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Encyclopedia > Chester College of New England

Chester College of New England in Chester, New Hampshire is a bachelor's degree-granting college that provides a foundation in the liberal arts and the fine arts, complemented by majors in the professional arts. The degree programs include studio art, graphic design and illustration, photography and media arts, creative and professional writing, and arts and humanities, as well as courses that lead to Art Education Certification. Minors are offered in photojournalism and illustration. Chester is a town located in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. ... A bachelors degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts three or four years. ... A college (Latin collegium) can be the name of any group of colleagues; originally it meant a group of people living together under a common set of rules (con-, together + leg-, law). As a consequence members of colleges were originally styled fellows and still are in some places. ... In the history of education, the seven liberal arts comprise two groups of studies, the trivium and the quadrivium. ... Fine art is a term used to refer to fields traditionally considered to be artistic. ... Studio art, when considered as an academic discipline, is the making of visual art (such as painting, drawing or sculpture), contrasted to the study of art history, for instance. ... Graphic design is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. ... Example Illustration 1. ... Lens and mounting of a large format camera Photography is the process of making pictures by means of the action of light. ... New media art (also known as media art) is a generic term used to describe art related to, or created with, a technology invented or made widely available since the mid-20th Century. ... Writing may refer to two activities: the inscribing of characters on a medium, with the intention of forming words and other constructs that represent language or record information, and the creation of material to be conveyed through written language. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... The humanities are a group of academic subjects united by a commitment to studying aspects of the human condition and a qualitative approach that generally prevents a single paradigm from coming to define any discipline. ... Sports photojournalists at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that creates images in order to tell a news story. ...


The college features a low student-to-faculty ratio, artist- and writer-in-residence programs, and a program of guest lectures, exhibitions, art and photography shows, internships, and relationships with professional associations.


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  • http://www.chestercollege.edu/

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Chester College of New England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (206 words)
Chester College of New England is a bachelor's degree-granting college that provides a foundation in the liberal arts and the fine arts, complemented by majors in the professional arts.
The college was once known as White Pines College, and the name was changed in 2002 when the college went from being a 2-year school to a 4-year school.
William Nevious is the current President of the College, while Dr. Byron Petrakis is the current Dean of the College.
Chester College of New England - College Closeup (2218 words)
Students at Chester College of New England find that the tranquil setting of the campus provides them with the kind of environment that is essential for creative inspiration, yet the College is close to Manchester and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Boston, Massachusetts—cities that are rich in history and culture.
Chester, New Hampshire, is very close to both Manchester and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and less than an hour from Boston, Massachusetts—cities that are rich in history and culture.
Chester College of New England is dedicated to helping its students determine the best possible means for financing their educations and offers advice to students and their families regardless of income level.
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