Spring Quarter 2024

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Monday
THEO203 Church History
Monday 8:00–10:50 AM
Ruvianne Dela Cruz Mercado
155 A/B
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course examines some of the key figures and events of the Church. Students will learn about the Church�s response to important heresies and understand the Church's impact on world history.

Humanities Elective
DIGM491-1 Production Studio II
Monday 12:30–3:20 PM
Max Hulburt
155 N
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This final creative studio course is designed to help students finish their master-game prototype, test it and get it ready for publishing to the intended game platform.

AnimationGame Development
DIGM490Production Studio I
ENTM335 Movement for the Actor
Monday 12:30–3:20 PM
Katelyn Slater
155 K
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course is an exploration of stage movement based on work of masters such as Suzuki, Alexander, Feldenkrais, and Bogart. It may include physical character development, Kabuki theatre physical techniques, Noh theatre physical techniques and mask work.

ActingMusical Theatre
ENTM131Introduction to Performing TechniquesENTM230Acting II: Acting and Text�
THEO321 Studies in John Paul the Great
Monday 12:30–3:20 PM
Ruvianne Dela Cruz Mercado
155 A/B
Required Books TBA
Show Description

As our namesake an patron, Pope Saint John Paul the Great has had signifiance influence on this institution. In this course, students will gain a better understanding on his impact on the Church, the world, and their own individual formation by studying his thoughts and writings.

BUSI423 Organizational Design
Monday 3:30–6:20 PM
Jeffrey Graw
155 L
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course is an introduction to the step-by-step methodology companies use to realign work flow, procedures, structures, and systems to fit the business. The course will look at how this process leads to effective organizations through: improved profitability; better customer service; efficient internal operations; and integration of employees with core business processes, technology, and systems.

Business Elective
DIGM106 Fundamentals of Game Design
Monday 3:30–6:20 PM
Joe Shoopack
155 N
Required Books TBA
Show Description

Comprehensive introduction to basic tools and principles of Game Design including game systems, their components and interaction. Exploration into game analysis and game definitions. Opportunities to conceive an original idea and create a pitch to sell a game concept.

Game DevelopmentMedia Elective
MUSC221 Electronic Composition I
Monday 3:30–6:20 PM
Robert Giracello
155 N
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This class is an exploration in modern electronic music, synthesizers, computer assisted rhythm, and production. Primarily demonstrated with third party software (ProTools and Ableton live), the student will produce electronic compositions and develop unique sonic environments. NOTE: Knowledge of musical fundamentals is helpful.

Media ElectiveHumanities Elective
SCIN300-1 Science, Technology, & Culture
Monday 3:30–4:55 PM
Derry Connolly
155 M
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course will familiarize students with fundamental scientific concepts and explore how the application of those concepts affects society and global economics. Topics include: the structure of the atom and its applications in biology and physics; circuits, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet of Things; DNA, diseases, and vaccines. Each topic builds towards the question, "what does Catholic teaching tell us about how we as Christians live and participate in this rapidly changing world?"�

University Core
SCIN300-2 Science, Technology, & Culture
Monday 5:00–6:20 PM
Derry Connolly
155 M
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course will familiarize students with fundamental scientific concepts and explore how the application of those concepts affects society and global economics. Topics include: the structure of the atom and its applications in biology and physics; circuits, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet of Things; DNA, diseases, and vaccines. Each topic builds towards the question, "what does Catholic teaching tell us about how we as Christians live and participate in this rapidly changing world?"�

University Core
ENTM310 Advanced Editing Techniques
Monday 6:30–9:20 PM
Melinda Simon
155 N
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This class will build on the skills learned in Fundamentals of Post-Production. Students will analyze different editing styles and techniques for impact and effectiveness. They will apply these different approaches in various exercises relating to pacing, rhythm, emotion, montage and style, as well as the interplay of picture and sound. The application of proper media management and workflow will also be incorporated.

Post-ProductionMedia Elective
ENTM103Fundamentals of Post-Production
ENTM325 Feature Film: Development
Monday 6:30–9:20 PM
Bill Marsilii
155 A/B
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course is part of the Feature Film Program. Students apply the knowledge and experience gained in Fundamentals of Story Development to craft entertaining and unique story concepts that are producible on an independent scale. The best projects will be selected as candidates for� production within the Feature Film Program.

Media Elective
ENTM200Fundamentals of Story Development
HUMA342-1 Novel Development II
Monday 6:30–9:20 PM
Megan Eccles
155 L
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course is oriented toward the production of a complete, substantial, and complex work of prose fiction. This process of writing a novella or significant prose narrative will provide students with a unique opportunity to learn and master elements of prose fiction such as character, structure, plot arc, narrative voice, and prose style, with the ultimate aim of creating a lasting work of literary art.

Creative WritingHumanities Elective
HUMA220Writing Short Fiction I
Tuesday
BUSI323 Human-Centered Design
Tuesday 8:00–10:50 AM
Brehnen Knight
155 A/B
Required Books TBA
Show Description

In this course students learn the human-centered design process, which moves from concrete observations about people to abstract thinking then back to the concrete with tangible solutions that are desirable, feasible, and viable in today's global business environment.�

Business Elective
ENTM234 Screen Acting
Tuesday 8:00–10:50 AM
Kathryn Smith-McGlynn
155 K
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This introduction to screen acting begins by analyzing the similarities and differences between stage and screen acting. Course work continues into exercises that instruct students on basic screen techniques and will evolve into introductory scene work in front of the camera.�

ActingMedia Elective
ENTM132Acting I: Foundations
ENTM328 High Concept Screenwriting
Tuesday 8:00–10:50 AM
Bill Marsilii
155 N
Required Books TBA
Show Description

Nothing kicks a door open in Hollywood faster than a movie concept that instantly promises to attract and entertain an audience. This course will teach students how to find or create high concept stories, how to field-test them prior to writing or pitching them, and how to craft them into screenplays that exploit the full potential of their ideas. Skills that will be fostered in this class include The Brainstorming Process; How to Pitch a High-Concept Story; How to Tell if Your Story is Pitchable (or will need to be written as a spec), and How to Know You�ve Got a Really Good One.

Media Elective
ENTM484 Media Capstone II
Tuesday 8:00–10:50 AM
Kaitlyn Krikorian
155 L
Required Books TBA
HUMA303 Shakespeare
Tuesday 9:30–10:55 AM
Stephen Kramp
155 E
Required Books TBA

This class meets twice a week. To find the correlating meeting, match up the Course ID.

Show Description

There is no counting the number of scholars, artists, and admirers who have gotten entirely knotted up contemplating the figure and literary output of William Shakespeare. By plunging into his dramatic works, students will grow entangled in the work of arguably the greatest literary writer in human history. Only by reckoning with the truly revolutionary impact of Shakespeare�s art�its massive literary and dramatic influence, and also its prompting for a new appreciation of what it means to be human�will they find themselves untied again.

Humanities Core
ARTS122-1 Observational Drawing
Tuesday 12:30–3:20 PM
Jacqueline Gold
155 D
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This class is designed to help students develop drawing skills by translating what students observe about three-dimensional objects into lines and shapes on a two dimensional medium, while incorporating surface textures and varying line qualities into object and environment design concepts.

AnimationGame DevelopmentGraphic DesignIllustrationMedia ElectiveHumanities Elective
ARTS121Drawing in Perspective
ARTS311 Visual Arts Career Strategies
Tuesday 12:30–3:20 PM
Max Hulburt
155 M
Required Books TBA
ENTM142B Vocal Techniques II
Tuesday 12:30–3:20 PM
Rebecca Zimmer-Huber
155 K
Required Books TBA

Enrolled students must schedule private vocal lessons with the instructor in addition to this meeting time.

Show Description

A continuation of the skills developed in Vocal Techniques I, this course will provide the student with the opportunity to explore their natural singing voice and find their vocal identity through a variety of musical genres. Utilizing healthy vocal technique, students will develop and practice skills to enhance solo vocal performance. Topics may include but are not limited to: body alignment, releasing tension, onset/offset, breathing, resonance, focus of tone, registration, articulation, and expressivity. Students continue to work on sightsinging techniques, further developing aural skills and melodic and rhythmic dictation and working with sightsing material with shifting meters. Individual private training will have continued focus on each individual student's abilities as well as development of more refined and nuanced vocal skills needed for singing a variety of musical genres.

Musical Theatre Core
ENTM141
ENTM312 Advanced Writing Seminar I
Tuesday 12:30–3:20 PM
Christopher Riley
155 L
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course provides advanced writing experience for students who have completed multiple scripts for the screen. Assignments will be individualized based on student experience, interest, and skill, and may include development and writing of feature film scripts, television episodes or pilots, short film scripts, and scripts for web-based distribution. Students may also rewrite existing works for which they've written earlier drafts. Students will read and lead discussions of numerous screenplays. Students will pitch their stories, and may be asked to pitch to students in other courses. Students will critique one another�s work in large and small groups, with instructor supervision and guidance. They will also develop a personalized career strategy as a writer for the screen. The knowledge, skills, and experience gained in this course will serve aspiring writers, writer-directors, and writer-producers for film, television, and new media. Considerable time will be required for students to write and develop scripts outside of class.

ScreenwritingMedia Elective
ENTM101Story, Genre and StructureENTM105Writing and Pitching a ScriptENTM200Fundamentals of Story DevelopmentENTM201Writing for the Screen IENTM202Writing for the Screen II
ENTM337 Business of Acting
Tuesday 12:30–3:20 PM
Kathryn Smith-McGlynn
155 A/B
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course provides students with information on how to obtain work and succeed as a television, film, voice over, or stage actor. This course prepares students for the actor's journey, with emphasis on career tools (resum�s, headshots, reels, self-tapes), strategies, audition techniques, industry terminology, and extensive information about casting, representation, and union membership.

Acting
Acting Senior

Business of Acting is the actor's version of Media Career Strategies.

HUMA111-1 Cultural Foundations I
Tuesday 12:30–1:55 PM
Stephen Kramp
155 E
Required Books TBA

This class meets twice a week. To find the correlating meeting, match up the Course ID and section number.

Show Description

As this course engages apparently timeless literary works from the classical tradition, it situates them within specific historical contexts. This approach enables students to come to both a greater appreciation of the enduring power of story, and a recognition of the relationship of works of art with their surrounding culture. Masterworks of pagan antiquity (Homer and/or Virgil) give way to key texts of early Christendom (Augustine, Beowulf, et al) in order to further illuminate the impact of Christian theology and anthropology on artists and thinkers in myriad disciplines.

University Core
HUMA111-2 Cultural Foundations I
Tuesday 2:00–3:25 PM
Stephen Kramp
155 E
Required Books TBA

This class meets twice a week. To find the correlating meeting, match up the Course ID and section number.

Show Description

As this course engages apparently timeless literary works from the classical tradition, it situates them within specific historical contexts. This approach enables students to come to both a greater appreciation of the enduring power of story, and a recognition of the relationship of works of art with their surrounding culture. Masterworks of pagan antiquity (Homer and/or Virgil) give way to key texts of early Christendom (Augustine, Beowulf, et al) in order to further illuminate the impact of Christian theology and anthropology on artists and thinkers in myriad disciplines.

University Core
ARTS122-2 Observational Drawing
Tuesday 3:30–6:20 PM
Jacqueline Gold
155 D
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This class is designed to help students develop drawing skills by translating what students observe about three-dimensional objects into lines and shapes on a two dimensional medium, while incorporating surface textures and varying line qualities into object and environment design concepts.

AnimationGame DevelopmentGraphic DesignIllustrationMedia ElectiveHumanities Elective
ARTS121Drawing in Perspective
BUSI441 Digital Agency Workshop
Tuesday 3:30–6:20 PM
Joe Szalkiewicz
155 N
Required Books TBA
Show Description

In this senior level workshop, students will have the opportunity to develop key deliverables for a current client or prospective client of a local social media agency. The student will learn about the research, strategy, execution, promotion, and creative elements that make up a digital agency, or service-based business. The class will be structured around short lectures, supported by scheduled in-office training with the social media agency team to implement course material in service of an actual client or prospect. At the end of the course, students will have a solid understanding of how social media can communicate a brand�s story, and how to deliver this service in a viable way.

Business Elective

Enrollment will be limited to a small group of juniors.

COMM200 Business Communications
Tuesday 3:30–6:20 PM
Taylor Williams
155 M
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course will teach students how to write and speak effectively in business and other communication.

University Core

In spring, students choose between two core classes: Business Communications or Advanced College Writing. In summer, students will take whatever course not yet completed.

ENTM208 Writing Short Form Cinema
Tuesday 3:30–6:20 PM
Christopher Riley
155 E
Required Books TBA
Show Description

Students will continue their study of screenwriting with a focus on writing narrative films under 40 minutes in length. They will screen and analyze multiple examples of short cinema to gain an understanding of the qualities possessed by the best examples of the form. They will write numerous short scripts with the goal of generating one or more short scripts of high quality that can be produced either inside or outside the university setting. Students will critique one another's work with instructor supervision and guidance. Considerable time will be required for students to write. Students will read and respond to the required texts.

ScreenwritingMedia Elective
ENTM101Story, Genre and StructureENTM105Writing and Pitching a Script
ENTM303 Directing II
Tuesday 3:30–6:20 PM
Nathan Scoggins
155 N
Required Books TBA
Show Description

In this production intensive class which builds on the directing fundamentals learned in Directing I, students will work together weekly to create short film subjects, dealing with spiritual and Christian subject matter, in an attempt to connect noble themes to photographed light. Students will be assigned weekly subjects and be expected to present them in class for feedback and analysis.

Post-ProductionProducingProductionMedia Elective
ENTM211Directing I
HUMA111-3 Cultural Foundations I
Tuesday 3:30–4:55 PM
Stephen Kramp
155 E
Required Books TBA

This class meets twice a week. To find the correlating meeting, match up the Course ID and section number.

Show Description

As this course engages apparently timeless literary works from the classical tradition, it situates them within specific historical contexts. This approach enables students to come to both a greater appreciation of the enduring power of story, and a recognition of the relationship of works of art with their surrounding culture. Masterworks of pagan antiquity (Homer and/or Virgil) give way to key texts of early Christendom (Augustine, Beowulf, et al) in order to further illuminate the impact of Christian theology and anthropology on artists and thinkers in myriad disciplines.

University Core
BUSI337 Real Estate Practices II
Tuesday 6:30–9:20 PM
Jordan Friske
155 L
Required Books TBA
Business Elective
DIGM332 Game Design II
Tuesday 6:30–9:20 PM
Rodney Figueroa
155 N
Required Books TBA
Show Description

Using techniques learned in previous courses, students will design, prototype, and produce a complete portfolio-ready short game.

Game Development
DIGM203Game Design I
ENTM492-1 Senior Project: Post-Production
Tuesday 6:30–9:20 PM
Nathan Scoggins
155 A/B
Required Textbooks & Materials:
  1. No textbooks are required.
Show Description

The senior project is a series of courses (up to three) in which students will work either individually or as part of a team and create or contribute to a significant media project that spotlights their area of emphasis. Class III is the post-production phase. Instructor approval is required to take this class.

Communications Media CoreMedia Elective
Media Senior
Wednesday
BUSI330 Business Ethics
Wednesday 8:00–10:50 AM
Joe Connolly
155 E
Required Books TBA
Show Description

The student will study of ethical problems encountered in business and the foundational principles to inform decisions involving ethical issues. Topics include ethical concepts, personal integrity, conscience, loyalty and responsibility.

Business Core
HUMA124-1 Advanced College Writing
Wednesday 8:00–10:50 AM
Christopher Riley
155 A/B
Required Books TBA
Show Description

Students conduct research on a primary text and write a lengthy paper, practicing revision and editing skills as they develop their original theses.��This class encourages a �close reading� of a primary text, requires students to build an annotated bibliography to evaluate secondary and tertiary source material, and introduces rhetorical concepts in the effort to help students become stronger readers and writers.

University Core
HUMA122 or Writing Proficiency Evaluation passed

In spring, students choose between two core classes: Business Communications or Advanced College Writing. In summer, students will take whatever course not yet completed.

ENTM102-1 Media Survey
Wednesday 9:30–10:55 AM
Max Hulburt
155 E
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course introduces students to the diverse world of radio, television, news, cinema, internet, print and advertising. Students will learn how to critically experience such media and analyze its desired results. Students will also explore how media has developed and evolved through history and examine the current influences of media on society from a cultural, artistic and economic perspective. In addition, we will explore what the role of Christians in this new media environment can and should be, and how we can best utilize the opportunities available to us to become who we want to be.

Communications Media Core
ARTS483 Illustration Capstone II
Wednesday 12:30–3:20 PM
Jacqueline Gold
155 L
Required Books TBA
Illustration Senior
ENTM102-2 Media Survey
Wednesday 12:30–1:55 PM
Max Hulburt
155 E
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course introduces students to the diverse world of radio, television, news, cinema, internet, print and advertising. Students will learn how to critically experience such media and analyze its desired results. Students will also explore how media has developed and evolved through history and examine the current influences of media on society from a cultural, artistic and economic perspective. In addition, we will explore what the role of Christians in this new media environment can and should be, and how we can best utilize the opportunities available to us to become who we want to be.

Communications Media Core
ENTM307 Documentaries
Wednesday 12:30–3:20 PM
Nathan Scoggins
155 N
Required Books TBA
Show Description

In this course students will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively communicate an idea to an audience through the use of a documentary film. Students will view and analyze current and past documentaries and identify the idea, concept and structure that makes up the film. Students will create a documentary film that either records the present using behavioral or anthropological means, or recalls the past using historical or biographical elements, incorporating visuals, statements and interviews with verifiable truths.

Post-ProuctionProductionMedia Elective
ENTM101Story, Genre and Structure� ENTM104
ENTM410 Media Law and Ethics
Wednesday 12:30–3:20 PM
Shun Lee Fong
155 M
Required Textbooks & Materials:
  1. Ashley Packard Digital Media Law 2nd Ed John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012 Buy Now978-1118290729Read and be prepared to discuss Chapter 1 before the first class
Show Description

The course examines the legal relationships in the motion picture and television industries, as well as the legal relationships between artists and their personal managers. It covers the key legal principles that are involved in most media productions. This includes with trade unions, licensing, intellectual property and contract issues. In addition, this course explores ethical challenges students are likely to encounter working in entertainment and guides them through the development of a personal code of ethics that is informed by the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

Communications Media Core
ENTM437 Musical Production I
Wednesday 12:30–3:20 PM
Courtney Balaker
155 K
Required Books TBA

 (for credit or audit).

"Musical Production" should be used for registration (do not list the play's name).

This is part 1 of a two course sequence that occurs in back-to-back quarters.

Show Description

From first reading through to performance, students rehearse and perform a musical from a classic or contemporary writer. Students must audition to register for this class. This course may be taken multiple times for credit.

ActingMedia Elective
Must Audition

Important: successfully auditioning for a production does not result in automatic enrollment. To participate, students must also officially register for the class either during Registration Week (for credit) or with an Add/Drop Form

HUMA124-2 Advanced College Writing
Wednesday 12:30–3:30 PM
Christopher Riley
155 A/B
Required Books TBA
Show Description

Students conduct research on a primary text and write a lengthy paper, practicing revision and editing skills as they develop their original theses.��This class encourages a �close reading� of a primary text, requires students to build an annotated bibliography to evaluate secondary and tertiary source material, and introduces rhetorical concepts in the effort to help students become stronger readers and writers.

University Core
HUMA122 or Writing Proficiency Evaluation passed

In spring, students choose between two core classes: Business Communications or Advanced College Writing. In summer, students will take whatever course not yet completed.

ARTS223 Materials and Techniques
Wednesday 3:30–6:20 PM
Jacqueline Gold
155 L
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course focuses on the traditional and materials techniques used to create hand-drawn illustrations and imagery. Graphite, charcoal, ink, watercolor, gouache, acrylic, and collage will be used to create projects rooted in originality. The assignments are intentionally experimental, allowing students to explore innovative solutions in image making. Form, structure, tone, light, shadow, texture and color, combined with different approaches to visual style, atmosphere and mood will be covered.

IllustrationMedia Elective
ARTS121Drawing in PerspectiveARTS122Observational DrawingARTS221Life Drawing I
HUMA234 Studies in Poetry
Wednesday 3:30–6:20 PM
Julie Anne Stevens
155 A/B
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course exposes students to the vast wealth of the English-language poetic tradition. Beginning with the micro-sagas, riddles and serenades that populate Old and Middle English verse, students advance to engage with major writers and works of intervening centuries before concluding with the more familiar speech�but also the bewildering disjunction�of the poetry of our modern era.

MUSC110 Scoring Lab
Wednesday 3:30–6:20 PM
Robert Giracello
155 N
Required Books TBA
Show Description

Students will participate in a small group providing musical scores and sound effects for movies, television and video games. Analysis of scoring techniques and practicum will be explored.

Media ElectiveHumanities Elective
PHIL101-1 Logic
Wednesday 3:30–6:20 PM
Fr. Andy Younan
155 M
Required Books TBA
Show Description

In this course students learn about the basic structures of sound reasoning, focusing largely on classic Aristotelian logic. The course serves to help students think and argue with clarity as well as to effectively analyze arguments of others. The course includes a careful analysis of the operations of the intellect, i.e., understanding, judgment, and reasoning, focusing on their products, i.e., term, proposition, and syllogism.

University Core
PHIL211 Philosophy of Beauty
Wednesday 3:30–6:20 PM
Shalina Stilley
155 E
Required Books TBA
Humanities Elective
DIGM314 Hard Surface Modeling II
Wednesday 6:30–9:20 PM
Grant Hall
155 N
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This class builds on the topics covered in Hard Surface Modeling I and introduces modeling with NURBS. Students will explore the pros and cons of working with NURBS and model several kinds of vehicles.

AnimationGame Development
DIGM313Hard Surface Modeling I
FASH101 Fashion Analysis
Wednesday 6:30–9:20 PM
Elena Chirkova
155 E
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course introduces students to understanding how we dress ourselves. Students study the components and language of fashion - how and what we communicate through what we wear. Intended for those who want to study fashion, costume design, or understand how to dress a character.

PHIL101-2 Logic
Wednesday 6:30–9:20 PM
Fr. Andy Younan
155 M
Required Books TBA
Show Description

In this course students learn about the basic structures of sound reasoning, focusing largely on classic Aristotelian logic. The course serves to help students think and argue with clarity as well as to effectively analyze arguments of others. The course includes a careful analysis of the operations of the intellect, i.e., understanding, judgment, and reasoning, focusing on their products, i.e., term, proposition, and syllogism.

University Core
Thursday
BUSI393-2 Leadership and Management
Thursday 8:00–10:50 AM
Joe Connolly
155 M
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course is an introductory-level course for students. Its intent is to give an in-depth understanding of the similarities and differences between leadership and management. The course focuses on providing students with tools to understand others and to lead at a level that matches their current professional development. Students will reflect on how their self-discipline and teamwork impacts their ability to lead others. Opportunities to practice leadership will be given through group and in-class activities. Additionally, students will study Catholic thought on the nature of work, and understand their role in the real-world application of those ideas.

University Core
HUMA303 Shakespeare
Thursday 9:30–10:55 AM
Stephen Kramp
155 E
Required Books TBA

This class meets twice a week. To find the correlating meeting, match up the Course ID.

Show Description

There is no counting the number of scholars, artists, and admirers who have gotten entirely knotted up contemplating the figure and literary output of William Shakespeare. By plunging into his dramatic works, students will grow entangled in the work of arguably the greatest literary writer in human history. Only by reckoning with the truly revolutionary impact of Shakespeare�s art�its massive literary and dramatic influence, and also its prompting for a new appreciation of what it means to be human�will they find themselves untied again.

Humanities Core
BUSI393-1 Leadership and Management
Thursday 12:30–3:20 PM
Joe Connolly
155 M
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course is an introductory-level course for students. Its intent is to give an in-depth understanding of the similarities and differences between leadership and management. The course focuses on providing students with tools to understand others and to lead at a level that matches their current professional development. Students will reflect on how their self-discipline and teamwork impacts their ability to lead others. Opportunities to practice leadership will be given through group and in-class activities. Additionally, students will study Catholic thought on the nature of work, and understand their role in the real-world application of those ideas.

University Core
ENTM136 Acting for Directors
Thursday 12:30–3:20 PM
Katelyn Slater
155 K
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This class will approach the fundamentals of acting, structured for students outside the acting emphasis. Tools learned in class can be applied to directors, screenwriters, and storytellers of various genres.

Media Elective

Non-acting emphases interested in acting are encouraged to take this class, as Acting I is restricted to Acting Emphases.

ENTM417 Compositing
Thursday 12:30–3:20 PM
George Simon
155 N
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This class will expand the on the student�s application of the art of compositing. The class will evaluate the limits of compositing within an editing software application, and then segue into the more advanced platform of Adobe After Effects.�

Media Elective
ENTM103Fundamentals of Post-ProductionENTM212Intro to After Effects
Post-ProductionENTM400Design for the Screen: Adobe After Effects��
HUMA111-1 Cultural Foundations I
Thursday 12:30–1:55 PM
Stephen Kramp
155 E
Required Books TBA

This class meets twice a week. To find the correlating meeting, match up the Course ID and section number.

Show Description

As this course engages apparently timeless literary works from the classical tradition, it situates them within specific historical contexts. This approach enables students to come to both a greater appreciation of the enduring power of story, and a recognition of the relationship of works of art with their surrounding culture. Masterworks of pagan antiquity (Homer and/or Virgil) give way to key texts of early Christendom (Augustine, Beowulf, et al) in order to further illuminate the impact of Christian theology and anthropology on artists and thinkers in myriad disciplines.

University Core
PHIL402 Political Philosophy
Thursday 12:30–3:20 PM
Fr. Ankido Sipo
155 A/B
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course examines major theories concerning the organization of society and the role of government. The relationship of philosophical concepts to the governing of society are carefully explored. Key ideas discussed include justice, natural rights, the role of education, the role of religion in society, the meaning and purpose of freedom, and the responsibility of members of society to themselves and one another, beginning with ancient sources such as the Code of Hammurabi and Aristotle�s Politics, continuing in Thomas Aquinas�s On Kingship, moving into the pre-modern period with works such as Machiavelli�s The Prince and the modern period with selections from Hobbes�s Leviathan and other authors.

Philosophy & TheologyNew EvangelizationHumanities Elective
PHIL204Philosophy of Man�Recomended: PHIL206
HUMA111-2 Cultural Foundations I
Thursday 2:00–3:25 PM
Stephen Kramp
155 E
Required Books TBA

This class meets twice a week. To find the correlating meeting, match up the Course ID and section number.

Show Description

As this course engages apparently timeless literary works from the classical tradition, it situates them within specific historical contexts. This approach enables students to come to both a greater appreciation of the enduring power of story, and a recognition of the relationship of works of art with their surrounding culture. Masterworks of pagan antiquity (Homer and/or Virgil) give way to key texts of early Christendom (Augustine, Beowulf, et al) in order to further illuminate the impact of Christian theology and anthropology on artists and thinkers in myriad disciplines.

University Core
BUSI120 Project Management
Thursday 3:30–6:20 PM
Gabriel Geagea
155 M
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This course teaches the principles of project management that are commonly used to plan and measure projects in industry. It presents the project management mind-set, tools, and skills for successfully defining, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and reporting a project. Topics covered include: the project life cycle, fundamental PM processes, development of the project plan, interpersonal management skills, and managing changes during project execution. Case studies are from technology and media applications.

University Core
BUSI203 Principles of Finance
Thursday 3:30–6:20 PM
Christopher Lis
155 A/B
Required Books TBA
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This course provides the student with the fundamental understandings of how financial issues impact the decision-making process in companies. Students learn the significance of costs, profitability, and the general financial consequences that result from day-to-day business decisions. They will learn strategies to make better investment and financing decisions in entrepreneurial settings. The course covers the stages of the company growth process, from startup to exit. The case studies cover technology-based businesses, with the emphasis on gaining financial insights. The course will introduce the student briefly to structuring multi-staged start-up financings, understanding business models, and valuing entrepreneurial ventures. The primary objective of this class is that students will be able to demonstrate, at a basic level, a global understanding of the knowledge and practice of the core business discipline of finance.

Business Core
ENTM492-2 Senior Project: Post-Production
Thursday 3:30–6:20 PM
George Simon
155 N
Required Textbooks & Materials:
  1. No textbooks are required.
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The senior project is a series of courses (up to three) in which students will work either individually or as part of a team and create or contribute to a significant media project that spotlights their area of emphasis. Class III is the post-production phase. Instructor approval is required to take this class.

Communications Media CoreMedia Elective
Media Senior
HUMA111-3 Cultural Foundations I
Thursday 3:30–4:55 PM
Stephen Kramp
155 E
Required Books TBA

This class meets twice a week. To find the correlating meeting, match up the Course ID and section number.

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As this course engages apparently timeless literary works from the classical tradition, it situates them within specific historical contexts. This approach enables students to come to both a greater appreciation of the enduring power of story, and a recognition of the relationship of works of art with their surrounding culture. Masterworks of pagan antiquity (Homer and/or Virgil) give way to key texts of early Christendom (Augustine, Beowulf, et al) in order to further illuminate the impact of Christian theology and anthropology on artists and thinkers in myriad disciplines.

University Core
BUSI222 Project Execution I
Thursday 6:30–9:20 PM
Gabriel Geagea
155 A/B
Required Books TBA
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Students will learn how to successfully execute a small project, gaining understanding of the key steps in project planning and execution. They will play a key role in a real project by planning, executing and debriefing. By experiencing being a part of a team and having to learn from team members, they will apply their lessons learned in class and eventually in their own businesses.

Leadership & ManagementBusiness Elective
BUSI120Project ManagementBUSI394
DIGM491-2 Production Studio II
Thursday 6:30–9:20 PM
Rodney Figueroa
155 N
Required Books TBA
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This final creative studio course is designed to help students finish their master-game prototype, test it and get it ready for publishing to the intended game platform.

AnimationGame Development
DIGM490Production Studio I
HUMA342-2 Novel Development II
Thursday 6:30–9:20 PM
Megan Eccles
155 L
Required Books TBA
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This course is oriented toward the production of a complete, substantial, and complex work of prose fiction. This process of writing a novella or significant prose narrative will provide students with a unique opportunity to learn and master elements of prose fiction such as character, structure, plot arc, narrative voice, and prose style, with the ultimate aim of creating a lasting work of literary art.

Creative WritingHumanities Elective
HUMA220Writing Short Fiction I
Friday
ENTM142A Dance Techniques II
Friday 8:00–10:50 AM
Tonnie Sammartano
155 K
Required Books TBA
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Students will continue to develop dance skills and techniques as well as choreographic combinations of varying difficulty.

Musical Theatre Core
ENTM141Corequisite: ENTM142B
The Musical Theatre Techniques series must be taken in sequence and cannot be audited. Students who haven't taken previous classes must wait until the next time Vocal & Dance Techniques I are offered.
ENTM306 Sound in Film: Production
Friday 8:00–10:50 AM
Steve Barsotti
155 N
Required Books TBA
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This course will cover the fundamentals of sound and how they are applied in a media environment to help communicate a message. The class will address the importance of sound in the pre-production process and how to properly prepare a project with a sound state of mind. In the production environment, students will learn the proper sound tools and techniques and how to use them to record clean, consistent and intelligible recordings.

ProductionMedia Elective
ENTM104Fundamentals of Production
BUSI472 Incubator I
Friday 12:30–3:20 PM
Marc Burch
155 L
Required Books TBA
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Follow-up to the LaunchPad sequence. Entrepreneurial students will receive mentorship as they continue to launch their company. Goal is to make meaningful progress toward the start or growth of their company.

ENTM424 Feature Film: Pre-Production I
Friday 12:30–3:20 PM
Kaitlyn Krikorian & George Simom
155 A/B
Required Books TBA
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This course is part of the feature film program. Students actively participate in the creative development and pre-produciton process on an independent feature film. Students assess the challenges and opportunities associated with a slate of film projects and help determine which film is ultimately greenlit for production. Once a project is greenlit, students collaborate to produce the film by crafting a budget, schedule, and marketing strategy. Students who participate in Feature Film Producing I & Feature Film Producing II are eligible to earn an associate producer credit on the film.

Media Elective
Instructor Approval
ENTM437 Musical Production I
Friday 12:30–3:20 PM
Courtney Balaker
155 K
Required Books TBA

 (for credit or audit).

"Musical Production" should be used for registration (do not list the play's name).

This is part 1 of a two course sequence that occurs in back-to-back quarters.

Acting Productions meet multiple times a week.

Show Description

From first reading through to performance, students rehearse and perform a musical from a classic or contemporary writer. Students must audition to register for this class. This course may be taken multiple times for credit.

ActingMedia Elective
Must Audition

Important: successfully auditioning for a production does not result in automatic enrollment. To participate, students must also officially register for the class either during Registration Week (for credit) or with an Add/Drop Form

ENTM451 The Design Process
Friday 12:30–3:20 PM
Cristina Weinheimer
155 N
Required Books TBA
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A thorough breakdown of the process of creating from initial concepts to final design taught by professionals at one of the top design studios in San Diego.

PHIL408-1 Philosophy of God
Friday 12:30–3:20 PM
Fr. Andy Younan
155 M
Required Books TBA
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This is a course in the various understandings of metaphysics, or the nature of being as being, beginning from Plato�s Timaeus, continuing through the Classical period by means of Aristotle, and the Middle Ages in St. Thomas Aquinas. The course continues by covering several related questions, beginning with Natural Theology (discussing the traditional proofs for the existence of God, the Divine Attributes that can be understood using reason alone, the analogy of being, and the act of creation), continuing with the �problem of evil� and the question of free will.

University Core
PHIL203Philosophy of NaturePHIL204Philosophy of Man�
PHIL301 Epistemology
Friday 3:30–6:20 PM
Shalina Stilley
155 L
Required Books TBA
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Building upon previous philosophy courses, this class examines the causes of human knowledge. Specifically, students will be introduced to philosophical solutions to questions relating to the nature of knowledge, the object of knowledge, the role of the internal and external senses, and the concepts of truth and certainty. After thoroughly examining the sophisticated understandings of the nature of truth and certainty found in Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, we will closely examine the skepticism of the modern period through the writings of Hume, and the systematization of the structure of the mind in Kantian idealism, concluding in the 20th Century attempt to fuse idealism and realism in Martin Heidegger.

Philosophy & TheologyNew EvangelizationHumanities Elective
PHIL203Philosophy of NaturePHIL204Philosophy of Man�
PHIL408-2 Philosophy of God
Friday 3:30–6:20 PM
Fr. Andy Younan
155 M
Required Books TBA
Show Description

This is a course in the various understandings of metaphysics, or the nature of being as being, beginning from Plato�s Timaeus, continuing through the Classical period by means of Aristotle, and the Middle Ages in St. Thomas Aquinas. The course continues by covering several related questions, beginning with Natural Theology (discussing the traditional proofs for the existence of God, the Divine Attributes that can be understood using reason alone, the analogy of being, and the act of creation), continuing with the �problem of evil� and the question of free will.

University Core
PHIL203Philosophy of NaturePHIL204Philosophy of Man�
DIGM305 2D Animation II
Friday 6:30–8:15 PM
Jose Morales
Online
Required Books TBA

In addition to the weekday meeting, this class will also meet on 2 Saturdays. Specific dates for the 2 Saturday meetings TBA.

Show Description

This class expands on the �12-Principles.� Through a combination of lecture and lab, the class will produce two (2) short 30-second animated Pencil Test movies (no color) using a soundtrack provided from the teacher. Each movie project will include creating Thumbnail Storyboards, drawing Key Poses, preparing Exposure Sheets, creating in-betweens, and compositing a final Quicktime Movie.

AnimationMedia Elective
ARTS222Life Drawing IIDIGM2112D Animation I
Saturday & More
DIGM305 2D Animation II
Saturday 9:30–6:00 PM
Jose Morales
155 N
Required Books TBA

In addition to the weekday meeting, this class will also meet on 2 Saturdays. Specific dates for the 2 Saturday meetings TBA.

Show Description

This class expands on the �12-Principles.� Through a combination of lecture and lab, the class will produce two (2) short 30-second animated Pencil Test movies (no color) using a soundtrack provided from the teacher. Each movie project will include creating Thumbnail Storyboards, drawing Key Poses, preparing Exposure Sheets, creating in-betweens, and compositing a final Quicktime Movie.

AnimationMedia Elective
ARTS222Life Drawing IIDIGM2112D Animation I

Please be advised that adjustments in scheduled meeting times and/or instructor assignments may be made at any time without prior notice.

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