Course Descriptions

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Art Discipline Courses

Course ID Title Latest Offering
ART 201 Western Art History I (3) Fall 2008
ART 202 Western Art History II (3) Summer 2009
ART 204 Arts of Africa, the Pacific, and Native Americas (3) Fall 2009
ART 205 Asian Art History (3) Spring 2009
ART 222 Textiles 1 (3) Fall 2009
ART 231 Drawing 1 (3) Fall 2009
ART 235 Printmaking 1 (3) Fall 2009
ART 240 Sculpture 1 (3) Fall 2009
ART 245 Ceramics 1 (3) Fall 2009
ART 260 Photography 1 (3) Fall 2009
ART 303 The Artist in the 20th-21st Centuries: Cultures in Collision--Cultures in Fusion (3) Fall 2009
ART 403 Queer Art History (3) Spring 2009
ART 405 Art, Literature, and Power in the Renaissance (3) Spring 2009
ART 406 Renaissance Art (3) Summer 2009
ART 410 Conceptual Strategies I (3) Fall 2009
ART 412 Computer Applications in Conceptual Design I (3) Spring 2009
ART 422 Textiles 2 (3) Spring 2009
ART 424 Surface Design 2 (3) Fall 2009
ART 431 Painting 1 (3) Fall 2009
ART 432 Drawing 2 (3) Fall 2009
ART 433 Figure Drawing (3) Fall 2009
ART 434 Color Workshop (3) Fall 2009
ART 435 Printmaking Workshop: Relief (3) Fall 2008
ART 436 Printmaking Workshop: Intaglio (3) Fall 2009
ART 437 Printmaking Workshop: Lithography (3) Fall 2009
ART 438 Monoprinting (3) Fall 2009
ART 440 Sculpture 2 (3) Fall 2009
ART 445 Ceramics 2 (3) Fall 2009
ART 450 Art for Children (3) Fall 2009
ART 460 Photography 2 (3) Fall 2009
ART 501 Western Art: Special Areas (3) Effective Spring 1980
ART 501 Variable topics:
  ART 501 Art and Politics in the 20th Century: 1900-1968 (3) Fall 2008
  ART 501 Art in the 80's: The Post-modern Dilemma (3) Spring 2009
  ART 501 Dada and Surrealism (3) Spring 2008
  ART 501 History of New Media Art (3) Effective Spring 2010
  ART 501 History of Photography (3) Summer 2009
  ART 501 History of Prints (3) Fall 2009
  ART 501 Performance Art (3) Spring 2009
  ART 501 Rembrandt and His Contemporaries (3) Fall 2007
  ART 501 Spanish Art: Case Studies of Major Artists (3) Spring 2007
  ART 501 Women and Art: 20th-21st Centuries (3) Spring 2009
  ART 501 Women's Art: Middle Ages to the 19th Century (3) Summer 2008
ART 502 Asian Art: Special Areas (3) Effective Spring 1984
ART 502 Variable topics:
  ART 502 Art of South Asia: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal (3) Fall 2009
  ART 502 Asian American Art (3) Fall 2008
  ART 502 Buddhist Art (3) Summer 2009
  ART 502 Influence of Japanese Art on DEcorative Arts in the Gilded Age (3) Spring 2008
  ART 502 The Art of Japan (3) Spring 2009
ART 503 Caribbean Art: Secular and Sacred (3) Fall 2008
ART 504 The Art and Architecture of Islam (3) Spring 2009
ART 506 American Painting and Sculpture: 1940 to Present (3) Summer 2009
ART 507 Art of China (3) Fall 2007
ART 508 African Art History (3) Fall 2009
ART 509 Art Productions: Art History (1) Fall 2009
ART 511 Conceptual and Information Arts: Special Areas (1-3) Effective Spring 1999
ART 511 Variable topics:
  ART 511 Art and Theory in Technology (3) Spring 2007
  ART 511 Conceptual Strategies (3) Spring 2009
  ART 511 Digital Video: Interactive Images (3) Fall 2009
  ART 511 Electronics and Robotics in Conceptual Design (3) Spring 2009
  ART 511 Interactive Media and Lingo (3) Spring 2008
  ART 511 New Communication Technology in the Visual Arts (3) Fall 2008
  ART 511 Research and Emerging Technology for Artists (3) Spring 2009
ART 522 Textiles 3 (3) Fall 2009
ART 523 Textiles: Special Areas (3) Effective Spring 1980
ART 523 Variable topics:
  ART 523 Experimental Techniques (3) Fall 2008
ART 524 Surface Design 3 (3) Spring 2009
ART 531 Painting 2 (3) Spring 2009
ART 532 Painting and Drawing: Special Areas (3) Effective Spring 1980
ART 532 Variable topics:
  ART 532 Art Materials (3) Fall 1989
  ART 532 The Human Image (3) Spring 2008
ART 533 Figure Painting (3) Fall 2009
ART 534 Mixed Media Painting (3) Fall 2009
ART 536 Printmaking: Special Areas (3) Effective Spring 1980
ART 536 Variable topics:
  ART 536 Alternative Photo Printmaking (3) Fall 2009
  ART 536 Bookarts (3) Spring 2009
  ART 536 Mixed Media Printmaking (3) Fall 2007
  ART 536 Printmaking: Photo Lithography (3) Effective Summer 2007
ART 538 Watercolor Painting (3) Fall 2007
ART 539 Art Productions: Drawing, Painting and Printmaking (1) Fall 2009
ART 540 Sculpture 3 (3) Fall 2009
ART 541 Sculpture: Special Areas (3) Effective Spring 1980
ART 541 Variable topics:
  ART 541 Architecturally-Scaled Construction for Artists (3) Fall 1988
  ART 541 Art in Public Places (3) Fall 1986
  ART 541 Environmental Sculpture (3) Spring 1989
  ART 541 Interactive Time-Based Sculpture (3) Spring 2008
  ART 541 The Transformative Object (3) Spring 1986
ART 544 Raku (3) Fall 2009
ART 545 Ceramics 3 (3) Fall 2009
ART 546 Ceramics: Special Areas (3) Effective Spring 1980
ART 546 Variable topics:
  ART 546 Glaze Surfaces (3) Spring 2009
ART 547 Glass: Special Areas (3) Effective Spring 1980
ART 547 Variable topics:
  ART 547 Glass Blowing (3) Effective Spring 2005
ART 550 Field Experience in Art Education (3) Spring 2008
ART 551 GW Resources and Strategies for Art and Learning (3) Effective Spring 2010
ART 551 Resources and Strategies for Art and Learning (3) Effective Summer 2009
ART 560 Photography 3 (3) Fall 2009
ART 562 Color Photography I (3) Fall 2009
ART 563 Photography: Special Areas (3) Effective Spring 1980
ART 563 Variable topics:
  ART 563 Alternative Photographic Processes (3) Fall 2007
  ART 563 Landscape Photography (3) Fall 1988
  ART 563 Photo Documentary (3) Fall 2009
  ART 563 Photography as a Critical Tool (3) Spring 2009
  ART 563 Ways of Seeing (3) Fall 2009
ART 602 GW Art History Methods - GWAR (3) Fall 2009
ART 610 Conceptual Strategies III (3) Spring 2009
ART 612 Computer Applications in Conceptual Design III (3) Fall 2009
ART 619 Exhibition Design (3) Fall 2009
ART 624 Contemporary Fiber Forms (3) Fall 2006
ART 631 Painting 3 (3) Fall 2009
ART 632 Painting Honors Studio (3) Fall 2006
ART 635 Advanced Printmaking (3) Spring 2009
ART 640 Sculpture 4 (3) Fall 2009
ART 645 Ceramics 4 (3) Fall 2009
ART 650 Curriculum and Instruction in Art (3) Fall 2009
ART 655 Curriculum and Instruction II (3) Spring 2009
ART 660 Photography 4 (3) Spring 2009
ART 662 Color Photography II (3) Spring 2009
ART 663 Honors Seminar in Photography (3) Effective Summer 2007
ART 685 Projects in the Teaching of the Visual Arts (1-3) Effective Spring 1998
ART 685 Variable topics:
  ART 685 Projects in the Teaching of the Visual Arts (1) Fall 2009
  ART 685 Projects in the Teaching of the Visual Arts (2) Fall 2009
  ART 685 Projects in the Teaching of the Visual Arts (3) Fall 2009
ART 690 Professional Practices: Studio Art (3) Spring 2008
ART 690 GW Professional Practices: Studio Art - GWAR (3) Effective Spring 2010
ART 699 Special Study (1-3) Effective Spring 2006
ART 699 Variable topics:
  ART 699 Special Study (1) Fall 2009
  ART 699 Special Study (2) Fall 2009
  ART 699 Special Study (3) Fall 2009
ART 700 Seminar in Art Theory and Criticism (3) Fall 2009
ART 701 Art History: Images and Meaning (3) Spring 2009
ART 702 Graduate Art History Methods (3) Fall 2009
ART 703 Art History Research Applications (3) Fall 2009
ART 704 Seminar in Art (3) Fall 2009
ART 705 Contemporary Art (3) Spring 2009
ART 719 Exhibition Design (3) Fall 2009
ART 750 Seminar in Teaching Art Practice (3) Fall 2007
ART 780 Graduate Visiting Artist/Scholar Studio (3) Fall 2009
ART 850 Directed Experience in Public Roles for Artists (3) Fall 2009
ART 852 Directed Experience in Art Education (3) Fall 2009
ART 853 Directed Experience in Museum Education (3) Fall 2009
ART 882 Tutorial in Studio (3) Fall 2009
ART 890 Creative Work Research (3) Fall 2009
ART 894 Creative Work Project (3) Spring 2009
ART 897 Research Projects in Art (3) Fall 2009
ART 898 Master's Thesis (3) Fall 2009
ART 899 Special Study (1-3) Effective Spring 2006
ART 899 Variable topics:
  ART 899 Special Study (1) Fall 2009
  ART 899 Special Study (2) Fall 2009
  ART 899 Special Study (3) Fall 2009
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