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ART 308 - Type and Image-Static
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Studio course continuing the study and practice of conceptual approaches to graphic design with an emphasis on static imagery and type. Focus is on synthesizing art and technology for the purpose of demystifying visual communication and making it accessible to a broad audience.
Prerequisite: ART 307 or instructor permission.
Offered: Spring
NOTE: Repeatable up to 6 credits
credit: 3
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ART 309 - Multimedia I
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Provides study and studio experience in planning and producing visually driven interactive multimedia experiences. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of multimedia.
Prerequisite: ART 209 (previously or concurrently) and ART 207 or ART 323, or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
credit: 3
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ART 310 - Intermediate Drawing
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This studio course offers an intermediate study of drawing. Students continue to develop skills in two-dimensional media applications, experimental approaches, and contemporary practice and theory.
Prerequisite: ART 210 or ART 322, or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
credit: 3
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ART 311 - Transer Student Colloquium
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Introduces students to the disciplines and degrees that are part of a visual arts education including the ways in which the visual arts connect with other disciplines. Students are asked to expand their understanding of visual art and define their role in the production and study of visual art.
Prerequisite: ART 105 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
credit: 1
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ART 312 - Introduction to Illustration
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This is an introductory course in illustration designed to acquaint the student with the creative techniques, technical processes and business aspects commonly used in illustration. Emphasis will be placed on how the choice and use of imagery, color, composition, and technique affects the final visual solution to a given graphic problem.
Prerequisite: ART 105 and 210, or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
NOTE: Materials charge required.
credit: 3
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ART 313 - Digital Illustration I
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Studio course dealing with the study and practice of illustration. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of digital technologies and microcomputer applications in the creation of illustrative imagery.
Prerequisite: ART 207 and 210, or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
credit: 3
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ART 315 - Painting II
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Painting II is an intermediate level painting class that focuses on the continued development of the technical and conceptual aspects involved in painting. Advanced paint application mixing and blending techniques as well as experimental display methods are covered through demonstrations and hands-on experience. Additionally, an in-depth discussion of contemporary painting and critical theory will be offered through slide lectures, discussions and critiques.
Prerequisite: ART 215 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
NOTE: Materials charge required.
credit: 3
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ART 316 - Painting III
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Painting III is an advanced level painting class that focuses on the continued development of the technical and conceptual aspects involved in painting. Specific attention will be placed on the development of a thematically linked portfolio. Additionally, an in-depth discussion of contemporary painting and critical theory will be offered through slide lectures, discussions and critiques.
Prerequisite: ART 315 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
NOTE: Materials charge required.
credit: 3
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ART 317 - Web Media I
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Study and studio experience in planning and producing web sites that are device independent. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of type, color, imagery and hierarchy and their impact on user experience.
Prerequisite: ART 207 (previously) and ART 209 (previously or concurrently), or instructor permission
Offered: Fall, Spring
credit: 3
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ART 318 - Introduction to Three-Dimensional Modeling and Animation
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Study and studio experience in planning and producing computer-assisted three-dimensional models. Additional study and studio experience is given in planning and producing computer-assisted three-dimensional animation sequences. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of modeling and animating in the digital environment.
Prerequisite: ART 207 or ART 323, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 321 - Figure Painting
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Studio course on painting the human figure with a variety of media. Provides the opportunity to pursue personal artistic /expressive development and investigation, and aids in the study of the figure and expands understanding of painting, drawing and three-dimensional form. Course expands traditional concepts of figurative painting into contemporary conceptual approaches.
Prerequisite: ART 215 and 300, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 322 - Drawing for Transfer Students
2015-2016 Catalog Year
An intermediate course that expands the basic concepts of drawing. Emphasis is placed on the observation of the 3-dimensional reality and its translation onto the 2-dimensional surface. Development will be accomplished through interpretation of diverse subject matter, investigation of varied media and through a search for personal expressiveness.
Prerequisite: ART 105 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
credit: 3
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ART 323 - Digital Media for Transfer Students
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Studio course dealing with the study and practice of conceptual approaches to digital media. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of digital technologies and microcomputer applications in the creation of digital media projects. Presentation of original work is required.
Prerequisite: ART 105 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
credit: 3
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ART 324 - Introduction to Book Arts
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course will focus on the book form as art from both experimental and traditional views. It will allow the artist to explore the book form as a container or physical structure. Emphasis will also be placed on the technical aspects of hinges, cover designs, and closures. The artist can utilize a variety of mediums and methods to visually convey conceptual or narrative messages.
Prerequisite: ART 105 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
NOTE: Presentation of original work is required.
credit: 3
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ART 325 - Printmaking-Intaglio
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course will cover the mechanics of drypoint, etching, engraving, mezzotint, aquatint, stipple and collagraph intaglio as a working visual medium. Students will further their knowledge of how printed images are conceived, and assembled. In addition: A brief history of the mediums and a selection of critical readings will be offered in slide lectures, discussions and critiques. Materials charge required.
Prerequisite: ART 225.
Offered: Fall
credit: 3
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ART 326 - Screenprinting
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course will cover basic mechanics of screenprinting as a working visual medium. Students will gain a firsthand knowledge of how printed images are conceived and assembled. In addition: A brief history of screenprinting and a selection of critical readings will be offered in slide lectures, discussions, and critiques. The critical component of the course will refine student skills beyond a purely formalist approach to working.
Prerequisite: ART 105 and 210, or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
NOTE: Materials charge required.
credit: 3
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ART 327 - Lithography
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course will cover the basic mechanics of stone and plate lithography as a working visual medium. Students will gain a firsthand knowledge of how printed images are conceived and assembled. In addition: A brief history of mediums and selection of critical readings will be offered in slide lectures, discussions, and critiques. The critical component of the course will refine student skills beyond a purely formal approach to working.
Prerequisite: ART 105 and 210, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
NOTE: Materials charge required.
credit: 3
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ART 329 - Papermaking
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course examines the history, aesthetics and applications of paper as a fine art medium. Basic skills of sheetforming, handling paper as a sculptural medium, and use of paper as a substrate for printmaking or artist book processes are covered with demonstrations and studio experience.
Prerequisite: ART 105 and 210, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
NOTE: Materials charge required.
credit: 3
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ART 330 - Ceramics II
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Further exploration of ceramic materials, processes and artistic creation in clay. May be repeated for up to 9 credits.
Note:Materials charge required.
Prerequisite: ART 230 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
credit: 3
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ART 333 - Special Topics in Studio Art
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This is a topics-based upper-level studio course designed to teach the materials, methods and concepts employed in a specialized or experimental art form. Students explore artistic expression through a specific topic 2D, 3D or digital media. Students may take the course for additional credit in another topic.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
Offered: Spring, Summer
NOTE: Repeatable up to 9 credits
credit: 3
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ART 340 - Photography II
2015-2016 Catalog Year
The continued investigation into visual expression through primarily black and white photography with some color photographic applications optional as well as a more advanced study of the technical and compositional aspects of photography.
Prerequisite: ART 240 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
NOTE: Materials charge and 35mm camera required.
credit: 3
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ART 342 - Experimental Photography
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This class explores experimental approaches to photography through materials, methods, and concepts that go beyond conventional understandings of the lens-based medium. Projects include photograms, scanograms, non-silver techniques, digital techniques, large-format photography, mural printing, combination printing, and projection-based photography. Emphasis is on personal artistic growth, experimentation, and team-based learning.
Prerequisite: ART 240 OR 243, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 343 - Intermediate Digital Photography
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This is an intermediate course in digital photography taught within a fine arts context. Historic and contemporary photographic concepts, methods, and techniques are explored through thematic creative projects and research, with an emphasis on studio and location lighting.
Prerequisite: ART 243 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
NOTE: A lab fee and digital camera are required.
credit: 3
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ART 345 - Sculpture
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Studio course offering intermediate study of the organizational and conceptual strategies utilized in the production of contemporary sculpture through an examination of thematic content. Investigations will focus on the structure of form and development of space and time through a range of materials. May be repeated up to 9 credits.
Prerequisites: ART 245 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 348 - Creative Code for the Visual Artist-I
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Beginning study and studio experience in planning and producing visually driven interactive software and applications. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of code to design engaging visual experiences.
Prerequisite: ART 309 or ART 317, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
NOTE: Lab fees required.
credit: 3
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ART 350 - Italian Renaissance Art
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Art of Italy from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries. Painting and sculpture are emphasized, and architecture is introduced. The themes of the course include: the revival of Roman art; the continuity between Medieval and Renaissance art in Italy; and the stress on conceptual approaches in Italian Renaissance painting.
Prerequisite: ART 250 OR 251, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 351 - Northern Renaissance Art
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Art of northern Europe from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries. Painting, sculpture, and printmaking are discussed. The major themes are: form and content as they relate to court and bourgeois patronage; the interchanges between northern and southern Renaissance artists; and the continuity between Gothic art and northern Renaissance art.
Prerequisite: ART 250 OR 251, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 352 - Nineteenth Century Art
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course introduces students to the major art movements occurring in nineteenth century Europe and the United States. It emphasizes the history of avant-garde movements in major artistic centers, competing meanings of modernism, the institutions and historical events that interacted with artistic formations, and the critical approaches that shape the construction of the art historical canon.
Prerequisite: ART 250 OR 251, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 353 - Twentieth-Century Art
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course introduces students to the major art movements occurring in twentieth century Europe and the United States. It emphasizes the history of avant-garde movements in major artistic centers, competing meanings of modernism and post-modernism, the institutions and historical events that interacted with artistic formations, and the critical approaches that shape the construction of the art historical canon.
Prerequisite: ART 250 OR 251, or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall
credit: 3
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ART 354 - Art in America I
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This interdisciplinary course introduces the visual culture of America from the 16th-19th centuries, highlighting the American identity formation in changing political, religious, sociological, literary and technological contexts. In addition to canonical works, art by under-recognized African and Native Americans, women and anonymous craftsman will be examined.
Prerequisite: ART 250 or 251.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 355 - The Creative State of New York
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course explores careers in visual art and examines the creative process in a variety of professional contexts. The one-week travel component facilitates the study of primary sources and the opportunity to interact with art professionals in studios, agencies, galleries and museums in New York State.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing and instructor permission
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 356 - History of Photography
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Social, historical and aesthetic analysis of photographs as a major form of communication in shaping attitudes in the 19th and 20th century.
Prerequisite: ART 243 or instructor permission
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 357 - Gender and the Visual Arts
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course introduces students to some major women artists and to feminist debates within art history. The course identifies the institutions and processes that construct the gender of the artist: academic and avant-garde artistic training and collectives; the rise of national academies; the formation of the art historical canon; the hierarchy of subject matter and the media of art. It emphasizes the ways in which seeing and looking structure our understanding about masculinity, femininity and sexuality.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing and ART 250 OR 251 OR WST 200, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 358 - Native North American Indian Art and Architecture
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course is a survey of North American Indian art and architecture, ranging from the pre-contact period to the present day. Students will evaluate works of art and architecture, and also the art historical and anthropological methodologies, theories, and practices that structure our encounters with Native American art and culture.
Prerequisite: ART 250 OR 251 OR NAS 100, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 364 - Medieval Art
2015-2016 Catalog Year
A survey of Medieval art from the beginning of the ninth century to the end of the thirteenth century in Western Europe. Architecture, sculpture and painting are discussed within a social context. Influences from non-European cultures, i.e. Islamic art, are also considered.
Prerequisite: ART 250 OR 251, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
NOTE: Lectures are illustrated with slides. Discussion is encouraged.
credit: 3
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ART 365 - History of Graphic Design
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course will allow the student to study and research the history of graphic design and communication from the perspective that cultural and societal needs and advancements have affected its development. The emphasis will be to develop an awareness and understanding of the historical role that graphic design and communication arts have played in the development of cultures and societies. The student will explore the potential effects that graphic design and communication may have on contemporary and current society.
Prerequisite: ART 250 OR 251, or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall
credit: 3
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ART 368 - Chinese Art
2015-2016 Catalog Year
The historical and aesthetic study of Chinese art from prehistory to modern times, concentrating on bronzes, calligraphy and painting. Literature, politics and ethical systems are introduced where appropriate.
Prerequisite: ART 250 OR 251 OR GLS 100, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 369 - Japanese Art
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Historical and aesthetic study of Japanese art forms including ceramics, sculpture, architecture, and painting. From the prehistoric through the present.
Prerequisite: ART 250 OR 251 OR GLS 100, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 371 - Art and Architecture of Islamic Cultures
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This interdisciplinary course introduces students to the visual culture of Islam. The theme of this course is the coexistence of internationalism and heterogeneity in Islamic cultures through engagement with representations of Islamic art and culture and issues raised by contemporary artists, supported by readings in contemporary post-colonial and gender theory.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 374 - Asian Art Through the Silk Road
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course applies diverse methodologies to the analysis of artistic and cultural exchange along the Silk Road. Students will hone visual literacy skills to understand arts in Asian cultures, their historical contexts, and processes of appropriation of art and culture among nations connected by a long history trade and Buddhism.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 376 - Graphic Novel
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course offers hands-on engagement with graphic literature. Students examine theories of sequential art and work with photography, found visual materials, and basic illustration to develop graphic literature in various genres.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
NOTE: The course is taught in a media lab environment that allows students to work on projects in a collaborative manner.
credit: 3
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ART 380 - Introduction to Museum Studies
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Fundamentals of practical museum operation. The course is concerned primarily with an introduction to the professional practices and techniques of museums. A brief survey of the history of museums and collecting serves as background to the main part of the course which focuses on the practical aspects of museum operations.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing.
Offered: Fall
credit: 3
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ART 381 - Contemporary Museum Issues
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Students investigate and analyze important issues relating to the philosophy, ethics, theory and practice of the museum as collector, keeper, interpreter, and exhibitor of the art and artifacts that reflect our culture and its history.
Prerequisite: ART 250 or 251, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 391 - Special Topics in Art History
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This is an upper level art history course in a select area of art history. Through a specific topic or theme students explore works of art from a particular historical time period, culture, genre, or medium in art history with emphasis on lecture, scholarly readings, and research. Students may take the course for additional credit in another topic.
Prerequisite: ART 250 or ART 251, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3 Course is repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits.
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ART 395 - Graphic Design Facility Management
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course provides an opportunity for students to study microcomputer component management principles and technology strategies utilized in graphic design studio operations. Course provides study and practical experience in troubleshooting, maintaining, and upgrading digital equipment and graphic design workstations. Course also provides study and practical experience in color calibration across multiple components. This course will further develop the student’s understanding of commercial applied design processes revolving around microcomputer operations. Emphasis is placed on research and development.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
NOTE: Presentation of research is required.
credit: 3
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ART 396 - Two Dimensional, Experimental Studio
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Two dimensional art experiences and techniques in a studio(s).
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
credit: 1 to 6
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ART 397 - Three Dimensional, Experimental Studio
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Three dimensional art experiences and techniques in a studio(s).
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
credit: 1 to 6
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ART 399 - Independent Study
2015-2016 Catalog Year
A course designed specifically to introduce serious students to the independent problem solving experience. Qualified participants are expected to develop personal approaches or concepts about image making or art history.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
NOTE: Students must have individual faculty sponsorship. May be repeated for credit.
credit: 1 to 6
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ART 400 - Figure Drawing II
2015-2016 Catalog Year
An intermediate level studio course focused on drawing the human figure with a variety of conceptual approaches and media. The course will expand the basic approach and investigation in the discipline of artistic anatomy. The course will analyze and expand traditional concepts in figure drawing. Emphasis is placed in the analysis and understanding of the three dimensional human body and its translation on to the two dimensional surface.
Prerequisite: ART 300 or instructor permission.
Offered: Spring
credit: 3
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ART 401 - Figure Drawing III
2015-2016 Catalog Year
An advanced level studio course focused on drawing the human figure with a variety of conceptual approaches and media. The course will develop an advanced approach and investigation in the discipline of artistic anatomy. The course will analyze and expand traditional as well as contemporary concepts in figure drawing. Emphasis is placed in the analysis and understanding of the three-dimensional human body and its translation on to the two-dimensional surface.
Prerequisite: ART 400 or instructor permission.
Offered: Spring
credit: 3
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ART 408 - Commercial Graphic Design
2015-2016 Catalog Year
An advanced studio course for graphic design majors in which students work within a microcomputer environment to prepare tight comprehensive mechanicals for use in lithographic, intaglio, or screen reproduction process. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of type, spot color, line art, and continuous tone imagery in the creative solution to problems found in industry.
Prerequisite: ART 307 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
NOTE: The critical appraisal of work and oral presentation of arguments in critiques are required.
credit: 3
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ART 409 - Multimedia II
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Provides continued study and studio experience in planning and producing visually driven multimedia experiences. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of multimedia.
Prerequisite: ART 309 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
NOTE: Repeatable up to 9 credit hours
credit: 3
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ART 410 - Drawing III
2015-2016 Catalog Year
An advanced level studio course focused on personal development and investigation in the art of drawing. This course emphasizes the review of basic drawing concepts, observation, analysis, form description and spatial construction and application at a creative level. Advanced media applications as well as experimental approaches to display and presentation methods will be covered. Additional in-depth discussions of theoretical issues affecting traditional and contemporary drawing will be offered.
Prerequisite: ART 310 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 411 - Drawing IV
2015-2016 Catalog Year
An advanced level studio course focused on personal development and investigation of the art of drawing. This course stresses the review of basic concepts and ideas and its application at a creative level. The course emphasizes motivation and maturation to develop images and ideas that further the understanding of the artistic process as an expressive/creative act. Advanced media applications as well as experimental approaches to display and presentation methods will be covered. Additional in-depth discussions of theoretical issues affecting contemporary drawing will be offered.
Prerequisite: ART 410 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 412 - Advanced Problems in Traditional Illustration
2015-2016 Catalog Year
With guidelines and input from the instructor, students will develop a proposal for a body of work that reflects their own personal interests and professional goals. Chosen subject matter, format and appropriate techniques will be developed in depth throughout the semester. The goal of this self-directed and focused approach is to create portfolio-quality final illustrations.
Prerequisite: ART 312 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
credit: 3
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ART 413 - Digital Illustration II
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Studio course furthering the study and practice of illustration. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of digital technologies and microcomputer applications in the creation of commercial illustrations. The course emphasizes the recognition and manipulation of emotive and rhetorical devices used to persuade the viewer. It also introduces legalities of image presentation and identifies current business practice.
Prerequisite: ART 313 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
credit: 3
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ART 414 - Graphic Design Practicum
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course provides an opportunity for independent research and development in digital imagery techniques and production concepts. Students self-identify areas for improvement. This culmination course also includes research strategies, discussion of critical and theoretical models, career planning, exhibition preparation, and portfolio preparation and presentation.
Prerequisite: Senior standing or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
credit: 3
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ART 415 - Painting IV
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Painting IV is an advanced painting class that focuses on the continued development of the technical and conceptual aspects involved in painting. The course emphasizes motivation and maturation necessary to develop a thematically linked portfolio. Documentation and presentation of the portfolio will be extensively discussed. Additionally, an in-depth discussion of contemporary painting and critical theory will be offered through slide lectures, discussions and critiques.
Prerequisite: ART 316 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
NOTE: Materials charge required.
credit: 3
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ART 417 - Web Media II
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Study and studio experience in designing and producing web driven media. Emphasis is placed on working with clients to develop interactive and informative web media in and out of the browser window.
Prerequisite: ART 317 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
NOTE: Repeatable up to 9 credit hours
credit: 3
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ART 418 - Advanced Three-Dimensional Modeling and Animation
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Continued studio experience in planning and producing computer-assisted three-dimensional models and animation sequences. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of modeling and animating in the digital environment.
Prerequisite: ART 318 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 422 - Advanced Drawing and Painting
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Studio course offering advanced study of drawing and painting. Traditional two-dimensional media applications, experimental approaches as well as theoretical issues affecting contemporary practice will be covered. Repeatable up to 12 credits.
Prerequisites: ART 310 or ART 316, or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall
credit: 3
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ART 425 - Advanced Problems in Printmaking
2015-2016 Catalog Year
A course which combines advanced technical problems with contemporary artistic concepts in a variety of printmaking processes. Areas to be developed are decided upon through student/faculty discussion. Emphasis is placed on developing an individual point of view and artistic quality.
Prerequisite: ART 225, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
NOTE: Materials charge required.
credit: 3
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ART 430 - Ceramics III
2015-2016 Catalog Year
In depth exploration of three dimensional form and ceramic materials, processes and artistic creation in clay.
Prerequisite: ART 330 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
NOTE: Materials charge required. Repeatable for up to 12 credits.
credit: 3
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ART 431 - Ceramics IV
2015-2016 Catalog Year
A continuation of an in depth exploration of three dimensional form and ceramic materials, processes and artistic creation in clay. May be repeated for up to 12 credits.
Prerequisites: ART 430 or instructor permission
Offered: Fall, Spring
NOTE: Materials charge required.
credit: 3
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ART 443 - Advanced Digital Photography
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This is an advanced course in photography designed to allow students to create an extensive and well-developed photographic work that reflects depth, critical awareness and knowledge of their subject. Students work throughout the semester towards a body of work culminating in a final exhibition or publication, portfolio, and supporting research paper. This course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: ART 343 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
credit: 3
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ART 445 - Project Studio in 3D/4D Studies
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Studio course offering advanced study of conceptual and organizational strategies utilized in the production of three-dimensional and/or four-dimensional projects. Investigations may include work in sculpture, installation art, site-specific art, video and audio, and art made through collaboration. Repeatable up to 9 credits.
Prerequisites: ART 345 and upper division standing.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 448 - Creative Code for the Visual Artist-II
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Continued study and studio experience in planning and producing visually driven interactive installation, software and applications. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of code to design engaging visual experiences.
Prerequisite: ART 348 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
NOTE: Lab fee required.
credit: 3
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ART 451 - Motion Graphics
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Provides study and studio experience in planning and producing motion graphics. Focus is on developing narrative, plot and theme in developing visually driven stories for digital presentation.
Prerequisite: ART 309 or BRC 235, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 471 - Senior Seminar in Contemporary Art and Design
2015-2016 Catalog Year
The Senior Seminar in Contemporary Art and Design is a capstone seminar that will provide students with an understanding of contemporary theory and criticism as it is applied to their discipline. This class will emphasizes the historical development of postmodernism as it appears in visual culture. Additionally, the course is designed to give students the practical skills necessary to succeed in their discipline and an understanding of the possibilities for continued research.
Prerequisite: ART 353 OR 365, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ART 492 - BFA Exhibition
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course is for students in the BFA degree programs in Studio Art and Graphic Design. During the course students prepare their work for the BFA Thesis Exhibition as well as all the promotional pieces that are part of exhibiting such as postcard, poster, artist statement, labels, and press release.
Prerequisite: Senior standing.
Offered: Fall, Spring
credit: 1
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ART 496 - Studio Practicum
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This is a seminar course for senior-level BFA/BA Studio Art majors that is designed to introduce professional practices in the arts. This inquiry will include research strategies, critical and theoretical models, career planning, exhibition preparation, and portfolio preparation and presentation.
Prerequisite: Senior standing; or instructor permisssion.
Offered: Spring
NOTE: Must be an Art major.
credit: 3
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ART 498 - Internship
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course is designed for students who wish to take part in a semester-long experiential learning program in some art related endeavor as professionals in a production with professional artists in industry or business, or in situations which will best utilize their artistic abilities and expertise in the selected area. Available for 0 to 12 credits.
Prerequisite: Acceptance in the Experiential Learning Program and a GPA of at least 3.0.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ART 499 - Independent Study
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This advanced course is designed to give juniors and seniors with an extensive background in their chosen area of study, the opportunity to work independently on visual or historical problems. Qualified participants are expected to develop personal approaches or insights about artistic expression or about art history.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
NOTE: Students must have individual faculty sponsorship.
credit: 1 to 6
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ASL 101 - Elementary American Sign Language
2015-2016 Catalog Year
A beginning course in American Sign Language as used within the American Deaf Community. A basic study of manual communication techniques, combines eye and aural training, fingerspelling, conceptualization, structure and syntax of American Sign Language. Receptive skills (reading signs and fingerspelling) and expressive skills (signing and fingerspelling a person’s own thoughts) are also emphasized as is an introduction to the culture of the Deaf Community.
Offered: Fall, Summer
credit: 3
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ASL 102 - Continuing Elementary American Sign Language
2015-2016 Catalog Year
A continuation of study in American Sign Language as used within the American Deaf Community. A more advanced study of manual communication techniques, combined eye and aural training, fingerspelling, conceptualization, structure and syntax of American Sign Language. Receptive skills (reading signs and fingerspelling) and expressive skills (signing and fingerspelling a person’s own thoughts) are also emphasized, as is a more advanced study of the culture of the Deaf Community.
Prerequisite: ASL 101 or three years of transcripted high school American Sign Language.
Offered: Spring, Summer
credit: 3
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ASL 201 - Intermediate American Sign Language
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Review of basic grammar, non-manual markers, and culture. Introduction of more intermediate level vocabulary, sentence structures, including non-manual markers, and development of intermediate level expressive, receptive and conversational skills. Continued study of Deaf Culture.
Prerequisite: ASL 102 or permission of the instructor.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ASL 202 - Continuing Intermediate American Sign Language
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Continuation of Asl 201. Review basic grammar, non-manual markers, and culture. Introduction of more advanced level vocabulary, structures, non-manual markers, and classifiers. Development of intermediate level receptive and expressive skills, and conversational skills that can be understood by native users of ASL. Study of Deaf Culture and issues that impact the Deaf Community.
Prerequisite: ASL 201 or permission of the instructor.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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ASL 301 - Intro to American Deaf Culture
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Develop an understanding of the culture, community, and lives and contributions of Deaf in America. Learn how Deaf people interact with one another and manage their lives in a hearing world. Explore how Deaf people are understood from a cultural perspective and have contributed to the cultural development of America.
Prerequisite: ASL 102
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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AST 100 - Astronomy
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Study of solar and stellar systems, astronomical instruments and observational methods; observation and classwork at the college observatory and planetarium.
Offered: Fall, Spring
credit: 3
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AST 310 - Topics in Modern Astronomy
2015-2016 Catalog Year
A contemporary study of astronomy with emphasis on: recent findings in solar system, stellar, and extragalactic astronomy; theories of the origin and evolution of the universe; the possible existence of extraterrestrial life and the search for it.
Prerequisite: AST 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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AST 311 - Solar System Astronomy
2015-2016 Catalog Year
A comprehensive study of the solar system with emphasis on: planets and satellites, earth-moon system, asteroids-comets-meteors, gravitation, planetary motion, eclipses, measurement of time, solar-terrestrial relations, and the origin of the solar system.
Prerequisite: AST 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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AST 350 - Observational Astronomy
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course is an introduction to the techniques and principles of making astronomical observations. Outdoor observing sessions will involve visual and photographic observations.
Prerequisite: AST 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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AST 360 - Human Futures
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course explores expected technologies of the next 100 years and how they will affect society and individual lifestyles. Topics include intelligent systems, virtual reality, cloning, genetic engineering, space travel, and colonization. The course is multi-disciplinary covering the fields of computer technology, biology, astronomy, physics, and chemistry. The ethics of new technologies and the social choices they allow will also be addressed.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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AST 390 - Special Topics in Astronomy
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Selected topics in Astronomy. Problems in specified areas vary from semester to semester.
Prerequisite: AST 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 1 to 3
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AST 399 - Independent Study
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Requires preparation by a superior student (cumulative GPA at least 3.0) who presents a written plan for a study not available as a regular course and nine hours in subject area.
Prerequisite: Nine hours in Astronomy and instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 1 to 6
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AST 401 - Advanced Astronomy
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Gravitation and celestial mechanics, basic physics and chemistry of stars and stellar atmospheres, and description and analysis of spectral classes. Laboratory work at the college observatory (weather permitting) and planetarium.
Prerequisite: AST 100 and MAT 210 and either PHY 111 OR 112, or instructor permission.</p.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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AST 405 - Introductory Astrophysics
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Interpretation and study of stellar spectra; physical and chemical bases of the origin and evolution of stars and stellar systems.
Prerequisite: AST 100 and MAT 210 and either PHY 212 OR 213, or instructor permission.</p.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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AST 499 - Independent Study
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Requires preparation by a superior student (cumulative GPA at least 3.2) who presents a written plan for a study not available as a regular course and fifteen hours in the subject area.
Prerequisite: Fifteen hours in Astronomy and instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 1 to 6
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BIO 101 - General Biology
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Biological principles and their application to living organisms.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
NOTE: Laboratory work required. Not open to majors, minors, or concentrates in the biological sciences.
credit: 4
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BIO 110 - Biology Seminar
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This offering serves to introduce the majors to the broad field of biological sciences through seminars and discussions focusing on current subject areas, approaches and techniques used by scientists to understand the living world.
Offered: Fall
NOTE: Specific content will vary depending on instructor.
credit: 1
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BIO 120 - Molecular and Cellular Foundations
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course covers the basic foundations of molecular and cellular biology, emphasizing biological unity, diversity, and evolution. The lecture and laboratory material provide basic knowledge of atomic, molecular and cellular structures and functions, metabolism, and development. Students will plan and carry out biological investigations as part of the laboratory experience.
Offered: Fall, Spring
credit: 4
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BIO 200 - Human Impacts on the Environment
2015-2016 Catalog Year
An exploration of the relationship between humans and the global environment. Topics include the consequences of human population growth, problems associated with over exploitation of resources, and implications for energy, pollution, biodiversity, and the world’s ecosystems.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 3
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BIO 203 - Human Biology
2015-2016 Catalog Year
A study of the biology of human beings and their relationships in the natural world.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
NOTE: Not open to zoology or biology majors.
credit: 3
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BIO 207 - Understanding Evolution
2015-2016 Catalog Year
An introduction to the principles, mechanisms, and processes of evolution via natural selection, and how the application of evolutionary ideas has shaped contemporary thinking about the history of life on earth.
Offered: Spring
NOTE: Not for major credit.
credit: 3
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BIO 211 - Human Genetics
2015-2016 Catalog Year
An introductory course for non-science majors on the basic principles of human genetics. Emphasis is on the mechanisms of inheritance at the molecular, cellular and population levels. Human heredity will be introduced using concepts from both classical and modern genetics.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
NOTE: Not for major credit.
credit: 3
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BIO 220 - Diversity of Life
2015-2016 Catalog Year
An introduction to the evolutionary mechanisms and ecological processes responsible for the diversity of life. The history of life will be traced through geologic time within the context of genetic variation, population structure, phylogenetic relationships, ecological interactions, and evolutionary processes.
Prerequisite: BIO 120 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall and Spring
credit: 3
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BIO 296 - Directed Research
2015-2016 Catalog Year
A laboratory- or field-based undergraduate directed research project. Students must find a faculty sponsor who will direct their project.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing, BIO 120, and instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
credit: 1 to 3
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BIO 301 - Topics in Modern Biology
2015-2016 Catalog Year
Examines a specific topic or area of interest in the biological sciences, including a review of recent literature.
Prerequisite: BIO 120 OR 213, or instructor permission.
Offered: Spring
NOTE: Can be repeated up to a maximum of 12 hours
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BIO 303 - Conservation and Ethical Treatment of Nonhuman Primates
2015-2016 Catalog Year
This course examines the diversity of nonhuman primates, their behavior, and intelligence. Included are a survey of primate growth and development, behavioral ecology, cognitive abilities, and social structures as well as social, political and ecological issues involved in conservation and ethical treatment of primates in captivity and the wild.
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and any one of the following: ANT 111, BIO 101, BIO 120, BIO 207, or instructor permission
Offered: Spring
credit: 3
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