| ART 1102: () Offerings |
| Emphasizes sighting techniques for observational drawing of still life, interiors/exteriors, and the human figure. Covers techniques in class such as contour line, schematic systems and sighting techniques for accuracy in scale and proportion, perspective by eye, value and light logic, schematic approaches for drawing the human form. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Arts and Humanities A
Restrictions:Junior, Senior students are excluded. |
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| ART 1103: () Offerings |
| Encourages students to explore areas of expressive drawing and composition. Emphasizes development of personal, introspective image making. Focuses on storytelling and creative thinking processes - the "secret/unseen" realities of the subjects. Emphasizes inner/outer worlds and realities, assumptions versus fact and narrative illustratioin as well as exploration of various media in experimental applications. Also emphasizes the development of highly personal, introspective image making. Extra Fee. |
| Attributes:Arts and Humanities A
Restrictions:Junior, Senior students are excluded. |
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| ART 1104: () Offerings |
| Provides an introduction and in depth exploration of technical drawing systems that enable designers and illustrators to simulate 3D space. Covers techniques such as: orthographic projection, paralline drawing, and linear perspective systems. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Arts and Humanities A
Restrictions:Art, Clothing and Textiles, Interior Design Majors only. Junior, Senior students are excluded. |
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| 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
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| ART 2112: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ART 1102, 1103, or 1104. Provides an introduction to figure drawing for beginning students who want to develop sound drawing and observational skills in life drawing. Highly stresses anatomical observation focusing on an understanding of skeletal structure and musculature. Composition and lighting are also highlighted during class discussions. Extra fee. |
| Restrictions:Art, Clothing and Textiles, Interior Design Majors only. |
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| ART 2201: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: (ART 1102 or 1103 or 1104) and ART 1202 and 1205. Overview and exploration of the rudimentary use of digital media as it relates to the design production of visual communications. Extra fee. |
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| ART 2205: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ART 1204 or 2201. Exploration of traditional and digital methods of capturing images for refinement, manipulation, or reference. Extra fee. |
| Restrictions:Visual Arts Majors only. |
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| 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. |
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| ART 2302: () Offerings |
| Emphasizes rendering and modeling techniques in oil paint to accurately create a 3D illusion. Focuses on volume of primary forms. A conceptual component of the class will focus on the Iconology of still life resonant with meaning in the history of painting. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Arts and Humanities A
Restrictions:Junior, Senior students are excluded. |
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| 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. |
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| 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
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| ART 2502: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ART (1102 or 1103 or 1104) and 1202, and ART 1205 or 3315. Introduction to the various problems, materials, techniques, and processes utilized in professional illustration. Extra fee. |
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| ART 2602: () Offerings |
| Survey course treating Western Art (and its major Eastern influences) from Ancient Egypt through the late Middle Ages. |
| Attributes:Arts and Humanities A
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| ART 2603: () Offerings |
| Survey course treating Western art from the Renaissance until the middle twentieth century. |
| Attributes:Arts and Humanities A
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| 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. |
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| ART 3112: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ART 1102 or 1103 or 1104, and ART 2112. Studies core body balance, contour line, shading and proportion. Emphasizes comfortable, focused, and fully alert drawing to achieve accurate and beautiful figure drawing. Challenges students to let go of assumptions of how the body looks in order to learn not only how to look, but to see. This type of exercise is beneficial to almost any level of artist. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Art, Clothing and Textiles, Interior Design Majors only. Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ART 3200: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ART 2201. Introduces the communicative, symbolic and associative aspects of typography. Emphasizes the strategic use of typography as a primary design element. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Visual Communication Majors only. Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ART 3202: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ART 2205, 2208, and 2502. Exploration of creative ideas, resources, digital processes, media, and terminology in the development of visual communication solutions. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Visual Communication Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| 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. |
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| ART 3205: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ART 3200. Teaches advanced application of typographic systems to both static and moving communication mediums. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Visual Communication Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| ART 3208: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ART 3202. Covers design development and application related to a series of communication devices supporting a campaign, conference or event. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Visual Communication Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| ART 3302: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ART 1102 and ART 2302 or permission of instructor. Explores new directions and interpretations of classical interiors, landscape, and envirnoments. Also investigates imaginary and observational approaches. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ART 3303: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: (ART 1102, or 1103, or 1104) and 1205, 2302, and 2112. Explores the development of accurate proportion and structure of the human figure in oil paint by focusing on light and its application to the human form. Also examines the study of color, value, and the use of restricted palettes for a wide range of skin tones. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Art Majors only. Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ART 3315: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ART 1102 or 1103, and ART 2302. Investigates a range of technical skills in the use of traditional and experimental watercolor. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| ART 3502: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ART (1102 or 1103 or 1104) and 1202, 2112, 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. |
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| 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. |
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| ART 3604: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ART 2602 or 2603. A survey and critical study of the art of the United States from the colonial period until the early twentieth century, with a research focus to be determined by the instructor. The research focus may be based on student interest, or on opportunities afforded by local museums/galleries. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
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| ART 3605: () Offerings |
| A survey and critical study of European and transatlantic artistic trends from the middle nineteenth century until the middle twentieth century, with a research focus to be determined by the instructor. The research focus may be based on student interest, or on opportunities afforded by local museums/galleries. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Arts and Humanities A, Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ART 3606: () Offerings |
| A critical examination of points of contact between the West and the "Other". We'll consider how colonial occupation, global economic expansion and technological advancement (particularly as pertaining to mass reproduction) have transformed Western visual culture. In the process we'll consider phenomena like japonisme and "primitivism", the ethics of museum display, and the politics of representation. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Arts and Humanities A, Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ART 3607: () Offerings |
| A survey and critical study of the art of the United States from the colonial period until the early twentieth century, with a research focus to be determined by the instructor. The research focus may be based on student interest, or on opportunities afforded by local museums/galleries. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Arts and Humanities A, Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ART 3608: () Offerings |
| A study of art produced since 1970 focusing on current art movements and their relationship to changing social values. Course structure includes both lecture/discussion and gallery-oriented experiences. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
Restrictions:Art Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| 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, Visual Communication Majors only. Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ART 3611: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: Two Art History courses or permission of the instructor. Seminar designed to acquaint students with the major historical and critical methods used for interpreting and explaining art. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
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| 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. |
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| ART 4207: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ART 3200, 3202, 3204, 3205, and 3208. Explores theoretical, practical and developmental aspects of information design. Develops systematic approaches to visually communicating complex statistics and data. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Visual Communication Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| 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. |
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| ART 4209: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ART 3200, 3205, 4207, and 4208. Explores spatial information environments and experience design. Investigates wayfinding, navigation, exhibition, and/or signage. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Visual Communication Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| ART 4302: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: (ART 1102 or 1103 or 1104), and ART 1205, 2302, and 3302. Emphasizes image and idea to learn the nuances of conceptual thinking. Particular emphasis is placed on innovative approaches to presentation, matching form with content, risk-taking, and non-literal thinking. The goal is to enable students to integrate skills and ideas. Projects are aimed at challenging students to break with conventional notions of Painter and/or Illustrator. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit 2 times. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Visual Arts Majors only. Junior, Senior students only. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| ART 4502: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ART (1102 or 1103) and 1205 and 2112. The anatomy of the human head is studied analytically through drawing from direct observation from a live model. Further analysis will include a multitude of ways to draw and paint the head and face to capture its multitude of expressions, moods and power to communicate. Students will use a variety of media in this class. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Art Majors only. |
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| ART 4505: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ART 1102, 1103, 1104, 1202, 1204, 1205, and 2502. Focuses on digital illustration techniques for new and different uses of Adobe Illustrator. Students will develop digital rendering skills through a variety of skill based assignments. Course material covers: drawing skills and concepts toward characters and environments for editorial illustration, children's books, and graphic novels. Students also learn to create technical renderings of 3D objects and spaces. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Art Majors only. |
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| 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. |
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| ART 4897: () Offerings |
| An open exploration of points of contact between contemporary critical methods and principles of faith. Which popular art-historical approaches are commensurable with a Christian worldview? Which aren't? What are the ethical responsibilities of a Christian art historian? |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
Restrictions:Senior students only. |
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| ART 4898: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ART 3608. Students will study portions of significant texts that ask 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, Writing "W" Course
Restrictions:Art, Visual Arts Majors only. Senior students only. |
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| 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, Writing "W" Course
Restrictions:Visual Communication Majors only. Senior students only. |
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| 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
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| 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. |
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| ART 4930: () Offerings |
| Practicum May be repeated for credit up to 5 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ART 4943: () Offerings |
| An opportunity for art and design students to gain additional proficiency and experience in the professional art or design arenas. May be repeated for credit up to 20 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 15 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Art, Visual Arts Majors only. Freshman, Junior, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| ART 4968: () Offerings |
| Special Project May be repeated for credit up to 6 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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