours.
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SIGN 1140 - Basic American Sign Language Linguistics
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: AMSL 135] An introduction to grammar and linguistic systems of American Sign Language (ASL). The course will focus on proper usage of ASL within Deaf culture and will also expose students to phonology, morphology, lexicon, syntax, discourse, and language acquisition, aspects of using sign language, and how visual languages differ from and are similar to spoken language.
Prerequisite(s): SIGN 1120 or AMSL 112.
Offered: Fall.
Three lecture hours.
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SIGN 2110 - American Sign Language III
Credits: 4
[Previously offered as: AMSL 211] An intermediate level course in American Sign Language (ASL). Expected areas of intermediate skill and knowledge development include: language comprehension and production, conversational use, narratives, ASL language features and further knowledge of and interaction with Deaf culture and the Deaf community.
Prerequisite(s): SIGN 1120 or AMSL 112.
Offered: Fall.
Three lecture hours, two lab hours.
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SIGN 2120 - American Sign Language IV
Credits: 4
[Previously offered as: AMSL 212] American Sign Language (ASL) IV is a continuation of the intermediate level ASL III course. Emphasis is on further development of students’ comprehension and production skills through a more advanced study of ASL discourse, grammatical structures, and semantics. Creative use of expression, classifiers, body posture, and signing space will be practiced along with videotext viewing and video production. Topics in Deaf culture and interaction with the Deaf community will be integral to the course.
Prerequisite(s): SIGN 1120 or AMSL 112.
Offered: Spring.
Three lecture hours, two lab hours.
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SIGN 2135 - ASL Classifiers, Fingerspelling and Numbers
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: AMSL 215] Provides students with a general knowledge of various techniques of hand fingerspelling and number signing skills. Concentration on receptive and expressive skills along with focus on methods, theory, and skill development including speed, dexterity, clarity, and loan signs. The course also includes advanced use of numbers, prefixes, suffixes, and polysyllabic words.
Prerequisite(s): SIGN 2110 or AMSL 211.
Offered: Spring.
Three lecture hours.
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SIGN 2145 - Advanced Fingerspelling, Numbers, and Classifiers
Credits: 4
[Previously offered as: AMSL 217] Further studies in advanced fingerspelling, numbers, classifiers, and non-manual grammatical signals, including development of techniques with concentration on receptive and expressive skills. Additionally, the class focuses on the use of face, eyes, and head to convey grammatical information and continues work on methods, theory, and skill development with signs.
Prerequisite(s): SIGN 2135 and SIGN 2140 .
Offered: Fall.
Three lecture hours, two lab hours.
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Anthropology |
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ANTH 1140 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ANTH 112] An introduction that provides an overview of cultural anthropology as a subfield within the broader discipline of anthropology and as a research approach within the social sciences more generally. The course presents core concepts and methods of cultural anthropology that are used to understand the ways in which human beings organize and experience their lives through distinctive cultural practices. More specifically, this course explores social and cultural differences and similarities around the world through a variety of topics such as: language and communication, economics, ways of making a living, marriage and family, kinship and descent, race, ethnicity, political organization, supernatural beliefs, sex and gender, and globalization. This course ultimately aims to present a broad range of perspectives and practices of various cultural groups from across the globe.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 109 .
Offered: Summer, Fall and Spring.
NMGEC: Area IV: Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Three lecture hours.
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ANTH 2140 - Indigenous Peoples of North America
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as ANTH 248] This course is a general survey of the history and ethnology of indigenous groups in North America. The course is designed to give students a comprehensive view of major issues pertaining to the indigenous cultures of North America, such as family structure, social organization, subsistence and contemporary economies, environmental adaptation, indigenous relations, religious practices, and contemporary issues.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 109 .
Offered: Occasionally.
Three lecture hours.
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ANTH 2150 - Indigenous Peoples of the American Southwest
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as ANTH 250] A study of indigenous cultural groups of the American Southwest. Students will explore historical and contemporary cultural and social patterns of American Indian, Hispanic and Anglo-American groups.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 109 .
Offered: Occasionally.
Three lecture hours.
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ANTH 2170 - Human Evolutionary Biology
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ANTH 262] This course provides a basic introduction to the broad field of biological anthropology. The research interests of biological anthropologists include the history and development of modern evolutionary biology, molecular and population genetics, modern primates, the primate and human fossil record, and modern human biological diversity.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 109 .
Corequisite(s): ANTH 2170L .
Offered: Spring.
Three lecture hours.
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ANTH 2170L - Human Evolutionary Biology Lab
Credits: 1
[Previously offered as: ANTH 262L] This laboratory course expand on the topics covered in lecture course and uses scientific methods and principles to examine evidence for the process of evolution, the nature of heredity, human evolutionary history and family tree relationships, primate ecology and behavior, and modern human diversity. Hands-on experience with fossil and skeletal material will be an important part of the learning process.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 109 .
Corequisite(s): ANTH 2170 .
Offered: Spring.
Two lab hours.
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ANTH 2310 - Anthropology of Food
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ANTH 252]
An exploration of the complex interrelationships among people, culture, society and food. Students will examine the connection between food and cultural practices from many perspectives, including historical, societal, anthropological, culinary and scientific.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 109 .
Offered: Spring.
Three lecture hours.
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Arabic |
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ARBC 1110 - Arabic I
Credits: 4
[Previously offered as: ARBC 111] Introduction to Arabic for students with no prior exposure. Following this class, students will be able to perform in specific situations at the Novice level on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency scale. All five modes of communication are addressed (interpersonal, presentational speaking, presentational writing, interpretive reading, and interpretive listening). Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and an Arabic dialect are taught using an integrated approach. Students will also develop their understanding of Arabic speaking cultures.
Corequisite(s): ARBC 1140L .
Offered: Fall.
Four lecture hours.
Approved by the NM Higher Education Department for transfer and application to general education requirements in any public two- or four-year educational institution in New Mexico. Students must work closely with their transfer institution and their SFCC adviser to ensure the best transition to four-year school
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ARBC 1120 - Arabic II
Credits: 4
[Previously offered as: ARBC 112] Continuation of Arabic I, ARBC 1110. Following this class, students will be able to perform in specific situations at the Novice High to Intermediate Low level on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency scale. All five modes of communication are addressed (interpersonal, presentational speaking, presentational writing, interpretive reading, and interpretive listening). Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and an Arabic dialect are taught using an integrated approach. Students will continue to develop their understanding of Arabic-speaking cultures.
Prerequisite(s): ARBC 1110 .
Corequisite(s): ARBC 1140L .
Offered: Spring.
Four lecture hours.
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ARBC 1140L - Arabic Language Lab
Credits: 1
[Previously offered as: ARBC 121L] A self-paced language lab designed to accelerate, reinforce and support all levels of Arabic. The course provides an opportunity to practice and strengthen listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through the use of software, audio and video tapes, and other technologies.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
Graded: Pass/Fail.
Offered: Summer, Fall and Spring.
Two lab hours.
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ARBC 2110 - Arabic III
Credits: 4
A continuation of Arabic II, with focus on pronunciation and Arabic grammar and conversation. This course is intended for students with previous exposure to written or spoken Arabic.
Prerequisite(s): ARBC 1120 .
Offered: Occasionally.
Four lecture hours.
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Architecture |
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ARCH 1115 - Introduction to Architectural Graphics
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARCH 111L] Introduction to manual and digital drawing as well as modeling techniques for architectural and interior design. Students will learn how to represent composition, form and space by orthographic drawing, paraline and perspective views, and freehand sketching. Three-dimensional model building techniques will also be introduced.
Offered: Fall.
Six lab hours.
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ARCH 1120 - Introduction to Architecture Lab
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARCH 123L]
Introduction to the tools and vocabulary to analyze, interpret and discuss the built environment from the social, historical, perceptual and technical determinants. Students are introduced to elements, principles, and theories of architecture through their social, historical, and technical determinants. The course seeks to lay a foundation in architectural studies, including introducing students to fundamental vocabulary and concepts.
Offered: Fall.
Six lab hours.
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ARCH 1125 - Design Fundamentals
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARCH 115L]
Introduces fundamental principles and processes of two-, three-, and four-dimensional design. Design aesthetics, perception, technique, composition, evaluation of materials and methods, practicing design methodologies, exploring design principles and theories, and graphic authorship are explored through various types of assignments.
Offered: Fall.
Six lab hours.
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ARCH 1130 - Building Materials and Methods
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARCH 112L]
An examination of common building systems and subsystems. Topics include structural materials, thermal and moisture protection, roofing, glazing, finish systems, and equipment systems that are in common use within the industry.
Offered: Fall.
Six lab hours.
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ARCH 1135 - Technical Documentation with AutoCAD I
Credits: 3
(Previously offered as: ARCH 117L]
An introduction to basic computer-aided drafting concepts using AutoCAD. Students will learn drafting techniques that are in common use within the industry. Emphasis is placed on drawing setup, creating and modifying geometry, storing and retrieving files, placing, rotating, and scaling objects, adding text and dimensions, using layers, creating blocks, and interpreting and constructing plan, elevation, and section views.
Offered: Fall and Spring.
Six lab hours.
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ARCH 1140 - Building Information Modeling with Revit I
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARCH 120L]
Introduction to Revit, Building Information Modeling (BIM), fundamental concepts. Students learn how to place, manipulate, and create intelligent building components that are fully parametric. In Revit, students create and manage various views, manage and place annotative objects to create construction documents, and use nonnative files to create 3-D site information. This course will also demonstrate how BIM is becoming an industry standard due to its ability to connect architects/ interior designers, consultants, and contractors to create beautiful, functional, and sustainable buildings.
Offered: Spring.
Six lab hours.
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ARCH 1145 - Building Information Modeling with ArchiCad I
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARCH 126L]
Introduction to ArchiCAD, Building Information Modeling (BIM], fundamental concepts. Students learn how to place, manipulate, and create intelligent building components that are fully parametric. In ArchiCAD, students create and manage various views, manage and place annotative objects1 create construction documents, and use non-native files to create 3-D site information. This course explores how BIM is becoming an industry standard due to its ability to connect architects, interior designers, consultants, and contractors to create beautiful, functional, and sustainable buildings.
Offered: Spring.
Six lab hours.
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ARCH 1150 - Interior Design I
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARCH 128L]
An introduction to the basic principles of interior design: materials, lighting, color theory, space planning, and sustainable design. Students will integrate these basic principles into project based assignments.
Offered: Spring.
Six lab hours.
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ARCH 1155 - Sustainable Design Studio
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARCH 129L]
Introduction to sustainable design concepts. Lectures and assignments will present the framework for creative analysis, including systems thinking and synergistic integration of the three pillars of sustainability, environments, equity, and economy, and their relationship to building systems.
Offered: Spring.
Six lab hours.
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ARCH 1160 - Building Information Modeling with Rivit II
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARCH 130L] Focuses on the more advanced operations of Revit, Building Information Modeling (BIM). Topics include how to place, manipulate, and create intelligent building components that are fully parametric, create and manage various 2-D and 3-D views, create and manage building component content, create construction documents, and create site and terrain models.
Prerequisite(s): ARCH 1140 .
Offered: Fall.
Six lab hours.
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ARCH 1165 - Building Information Modeling with ArchiCad II
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARCH 132L] Focuses on the more advanced operations of ArchiCAD, a type of Building Information Modeling (BIM). Topics include how to place, manipulate, and create intelligent building components that are fully parametric, create and manage various 2-D and 3-D views, create and manage building component content, create construction documents, and create site and terrain models.
Prerequisite(s): ARCH 1145 .
Offered: Fall.
Six lab hours.
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ARCH 1170 - Technical Documentation with AutoCAD II
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARCH 135L] Expands on the introduction to computer-aided drafting concepts using AutoCAD. Emphasis is placed on content management, creating blocks, and managing external references, annotation objects, and CAD standards. Students work with non-native imported objects, advanced modify commands, and expanding on the creation and analysis of plan, elevation, and section views.
Prerequisite(s): ARCH 1135 .
Offered: Fall.
Six lab hours.
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ARCH 1175 - Interior Design II
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARCH 138] An expansion on the principles of interior design: materials, lighting, color theory, space planning, and sustainable design. Students deepen their understanding of these principles and apply them to project based assignments, working in a collaborative environment.
Prerequisite(s): ARCH 1150 .
Offered: Fall.
Three lecture hours.
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ARCH 1180 - Sketching Workshop
Credits: 1
[Previously offered as: ARCH 139L] An introduction to sketching strategies and techniques using various media through instructor demonstration, experimentation, and coaching. Students first meet in the studio and then meet on location to practice sketching and review and assess together while enjoying the sights and sounds of Santa Fe. Students plan and prepare for a group gallery show /exhibit as the last meeting.
Offered: Fall.
Two lab hours.
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ARCH 2135 - Commercial Environmental Design
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARCH 229] Introduction to commercial space design. This course will include space planning, color selections, textile and furniture selection, lighting requirements, building materials and methods, and building codes for a commercial design project.
Prerequisite(s): ARCH 1110.
Corequisite(s): ARCH 1120 or ARCH 1150 .
Offered: Spring.
Three lecture hours.
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ARTH 2110 - History of Art I
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: AHST 201] A survey course exploring the art and architecture of ancient prehistoric cultures through the end of the fourteenth century. While focused primarily on the art of the Western civilizations, this course also provides insights into the works of other major cultures in order to provide alternate views of art and history. Emphasis is placed on the relationship of artworks to political, social, spiritual, intellectual, and cultural movements that affect and are affected by their creation and development.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 109 .
Offered: Fall and Spring.
NMGEC: Area V: Humanities.
Three lecture hours.
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ARTH 2120 - History of Art II
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: AHST 202] A survey course exploring the architecture, sculpture, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and glass objects from the 14th century to the modern era. While focused primarily on the art of the Western civilizations, this course also provides insights into the works of other major cultures in order to provide alternate views of art and history. Emphasis is placed on the relationship of artworks to political, social, spiritual, intellectual, and cultural movements that affect and are affected by their creation and development.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 109 .
Offered: Occasionally.
NMGEC: Area V: Humanities.
Three lecture hours.
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ARTH 2130 - Modern Art
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: AHST 204] An overview of European and American art and architecture during the Modern era. Students analyze the various movements in art as they relate to the historical settings in which the works were created. Emphasis is placed on the relationship of artworks to political, social, spiritual, intellectual and cultural movements as they affected and were affected by their creation and development.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 109 .
Offered: Occasionally.
NMGEC: Area V: Humanities.
Three lecture hours.
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ARTH 2140 - Art of the American Southwest
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: AHST 215] An examination of the major artistic traditions and their historical bases in the area’s many cultures, from prehistoric times of the Southwest to the present. Through a combined anthropological and art-history approach, slide lectures are supplemented by videos, fieldwork and visits to museums and art studios.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 109 .
Offered: Occasionally.
Three lecture hours.
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ARTH 2145 - Contemporary Art
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: AHST 207] A survey of the movements in European and American painting, sculpture, and architecture from the second half of the 20th century to contemporary times. The course will begin with an explanation of changes in European and American culture as a direct result of global conflict and the effects of these changes on movements in art. The main focus of the course however will be the postmodern era and its new genres, such as performance art, installation art, and the impact of multiculturalism, the feminist movement, and new technologies on the visual arts and culture.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 109 .
Offered: Occasionally.
Three lecture hours.
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ARTH 2165 - Study Abroad: Images & Insights
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: AHST 235] A study abroad class in which students visit ancient sites in Greece or Italy. The influence of the classical Greek/Roman archetypes and their mythic patterns on human experience and behavior will be studied. The powerful inner forces of the archetypes personified by gods, goddesses, and heroes will be explored. The ancient Greek and Roman images of the gods, goddesses, heroes, and mythological stories as they are represented on architecture and in sculpture and painting will be examined from an art historical perspective. Art from the Byzantine period including Christian archetypal imagery in the form of icon painting will be introduced in both an historical and contemporary context. Students will be responsible for additional costs for this course which will include airfare, travel costs while abroad, hotel, food, and miscellaneous expenditures.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1110 or ARTH 2110 and permission.
Offered: Occasionally.
Three lecture hours.
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ARTH 2200 - History of Women Artists: Renaissance to 21st Century
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: AHST 203]
The first part of the course focuses on the little-known history of professional women artists who began to emerge in the Renaissance era and continued to rise to prominence in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The second half of the course consists of in-depth studies of women artists whose visions have significantly helped to shape the direction of art in the 20th century and into the 21st. A series of visiting-artist presentations will also be part of a diverse curriculum comprising analysis of various readings about women artists, visual material, Web site investigations of contemporary projects and class discussions of the evolving position of women within the historical continuum of art.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 109 .
Offered: Occasionally.
Three lecture hours.
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ARTH 2230 - History of 20th Century Photography
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: AHST 208]
This course emphasizes modern photography within and outside mainstream art movements, from the late 19th century to the present. Lectures focus on modernism, site-specific works, multi-material approaches and new digital technologies. Field trips to local archives and collections supplement course work.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 109 .
Offered: Fall.
Three lecture hours.
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ARTS 1110 - Arts and Design Survey
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARTS 111]
An introduction to disciplines within Arts and Design encompassing two-dimensional, and three-dimensional studies. Projects will be based on a common conceptual theme for the semester. Students will gain a fundamental understanding of issues of aesthetics, innovation, critical interpretation and col1aboration central to arts and design studies. Discussions and assigned readings will provide a critical overview of historical and cross-cultural examples.
Offered: Occasionally.
One lecture hour, four lab hours.
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ARTS 1115 - Explore Arts and Design
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARTS 112]
Hands-on introduction to many aspects of art careers and disciplines including two and three- dimensional compositional fundamentals, and entrepreneurship. Students will gain a fundamental understanding of issues of aesthetics, innovation, critical interpretation, and collaboration which form the basis of arts and design studies. Central to the class will be a collaborative exhibition featuring students and programs from northern New Mexico in one or more of the many SFCC exhibition spaces.
Offered: Occasionally.
Two lecture hours, two lab hours.
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ARTS 1123L - Book Arts
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: BART 165L] The study and exploration of a variety of book structures, including pamphlets, accordion-fold and multiple-signature books. Japanese side-sewn, paper-decoration, and altered books are also introduced. Development of technical skill, craftsmanship and knowledge of book history are emphasized.
Graded: Letter
Prerequisite(s): None
Offered: Summer, Fall, Spring
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1141 - Color and Culture
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARTS 138]
Color usage and meaning in different cultural, social and historic context. Use color effectively as an extraordinary visual and sensual stimulus, while gaining a fundamental understanding of color and culture. This course will focus on the potential of color to effect mood, product sales, and home environments, within diverse cultural contexts.
Offered: Occasionally.
Three lecture hours.
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ARTS 1142L - Creative Expression
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARTS 151L]
This course provides students with an opportunity to explore and discover their creativity through various techniques and media such as writing, sculpture, collage and printmaking. The course is designed for beginners as well as for experienced artists and writers.
Offered: Fall and Spring.
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1152L - Intaglio I
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as; PRBK 182L] Fundamental techniques for using the unique qualities of intaglio processes to create single prints and editions that express aesthetic concerns. Students will work primarily in black and white. This course will focus on technical and aesthetic considerations of development of intaglio plates, intaglio printing and an introduction to the history of intaglio as a fine art discipline.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisite(s): ARTS 1710 .
Offered: Occasionally.
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1153L - Relief Printmaking
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: PRBK 191L] In this course the student will learn about the origins and development of relief printmaking, including linocut, woodcut. The student will produce a portfolio of original prints and make a presentation on the historical and contemporary approaches to this art.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisite(s): ARTS 1710 .
Offered: Spring.
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1160L - Letterpress
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: PRBK 168L] Introduction to Letterpress printmaking: Basics of typesetting and printing on a cylinder press and platen press with metal type, wood type, relief and contemporary printmaking methods. Students will work on independent and collaborative projects and learn press lockup, ink mixing, multiple-color registration, editions, and the basics of press mechanics using good studio practice.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisite(s): ARTS 1710 .
Offered: Occasionally.
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1165L - Monotype Printmaking
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: PRBK 175L] This class explores the addition and subtraction methods of monotype printmaking to produce exciting images. Monotype is an old method that has received new attention in today’s society. Students explore its relationship to other contemporary forms of art and develop a personal direction in their work.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisite(s): ARTS 1610 or ARTS 1710 .
Offered: Fall and Spring.
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1170 - Site and Environmental Art
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: SCUL 131]
This course introduces students to the history of earthworks created throughout the world by numerous cultures. It includes the role of environmental art in contemporary art and its applications to environmental issues. Studio projects include the construction of site-specific sculpture. May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
Offered: Occasionally.
One lecture hour, four lab hours.
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ARTS 1210 - Color Theory I
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARTS 120L]
The study of subtractive and additive modes of color mixing, and the psychological effects and popular understanding of color usage and it’s meaning in different cultural, social and historical contexts in relation to fine art and commercial contexts.
Offered: Fall.
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1220 - Art Practices I
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARTS 125L]
This course introduces the exploration of processes, ideas, and diverse media of visual arts. It addresses the thematic concepts that are central to the nature of art making today, with emphasis given to issues of LIGHT, FRAME, and MARK while developing an understanding of the elements and principles of design.
The course includes an introduction to color theory and to a variety of materials.
Offered: Fall and Spring.
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1240 - Design I
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARTS 113L]
This course introduces the fundamentals of two-dimensional design as it applies to fine art and commercial contexts. Emphasis will be on basic color theory, elements of dynamic composition, vocabulary of visual arts and design, and development of visual conceptual skills. Students will use a variety of materials and techniques.
Offered: Occasionally.
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1250 - Design II
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: ARTS 116L]
This course introduces the basic formal (aesthetic), spatial, and physical aspects of 3-D form as they can be applied to sculptural and functional design. Techniques that explore structure, mass, volume, scale, surface, form, and function are covered, along with various media, which may include paper, wood, clay, and/or metal.
Offered: Fall and Spring.
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1280 - Santeros: Craft and Tradition
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: SCUL 117L]
New Mexican santeros are part of a 400-year-old artistic and religious tradition. In this course, students learn the history, symbolism, and wood-carving and painting techniques associated with diverse styles of ancient and contemporary santero artisans. Students learn to carve bultos and to paint retablos. May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit. Offered: Fall and Spring. Six lab hours.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
Offered: Fall and Spring.
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1281 - Santeros II
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: SCUL 118L] Builds on acquired skills, experience, and knowledge of the history, symbolism, wood-carving, and painting techniques of the New Mexican folk art of creating santos. Students will concentrate on carving techniques for rendering aesthetically pleasing heads, hands and feet and the process of applying natural pigments to created works.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit. Permission required.
Offered: Occasionally.
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1311L - Ceramic Color on Form
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: CLAY 136L] The process of formulating and applying color on ceramic forms. Engobers, sintered engtobes, underglazes, slips, stains, terra sigilattas, and glazes will be explored. Pattern, monochrome, polychrome, abstract application, and other approaches to ceramic painting on a three dimensional form will also be introduced.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisite(s): ARTS 1330 .
Offered: Occasionally.
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1312L - Micaceous Pottery I
Credits: 2
[Previously offered as: CLAY 172L]
Micaceous Clay is a unique type of clay found in Northern New Mexico. It has been used for centuries by Jicarilla Apache, Pueblo and Hispanic potters to produce cooling vessels. This course presents the history of its traditional use as well as traditional and nontraditional techniques for working with this clay. Students produce a variety of open bowls, closed bowls and lidded forms using hand-building techniques, electric kilns and open-pit firing processes.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit. Course may not be repeated more than four times.
Offered: Occasionally.
Four lab hours.
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ARTS 1313L - Pueblo Pottery
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: CLAY 177L]
Offers the student an experience in Elements of the Earth/Pin Kwi yo, the traditional techniques of Pueblo Pottery. The student will learn the traditional approach to respectfully gathering and processing clay along with ancient methods of forming Pueblo Pottery vessels. Surface decoration, including designing, carving, incising, and painting with natural pigments is an integral course element. Ancient firing methods will be used.
Offered: Occasionally.
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1315L - Ceramics: Wheel Throwing
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: CLAY 129L]
An introduction to the fundamental principles of throwing clay forms on a ceramics wheel. The course emphasizes functional as well as sculptural aesthetics associated with the wheel. May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
Offered: Occasionally.
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1330 - Clay Hand-building I
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: CLAY 128L] An introduction to the aesthetic qualities of ceramics and the material properties of clay via the learning of traditional hand building techniques and a variety of methods of applying finish and color.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
Offered: Occasionally.
NMGEC: Area VI: Creative and Fine Arts.
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1340 - Functional Ceramics I
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: CLAY 127L]
Introductory course exploring the fun and useful process of making decorative, functional, hand-built ceramics. Students are introduced to a variety of hand-building techniques and design aesthetics. These techniques and designs are applied to the making of functional ware, producing elegant, fun and useful objects. Students develop a deeper aesthetic understanding of how to design and make decorative, functional objects in clay. May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
May be taken twice for degree or certificate credit.
Offered: Occasionally.
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1410 - Introduction to Photography
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: PHOT 111] This course introduces the making of photographic images from a broad viewpoint to consider both as an art practice and as a cultural practice. The course covers technical information on camera use and functionality, composition and visual design, digital workflow and editing, professional functions of manipulating and enhancing images, and printing correctly and effectively. The historical aspects of photography are also covered.
Prerequisite(s): FDMA 1515 .
Offered: Summer, Fall and Spring.
One lecture hour, four lab hours.
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ARTS 1412 - Alternative Photographic Processes I
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: PHOT 130] This is an introductory course in Alternative Photographic Processes, aka Non-silver Photography, or Historic Processes. Areas covered include the production of Digital Negatives and processes such as cyanotype, Van Dyke prints, and platinum/palladium printing. Assignments are designed to familiarize students with basic technical skills, genres and personalities associated with photography.
Prerequisite(s): ARTS 1410 or ARTS 2410 .
Offered: Fall.
One lecture hour, four lab hours.
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ARTS 1413 - Photography and Studio Lighting I
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: PHOT 140] An introductory course in the purposeful and creative use of light and shadow in photography. Both natural and artificial light sources are used to illuminate arranged subjects, primarily still-lives, small environments and portraits, lighted in a variety of ways to render desired effects and outcomes.
Prerequisite(s): ARTS 1410 or ARTS 2410 .
Offered: Fall.
One lecture hour, four lab hours.
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ARTS 1414 - Camera Use and the Art of Seeing
Credits: 3
[Previously listed as: PHOT 150] Focuses on the use of the digital SLR camera and the principles of composition and the art of seeing. Students are required to shoot digital files for their assignments. Students’ work is critiqued on the basis of the online presentations or PowerPoint presentations; no printing is part of this course. Designed for the beginning photographers, this course prepares students for subsequent photo courses and review the principles of camera use and composition. Not a darkroom/lab course.
Offered: Fall and Spring.
Three lecture hours.
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ARTS 1415 - Photographing Artwork
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: PHOT 195]
This course provides practical skills to artists who need to generate examples of their creative output for documentary and commercial purposes. Students learn to photographically capture images for web, portfolio, gallery and professional presentations. Students learn to stage, light, and photograph artwork such as paintings, drawings, ceramics, jewelry, furniture and photographs to create professional presentations for galleries, museums, collectors, and college applications. Digital cameras are utilized in this course. Students will learn color management and various methods of outputting print and digital files for portfolio, web and marketing activities.
Offered: Fall and Spring.
One lecture hour, four lab hours.
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ARTS 1531 - Lighting Digital Photography
Credits: 2
[Previously offered as: ARTS 184] Students learn how to use lighting techniques and equipment for digital photography. This course offers students an opportunity to use studio lighting equipment to photograph portraits, still life objects, flat and 3-D artwork, and objects and products for web marketing: which will enable them to use this knowledge in the workplace or for personal portfolio use. Students will be shown how photographers use lighting equipment and techniques in the commercial photography field. Students will also be able to assess their own lighting equipment needs and be able to make informed decisions when purchasing lighting equipment.
Offered: Spring.
Two lecture hours.
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ARTS 1610 - Drawing I
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: DRPT 118L] This course introduces the basic principles, materials, and skills of observational drawing. Emphasis is placed on rendering a 3-D subject on a 2-D surface with visual accuracy. Other topics include historical and contemporary references as well as an investigation of linear perspective, line, value, shape, space & composition.
Offered: Fall and Spring.
NMGEC: Area VI: Creative and Fine Arts.
Six lab hours.
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ARTS 1630 - Painting I
Credits: 3
[Previously offered as: DRPT 121L] This course introduces the tradition of painting as a medium for artistic expression. Students will investigate materials, tools, techniques, history and concepts of painting. Emphasis is placed on developing descriptive and perceptual skills, color theory, and composition.
Prerequisite(s): ARTS 1610 .
Offered: Fall and Spring.
Six lab hours.
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