PROGRAM HIGH LIGHTS

The MGD department offers a variety of A.A.S. Degrees and Certificates in Graphic Design, Digital Animation, Web Design and Video Production & Editing, Digital Imaging, Fundamentals in Multimedia Technology and Multimedia. We have passionate industry experienced instructors, a student-led design agency, design and social media internship opportunities, honors options, a student exhibit every Spring and a tight community of students and instructors. The MGD program prepares students for their next step, whether that is planning to get a job after graduation or pursuing further education. Our program teaches software skills, design basics, communication, and problem-solving conceptualization. Graduate with a portfolio and interview practice. MGD social media engages students yearround. Get the skills you need to have a creative career in design.

Visual And Media Arts

The Visual and Media Arts program at the Larimer campus provides a wide range of mediums for students to explore. We offer a mix of traditional and digital technologies in our classes in order to provide students with the latest in studio art practice. We have four large studios including a digital arts lab, 3D ceramics/sculpture studio, printmaking and foundations as well as a traditional darkroom. The faculty are graduates of some of the best graduate art schools in the country and are also practicing artists. Students have opportunities for internships, exhibiting work and participating in special workshops.

Languages

Opening the door to new opportunities, breaking barriers, and gaining a deeper understanding of speech as a whole is at the core of learning new languages. At FRCC, one can take a variety of avenues in learning Spanish or French, as well as achieving A.A. Degrees in either. Whether you’re an advanced polyglot looking to further develop your knowledge or just a native English speaker looking to expand your horizons, our department is full of experienced instructors ready to guide you along the journey. It’s never too late to learn a new language, and there’s a whole world of nonEnglish cultures and arts waiting to be seen, understood, and appreciated.

Philosophy

Philosophy is for everyone who wants to have fun thinking about interesting ideas while becoming a more critical and creative thinker. In FRCC philosophy classes you will explore engaging issues and ideas in ethics, religion, and politics, and about the environment, death and dying, and the nature of reality itself. Philosophy students read and analyze arguments and debate worthwhile ideas through discussion and writing. In FRCC philosophy classes, you won’t be told what to think–you will be challenged to take your own ideas seriously! Any philosophy class at FRCC will help you gain intellectual skills that will support your success in college and support your future career and life goals whatever they may be.

Music

Recording, performing, producing, composing and collaborating. All of this is bubbling in the Music Program at FRCC. When you walk by the music rooms in Red Cloud Peak at Larimer campus, listen and look for our students mastering their craft on an instrument or refining their music through recording software. What you see and hear at Larimer Campus is just the surface. Underneath, there is a web of student projects that connect high school concurrent enrollment students, online students, professional community partners, and local music organizations.

Theatre

Theatre is still an essential part of a liberal arts education. Front Range Community College offers many classes that build towards an associate of arts degree. Theatre builds confidence using creativity, design, and collaboration, which exercise critical thinking skills. The Production Class is a fantastic example of how an arts curriculum develops skills through a live performance. The students write, direct, act, design, and run the technical aspects of the show. We are currently working on the fall show of Student Written 10-Minute Plays. Be sure to look for these every Fall semester. Support your peers by attending theatre performances.

Humanities

In Humanities and Art History, we take a deeper look at some of the most enduring and valued creations of humanity across millennia and from around the world. The purpose is to consider the ways in which people have responded to the challenges of living as human beings in a complex and confusing world. Studying visual art and architecture, reading literature, philosophy, history and drama, to name but a few examples, and discussing the implications of what they tell us, all in the contexts of the history of their time is at the heart of the enterprise. As Mark Twain is rumored to have said, “History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes.” The poetry that human history creates makes for a vital and fascinating exploratory journey.

IntheLiberalandCreativeArtsDepartment wecelebratethediversityofthinkingandcreativity ofourfacultyandstudents.Whetherit’sastudent writtenanddirectedplay,innovativeforeignlanguage program,musicrecitals,philosophyworkshops,or theartswestrivetochallengeourstudentstothink