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2012-2013 Undergraduate College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Web Site Develop and Management
  

  • WEB 350 - Implementing E-Commerce Technologies

    In this course we will examine the design and implementation of Internet technologies used for the purchase and sale of goods and services, and to provide service and support to customers after the sale. We will cover incorporating the web presence into business process and the technical requirements of e-Commerce solutions. Server side scripts will be developed or enhanced to provide content management, security, payment systems auxiliary systems, and transaction processing. Teams of students will develop a commercially based web presence that allows the client to update their web content and support their customers. Students will also gain hands-on experience with a variety of commercial packages used to create business-to-consumer stores.
    Prerequisites: WEB-320
    Credits: 3
    ITS
  

  • WEB 355 - Animation & Interactivity I

    Design high impact web sites, which come alive with amazing graphics, motion, animation and sound, adding visual excitement to the pages. Students will learn to create web page interfaces and effects, original animations and dynamic graphic output, using the leading web animation program, Flash, which allows one to quickly animate graphics. Students will progress though an introduction to design techniques and principles of this creative medium to developing time-based animations and graphics for enhancing interactive web pages.
    Prerequisites: GDD-212
    Credits: 3
    ITS
  

  • WEB 360 - Current Topics in Internet Time

    Internet time is several times faster than ordinary time. In this course we discuss the most recent developments and trends related to the Internet. Students research and are presented with emerging and important issues. Students must analyze the impact of their findings and present their arguments to the class.
    Credits: 1
    ITS
  

  • WEB 370 - Usability and Design

    Web sites have unique usability issues. Users are drawn from a widely disparate, critical population and satisfaction has to occur with 7 seconds. Building usable, effective web sites that are human-centered and attractive requires an innovative approach coupled with a stable and usable toolset. This course teaches students about the issues faced by web designers and the main tools available for building in usability as well as assessing it. The issues surrounding the web as a public space for disabled access is also addressed.
    Prerequisites: WEB-320 OR SWE-130
    Credits: 3
    ITS
  

  • WEB 420 - Server-Side Alternatives

    Each of the alternative languages available for Server-Side Scripting has a loyal following of devotees. Find out about a number of the alterna- tive languages and their strengths and weaknesses for building practical web applications. Students will study Python and PHP as well as be introduced to Ruby.
    Prerequisites: WEB-350
    Credits: 3
    ITS
  

  • WEB 425 - Web Services

    In this course, students willieam about web services and the Application Programming Interfaces used to access them. In addition students will learn the languages and protocols used for back-end communications between web servers. Students will gain experienre in developing effective, reliable, and secure web services. They will also develop sufficient background to select appropriate technologies languages, protocols, and APIs.
    Prerequisites: WEB-320, WEB-340
    Credits: 3
    ITS
  

  • WEB 430 - Using ASP

    ASP is Microsoft’s approach to building active pages. This course covers the framework-underlying ASP, creating ASP pages, the elements of an ASP and ASP.NET. Practical applications of ASP will be used including forms and database access. Students will build a web site using ASP and .NET technology.
    Prerequisites: WEB-320
    Credits: 3
    ITS
  

  • WEB 440 - Applying XSL/XSLT

    In order to display documents written with Extensible Markup Language (XML), it is necessary to have a mechanism to describe how the document should be displayed. The preferred style sheet language of XML is XSL. XSL and XSLT provide a far more sophisticated system than CSS for formatting and displaying web pages. This course covers XSL and XSLT and provides students with an understanding of how to transform XML documents using XSL and how to format those documents using XSLT.
    Prerequisites: WEB-340
    Credits: 3
    ITS
  

  • WEB 450 - Senior Thesis Project

    A senior research project to be completed in collaboration with an ACS faculty member. Students will design a project that will include a research component and an application component. The project will address a contemporary computer information system industry challenge. Students will be required to demonstrate their understanding of the subject by presenting and demonstrating the applied elements of their research. Presentations and demonstrations will be made to faculty, students and invited guests.
    Prerequisites: Must complete 90 credits before taking this course.
    Credits: 3
    ITS
  

  • WEB 455 - Animation & Interactivity II

    Teaches the creative use of multimedia interactivity to build advanced animated vector-based Flash websites with built-in functionality, interactivity, and accessibility. Flash has become the most popular application for creating high-impact, fully interactive web sites and students will learn advanced Flash animation techniques and intermediate action scripting to connect text, images, animation, sound, and video. Students will build interactive web sites utilizing multi-media formats saved in Flash. Students will create dynamic text, animated graphics, vector-based navigation and interactive interfaces as well as logos and active buttons to design a coordinated and exciting web presence.
    Prerequisites: WEB-355
    Credits: 3
    ITS

Writing
  

  • WRT 100 - Writing Profession, Introduction to

    This first-semester course introduces students to writing in a range of fields and to the fundamentals of professional writing, including a survey of theories and practices of writing from ancient Greece to the contemporary workplace. Students learn that writing is a broad culturally informed practice and are introduced to the concept of audience. Industry professionals are invited to discuss writing in the workplace in the world of media/creative and technical/business writing. Students also begin to maintain a portfolio of their work.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 110 - Literary Magazine I

    Literary Magazine is a one credit course that provides a setting where students can experience the practical elements of assembling a magazine devoted to publishing poetry, fiction, creative essays, plays, photography, and visual art. Projects will be assigned in soliciting work, the selection of material, editorial correspondence copy editing, and distribution. Students may take this one credit elective twice.
    Credits: 1
    CCM
  

  • WRT 120 - Creative Writing, Introduction to

    Introduction to Creative Writing explores techniques used by poets and fiction writers in their crafts. Students will analyze examples of published works and will produce portfolios of original works. Workshop activity is required; students must share their work with the entire class.
    Prerequisites: ENG-111 OR COR-115
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 137 - Creative Non-Fiction

    Creative nonfiction has recently experienced a rise in popularity, and the ability to write in this genre will increase a student’s chances of publishing in today’s marketplace. While the course involves reading and writing creative nonfiction only, the methodology that students learn can be applied to almost any form of writing including essays for magazines and websites commentaries for radio and television, scripts for video and film, descriptions for travel and nature writing, and even to the crafting of novels and short story collections. In today’s globally conscious world, the ability of the creative nonfiction writer to use a specific story or incident to illuminate a universal human experience is more appreciated than ever.
    Prerequisites: ENG-111or COR-115
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 180 - Introduction to Songwriting

    Explore and develop various songwriting techniques and also learn the history of songwriting and develop a deeper understanding of the role songwriting plays in society and culture. The course leads up to a short public performance. No previous performance experience necessary; only basic instrument and/or singing skills required.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 200 - Fundamentals of Journalism

    This course introduces students to the basic skills of reporting with hands-on experience in gathering news interviewing, researching, and investigating. Students draft, edit and finalize news stories, profiles, features news-features reviews, and commentaries. Peer reviews and writing workshops will improve students’ abilities to self-edit. Analytical discussion of current news is a central element of the course. Students also examine the contemporary news/media environment, corporate ownership of news organizations, and the central function that a free press plays in American democracy.
    Prerequisites: ENG-111 OR COR-115
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 201 - Professional Writing Portfolio I

    This one-credit course teaches students to select from the work they have done over the previous year, revise and edit it as necessary, polish it to the highest standards and present it as part of an electronic portfolio, blog and/or website. Students will also reflect on, discuss and write about their continuing development as writers, and their progress toward their chosen writing fields.
    Prerequisites: WRT-100,Must complete 30 credits before taking this course.
    Credits: 1
    CCM
  

  • WRT 205 - Writing & Producing Online Journalism

    Students will learn to research, interview, and write journalistic forms while incorporating audio/video, blogs and other social media into the production of their stories, thus broadening and deepening coverage. Students will write, shoot and produce three blogs that will give them hands-on experience in the production of new media.
    Prerequisites: WRT-200
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 210 - Literary Magazine II

    Literary Magazine is a one credit course that provides a setting where students can experience the practical elements of assembling a magazine devoted to publishing poetry, fiction, creative essays, plays, photography, and visual art. Projects will be assigned in soliciting work, the selection of material, editorial correspondence copy editing, and distribution. Students may take this one credit elective twice.
    Prerequisites: WRT-110
    Credits: 1
    CCM
  

  • WRT 220 - Creative Writing, Intermediate

    This course will further explore techniques used by poets and fiction writers. Students will not only continue to analyze published works, produce portfolios of original work, and participate in the workshop process, but they will also be expected to submit their own writing for regional and national publication, as well as perform original poems/stories at a public reading.
    Prerequisites: WRT-120
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 225 - Life Stories: Ethnographic Writing

    Students will learn how to research a subject’s personal, cultural, historical and social past and how to conduct an in-depth interview. Working with a community partner from a very different walk of life to their own, they will conduct a recorded interview that explores some significant aspect of their partner?s past, and create an extended story suitable for publication and/or archiving. The importance and meaning of story both to the individual and society, will be explored in detail.
    Prerequisites: ENG-112 or COR-125
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 226 - Intermediate Fiction Workshop

    An exploration of fiction writing for students who have already made some inroads into the genre. Presented as a writing workshop, the class reads and discusses short stories, novels, and essays on the art and craft of fiction writing. Students experiment in short fiction, while becoming discerning readers of canonical and contemporary published fiction, as well as the work of their peers. Coursework will lead up to a final portfolio of at least 40 pages of polished work and a final public reading.
    Prerequisites: WRT-120
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 231 - Technical Writing

    This course introduces students to the fundamental elements of technical writing (clear, concise, and targeted)that are common among seven forms of technical communication: email correspondence editing employment communication, proposals, long formal reports oral communication, and inventions. Through peer reviews and writing workshops students develop the ability to write and edit text that precisely targets its audience. This course emphasizes deepening and broadening students’ writing, speaking, and thinking abilities in a non-lecture-based, hands-on discussion-centered classroom.
    Prerequisites: ENG-112 or COR-125
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 235 - Writing Children’s Literature

    Students read and discuss a large number of children’s picture books and study the history psychology and business of writing for children. They examine such devices as rhythm, repetition theme, character and the relationship between image and word, and write three picture book manuscripts, plus one book review and two essays exploring their own thoughts about picture books and children’s stories.
    Prerequisites: ENG-112 OR COR-125 OR PERMISSION OF PROGRAM DIRECTOR
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 236 - Writing About Food

    Food is central to our economy, our family lives our rituals of love and death, our beliefs about health and the world around us. In addition to helping students learn about food, food history food makers and food processes, this course helps students develop interview skills, description and narrative, analysis, research and sensory self-awareness.
    Prerequisites: 60 Completed Credits
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 280 - Reading & Writing in the Wilderness

    This course, combining the study of literature of the wilderness with an intensive, journal-based writing practice, will be carried out during the summer session, and it will include four Saturday hikes into local wilderness areas. We will read writers such as Emerson, Thoreau, Leopold Dillard, Halpern, Lord, Elder, and Carson. A continued emphasis is placed on the improvement of writing skills. Note: students are responsible for providing their own equipment and food for the hikes.
    Prerequisites: ENG-112 OR COR-125
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 301 - Professional Writing Portfolio II

    This one-credit course teaches students to develop their written and electronic portfolios, to expand the reach and interactivity of their online presence, and develop their ideas for the Capstone project they will undertake in their senior year. Students will also reflect on, discuss and write about their continuing development as writers, and their progress toward their chosen writing fields.
    Prerequisites: WRT-201
    Credits: 1
    CCM
  

  • WRT 310 - Grant Writing

    This course introduces students to research methods, project management principles, and document production processes needed for effective practice in professional writing contexts. Grant writing, annual reports, strategic plans proposals and e-writing are some of the genres students learn to master.
    Prerequisites: Complete WRT-231 or by permission of the Program Director.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 324 - Advanced Poetry Workshop

    This upper-level creative writing course allows and requires students to apply critical and creative thinking to the study, practice, and creation of poetry. Working closely within the workshop and with the faculty member, students will vigorously read, discuss, and analyze through writing, poetic craft and criticism from a global perspective. Students will also practice the poet’s regimen of writing, revising, and performing an extended poetry collection, as well as exploring avenues for the publication of single poems and a chapbook.
    Prerequisites: WRT-220
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 325 - Advanced Fiction Workshop

    This course is an intensive exploration of fiction writing. Presented as a seminar and writing workshop, the class reads and discusses short stories, novels, and essays on the art and craft of fiction writing. Writing three short stories (or the equivalent in chapters of a novel/novella) leads students to integrate theory and practice as they produce work informed by a detailed understanding of such common fictional elements as character, plot, setting, and conflict as well as more advanced concepts that foster finely wrought creative work. Students submit at least one original work for publication.
    Prerequisites: WRT-220 or permission of Program Director.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 326 - Reviewing

    Students learn the basics of reviewing, applying their skills primarily to film, TV and theater but with the opportunity for a broader final reviewing project in other areas approved by the instructor. Students will keep a Reviewer?s Notebook and make entries in it for every class. Some out-of-class attendance required.
    Prerequisites: WRT-120 or WRT-137 or permission of Program Director.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 327 - Seminar in Playwriting

    The course provides an intensive introduction to playwriting. Conducted like a seminar, the class reads and discusses a variety of plays, including their own works-in-progress. Writing a one-act play, allows students to integrate theory and practice as they learn about developing characters, creating conflict and writing dialogue. At an informal public reading, students will have the opportunity to see their work performed by the Champlain Players.
    Prerequisites: ENG-112 and a Literature Elective or permission of Program,Director
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 328 - Travel Writing

    For students wishing to study abroad or write about their regional, national, or overseas travels, the course encourages the development of travel writing skills, translating what students experience into publishable articles. Students, in all majors, learn to take in, digest and make sense of their new experiences, to share them with others in the class and potentially in the campus community, and to learn writing skills in the process. Through online lectures discussions, and writing exercises, students learn how to research ideas, craft compelling pieces and tailor the work for the marketplace.
    Prerequisites: ENG-112 and 60 completed credits
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 330 - Independent Writing Project

    An individual writing project, supervised by a faculty member with expertise in the chosen area. This course is only offered under exceptional circumstances and by specific permission of the Program Director.
    Credits: 1
    CCM
  

  • WRT 335 - Writing the City

    “Writing the City”, which is offered only on Champlain’s campuses in Montreal and Dublin presents a series of guided explorations, some of them leading to specific writing assignments and others open to a variety of writing responses that take the student out into the city to meet people from a variety of backgrounds and have a diverse range of experiences. The outcome is a weekly seminar-style class at which writing is presented discussed and developed for possible publication.
    Prerequisites: 60 completed credits
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 337 - Creative Non-Fiction, Advanced

    This course will explore various forms of creative non-fiction, especially the memoir, with the aim of combining personal narrative with elements of reflection, research, exposition and description. Students will work through a variety of creative exercises toward a final extended piece of writing that combines personal investment with the choice of a substantial subject.
    Prerequisites: WRT-137 and 57 completed credits or permission of Program,Director
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 340 - Advanced Journalism Practicum: Writing

    This course builds on journalism skills and approaches learned in WRT 200 Print Journalism to teach the student to write more complex stories that require gathering and assimilating a greater range of information asking more penetrating questions comprehending and explaining more sophisticated and multi-faceted subjects, and/or first-person participation. Skills learned in WRT 205 Writing and Producing Online Journalism may also be used. The course follows the rigorous framework and demands of a regular newspaper publication schedule, and it is expected that stories written in this class will be submitted for publication.
    Prerequisites: ENG-112,Must complete 60 credits before taking this course and have,permission of Program Director.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 341 - Advanced Journalism Practicum: Editing

    This course will use the practical experience of editing articles, essays, reviews and columns for the Champlain Current as a means of learning editing skills that will be useful for anyone wanting to go into journalism, magazine writing or book publishing.
    Prerequisites: ENG-112,Must complete 60 credits before taking this course and have,permission of Program Director.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 345 - Professional Copy Editing

    Introduction to Professional Copy Editing introduces students to the editing of materials from a number of sources, both literary and scientific, in order to strengthen writing skills by sharpening the students eye for detail and thus, the ability to recognize and correct errors and awkward grammatical constructions. Students will learn the specifics of editorial notation the rigors of following the points of specific style manuals, and the requirements for creating a clean and correct final document. In learning these skills, students will be acquiring not only the marketable ability to copy edit manuscripts but also the knowledge and awareness needed to become better writers of their own material.
    Prerequisites: ENG-112; Must complete 60 credits before taking this course,or have permission of the Program Director.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 346 - Publishing in the 21st Century

    This course, which is open to students from all majors, takes advantage of the unique Champlain College Publishing Initiative to give students a hands-on working experience in all aspects of publication: writing, editing, copy-editing research, illustration, layout/design, cover art promotion, publicity, event management, marketing web design and usage, business and legal issues. Contemporary developments in publication are also studied and discussed, and when possible incorporated into publishing strategies.
    Prerequisites: 60 completed credits
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 400 - Professional Writing Portfolio

    This course is intended for students who are about to graduate from the Professional Writing Program. It is designed to help students prepare their portfolios for presentation to the department for final review, and for the job market.
    Credits: 1
    CCM
  

  • WRT 401 - Professional Writing Portfolio III

    This one-credit course teaches students to select from the entire range of their written work polish and develop the best of their output and present it in a professional, interesting interactive and imaginative way, both online and in paper form. These portfolios will be submitted to Champlain faculty, Careers Office personnel and local professional practitioners who will offer their comments and advice for development.
    Prerequisites: WRT-301
    Credits: 1
    CCM
  

  • WRT 405 - Practical Freelancing

    Practical Freelancing involves the culmination of the student’s growth from writing student to practicing writer. The course introduces students to a range of skills they will need to be successful entrepreneurs, teaches students how to apply those skills to their particular needs as freelance writers, and then shows them how to create a written action plan that combines the strategies and resources they will need to begin their career on graduation.
    Prerequisites: PWRT.BS seniors only
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  

  • WRT 490 - Professional Writing Internship

    This course is a supervised professional writing,placement that entails approximately 140 hours,working in a responsible position related to the,student’s career interests. This experience,provides the student with the opportunity to,explore and to grow in knowledge and experience in,a manner that will give focus to his or her,intended career interests as well as enable him or,her to gain valuable practical experience. The,student will be supervised overall by an assigned,faculty member and onsite by a qualified,professional who has agreed to serve as mentor and,supervisor.
    Prerequisites: Complete 30 credits of WRT courses
    Credits: 3
    CCM

Information Technology and Sciences
  

  • ITS 380 - Science, Technology & Fiction

    Students will conceptualize, discuss, debate examine, reverse engineer and revel in the technology and innovations depicted in fiction and popular culture media such as TV shows movies, games and comic books, past and present. This is an avenue for exploring technical devices and scientific concepts while considering the creative, mechanical, logical, historical ethical and social aspects of technology. Students will actively research technological possibilities and analyze innovative devices.
    Prerequisites: 60 COMPLETED CREDITS.
    Credits: 3
 

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