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Undergraduate Catalog 2014 - 2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Applied Music
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Arabic
  
  

  • ARB 102 - Beginning Arabic II

    [4 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite; Completion of ARB 101 with a “C” or better grade or permission of instructor. Essentials of Arabic usage; practice in hearing, speaking, reading, and writing.


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  • ARB 201 - Intermediate Arabic I

    [4 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: ARB 102 or permission of instructor. Focus on culture and language as well as on improving listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities. Includes language laboratory component in Media Lab.


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  • ARB 202 - Intermediate Arabic II

    [4 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: ARB 201 or permission of instructor. Ongoing review and expansion of skills development through reading short narratives, conversation and media. Readings are drawn from literary texts and articles on contemporary Middle Eastern Society. Includes language laboratory component in Media Lab.


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  • ARB 274 - Introduction to the Middle East

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course is designed to introduce students to the history, religious diversity, political systems, economy, and culture of the Middle East. The course includes a brief examination of ancient Middle Eastern civilizations and its history to the world. The course also examines important historical junctures influencing the region today. It will include the contents, similarities, and diversities of Middle Eastern culture. The course examines three monotheistic religions and how Middle Easterners vary widely in their religious beliefs. It explores how this religious variance impacts Middle Eastern culture. The course introduces students to multiple aspects of the arts. Cross-listed with HIS 274 and PSC 274. Taught in English.

    This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.  Click here for more information about General Education Requirements.


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  • ARB 293 - Special Topics in Arabic

    [1-3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Study of a particular topic in Arabic language, literature, or civilization. May be repeated with a change of topic.


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  • ARB 302 - Media and Writing

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: ARB 301 or the equivalent, or permission of instructor. Advanced conversation and composition in Arabic; improvement of all language skills and grammar. Writing emphasis using media related materials and topics.


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  • ARB 335 - Arab Film

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: ARB 301 or ARB 302 or permission of instructor. This course uses Arab films to introduce students to major cultural features of the Arab world. Students complete reading and writing assignments in Arabic. May be cross-listed with MLA 235.


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  • ARB 345 - Arabic Resources of Cleveland/Service Learning

    [4 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: ARB 201 or ARB 202, or permission of instructor. This is a service learning course that complements class meetings with field study assignments to engage students with Arabic-speaking communities in the Cleveland area. Readings and writings in Arabic. May be cross-listed with MLA 245.


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  • ARB 371 - Introduction to Classical Arabic Literature

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: ARB 301 or 302, or permission of instructor. This course introduces students to classical Arabic literature from the pre-Islamic period to the Abbasid caliphate. Works are examined in their social and historical context with an emphasis on the religio-political discourses of early Islamic society. Taught in Arabic.


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  • ARB 372 - Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: ARB 301 or ARB 302, or permission of instructor. This course is an introduction to Modern Literature in Arab societies (e.g. Morocco, Egypt, Syria), with a focus on major writers form the late 19th and 20th centuries. Taught in Arabic.


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  • ARB 378 - Gender Boundaries and Sexuality in the Arab World

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: ARB 301 or permission of the instructor. The course examines key issues related to gender and sexual categories in Arab societies in the Middle East and Africa. This course places an emphasis on the investigation of these issues and themes primarily through Arabic sources, cultural history, and Arab’s perceptions of sexual identities.


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  • ARB 384 - Arab Civilization and Culture

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: ARB 301 or permission of the instructor. The course examines key themes in Arab civilization and culture from the pre-Islamic period until modern times. Thus, the course discusses various important topics related to Arab people, such as language, history, literature, sciences, philosophy, religion, society, and politics. Geographically, the course deals with Arab societies in the Middle East and Africa.


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  • ARB 393 - Special Topics in Arabic

    [1-3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Study of a particular topic in Arabic language, literature, or civilization. May be repeated with a change of topic. Can only be counted twice toward the minor.


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  • ARB 493 - Special Topics in Arabic

    [1-3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Study of a particular topic in Arabic language, literature, or civilization. May be repeated with a change in topic. Can only be counted twice toward the minor.


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Art
  

  • ART 211 - Foundations Drawing

    [3 credit(s)]
    An introduction to drawing means and processes, including materials and techniques. Emphasis on representational drawing, including the use of line, value, texture, proportion, and perspective. Students will work from two-dimensional and three-dimensional references using graphite, charcoal, and ink.


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  • ART 221 - Foundations Painting

    [3 credit(s)]
    A study of design principles, color theory, materials, and techniques related to descriptive painting, with an introduction to more subjective approaches designed to prepare students for upper-level work.


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  • ART 226 - Foundations Sculpture

    [3 credit(s)]
    Use of traditional materials and methods of sculpture with emphasis on development of three-dimensional form, originality, individual concept and design. The goal is to learn foundations of modeling and fabrication.


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  • ART 231 - Foundations Printmaking

    [3 credit(s)]
    Overview of historical and contemporary approaches to printmaking media. Projects introduce design principles, materials and techniques of etching, aquatint and linocut.


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  • ART 232 - Foundations Photography

    [3 credit(s)]
    A film-based introductory level photography course that covers manual operation of 35mm film cameras, black and white darkroom techniques, and an introduction to nondestructive digital editing. The emphasis is on photography as a fine art.


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  • ART 242 - Introduction to Typographic Principles and Design

    [3 credit(s)]
    Introduction to design aesthetics and the visual organization of information. Students will focus on learning typographic and aesthetic fundamentals and then applying these principles to two-dimensional design collateral with specific themes. Current design theory and practical application will also be studied in conjunction with project development.


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  • ART 244 - Introduction to Visual Technology

    [3 credit(s)]
    Introduction to Adobe Creative Suite Software using a Macintosh platform. The course will begin by developing an understanding of the current Macintosh operating system and will progress to thorough introductions of design industry standard programs: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop. Emphasis will be placed on applied knowledge as the class progresses from program to program. This is a preparatory course for all other technology and design courses.


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  • ART 250 - Visual Literacy

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course applies social science methodologies to both historic and contemporary visuals from Western and non-Western sources. Students learn to analyze visual imagery relating to politics, ideology, marketing, race, age, body type, sexuality, violence, information architecture, new media and more through lectures, practical exercises, and case study projects.

    This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.  Click here for more information about General Education Requirements.


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  • ART 252H - Honors Introduction to Early Western Art

    [3 credit(s)]
    Pre-requisite: Honors standing or permission of university Honors Program. This course introduces the history of Western Art from prehistory to the end of the Middle Ages and introduces Art History itself as a field of actiivity and investigation. Using works of art as primary sources for lectures and discussions, the course covers the arts of prehistoric Europe, the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, and medieval Europe. Through additional readings and discussions this Honors version of the course also introduces differing models or art historical practice, including iconograpohy, artist’s biography, social history, feminism, and museology, as well as contemporary issues and debates in the discipline.

    This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.  Click here for more information about General Education Requirements.


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  • ART 253H - H:Intro/Western Art since 1400

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: Honors standing or permission of university Honors Program. The history of Western art and crafts from the Renaissance to the present. Course focuses upon two major themes. The first is the human figure as it is expressed through various media. The second is the influence of art and science upon each other. Students will complete writing assignments outside of class that demonsstrate their ability to analyze and synthesize materials related to the subject matter of the course. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • ART 293 - Special Topics In Studio Art

    [3 credit(s)]
    For students at a beginning level of expertise. Intensive study of subject or topic to be announced in advance. May be repeated for credit for a total of 9 credit hours with a change of topic.


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  • ART 311 - Intermediate Drawing

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: ART 211 and one other Foundations (200) level studio art course. This class will build on the intoduction to drawing covered in Foundations Drawing. More emphasis will be placed on the use of color. Pastel techniques will be covered in addition to other media including pencil, charcoal, and ink. Advanced investigation of concepts such as contour, gesture, value, texture, proportion, and perspective will be emphasized. Non-representational approaches may also be explored


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  • ART 316 - Watercolor

    [3 credit(s)]
    Pre-requisite: ART 221 and one other Foundations (200) level studio art course. This class introduces students to the processes and techniques used in traditional watercolor painting and for watercolor as a component in mixed media works of art. We will focus primarily on transparent watercolor techniques. Subject matter may include portraits, interiors, still life, landscape, and figure. In addition to representational approaches, techniques associated with abstraction, surrealism, and expressionism may be investigated. Students will be encouraged to experiment with a variety of papers and processes.


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  • ART 321 - Intermediate Painting

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: Art 221 and one other Foundations (200) level studio art course. An exploration of more complex formal concerns in painting with a move toward personal expression.


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  • ART 326 - Intermediate Traditional and Digital Sculpture

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: ART 226 and one other Foundations (200) level studio art course. A continued study of traditional sculptural materials and their variants in 3D computer modeling with an emphasis on traditional fabrication and computer surface modeling techniques. Students will acquaint themselves with the process of preparing and exporting files for output. Modeling and practical casting applications are integrated into the curriculum.


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  • ART 327 - Intermediate Visual Technology: 3D Modeling

    [3 credit(s)]
    Pre-requisite: ART 244. An introductory course focused primarily on the creation of three-dimensional forms, ranging from the sculptural to the architectural, using digital tools. 3D printing is integrated into the curriculum.


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  • ART 329 - Ceramics: Handbuilding and Wheel-Throwing

    [3 credit(s)]
    A study of design principles and the use of ceramic materials in solving problems of 3 dimensional form using hand building methods and the potter’s wheel. May be repeated up to three times total.


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  • ART 331 - Intermediate Printmaking

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: ART 231 and one other Foundations (200) level studio art course. An introduction to traditional lithography and more complex techniques in intaglio and relief with a move toward self-direction and more personal approaches to imagery.


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  • ART 332 - Intermediate Digital Photography

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: ART 232 and one other Foundations (200) level studio art course. A digitally based photography course emphasizing creativity and technique. Covers workflow including image capture, nondestructive editing, and output. Emphasis on photography as a fine art and developing coherent projects.


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  • ART 334 - Special Topics in Photography

    [3 credit(s)]
    Pre-requisite: ART 232 and one other Foundations (200) level studio art course. Intensive studio course based around a specified photographic theme, technique, or approach. Subject announced in advance. May be repeated three times with change of topic.


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  • ART 337 - Color Theory

    [3 credit(s)]
    Course focuses on developing an understanding of color theory and how it applies to the student’s medium of choice. Coursework is aimed at developing an understanding of color relationships, theory and trends, as well application across a variety of mediums. As this course serves a variety of disciplines, impetus to apply foundational learning to individual mediums will ultimately rest on the student.


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  • ART 341 - Multicultural Aethetics

    [3 credit(s)]
    The course is an exploration and criticism of the interrelationships between the arts and aesthetic philosophies with an emphasis on the nature of humankind and the need to create among diverse cultural groups within the United States. The course includes an investigation of visual and performing arts, literature, music and religion in connection to social and cultural aesthetic contexts.

    This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.  Click here for more information about General Education Requirements.e.


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  • ART 342 - Advanced Typography

    [3 credit(s)]
    Pre-requisite: ART 242 and ART 244. Comprehensive instruction on the creation of design collateral with typographic emphasis. Focus on design thinking, visual communication and how typographic principles & techniques support messaging. Students will study the creation and production of a design piece, from initial production schedules and creative brainstorming and problem-solving techniques to aesthetic development and modes of output. Focus on technical, aesthetic, and communication issues. Typographic exploration across print and digital mediums will be encouraged. Professional production techniques, as relevant to assignments will be covered.


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  • ART 343 - Data Visualization and Information Design

    [3 credit(s)]
    Pre-requisite: ART 242 and ART 244. Comprehensive instruction on analysis and visualization of complex data sets. Coursework will concentrate not only on the presentation of data, but how data and visuals can be used to tell a story and engage the audience. Students will learn how to visualize data and organize and interpret information. While much of the course will focus on the creation of infographics, students will also be asked to find innovative solutions for complex problems. Exercises and projects will combine research techniques, writing, and design.


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  • ART 346 - Human-Centered Graphic Design

    [3 credit(s)]
    Pre-requisite: ART 242 and ART 244. Introduction to ethnographic research techniques, as applied to visual communication projects, and an understanding how the target audience drives design solutions. Focus on how qualitative field research informs the design process, and how agile frameworks can be used to enhance ideation skills and look for design insights. Exercises and projects will combine research techniques, rapid prototyping and brainstorming techniques, and design process analysis.


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  • ART 347 - Intermediate Visual Technology: Web

    [3 credit(s)]
    Pre-requisite: ART 244. Introductory instruction on web-standards-compliant HTML/CSS layouts, as well as design research and planning for interactive media. Course will focus on an understanding of web-based design, the graphic designer’s role in the development of rich media content and interactive spaces, and the inter-disciplinary exchange with other professionals. Coursework develops an understanding of communication, information structure/architecture, interaction, process, and prototyping.


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  • ART 348 - Intermediate Visual Technology:Motion

    [3 credit(s)]
    Pre-requisite:ART 244. An introduction to a variety of forms of motion graphics including Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Flash, DVD Studio Pro.


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  • ART 354 - Medieval Art

    [3 credit(s)]
    A survey of western art from the late Roman Empire (c.300) through the late Middle Ages (c.1400), including architecture, manuscript illumination, metalwork, sculpture, and textile production. The focus of the course is on the interactions of artworks and audiences in producing meaning within specific historical circumstances.

    This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.  Click here for more information about General Education Requirements.


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  • ART 365 - Northern Renaissance Art

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course covers art produced in northern Europe (England, France, Germany, and the Netherlands) from c. 1400 through c. 1600. It is focused on three major issues: the changing social role of the artist and the work of art; the development and impact of print making technologies; and the impact of the Protestant Reformation. As an intermediate level art history course, it also introduces students to reading art historical scholarship and develops their skills in visual analysis and research.

    This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.  Click here for more information about General Education Requirements.


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  • ART 370 - American Visual Culture

    [3 credit(s)]
    A consideration of American visual culture from the late 19th through the 20th centuries, focusing on the interrelationship between artists and/or movement in traditional art media with the visual forms of American popular and mass culture. These widely divergent forms of visual culture will be considered within their appropriate social and political contexts.

    This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.  Click here for more information about General Education Requirements.


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  • ART 371 - Art in the 19th Century

    [3 credit(s)]
    A survey of the major social and artistic developments of the 19th century across several national cultures - France, Germany, England, the United States, Italy - focusing on particular themes including romanticism and landscape painting; the deterioration of the distinction between “high” and “low” art forms; the transformation of Paris into the first modem metropolis; and the place of women, the “Orient,” and the “primitive” within 19th-century art and society.

    This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.  Click here for more information about General Education Requirements.


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  • ART 372 - Art in the 20th Century

    [3 credit(s)]
    The survey of 20th-century modernism and visual culture in its historical context, focusing on particular national cultures - France, the United States, Mexico, Soviet Russia, Germany, Holland, Italy, England - and themes including the concept of the avant-garde, the place of the gendered body, the development of differing modes of abstraction, art censorship from fascism to the present, the role of photography and mechanization, and the rise of the postmodern.

    This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.  Click here for more information about General Education Requirements.


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  • ART 373 - On the Edge: Art Since 1968

    [3 credit(s)]
    Study of international directions in visual culture since 1968 with emphasis on the development of new media forms such as performance, conceptualism, video, film, installation, and the expansion of older ones such as photography. New contexts for exhibition and the increasing importance of race, class, gender, and sexual identity within a global culture will also be discussed.


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  • ART 375 - City and Civilization

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course provides an in-depth chronological look at a single city, covering its social, symbolic, functional, industrial and biotechnical domains as generators of architecture, monuments and urban planning, with an emphasis on cultural, historical and demographic contexts. It is a SPAC course, and also an Urban Studies course, cross-listed with UST 375. The focus city will shift; ART375 can be taken for credit three times with differing foci. .

    This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.  Click here for more information about General Education Requirements.


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  • ART 378 - Ancient Greek Art

    [3 credit(s)]
    This online course provides an introduction to the art and architecture of the ancient Greek world, from the Bronze Age through to the Hellenistic period of Greece (c. 300 -31 BC). It examines architecture, sculpture, pottery, and painting as archaeological artifacts which can help us to understand the history and society of the ancient Greeks..

    This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.  Click here for more information about General Education Requirements.


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  • ART 379 - Ancient Roman Art

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course provides an introduction to the art and architecture of the ancient Roman world, from the period of Rome’s early kings, through the Roman Republic, and to the end of the early Empire( 753 BC - first century AD). Through an analysis of architecture, sculpture, pottery, and painting, we will consider themes such as portraiture, theater, funenary monuments, and mural paintings, as archaeological artifacts which can help us understand the history and society of the ancient Romans.


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  • ART 380 - Art of China

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course explores the art and visual culture of China (including mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan). Political, religious, social, and visual aspects of the art will be stressed in class. In order to understand Chinese art and civilization, we will look at art objects from terra-cotta pottery of the Neolithic period, bronze vessels, Buddhist murals and sculptures of the Tang era, literati paintings and imperial tastes of medieval China up to contemporary art. .

    This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.  Click here for more information about General Education Requirements.


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  • ART 386 - Regional Art In Africa

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course will examine the historical arts of a selected region of Africa from the archaeological past to contemporary movements. The course may be repeated for credit for a total of 9 credit hours when the treated region changes. The changing areas to be treated are Western Sudan, Upper Guinea Coast, Lower Guinea Coast, Central Africa, and South and East Africa. May be repeated for credit.

    This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.  Click here for more information about General Education Requirements.


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  • ART 390 - Internship

    [1-3 credit(s)]
    Pre-requisite: Written permission of supervising instructor. Independent learning involving theory and practice in a specific area of art, such as art education, art conservation, museology, and graphic or product design. Approved internships are usually with an external museum or an appropriate institution or commercial enterprise. Grading is on a S/U basis. This course cannot be substituted for other art courses in the degree requirements. May be repeated for credit for a total of 6 credit hours with a change of topic.


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  • ART 393 - Special Topics In Art Education

    [3 credit(s)]
    Intensive study of a relatively narrow subject or topic to be announced in advance. May be repeated for credit for a total of 6 credit hours with a change of topic..


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  • ART 395 - Special Topics in Art History

    [3 credit(s)]
    A study of special topic in art history varying by semester. Possible topics include artists, movements, themes, geographical locations, or periods in the history of art that are not covered by the regular curriculum. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes up to three times.


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  • ART 396 - Independent Reading And Research: Art Education

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: Written permission of instructor. Study of an art education topic of special interest to the particular student. Subject and plan of study to be decided jointly by student and instructor. May be repeated for credit for a total of 9 credit hours with a change of topic.


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  • ART 402 - Project-Based Interpretation

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course familiarizes students with new delivery systems for art interpretation, including museum labels, websites, documentaries, and apps. Skills in audience analysis, writing and planning, social strategies and communicative imagination will be explored through directed projects.


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  • ART 406 - Museology 1: Collections

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course presents an overview of the field of museum studies with an emphasis on contemporary collections management practices. The course also covers a discussion of the principles of museum administration and offers an encounter with professionals currently working in the field.


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  • ART 407 - Museology 2: Exhibitions

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course presents an overview of the field of museum studies with an emphasis on exhibitions. The course offers a practical guide to exhibition development, planning, and design, as well as an outline of museum administration and an encounter with professionals currently working in the field.


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  • ART 411 - Advanced Drawing

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: ART 311. Advanced picture-making with drawing media. Students will be asked to create drawings that deal more directly with content, composition, and design. Improvement of technical skills will also be an ongoing goal. Further advanced investigation of concepts such as contour, gesture, value, texture, proportion, and perspective will be emphasized. Non-representational approaches may also be further explored. May be repeated once for credit.


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  • ART 415 - Life Drawing

    [3 credit(s)]
    Pre-requisite: ART 211 and one other Foundations (200) level studio art course. The focus in this class will be on drawing the clothed and unclothed figure as well as other figurative elements. We will utilize the figure to explore line, value, mass, color, motion, and other visual elements. In addition to live models, students will work from statues, reproductions, and other anatomical references. A variety of concepts and techniques will be explored, including gesture, contour, cross-contour, structure, and proportion.


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  • ART 417 - Illustration

    [3 credit(s)]
    The purpose of this course is to introduce students to illustration, the area of commercial art most closely related to fine art. The objective for this class is for students to understand the history and medium of commercial image-making and the context in which it has been practiced; and also to experience, through studio assignments, the process of creating various forms of illustration.


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  • ART 421 - Advanced Painting

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: ART 321. Students bring formal and technical skills to the search for more individualized content and ideas. The development of a sophisticated and personal style is emphasized. May be repeated once for credit.


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  • ART 426 - Advanced Traditional and Digital Sculpture

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: ART 326. Advanced study of traditional sculptural materials and their variants in 3D computer modeling. May be repeated once for credit.


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  • ART 431 - Advanced Printmaking

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: ART 331. An in-depth exploration of a single printmaking medium, selected in consultation with the instructor, designed to hone expertise and nurture a personal style. Students will also examine their own work in the context of contemporary art. May be repeated once for credit


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  • ART 432 - Advanced Digital Photography

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: ART 332. An advanced digitally based photography course emphasizing creativity and technique. Continued emphasis on photography as a fine art and developing coherent projects. May be repeated once for credit.


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  • ART 433 - Photographic Lighting

    [3 credit(s)]
    Pre-requisite: ART 332. Study of stroboscopic and other lighting techniques in the studio and on location. The emphasis is on both fine art and applied photography.


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  • ART 436 - Digital Art

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: ART 244. This class introduces students to the tools of digital art within a conceptual framework that emphasizes individual creativity. Students begin using digital technology as an essential part of the creative process to complete a variety of projects including 2D digital artwork, experimental digital video, and digital installation art. Topics such as Digital Video Principles, Digital Video Editing, Visual Communication & Storytelling, and Critical Thinking Skills will be covered.


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  • ART 437 - Topics in Interdisciplinary Art

    [3 credit(s)]
    Pre-requisite: Any 400 level studio art class. An advanced studio course for studio majors centered on a specified theme, genre, or approach. Course is not media specific. Subject announced in advance. May be repeated three times with change of topic.


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  • ART 438 - Conceptual Art

    [3 credit(s)]
    Pre-requisite: 2 Foundations (200) level studio art courses. This studio art course concerns itself with ideas as the primary medium of art production. The course explores contemporary art making practices that are informed by the study of art theory and art criticism.


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  • ART 439 - Art in the Community

    [3 credit(s)]
    Pre-requisite: Any 400 level studio art class. A course focused on art as a form of community engagement. Includes readings, discussions, field experiences, and studio projects. Specific topic will vary. May be repeated three times with change of topic.


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