DESCRIPTIONS (alphabetical)
Art and Understanding: An introductory exploration of art history and the visual arts with an emphasis placed on the interaction between the practice of the visual arts and attempts to understand the human condition in past and present cultures around the world. Selected contemporary and historical issues in the visual arts will be examined through analysis, writing, and oral communication. Recommended for students wishing to fulfill the arts communication intensive requirement of the General Education program. Prerequisite: ENGL 111.
Course Theme: Socially Engaged Art.
Art Appreciation: This introductory course for the beginner in art focuses on a study of a variety of visual arts through media, style, genre, historical period, and culture. The course provides a broad understanding and appreciation of artistic expressions from a wide variety of perspectives. Not an elective for art, design or BFA majors.
Artist Bookmaking: Methods of preparing images and text to be expressed as a bound book. Artists’ books, journals, electronic bookworks.
Art Education: Introduction to art for prospective teachers. Develops the ability to stimulate the creative interests of children in art. Acquaints the student with a variety of methods and materials adjusted to various grade levels.
Art Experience (non-majors): Designed for students not majoring in Art to provide an enriching experience to two- and three-dimensional media: to include drawing, painting, graphic media, clay and other sculptural media. It is designed primarily for the general degree student who wishes to have some art experience. There will also be an emphasis on art appreciation.
Art History: Prehistory to Early Renaissance: This course examines the history of art from earliest prehistoric eras through the early Renaissance period in Europe, the Mid-East, and Northern Africa, and focuses on painting, sculpture, and architecture. Students will gain an understanding of the art practices, art media, and art social roles across time and cultures, through the use of lectures, videos, images, discussion, presentations, reading, and gallery/museum visits. Students will develop an understanding of the creation of art as linked to the cultural and historical context.
Art History: High Renaissance to Contemporary: This course examines this history of art from the Renaissance period through the 20th century in Europe and North America, focusing on painting, sculpture, and architecture. Students will gain an understanding of how the art practices, art media, and art social roles evolved in Europe and North America over the last 500 years, through the use of lectures, videos, images, discussion, presentations, reading, and gallery/museum visits. Students will develop an understanding of the creation of art as linked to the cultural and historical context.
Contemporary Art History (online &F2F): Examines Contemporary Art using contemporary theoretical methods. Engages in readings, discussions, and written analysis of globally recognized artists, artworks, and stylistic trends.
Design 2-D: Introduction to underlying concepts for making and analyzing two-dimensional art. Use of design elements and principles with basic color theory to achieve specific goals for visual communication.
Design 3-D: Visual fundamentals of three-dimensional design. Basic experience in expression of personal ideas in form, using a variety of techniques and methods.
Directed Readings in Media Culture (online): Independent study with advanced students on Media and Visual Culture.
Drawing I: Freehand drawing using basic drawing materials. Exploration of the figure, still life, other traditional and non-traditional sources for visual imagery. Emphasis on the visual concept and its relationship to techniques and materials.
Exploring Diversity: Explores themes, issues, perspectives and experiences related to diversity. Provides an opportunity to reflect and practice an interdisciplinary approach to the study of diversity in a global world. Credit may be earned in only one of the following: SSI 288W, SSI 289W, EDU 388W, EDU 389W, IHU 280W, or IHU 281W. (45-0)
Figural Sculpture: Life sculpture course concentrating on technical and artistic problems involved in sculpting the human figure in a variety of materials and employing a variety of sculptural processes.
Figure Drawing: Traditional life drawing course concentrating on technical and artistic problems involved in drawing the human figure. Exploration of a variety of media and compositional concerns with emphasis on the finished drawing as an esthetic statement.
International Studies in Interdisciplinary Humanities: Provides an interdisciplinary study-travel experience focused on examining two or more aspects of the Humanities in a region outside the United States. Involves reading, writing, and travel.
Intro to Art Therapy (Civic Engagement course; online, hybrid & F2F): An introduction to the fields of art therapy, Art as Therapy, and Expressive Arts Therapies. Course considers the history and science of the practice, contemporary protocols, and basic techniques as they relate to other fields such as public health, mental health, education, and social work. The course is designed as an introduction to and exploration of the basic theories, practices, and populations prevalent in the fields of Art Therapy, Art as Therapy, and Expressive Arts Therapies.
Intro to Studio Arts: Introductory course involving students in several areas of studio art including (but not limited to) drawing, two-dimensional design, three-dimensional design using a variety of drawing, painting, and sculpting materials. Designed for non-art majors who want a hands-on studio experience; does not replace the foundation courses required for those majoring in art.
Intro to Visual Arts (online &F2F): Examination of the essential characteristics of the visual arts, intended to develop in the student a discriminating appreciation of these arts. Lectures, tapes, slides, reading, and gallery tours.
Mixed Media: Intermediate course exploring a variety of techniques and media, including collage and assemblage. Focus on ready-made objects as well as newly formed objects and their assembly to create innovative art in a sculptural direction.
New Fiber Arts: Intermediate course exploring a variety of techniques in fibers including weaving, felting, assemblage, stitching, dying and installation processes.
Sculpture: Investigation of a variety of media and technical processes, including carving, modeling, fabricating and casting. Emphasis on development of personal imagery and awareness of contemporary influences.
Senior Seminar (BFA): Necessary and practical information related to artists entering the art world. Technical items such as matting, framing, photographing and displaying art; writing contracts; and dealing with commissions. Senior BFA exhibition included as part of the course grade.
Studio Practices: This is a first-year experience course for Studio Arts Majors. It is an introduction to working in a shared studio setting, art and studio practices of professional artists, exploration of different careers in the visual arts, and exploring art resources in the surrounding communities. The course focuses on what it means to be a visual artist and related resources through discussion, studio tours, artist talks, museum lectures, and active learning introducing students to a diverse range of ideas, processes, and contexts shaping the experience and practice of visual art today.
Visual Communications Theory & Process (online): Introduction to contemporary graphic design. Theory, professional practices, creative workflow, career paths, digital graphics hardware and software usage, copyright, ethics. Cross-listed as Com 160.
Western Art Survey or Art History and Appreciation I (online, F2F, hybrid): Required of all first-year art majors. Surveys Western art from Prehistoric times to the Renaissance. Deals with major artworks, artists and cultures of the Prehistoric, Ancient, Classical and Medieval cultures. Emphasizes the architecture and sculpture of these periods.
World Art Survey (online): Surveys world cultures and their art forms through time. Focus is on the historic and contemporary cultural arts of Africa, Oceana, Asia, and the Native cultures of North and South America.
Woodshop Orientation: The Woodshop Orientation introduces students to general woodworking safety practices and basic woodworking materials and techniques. It is an introduction to the materials, processes, and procedures that are utilized in subsequent studio courses. Students will learn to safely use hand tools, power tools and woodworking machinery, as well as basic woodworking terminology. This is not a proficiency course but rather is a basic introduction to the woodshop safety and processes relative to art/graphics class projects that utilize the woodshop facilities in the Visual Art & Design Center.
Art and Understanding: An introductory exploration of art history and the visual arts with an emphasis placed on the interaction between the practice of the visual arts and attempts to understand the human condition in past and present cultures around the world. Selected contemporary and historical issues in the visual arts will be examined through analysis, writing, and oral communication. Recommended for students wishing to fulfill the arts communication intensive requirement of the General Education program. Prerequisite: ENGL 111.
Course Theme: Socially Engaged Art.
Art Appreciation: This introductory course for the beginner in art focuses on a study of a variety of visual arts through media, style, genre, historical period, and culture. The course provides a broad understanding and appreciation of artistic expressions from a wide variety of perspectives. Not an elective for art, design or BFA majors.
Artist Bookmaking: Methods of preparing images and text to be expressed as a bound book. Artists’ books, journals, electronic bookworks.
Art Education: Introduction to art for prospective teachers. Develops the ability to stimulate the creative interests of children in art. Acquaints the student with a variety of methods and materials adjusted to various grade levels.
Art Experience (non-majors): Designed for students not majoring in Art to provide an enriching experience to two- and three-dimensional media: to include drawing, painting, graphic media, clay and other sculptural media. It is designed primarily for the general degree student who wishes to have some art experience. There will also be an emphasis on art appreciation.
Art History: Prehistory to Early Renaissance: This course examines the history of art from earliest prehistoric eras through the early Renaissance period in Europe, the Mid-East, and Northern Africa, and focuses on painting, sculpture, and architecture. Students will gain an understanding of the art practices, art media, and art social roles across time and cultures, through the use of lectures, videos, images, discussion, presentations, reading, and gallery/museum visits. Students will develop an understanding of the creation of art as linked to the cultural and historical context.
Art History: High Renaissance to Contemporary: This course examines this history of art from the Renaissance period through the 20th century in Europe and North America, focusing on painting, sculpture, and architecture. Students will gain an understanding of how the art practices, art media, and art social roles evolved in Europe and North America over the last 500 years, through the use of lectures, videos, images, discussion, presentations, reading, and gallery/museum visits. Students will develop an understanding of the creation of art as linked to the cultural and historical context.
Contemporary Art History (online &F2F): Examines Contemporary Art using contemporary theoretical methods. Engages in readings, discussions, and written analysis of globally recognized artists, artworks, and stylistic trends.
Design 2-D: Introduction to underlying concepts for making and analyzing two-dimensional art. Use of design elements and principles with basic color theory to achieve specific goals for visual communication.
Design 3-D: Visual fundamentals of three-dimensional design. Basic experience in expression of personal ideas in form, using a variety of techniques and methods.
Directed Readings in Media Culture (online): Independent study with advanced students on Media and Visual Culture.
Drawing I: Freehand drawing using basic drawing materials. Exploration of the figure, still life, other traditional and non-traditional sources for visual imagery. Emphasis on the visual concept and its relationship to techniques and materials.
Exploring Diversity: Explores themes, issues, perspectives and experiences related to diversity. Provides an opportunity to reflect and practice an interdisciplinary approach to the study of diversity in a global world. Credit may be earned in only one of the following: SSI 288W, SSI 289W, EDU 388W, EDU 389W, IHU 280W, or IHU 281W. (45-0)
Figural Sculpture: Life sculpture course concentrating on technical and artistic problems involved in sculpting the human figure in a variety of materials and employing a variety of sculptural processes.
Figure Drawing: Traditional life drawing course concentrating on technical and artistic problems involved in drawing the human figure. Exploration of a variety of media and compositional concerns with emphasis on the finished drawing as an esthetic statement.
International Studies in Interdisciplinary Humanities: Provides an interdisciplinary study-travel experience focused on examining two or more aspects of the Humanities in a region outside the United States. Involves reading, writing, and travel.
Intro to Art Therapy (Civic Engagement course; online, hybrid & F2F): An introduction to the fields of art therapy, Art as Therapy, and Expressive Arts Therapies. Course considers the history and science of the practice, contemporary protocols, and basic techniques as they relate to other fields such as public health, mental health, education, and social work. The course is designed as an introduction to and exploration of the basic theories, practices, and populations prevalent in the fields of Art Therapy, Art as Therapy, and Expressive Arts Therapies.
Intro to Studio Arts: Introductory course involving students in several areas of studio art including (but not limited to) drawing, two-dimensional design, three-dimensional design using a variety of drawing, painting, and sculpting materials. Designed for non-art majors who want a hands-on studio experience; does not replace the foundation courses required for those majoring in art.
Intro to Visual Arts (online &F2F): Examination of the essential characteristics of the visual arts, intended to develop in the student a discriminating appreciation of these arts. Lectures, tapes, slides, reading, and gallery tours.
Mixed Media: Intermediate course exploring a variety of techniques and media, including collage and assemblage. Focus on ready-made objects as well as newly formed objects and their assembly to create innovative art in a sculptural direction.
New Fiber Arts: Intermediate course exploring a variety of techniques in fibers including weaving, felting, assemblage, stitching, dying and installation processes.
Sculpture: Investigation of a variety of media and technical processes, including carving, modeling, fabricating and casting. Emphasis on development of personal imagery and awareness of contemporary influences.
Senior Seminar (BFA): Necessary and practical information related to artists entering the art world. Technical items such as matting, framing, photographing and displaying art; writing contracts; and dealing with commissions. Senior BFA exhibition included as part of the course grade.
Studio Practices: This is a first-year experience course for Studio Arts Majors. It is an introduction to working in a shared studio setting, art and studio practices of professional artists, exploration of different careers in the visual arts, and exploring art resources in the surrounding communities. The course focuses on what it means to be a visual artist and related resources through discussion, studio tours, artist talks, museum lectures, and active learning introducing students to a diverse range of ideas, processes, and contexts shaping the experience and practice of visual art today.
Visual Communications Theory & Process (online): Introduction to contemporary graphic design. Theory, professional practices, creative workflow, career paths, digital graphics hardware and software usage, copyright, ethics. Cross-listed as Com 160.
Western Art Survey or Art History and Appreciation I (online, F2F, hybrid): Required of all first-year art majors. Surveys Western art from Prehistoric times to the Renaissance. Deals with major artworks, artists and cultures of the Prehistoric, Ancient, Classical and Medieval cultures. Emphasizes the architecture and sculpture of these periods.
World Art Survey (online): Surveys world cultures and their art forms through time. Focus is on the historic and contemporary cultural arts of Africa, Oceana, Asia, and the Native cultures of North and South America.
Woodshop Orientation: The Woodshop Orientation introduces students to general woodworking safety practices and basic woodworking materials and techniques. It is an introduction to the materials, processes, and procedures that are utilized in subsequent studio courses. Students will learn to safely use hand tools, power tools and woodworking machinery, as well as basic woodworking terminology. This is not a proficiency course but rather is a basic introduction to the woodshop safety and processes relative to art/graphics class projects that utilize the woodshop facilities in the Visual Art & Design Center.