A variety of workshops on special topics within the discipline. Goals and objectives will emphasize the acquisition of general knowledge and skills in the discipline. Repeatable, maximum of nine credits.
Prerequisite: ART 410. Design and assembly of hand-built ceramic forms at an advanced level. An exploration of stoneware, raku and sodium vapor firing processes. Repeatable, maximum of six credits. Course fee required.
Prerequisite: ART 312 or equivalent. Develop an individual approach to wheel thrown ceramic forms at an advanced level. Exploration of various methods of ceramic decoration and firing. Repeatable, maximum of six credits.
Update skills and knowledge of professionals in the discipline. Goals and objectives will be specifically directed at individual professional enhancement rather than the acquisition of general discipline knowledge or methodologies. S/U or letter graded. Repeatable, under different subtitles.
Advanced design techniques in fibers. Repeatable, maximum of six credits.
Concentrate in a selected area of weaving on an advanced design concept. Repeatable, maximum of six credits.
Majors only. Arts Critique artwork produced, presentations on and discussion of contemporary artists, ideas and theory in art. Repeatable, maximum of 9 credit hours.
Students will learn about the history, philosophy, and current issues of Museum Leadership and arts administration.
Prerequisite: ART 333 or equivalent. Advanced life drawing emphasizing development of personal interpretations of the human form. Repeatable, maximum of six credits.
Further exploration in applying computer graphics to the visual arts and integrating computer-based technologies related to design, desktop publishing and page layout. Some experience in computer graphics is recommended.
Prerequisite: Select one of the following courses: ART 171, ART 437, ART 537, ART 471, ART 571. Facts and aspects related to computer applications in art, graphics animation, interactive art, www. Analyze and contrast images, concepts and approaches to artistic quality and technological solutions in electronic art.
Consent of instructor. Advanced, individualized or specialized study on specific topics related to computer graphics. Repeatable, maximum of nine credits.
Majors/Minors only. Seniors or above. Consent of instructor. Students investigate thematic interpretation of ideas and express them in a variety of systems. Through conceptual thought & formatting, students will explore an integration of 2D/3D projects. Repeatable, maximum of 9 credit hours.
A critical review and analysis of cultural, social, philosophical, and theoretical art issues. Educational, museum, gallery and visual culture contexts including studio and post-studio practices are interpreted and evaluated.
Prerequisite: Art 351. Majors/minors only. Advanced investigation in collagraphs. A collagraph plate is made by cutting and pasting textural elements. This is printed in intaglio/ Relief method.
Prerequisite: ART 353 or consent of instructor. Advanced investigations in intaglio printmaking techniques, including color printing. Individual imagery and technical mastery will be emphasized. Repeatable, maximum of nine credits.
Prerequisite: ART 254 or consent of instructor. Advanced investigations in relief printmaking techniques. Individual imagery and technical mastery are emphasized. Repeatable, maximum of nine credits.
Prerequisite: ART 356 or consent of instructor. Advanced investigations in monotype and monoprint techniques. Individual imagery and technical mastery are emphasized. Repeatable, maximum of nine credits.
Self-directed or assigned work in specific areas of sculpture. Advanced technical skills emphasized. Repeatable, maximum of six credits.
Prerequisite: ART 437 or ART 471. Provide working knowledge about principles and practices in website design in terms of art applications. Design knowledge related aesthetically to content for Web Page Layout.
Prerequisite: ART 471 or consent of instructor. Further exploration of computer graphics concepts, application of recently developed techniques to create integrative, interdisciplinary 2-D and 3-D projects, submitting for competitions and professional magazines. Portfolio and paper presentation required.
Prerequisite: ART 274. Learn advanced concepts and practices of black and white film photography. Techniques also include controlling a large format camera, close-up/macro photography, processing sheet film, calibrating the film/paper system for the individual, printing on fiber based paper and toning prints. Majors/minors only or by consent of instructor.
Study the history and arts of Africa, South Seas and Mesoamerica.
Students will learn about the arts traditions of East Asia and the aesthetic underpinnings of traditional East Asian culture.
Study in detail the humanistic aspects of the renaissance art 1250-1600, including the evolutionary developments of Mannerism and the beginnings of Baroque Art.
In depth study of postmodern art to the present.
In depth study of art in Europe and the Americas from 1900 through post-modernism.