Art Courses - 3000 and Up
ART 3030. Drawing III: Multimedia (3). Prerequisite: ART 2030. An intensive exploration of a wide range of drawing media, with emphasis on experimentation, the creation of a visual style, and the use of drawing as a means of personal expression.
ART 3040. Figure Drawing III (3). Prerequisite: ART 2040. A continuation of studio practices from previous figure courses with added emphasis on exploring the expressive possibilities of the figure. Students will combine and mix a variety of drawing and painting media and papers and techniques in order to complete a portfolio of figurative work that reflects variety of theme and interpretation. ($35.00 course fee)
ART 3050. Painting III (3). Prerequisite: ART 2050. Advanced skill development in painting, with continued experimentation in a wider variety of methods and materials, and an emphasis on exploration in an individual area of interest. Students are expected to define and carry out projects based on their specific objectives. The focus will be on the encouragement and development of the student's personal direction. The use of color, content, composition, and emotional impact will be stressed. Students will focus on creativity of expression through conceptual and technical experimentation in a variety of painting media. ($50.00 course fee)
ART 3060. Photography III (3). Prerequisite: ART 2060. Advanced study of black and white photography, as well as other photographic mediums. This course will explore the use of fiber-based papers, toning, medium format, color and alternative photographic processes such as cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown. There is more emphasis on concentrating the focus of ideas, viewer reaction to finished prints, and evaluating the quality of the final image. ($110.00 course fee)
ART 3070. Clay III (3). Prerequisites: ART 2070. Advanced study in the techniques and concepts of the work in clay. A continuation of the work done in Clay II with the refinement of a personal approach to clay, plus the possible introduction to or continued instruction in clay and glaze formulation, alternative firing methods, and/or the loading and firing of electric kilns. Concentration in this course may be on wheel throwing, sculpture, and/or handbuilding techniques with students beginning to develop their own personal approach to working with clay and decorating original ceramic ware. ($35.00 course fee)
ART 3080. Sculpture III (3). Prerequisite: ART 2080. This course will focus on each student's development in the conceptual realm with emphasis on material and technical exploration. In addition to tailoring to the individual needs of students, this course will also require the study of pertinent text and timely and culturally relevant work. ($35.00 course fee)
ART 3090. Printmaking III (3). Prerequisite: ART 2090. Besides continuing and developing techniques in traditional printmaking methods, this course will emphasize experimentation and personal exploration into one or two specific methods as well as introducing photographic techniques and dimensional prints. ($35.00 course fee)
ART 3150. Watercolor Painting II (3). A deeper investigation and continuation of special techniques and approaches introduced in Watercolor Painting I. Mastering the application of certain techniques alongside the sensitive use of spontaneous and unpredictable outcomes will help students to better understand the medium. Summer only. ($50.00 course fee).
ART 3160. Mixed Media Painting (3). Creating with a combination of several different media in a single work of art. Students will incorporate paint, collage, transfers, found objects, and more as they create their works, offering students the opportunity to explore a new approach to image making on the flat surface. Summer only. ($50.00 course fee)
ART 3410. Linear Design (3). Prerequisites: ART 2410, 2420, 2430 and a portfolio review prior to registration. Third in a series of Design Communications courses. The course outcome will focus on the continued development of a professional-level design portfolio. Class projects will include publication design, web-site design, and introduction to visual rhetoric. This course requires proficiency in working with and combining raster-based and vector-based digital imagery. Extensive outside work will be required. ($100.00 course fee)
ART 3411. Junior Production Workshop (1). Emphasizes technology and production skills for web and multimedia. This course must be taken twice; once each semester during the junior year.(course/lab fee $100)
ART 3420. Information Design Packaging (3). Prerequisites: ART 3410 and a passing portfolio review prior to registration. Fourth in a series of Design Communications courses. The course will explore the communication of ideas within the framework of Information Design, which seeks to edify more than to persuade. Students will examine how people read and learn information, and navigate through a space, such as a book, the web, or a physical space. Class projects will be multi-faceted, and include redesign of an identity system, navigational system, and informational signage for hypothetical clients. Students will also be introduced to the study of semiotics as well as the environmental design field. Emphasis will be made on investigative research with projects to be completed in groups and individually. Extensive outside work will be required. ($100.00 course fee)
ART 3430. Illustration I (3). Prerequisite: ART 2030, ART 2040, ART 2420. This course is an introduction to Illustration in the graphic design industry. Emphasis is on problem solving within the context of a client communication problem and working relationships with Creative Directors. This course requires proficiency in basic design skills, drawing, figure drawing, and painting. Extensive outside work is required. ($50. course fee)
ART 3440. History and Philosophy of Design (3). Prerequisite: Junior Standing. Students will examine the history and relevant theory of visual communication and graphic design including its historical relationship to the larger culture in which it functions. General emphasis will be placed on the influence of technology on communication, and the evolution of visual forms and language. Specific emphasis will be placed on the socio-political role of design in areas such as commerce, culture, propaganda, and ideology. This lecture course will combine readings, discussions, and practical application of theory/concepts through written assignments and the creation of visual artifacts. ($50.00 course fee)
Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G – Global Studies).
ART 3450. Illustration II (3). Prerequisite: ART 2030, ART 2040, ART 2050, ART 2420, ART 3430. Planning and rendering of advertising and editorial illustrations in various media. Projects include creating imagery for such formats as publications, editorial, and packaging design. This course requires proficiency in basic skills, drawing, figure drawing, and painting. Extensive outside work is required. ($50. course fee)
ART 4015. Art Senior Capstone (3). Taken in the Fall semester prior to Spring graduation only. May be taken concurrently with ART 4900, Senior Exhibition / Portfolio only if a student is graduating in the Fall semester.
ART 4030. Drawing IV (3). Prerequisite: ART 3030. A continuation of the creative processes of ART 3030, with the additional requirement of developing and completing a body of thematically-related drawings. Students will further investigate media, scale, and surface qualities while refining their choice and understanding of subject matter, concept, and intended audience. Students will also concentrate on defining their drawing as sketches, illustrations, and/or finished works.
ART 4050. Painting IV (3). Prerequisite: ART 3050. This is an independent studies course in painting in which the content of the course is planned by the student under the supervision of the instructor. There should be a continuation of concerns from Painting III with an emphasis on point of view and image making in painting. Students should continue to focus on creativity of expression through conceptual and technical experimentation in a variety of painting media. ($50.00 course fee)
ART 4060. Photography IV (3). Prerequisite: ART 3060. Intense advanced study of black and white and alternative photographic processes. Students will need to have a 35mm SLR camera. A medium-format camera is beneficial but not required. This course will explore more toning, medium and large format, color, and alternative photographic processes learned in Photography III. There will be an emphasis on nurturing a photographically self-reliant individual with independent visual images. Students will develop their own ideas into visual projects with an emphasis on the quality and variety of a final portfolio. ($110.00 course fee)
ART 4070. Clay IV (3). Prerequisite: ART 3070. Students in this course will continue to create an individual relationship with clay and its different stages, on and off the wheel. They will find a focus of direction to work on, one which will expand on the individual's communication skills. Students will be further exposed to historical and contemporary work from around the world. ($35.00 course fee)
ART 4090. Printmaking IV (3). Prerequisite: ART 3090. Advanced study in one specific method of printmaking. This course emphasizes experimentation and development of the student's personal approach to the medium. ($35.00 course fee)
ART 4200. Teaching (0-4). This course examines strategies for instruction: measurement, evaluation, counseling, classroom management, and the preparation of materials for the student teaching experience. This course is a re listing of EDU 4200 Teaching in Schools.
ART 4240. Student Teaching (8). (For prerequisites see: Admission to Student Teaching; in the education section) This laboratory course gives the student teacher experience in the school and an opportunity to observe and use appropriate classroom procedures under the direct supervision of an experienced teacher. This course requires satisfactory presentation of a professional portfolio and includes a seminar which meets weekly during the full-time student teaching experience. ($325.00 course fee)
ART 4410. Narrative and Advocacy Design (3). Prerequisites: ART 3420, ART 3440 and passing portfolio review prior to registration. Fifth in a series of Design Communications courses, in which students will progress towards acquiring their design voice. Class projects will be narrative (linear and non-linear) and reflect an awareness of the designer’s role and responsibility within society. A wide range of software applications will be used to create the narratives. In addition, projects will require students to investigate contemporary and historical solutions to the issue of design-as-advocacy. Students will explore a range of concerns from recycling, sustainability and consumer consumption to community involvement and relationships with not-for-profit organizations. Extensive outside work will be required. ($100.00 course fee)
ART 4420. Identity and Branding (3). Prerequisite: ART 4410. The final in a core series of Design Communications courses focusing on the development of a professional-level design portfolio. Projects include the development of a full-scale corporate identity program including graphics standards manual and packaging and/or display design. Extensive outside work is required. (This course can be taken to fulfill the internship requirement.) ($100.00 course fee)
ART 4490. Design Administration (3). This course is the study of coordination, management and administration of the operations of a graphic design business. The content of this course includes management, project coordination, technical issues and creative issues. Management topics will include business operations such as personnel supervision, organizational structure, finances, legal issues, self-marketing, standards and accountability. Project coordination topics will include;account service and management, marketing, project tracking, personnel supervision and external services supervision. Creative topics will include creative direction in visual communication, visual and verbal problem solving, and traditional fine arts skills. Technology topics will include technology management and financing as well as mass market publishing technologies.
ART 4600 - 4760. Art History Seminars (3 each) Prerequisites: ART 2800, ART 2810 or permission of instructor. Each course will be an in-depth seminar including extensive examples of visual expression with particular emphasis being placed on the art, artists, and/or architects of the period, group, or style discussed. A major segment of the course will be the consideration of the formal elements that characterize the styles, artists, and cultures discussed. Discussions will be an important segment of the particular course and will be developed in class and augmented by various assignments and activities. All students should be able to identify and discuss aspects related to the particular topics, and will complete a special research paper and presentation within a chosen area of interest.
ART 4600. Art & Architecture of Ancient Egypt & the Near East.
ART 4610. Art & Architecture of Ancient Greece & Rome.
ART 4620. Early Christian & Byzantine Art. Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G – Global Studies).
ART 4630. Asian Art & Architecture.
ART 4640. Pre-Columbian Art & Architecture.
ART 4650. Romanesque & Gothic Art & Architecture.
ART 4660. Art of Italian Renaissance. Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G – Global Studies).
ART 4670. Art of Northern Renaissance.
ART 4680. Baroque & Rococo Art & Architecture.
ART 4690. History of American Art: 1645-1945.
ART 4700. 19th Century Art & Architecture. Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G – Global Studies).
ART 4710. African-American Art.
ART 4720. History of Photography.
ART 4730. Modernism and the Visual Arts. (see description)
ART 4740. Postmodernism and the Visual Arts. (see description)
ART 4750. Women Artists Throughout History.
ART 4730. Modernism and the Visual Arts (3). A survey of the visual arts from 1800-1960. The course focuses on a variety of 2D, 3D, and architectural forms within the context of European and American culture from the period. Emphasis is given to the artist's analysis and revolutionary reaction to the modern era. Movements treated range from Fauvism through Abstract Expressionism, covering the gamut of modernist movements.
ART 4740. Postmodernism and the Visual Arts (3). A survey of the visual arts from 1960 to the present. The course focuses on a variety of 2D, 3D, and architectural forms within the context of European and American culture from the period. The survey continues the considerations of ART 4730, furthering the study of revolutionary theories and practices in the visual arts, and examines how these works reflect current social, political, psychological, and technological realities. Movements covered the range from Pop-Art through Performance Art, covering the gamut of contemporary movements.
ART 4760. Special Topics in Art History (3). Prerequisite: ART 2800 and ART 2810 or permission of instructor. Any Art History seminar whose topic is not currently listed among those in the university bulletin or catalog, but qualifies as an acceptable substitute. Approval of the course is made by the Art Department Chair and/or the appropriate Art History faculty member prior to student registration.ART 4800. Advanced Study in Studio Art (3). Prerequisite: Highest level in particular area or permission of instructor. Specialized studio work to advance an individual student's ideas and techniques. Short thesis and oral defense of the work required. ($50.00 course fee may be required)
ART 4850. Internship in Art (2-9). An optional course for students in the B.F.A. program (required of Graphic Design majors). Students may work in any art-related employment, such as advertising, publishing, or galleries and earn university credit.
Gen. Ed. Designation: EL (I – Internships, Clinicals, Practica).
ART 4900. Senior Exhibition / Portfolio (2). Prerequisite: ART 4015 or permission of Department Chair and Instructor. Note course policy for ART 4015 Senior Capstone.This course is for all graduating art majors. The objective is to develop the skills and impart the information necessary for being a working artist or designer, culminating in an exit review in the form of a formal portfolio review for Design Communications majors and a gallery exhibition for Studio and Art Education majors. Design Communications majors may also have a gallery exhibition. Students will develop a resume, business card, and promotional material and gain first-hand experience working with printers and other professional resources. Students will focus and get advice on the formal development-planning, preparation, execution- of their portfolio or exhibit. In addition, career-oriented discussions in a seminar atmosphere will relate to concerns and issues in the professional art and design world including but not limited to graduate school, job searches, networking as well as visits to area galleries, studios, and design firms. Upon the completion of the course, students are required to submit a slide portfolio and copies of their printed collateral (resume, business card, and self-promotional piece) in addition to their exit portfolio/exhibit. This course should be taken concurrently with ART 4015, Art Senior Capstone
Gen. Ed. Designation: EL (P – Recitals, Shows, Exhibits).
