ART
College of Creative Arts
(See Art in the Academic Programs section for information on degrees)
Students who are neither art majors nor minors, wishing to elect an art course, may have prerequisites waived only by consent of the instructor and by petition to the Art Department.
Undergraduate Courses
200 level courses: Explorations in the various areas of the art department. They are designed to serve as prerequisite experiences for upper division work.
201 Western Art History I (3) [GE]
The conceptual and technical relationship of visual form to values of the ancient and medieval periods in Europe. [CAN ART 2]
202 Western Art History II (3) [GE]
The conceptual and technical relationship of visual form to values of the Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo periods.
203 Modern Art History (3)
Priority enrollment given to art majors. The conceptual and technical relationship of visual form to values of the 19th and 20th centuries in Europe and America, from Romanticism to the Contemporary period.
204 Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas (3) [GE]
An introductory survey of the traditional arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Slide lectures stress methodology for studying non-western cultures and the diverse values and socio-political systems that produced the art.
205 Asian Art History (3)
The conceptual and technical relationship of visual form to values in the art of China, Korea, Japan, India, Tibet, and South East Asia. (Also offered as HUM 205.)
210 Exploration in Conceptual Design (3) [GE]
Studio experiences correlating concepts, form-languages, and a variety of modes of art expression. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
222 Exploration in Textiles (3) [GE]
Studio experiences correlating textile media with basic techniques and processes. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
224 Exploration in Surface Design (3) [GE]
Studio experiences correlating fabric surface design with various textile techniques and processes. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
225 Exploration in Metal Arts and Jewelry (3) [GE]
Studio experiences correlating the craft of metal arts and jewelry work with basic techniques and processes. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
231 Exploration in Drawing and Painting (3) [GE]
Studio experiences correlating drawing and painting media with basic techniques and processes. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
235 Exploration in Drawing and Printmaking (3) [GE]
Studio experiences correlating drawing and printmaking media with basic techniques and processes. Extra fee required. Laboratory. [CAN ART 20]
240 Exploration in Sculpture (3) [GE]
Studio experiences exploring sculptural, theoretical, and visual processes using a variety of materials, methods, and context as means of investigation. Emphasis on personal creative growth and development. Extra fee required. Laboratory. [CAN ART 12]
245 Exploration in Ceramics (3) [GE]
Studio experiences correlating clay media with basic techniques and processes. Extra fee required. Laboratory. [CAN ART 6]
247 Exploration in Glass (3)
Studio experiences correlating glass media with basic techniques such as stained glass, glass slumping and fusing, and an introduction to glass blowing. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
260 Exploration in Photography (3) [GE]
Basic introduction to black and white film processing and printing. Assignments structured to develop students' awareness of photography as art. Students must provide 35mm camera with manually adjustable apertures and shutter speeds. Automatic cameras not acceptable. Extra fee required. Laboratory. [CAN ART 18]
300 level courses: Upper division courses designed for non-majors. Such courses are not generally applicable to the art major.
303 The Artist in the 20th Century: Cultures in Collision—Cultures in Fusion (3) [GE]
A multi-cultural, multi-ethnic overview of selected topics in Twentieth century art. Examines the ways in which artists have moved out of their own cultural frameworks and have borrowed from a multitude of cultural sources and the ways in which non-European artists have provided alternative creative expressions.
305 Photography and Society (3)
A study of society and culture as reflected and influenced by still and moving photography. The impact of the film image on the development of intellectual information in the 19th and 20th centuries.
360 Color Transparencies (3)
Introduction to the use of color transparency materials including film types, exposure testing, color balance, copy slides. Analysis of the photograph as art and information. Cameras and film provided by students.
400 level courses: Designed as basic disciplines within the various professional areas of the art department. College level studio experiences and commitment in the discipline are required.
402 History of Architecture (3)
Prerequisite: ART 201, 202, 203, or equivalent. The interplay of function, structure, and form during the major periods of world art with emphasis on modern architecture.
404 Late Antiquity and Medieval Art and Architecture (3)
Prerequisite: ART 201, 202, 203, or equivalent. Painting, sculpture, architecture, and the other arts in Europe between late Antiquity and the Renaissance.
405 Art, Literature, and Power in the Renaissance (3)
Prerequisite: ART 201, or 202, or equivalent. European Renaissance and Baroque art and literature examined in terms of power structures affecting all aspects of culture and society. Case studies of social, political, cultural, and religious contexts of specific works. (Also offered as HUM 405.)
406 Renaissance Art (3)
Prerequisite: ART 201, 202, 203, or equivalent. A study of the painting, sculpture, and architecture of the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries in Italy and Northern Europe.
408 Baroque and Rococo Art (3)
Prerequisite: ART 201, 202, 203, or equivalent. A study of the painting, sculpture, and architecture of seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe. Topics include the impact of the Counter-Reformation and the rise of modern nation states on seventeenth century art, and the political undercurrents in eighteenth century art.
410 Conceptual Strategies I (3)
Prerequisites: upper division standing and/or consent of instructor. Must be taken concurrently with ART 412. Priority enrollment given to art majors. Artmaking with an emphasis on conceptual strategies: listing, indexing, icons, language, chance, etc. Introduction to computers in art production. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
412 Computer Applications in Conceptual Design I (3)
Prerequisite: upper division standing. Must be taken concurrently with ART 410. Priority enrollment given to art majors. Focus on using the digital computer as a design tool through programming to create and manipulate graphic imagery. Programming graphic, sound, and text events. No mathematical or computer background required. Extra fee required.
422 Textiles I (3)
Prerequisite: ART 222 or equivalent. Introductory experiences in basic weaving techniques using four harness looms. May be repeated for a total of six units under advisement. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
424 Surface Design I (3)
Prerequisite: ART 224 or equivalent. Fundamental surface design techniques on fabric for producing two- and three-dimensional forms. May be repeated for a total of six units on advisement. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
425 Metal Arts and Jewelry I (3)
Prerequisite: ART 225 or equivalent. Materials, tools, and techniques of contemporary jewelry. Methods of fabricating, casting, enameling, lapidary, and electro-forming. May be repeated for a total of six units. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
431 Painting and Drawing I (3)
Prerequisite: ART 231 or equivalent. Priority enrollment given to art majors. Experience with various concepts, techniques and disciplines of painting and drawing. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
432 Drawing (3)
Prerequisite: ART 231 or equivalent. Priority enrollment given to art majors. Experience with concepts and media in drawing. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
433 Life Drawing and Painting I (3)
Prerequisite: ART 231 or equivalent. Priority enrollment given to art majors. Experience with concepts and media in drawing and painting the human figure. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
435 Printmaking Workshop: Relief (3)
Prerequisites: six units of drawing from ART 231, 431, 433, 533, or equivalent. Relief workshop with emphasis on individual projects. May be repeated for a total of six units. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
436 Printmaking Workshop: Intaglio (3)
Prerequisites: six units of drawing from ART 231, 431, 433, 533, or equivalent. Intaglio workshop with emphasis on individual projects. May be repeated for a total of six units. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
437 Printmaking Workshop: Lithography (3)
Prerequisites: six units of drawing from ART 231, 431, 433, 533, or equivalent. Lithography workshop with emphasis on individual projects. May be repeated for a total of six units. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
438 Monoprinting (3)
Prerequisites: six units from ART 231, 431, 433, 533, or equivalent. Exploration of monoprint process. Emphasis on experimentation and re-evaluation of medium and its relationship to traditional printmaking. May be repeated for a total of six units. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
438 Printmaking Workshop: Silkscreen (3)
Prerequisites: six units of drawing from ART 231, 431, 433, 533, or equivalent. Silkscreen workshop with emphasis on individual projects. May be repeated for a total of six units. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
440 Sculpture I (3)
Prerequisite: ART 240 or equivalent. Development of sculptural/artistic ideas and skills examined in relation to the nature of materials and methods of processing. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
445 Ceramics I (3)
Prerequisite: ART 245 or equivalent. Priority enrollment given to art majors. Experience with clay and glaze, involving wheel and handbuilding techniques. Emphasis on form exploration. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
450 Art for Children (3)
Creative experiments with varied media to explore the role of art in child development. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
451 Crafts for Children (3)
Crafts and three dimensional media appropriate for children. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
460 Photography I (3)
Prerequisite: ART 260 or equivalent. Priority enrollment given to art majors. Exploration of photography as a creative medium. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
500 level courses: Advanced work within the area of emphasis. Proficiency is required and courses may be repeated when so indicated.
545 Ceramics II (3)
Prerequisite: ART 445. Priority enrollment given to art majors. Continuation of ART 445. Special problems in ceramics. May be repeated once for a total of six units. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
546 Ceramics: Special Areas (3)
Prerequisite: ART 545 or equivalent. Topic to be specified in Class Schedule. Ceramics workshop with emphasis in special areas. May be repeated for a total of twelve units as topics vary. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
547 Glass: Special Areas (3)
Prerequisite: ART 247 or departmental permission. Topic to be specified in Class Schedule. Priority enrollment given to art majors. Glass workshop with emphasis in special areas. May be repeated for a total of twelve units as topics vary. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
548 Glaze Calculations (3)
Prerequisite: ART 545 or consent of instructor. Covers glazes, clay bodies, kiln design, firing techniques and includes workshop experience involving the actual application and development of glazing techniques. Extra fee required.
549 Art Productions: Sculpture, Metal Arts, and Ceramics (1)
Research, design, and development of visual material for instructional purposes. Exhibition techniques. Concurrent enrollment permitted in two different sections of the Art Production Series (509, 519, 539, 549, 559, 569). A total of four units from this Series may be taken for credit. Laboratory.
560 Photography II (3)
Prerequisite: ART 460 or equivalent and consent of instructor. Priority enrollment given to art majors. Continuation of ART 460. Special approaches in photography. May be repeated once for a total of six units. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
562 Color Photography I (3)
Prerequisite: ART 560 or equivalent and consent of instructor. Priority enrollment given to art majors. Color photography, including processing and printing of color materials. May be repeated for a total of nine units. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
563 Photography: Special Areas (3)
Prerequisite: ART 560 or equivalent and consent of instructor. Topic to be specified in Class Schedule. Priority enrollment given to art majors. Photography workshop with emphasis on such special areas as photojournalism, photographic essay, and documentary photography. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. Extra fee required. Laboratory.
569 Art Productions: Photography (1)
Research, design, and development of visual material for instructional purposes. Exhibition techniques. Concurrent enrollment permitted in two different sections of the Art Production Series (509, 519, 539, 549, 559, 569). A total of four units from this Series may be taken for credit. Laboratory.
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