This page lists revised art courses for 2009-2010.
This page is a copy of the Art courses in the printed catalog, available here in PDF format.
ART COURSES (ART)
ART 110 INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL ART (3) Students will become familiar with the significance of the visual arts through the study of its themes, artists, styles, and forms. In this course, students may experience the visual arts through hands-on learning, slide lectures, or small group activities.
ART 118 CERAMICS I (3) This general survey course of pottery making includes studio assignments in hand building, use of the potter's wheel, glaze formulation, elements of design and decoration, and firing of products. Lectures, demonstrations, critiques, and discussions of ceramicists, periods, and styles provide learning experiences. Second-semester work involves further studies of media, technique, and related overviews.
ART 119 PRINTMAKING I (3) This introduction to fundamentals of relief processes includes woodcut, wood engraving, lion cut, holograph, and embossing. The course features lectures, demonstrations, and studio experience.
ART 122 SCULPTURE I (3) Studio assignments in this course focus on the major sculptural processes: carving, casting, and modeling. Projects center around student design objectives. The course provides lectures, demonstrations, critiques, discussions of sculptors, periods, styles, and a field trip. Second semester work involves further study of media, technique, and related overviews.
ART 131-132 SURVEY OF ART HISTORY I, II (3, 3) These courses survey Western art and architecture and focus on works of art as expressions of the cultures which produced them. Survey of Art History I focuses on the art of Prehistory through the Early Renaissance. Survey of Art History II focuses on the art of the Early Renaissance up to the beginning of the Modern Age. Courses include slide lectures, discussions, and projects.
ART 151-152 DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS I, II (3, 3) Enrollment preference given to art majors. Prerequisite: Successful completion of ART 151 before admission to ART 152. This sequence analyzes the relationship of visual components to organizational components and their use as agencies of expression in works of art through slide-illustrated lectures, discussions, critiques, studio assignments in two and three dimensions, and a field trip.
ART 154 GRAPHICS: PROCESS AND TECHNIQUE (3) This is an introductory studio level course exploring fundamental graphic design concepts. Basic design principles and the invention of casual and spatial form within contexts relevant to the design of communication and products will be introduced. Students will gain a working knowledge of the graphic design process through skill building techniques and software applications. Project assignments will coincide with lecture materials, and will enable students to develop critical thinking and visual problem solving skills. Students will acquire a basic skill set for developing graphic design elements.
ART 156 DRAWING I (3) This course provides experience in various techniques and materials of drawing including pencil, charcoal, ink, and wash as applied to landscape, still life, figure drawing, and perspective. During the second semester, emphasis is placed on expressive and interpretive qualities of drawing as well as formal relationships in drawing composition. Learning involves demonstrations, critiques, and discussions of artists, periods, and styles.
ART 162 PAINTING I (3) This course provides experience in painting in various media and techniques with emphasis on oil and acrylics and an introduction to the expressive qualities of color and form in painting. During second semester, emphasis is placed on expressive concepts in painting, space, and form organization. Learning involves lectures, demonstrations, critiques, and discussions of artists, periods, and styles.
ART 166 PHOTOGRAPHY I (3) Assignments and studio practice are designed to give the student a knowledge of basic photography: cameras, film, composition, lighting, darkroom practice, etc. Emphasis is on black and white photography. Students are required to furnish camera, film, and printing paper. Lectures, demonstrations, critiques, and discussions of artists, periods, and styles provide learning experiences.
ART 218 CERAMICS II (3) Prerequisite: Successful completion of ART 118. These general survey courses of pottery making include studio assignments in hand building, use of the potter's wheel, glaze formulation, elements of design and decoration, and firing of products. Lectures, demonstrations, critiques, and discussions of ceramicists, periods, and styles provide learning experiences. Second-semester work involves further studies of media, technique, and related overviews.
ART 219 PRINTMAKING II (3) Prerequisite: ART 119. This course introduces the fundamentals of intaglio printmaking, with processes to include etching, dry point, aquatint, and embossing. Lectures, demonstrations, and studio experience provide learning experiences.
ART 222 SCULPTURE II (3) Prerequisite: ART 122. Studio assignments in this course focus on the major sculptural processes: carving, casting, and modeling. Projects center around student design objectives. The course provides lectures, demonstrations, critiques, discussions of sculptors, periods, styles, and a field trip. Second semester work involves further study of media, technique, and related overviews.
ART 256 DRAWING II (3) Prerequisite: ART 156. This course focuses on experience in various techniques and materials of drawing including pencil, charcoal, ink, and wash as applied to landscape, still life, figure drawing, and perspective. During the second semester, emphasis is placed on expressive and interpretive qualities of drawing, as well as formal relationships in drawing composition. Learning involves demonstrations, critiques, and discussions of artists, periods, and styles.
ART 257 FIGURE DRAWING (3) Prerequisites: ART 156, 256. This course involves drawing from a model and employing various media and ranges of interpretation of the figure in art from quick studies to finished portraits and figure groupings.
ART 262 PAINTING II (3) Prerequisite: ART 162. These courses offer painting in various media and techniques with emphasis on oil and acrylics and an introduction to the expressive qualities of color and form in painting. During second semester, emphasis is placed on expressive concepts in painting, space, and form organization. Learning involves lectures, demonstrations, critiques, and discussions of artists, periods, and styles.
ART 266 PHOTOGRAPHY II (3) Prerequisites: ART 166, equivalent experience as determined by instructor through a pre-registration conference and portfolio review. Lectures, demonstrations, working assignments and laboratory practice are designed to give the student a knowledge of advanced photographic techniques: composition and design, existing light photography, special effects, action, and candid photography. Emphasis is on advanced black and white work. Student is required to furnish camera, film, and printing paper. Enrollment preference given to art majors.
ART 267 PHOTOJOURNALISM (3) Prerequisite: ART 166. This introduction to the principles and practices of journalistic photography includes a study of the history of newspaper and magazine photography. Major emphasis will be placed on the techniques of taking, developing, and printing photographs for newspapers and magazines. Students may serve as staff photographers for the Critograph, Argonaut, and/or other campus publications.
ART 274 GRAPHICS: METHODS AND PRACTICE (3) Prerequisite: ART 151, 154, or consent of instructor. This intermediate level course provides students with a survey of graphic design from concept through production. The emphasis on visual problem solving and focus on the theory of design methods will help students further refine visual thinking and integrate basic studies through applied problems. Through experimentation, design problems are defined and organized, and students will manipulate imagery, typography and message to arrive at successful design solutions. Students will gain an awareness of potential solutions and will make informed design decisions.
ART 294 GRAPHICS: INNOVATION AND ANALYSIS (3) Prerequisite: ART 152, 156, 274, or consent of instructor. This advanced level course will focus intensely on graphic design problems solving and promote analysis of solutions. Students will concentrate on the relationship between message and media, and the exploration of both digital and traditional production techniques. Studio projects will be student driven and include problems integrating typographic, photographic, and historical concepts in graphic communication. Students will be expected to explore, experiment, and make decisions as they relate to standards of professional practice.
ART 329 ART OF CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY (3) This course examines the classical foundations of Western art and architecture, beginning with the earliest work in Greece and ending with the collapse of the Roman world order.
ART 333 RENAISSANCE ART (3) This course follows the development of the Renaissance in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in northern and southern Europe from the Medieval era through the High Renaissance.
ART 335 TOWARD A MODERN WORLD (3) This course examines the movements of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries from the reactions of the Baroque to the battles between the Academy and Avant-Garde. Slides serve as a primary teaching aid along with the text(s).
ART 337 HISTORY OF WESTERN ARCHITECTURE I (3) This course explores the development of architecture in Western European culture from the Paleolithic Era to the end of the Middle Ages.
ART 338 HISTORY OF WESTERN ARCHITECTURE II (3) This course examines the changes in Western architecture during the Renaissance and follows the development of the ideas and the ultimate rejection of them in the twentieth century.
ART 340 20TH CENTURYART AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES (3) The triumph of the Avant-Garde is studied in the painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, and mixed media works of the twentieth century.
ART 345 AMERICAN ART TO 1913 (3) This course follows the development of the arts in the United States from the Jamestown colony to the Armory Show of 1913. Particular attention is devoted to the interrelationship of the arts and American literature and history.
ART 354 WEB DESIGN (3) Prerequisite: ART 152, 156, 274, or consent of instructor. This course provides experience in basic web design and development principles. The course will focus on the theory and practice of using computer driven software programs in the creation of effective multi-page interface design. Students will explore web design concepts, including project planning, layout, usability, accessibility, information design, site structure, site management and graphic design in context of the web. Students will produce and publish basic web sites using HTML, cascading style sheets (CSS), forms and tables.
ART 394 TYPE AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION (3) Prerequisite: ART 152, 156, 274, or consent of instructor. This course involves the use of typography to create meaning. Students will experiment with typographic composition, contrast, text, and value in combination with language. Students will learn the technical aspects of typography and will be exposed to historical developments in typography. An intensive introduction to the fundamentals of type, from individual letterforms to large bodies of textual information will be introduced and evaluated as they relate to visual communications. Students will learn the principles of typography and utilize them as vehicles for visual communication.
ART 397 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN ART (1-3) Prerequisites: Approval of faculty sponsor and school dean; junior or senior standing. This course provides students the opportunity to pursue individual study of topics not covered in other available courses. The area for investigation is developed in consultation with a faculty sponsor and credit is dependent on the nature of the work. May be repeated for no more than six credits.
ART 398 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART (1-3) [credit depends on topic] Prerequisite: A background of work in the discipline or prior consent of instructor. This course will focus on an aspect of the discipline not otherwise covered by the regularly offered courses. The topic will vary according to professor and term; consequently, more than one may be taken by a student during his/her matriculation.
ART 399 INTERNSHIP IN ART (1-12) Prerequisites: Juniors or seniors with a 2.25 minimum QPA; approval of written proposal by internship coordinator, and supervising faculty prior to registration. Internships are offered in cooperation with a sponsoring individual or agency to provide students with ongoing educational opportunities in art beyond the classroom that are appropriately related to their area of emphasis. (See "Internships.")
ART 400 GRAPHIC DESIGN SEMINAR (3) Prerequisites: ART 154, 195, 254, 395. This course is designed as a capstone experience for seniors in the graphic design emphasis. Graphic Design Seminar focuses on student portfolio building, refinement, and documentation; professional graphic design business procedures and etiquette; and self-promotional strategies. Discussion, demonstration, studio experience, and field trips provide learning experiences.
ADVANCED STUDY
The courses listed below are offered to advanced students who have completed two semesters of prerequisites in each area and are qualified for advanced study under faculty supervision.
ART 319 ADVANCED PRINTMAKING (3) Prerequisite: ART 219
ART 322 ADVANCED SCULPTURE (3) Prerequisite: ART 222
ART 356 ADVANCED DRAWING (3) Prerequisite: ART 256
ART 362 ADVANCED PAINTING (3) Prerequisite: ART 262
ART 366 ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY (3) Prerequisite: ART 266
ART 456 ADVANCED DRAWING (3) Prerequisite: ART 356
ART 462 ADVANCED PAINTING (3) Prerequisite: ART 362
ART 466 ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY (3) Prerequisite: ART 366
ART 402 STUDIO ART SEMINAR (3) Prerequisites: Faculty approval and a faculty advisor/sponsor. For junior and senior art majors with fifteen hours completed in major. This course is intended for art majors to facilitate their transition from the undergraduate to the graduate level art program or to the world of work in the arts that exists outside academia. The course will review portfolio issues associated with format, development, and applications; presentation considerations involving exhibitions, competitions, and installations; professional issues associated with employment in public and private education, the design fields, and business; and the related topics of marketing, ethics, resumes, graduate schools, and the like.
ART 405 ART STUDIO WORKSHOP (1-3) Prerequisites: Basic art experience and approval of the instructor. This course is an on- or off-campus activity in studio art workshops under specialized instruction (drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, crafts, photography). The student will be responsible for related expenses. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory credit only.
ART 407 PORTFOLIO PREPARATION (2) Prerequisite: ART 152, 156, 294, or consent of instructor. This course focuses on student development of building a professional portfolio (print and electronic). Students will explore self-promotion and prepare for a career or further study in graphic design.
ART 408 GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDIO I (1) Prerequisite: ART 152, 156, 294, or consent of instructor. This advanced studio course focuses on independently solving design problems. This course gives students the freedom--and responsibility--to pursue practical project work and research, to reflect their personal direction. It also prepares students for the capstone Graphic Design Studio II course.
ART 409 GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDIO II (3) Prerequisite: ART 152, 156, 294, 394, 408 or consent of instructor. This culminating course in graphic design explores issues pertaining to design and society while concentrating on the development of creativity, emphasis on pre-professional training in advanced design problems, research, writing, presentation, and related professional skills. This course gives students the freedom (and responsibility) to pursue practical project work and research, to reflect their personal direction. Interdisciplinary course work may be appropriate.
ART 411 SUPERVISED PRACTICUM: CAMPUS PUBLICATIONS (1-3) Enrollment in these courses is limited to students holding art offices on the editorial or related staffs of the Critograph, Argonaut, or Prism. Requirements and hour designations are established between instructor and student on an individual basis. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory credit only.
ART 480 DESIGN PRACTICUM (3) Pre-requisite: a background of working in the discipline and consent of instructor. This course provides students with professional practice in graphic design. Practical work experience in the course includes client work approved by art faculty. The course functions much like a professional design agency where students maintain clients, and learn about account management, and production. Students will gain an understanding of professionalism and business knowledge while providing a service that would strengthen their portfolio.