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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

84 Hours

Course Duration

1 Year (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

14

Introduction to Applied Arts

The course introduces you to the concept of modernism and interior design. The course presents a brief overview of Graphic Design and Fashion Design and Urban Design. Art Deco and Art Nouveau are discussed in detail in this course.

Introduction to Painting

Introduction to Painting will focus on the basics of painting: materials, techniques, craft, and mediums. The subject matter will include still life, landscape, figure, media experimentation, and exploration of individual creative expression.

Introduction to Visual Communications

This course explores visual literacy, aesthetics, design principles, creativity, critical evaluation and ethics as they relate to the use of visual images and information in society. You will be able to examine the basis of visual literacy and impact of the visual media in order to enhance creativity for visual and persuasive communication.

Introduction to Digital Imaging & Photography

This course is an introduction to Digital Imaging aesthetics and techniques. You will be able to use imaging software to create digital paintings, graphics and montages. The course is designed to show you how to use computer and photo editing software to capture, edit, manipulate and produce top quality digital photography images.

Introduction to Sculpture

This course introduces you to artistic practice in three dimensions using a variety of materials and approaches. Problems will require you to address materials in terms of cultural and historical context. This course assumes no prior knowledge of sculpture.

Introduction to Fashion Design

This course examines the theory of design and the design process. You will be required to apply your skills in pattern drafting, draping and construction to the execution of their original designs.

Introduction to Architecture

The course is an introductory study of the theory, history, principles and practice of architecture. It includes the roles and responsibilities of the design professions, including interior design, landscape architecture, urban planning and engineering and how they relate to each other.

Essentials of Interior Design

The course presents an overview of interior design, home decoration and Art Nouveau. This course also presents the philosophy and elements of interior design. How interior designing is applied on various materials is discussed in detail in this course.

Introduction to Civil Engineering Systems

The course presents an introduction to the fundamental principles of civil engineering and their application to engineered systems. The course also includes civil engineering history; civil engineering materials; structural and geotechnical systems.

Architecture and Technology

The course serves as introduction to architectural drafting. It focuses on communication of design concepts and instructions to builders. It presents investigation and analysis of drawings and other means to communicate architecture. It includes exploration and development of an individual’s communication of ideas and thoughts by means of graphic representation.

Introduction to Structures

You will be able to learn, how loads are supplied and distributed, and how beams and trusses are analyzed. Both the method of joints and the method of sections will be used. Basic principles of Strength of Materials, Structural Mechanics and Structural Analysis are presented.

Introduction to Architecture

The course presents an introductory study of the theory, history, principles and practice of architecture. It includes the roles and responsibilities of the design professions, including interior design, landscape architecture, urban planning and engineering and how they relate to each other.

Introduction to Architectural Materials

This course introduces construction materials and their methodologies. Topics include construction terminology, materials and their properties, manufacturing processes, construction techniques, and other related topics. Upon the completion of this course, you will be able to detail construction assemblies and identify construction materials and properties.

Introduction to Environmental Design

The course presents an introduction to the philosophy and pragmatics of design and designing processes and methods. The focus will be on design as a creative, aesthetic and scientific endeavor, and will examine the challenges and roles of environmental designers in society.

Cost of Attendance

Tuition Fee Breakdown Cost
ASSOCIATE TO BACHELORS DEGREE $18,480
Medical Insurance $0.00
Personal Expenses $0.00
Study Materials $0.00
Food Cost $0.00
Total Tuition Fee $18,480
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Introduction to applied arts

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Prehistoric art in europe
    Art of the ancient near east
    Art of ancient egypt
    Aegean art
    Art of ancient greece
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Etruscan and roman art
    Jewish, early christian, and byzantine art
    Islamic art
    Art of south and southeast asia before 1200
    Chinese and korean art before 1279
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Japanese art before 1392
    Art of the americas before 1300
    Art of ancient africa
    Early medieval art in europe
    Romanesque art
    Gothic art of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Fourteenth-century art in europe
    Fifteenth-century art in northern europe and the iberian peninsula
    Renaissance art in fifteenth century italy
    Sixteenth-century art in italy
    Sixteenth-century art in northern europe and the iberian peninsula
    Baroque art
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Art of south and southeast asia after 1200
    Chinese and korean art after 1279
    Japanese art after 1392
    Art of the americas after 1300
    Art of pacific cultures
    Art of africa in the modern era
    Eighteenth-century art in europe and the americas
    Nineteenth-century art in europe and the united states
    Modern art in europe and the americas, 19001945
    The international scene since 1945

Introduction to painting

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    One
    Two
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Three
    Four
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Five
    Six
    Seven
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Eight
    Nine
    Ten
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Eleven
    Twelve
    Thirteen

Introduction to visual communications

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Aesthetics theory
    Creative visualization
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Perception theory
    Perception and the newspaper page : a critical analysis
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Cultural palettes in print advertising : formative research design method
    A visual rhetorical study of a virtual university's promotional efforts
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Empowerment through shifting agents : the rhetoric of the clothesline project
    Cognitive theory
    Children's comprehension of visual images in television
    An intended-perceived study using visual semiotics
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    A textual analysis of political television ads
    Phenomenology and historical research
    Using narrative theory to understand the power of news photographs
    Visual ethics theory
    Media literacy, aesthetics, and culture

Introduction to digital imaging & photography

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Getting started.
    Camera.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Lens.
    Light and film.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Exposure.
    Developing the negative.
    Printing the positive.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Finishing and mounting.
    Color.
    Digital camera.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Digital darkroom.
    Lighting.
    Special techniques.
    View camera.
    Zone system.
    History of photography.

Introduction to sculpture

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The nature of art 2
    Awareness, creativity, and
    Visual elements 40
    Principles of design 72
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Evaluating art 91
    Drawing 100
    Painting 115
    Printmaking 127
    Camera arts and
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Graphic design and illustration 165
    Sculpture 175
    Clay, glass, metal, wood, fiber 191
    Architecture and environmental design 206
    From the earliest art to the bronze age 230
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The classical and medieval west 242
    Renaissance and baroque europe 263
    Traditional arts of asia 289
    The islamic world 317
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Africa, oceania, and the americas 325
    Late eighteenth and nineteenth
    Early twentieth century 380
    Between world wars 397
    Postwar modern movements in the west 419
    Modern art beyond the west 447
    Postmodernity and global art 456

Introduction to fashion design

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The body
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Front view
    Dressing the figure
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Menswear
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Color in design
    Composition
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Accessories

Introduction to architecture

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Looking at architecture
    The parthenon
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The colosseum
    Santa sophia
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Durham cathedral
    Florence cathedral
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Hardwick hall
    Potala palace
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Villa mairea
    The pompidou center

Essentials of interior design

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Design quality
    Design basics
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Design history
    The design process
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Human factors and social responsibility
    Color
    Lighting
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Textiles
    Furniture
    The business of interior design

Introduction to Civil Engineering Systems

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Mapping the terrain of the systems approach.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Problem solving and designing in engineering and planning.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Basic engineering economics and evaluation.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Basic microeconomics for engineers and planners.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Principles of probability: part ireview of probability theory.
    Principles of probability: part iirandom variables and probability distributions.
    Principles of statistics: part iestimation of statistical parameters and testing validity of distribution functions.
    Principles of statistics: part iihypothesis testing, analysis of variance, regression and correlation analysis.
    Basic hard systems engineeringpart ii.

Architecture and Technology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Structures: an overview
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Principles of mechanics
    Introduction to structural analysis and design
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Trusses
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Funicular structures: cables and arches
    Beams
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Continuous structures: rigid frames
    Plate and grid structures

Introduction to Structures

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Equations of motion, problem statement, and solution methods 3
    Free vibration 39
    Response to harmonic and periodic excitations 65
    Response to arbitrary, step, and pulse excitations 125
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Numerical evaluation of dynamic response 165
    Earthquake response of linear systems 197
    Earthquake response of inelastic systems 257
    Generalized single-degree-of-freedom systems 305
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Equations of motion, problem statement, and solution
    Free vibration 401
    Damping in structures 447
    Dynamic analysis and response of linear systems 467
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Earthquake analysis of linear systems 507
    Reduction of degrees of freedom 593
    Numerical evaluation of dynamic response 609
    Systems with distributed mass and elasticity 629
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to the finite element method 661
    Earthquake response of linearly elastic buildings 689
    Earthquake analysis and response of inelastic buildings 707

Introduction to architecture

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Statics
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Strength of materials
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Bending and shear in simple beams
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Column analysis and design
    Structure, construction, and architecture

Introduction to Architectural Materials

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Reinforced concrete technology.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Rectangular beams and one-way slabs.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Special topics in flexure.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Columns.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Floor systems.
    Foundations, and earth supporting walls.
    Overview of prestressed concrete.

Introduction to Environmental Design

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Mass and energy transfer.
    Environmental chemistry.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Mathematics for growth.
    Risk assessment.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Water pollution.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Water quality control.
    Air pollution.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Global atmospheric change.
    Solid waste management and resource recovery.
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