Art 101 Introduction to Art

Explores the creative process and the diversity of media, methods, style, and content in the art of the past and present. Included are studio projects and an introductory survey of Western art history. Lecture, discussion, studio sessions, and a field trip to an area museum or gallery. Not for art majors. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits.

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

A lecture and laboratory course in black and white photographic technique and principles with emphasis on æsthetics. Basic camera and darkroom instruction and a discussion of contemporary art practices using photography. Students should have access to a 35mm camera. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits.

Art 160 Introduction to Art History CH I

An introduction to the many approaches that the discipline of art history offers for understanding and appreciating the visual arts. Students learn the tools for analyzing and writing about art and architecture from a wide range of periods, places, and cultures. Lecture, discussion, field trips to area museums. (Offered fall 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 spring 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 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 Drawing

Students learn to apply perspective methodology and theory as they develop three-dimensional and spatial rendering skills. Major study units include 1-point, 2-point, and 3-point perspective followed by uses of light sources and shadow. The addition of people, nature, reflections, and rotations are included as drawing detail enhancements. (Offered fall 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 262 Arts of Asia CH II

Explores the sculpture, painting, architecture, and decorative arts of Asia from prehistoric India to modern Japan. Students will study works of art from diverse cultures and epochs in the context of the history, religion, and social structure of Asia. Lecture, discussion, field trips, and projects. (Offered fall 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 alternate years.) 3 credits.

Art 321 Special Topics in Photography

Prerequisite, Art 120 or instructor's consent. A lecture and laboratory class in theory, techniques, and æsthetics of photography. Advanced work in photography with emphasis given to a single contemporary topic or approach. Students should have constant access to a working 35mm camera. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits.

Art 322 Advanced Photography

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 331 Advertising Design

Prerequisites, Art 110, 111, 112, 120, 231 for majors; (Art 110, 231 and 230 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, 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, 231 and 230 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 graphic and advertising design from both a historic and contemporary viewpoint. The course is composed of discussion of current design, studio and advertising agency issues, and guest speakers from various professionals that enhance a survey of the history of graphic design. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits.

Art 334 Rendering for Graphic Design

Prerequisites, Art 111, 232. In this class students learn to illustrate objects and environments as seen by the eye or created from an idea. Techniques of mixed media (graphite, chalk, marker, and gouache) will be taught. (Offered spring 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 spring semester, 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. 1600­1750. Artists such as Caravaggio, Rubens, Rembrandt, Bernini, Vermeer, and Fragonard will be studied against a 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 inþuences 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 400 Art Core

Lectures by artists, curators, critics, graphic design professionals, field trips to area museums and galleries. An orientation plus five 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 230, 231, 232, 331, 332. Graphic design production techniques from concept to final development interactive design and web design. This course covers design, materials, and equipment for print and digital methods with an emphasis on use of computer and hand skills. Lecture, studio, guest speakers, and field trips. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits.

Art 433 Advanced Computer Graphics

Prerequisites, Art 230, 331, 332, or instructor's consent. Advanced use of the Macintosh computer as a tool to create conceptual graphic design solutions. Primary purpose of the course is to solve advanced design problems using Quark, Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop. The projects include graphic, advertising, package and web page design. (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 thematic 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 on demand.) 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 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 466 The Art of China and Japan CH II

Study 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, alternate years.) 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 468 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 reþections of culture and as 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 spring semester, 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 (graphic design, design production, computer imagery and advertising agencies) along with weekly 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.

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