Art and Visual Culture Courses

Image management, design, critical approaches and creative studio practices in a variety of media. $50 lab fee. 4 credits (CS)

Multi-dimensional design, critical approaches and creative studio practices in a variety of media. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 100. Offered spring. 4 credits.

Introduction survey examining critical approaches to interpreting imagery in diverse cultural contexts throughout history. Intended to develop an awareness of the power of visual materials, such as propaganda and advertising, within the socio-cultural, political, philosophical and economic forces that encode imagery with meaning. $25 lab fee. Offered fall. 4 credits. (CS or IS)

Fundamentals of gesture, value, contour, and perspective drawing in various media. Expressive, critical and thematic development. $50 lab fee. Offered fall. 4 credits. (CS)

Fundamentals of clayworking with exposure to the wheel, handbuilding, glazing and firing (gas, salt and wood). $50 lab fee. 4 credits. (CS)

Introductory survey covering non-European visual cultures. Intended to develop an awareness of diverse cultures through analysis of art works in various media. $25 lab fee. Offered fall. 4 credits. (CS or GP)

Survey examines typographic traditions, aesthetic theories and innovative technologies used by graphic designers throughout history regarding interactions between texts and images from cave paintings to the internet. Emphasis on major movements, such as Arts and Crafts, the Bauhaus, and the New York School. $25 lab fee. 4 credits. (CS or VP)

Study of the history of photography from its invention to its prominence in the contemporary art world. Emphasis on photography as a form of artistic expression but also considers photojournalism and documentary uses of photographs. Emphasis on major movements such as pictorialism, new vision, and postmodernism. $25 lab fee. Offered spring of odd-numbered years. 4 credits. (CS or VP)

Expressive, technical, critical and thematic development working from the human figure in a variety of media. May be repeated once for credit. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 120 or consent of instructor. Offered spring. 4 credits. (CS)

Studio in traditional and contemporary works on paper in diverse media. Deepening of basic skills introduced in AAVC 120. Portfolio development supported by written artist statements leading to a coherent suite of works on paper. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 120 or consent of instructor. Offered spring of even numbered years. 4 credits. (CS)

Intermediate work in either handbuilding or wheel. Emphasis on glaze calculation and firing techniques. May be repeated twice for credit. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 130 or consent of instructor. 4 credits. (CS)

Intermediate clay work with emphasis on sculptural concepts. Investigation into the creative range of the medium. May be repeated twice for credit. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 130 or consent of instructor. Offered spring. 4 credits. (CS)

Basics of creative black and white photography: camera operations, principles of exposure, darkroom technique, visual elements of design, and introduction to historical and contemporary trends. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 100 or consent of instructor. Offered spring. 4 credits. (CS)

Introduction to emerging technology in the visual arts. Principles of image capture, manipulation, and output. Emphasis will be placed on an intermediate approach using the computer as an expressive tool. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 100 or consent of instructor. Offered spring. 4 credits. (CS)

Standard photographic techniques for color photography with both analog and digital technology. Camera operations, digital image editing, video editing, and critical evaluation of the photographic medium. May be repeated once for credit. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 100 or consent of instructor. Offered spring. 4 credits. (CS)

Introduction to industry standard audio and video programs. Exploration of video practices and techniques from concept to completion including camera operations, subject matter, and writing story boards. May be repeated once for credit. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 100 or consent of instructor. Offered spring. 4 credits (CS)

An introductory studio workshop for the exploration of artist books as a contemporary art form. Emphasis on hands-on student projects and discussion of theoretical issues pertinent to book arts. Issues of time, sequence, and context addressed via critical readings, critique and discussion. $50 lab fee. 4 credits. (CS) AAVC 250 Sculpture I – Beginning studio investigation into a variety of sculptural practices and media. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 100. 4 credits. (CS)

Beginning studio investigation into a variety of sculptural practices and media. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 100. 4 credits (CS)

Painting techniques and studio practices in oil or aqueous media attending to distinct approaches and modalities. Thematic and critical development. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 120 or consent of instructor. Offered fall and spring. 4 credits. (CS)

History and use of intaglio media, including drypoint, etching, aquatint, mezzotint and engraving. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 120 or consent of instructor. Offered fall and spring. 4 credits. (CS)

Studio approaches in glassworking. May be repeated once for credit. $300 lab fee. Prerequisites: 100 or 101; 120 recommended. Offered spring. 4 credits.

Studio in mixed and nontraditional art media and related theory, critical analysis and practices. Studio projects may include performance, installation and electronic art forms. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 100 or consent of instructor. 4 credits. (CS)

The development of visual arts from Realism to Surrealism. Emphasis on major movements such as Impressionism, Cubism, Dada. $25 lab fee. Prerequisite: INQS 125. Offered fall. 4 credits (CS or VP or GP, MWI)

Selected topics, such as Power in the Ancient World, Pre-Columbian Visual Symbolism, European and African diaspora, or the imagery of commerce. Topics will vary from year to year. May be repeated with different content. $25 lab fee. Prerequisite: INQS 125. 4 credits. (CS or VP)

The development of the visual arts from late Modernism to the present day. Emphasis on major movements such as Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism and Conceptual Art. $25 lab fee. Prerequisites: 110 and INQS 125. Offered spring. 4 credits. (CS or VP or GP)

Application of the scientific method of the artistic process to increase visual awareness of scientific subject matter. $30 lab fee. Prerequisites: 120 and BIOL 210, or consent of instructor. Offered spring of even-numbered years. 3 credits. (CS)

Advanced studies of technical skills in sculpture involving a variety of forming methods, firing techniques, and calculation of chemical interactions of ceramic glazes and their formation. May be repeated for credit. $50 lab fee. Prerequisites: 130, 231, or consent of instructor. Offered spring semester. 4 credits.

Photographic techniques with emphasis on critical skills and the development of an independent body of work. May be repeated twice for credit. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 240. Offered fall. 4 credits. (CS)

Intermediate techniques in graphic design and emerging technology in the visual arts through a semester long independent project. May be repeated once for credit. $50 lab fee. Prerequisites:101 and 242. Offered fall. 4 credits. (CS)

Advanced studies of critical and technical skills in digital and analog photography. May be repeated for credit. $50 lab fee. Prerequisites: 240 or 243 or MSCM 322, or consent of instructor. Offered spring semester of alternating years. 4 credits.

Intermediate studio investigation into sculptural concepts, culminating in a major project. May be repeated twice for credit. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 250 or consent of instructor. Offered spring. 4 credits. (CS)

Intermediate work in painting in any medium emphasizing visual, thematic and critical continuity through the development of a body of work supported by artist statements. May be repeated twice for credit. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 260 or consent of instructor. Offered fall. 4 credits. (CS)

Advanced studies of critical and technical skills in painting, drawing and/or printmaking. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: 100, 101, 120, 262 or 270, or consent of instructor. Offered spring. 4 credits.

Intermediate printmaking, including multiple color and mixed techniques. May be repeated twice for credit. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 270 or consent of instructor. Offered January term or spring. 4 credits. (CS)

Advanced studio practice in non-traditional art media. Student-designed projects may include performance, installation, site-specific/earth- works, conceptual art, video, and digitized imagery or mixed media. May be repeated twice for credit. $50 lab fee. Prerequisite: 281. Offered spring. 4 credits

Portfolio development in any medium or combination of media. Emphasis on critical development, studio practices, visual, oral and written coherence toward a unified body of work. Students seeking entrance must present a portfolio in advance to a panel of art professors. $25 lab fee each semester. Prerequisites: 100, 101, 110 and 120 plus at least two 200-level studios and one 300-level intermediate studio, which may be taken concurrently. Offered fall, spring. 4 credits (2 per semester).

Portfolio development in any medium or combination of media. Emphasis on critical development, studio practices, visual, oral and written coherence toward a unified body of work. Students seeking entrance must present a portfolio in advance to a panel of art professors. $25 lab fee each semester. Prerequisites: 100, 101, 110 and 120 plus at least two 200-level studios, and one 300-level intermediate studio which may be taken concurrently. Offered fall and spring. 4 credits (2 per semester)

Introduction to the standard concepts and techniques of business gallery management and curatorial practices which include: curating and mounting exhibitions, coordinating press, working with artists and serving as a docent. May be repeated once for credit. $25 lab fee. Prerequisite: 100 or consent of instructor. Offered spring. 2 credits

Advanced study opportunity for outstanding students to assist faculty members in the classroom or studio. Focus on course content and pedagogy. May not be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Application and consent of instructor. 3 credits. (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) (EL)

Program of directed tutorial reading or studio project relating to the special interests of the student and supervised by a department faculty member. Prerequisites: 100 or 101 and consent of instructor. 1-5 credits. Lab fee adjusted to credit load.

Supervised work at an agency, gallery, or other establishment using technical or organizational skills related to the visual arts. Prerequisite: department consent. 1-5 credits. (EL)

Elective integrative seminar for majors planning post-graduate work in studio art. Students produce a cohesive body of work and related critical papers and artist statements. Gallery practice assisting the director. $25 lab fee each semester. Prerequisites: 390 and 391, consent of instructor plus 242 and one additional visual culture course. Offered fall, spring. 2 credits each semester.

Elective integrative seminar for majors planning post-graduate work in studio art. Students produce a cohesive body of work and related critical papers and artist statements. Gallery practice assisting the director. $25 lab fee each semester. Prerequisites: 390 and 391, consent of instructor, plus 242 and one additional visual culture course. Offered fall and spring. 2 credits each semester.