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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:

ART 1102 | ART 1103 | ART 1104 | ART 1180 | ART 1202 | ART 1203 | ART 1204 | ART 1205 | ART 2201 | ART 2205 | ART 2208 | ART 2302 | ART 2421 | ART 2422 | ART 2502 | ART 2722 | ART 3112 | ART 3202 | ART 3204 | ART 3207 | ART 3302 | ART 3315 | ART 3421 | ART 3422 | ART 3502 | ART 3546 | ART 3602 | ART 3603 | ART 3604 | ART 3605 | ART 3606 | ART 3607 | ART 3608 | ART 3610 | ART 3722 | ART 4112 | ART 4208 | ART 4210 | ART 4212 | ART 4236 | ART 4302 | ART 4421 | ART 4422 | ART 4722 | ART 4898 | ART 4899 | ART 4900 | ART 4920 | ART 4930 | ART 4943 | ART 4950 | ART 4966 | ART 4968 | VIEW ALL

ART 1102: () Offerings
Studies the use of line, perspective, value, and composition in the context of drawing as visual description based on observation and analysis of various motifs. Emphasizes linear drawing. Extra fee.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A Restrictions:Junior, Senior students are excluded.
ART 1103: () Offerings
Studies the use of line, perspective, value, and composition in the context of drawing as visual description based on observation and analysis of various motifs. Emphasizes tonal drawing. Extra fee.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A Restrictions:Junior, Senior students are excluded.
ART 1104: () Offerings
Studies the use of line, perspective, value, and composition in the context of drawing as visual description based on observation and analysis of various motifs. Emphasizes composition of the pictorial space. Extra fee.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A Restrictions:Junior, Senior students are excluded.
ART 1180: () Offerings
Introduces and analyzes visual forms through lecture, observation, and discussion. The nature of the visual arts is explored from the vantage points of the artist and viewer/critic.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A
ART 1202: () Offerings
Applies the elements and principles of visual arts and design to two-dimensional projects in a variety of media emphasizing practical design problems. Emphasizes two-dimensional design. Extra fee.
ART 1203: () Offerings
Applies the elements and principles of visual arts and design to three-dimensional projects in a variety of media emphasizing practical design problems. Emphasizes three-dimensional design. Extra fee.
ART 1204: () Offerings
Applies the elements and principles of visual art and design to projects utilizing digital imaging and manipulation. Emphasis placed on digital media as tools for creating works of art. Extra fee.
Restrictions:Art Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students only.
ART 1205: () Offerings
Presents an overview of the study of color and color relationships. Emphasis will be placed on the seven color contrasts as defined by Itten in the Elements of Color. Students will work with both paint and computer systems.
Restrictions:Art Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students only.
ART 2201: () Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 1102, 1202, and 1205. Overview and exploration of the rudimentary use of digital media as it relates to the production of visual communications. Extra fee.
ART 2205: () Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 2201. Exploration of traditional and digital methods of capturing images for refinement, manipulation, or reference. Extra fee.
Restrictions:Visual Arts Majors only.
ART 2208: () Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 2201. Introduction to the communicative, symbolic, and associative aspects of typography. Emphasis is placed upon the strategic use of typography as a primary design element. Extra fee.
Restrictions:Visual Arts, Visual Communication Majors only. Freshman students are excluded.
ART 2302: () Offerings
Analyzes problems in two-dimensional composition and the expression of volume on the two-dimensional plane emphasizing materials and techniques of oil painting. Extra fee.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A
ART 2421: () Offerings
Studies graphic art with projects in several printing media including relief and intaglio processes in woodcut, linocut, drypoint and etching, lithography, and monoprint. Extra fee.
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
ART 2422: () Offerings
Teaches the raising, soldering, and forging of metals into utensils and decorative forms such as jewelry. Emphasizes fabrication. Extra fee.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A
ART 2502: () Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 1102, 1202, and ART 1205 or 3315. Introduction to the various problems, materials, techniques, and processes utilized in professional illustration. Extra fee.
ART 2722: () Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 1203. Studies of three-dimensional form and composition with the several media typically used in sculpture. Emphasizes additive and subtractive sculpture techniques. Extra fee.
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
ART 3112: () Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 1102, 1103, 1104. Studies the problems of anatomical structure with sketching and drawing from the draped model. Extra fee.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Art, Textiles Clothing and Interior Majors only. Freshman students are excluded.
ART 3202: () Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 2201, 2205, 2208. Exploration of creative ideas, resources, digital processes, media, and terminology in the development of visual communication solutions. Extra fee.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Art, Visual Communication Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 3204: () Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 3202. Continues exploration of terminology, processes, and theory in the development of design solutions for various forms of visual communication. Extra fee.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Art, Visual Communication Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 3207: () Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 2208, 3204. Exploration of theoretical, practical and developmental aspects of information design. Focus on systematic aspects of communication and interactivity in preparation for designing in the electronic environment. Extra fee.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Art, Visual Communication Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 3302: () Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 2302 or permission of instructor. Emphasizes individual expression and the study of styles in various subject matter. Extra fee.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
ART 3315: () Offerings
Investigates a range of technical skills in the use of traditional watercolor. Extra fee.
Attributes:Upper-Division
ART 3421: () Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 2421 or permission of instructor. Studies graphic art with projects in several of the printmaking media including serigraph, collograph and monoprint. Extra fee.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 3422: () Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 2422 or permission of instructor. Teaches the raising, soldering, and forging of metals into utensils and decorative forms such as jewelry. Emphasizes forming. Extra fee.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 3502: () Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 1102, 1202, 3112, and 1205 or 3315. Investigates various forms of representation and their application to narrative content. Projects will emphasize the process of working from text to visual image in the form of illustration, computer art, painting, and/or printmaking. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit 1 time.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Art Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 3546: () Offerings
Discusses the principles and elements of art as related to a variety of media with direct application to use in the classroom. Special emphasis on the role of art in the curriculum and understanding the perceptual development of children. Studio periods will be augmented with lectures and discussion. Extra fee.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 3602: () Offerings
Explores the pictorial and plastic expression of the ancient Mediterranean cultures to the end of the Roman Empire. Offered alternate years.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A, Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
ART 3603: () Offerings
Explores the symbolic, pictorial, and plastic expressions of the early Christian and medieval periods. The course will also explore the art of Islam. Offered alternate years.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A, Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
ART 3604: () Offerings
Explores the symbolic, pictorial, and plastic expression of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Offered alternate years.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A, Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
ART 3605: () Offerings
Explores the plastic and pictorial expression of Europe and America from the 18th century to the present particularly emphasizing 20th-century development. Offered alternate years.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A, Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
ART 3606: () Offerings
Examines the art forms of Japan, Korea, China, India, and Indian Asia. Offered alternate years.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A, Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
ART 3607: () Offerings
Provides a survey of American art from colonial times to the present, covering architecture, painting, and sculpture. Offered alternate years.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A, Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
ART 3608: () Offerings
A study of art produced since 1970 focusing on current art movements and their relationship to changing societal values. Course structure includes both lecture/discussion and studio-oriented experiences. May be repeated for credit 1 time.
Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 3610: () Offerings
Survey of historical roots of typography, illustration, and graphic design to the present. Issues, ideas, and designer/artists are studied as vehicles for historical advancement.
Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course Restrictions:Art Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 3722: () Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 2722 or permission of instructor. Studies in development of composition and process with emphasis on refining media appropriate to conceptual development. Extra fee.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 4112: () Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 1102, 1103, 1104, 3112. Advanced studies of sketching and drawing from the draped model. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit up to 6 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 4208: () Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 3204. Introduction to the tools, processes, and strategies for time-based media. Concentration on fundamental properties of the electronic environment, along with development of appropriate skill base. Extra fee.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Art Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 4210: () Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 4208. Continued development of design aspects related to time-based and interactive media. Emphasis placed on strategic use of theory, methodology, and refinement in the development of electronic interactive Web sites or learning tools. Extra fee.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Art Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 4212: () Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 4210. Exploration and focus upon utilization of movement as a design element in the interactive electronic environment. Investigation of primitive to sophisticated uses of animation as a communicative instrument. Extra fee.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Art Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 4236: () Offerings
Instruction in the development of a professional portfolio including resume and cover-letter writing and presentation of samples of creative work. Extra fee.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Art, Visual Arts Majors only.
ART 4302: () Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 2302, 3302. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit 2 times.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Visual Arts Majors only. Junior, Senior students only.
ART 4421: () Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 2421, 3421 or permission of instructor. Studies graphic art with projects in several of the printing media, including woodcut, serigraph, and collagraph. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit 1 time.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 4422: () Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 2422, 3422, or permission of instructor. Teaches the raising, soldering, and forging of metals into utensils and decorative forms such as jewelry. Emphasizes casting. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit 2 times.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 4722: () Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 3722 or permission of instructor. Studies of three-dimensional form and composition with emphasis on site-specific sculpture, installation art and art in the public place. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit 2 times.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 4898: () Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 3608. Students will study a significant text that asks them to think about how their faith perspective intersects with their studio practice. Examples of the kind of text to be included: A Wounded Innocence: Sketches for a Theology of Art; Art and Scholasticism; Art in Action; The Religious Art of Andy Warhol; and The Arts of the Beautiful. Students will explore this further through the artwork they will produce for the senior show, writing an artist's statement and a reflective essay. Finally, the course deals with the preparation of a portfolio, setting up a studio, and working professionally.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Art, Visual Arts Majors only. Senior students only.
ART 4899: () Offerings
The interface of visual communication with contemporary culture and its influences will be examined in the context of a faith perspective. Students will be expected to examine their own values in the context of a career trajectory that may challenge ethical boundaries. Readings related to visual culture and connections with issues of faith will facilitate this exploration. Students are required to write a position paper that formulates a design philosophy and integrates one's own faith perspective.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Visual Communication Majors only. Senior students only.
ART 4900: () Offerings
Student works independently with a faculty member on a mutually agreed upon topic. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division
ART 4920: () Offerings
Readings in Art May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course Restrictions:Visual Arts Majors only. Freshman, Junior, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 4930: () Offerings
Practicum May be repeated for credit up to 5 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division
ART 4943: () Offerings
An opportunity for art students to gain additional proficiency and experience in an approved project of the student's own design. May be repeated for credit up to 20 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 4950: () Offerings
Special Topics in Art May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Visual Arts Majors only. Freshman, Junior, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 4966: () Offerings
Senior self designs and completes, over the academic year, a visual arts project that will form the core of the work he or she displays in the Senior Exhibition. Students must register for this course for each quarter of their senior year. May be repeated for credit up to 6 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Art, Fine and Applied Arts, Visual Arts Majors only. Freshman, Junior, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 4968: () Offerings
Special Project May be repeated for credit up to 6 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division



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