Corcoran College of Art and Design

Fall 2012 Courses

Theories of Art

No sections available this semester

AS3100 (3.0 credits)
This course investigates traditional and contemporary concepts about the relationship among ideas, language, and theory to art. (CE students may request special permission to enroll in this 3 credit undergraduate course.)

Psychology of Creativity

No sections available this semester

AS3360 (3.0 credits or audit)
The psychological and biological foundations of perception through problem-solving and creative work are studied as a means of exploring and developing creativity. (CE students may request special permission to enroll in this 3 credit undergraduate course.)

The Uncanny in Literature, Film and Art

No sections available this semester

AS3381 (3.0 credits or audit)
To trace some of the forms of the Uncanny, we will look into haunted houses, monsters, doubles, vampires, and ghosts in examples from fiction and film. (CE students may request special permission to enroll in this 3 credit undergraduate course.)

Politics, Advertising, and Mass Media

No sections available this semester

AS4330 (3.0 credits)
This undergradute course highlights study of current electoral campaigns within the larger context of visual culture, political rhetoric, and the practical considerations of how government, civil society, and consumer culture operate through mass representations.

Exploring Watercolor Pencil Techniques with Cacti and Succulents

No sections available this semester

BG1330 (0.5 credits)
For beginner or intermediate level students interested in exploring the basic techniques of working with pencils as both a wet and dry medium.

Art in the Digital Age: Fall Color Photography

No sections available this semester

BG1350 (0.5 credits or audit)
Join master flower and garden photographer Allen Rokach in this intensive two-day workshop focusing on the fascinating world of digital photography.

Botany for Illustrators

No sections available this semester

BG2201 (1.0 credits)
Utilizing the living plant collection at the U.S. Botanic Garden, students will learn plant morphology and basic botany.

Creating Ceramic Tiles

No sections available this semester

CR0830 (non-credit)
learn to create ceramic tiles, experiment with various methods of tile production and surface effects through glazing and firing.

Introduction to Ceramics

No sections available this semester

CR1205 (1.5 credits or audit)
Open to all skill levels, this course covers hand-building techniques, the wheel, glaze application, kiln use and firing methods.

Introduction to the Wheel

No sections available this semester

CR1250 (1.5 credits or audit)
Students are introduced to using the wheel to create functional pottery.


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Important Dates

May 18-28
Late registration period for Continuing Education summer session I classes

May 24-27
Memorial Day weekend (College closed)

May 28
Summer session I begins

May 31 
Pre-College Session A & B Registration Deadline

June 1
Registration Deadline for Explore D.C. with the Corcoran

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