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Upper Division Courses

ART-302 Drawing the Portrait 3.0 cr.

Winter. Prereq.: ART-130 or other appropriate studio experience. This studio course explores traditional and experimental approaches to portraiture. Students will consider a variety of issues including the factors contributing to a likeness, and the presentation of public versus private images of the sitter. A variety of media will be used, and some art-critical reading may be required. Extra fee. Limited enrollment. (FINE ARTS)

ART-308 Advanced Drawing 3.0 cr.

Winter. A studio course in complex drawing problems to foster a more independent and individual drawing style, including greater use of color media. Extra fee. Limited enrollment. (FINE ARTS)

ART-315 Printmaking 3.0 cr.

Prereq.: ART-100, 130 or permission. A study of monoprints, block prints, and intaglio prints. A variety of techniques and concepts, including etching and dry-point, will be explored. Extra fee. Limited enrollment. (FINE ARTS)

ART-324 Picasso & 20^th Century Art 3.0 cr.

Winter. Prereq.: some art history or upper-level humanities or social sciences course work is recommended. Students will examine the major contributions Pablo Picasso made to Cubism, Surrealism, and Modernist Abstraction. Themes of eroticism, popular culture, violence, and political protest in the artist's work will also be considered. (FINE ARTS)

ART-325 Art of the Romantic Era 3.0 cr.

Spring. Alt. years. Prereq.: some art history or upper-level humanities or social sciences course work is recommended. A survey of western art from the mid-Eighteenth century to the Napoleonic period, focusing on the rise of Romantic individualism, and its importance for the art of our time. (FINE ARTS)

ART-330.1 Figure Drawing 3.0 cr.

Prereq.: ART-100 or permission. A studio course focusing on traditional and innovative approaches to rendering the human figure. A variety of media will be used. Extra fee. Limited enrollment. (FINE ARTS)

ART-341 Modern Art: 1850-1940 3.0 cr.

Alt. Years. Prereq.: some art history or upper level humanities or social science course is recommended. This course will cover the history of western art from Realism and Impressionism to the Surrealists. Movements to be considered include Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, German Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism, Dada and Surrealism. (FINE ARTS)

ART-342 Modern Art After 1940 3.0 cr.

Alt. Years. Prereq.: some art history or upper level humanities or social science course is recommended. The course will cover the history of western art from the rise of New York as a new art-world capital to the more globally dispersed art-world of recent years. Some movements and developments to be considered are: Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimalism, Earthworks, Conceptual Art, Feminist Art, Performance Art, Video Art, Installation Art, and developments generally lumped under the rubric of Post-modernism. (FINE ARTS)

ART-351 Auguste Rodin & Modern Sculpture 3.0 cr.

Alt. Years. Prereq.: some art history or upper level humanities or social science course is recommended. This course will survey Rodin's major sculptures such as The Gates of Hell and his monuments to important literary figures such as Honori de Balzac and Victor Hugo. It will consider Rodin's importance for later modern sculptors, and his role in re-defining the nature of public sculpture. (FINE ARTS)

ART-361 Advanced Studies in Drawing 3.0 cr.

Prereq.: ART 100, or 130, or permission. A studio course in complex drawing problem to foster a more independent and individual drawing style, including use of color media. May be repeated once for credit with a different project. (FINE ARTS)

ART-362 Advanced Studies in Two-Dimensional Design 3.0 cr.

Prereq.: ART-100 or 130, or permission. An investigation of the relationship of form and function as it applies to principles of color, line, and shape. Specific projects might include fabric, poster, or book design. May be repeated once for credit with a different project. (FINE ARTS)

ART-363 Advanced Studies in Computer Graphics 3.0 cr.

Prereq.: ART-123, or 130, or permission. A computer lab course that further investigates the relationship between fine and applied art. Problems may include animation or desktop publishing. May be repeated once for credit with a different project. (FINE ARTS)

ART-364 Advanced Studies in Graphics 3.0 cr.

Prereq.: ART-100 or 130, or permission. A studio course that includes a variety of studies in any of the graphic arts including ink, printmaking, pencil, and photography. May be repeated once for credit with a different project. (FINE ARTS)

ART-365 Advanced Studies in Mixed Media 3.0 cr.

Prereq.: ART-100, or 130, or permission. An exploration of a variety of media that may include two- and three-dimensional materials such as pen, watercolor, paper, and clay. May be repeated once for credit with a different project. (FINE ARTS)

ART-366 Advanced Studies in Painting 3.0 cr.

Prereq.: ART-101 or permission. An investigation of oil, tempera, acrylic, or watercolor. Special projects are designed to meet the interests of individual students. May be repeated once for credit with a different project. (FINE ARTS)

ART-367 Advanced Studies in Printmaking 3.0 cr.

Prereq.: ART-315 or permission. A study of etching, aquatint, monoprinting, wood block, cyanotype or other specialized printmaking projects of interest to the student. May be repeated once for credit with a different project. (FINE ARTS)

ART-368 Advanced Studies in Photography 3.0 cr.

Prereq.: ART-106 and 130, or permission. Individualized photography projects. Typical projects might include the pinhole camera, sports action, the view camera, nonsilver print processes, exhibition processing, or color. May be repeated once for credit with a different project. (FINE ARTS)

ART-371 Advanced Studies in Three-dimensional Design 3.0 cr.

Prereq.: ART-130 or permission. An investigation of the design of functional and nonfunctional objects. Advanced studio problems include aspects of form and function and construction technique. May be repeated once for credit with a different project. (FINE ARTS)

ART-372 Advanced Studies in Ceramics 3.0 cr.

Prereq.: ART-103, or 125, or 126, or permission. A studio course in ceramic pottery or sculpture. Students may investigate techniques of throwing, hand building, kiln construction, glazing and firing of a variety of clays. Extra fee. May be repeated once for credit with a different project. (FINE ARTS)

ART-373 Advanced Studies in Sculpture 3.0 cr.

Prereq.: ART-230 or permission. A studio course exploring realism or abstraction in sculpture. Students may study traditional approaches involving casting and modeling as well as contemporary techniques of constructed metal and found object sculpture. May be repeated once for credit with a different project. (FINE ARTS)

ART-401 Senior Exhibition Two Dimensional Media 3.0 cr.

Spring. Prereq.: ART-100 and 130 and previous advanced studies course work. Creation of a body of two-dimensional work for the spring exhibition. Organizing, hanging and critiquing work and related reading are also covered. (INDEPENDENT WORK)

ART-402 Senior Exhibition Three Dimensional Media 3.0 cr.

Spring. Prereq.: ART-100 and130 and previous advanced studies course work. Creation of a body of three-dimensional work for the spring exhibition. Organizing, hanging and critiquing work and related reading are also covered. (INDEPENDENT WORK)

ART-403 Senior Project 3.0 cr.

Spring. Prereq.: ART-100 and 130 and previous advanced studies course work. Creation of visual arts projects within a business or museum environment and presentation of that work in the spring exhibition. Organizing, hanging, critiquing work and related reading are also covered. (INDEPENDENT WORK)

ART-494 Independent Study 1.0 to 3.0 cr.

Fall, winter, spring. Prereq.: Permission. Approved reading and research studies in art history. See independent study guidelines. (INDEPENDENT WORK)

ART-497 Internship 1.0 to 3.0 cr.

Specific internship projects which may include computer graphics, museum work, or various applied experiences in art. See internship guidelines. (INDEPENDENT WORK)

IND-499 Business/Arts Interdisciplinary Seminar 1.0 cr.

Prereq.: Senior standing. This interdisciplinary senior seminar will include visiting lectures from professionals in the arts and related businesses. Discussions will allow students to share common concerns and present senior projects.