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DA 227 Character Design and Animation takes an exhaustive approach to character design, character creation, rigging and animation. Students explore character design and assembly, rigging, and voice and mouth-shape synchronization. They use various methods of character animation to produce professional-quality animated shorts.

DA 228 Publication Design introduces students to more advanced typesetting methods and principles required to design content rich products and publications. Student's foundational skills in typography and graphic design will be developed through practical design projects, where an emphasis is placed on understanding, evaluating and enhancing pre-existing content.

DA 232 Web Application Development will introduce the principles behind and the techniques used in the creation of web based applications for distribution on mobile and tablet devices. An emphasis will be placed on the understanding and use of current technologies, including HTML, CSS, javaScript, jQuery and others, to add functionality and interactivity. Additional topics will include user

DA 233 Portfolio Development and Design provides students the opportunity to gain first-hand experience using a number of online and open source platforms to create dynamic web content. Students will practice platform and theme installation and configuration, plugin and module installation, and content creation. Students will utilize their skills to build and publish an online portfolio to

DA 266 Production Design takes students through the process of organizing and hosting a real-world event from concept through to completion. Working collaboratively, students will plan, design, manage and host a year-end exhibition that showcases work done by students in the Digital Arts Program. Students will establish a timeline, assign roles, determine production requirements, build a visual

DA 292 Professional Practices provides students with the essential tools and insight to prepare them for a career in digital arts. Students explore client relationships, self-marketing and promotion, proposal and contract writing, copyright law, project management and business practices. Students will examine their personal and conceptual strengths while developing confidence in their work, and

DA 298 Capstone provides students with the opportunity to apply their cumulative skills and talents in a chosen area of focused study. Students will declare an area of interest that will be the basis of a unique product requiring a series of scheduled tasks to complete. Products created in this course shall be identified as the student's graduation pieces.

DFAB 101 Introduction Digital Design and Fabrication. This course will cover the basic history and techniques of digital fabrication, including an introduction to design and design methods.

DFAB 102 Traditional Fabrication Principles and Practices. Students will learn and apply standard shop safety procedures, measurement techniques, layout and dimensioning standards, hand and power tool operation and will learn how to read and interpret drawings and apply manual fabrication processes. Math skills required for manufacturing will be on reviewed and students will gain knowledge and

DFAB 103 Design for Digital Fabrication 2D will focus directly on a variety of 2D design applications. Students will gain knowledge in communicating design concepts using sketching, graphics, renders, and 2D technical drawing standards.

DFAB 104 Design for Digital Fabrication 3D. Students will learn how to design for digital fabrication. Emphasis will be put on designing functional parts following industry design standards. This course will focus directly on 3D CAD applications and design practices. Students will gain knowledge in solid and parametric modeling as well as the migration between various workflows and approaches.

DFAB 105 Design for Additive Manufacturing. Design criteria for a variety of additive manufacturing processes will be covered in this course. Students will gain additional knowledge in solid and parametric modeling as it pertains to additive manufacturing design criteria. A variety of design techniques for additive technologies including stereolithography (SLA) and fused deposition modeling (FDM)

DFAB 106 Additive Manufacturing I develops student knowledge and skills gained in DFAB 111 related to standard operating and maintenance procedures for additive manufacturing machines, process, and workflows, including safe operation of all systems. Students will receive hands-on training on a variety of additive manufacturing technologies including stereolithography (SLA) and fused deposition

DFAB 107 Design for Subtractive Manufacturing. Design criteria for a variety of 2D subtractive manufacturing processes will be covered in this course. Students will gain additional skills in solid and parametric modeling as it pertains to subtractive manufacturing design criteria. Students will learn a variety of design techniques for subtractive technologies including 2D CNC milling, routing, and

DFAB 111 Introduction to Desktop 3D Printing introduces students to standard operating and maintenance procedures for common desktop 3D printing machines. Students will receive hands-on training with 3D machines using plastics and plastic alternatives.

DFAB 112 Traditional Fabrication Principles introduces students to traditional fabrication processes in relation to equivalent digital fabrication processes. Students will learn standard shop safety practices, measurement techniques, layout and dimensioning standards, how to read and interpret drawings, and applied math skills required for manufacturing. Students will have an opportunity to apply

DFAB 113 Traditional Fabrication Practices provides students with practical fabrication experience in metal. Students will gain hands-on experience in the application, maintenance, and procedures for the use of hand tools, power tools, layout tools and equipment, drills, drill presses, lathes, and milling machines.

DFAB 201 3D Scanning and Reverse Engineering. In this course students are introduced to reverse engineering where they will learn a variety of techniques including photogrammetry, LiDAR, structured light and machine probing. Students will then focus their learning on scan to CAD, metrology processes and product analysis.

DFAB 203 Additive Manufacturing II introduces students to a variety of techniques, processes and machines for additive manufacturing in high temperature engineering materials and metal 3D printing.

DFAB 204 Computer Aided Design and Rapid Prototyping. Students will receive an introduction to advanced surface and solid CAD modelling software. Use CAD to create complex solid and surface models. Translate design files between multiple CAD softwares. Explore the relationship between design intent, form giving, and formal resolution through a rapid prototyping exercise.

DFAB 205 Entrepreneurship supports students to identify and respond to a market need by bringing a marketable business idea to life. By simulating a start up environment, students are challenged to explore team-based problem solving, ideation, and business plan development culminating with a pitch in which students present their startup idea for feedback.

DFAB 206 Molding and Casting for Advanced Manufacturing introduces students to the fundamentals of design and implementation of advanced manufacturing. Emphasis is on practical skills including designing for and implementing projects utilizing injection molding, 3D printed mold making and various other molding and casting techniques.

DFAB 207 Advanced CNC Technologies will introduce students to machining metal using various tools including CNC machining and turning centers. Students will learn standard setup and operation techniques for various machines, how to implement CAD/CAM software to generate the appropriate tool paths, and how to test their learning through CNC simulation before setting up and running the program on

DFAB 208 Sustainability and Adaptive Design allows students to apply digital design and fabrication techniques within the context of sustainable product design and adaptive design. Students will complete a series of projects using tools such as 3D solid and surface modeling, 3D scanning technologies, and experimental approaches to digital model generation. Digital models will be made physical

DFAB 209 Capstone provides students with the opportunity to employ their cumulative skills and talents in a chosen area of focused study. Each student must declare an area of interest that will be the basis of a unique product, requiring a series of scheduled tasks to complete.