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Principles of Interior Lighting Bachelor of Art in Interior Design IDA 340 Breyer State University Instructor: Mary Jo Libal, BA SYLLABUS COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to Lighting Fundamentals, a Bachelor Level course in the curriculum for the degree, Bachelor of Art in Interior Design. This comprehensive course will familiarize a designer with the many aspects of light, including the quantity and quality. Terminology and the proper selection will be applied to interiors. Basic principles and application will be focused on in this course. I am a faculty member who is a practicing instructor and a successful independent design consultant. This course is the foundation for the rest of the curriculum. TIME FRAME: This is a six semester hour course. This course is allotted ten weeks of time. You must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the ten-week period. The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course, or the day which you notify me that your textbook has arrived and you are ready to begin your studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame. It is rare that extensions of time are permitted, unless you have good justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded six semester hours of credit. TEXTBOOKS: There are two (2) required textbooks for this course. Book 1: Beginnings of Interior Environments. Phyllis Sloan Allen, Lynn M. Jones, Miriam F. Stimpson. Pearson Prentice Hall Publishers: ISBN # 0-13-045770-1. Book 2: Fundamentals of Interior Lighting. Jack L. Burton. Pearson Prentice Hall Publishers: ISBN # 0-13-907627-1.
EXAMINATIONS: There are two examinations for this course, a mid-term and a final exam along with a weekly Learning Portfolio. The mid-term will cover the material in the book, "Beginnings of Interior Environments" by Allen, Jones, Stimpson. The final examination will cover the material in the book, "Fundamentals of Interior Lighting" by Jack L. Burton. The exams are programmed and are located in the classroom for this course. The examinations are "open book" objective type. You will have two (2) days to complete your exams, once you access them from the classroom. To access the exams, you must send me an email and request to have access to the exams. Upon registration, you will receive my email address. I will then program your access in. You will receive an email back from me telling you that you are now authorized to go ahead and to access your exam. To access, you will come into the classroom, click on testing, and click on the exam you are taking. You will need your User ID and PASSWORD to access the exams. The exam will appear on your screen. Once you access the exam, you have forty-eight hours to submit your answers. The program provides me the exact date and time that you accessed the exam. The program also notifies me of the exact date and time that you submitted your answers. Thus, the program is timing you. When you are ready, go back into the classroom and click in your responses and then click submit. Shortly, you will receive the exam in your email box with your computed score. You will also know what questions, if any, that you missed, and what the correct answer is. I also receive a copy of your exam and your score. GRADING: You will receive a pass/fail on the Learning Portfolio and a letter grade on the mid-term exam. The grading scale for this course is as follows: 90-100% = A COMMUNICATION: You are encouraged to communicate with me. I am available as a teacher, coach, and mentor to assist you in meeting your goals for this course. Primarily, communication is through email. However, I am also available for conversation by telephone if you would like. Our classroom for this course has a "chat" room. I am also very willing to meet with you one-on-one in the chat room at your request. From time to time, depending on how many students are enrolled in this course at a particular time, we will have some scheduled group chats. You will receive more detailed information at the time such chat sessions are scheduled. Please keep my email address handy so that you can contact me whenever necessary. If at any time during this course you change your email address, please be sure to notify me right away. WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS: All of the assignments for this course are detailed in the classroom. Go back to the classroom page and click on "assignments." COURSE CONTENT: 1). Quality of light. INFORMATION: If you have any questions regarding this program, you may contact the instructor at mjlibal@sbcglobal.net
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