Courses developed to date

Courses developed to date

by | Jan 15, 2019 | Big Ideas, Degree Programs, Miscellaneous Programs

I have been designing curriculum since 2003.  One of my guiding principles is to develop courses that engage students in a subject from multiple angles that require them to conceptualize means of addressing larger issues through incremental iteration and collaborative thinking.  The best courses allow students the opportunity to improve their consideration of a given subject, hone subject-specific skills, and also improve their communication skills by writing and presenting their related thinking.

Here is a list of the various courses I have had a hand in creating to date:

Parsons the New School of Design:

  • Freshman Design Lab (Developed collaboratively with over 20 faculty)
  • Usability Design
  • Introduction to the Digital Design Toolbox
  • Thesis Prototyping

Hostos Community College:

DIGITAL DESIGN & ANIMATION AAS PROGRAM

  • BIO110 Game-Framed Introduction to Biology
  • DD101 Introduction to the Digital Toolbox
  • DD102 Media Design in the Digital Age (Writing Intensive)
  • DD104 Color Theory
  • DD105 2D Design
  • DD106 Introduction to Usable Design
  • DD107 Concepts in Animation
  • DD112 Introduction to Web Design
  • DD113 Introduction to Motion Graphics
  • DD114 Digital Illustration
  • DD201 Communication Design
  • DD202 Digital Video Production
  • DD203 Digital Photography for Design
  • DD204 Typographic Principles
  • DD205 3D Design
  • DD207 Introduction to Maya
  • DD298 Digital Independent Study in Design & Animation I
  • DD299 Digital Independent Study in Design & Animation II
  • DD301 Advanced Digital Illustration
  • DD302 Advanced Web Design
  • DD305 After Effects
  • DD307 Advanced Maya

 

DIGITAL MUSIC AAS PROGRAM

  • DM 103 History of Electronic Music(Writing Intensive)
  • DM 104 History of Musical Styles
  • DM 105 Physics of Sound
  • DM 106 Introduction to Recording Techniques
  • DM 201 Sound Lab
  • DM 202 Synthesizers, Sampling, & MIDI Production
  • DM 205 Sound Design
  • DM 206 Production I
  • DM 214 History of the Film Score
  • DM298 Digital Independent Study in Digital Music I
  • DM299 Digital Independent Study in Digital Music II
  • DM 301 Sound Lab II
  • DM 310 Sound As Story
  • DM 315 Sound Design in Context
  • DM 316 Production II

 

GAME DESIGN AAS PROGRAM (Designed with Professor Jason Corace now of MICA)

  • GD101 Introduction to Game Design
  • GD102 Beyond Games (Writing Intensive)
  • GD105 Game Programming I
  • GD201 Digital Games
  • GD205 Game Programming II
  • GD210 Game Studio
  • GD298 Digital Independent Study in Game Design I
  • GD299 Digital Independent Study in Game Design II

 

TRANSDISCIPLINARY COURSES DEVELOPED

  • BUS101 Introduction to Business for the Digital Entrepreneur
  • ENV110 Game-Framed Introduction to Environmental Science (augmented existing course to involve the pedagogy of play)
  • MAT10 Game-Framed Basic Mathematics Skills (augmented existing course to involve the pedagogy of play)
  • MAT20 Game-Frame Elementary Algebra (augmented existing course to involve the pedagogy of play)
  • MAT100 Game-Framed Introduction to College Math (augmented existing course to involve the pedagogy of play)

 

Rock Valley College:

  • ART125 3D Design I
  • ART225 3D Design II
  • BUS102 Business for the Digital Entrepreneur
  • COM120 Media History
  • COM295 Sound Design Production
  • COM247 Sound Lab
  • GAT125 Animation I
  • GAT120 Usability
  • GAT225 Typography II
  • MAT115 G-FMS General Ed. Mathematics (augmented existing course to involve the pedagogy of play)

 

NYC/CUNY Department of Education Animation Program:

  • Introduction to Animation – STEM & Animation
  • Animating the Natural World – Biology & Animation
  • Visual Storytelling – Language Arts & Motion Graphics