Dec 09, 2024  
Undergraduate Record 2017-2018 
    
Undergraduate Record 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

Course Descriptions


 

Non-Credit Business and Management

  
  • NCBM 246 - Communicating Ideas with Passion


    Explores the different types of presentations. Identifies the three elements of an engaging presentation. Assess one’s unique skills as a speaker. Examines how and why storytelling is used in communications. Explores techniques used to learn about an audience.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 252 - Leading and Developing High Performance Teams


    Involves team planning, collaboration, communication, and decision making. Explores the obstacles and challenges encountered in traditional organizational settings. Discusses how personal styles can positively and adversely affect one’s team development, while learning to apply the information to one’s organization.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 260 - Values Based Leadership


    Examines the connection between values and leadership styles. Discusses how values fuel a sense of purpose and enthusiasm that inspires employees and engages them as followers. Explores values alignment and conflict, and the need for a personal values statement.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 261 - Managing Communication in a Crisis


    Identifies common corporate character traits that exacerbate crisis situations. Examines how many crisis situations smolder before exploding. Explores correct and incorrect ways to handle a crisis and provides concrete solutions for managing these situations.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 264 - How to Decide: Improving Decision Making for Indivduals and Teams


    Identifies the phases and practices of sound decision making in organizations. Explores how to counteract cognitive and emotional barriers. Creates team decision making approaches that enhance the quality of and commitment to decisions.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 265 - Leaders as Coaches


    Focuses on the development and application of coaching skills for leaders. Addresses the value of coaching in transforming an organization and motivating its employees. Defines an action plan to address real leadership challenges.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 266 - The Power of Ideas: Creativity for Everyone


    Explores common myths and barriers to creativity. Discusses the creative problem solving process, and identifies tools and techniques used to generate ideas.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 267 - Office Politics: How to Play it Safe and Succeed


    Focuses on the dynamics of office interactions and employee diversity. Analyzes an office enviroment and explores situations to avoid. Discusses how to predict possible outcomes before taking action, and how to deal with crisis in a calm manner.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 268 - Leading Effective Meetings


    Prepares one to lead groups to achieve productive outcomes. Explores the design of meetings that foster inclusion, encouragement of communication, and enhancement of group decision making. Identifies key practices associated with effective facilitation, the limited contributions made by agendas to productive meetings, and the specific ways to intervene and redirect groups to productive ends.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 269 - Career Assessment and Development


    Teaches how to prioritize career interests and anchor oneself in a career. Helps in assessing ones current position and initiates a career development plan for oneself as well as others. Utilizes Strong Vocational Interest Inventory and Schein Career Anchors as career assessment tools.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 271 - Foundation of Confidence


    Explores ways to overcome negative chatter and comparisons, self doubt, and fear of rejection. Looks at strategies to strengthen communication skills. Discusses how to define success through personal progress, acknowledging accomplishments and establishing beliefs based on reality rather than perception.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 272 - Hiring for Organizational Success


    Focuses on proven techniques to ensure hiring of individuals for a successful organization. Explores how to create behavioral, predictive, and emotional intelligence questions and scenarios to help gain a true assessment of candidates for employment.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 280 - Organizational Change Without Conflict


    Presents opportunities on how to expand thinking about conflict. Discusses ways to effectively lead organizations.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 281 - Discovering Your Purpose and Passion for Work


    Explores ways to increase work-related happiness by identifying and using signature strengths rather than focusing on perceived deficiencies. Discovers ways to incorporate one’s true self into daily work life.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 283 - Emotional Intelligence and Professional Success


    Focuses on relationships with others in the workplace. Provides tools needed to become more aware, skilled, and adept at reading interactions and at adapting to changing situations.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 296 - The Power of Building Relationships


    Explores ways to build professional relationships that, when connected into a network, can add value to one’s work and increase the capacity to create new opportunities.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 302 - Project Management Professional: Examination Preparation Assessment


    Focuses on strengthening the comprehension of the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 303 - Cut Costs without Slashing Services


    Identifies customer requirements within the public sector. Maps processes to capture time and value. Discusses process pulse points and evaluates process improvement opportunities.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 304 - Putting Evaluation Results to Work


    Focuses on program evaluation and its importance to nonprofit business decision-making. Explores the basic elements of program evaluation. Discusses how to draft a comprehensive evaluation plan and reviews major steps to implement it. Explores ways in which evaluation results can be utilized to inform strategy and operations.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 400 - Leadership Skills for Experienced Supervisors


    Examines first-level leadership, styles of leadership, and situational leadership. Covers effective writing, conflict management, teamwork, collaboration and strategic planning.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 401 - Leadership Skills for New Managers


    Enhances the skills of new managers through curriculum that focuses on influence management, generational differences, creativity and innovation, and collaboration.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 402 - Leadership Skills for Experienced Managers I


    Provides the knowledge and fundamentals of theory for the advanced role of the manager. Focuses on the paradoxes of executive leadership, building coalitions, and developing a vision for their organization.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 403 - Leadership Skills for Experienced Managers II


    Builds on the initial course for experienced managers to include theory and practice related to power thinking, high performance, and the strategies of outstanding leaders.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 404 - Leadership Skills for New Supervisors


    Demonstrates how to create a language of leadership that builds bridges of understanding and commitment between a leader and his followers. Introduces the Situational Leadership II model and links to how to strategically communicate with others based on the theory of temperament.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 405 - McIntire Knowledge Continuum


    Provides business leaders with a cutting-edge learning experience focused on the management of information technology. Introduces the latest approaches to leadership, innovation, architecture, emerging technologies, project management, business analytics, and social media. Delivered in a one-day executive style seminar program.



    Credits: 0.6
  
  • NCBM 406 - Certified Professional Contract Management Exam Prep


    Discusses the current trends in contract management; reviews the components of the Contract Management Body Of Knowledge; synopsizes and analyzes current procurement cases to prepare students to take the Certified Professional Contract Management (CPCM) exam. Recommended for contracting professionals who have mastered the majority of the contract management competencies, have extensive business training, and a minimum of 5 years experience.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCBM 407 - Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Review Prep for PMP Exam


    Provides an in-depth review of the Project Management Institute’s Required Body of Knowledge to successfully prepare for the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam. The major function of the PMP credentialing program is to ensure competence and professionalism in the field of project management.



    Credits: 0

Non-Credit Computer and Information Sciences

  
  • NCCS 100 - Introduction to Computing


    Introduces the basics of computers and the use of widely-used computer applications. Covers computer processing and data storage, use of the Internet, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentations.



    Credits: 0

Non-Credit Criminal Justice

  
  • NCCJ 100 - Organizational and Personal Development


    Enhances the leadership and organizational and personal development skills of state, local, and county law enforcement officials as well as sheriffs, executives from corrections, and private and corporate security entities. This is one course in a five-course series for the National Criminal Justice Command College.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCCJ 101 - Leadership, Management, and Communication


    Enhances the leadership, management, and communication skills of state, local, and county law enforcement officials, sheriffs, and executives from corrections and private and corporate security. This is one course in a five-course series for the National Criminal Justice Command College.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCCJ 102 - Leadership and Criminal Justice


    Enhances the leadership and forensic skills of state, local, and county law enforcement officials as well as sheriffs, and executives from corrections and private and corporate security entities. This is one course in a five-course series for the National Criminal Justice Command College.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCCJ 103 - Negotiation and Collaboration


    Enhances the negotiation and collaboration skills of state, local, and county law enforcement officials as well as sheriffs, and executives from corrections and private and corporate security entities. This is one course in a five-course series for the National Criminal Justice Command College.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCCJ 104 - Individual and Organizational Effectiveness


    Enhances the individual and organizational skills of state, local, and county law enforcement officials as well as sheriffs, and executives from corrections and private and corporate security entities. This is one course in a five-course series for the National Criminal Justice Command College.



    Credits: 0

Non-Credit Education

  
  • NCED 178 - Course Design Institute


    Helps instructors create rich, active classroom environments which support meaningful and transformative student learning. Explores learner-centered design principles as a large group and individual course designs in small, discipline-focused learning teams.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCED 184 - Dynamics of Leadership


    Discusses the events and actions exemplary leaders take to lead their organizations to greatness. Explores building effective relationships, communication skills, the law and ethics of responsible decision making, a recognition that leadership is a learning process, and a willingness to do the necessary work required to triumph during times of conflict and change.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCED 185 - Creating and Sustaining Effective Relationships in the Workplace


    Explores the many facets of human behavior involved in establishing effective working relationships.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCED 186 - Ethics and Legal Issues in a Time of Change


    Provides an overview of the primary ethical principles and legal concepts that guide difficult decisions and accountability. Explores and evaluates ethical problems in the workplace, and identifies challenges and the advantages of using the legal system to accomplish change.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCED 187 - Succeeding with Difficult Conversations


    Discusses and practices real life techniques to engage in productive conversations with colleagues, supervisors, subordinates, and the public. Issues such as acceptable cubicle etiquette, workload imbalances, sharing sensitive information, and addressing inappropriate behaviors are some of the topics that will be explored.



    Credits: 0

Non-Credit Engineering

  
  • NCEN 004 - Transportation Proj Mgmt Inst


    Transportation Proj Mgmt Inst



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCEN 100 - Coal Combustion Residuals


    Educates engineers and managers in the fossil fuel utility industry about boiler cleaning and material handling challenges associated with the use of various types & qualities of combustion residuals, including coal. Explores fundamentals of boiler cleaning and its effects on tube surfaces, boiler performance measurements, new technologies for material handling, federal environmental regulations, and principles of intelligent sootblowing.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCEN 101 - Back to Basics: Systems Thinking for Practitioners


    Develops systems thinking skills in engineers and other technical professionals who design systems, solve problems, and/or develop new concepts for addressing client needs.  Introduces the “systems approach” through a series of case studies, breakout group exercises, classroom discussions, and mini-lectures. Explores concepts of trade-studies and systems modeling as applied to problem solving.



    Credits: 0

Non-Credit Fine and Applied Arts

  
  • NCFA 100 - The Fundamentals of Music


    Students learn the fundamentals of music, the relationship between the keyboard and the musical staff, the building of scales and chords, and how to construct pleasing melodies and put them into harmonies. Topics include: the keyboard, major scales, the development of inner rhythm, minor keys, intervals, triads, tone, reading music, melody and harmony, and music history and style.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 101 - Introduction to Acting


    Explores fundamental acting concepts, vocabulary, elements of the actor’s craft, and their application in performance.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 102 - The Business of the Performing Arts


    Provides insights and strategies to begin, grow, and maintain a career in the performing arts. Focuses on marketing techniques and timelines; creating effective marketing materials; finding unique niche markets; evaluating promotional packets; negotiation techniques; and how and when to work with professional talent agencies, management firms, publicists, and the media.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 103 - Art of the Italian Renaissance


    Explores Renaissance art works following a chronological sequence to present stylistic development and influences, while also acquiring the necessary tools to interpret these works in their original religious, political, and social contexts. Themes include: the artist and the workshop, tradition and imitation in art, the development of perspective, and artistic patronage.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 104 - Understanding the Design of Interior Spaces


    Explores issues related to interior and exterior spaces, including period and modern and residential and non-residential spaces. Students learn the language of architecture, the major components of spatial analysis, and the determinants that shape good design concepts.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 105 - Roman Art and Architecture


    Traces the development of Roman art and architecture from the Republican period to Constantine, with particular attention paid to the historical and cultural contexts in which this art was produced.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 106 - The Mighty Beethoven: A Tour of the Monuments and the Man Who Created Them


    Explores Beethoven’s life and several of his works, including the symphonies, quartets, and concertos of his ‘Heroic’ period, and the creations of his finale years (quartets, sonatas, and symphonic vocal works). Students also develop basic musical skills in perceiving meter, rhythmic and melodic flow, textural variety, and the element of musical structure.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 107 - The Art of Watching Film


    Explores the language of film and the tools and techniques that filmmakers use to create meaning in their work, including lighting, sound, symbolism, and perspective. Students ultimately learn how to read a film and gain the critical viewing skills to move beyond simply seeing a movie.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 108 - A Brief History of Opera


    A Brief History of Opera



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 109 - Early Christian & Byzantin Art


    Early Christian & Byzantin Art



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 110 - Intro to Romantic Revolution


    Intro to Romantic Revolution



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 111 - Intro to Western Art


    Intro to Western Art



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 112 - Principles of Graphic Design


    Principles of Graphic Design



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 113 - Western Art through the Middle Ages


    Surveys the development of painting, sculpture, architecture and other arts, such as stained glass and illuminated manuscripts, from the Stone Age through the Gothic period. Provides a greater understanding of the place of art within history’s progression and teaches students how to describe and analyze art.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 114 - Western Art from the Renaissance through the Twentieth Century


    Surveys the major periods of Western art from the twelfth through the twentieth century, including the Renaissance, Mannerism, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Realism, Impressionism, Post Impressionism, and twentieth century art. Provides a greater understanding of the place of art within history’s progression and teaches students how to describe and analyze art.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 115 - Early Southern Furniture and Material Culture


    Studies the development of furniture in the Chesapeake area, the low country and the back country of the South, plus Southern fine art, folk art and objects d’art. Explores unique forms, styles and construction techniques. Includes a primer on the language of early furniture.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 116 - The Miracles of Mozart


    Studies selected monuments of Mozart’s creation through lecture, discussion, guided listening, and viewing of video performances. Explores the volume of his accomplishments and the depth and quality of his work. Includes a short review of basic musical concepts, such as tonality, meter, rhythm, texture, and structure.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 117 - Creative Digital Photography


    Helps amateur photographers master a digital camera and shoot professional-quality photos. Covers camera selection and operation; basic principles of digital capture; exposure control and options; image composition; digital workflow; and image enhancement and printing. Emphasizes landscape photography, as well as portraiture and candid situations.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 118 - Inside the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts


    Provides an on-site introduction to the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) in Historic Old Salem, NC for an experience of the unique forms, proportions, wood choices, and techniques found in 17th, 18th, and early 19th century Southern furniture, paintings, ceramics, textiles, and metalwork. Includes mini-lectures from Museum staff and discussion.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 119 - Creating Photographic Stories


    Explores how digital and film photographers can use the camera as a narrative tool and create stories with pictures. Emphasizes the art of timing and patience along with camera techniques for different types of photographic situations. Covers the editing process and publishing options. Reviews basic camera functions such as formats, resolution, and exposure.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 120 - Understanding Color


    Explores the properties of color and how color affects surroundings, emotions, other colors, and more. Includes discussion and in-class exercises on color mixing, the color wheel, how the eye sees color, color and the human response, complementary colors, tints, shades, saturation, tone, value, color schemes, color relativity, and color contrast.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 121 - Early American Furniture


    Provides skills and resources to identify, collect, and observe the unique details of the different periods of antique American furniture. Explores each of the five generations, Pilgrim, Queen Anne, Chippendale, Hepplewhite and Sheraton, and their varying construction techniques.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 122 - The Art of Collecting


    Explores the art of collecting, the acquisition of core knowledge, and the use of research tools and appraisal sources. Uses hands-on examples of decorative arts and historic objects and the stories behind them to illustrate concepts of value.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 123 - Traditional Music


    Explores various forms and styles of traditional music, loosely defined as music handed down from generation to generation within a specific culture or location. Explores interactive workshops with accomplished master musicians, to attain an insider’s knowledge of and appreciation for traditional music.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 124 - Inside an Auction House


    Provides a private, on-site introduction to the inner workings of a major auction house and the organization of their multi-million dollar sales. Explores how to consign and buy, bidding techniques, and using both on-site and research sources to make smart choices. Includes interaction with auction department heads through mini-lectures, discussion, and a guided preview of auction items.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 125 - The Art of Listening to Music


    Enhances the experience of listening to music by developing perception and providing a deeper understanding of the way music is designed. Covers concepts of sound, texture, rhythm, melody, harmony, and how music is organized to create coherent structures and forms. Includes discussion on style and music history.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 126 - The History of Film


    Studies the development of the motion picture from its beginnings as a sideshow attraction at carnivals to a sophisticated art form in its own right. Traces its artistic growth through discussion and watching milestone films that advanced the medium both technically and artistically.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 127 - The Art of Screenwriting


    Explores the craft of screenwriting, including the components of a commercial script and the role of the screenplay in the final product of a film. Covers story and plot, structure and scene construction, character creation, exposition and dialogue, as well as how marketable story ideas are developed and pitched. Designed for both aspiring screenwriters and movie enthusiasts.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 128 - Living With Antiques and Art


    Examines how to successfully incorporate antiques and art into the home, including learning the specialized language, identifying reproductions and lesser quality items, restoration, maintenance, recording, insurance, decorating and placement, methods of increasing value, and planning for eventual disposal by inheritance, donation, or sale.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 129 - Drawing Concepts and Practice


    Examines basic concepts and practices for aspiring and practicing artists of all levels. Includes building form and volume, establishing a sense of light and space, creating surface texture, and developing unique style.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 130 - Intermediate Digital Photography


    Explores more advanced fundamentals of digital photographic workflow in a non-technical, hands-on format. Includes more complex operation of DSLR digital cameras, macro photography, portraiture, printing options, matting techniques, and critiquing one’s work.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 131 - Music, Narrative, and the Dance


    Examines how physical movement and musical gesture come together to enliven stories and stir emotion in ballets and modern dances for stage, film, and the musical theatre. Explores how great music has spurred the creative impulses of some of the most outstanding European and American choreographers.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 132 - Introduction to Interior Design


    Introduces students to the aesthetic and functional aspects of interior design. Discusses the integration of basic design principles and elements, architectural styles, furniture styles, textiles, light and color, paints and finishes, drafting, space planning, and furniture arrangement.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 133 - Film Genres


    Traces the history and development of film genres, such as musicals, westerns, horror films, and film noir by exploring the visual codes and signifiers that identify films as being a part of a particular genre. Explores the ways in which filmmakers have used genre conventions to support and challenge notions about film categorization.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 134 - Collecting American Paintings


    Explores the process of finding, authenticating, researching, valuing, acquiring, documenting, and conserving American paintings. Uses actual paintings as case studies and explores their particular circumstances as well as the type of style they represent, such as Impressionism, Representational, Surrealism, Folk, and more. Works to develop a connoisseur’s eye while also learning strategies for finding good values.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 135 - Music’s Romantic Century


    Explores the extensive diversity of musical styles and forms in the 19th century. Examines the orchestral repertory that includes symphonies by Brahms and Mahler; the new concept of program music by Berlioz, Liszt, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, and Strauss; the operas of Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini; the songs of Schubert and Mahler; and the piano music of Chopin.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 136 - Hands-On American Furniture


    Explores the five generations of early American furniture including Pilgrim, Queen Anne, Chippendale, Hepplewhite, and Sheraton. Examines the unique construction techniques of fasteners, joinery, and surface dressing.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 137 - The Great American Singers


    Surveys the evolution of popular music in America with emphasis on the lives, times, and musical influences of great American singers such as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Peggy Lee, and Frank Sinatra. Includes discussion on the impact of culture and technology on musicians and the state of music today.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 138 - The Films of Hitchcock


    Explores the cinematic elements and directorial style of the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Focuses on the cultural legacy of Hitchcock’s films and their interpretations and expressions in contemporary film.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 139 - Mozart Takes the Stage


    Examines Mozart’s magnificent musical dramas. Explores Mozart’s world, his family, personality, character, and the circumstances leading to the creation of his stage works for Munich, Vienna, and Prague.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 140 - Make ‘Em Laugh: Comedy in the Movies


    Examines the comedy genre and how it has changed historically, both reflecting and reacting to the values of the culture that have created it. Discusses films of Charlie Chaplin, the Marx Brothers, Howard Hawks, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, and the Cohen Brothers.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 141 - Advanced Landscape and Nature Photography


    Explores advanced concepts in DSLR digital photography in a non-technical, hands-on format with particular focus on landscape and nature photography. Builds upon skills acquired in introductory and intermediate level digital photography courses.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 142 - From Ragtime to Rock & Roll: The Roots of American Music


    Explores the evolution of popular music in America from its roots in Africa and Europe in the 1700s through the 21st century. Examines European and American folk music, work songs and spirituals, blues, jazz, country, rock and roll, rap and other genres to determine how they relate to each other and how the culture of the times influenced their development.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 143 - Intermediate Drawing


    Explores mechanical, cerebral, and aesthetic processes for creating two-dimensional art. Builds upon basic drawing skills and concepts. Includes the following topics: elements of composition, selection of subject matter, and the use of color, temperatures, tones, and shadows.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 144 - Masterworks of Symphonic Choral Music


    Examines monumental compositions for chorus and solo voices with orchestra, including works by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Verdi, and more. Students listen to extensive passages from several works and study some performances on film. Includes basic information about music’s forms and designs and explores the special dimensions that music gives to narrative.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 145 - Antiques: The Collector’s Eye


    Explores how to successfully identify and acquire antique treasures, often at reasonable prices, by learning about the basic constructs of curiosity and the collector’s eye. Discusses how to gain core knowledge of antique collectibles, conduct research, and use appraisal sources. Includes the following topics: auctions and estate sales, folk art, historic documents, objects d’art and more.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 146 - Buying at Auction: The Art of the Sale


    Explores the complete auction process from selling to buying. Surveys the history of auctions, role of a vendue master, the ploy of the reserve, bidding strategies and techniques, and the art of stealing the deal. Discusses the importance of condition, the impact of supply and demand on pricing, finding treasures at bargain prices, and strategies for enhancing the value of previous purchases through the auction process.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 147 - Secrets of Montpelier: Advanced Digital Photography


    Explores advanced concepts in DSLR digital photography and then puts them into practice in a series of field trips to Montpelier, the home of President James Madison. Designed for experienced digital single lens reflex photographers who wish to photographically interpret facts or impressions about Madison and his home. Includes guided tours and lectures by Montpelier staff.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 148 - Lightroom: A Tool to Organize, Edit & Share Your Digital Photography


    Explores the fundamentals of digital photographic workflow using Adobe Lightroom in a non-technical, hands-on format. Introduces plug-in applications that can make editing fun and easy. Shooting assignments provide opportunity to apply concepts to student’s own work.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 149 - Explorations in Documentary Filmmaking


    Explores elements of documentary filmmaking including historical context, technical production, styles of storytelling, financial, promotional and distribution considerations through the examination of pivotal films and filmmakers.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 150 - Film Preservation in Action


    Examines work done in the field of historic film preservation by looking at films on the National Film Registry and work being done by the Library of Congress at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. Focuses on films undergoing restoration and explores how films are chosen, technical aspects of film conservation, as well as analysis and discussion of films.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 151 - Creative Renewal: Exploring Art-Making as a Path to Wellness


    Introduces the interdisciplinary field of Expressive Arts, which focuses on using multiple art modalities for individual and community transformation, healing, and wellness. Integrates visual art-making, writing, music, and somatic awareness to provide opportunities for reflection, inquiry, and enhanced creativity. Examines how contemplative, artful practices can promote mindful living and stress reduction.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFA 152 - Advanced Digital Photography: Discoveries of James Monroe’s Highland


    Explores advanced concepts in DSLR digital photography then puts them into practice in a series of visits to Ash Lawn-Highland, the home of President James Monroe. Designed for experienced digital photographers who wish to photographically interpret the history or impressions of Monroe and his home. Includes guided tours and lectures by Ash Lawn-Highland staff.



    Credits: 0

Non-Credit Foreign Language

  
  • NCFL 100 - Introduction to French Language


    Explores the basic elements of conversational French by addressing fundamental vocabulary and the foundations of grammar. Objectives include developing basic oral expression, listening comprehension, and elementary reading and writing skills.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFL 101 - All Aboard Spain


    Explores the language and culture of Spain with particular emphasis on peninsular Spanish, while cultural differences and language idiosyncrasies of the different countries are also addressed. Exposes students to basic elements, essential expressions, and social etiquette, rather than formal grammar study.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFL 102 - Introduction to Japanese Language and Culture


    Explores the basic elements of conversational Japanese language to gain an understanding of Japanese culture and customs. Includes vocabulary, basic grammatical rules, pronunciation, and speaking in Japanese. Introduces Japanese characters for writing and reading.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFL 103 - Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture


    Explores the basic elements of conversational Chinese and Chinese cultural traditions. Language topics include basic pronunciation rules, useful phrases, how to ask questions, numbers, time, and asking for directions. Cultural topics include Chinese people and geography, calligraphy, festivals, food, literature, and poetry.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFL 104 - Introduction to Brazilian Portuguese Language and Culture


    Explores the Brazilian Portuguese language and culture. Students learn basic grammar and engage in simple conversations of varying formalities. Reviews Brazilian music, culture, art, and film.



    Credits: 0
  
  • NCFL 105 - Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture II


    Enhances Chinese language skills by learning how to function effectively in various social settings. Attention is paid to developing communicative skills through speaking and writing. Explores ancient and modern cultural traditions by practicing Chinese calligraphy, reading translated chapters of classic Chinese novels, and watching and discussing documentary films.



    Credits: 0
 

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