ARTS
1301. Art Appreciation Available
on the Web
(3-3-0) Prerequisite: None
Art Appreciation is a lecture course exploring the elements of visual language,
their nature, functions, and relationships in painting, sculpture, architecture,
and industrial design. Focus is on the development and application of critical
thinking skills. |
ARTS
1303. Art History Survey I Available
on the Web
(3-3-0) Prerequisite: None.
Art History Survey I is a lecture
course in the history of painting, sculpture, architecture,
and other art forms from prehistoric times to the 14th century. |
ARTS
1304. Art History Survey II Available
on the Web
(3-3-0) Prerequisite: None.
Art History Survey
II is a lecture course in the history of painting, sculpture,
architecture, and other art forms from the 14th century to
present times. |
ARTS
1311. Design I
(3-3-3) Prerequisite: None
Samples of student work
Design I is an art studio course in the theory and practice of design. The fundamental
principles and elements of design as related to visual structure. Focus is on
the development and application of critical thinking skills. |
ARTS
1312. Design II
(3-3-3) Prerequisite: ARTS 1311
Samples of student work
Design II is an art studio course in the formal elements of design in three dimensions
with an emphasis on personal expression. |
ARTS
1316. Drawing I
(3-3-3) Prerequisite: None
Samples of student work
Drawing I is an art studio course investigating a variety of media, techniques,
and subjects exploring perceptual and descriptive possibilities with consideration
of drawing and figure construction as a developmental process as well as an end
in itself. Focus is on the development and application of critical thinking skills. |
ARTS
1317. Drawing II (Formerly ART 1304)
(3-3-3) Prerequisite: ARTS 1316
Samples
of student work
Drawing II is an art studio course offering further investigation of drawing,
stressing the expressive and conceptual aspects of drawing and figure construction
within a spatial environment. |
ARTS
1325. Drawing & Painting
(3-3-3) Prerequisite: None
Samples of student work
Drawing & Painting is an art studio course in the basic problems encountered
in the processes of drawing and painting. |
ARTS
2311. Design III
(3-3-3) Prerequisite: ARTS 1311
Samples of student work
Design III is an art studio course which further investigates the problem
of two-dimensional concepts with emphasis on color theory and personal expression. |
ARTS
2316. Painting I
(3-3-3) Prerequisites: None
Samples of student work
Painting I is an art studio course which explores the potential of painting media
with emphasis on color, composition, and the dynamics of vision. |
ARTS
2317. Painting II (Formerly ART 2322)
(3-3-3) Prerequisite: ARTS 2316
Samples of student work
Painting II is an art studio course which offers a continuation of ART 2316
with emphasis on individual expression. With the instructor's approval, this
course may be repeated once for an additional 3 hours credit as a study in advanced
problems and techniques. |
ARTS
2323. Drawing III
(3-3-3) Prerequisite: ARTS 1317
Samples of student work
Drawing III is an art studio course dealing with problems of structure and
action of the human figure and conceptual aspects of drawing. |
ARTS
2324. Drawing IV
(3-3-3) Prerequisite: ARTS 2323
Samples of student work
Drawing IV is an art studio course which investigates drawing with emphasis on
individual expression. With the instructor's approval, this course may be repeated
once for an additional 3 hours credit as a study in advanced problems and techniques. |
ARTS
2326. Sculpture I
(3-3-3) Prerequisite: None
Samples of student work
Sculpture I is an art studio course which explores three-dimensional concepts
of form in a variety of media. |
ARTS
2327. Sculpture II
(3-3-3) Prerequisite: ARTS 2326
Samples of student work
Sculpture II is an art studio course which continues ARTS 2326 with emphasis
on individual expression. With the instructor's approval, this course may be
repeated once for an additional 3 hours credit as a study in advanced problems
and techniques. |
ARTS
2333. Printmaking I
(3-3-3) Prerequisite: None
Samples of student work
Printmaking I is an art studio course which explores various printmaking techniques,
including planographic, intaglio, stencil, and relief. |
ARTS
2334. Printmaking II
(3-3-3) Prerequisite: ARTS 2333
Samples of student work
Printmaking II is an art studio course offering a continuation of ARTS 2333 including
the opportunity to specialize printmaking skills with an emphasis on personal
expression. With the instructor's approval, this course may be repeated once
for an additional 3 hours credit as a study in advanced problems and techniques. |
ARTS
2341. Art Metals I: Jewelry Design
(3-3-3) Prerequisite: None
Samples of student work
Jewelry Design is an art studio course exploring the fundamentals of design and
construction of jewelry with an emphasis on the creative use of nonferrous metals. |
ARTS
2342. Art Metals II: Jewelry Design
(3-3-3) Prerequisite: ARTS 2341
Samples
of student work
Art Metals II is an art studio course exploring design problems in precious metals,
including construction, casting, and stone setting. With the instructor's approval,
this course may be repeated once for an additional 3 hours credit as a study
in advanced problems and techniques. |
ARTS
2346. Ceramics I
(3-3-3) Prerequisite: None
Samples of student work
Ceramics I is an art studio course in the preparation of clays for ceramics;
processes of making pottery with emphasis on hand building techniques and an
introduction to hand throwing processes, glazing and firing. |
ARTS
2347. Ceramics II
(3-3-3) Prerequisite: ARTS 2346
Samples of student work
Ceramics II is an art studio course stressing wheel throwing techniques. Emphasis
is on increased student proficiency, continued aesthetic development, and self-expression.
With instructor's approval, this course may be repeated once for an additional
3 hours credit as a study in advanced problems and techniques. |
ARTS
2356. Fine Arts Photography I
(3-3-3) Prerequisites: ARTS 1303, ARTS 1304, ARTS 1317, ARTS 2311
Samples of student work
Fine Arts Photography I is a studio course introducing the possibilities of photography
as an artistic medium. Topics include a multicultural historical focus on photography
as a 20th century artistic medium, application of fundamental photographic theory,
methods, materials, equipment, and techniques, black and white film processing
and printing, aesthetic and ethical issues and processes of digital photography
and computer manipulation of photographs. Problems include organization and direction
of field assignments and the use of photographs as a medium for artistic expression. |
ARTS
2356. Fine Arts Photography II
(3-3-3) Prerequisites: ARTS 2356
Samples of student work
Fine Arts Photography II is a studio course offering further investigation
into the possibilities of photography as an artistic medium. Topics include a
continued exploration of photography as a 20th century artistic medium with an
emphasis on individual expression with regard to specific applications of aesthetic
and ethical issues of film and digital photographic processes. Assignments emphasize
creative productivity, independent written research, group dynamics and oral
communication skills including articulation of creative strategies and aesthetic
perspectives in classroom critiques and exhibition gallery presentations. This
course may be repeated for an additional three semester hours credit as a study
in advanced problems and techniques. |
ARTS
2372. Problems In Contemporary Art
(3-3-0) Prerequisite: Freshman Art Core.
Problems in Contemporary Art is a lecture
course which examines current concerns and practices of the visual arts. It is
germane to the course that it be taught as a colloquium. With the instructor's
approval, this course may be repeated once for an additional 3 hours credit.
This is a writing-intensive course. |
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