Course Descriptions
Springfield College Undergraduate Courses
ACC-111 (3). Principles of Accounting I (Financial). Nature of accounting development and use of documents, accounts, books of original entry, controlling accounts, closing process, financial statements, adjusting entries, relationship of accounting to business. Prerequisite: MAT-099. (Cross Reference ACCT-111).
ACC-112 (3). Principles of Accounting II (Managerial). Use of business documents in accounting control, basic accounting for partnerships and corporations, analysis of financial statements, branch accounting, managerial accounting concepts, and adaptability of accounting. Prerequisite: ACC-111. (Cross Reference ACCT-112).
Anthropology (ANT) Courses
The College offers the following courses on an irregular basis, depending on student interest and need. If you are interested in this course, notify the Dean of Academic Affairs.
ANT-110 (3). Cultural Anthropology. Introduction to culture as an adaptive mechanism that provides for the survival of the human species. Encompasses social organization, technology, economics, religion and language as used by various peoples, both past and present. IAI S1 901N.
ANT-112 (3). Physical Anthropology. Introduction to human origins, fossil records, human adaptation and variation, population genetics, and humankind’s place in world ecology. (Cross Reference ANTH-201). IAI S1 902.
ART-103 (3). Art Appreciation. A survey of the arts (painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and architecture) as they transmit cultural traditions and humanistic and aesthetic values. Examines historical, social and technological factors that contribute to understanding the function and meaning of works of art. IAI F2 900.
ART-117 (3). Basic Design (Two-Dimensional).
A beginning studio course. Study of line, space, light-dark patterns, color and the other elements of form. Previous experience in art is not necessary. IAI ART 907.
ART-118 (3). Basic Design (Three-Dimensional). A beginning studio course. Study of volume, space, texture and other elements of three-dimensional form. Simple constructions and sculpture. Previous experience in art is not necessary. IAI ART 908.
ART-119 (3). Drawing and Composition I. Basic problems of drawing: perspective, contour, form, light and shade. Representation and interpretation of objects, figures and landscape in various media. Exploration of basic drawing media for descriptive and expressive control. IAI ART 904.
ART-120 (3). Drawing and Composition II. Further development of skills in various media, particularly color and varied approaches to drawing the human figure – anatomical study, analysis of skeletal systems and the human body at rest and in movement. Prerequisite: ART-119. IAI ART 905.
ART-121 (3). Ceramics I. Introduction to various hand-building techniques, decorative methods, firing processes and use of the potter’s wheel. IAI ART 912.
ART-122 (3). Ceramics II. Projects in hand building or throwing, study of glaze materials and glaze calculation. Prerequisite: ART-121.
ART-199 (1). Proportional Relationships. A course designed to fulfill the proportional relationship component for transfer students who have earned credit in a college-level drawing and composition course that did not require learning proportional relationships. The sole purpose of this course is to understand the conventions and importance that measuring has in drawing.
ART-204 (3). Art for Elementary Teachers. A methods and media lecture/studio course for elementary education students in the teaching of art to children from grades K-6. The course will identify art content, art media, and instructional pedagogy for including art at the elementary level. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Elementary Education program or permission of the instructor.
ART-211 (3). History of Art I. Survey of the visual arts, prehistoric through the Gothic period. Extensive use of visual aid materials and occasional visits to galleries. IAI F2 901; IAI ART 901.
ART-212 (3). History of Art II. Survey of the visual arts, early Renaissance to the present. Extensive use of visual aid materials and occasional visits to galleries. IAI F2 902; IAI ART 902.
ART-220 (3). Life/Figure Drawing. Development of advanced drawing skills in handling problems of spatial description and three-dimensional form through study of the live model. Emphasis on human proportion, anatomy and skeletal structures. Development of technical command in selected media and the development of individual expression. Prerequisite: ART-120 and consent of instructor.
ART-221 (3). Printmaking. Introduction to printmaking in a variety of processes (Relief, Intaglio and Collagraph) including the complete image development from sketch to printing stage. IAI ART 914.
ART-225 (3). Computer Art I. An introduction to computer applications in the visual arts. A computer software-based approach to visual image manipulation and original generation, including the integration of computer hardware, software and peripheral devices as tools to create and combine traditional and contemporary visual ideas as applied to art and design
ART-231 (3). Photography (3). Designed to teach the student how to use a camera, develop black and white film and make black and white prints. The student should also learn what makes a good photograph and develop some sense of the potential of photography as a medium of communication and expression. IAI ART 917.
ART-241 (3). Painting I. An introduction to concepts, materials and techniques of painting in various media. Exploration into color through mixing, relationships and composition. Prerequisite: ART-119 or with permission of instructors. IAI ART 911.
ART-242 (3). Painting II. Concentration on studio problems in watercolor, acrylics or oil. Exploration into representational and non-representational traditions. Experimentation in color, composition and techniques. Prerequisite: ART-241 or with permission of instructors.
NOTE: The Art Department reserves the right to keep for demonstration and exhibition, examples of work done by students for course requirements.
