ARTS - Art and Design

This course is designed to introduce students to a visual language. Students learn about the tools and processes necessary for creative expression. A broad overview of this information provides students with a better understanding of the visual world of art. The material is presented in a historical context consisting of lectures, tests, papers and hands-on art production.

This course provides students with the opportunity to study various aspects of the world of art.

This course is a structured approach to the visual language of paintings through a study of composition, representation and the interaction of color. Major techniques, procedures and spatial devices are presented.

This class promotes student awareness that an art form is the result of the organization of a visual language: line, shape, value, space, pattern and texture in a significant arrangement. The course also includes a structured exploration of two-dimensional form.

A study of the design and construction of three-dimensional forms, this course heightens student awareness of three-dimensional space by offering a hands-on approach to project development. A significant portion of the course is devoted to learning how a design is developed.

A study of printmaking methods, materials, techniques and procedures for relief printing, intaglio, lithography and serigraphy, this class involves demonstrations and studio work.

This class is a study of methods, materials, techniques and procedures used by contemporary illustrators. Studio work is included.

Basic theory and procedures of photography are studied, including individual instruction in digital camera usage, basic computer editing, fundamental composition, equipment care and operation, output and presentation.

A formal investigation into the drawing of the human form, this course provides live models and other natural forms. Students are presented with both technical and expressive tools designed to help them better understand the human figure in a visual context.

This introductory computer class utilizes vector drawing programs to allow students to create expressive art.

This computer class utilizes painting and photo-editing programs.

This course studies the principles and attitudes common to many fields of art and design. Some structures of art history are illustrated.

This course explores the expressive potential of drawing as a significant art form using the skills and knowledge acquired in ARTS 10000. The class may be repeated for a total of nine hours.

A continuation of ARTS 20100, this class emphasizes individually designed student projects using a live human model as a subject.

An application of the skills and knowledge acquired in ARTS 11000, this course emphasizes individual expression. May be repeated for a total of nine hours.

A continuation of ARTS 13000, this course focuses on individual concerns, including procedures for developing designs by employing analysis and criticism of form. The class may be repeated for a total of nine hours.

A continued study of ARTS 23100, this course explores design principles and concepts utilizing a variety of computer programs. Students must have the skills needed to perform operations on images in multiple programs. The course may be repeated for a total of nine hours.

This course provides a historical and contemporary study of typography, with special emphasis on computer font design.

This course involves the production of art through the use of computer 3-D modeling programs.

This course is a concentrated exploration of serigraphy. It may be repeated for a total of nine hours.

A continuation of ARTS 15000, this course focuses on illustration projects designed for the individual student. It may be repeated for a total of nine credit hours.

A continuation of ARTS 18100, this course studying composition theory and practice emphasizes the importance of individuality in creating expressive images.

This course surveys Western art, beginning with Paleolithic cultures and chronologically proceeding to Gothic art. It fulfills the advanced writing requirement.

This course surveys art, beginning with the Renaissance and chronologically proceeding to more contemporary art forms. It fulfills the advanced writing requirement.

This course provides an in-depth study of various specialized topics in art.  This course fulfills the General Education Fine Arts requirement.

This course involves reading, writing, production, discussion, resume and portfolio preparation and progress assessment.

This course is a structured exploration of art, with emphasis on individual expression.

Students undertake advanced study, research or projects under the supervision of a department faculty member. A detailed written proposal of work must be submitted to the department chairperson approval prior to registration.