academic catalog - Mt. Sierra College
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<strong>Mt</strong>. <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>College</strong> Course Descriptions<br />
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` ENG-400 | Story & Character Development in<br />
Games<br />
Prerequisite(s): ENG-260; GAM-220<br />
In this class the student learns the essence of good<br />
storytelling and explores the process of writing stories<br />
for games. Included in this course are character<br />
development concepts, plot development, interactivity<br />
and branch points. The classic dramatic arc is<br />
examined along with a discussion of the 36 dramatic<br />
situations. Also included are methods and techniques<br />
for conveying story elements in games via visual and<br />
audio queues.<br />
Credit Hours: 4<br />
Lecture: 4 hours<br />
Finance<br />
` FIN-300 | Finance I<br />
Course retired fall 2006.<br />
In this course, students will learn how financial elements<br />
affect business growth and operations. Principles<br />
of finance such as cash management, time value of<br />
money, and financial ratios will be among the areas<br />
explored in this course.<br />
Credit Hours: 4<br />
Lecture: 4 hours<br />
` FIN-301 | Finance<br />
Prerequisite(s): ACC-350, MTH-135<br />
Students will learn the three major financial areas<br />
involving the financial system, investments, and<br />
business finance. The focus is on the practice of<br />
finance which includes the role of the financial system<br />
to a nation’s economy, the concepts of the time value of<br />
money, how businesses raise funds, and how financial<br />
management obtains information from the financial<br />
markets to efficiently and profitably manage assets.<br />
Credit Hours: 4<br />
Lecture: 4 hours<br />
` FIN-311 | Finance I for Entrepreneurs<br />
Prerequisite(s): ACC-102; MTH-135<br />
In this course, students will learn the fundamentals of<br />
recognizing sound financial opportunities and will learn<br />
to evaluate those opportunities through the examination<br />
and interpretation of financial data which include balance<br />
sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and<br />
related financial information from various industry and<br />
competitor financial data reporting mechanisms.<br />
Credit Hours: 4<br />
Lecture: 4 hours<br />
` FIN-321 | Financial Management for<br />
Entrepreneurs<br />
Prerequisite(s): FIN-311<br />
This course analyzes how to manage cash flow<br />
considerations such as excess cash, deficient cash<br />
positioning, and daily operations. Students also apply<br />
tools for determining growth opportunities, marketing<br />
share, and financial positioning through product,<br />
location, and/or service development and expansion.<br />
Credit Hours: 4<br />
Lecture: 4 hours<br />
` FIN-350 | Finance II<br />
Course retired winter 2007.<br />
This course continues the study of finance with emphasis<br />
on cost of capital, bond valuation, preferred stock,<br />
capital stock, interest rates, and financial markets.<br />
Credit Hours: 4<br />
Lecture: 4 hours<br />
Game Arts & Design<br />
` GAM-100 | Design Basics I for Gaming and Lab<br />
Prerequisite(s): None<br />
This course is an overview of basic design principles<br />
and the considerations involved in design/visual<br />
communications theory and gaming– making meaningful,<br />
creative visual messages presented for information,<br />
identification, persuasion and entertainment use. The<br />
course introduces techniques of conceptualization,<br />
design, and production that can be applied to general<br />
visual communications and applications commonly<br />
used by professionals in the design industry.<br />
Credit Hours: 4<br />
Lecture: 3 hours<br />
Lab: 2 hours<br />
` GAM-101 | Design Basics II for Gaming and Lab<br />
Prerequisite(s): GAM-100<br />
This course introduces typography, layout design,<br />
principles of color theory and application. Students<br />
will also be introduced to the business of design and<br />
its problem-solving requirements, and encouraged<br />
to envision their work in the context of a professional<br />
portfolio.<br />
Credit Hours: 4<br />
Lecture: 3 hours<br />
Lab: 2 hours<br />
` GAM-102 | Sculpture and Lab<br />
Prerequisite(s): DES-112<br />
Concurrent enrollment permitted<br />
This class is intended to aid the student in understanding<br />
the issues of line, plane, shape, mass, volume, texture<br />
and space. The student will develop the technical skills<br />
and knowledge necessary to translate a concept into a<br />
three- dimensional form. Included in the study will be a<br />
familiarization with the history of sculpture and the use<br />
of materials such as clay, plaster, wood and metal to<br />
understand form and content.<br />
Credit Hours: 4<br />
Lecture: 3 hours<br />
Lab: 2 hours<br />
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