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Exploration of front-end web design as a graphic and visual communication design medium. Emphasis is placed on research discovery, ideation, information architecture, UI/UX experience, and designing for emotion.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 392 and ART 406
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This course will expand on skills learned in Painting: Contemporary Approaches I while helping students develop a personal voice. Students will gain an understanding of the issues relevant to contemporary painting dialogue and discourse while becoming familiar with a diverse array of contemporary artists working within the discipline. Course may be repeated for credit.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 340
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This course explores the design and development of intricate typographic systems, multi-page publications, and innovative type-based solutions for visual communication. Through a blend of theory and hands-on application, students deepen their understanding of planning, designing, and producing professional typographic designs. Proficiency in digital typography is refined for crafting expressive books and complex multi-page documents. This course provides a platform for exploring alternative typographic techniques and technologies, including haptic, display, and print-on-demand methods. Students emerge with advanced skills in leveraging typography for impactful visual communication in diverse contexts.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 392, and ART 404
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The course focuses on developing students' voices in ceramics while integrating a range of experimental processes and approaches. Formal and conceptual issues are addressed. The course may be repeated.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 350
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Introduction to the art and architecture of the ancient era in its historical and cultural frameworks. Examination of representative works of art and major styles of ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Aegean, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman cultures.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 260 or consent
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Examine art and architecture made between the fourth and fourteenth centuries and as informed by the cultural and religious tradition of Europe, North Africa, and West Asia. The time period begins with the disintegration of the Roman Empire and ends with the era of monumental cathedral building across Europe, integrating sociopolitical history alongside art and architectural achievements.
Origins and development of Northern and Italian Renaissance art and architecture as an expression of historical, cultural and religious issues.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 261 or consent
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Historical survey of art, architecture and urban planning in Europe and America from the late sixteenth to mid-nineteenth century: Mannerism, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism and Romanticism.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 392, ART 406
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The study of art museum history, theory and practice, including ethics, collecting, and display will be addressed. Students gain on-site experience in a museum setting and work alongside museum staff in order to develop individual and group projects.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 260, ART 261
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Historical survey of art, architecture and urban planning in Europe and America from the mid-nineteenth century to the present: Realism, Impressionism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, Op Art, Pop Art, and Post-modern issues and trends.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 261 or consent
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Historical survey of art and architecture from Islam's origins through today. Course focuses on contextualizing monuments, paintings, ceramic ware and other art forms from various regions around the world through the contemporary era.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Diverse Cultures - Purple
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Survey of Graphic Design, Industrial Design and Architecture from historical and theoretical perspectives. Design issues examined from formal and contextual points of view, using analysis strategies that consider style, composition, historical context, functional/propagandistic significance and communicative ability.
Historical survey of the art and architecture of China, Korea, Japan, and South Asia from pre-history to the present.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 260, ART 261 or consent
- Graduation Requirements:
- Diverse Cultures - Purple
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In this course, students will expand their intermediate printmaking knowledge while developing technical and intellectual skills. Students will complete self-directed projects with instructor guidance and supervision, push the boundaries of the media through contemporary processes and concepts, and gain an awareness of contemporary applications surrounding the media of printmaking. Course may be repeated.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 370
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Expanding technical knowledge and visual awareness while building a portfolio in selected areas. May be repeated.
Investigation of developments in sacred and secular art and architecture in various regions of the world. Modern works will be understood within their socio-historical and contemporary contexts, incorporating interdisciplinary research and analysis.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Diverse Cultures - Purple | Writing Intensive
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An advanced sculpture studio level course where students will continue to develop personal aesthetic expression in three dimensions.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 380
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This course will focus on a continued expansion of skills related to installation art while helping students address personal interests and integrate conceptual approaches. Students will learn how to create dimensional works that relate to specific architectural environments. A variety of material and conceptual approaches will be explored with an emphasis on non-traditional materials and non-technical processes. Previous sculpture experience is not necessary. Students will become aware of a diverse array of artists working within the field of installation. Course may be repeated.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 385 or consent
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Specific problems in art emphasizing both individual research and contributions to the seminar group on advanced, in-depth topics.
- Prerequisites:
- Consent
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Works by global artists throughout history are examined through the lens of gender in order to develop complex, multi-perspective and intersectional awareness of topics including feminism, gender nonconformity, sexuality, identity and race.
Lecture/discussion/studio course on a selected area of discourse relating to the study of Art History, Art Criticism, Art Education or Art Studio. May focus on a specific artist, style period, cultural group or technical or methodological problem.
This course will emphasize professional practices in relation to exhibition planning and design. The course will culminate in a group exhibition where students install and present their work to the public in a gallery setting.
- Prerequisites:
- Consent
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Capstone writing project. Advanced study and research required. Topic of the senior thesis determined jointly by the student and the faculty advisor. Required for art history specialization and art history major. A less expansive project is required for the art history minor.
- Prerequisites:
- Consent of advisor
Field experience in professional settings relating to the specialization: graphic design, museum or arts administration, etc. Pre: Jr. standing with consent of advisor and department chair.
- Prerequisites:
- Jr. standing with consent of advisor and department chair.
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This course will emphasize professional practices in relation to portfolio presentation for graphic designers. The course will culminate in a group exhibition where students present their work to the public.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 320, ART 392, ART 404, ART 406
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