Corcoran College of Art and Design

Spring Courses

Browse all of our courses by Area of Study; Enrollment Option; Certificate Program; or Day of the Week. Simply click on the red link on the left to see a list of courses that meets the criteria you’ve selected.

Digital Media Culture

AH3065 (3.0 credits)
Focusing on both contemporary and obsolete technologies and mediums, this course covers the impact of the digital revolution on culture, business, and the individual.

Theories of Art

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.)

Poetics Off The Page

All sections full, waitlist only

AS3250 (3.0 credits)
This course explores the history and theory of scripted literary texts that reside outside of the traditional venues for printed poetry, namely the pages of codex books.

Body and/as Image

AS3330 (3.0 credits)
The seminar offers historical perspectives to contextualize the problems and progress of gender, race, and class in America today.

History of World Cinema

All sections full, waitlist only

AS3440 (3.0 credits or audit)
Explore the historical development of the techniques, conventions, and aesthetic principles of narrative film.

Business Communications for Design

AS4200 (3.0 credits)
This course focuses on building business communication skills and materials necessary for success in the field of design.

Creative Writing: Writing for Artists

All sections full, waitlist only

AS4205 (3.0 credits or audit)
This class will engage historic and contemporary uses of language in the arts, moving beyond words as simply descriptive tools and toward an understanding of the plasticity and contingency of language usage.

Medieval Illumination and Egg Tempera on Vellum

BG2220 (1.0 credits)
This workshop is an historical overview of the egg tempera and 24k gold leaf technique utilized by manuscript artists from the 4th to the 14th century

Orchids in Watercolor

BG2411 (1.0 credits)
Watercolorist Jean Brinton Jaecks guides students in painting a variety of orchids from the extensive and exotic collection at the U.S. Botanic Garden.

Photographing Orchids

BG2510 (0.5 credits)
This two-session workshop is designed for photo enthusiasts who want to capture striking images of orchids during the National Orchid Show


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Important Dates

February 20
President's Day (College closed)

February 22
Monday classes meet on Wednesday. Wednesday only classes do not meet.

March 3-24
March classes begin

March 12-18
Spring Recess (College open - Classes do not meet) Limited access and hours at the Georgetown Campus

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