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ART 120 Influences in Contemporary Art (5) VLPA
Introduction to recurring themes and practices in the visual arts. Moves beyond medium-based categories, surveying a diverse range of issues that motivate artists and create content in contemporary art. Examines the importance and influence of the visual arts in the larger context of contemporary culture and society.
Instructor Course Description:
Jamie Walker
Timea Tihanyi
ART 121 Drawing (5) VLPA
Drawing studied as the means of creating a coherent visual and expressive statement. Development of ability in the fundamentals of drawing: line, tone, and gesture, theory and practice of linear and aerial perspective, and basic concepts of composition. Offered: AWSp.
Instructor Course Description:
David Brody
Philip B. Govedare
ART 124 Three-Dimensional Design Fundamentals (5) VLPA
Through use of a variety of materials, three-dimensional fundamentals are investigated for formal and conceptual concerns as they apply to the visual arts. Offered: AWSp.
Instructor Course Description:
Daniel F. Loewenstein
John T Young
Louise Cabeen
Timea Tihanyi
ART 126 Topics in Studio Art (5) VLPA
Studio-based class introducing students, through particular studio practice of individual instructors, to methods of visual awareness, principles of organization, and approaches to visual and conceptual observation. Relationship between art history and contemporary art practice. Artistic medium in each class varies with instructor expertise. Offered: AWSpS.
Instructor Course Description:
Anne Hayden Stevens
Claire L. Putney
Curt W Labitzke
John J Rousseau
Layne Goldsmith
Shirley E. Scheier
Timea Tihanyi
ART 131 Alternative Approaches to Art and Design (5, max. 20) VLPA
Presentation of process through which artists discover and translate ideas, feelings, and concerns into images or objects. Use of a wide variety of methods and approaches, from traditional to technological, to promote visual expression. Discussion and critiques leading toward better understanding the creative process.
Instructor Course Description:
Anne Hayden Stevens
Carolyn J. Bodle
John J Rousseau
Karen Gutowsky-Zimmerman
Jason A. Tselentis
Christopher Ozubko
Norman J Taylor
Timea Tihanyi
ART 133 Color Theory and Practice (5) VLPA
Examination of color as distinct visual phenomenon with investigations of its practical, theoretical, and illusionary aspects. Various media and materials employed in exercises and compositions that demonstrate properties of color structure, symbolism, and perception and their potential applications to art and design.
ART 134 Concepts in Three-dimensional Art (5) VLPA
Exploration, study, and application of thematic concepts not generally associated with traditional three-dimensional art forms. Investigation of themes such as installation, performance, public, and socio-political art.
Instructor Course Description:
Timea Tihanyi
ART 140 Basic Photography (5) VLPA
Introduction to theory, techniques, and processes of still photography. Projects stress the visual and creative potential of the medium. (Students must provide a cameral with lens, shutter, and aperture controls.) Offered: AWSpS.
Instructor Course Description:
Ellen J. Garvens
Paul E Berger
Rebecca Cummins
ART 150 Three-Dimensional Design Fundamentals (5) VLPA
Introduction to fundamentals of three-dimensional design process. Both practical and conceptual skills explored and demonstrated though assigned project or projects.
ART 166 Design Foundations (5) VLPA
The rudiments of visual structure and organization in two-dimensional design. Covers formal principles of composition with an emphasis on design processes and serves as the groundwork for subsequent design courses. Required for application to the Visual Communication Design major. Offered: A.
ART 190 Introduction to Drawing (5) VLPA
Builds basic drawing skills, develops understanding of primary concepts which relate to drawing and develops an understanding of the grammar or syntax of two-dimensional language. Students move beyond their current knowledge and abilities and link new skills, concepts, and understandings to creative expressing. Offered: AWSp.
ART 201 Ceramic Art: Handbuilding (5) VLPA
Introduction to handbuilding; kiln firing and glazing processes. Examination of contemporary sculpture in clay.
Instructor Course Description:
Akio Takamori
ART 202 Ceramic Art: Wheel Throwing (5) VLPA
Introduction to wheel throwing, glazing, and kiln firing processes. Examination of contemporary vessel form in clay.
Instructor Course Description:
Akio Takamori
ART 206 Photographic Visualizations (5, max. 15) VLPA
Explores photography as a means of visualizing ideas in the context of learning in the field of documentary photography. Includes a series of assignments that consider technical and formal issues, critical thinking, concept development, and experimentation. Offered: S.
ART 207 Drawing for Design Communication (5) VLPA
Concentrates on developing skills used to communicate ideas that exist in the imagination. Focuses on study of design drawing history and development of basic skills necessary for ideation, exploration, communication, explanation. Prepares students to visualize and discuss ideas rapidly and professionally. For design majors only. Offered: A.
Instructor Course Description:
Karen Cheng
ART 208 Survey of Design History (5) VLPA
Comprehensive survey of the ideas, events, and individuals that determined the design of information, objects, culture, and commerce across societies. Examines the social, political and cultural contexts that shape graphic design and the ideologies and relationships of similar movement in art and architecture. Late 19th Century - contemporary issues.
ART 209 Fundamentals of Typography (5) VLPA
Develops understanding of and sensibility to typographic details used to create effective communication. Focus moves from understanding letter forms that make up words to the complexities of developing phrases, sentences, and short paragraphs with multiple levels of hierarchical meaning. Prerequisite: ART 207; ART 208. Offered: W.
ART 210 Collaboration and Improvisation (5) VLPA
Introduces key factors in the theory and practice of creating and participating in collaborative projects. Focuses on creating and participating in effective teams, understanding strengths and roles within teams, working through team issues, developing techniques for interdisciplinary problem solving. Prerequisite: ART 207; ART 208.
Instructor Course Description:
Annabelle K Gould
ART 211 Image Methodology (5) VLPA
Imagery as essential to visual communication. Ways that meaning and representation in images profoundly impact understanding. Focus on expanding image making, ideation skills, developing experimental visual processes to create meaning, finding engaging and imaginative solutions. Exploration of symbolism, abstraction, metaphors. Prerequisite: ART 209; ART 210. Offered: Sp.
ART 212 Human-Centered Design (5) VLPA
Introduces design methodologies including ergonomics, participatory design, user research, ethnography, inclusive design, usability testing. Focuses on design methods leading to more humane technology, providing platforms for innovation, reframing problems in unique ways, explaining complex information, exploring alternatives, visualizing and communicating solutions. Prerequisite: ART 209: ART 210. Offered: .
ART 226 Introduction to Structure (5) VLPA
Explores the structure of two- and three-dimensional textile forms. Students work with floor looms, computer-aided looms, as well as working directly with materials.
Instructor Course Description:
Layne Goldsmith
ART 227 Introduction to Surface (5) VLPA
Basic techniques of dying, printing, and embellishing, with emphasis on their conceptual uses in art making.
Instructor Course Description:
Louise Cabeen
Layne Goldsmith
Grace M. Willard
ART 234 History of Public Art and Public Space (5) VLPA Young
Survey of the melding of public art, architecture, and landscape architecture through the ages, starting with Stonehenge, the Pyramids, and Gothic cathedrals, and ending with contemporary earthworks, public art, and twenty-first century performance art. Offered: W.
ART 241 Intermediate Photography I (5) VLPA
Studio projects examining the expressive and conceptual uses of alternative photographic materials and techniques. Prerequisite: ART 140. Offered: A.
Instructor Course Description:
Ellen J. Garvens
ART 245 Concepts in Printmaking (5) VLPA
Introduction to contemporary printing methods such as monotype, monoprint, stencil, and photocopy. Survey of historical and current approaches to the art of printmaking.
Instructor Course Description:
Shirley E. Scheier
Richard L. Johnson
ART 246 Works on Paper/Monotype (5) VLPA
Introduces contemporary imaging methods, expands traditional drawing methods, and encourages relationship of content to structure. Introduces relationship of printmaking and painting to drawing through monotype methods.
Instructor Course Description:
Claire M Cowie
ART 259 Water-Soluble Media (5, max. 15) VLPA
ART 260 Art Works on Paper (5, max. 15) VLPA
Experiments and projects in various techniques of drawing, assemblage, and painting on paper.
ART 272 Beginning Sculpture -- Casting (5) VLPA Taylor
Fundamentals of composition in the round and relief with an emphasis on non-metal casting.
Instructor Course Description:
Michael J. Magrath
ART 273 Beginning Sculpture -- Wood and Metal (5) VLPA Lynn
Introduction to sculpture, focusing on the use of wood and metal. Investigations center on a wide variety of methods and approaches, from traditional to technical, to promote visual expression. Class discussions and critiques focus on better understanding of the creative process.
Instructor Course Description:
Daniel F. Loewenstein
Michael J. Magrath
William S Trimble
ART 290 Beginning Drawing: The Figure (5) VLPA
Introduction to the human figure as historically traditional subject matter as well as an important component in self expression. Covers proportion, foreshortening, and composition. Prerequisite: ART 190. Offered: AWSpS.
ART 291 Beginning Drawing Topics (5) VLPA
Revolving topics in the study of drawing at the beginning level Prerequisite: ART 190. Not open for credit to students having taken ART 290.
ART 292 Beginning Painting (5) VLPA
Beginning oil painting. Prerequisite: ART 290.
ART 293 Beginning Painting Topics (5) VLPA
Revolving topics in the study of painting at the beginning level. Prerequisite: either ART 290 or ART 291.
ART 316 Introduction to Industrial Design (5) VLPA
Product design, working drawings, models, presentation drawings, product analysis, display, marketing. Prerequisite: ART 211; ART 212.
ART 317 Intermediate ID Studio 1 (5) VLPA
Product design, working drawings, models, presentation drawings, product analysis, display, marketing. Prerequisite: ART 211; ART 212.
ART 318 Intermediate ID Studio 2 (5) VLPA
Product design, working drawings, models, presentation drawings, product analysis, display, marketing. Prerequisite: ART 211; ART 212.
ART 320 Industrial Design Special Projects (5, max. 15) VLPA
Progressive industrial design methodology and criticism introduced through projects corresponding to major international design competitions, visiting critics and lecturers, corporate sponsored projects, or faculty design research. Independent or group work on projects to expand students’ visual research, drawing, modelmaking, presentation, and literacy skills. Includes contemporary manufacturing and information technologies.
ART 321 Furniture Design (5) VLPA
Design of a furniture piece. Methodologies and construction, types of hardware, special shop techniques, scale modeling and full-scale functional designs.
ART 322 Presentation for Industrial Design I (5) VLPA
Introduction to presentation skills, from quick sketching of design concepts to refined representation of the finished design in a two-dimensional format. Emphasis on accuracy and development of an individual style. Prerequisite: ART 211; ART 212.
ART 328 Intermediate Fiber Studio (5, max. 15) VLPA
Explores more advanced techniques used in the basic fiber media, weaving and surface design. Technical focus of each class varies. Covers pattern development, expanded scale, visual clarity, and conceptual depth. Prerequisite: either ART 226 or ART 227.
Instructor Course Description:
Louise Cabeen
Layne Goldsmith
ART 329 Topics in Fiber Art (5, max. 15) VLPA
Explores a range of special topics in fibers, including non-traditional materials and processes and interdisciplinary areas of interest within the field, while offering specific technical, hands-on training when appropriate. Emphasizes the development of the thematic content of the individual's work.
Instructor Course Description:
Louise Cabeen
Layne Goldsmith
ART 330 History of Textiles (5) VLPA
Overview of Western textiles from Coptic tapestry through industrialization. Discussion of textiles not only in aesthetic terms but also as cultural documents arising from, and reflecting, a broad range of societal pressures and concerns. Special topics in contemporary issues and non-Western textiles with emphasis on holdings in the University collection.
Instructor Course Description:
Louise Cabeen
ART 332 Intermediate Sculpture Composition -- Public Art (5, max. 15) VLPA
Intermediate work in various media and techniques with an emphasis on the creation of public art. .
Instructor Course Description:
John T Young
Michael J. Magrath
ART 333 New Materials and Processes (5, max. 15) VLPA
Exploration of the process through which artists discover and translate ideas, feelings, and concerns into images or objects. Introduction of new ways of thinking, new materials and processes in the investigation of a variety of sculpture methods and approaches.
Instructor Course Description:
Gloria A Bornstein
Daniel F. Loewenstein
John T Young
Lauren Grossman
Michael J. Magrath
ART 334 Public/Professional Art Issues (5, max. 15) VLPA Young
Topics vary, centering on issues of public art and professional practices.
Instructor Course Description:
Elizabeth D. Brother
James Keith Nicholls
John T Young
Louise M St. Pierre
ART 335 Metal Casting (5, max. 15) VLPA
Introduction to foundry techniques as applied to fine arts casting of ferrous and nonferrous material. Prerequisite: ART 272.
ART 338 Photography: Theory and Criticism (5) I&S/VLPA
Art traditions of photography from its origins in the nineteenth century to the present. Emphasis on photographic traditions and photographers of the twentieth century, and investigations of and research into local collections.
ART 339 Intermediate Photography: Color (5) VLPA
Introduction to photographic color theory and processes with emphasis on color printing on type-C darkroom printing. Additional traditional and experimental color materials explored. Offered: Sp.
ART 340 Digital Imaging I (5) VLPA
Introduction to the creative use of 2-D image manipulation and transformation of photographic and non-photographic imagery on the computer. Variety of programs, procedures, hardware (Macintosh platform), input, and output considered and employed. Previous computer experience not required. Prerequisite: ART 241. Offered: W.
Instructor Course Description:
Paul E Berger
ART 341 Digital Imaging II (5) VLPA Berger
Advanced topics in 2-D imaging, with emphasis on creative exploration of both software tools and possible integration with traditional art media. Prerequisite: ART 340.
Instructor Course Description:
Paul E Berger
ART 342 Contemporary Issues in Photography (5) VLPA
An in-depth survey of contemporary artists and issues in photography. Prerequisite: ART 241; ART 340. Offered: S.
Instructor Course Description:
Ellen J. Garvens
Rebecca Cummins
ART 343 Advanced Photography (5, max. 15) VLPA
Topics in advanced photography, including: color printing, large-format photography, artificial lighting, and photography image transformation. Prerequisite: ART 340. Offered: AWSp.
Instructor Course Description:
Rebecca Cummins
ART 345 Intermediate Printmaking (5, max. 25) VLPA
Development of mature and personal statement within context of the print form through studio practice and group discussion and critique. Processes and media emphasis varies on a revolving basis.
Instructor Course Description:
Curt W Labitzke
Shirley E. Scheier
ART 350 Printmaking Special Projects (5, max. 15) VLPA
Approaches to water based printmaking. Introduces serigraphy, collagraph and relief printing through lecture, critique, class discussion, and creative practice.
Instructor Course Description:
Curt W Labitzke
Larry D. Sommers
Shirley E. Scheier
ART 353 Intermediate Ceramic Art (5, max. 20) VLPA
Advanced work in forming, decorating, and glazing. Prerequisite: ART 201; ART 202.
Instructor Course Description:
Jamie Walker
ART 354 History of Body Adornment (5) VLPA
Covers jewelry and other body adornment from Neolithic times to the present, worldwide. Discusses social and cultural relevance of forms, uses, and materials. Emphasis on today's studio craftspeople who make jewelry as a form of aesthetic expression outside the fashion mainstream.
Instructor Course Description:
Mary L Hu
ART 357 Interdisciplinary Concepts in Metal (5, max. 25) VLPA Hu
Variable topics, introducing concepts that cross traditional studio definitions and address interdisciplinary approaches to artistic investigation. Topics include textile/metal processes, printmaking/metal processes, color and metal, chemical, electrical, and mechanical processes in sculpture.
Instructor Course Description:
Gerald E. Hambly
Mary L Hu
Peter Rowe
ART 358 Topics in Metal (5, max. 25) VLPA Hu
Variable topics introducing issues and practices in metal smithing and jewelry, and their application to contemporary artmaking. Topics include casting and stone setting, ancient techniques, forming metal, production and business practices.
Instructor Course Description:
Andrew S. Cooperman
Mary L Hu
ART 360 Topics in Studio Art and Practice (5, max. 20) VLPA
Examines a variety of cutting edge, emerging, and interdisciplinary approached in studio art and practice. Topics vary.
Instructor Course Description:
Anne Hayden Stevens
David Brody
Judith W. Clark
Timea Tihanyi
ART 366 Editorial Visualizations (5) VLPA
Builds on skills developed in ART 206 while expanding the focus on design process through a broad variety of image production techniques. Emphasizes concept development through assignments that address the communication of editorial and/or persuasive content. Prerequisite: ART 211; ART 212. Offered: A.
Instructor Course Description:
Christopher Ozubko
ART 367 Communications Programs (5) VLPA
Investigation of strategies and graphic interpretations using typography, images, and diverse applications of design. Emphasis on development of conceptual themes, graphically implemented across an array of communications media. Prerequisite: ART 366, ART 376. Offered: W.
ART 368 Case Studies in Corporate Identity (5) VLPA
Research and analysis of visual identity systems for complex institutional and corporate entities. Focuses on issues that concern how design programs function across divers application and media and how they engage various audiences. Prerequisite: ART 211, ART 212. Offered: Sp.
ART 370 Drawing for Motion (5) VLPA Stevens
Draws connections between freehand work and the visual capacities engaged in conceptualization, modeling, and rendering in computer graphics-based animation. Recommended: drawing experience. Offered: W.
ART 376 Typography (5) VLPA
Explores how meaning, hierarchy, and legibility are affected by typographic contrast, organization and composition. Prerequisite: ART 211; ART 212.
ART 377 Marks and Symbols (5) VLPA
Investigation of semiotics in the context of visual communication design through the study of symbolic representation. Students complete a quarter-long project in symbol design that emphasizes research analysis, design process, translation, and abstraction. Prerequisite: ART 366, ART 376.
ART 378 Information Architecture and Web Design (5) VLPA
Fundamental issues in web design, including site planning, information architecture, navigation, visual hierarchy, and interactivity. Emphasis on understanding the unique functional limitations of designing for the web while building an awareness of contemporary design practice. Design a simple site and produce a working a prototype. Prerequisite: ART 211; ART 212. Offered: Sp.
Instructor Course Description:
Annabelle K Gould
Karen Gutowsky-Zimmerman
ART 381 Design Case Studies (5) VLPA
History, theory, and practice of ways design functions in society and culture. Emphasis on developing broad understanding of design production while working collaboratively and individually on a quarter-long research project concerned with producing a comprehensive conceptual map of the design discipline. Prerequisite: ART 211; ART 212.
ART 383 Fundamentals of Interaction Design (5) VLPA
Focus on human-to-product interaction and ways we perceive, understand, and experience the world regards to objects, environments, or on-screen controls/information. Prerequisite: ART 211; ART 212.
Instructor Course Description:
Andrew H. Davidson
ART 390 Intermediate Drawing (5, max. 10) VLPA
Prerequisite: ART 290.
ART 391 Intermediate Drawing Topics (5) VLPA
Revolving topics in the study of drawing at the intermediate level. Prerequisite: either ART 290 or ART 291.
ART 392 Intermediate Painting (5, max. 10) VLPA
Prerequisite: ART 292, ART 390. Offered: AWSp.
ART 393 Intermediate Painting Topics (5) VLPA
Revolving topics in the study of painting at the intermediate level. Prerequisite: either ART 292 or ART 293: ART 390.
ART 400 Interdisciplinary Visual Arts Senior Studio (5, max. 10) VLPA Labitzke
Focuses on the development of exhibition quality artwork and culminating in a group show. Covers curatorial issues, installation, and presentation. Assignments are designed to strengthen oral presentation skills, artist’s written statement, critiquing abilities, and ability to place work within a larger art historical framework.
Instructor Course Description:
Timea Tihanyi
ART 421 Video Art (5, max. 15) VLPA
ART 422 Computer Aided Industrial Design (5) VLPA
ART 428 Senior Thesis in Fiber Arts (5, max. 20) VLPA
Specialized investigation involving surface design and/or fabric structures. Prerequisite: ART 328; ART 329.
Instructor Course Description:
Louise Cabeen
Layne Goldsmith
ART 436 Sculpture Composition (5, max. 15) VLPA
Individual compositions in various media in large scale. Prerequisite:either ART 332, ART 333 or ART 335.
Instructor Course Description:
Gloria A Bornstein
John T Young
Lauren Grossman
ART 440 Senior Thesis in Photography (5, max. 20) VLPA
Development of a coherent photographic theme or topic evolved over two consecutive quarters resulting in a finished thesis portfolio. Prerequisite: ART 343. Offered: AWSp.
Instructor Course Description:
Ellen J. Garvens
Paul E Berger
Rebecca Cummins
ART 445 Advanced Industrial Design (5) VLPA
Market analysis and selected professional problems in industrial design. Consultation techniques; psychological, sociological, and economic factors involved in designing for consumer acceptance. Prerequisite: ART 318.
ART 446 Advanced Industrial Design (5) VLPA
Market analysis and selected professional problems in industrial design. Consultation techniques; psychological, sociological, and economic factors involved in designing for consumer acceptance. Prerequisite: ART 211; ART 212.
ART 447 Advanced Industrial Design (5) VLPA
Market analysis and selected professional problems in industrial design. Consultation techniques; psychological, sociological, and economic factors involved in designing for consumer acceptance. Prerequisite: ART 446.
ART 450 Individual Projects in Printmaking (5, max. 15) VLPA
Individual media study within the context of group discussion and critique.
Instructor Course Description:
Shirley E. Scheier
ART 457 Artist Handmade Books (5) VLPA
The creative and structural development of an artist’s book. Focuses on issues of sequential imagery, conceptual development, and the relationship between work and image.
ART 458 Alternative Approaches to Drawing (5) VLPA
Advanced works-on-paper class. Focuses on drawing issues such as formal process, working methods, conceptual development, and practical working applications.
ART 460 Advanced Metal Design (5, max. 25) VLPA
Advanced individual projects in metal design. Prerequisite: either ART 357 or ART 358.
Instructor Course Description:
Mary L Hu
ART 466 Publication Design (5) VLPA
Stresses the research, development, organization, design, and presentation of a complex printed document, such as a journal, annual report, or large publication. Addresses all aspects of design, content, image creation, and production through a quarter-long project. Prerequisite: ART 368; ART 378. Offered: A.
ART 467 Environmental Design (5) VLPA
Working with 3-dimensional space, students explore the integration and presentation of graphic images and typographic messages sequenced in a given space. Explores the possibilities and multi-disciplinary character of exhibition planning and design. Prerequisite: ART 466, ART 478. Offered: W.
Instructor Course Description:
Christopher Ozubko
ART 478 Information Design (5) VLPA
Exploration of strategies for enhancing and visually presenting complex statistics and data. Various information subjects are select and formed into charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, directories and maps. Identify, through personal investigations, the principles which provide the most successful means for presentation of information. Prerequisite: ART 368; ART 378.
ART 479 Interaction Design (5) VLPA
Exploration of design issues unique to user-centered interaction in digital media. Explore a range of formal and conceptual issues including user interface, organization, narrative, motion, time, and sound. Prerequisite: ART 466, ART 478. Offered: W.
Instructor Course Description:
Annabelle K Gould
ART 480 Senior Project/Presentation (5) VLPA
Presents an opportunity for advanced, individualized design research and study. Complete a unique capstone project based on individual design interests and prior experiences in the VCD program. Public exhibition of this project is required in the BFA Graduation Exhibition. Prerequisite: ART 467, ART 479. Offered: W.
ART 481 Design Field Studies (5) VLPA
Students develop an understanding of significant theoretical models related to design through a series of readings, lectures, discussions, and assignments. Prerequisite: ART 211; ART 212.
ART 482 Capstone Design Project (5, max. 10) VLPA
Two-quarter sequence capstone for students in the design studies program. Develop individual projects that address issues of theory and practice in the design field. Students present their projects in a public forum. Prerequisite: ART 381; ART 481.
ART 483 Fundamentals of Interface Design (5) VLPA
Highlights the role visual interface designers play in the multi-disciplinary attempt to achieve functionality and usability. Introduces the unique challenges of designing within the realm of a digital and interactive medium to create products that humans find usable, useful, and desirable. Prerequisite: ART 211; ART 212.
Instructor Course Description:
Andrew H. Davidson
ART 484 Projects in Interaction Design (5) VLPA
Project-based course gives students the opportunity to explore key issues and theories in the field of interaction design. Multi-disciplinary studio requiring collaboration between students from a variety of backgrounds including design, engineering, and computer science. Prerequisite: ART 383; ART 483.
ART 485 Advanced Ceramic Art (5, max. 20) VLPA
Pottery design and construction, stoneware, clay bodies, glazes. Prerequisite: ART 353.
Instructor Course Description:
Akio Takamori
Jamie Walker
ART 488 Senior Source Presentation, Ceramics (5) VLPA
Designed to allow ceramics majors to explore and define the primary sources of inspiration for their interest in art and why they make it.
Instructor Course Description:
Akio Takamori
ART 490 Advanced Drawing (5, max. 15) VLPA
Study at an advanced level involving history, practice, and theory of drawing as an art form. Prerequisite: either ART 265 or ART 390. Offered: AWSp.
ART 491 Advanced Drawing Topics (5) VLPA
Revolving topics in the study of drawing at the advanced level. Prerequisite: either ART 390 or ART 391. Not open for credit to students having taken ART 490.
ART 492 Advanced Painting: The Figure (5, max. 10) VLPA
Drawing and painting from the model. Prerequisite: ART 390; ART 392. Offered: AWSp.
Instructor Course Description:
Zhi Lin
ART 493 Advanced Painting Topics (5) VLPA
Revolving topics in the study of painting at the advanced level. Prerequisite: either ART 390 or ART 391; either ART 392 or ART 393.
ART 494 Senior Seminar in Painting and Drawing (5, max. 15) VLPA
Development of individuality in painting through creative exercises. Prerequisite: ART 492. Offered: AWSp.
ART 496 Undergraduate Internship (2-5, max. 10)
Faculty supervised fieldwork in art related activities. Credit/no credit only.
Instructor Course Description:
Judith W. Clark
ART 497 Study Abroad-Studio Individual Projects (3-10, max. 20) VLPA
ART 498 Individual Projects-Painting/Sculpture (2-5, max. 15)
ART 499 Individual Projects-Design (2-5, max. 15)
ART 512 Graduate Seminar (3, max. 9)
Instructor Course Description:
David Brody
Patricia A Failing
Louise Cabeen
Norman K Lundin
Paul E Berger
ART 513 Contemporary Studio Theories and Problems (3)
ART 515 Photography (3-15, max. 60)
Instructor Course Description:
Ellen J. Garvens
Paul E Berger
ART 522 Sculpture (3-15, max. 60)
ART 540 Fiber Arts (3-15, max. 60)
Instructor Course Description:
Louise Cabeen
ART 550 Printmaking (3-15, max. 60)
Instructor Course Description:
Curt W Labitzke
Shirley E. Scheier
ART 553 Ceramic Art (3-15, max. 60)
ART 558 Metal Design (3-15, max. 60)
Instructor Course Description:
Mary L Hu
ART 581 Graduate Seminar in Design (5, max. 30)
Critical issues in design. Topics vary. Offered: AWSp.
Instructor Course Description:
Andrew H. Davidson
ART 582 Design Graduate Studio (5, max. 40)
Topics vary.
ART 590 Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar in Contemporary Practices (5, max. 25)
Constructive forum for developing dialogue and critique in practicum-based setting. Professional development highlights the student's experience.
Instructor Course Description:
Ellen J. Garvens
Kurt H. Kiefer
Rebecca Cummins
ART 591 Graduate Studio: Drawing (3, max. 15)
Supervised studio for advanced-level students from various media-based disciplines designed to develop an interest in and familiarity with aspects of drawing. Utilization of various media. Discussion of historical and contemporary issues concerning drawing.
ART 592 Graduate Studio: Painting (3-15, max. 60)
Offered: AWSp.
ART 594 Graduate Seminar in Painting and Drawing (3, max. 18)
Designed as a forum for the presentation and criticism of student work as well as for discussion of contemporary directions in visual art. Credit/no credit only.
ART 595 Master of Fine Arts Research Project (2-5, max. 9)
An independent research project related to and informed by the MFA student's studio work. Final project form may be a lecture, slide presentation, or paper.
Instructor Course Description:
Ellen J. Garvens
Louise Cabeen
ART 600 Independent Study or Research (*)
ART 700 Master's Thesis (*)
