2007-2008 Academic Catalog

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Art

ARTS 101 Basic Design I
3 hours. ARTS 101 is an introduction to materials, techniques, and theory related to two-dimensional design. Additional course fee is required.

ARTS 102 Basic Design II
3 hours. ARTS 102 focuses on three-dimensional design. Hands-on projects are the primary learning mode. Additional course fee is required.

ARTS 111, 112 Drawing I and II
3 hours each semester. Art majors given preference. This course is a study of materials, methods, and techniques used for drawing with pencil, ink, charcoal, and other drawing media. Additional course fee is required. ARTS 111 is a prerequisite for ARTS 112.

ARTS 201 Beginning Painting
3 hours. Introduces students to materials, methods, and techniques used in painting with acrylics or oils. Additional course fee is required.
Prerequisite: ARTS 111 Drawing, or instructor's permission.

ARTS 216 Art History Survey to 1450
3 hours. A survey of the elements and concepts of art theory and practice as reflected in culturally and historically significant painting, sculpture, architecture, and other art forms, from prehistoric times to 1450. Additional course fee is required.

ARTS 217 Art History Survey from 1450
3 hours. A survey of the elements and concepts of art theory and practice as reflected in culturally and historically significant painting, sculpture, architecture, and other art forms, from 1450 to the present. Additional course fee is required.

ARTS 221 Beginning Sculpture
3 hours. Introduction to the materials, methods, and techniques used in sculpture. Additional course fee is required.

ARTS 230 Beginning Photography
3 hours. Introduction to the materials, methods, and techniques used in photography. Additional course fee is required.

ARTS 231 Beginning Printmaking
3 hours. An introduction to screen printmaking, and relief printmaking (woodcut, linocut, collagraph) techniques and methods. Additional course fee is required.

ARTS 240 Beginning Mixed Media
3 hours. Introduction to the materials, methods, and techniques used for mixed media artwork. Additional course fee is required.

ARTS 241 Beginning Ceramics
3 hours. Introduction to basic hand-building techniques and surface design. Additional course fee is required.

ARTS 245/345/445 Selected Studio Media
3 hours. A lecture/studio course that deals with an area of interest and faculty specialty, such as watercolor, kiln-worked glass, jewelry, encaustic painting, and bookmaking. The lower-division class is required of the student in the given topic before they can take a more advanced course. The student under a different topic may repeat this course. Student may need to purchase additional supplies. Additional course fee is required.

ARTS 250 Introduction to Graphic Design
3 hours. Introduction to the materials, methods, and techniques used in graphic design. Additional course fee is required.

ARTS 285 Selected Topics
1-3 hours. A lecture/studio class that deals with areas of interest and specialty in studio and graphic arts. Student may need to purchase additional supplies. Additional course fee is required.

ARTS 295/495 Special Study
1-3 hours. Designed to give two emphases for the serious art student: to allow for further individual study in a medium or area in which no further courses are available, and/or to allow for study in an area for which the student may already have some background and in which no course currently is offered.

ARTS 301 Intermediate Painting
3 hours. A further development of the students' knowledge and use of the materials, methods, and techniques used in painting with acrylics or oils. Additional course fee is required.
Prerequisite: ARTS 201 Beginning Painting.

ARTS 321 Intermediate Sculpture
3 hours. A further development of the students' knowledge and use of the materials, methods, and techniques used in sculpture. Additional course fee is required.
Prerequisite: ARTS 221 Beginning Sculpture.

ARTS 330 Intermediate Photography
3 hours. Provides an opportunity for further development of skills and for the introduction of more advanced techniques. Additional course fee is required.
Prerequisite: ARTS 230 Beginning Photography.

ARTS 331 Intermediate Printmaking
3 hours. A further development of the students' knowledge and use of printmaking (silkscreen, woodcut, linocut, collagraph) and a further introduction to intalio and etching techniques and methods. Additional course fee is required.
Prerequisite: ARTS 231 Beginning Printmaking.

ARTS 340 Intermediate Mixed Media
3 hours. A further development of the students' knowledge and use of the materials, methods, and techniques used for mixed media artwork. Additional course fee is required.
Prerequisite: ARTS 240 Beginning Mixed Media.

ARTS 341 Intermediate Ceramics
3 hours. A further development of the students' knowledge and skill in throwing, hand building, and firing techniques in ceramics. Additional course fee is required.
Prerequisite: ARTS 241 Beginning Ceramics.

ARTS 350 Graphic Design 2: Typography
3 hours. Provides an opportunity for further development of skills and an in-depth exploration of letterforms, typographic conventions, and production techniques. Additional course fee is required.
Prerequisite: ARTS 250 Introduction to Graphic Design.

ARTS 355 Selected Topics in Western Art
3 hours. Offered 2007-08. An in-depth study of a specific era or group found within Western art, such as studies in the Baroque and Rococo, Renaissance, or Women in Art. Specific topics will be dependent on the instructor's area of specialization.

ARTS 360 Illustration
3 hours. Introduction of traditional illustration and commercial rendering techniques. Students will refine expressive, observational, and technical drawing, painting, and marker skills as they relate to illustration as a means of visual communication.
Prerequisites: ARTS 111 Drawing I or ARTS 112 Drawing II and ARTS 250 Introduction to Graphic Design.

ARTS 365 Selected Topics in Non-Western Art
3 hours. Offered 2008-09. Art and its relationship to a non-Western culture, e.g., African, Asian, Latin American. Specific topic will be dependent on the instructor's area of specialization. Additional course fee is required.

ARTS 382 Twentieth-Century Art
3 hours. Art and its relationship to Western culture of the 20th century. Additional course fee is required.

ARTS 383 History of Visual Communications
3 hours. Survey of graphic communications throughout history, and the impact of technology on the visual qualities of graphic design, advertising, fashion, media, and industrial design. Beginning with prehistoric petroglyphs and concluding with the World Wide Web, course will examine how culture shapes the practice of graphic design as well as how design shapes its corresponding cultures.

ARTS 384 Contemporary Art Forms
3 hours. Offered 2008-09. An exploration into the forms, movements, and artists found within the current art scene of the 21st century. Special emphasis will be placed on looking at new forms and genres of art such as video, performance, digital, art activism, time-based art, and installation. Additional course fee is required.

ARTS 401 Advanced Painting
3 hours. Focuses on the individual artistic development of students as they combine techniques and subject matter into a personal style of visual communication. Additional course fee is required.
Prerequisite: ARTS 301 Intermediate Painting.

ARTS 421 Advanced Sculpture
3 hours. Advanced development within the materials, methods, and techniques used in sculpture. Additional course fee is required.
Prerequisite: ARTS 321 Intermediate Sculpture.

ARTS 430 Advanced Photography
3 hours. Focuses on the individual artistic development of students as they combine techniques and subject matter into a personal style of visual communication. Additional course fee is required.
Prerequisite: ARTS 330 Intermediate Photography.

ARTS 431 Advanced Printmaking
3 hours. Focuses on the individual artistic development of students as they combine techniques and subject matter into a personal style of visual communication. Additional course fee is required.
Prerequisite: ARTS 331 Intermediate Printmaking.

ARTS 440 Advanced Mixed Media
3 hours. Focuses on the individual artistic development of students as they combine techniques and subject matter into a personal style of visual communication. Additional course fee is required.
Prerequisite: ARTS 340 Intermediate Mixed Media.

ARTS 441 Advanced Ceramics
3 hours. Focuses on the individual artistic development of students as they combine techniques and subject matter into a personal style of visual communication. Additional course fee is required.
Prerequisite: ARTS 341 Intermediate Ceramics.

ARTS 450 Graphic Design 3: Design Applications
3 hours. Advanced studies in the exploration of concepts for solving visual communications problems with emphasis on the use of design-specific software packages on pieces for students' professional portfolios. Additional course fee is required.
Prerequisite: ARTS 350 Graphic Design 2: Typography.

ARTS 451 Packaging, Public Graphics, Signage
3 hours. Design, use, production, and evaluation of product packaging, public graphics, and signage, including exploration of related material and environmental issues. Course will concentrate on computer-assisted production techniques, mock-up presentation, and portfolio development.
Prerequisite: ARTS 450 Graphic Design 3: Design Applications, or by permission.

ARTS 460 Art and Christ
3 hours. Offered 2007-08. A study of the relationship between art and Christianity in the contemporary world. Designed primarily for studio art majors.
Prerequisite: either ARTS 382 Twentieth Century Art or ARTS 384 Contemporary Art Forms.

ARTS 475 Field Experience
3 hours. Field Experience provides on-site work experience at an approved business or institutional site.

ARTS 485 Selected Topics
1-3 hours. A lecture/studio class that deals with areas of interest in art, such as watercolors, calligraphy, or special topics in art history. Student may need to purchase additional supplies. Additional course fee is required.

ARTS 490 Senior Thesis
3 hours. All students graduating with a major in art will be required to exhibit their work in the Lindgren Gallery or other acceptable alternative location. This course includes the completion of a body of artwork for exhibition, writing a statement of artistic intent, and installing artwork in an exhibition space. Additional course fee is required.
Prerequisite: art major with senior standing, or by permission.