Leonardo Art & Engineering Graduate Certificate
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Leonardo da Vinci is recognized as embodying the concept of the Renaissance Man as he was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, and inventor - an accomplished artist of the 16th century and a perfect example of interdisciplinary endeavors.
In this spirit of the Renaissance Person, the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Art & Art History bring their collective expertise and experience together to offer a new interdisciplinary Category A certificate program involving an integrated art and engineering curriculum.
The Leonardo Art & Engineering program crosses traditional boundaries between academic disciplines and forges new collaborations to create a scholar/scientist/artist ready to meet the demands of the 21st century.
The objectives for the program are to:
- Provide cross-disciplinary training in simulation, art, visualization, and virtual reality to students with a BS/BA degree in Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Business, or Healthcare-related disciplines for addressing marketing, education/training, entertainment, product development, and design application demand of the 21st century growth area in 3D and VR technologies.
- Offer a mechanism for the large number of practicing artists, engineers, healthcare professionals, business managers, and game developers in Alabama and Birmingham to acquire additional training and education in simulation, 3D visualization, and VR.
- Provide a specialized education suitable to the needs of in-state, out-of-state, and international students interested in the application of 3D visualization, VR, and simulation to the industry or business segment of their preference. The program will provide the students with highly specialized and marketable skills.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
In order to apply to this certificate program, students must first be admitted to either department (Art or Mechanical Engineering) as a degree-seeking student in either the undergraduate or graduate program. (Undergraduates may begin work on the certificate in their senior year provided they have satisfied prerequisite requirements and obtained approval from the Graduate School to take graduate level courses. A certificate can only be awarded after completion of the BA or BS degree requirements.)
The degree-seeking application for this certificate program is found on the UAB Graduate School website.
The certificate requires a minimum of 18 semester hours.
Relevant courses taken towards the certificate may be applied to the MS degree offered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering or MA degree offered by the Department of Art & Art History.
One course, up to three semester hours, may be transferred from another institution. This may be the required course or one of the graduate level courses.
Courses taken from UA and UAH by IITS may be applied to certificates.
When the certificate requirements have been met, the student will need to submit a certificate application (available on the Graduate School website). The undergraduate or graduate program will need to approve the certificate application, provide a worksheet showing which courses are used for the certificate and the final recommendation of certificate form, and submit all paperwork to the Graduate School by the application for degree deadline date. Once the Graduate School has processed the certificate application, updated the student’s record, and awarded the certificate, the student will receive a Completion of Certificate notice.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Total of 18 credit hours, as follows:
* ME 521 Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics or ME 564 Introduction to Finite Element Method (3 credit hours)
* ME 581 Visualization and Virtual Reality Fundamentals & Tools (3 credit hours)
* ARS 520 Sculpture (3 credit hours)
* ARS 561 3D Computer Modeling (3 credit hours)
* ME 698 Non-Thesis Research (3 credit hours)
* ARS 588 Seminar in Time Based Media (3 credit hours)
CONTACTS
Bharat Soni, PhD
Chairman and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
BEC 257
1150 10th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294-4461
(205) 934-8460
Christopher Lowther, MFA
Assistant Professor of Time Based Media
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Department of Art & Art History
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900 13th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35294-1260
(205) 934-4941
Kim Hazelwood
Program Manager II
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
BEC 257
1150 10th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294-4461
(205) 934-8460
