Art Art 110 Foundation Course in Design Students learn the basic elements of design and their application. Includes study of line, texture, pattern, color, shape, and composition; studio work, critiques, and field trips. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. Art 111 Foundation Course in Drawing I Emphasizes composition, spatial concerns, color and rendering techniques while encouraging subjective responses to subject matter. Media include pastels, colored pencil, oil sticks, and non-traditional materials. Studio experiences augmented by lecture, discussion, and sketching field trips. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. Art 112 Foundation Course in Painting An introduction to æsthetics, media techniques, and concepts involved in contemporary painting. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. Art 120 Foundation Course in Photography Lecture and laboratory course in black and white photographic technique and principles with an emphasis on æsthetics. Basic camera and darkroom instruction and discussion of contemporary art practices using photography. Students should have constant access to a 35mm camera. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. Art 211 Foundation Course in Drawing II Enables beginning art and non-art majors to develop basic drawing skills and visual awareness through drawing from models. Line quality, textural character, proportion, and chiaroscuro are emphasized using such media as charcoal, pencil, powdered graphite, ink, and conte crayon. Studio experiences augmented by lecture, discussion, and field trips. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. Art 213 Foundation Course in Sculpture Explore fundamental concepts and techniques of sculpture through work with found objects, wood, metal, and plaster. Group discussion, individual critiques, field trips, and readings complement studio activity. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. Art 215 Foundation Course in Ceramics A beginning course for art and non-art majors which introduces basic hand-building, wheel-throwing, glazing and firing methods applicable to the construction of ceramic pottery and sculpture. Students learn basic technology, history, and theory of the ceramic arts as they work on projects in a contemporary studio setting. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. Art 230 Introduction to Computer Graphics Prerequisites, Art 110, 111, 112, 120, 231 for majors; (Art 110 or 231, Com 305 for non-majors). This conceptual design studio art course serves as an introduction to the computer as a graphic design and production tool. Course includes instruction in basic computer skills and use of Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Quark XPress. Emphasis will be on using the computer as a production tool to produce conceptual design. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. Art 231 Lettering Prerequisites, Art 110, 111, 112, 120 for majors; (Art 110, 230 or Com 305 for non-majors). In this introductory graphic design course the students will develop a solid understanding of lettering in design. Through traditional and non-traditional lettering approaches, type, terminology, computer graphics and their historical influences will be explored by means of design projects. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. Art 232 Perspective/Rendering Prerequisite, Art 111. Students learn to apply perspective methodology and theory as they develop three dimensional and spatial rendering skills, from black and white through color. Study units include 1-point, 2-point and 3-point perspective, uses of light sources and shadow, natural reflections and rotations, and the illustration of objects and people within environments and conceptual spaces. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. Art 260 Ancient to Medieval Art CH I A survey course that introduces the student to the development of the visual arts from the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) period to the Middle Ages. Lecture, discussion, field trips to area museums. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. Art 261 Renaissance to Modern Art CH I Surveys the monuments, movements, and artists of western art from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Introduces the student to the ideas and issues which have characterized much of western art for the past seven centuries and examines them in relation to the religious, social, political, and intellectual milieu that produced them. References and comparisons with the parallel cultures of Asia, Oceania, Africa, and the ancient Americas will be made whenever appropriate. Lecture, discussion and field trips to area museums. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. Art 290 Independent Internship Working under the supervision of a faculty member, the independent internship offers students an opportunity to earn credit and earn professional skills by working for a museum, gallery, conservation workshop, practicing artist, photography studio, etc. A minimum of 40 hours of work for each credit is required. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits. Art 310 Special Studies in Art Prerequisite, advanced-level courses in the area of concern. For advanced students, this class is designed to encourage greater depth and independence in a chosen field. The topic of study must be agreed on with the supervising faculty member. The student must meet with the instructor at the same time the related course is scheduled. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits. Art 311 Life Drawing Prerequisite, Art 211. Working from nude models, students refine visual skills, techniques, and interpretative powers. Media include charcoal, pastels, ink, oil stick, wax, and conte crayon as well as traditional materials. Studio experiences supplemented by slide lectures and discussion. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. Art 312 Advanced Painting Prerequisite, successful completion of Art 112 or instructor’s consent. Develops an understanding of formal, technical, and conceptual issues. Students are encouraged to pursue personal directions. Individual and group critiques. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. Art 313 Advanced Sculpture Prerequisite, Art 213. Students refine skills and learn new techniques as they design and construct sculptures in a variety of materials. Studio activity, individual critiques, reading, and field trips to galleries and museums. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. Art 314 Colors Prerequisite, Art 110 or Art 112. Designed to provide the student with an essential grasp of color in terms of application and theory. The visual, symbolic, and psychological nature of color in historical and contemporary usage will be explored through studio projects, directed readings, lectures, and discussion. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. Art 315 Advanced Ceramics Prerequisite, Art 215. Continued emphasis on wheel-throwing, hand building, glaze experimentation, kiln firing. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. Art 320 Color Photography Prerequisite, Art 120 or instructor’s consent. Laboratory and lecture course in theory, techniques, and æsthetics of color fine art photography. Advanced work in photographic technique with emphasis given to color printing. Students must have access to a working 35mm camera. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. Art 321 Special Topics in Photography Prerequisite, Art 120 or instructor’s consent. Lecture and laboratory course in theory, techniques, and æsthetics of photography. Advanced work in photography with emphasis given to a single contemporary topic or approach. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits. Art 322 Advanced Photography Prerequisite, Art 120 or instructor’s consent. Laboratory and lecture course in theory, techniques, and æsthetics of fine art photography. Advanced work in photographic technique with emphasis on expanding beyond basic black and white photographic printing. Students must have constant access to a working 35mm camera. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. Art 323 Photoshop Prerequisite, Art 120 or instructor’s consent. This is both a technical class that introduces students to Adobe Photoshop and an advanced studio course with an emphasis on the theory and production of art utilizing photography. Students should have some experience with the Macintosh computer and access to a 35mm camera. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. Art 324 Video Prerequisite, Art 120 or instructor’s consent. An introduction to video as an art form based in production and contemporary media theory. The course will include basic production techniques, operation of the video camcorder and the fundamentals of digital editing. A series of screenings, readings and discussions will examine video art in relation to contemporary art and culture. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. Art 331 Advertising Design Prerequisites, Art 110, 111, 112, 120, 230, 231 for majors; (Art 110, 230 and 231 or Com 305 for non-majors). This studio course presents both the marketing strategies and the conceptual design development of advertising design. Through design projects, the student will analyze the products and services, and their target audiences as they develop conceptual design solutions. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. Art 332 Graphic Design Prerequisite, Art 231 for art majors; (Art 110, 230 and 231 or Com 305 for non-majors). This course explores the creative and conceptual processes for effectively communicating ideas through type and image. Solutions to a variety of visual communication problems are studied using color, type, symbols, forms, illustration, and photography. Within this studio course, the visual communication projects include 2-D, 3-D forms and computer imagery. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. Art 333 The Business of Graphic and Advertising Design An introduction to advertising and graphic design from both a historic and contemporary viewpoint. The course comprises a survey of the history of design, field trips, guest speakers from various design professions, and discussion of current design studio and advertising agency issues. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. Art 335 Advanced Computer Graphics Prerequisites, Art 110, 111 or 120, 230, 232. Graphic design production techniques from concept to final development, interactive design and web design, as well as print for design and branding systems. Advanced use of the Macintosh computer as a tool to create final conceptual graphic design solutions. Primary purpose of the course is to solve advanced design problems using Quark, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, and Web software. Studio and lecture. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. Art 336 Illustration Prerequisites, Art 111, 211 or instructor’s consent. This studio course introduces illustration techniques through conceptually based projects, demonstrations, discussions, guest artists, and field trips. In this survey of illustration, the student will be challenged to explore ideas and develop a personal language through the understanding of historical and contemporary illustration. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. Art 337 Experiments in Computer Imagery Prerequisites, Art 110, 111, 112, 120, 230 and Art 336 or 433. Students develop their conceptual design skills using experimental computer imagery. Projects focus on the use of computer software programs to develop both two- and three-dimensional, interactive and animated imagery. Advanced projects in illustrations and graphics will be executed using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and motion graphics software program. (Offered spring, alternate years.) 3 credits. Art 338 Advanced Type/Lettering Prerequisites, Art 230, 231, 232, 331, 332. This course explores advanced concepts in typographic design and experimental lettering through projects in experimental typography. These include typographic layout, disply and text types, design of text types, design and use of leading grids, type and image, type aesthetics, and functional typography. Hand and computer skills will be reviewed. Projects will emphasize creating unique concepts and effective solutions in visual communications design. (Offered spring, alternate years.) 3 credits. Art 360 Renaissance Art A comprehensive introduction to the art of the Renaissance from its origins in early 15th century Italy to its flowering in the art of the High Renaissance, Mannerism, and the Venetian school. Lecture, discussion, field trips to area museums. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits. Art 361 Baroque Art Offers an in-depth survey of the painting, sculpture, and architecture of the Baroque and Rococo period in Europe, ca. 1600–1750. Artists such as Caravaggio, Rubens, Rembrandt, Bernini, Vermeer, and Fragonard will be studied against a broad backdrop of political, religious, and social events and ideas. Lecture, discussion, field trips to area museums. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits. Art 362 Nineteenth Century Art An exploration of European art from the French Revolution to the Industrial Revolution. Special attention will be given to the ways in which the visual arts are influenced by and mirror contemporary developments in society, politics, philosophy, and psychology. Lectures, discussions, field trips to area museums. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits. Art 363 Modern Art A detailed introduction to the development of modernism, with an emphasis on contemporary interests in spirituality and occult phenomena, discoveries in science, mathematics, psychology, and new philosophical perspectives on the nature of reality. Lectures, discussion, field trips to area museums. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits. Art 364 Art Since 1945 This course is concerned with the major artistic developments that occurred from the close of World War II to the present day. Among the major movements covered are Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimalism, Conceptual and Environmental Art, Photo-realism, Feminist and Graffiti Art, Post-Modernism, Neo-Expressionism, and current issues affecting the arts today. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. Art 365 American Art Surveys American art from colonial times through 1945 emphasizing painting and sculpture. Consideration is given to the social, political, and cultural influences on major artists and movements. Slide lecture, discussion, field trips. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits. Art 366 Seminar in Art Criticism Prerequisite, junior-level standing or above. This class is designed for junior-level art and art history majors and all those interested in gaining greater insight into some of the central issues of 20th century art. Meeting once a week in a seminar setting, the class will discuss a variety of texts by critics, artists, and art historians from the 1860s to 1980, focusing on the ways in which modern art has been written about by artists and their contemporaries. Discussion, slide lectures. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. Art 367 History and Æsthetics of Photography A survey of photography from 1839 to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship of photography to other arts and current critical issues in the field. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits. Art 368 Art of India, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia CH II Explore the sacred arts of Buddhism and Hinduism. Study painting, sculpture, architecture, music and dance as reflections of culture and works of art. Topics include the Hindu temple, Mughal miniature painting, the Tibetan mandala, Indonesian batik, and Vietnamese modern art. Lecture, discussion, field trips, and projects. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. Art 369 The Art of China and Japan CH II A study of the arts of China and Japan as a means of understanding Asian culture and as a complement to your knowledge of Western art. Topics include Chinese landscape painting, the Japanese print, gardens, architecture, sculpture, ceramics, and bronzes. Lecture, discussion, field trips, and projects. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. Art 400 Art Core Lectures by artists, curators, critics, graphic design professionals, field trips to area museums and galleries. Four meetings each semester. Four semesters required of all art majors. (Offered every semester.) H credit. Art 410 Advanced Seminar Prerequisite, Art 366, junior/senior standing, or instructor’s consent. For studio, photography, and art history students in their junior/senior year. This course is designed to include both the production of artworks and the exploration of contemporary criticism. Student artworks and student essays will be discussed in the context of contemporary art world issues. Studio, weekly readings, critiques, and discussions. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. Art 430 Advanced Graphic Design Prerequisites, Art 110, 111, 112, 120, 230, 332. This course covers design, materials, and equipment for print and digital production, with an emphasis on the computer. Students learn advanced graphic design systems for print through workshop projects for non-profit clients, font design, and advanced design systems. Studio and lecture. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. Art 434 Portfolio Preparation: Graphic Design Prerequisite, only for graduating seniors in the B.F.A. graphic design program. Students develop a senior portfolio with which to enter the career direction within the field of graphic design. Along with the pro-bono commissions and/or competition design projects, the students complete their graduating B.F.A. portfolio and install a B.F.A. group exhibition. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. Art 443 History of Design This course explores the evolution of modern design from its origins in the industrial revolution to the present. The decorative arts, graphic and product design, and architecture will all be explored in the context of social, cultural, and political changes in the 19th and 20th centuries. Movements studied include Historicism, the Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau, the Wiener Werkstatte and the Bauhaus, Scandinavian Modernism, and American industrial design. Lecture, discussion, field trips. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. Art 450 Teaching the Visual Arts This course explores the elements of creativity in the visual arts and how it can be effectively taught at all age levels (K-12, high school, and special education). Drawing on art history as well as parallels with literature, science, mathematics, music and drama, students learn to develop an entire school art program and produce a portfolio of projects and lesson plans exploring a variety of media and approaches. Lecture, discussion, studio projects, field trips. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. Art 460 19th and 20th Century French Art This course is only offered at the College of International de Cannes, France. This survey of French painters examines movements and individual artists, emphasizing impressionists and artists of the School of Paris, many of whom lived and painted on the Riviera. Students visit local museums containing their works. Seminars taught in English. This course meets 3 1/2 hours a week for 12 weeks (42 hours). When taught in French, this seminar is Art 461. (Offered in fall/spring.) 3 credits. Art 461 19th and 20th Century French Art This course is only offered at the College of International de Cannes, France. This survey of French painters examines movements and individual artists, emphasizing impressionists and artists of the School of Paris, many of whom lived and painted on the Riviera. Students visit local museums containing their works. Seminars taught in French. This course meets 3 1/2 hours a week for 12 weeks (42 hours). When taught in English, this seminar is Art 460. (Offered in fall/spring.) 3 credits. Art 464 Women in Art A provocative exploration of portrayals of women by both female and male artists in the visual arts. The primary thrust of the course will be women as makers, subjects, and muses of painting, sculpture, photography, fiction, and poetry. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits. Art 465 Topics in Art History An experimental course that investigates particular aspects of art history. Topics might include African art, folk art, pre-Columbian art, theories of abstract art, contemporary criticism. (Offered on demand.) 3 credits. Art 467 Modern Russian Art An introduction to developments in Russian art between 1700 and the present. The course will investigate peculiarly Russian themes that recur in the art of this period, such as the icon and folk art, Russia’s relationship with the West, and the artist’s place in society. Lecture, discussion, field trips. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits. Art 469 Special Studies in Art History Prerequisites, lower- and upper-division courses in art history. For advanced students, this course is designed to encourage greater depth and independence of thinking and to develop research skills. The topic of study must be agreed on with the supervising faculty member. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. Art 490 Independent Internship (same as Art 290) Art 492 Seminar Internship: Graphic Design Prerequisite, only for graduating seniors in the B.F.A graphic design program with portfolio review approval from an internship company. This seminar course offers off-campus internship positions in the graphic design industry (i.e., graphic design, design production, computer imagery and advertising agencies) along with weekly on-campus class meetings. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. Art 497 B.A./B.F.A. Exhibition Prerequisite, senior standing. The bachelor of arts/bachelor of fine arts exhibition is the culmination of the studio and photography student’s undergraduate experience. Completion of a coherent body of work, composition of a statement of artistic intent, and installation of the work are the course requirements. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit. Art 498 Senior Thesis Prerequisite, students should enroll for Art 498 in the first semester of their senior year. Senior art history majors produce a self-directed project that may take the form of either a research paper or preparation of an art exhibition with accompanying essay. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit.