Below you will find a catalogue of undergraduate courses being offered for the Spring 2024 semester organized in two ways, first by course level and then by area. Please note that this list does not include some specialized/individualized courses such as independent studies.
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Spring 2024 Courses by Level
2000 Encountering Contemporary Art
In this class, students will explore how and why contemporary artists make the work they do within a globalized art world. Through discussions, readings, virtual or in-person art excursions and related assignments, participants will apply critical written, oral, and visual communication skills as they analyze, interpret, and respond to significant works of art, their contexts and histories.
2100/2100E Beginning Drawing
Students will explore fundamental freehand drawing techniques with a range of drawing methods, media and concepts; emphasis on drawing from observation and expressive experimentation. Students will apply written, oral and visual communication skills as they evaluate, interpret and respond to significant works of art and their own expressive goals.
2200 Real and Recorded Time
Students will engage in informed observations, explorations and communication through time-based media methods and tools as a practical and theoretical foundation for creating original artworks in video, sound, installation, performance and screen.
2300/2300E Two-Dimensional Studies
Students will create aesthetic and interpretive studies exploring organizational elements and principles of 2D composition, visual perception, critical thinking, invention and material experimentation as they pertain to art practice. Students will advance written, oral and visual communication skills as they interpret and respond to significant works of art and their own expressive goals.
2400 3-Dimensional Art
Basic concepts of three-dimensional art focusing on structure with the organization of space and form, using a variety of materials, processes, tools.
2555/2555H Introduction to Digital Photography and Contemporary Issues
Students will learn fundamental digital camera techniques and explore contemporary and historical issues in photography including the relationships between technique, concept, and aesthetics as well as the relationship between images, identity formation, and larger social structures.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 3555. GE VPA course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts course.
2990 BFA Portfolio Review
BFA portfolio review.
Prereq: 2000 (200), 2100 (205), 2200 (208), 2300 (206), 2400 (207), and one core course in student's proposed area of concentration. Repeatable to a maximum of 2 completions. This course is graded S/U.
3000 Digital Image Manipulation
Students learn to use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator software while creating digital media artwork and gaining knowledge of digital artists. Experiences include image capture, generation, manipulation, interpretation, critique, working with the fair use principle, and professional artistic output.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2500.
3001 Internet Art
Students learn introductory programming skills to integrate image, video, animation, and audio for the creation of internet art. Techniques, concepts, and aesthetics of network culture are practiced, such as tactical media, virality, remixing, and identity construction.
Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
3002 Intro to Ceramics: Structure
Introduction to Ceramic Structures; lab practices with various modeling and potter's wheel techniques with lectures covering a broad survey of structural ceramics from brick to tile to sculpture.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2502. GE VPA course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts course.
3003 Introduction to Glass Art
Introduction to skills used in molten glass forming, including; gathering, hot sculpting, and blowing. Studio practice is further expanded by experimentation with glass kiln methods. Emphasis on the development of original artworks.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2503. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
3004 Life Studio Drawing I
Students use a wide range of materials and processes to make drawings based on all aspects of life: the human figure, plants, animals, landscapes, interior spaces, etc. Students practice, appreciate and interpret drawing in relation to various traditions and as a basis for individual development.
Prereq: 2100. Not open to students with credit for 2504. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
3005 Photography II: Introduction to Darkroom
Students will explore and learn analogue darkroom processes including manual 35mm camera techniques, black and white film development, and archival silver gelatin printing methods. Students will gain knowledge of historical and contemporary issues in photography and develop verbal and written language skills to critique the construction of images. Limited number of loaner film cameras available.
Prereq: 2555 (3555). Not open to students with credit for 4005.
3006 Introduction to Relief and Intaglio Printmaking
Students use a range of traditional processes in relief and intaglio, exploring the dynamics of their applications in the creation of unique works in print media. Students will apply oral and visual communication skills as they evaluate, interpret and respond to significant works of art, the work of their peers, and their own expressive goals. 14 Weeks AU SP, 7 Weeks SU.
Prereq: 2100 or 2300. Not open to students with credit for 2516.
3009 Film/Video I
Students engage fundamental concepts and techniques in video including duration, framing, exposure, and sequence with an introduction to filming and editing. Students develop their videos through explorations of contemporary moving-image artwork.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 5501.
3012 Intro to Ceramics: Form and Surface
Introduction to Utilitarian uses of Ceramics; lab practices with various modeling and potter's wheel techniques with lectures covering a broad survey of ceramic form and surface, both historic and contemporary.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2602.
3014 Visual Studies: Color
Students investigate seeing and using color. Students develop projects dealing with color organization, phenomena, and interaction. Students integrate theory and practice to appreciate and interpret color as related to various traditions and as a basis for individual development.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2514.
3017 Introduction to Sculpture
An introduction to the principles of sculpture, emphasizing basic forming processes and materials. Includes traditional and non-traditional sculpture making concepts, processes and materials through additive, subtractive, and assemblage sculpture making processes.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2507.
3024 Painting I
Students explore the dynamics of painting. Students make paintings using a variety of approaches with attention to color, light, form, paint application, space and composition. Students practice, appreciate and interpret painting as related to various traditions and as a basis for individual development.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2524.
3054 Painting II
Students explore a variety of painting mediums emphasizing technical, historical and conceptual fundamentals of constructing paintings or 'picture-objects.' Students manipulate spatial and thematic pictorial relationships through painting on various surfaces with a variety of processes and begin to develop the ability to pursue individualized research, processes, themes, and aspirations.
Prereq: 3024.
3056 Introduction to Lithography and Silkscreen Printmaking
Students use a range of traditional processes in lithography and silkscreen printing, exploring the dynamics of their application in the creation of unique works in print media. Students will apply oral and visual communication skills as they evaluate, interpret and respond to significant works of art, the work of their peers, and their own expressive goals. 14 Weeks AU SP, 7 Weeks SU.
Prereq: 2100 or 2300. Not open to students with credit for 2526.
3101 3D Modeling Sculpture
Students learn, practice, and utilize 3D modeling software for generation of form, character, and environment. Includes conceptualization, development, and creation of digital assets for output to formats such as digital prints, game art assets, 3D rapid prototyping, laser cutters and/or CNC mills.
Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
3104 Expanded Drawing
Students expand their definition of drawing by exploring an array of contemporary, historical and conceptual ideas. Students make drawings using a variety of methods and materials, from archival to ephemeral. Students manipulate spatial and thematic pictorial relationships. Students begin to develop the ability to identify and pursue individualized research, processes, themes and aspirations.
Prereq: 3004 or 3024.
3107 Life Sculpture
Students will gain abilities in modeling the human figure clothed and unclothed in clay with and without an armature. Students practice, research, and interpret sculpture in relation to various traditions and contemporary perspectives as a basis for individual creative development.
3191 Internship
A cooperative education or internship assignment conducted under the supervision of a faculty member.
Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs or 3 completions. This course is graded S/U
4009 Film/Video II: Experimental Strategies
Students engage with a broad range of strategies related to experimental film and video art in order to produce their own film and video projects. Alongside those projects, students learn about major historical and contemporary issues and movements in avant-garde time-based media.
Prereq: 3009 or MvngImg 2201 or 2202, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 5551.
4012 Intermediate Ceramics: Utility and Performance
Intermediate course focusing on the utilitarian uses of Ceramics; lab practices with various modeling and potter's wheel techniques with lectures covering a broad survey of the broad range of use, from a cup to a tool to performative gestures.
Prereq: 3002 (2502) or 3012 (2602). Not open to students with credit for 3602.
4014 Advanced Painting and Drawing
This course is designed to assist and guide independent work. Each term will focus on special topics in painting/drawing, with a wide emphasis upon current directions, new media, techniques, social issues. Students will be encouraged to explore the use of a wide range of materials in experimental approaches to drawing/painting. Individual work will be augmented by lectures/discussions/field trips.
Prereq: 3024 and 3054. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs.
4056 Upper-Level Printmaking: Lithography + Silkscreen
Students practice/examine individual development and artistic creation through advanced exploration of lithography & silkscreen printmaking. They begin to develop the ability to identify/pursue individualized research, processes, themes and aspirations while they interpret and respond to significant works of art, work of peers, and their own expressive goals through rigorous production/critique.
Prereq: 3056. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs.
4101 Moving Image Art
The creation of 2D animations through the generation, manipulation, and montage of multiple media elements such as drawings, video, and audio. Students gain hands-on experience with software sequencing tools and knowledge of the context of time-based computer imaging within a studio art practice.
Prereq: 3000 (2500), 3001, 3009, or 3101. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
4201 New Media Robotics
Students learn component level electronics and programming languages on microcontrollers to create kinetic and interactive art. Digital control of objects, projections, and sound allow for responsive environments, wearables, and multimedia experiences.
Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
4205 Large Format Photography
Students will expand their definition of photography by exploring an array of contemporary/historical/conceptual ideas. Students will produce images using large format view cameras and will explore the mechanics/aesthetics/psychology of lg. format photography. Students will apply advanced B&W wet lab and digital printing experience to create a series of individual photo projects w/ lg. format film.
Prereq: 3005 or 4005, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 5205.
4401 Computer Animation
Students learn and practice the concepts, aesthetics and processes of 3D computer animation. Conceptualizing, producing and integrating 3D renders and sound, with awareness of cinematography and narrative, will culminate in the completion of computer animations.
Prereq: 3000 (2500), 3001, or 3101, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
4503 Intermediate Glass Topics
Continued exploration in a range of techniques for creating art using glass as a primary material. Projects will be introduced to prompt creative problem solving. Students encouraged to express conceptual concerns through the material and create original artworks.
Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
4901 Studio Practice: Art and Technology
Students gain practical experience in the development and exhibition of independent artwork. Students practice planning, presenting, and discussing their art research in process as well as participating in the critique of the work of their peers. Techniques of exhibition and documentation will be practiced through writing, video, and photography.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
4998/4998H UG Scholarship Research / Creative Activity
Undergraduate research or creative activities in varying topics.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.
4999/4999H Senior Exhibition
Course will provide seniors in the Department of Art with practical experience in the development of an exhibition of their work and exposure to professional practices for artists. This includes the development of an exhibition proposal, adequate documentation of the student's work, an artist's statement (short and long,) and presentation methods.
Prereq: Sr standing, and enrollment in BFA in Art; or permission of instructor.
5000 Art and Professional Practices Seminar
Students explore, practice, and analyze a range of approaches to presenting their artistic practice in visual, oral and written forms. Students explore multiple options, methods and strategies related to career choices and professional development. Students develop a variety of skills to sustain their practice after graduating with their BA or BFA.
Prereq: Sr or Grad standing in Art.
5019 Film/Video IV
Students explore thematic issues within experimental film and video art or in the relationship of those fields to other art forms or modes of filmmaking.
Prereq: 4009, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs.
5101 Aspects of Art and Technology II
Students explore topical art science relationships while building connections between micro and macro, plants and humans, local and global, anthropocentric and eco-centric. Both scientific and artistic methods are used in creative projects surrounding climate stress & adaptation, biotech/bio art, constructed ecosystems, biomimicry, hyper-nature, symbiosis.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs.
5335 Digital Imaging: Input/Output
Exploration of the use of digital technologies in creating and printing images with emphasis on aesthetic content and excellent craft.
Prereq: 5205 (524) and 5215 (695.04), or permission of instructor. Concur: 5225. Not open to students with credit for 695.07.
5890 Special Topics - The World is Our Oyster (Sculpture and Glass)
In this class, we will consider the potential of glass as a material in a world under pressure. Just as an oyster can turn an irritant into a pearl, we are living through a time with a multitude of conditions that have the potential for transformation. Students in this course will be invited to share material knowledge and contribute to curricular offerings. Studio work and related outcomes will be proposed, formed, and driven by the interests of each participant. Students will join the faculty in open and constructive self-reflection, dialogue, and feedback.
Spring 2024 Courses by Area
2000 Encountering Contemporary Art
In this class, students will explore how and why contemporary artists make the work they do within a globalized art world. Through discussions, readings, virtual or in-person art excursions and related assignments, participants will apply critical written, oral, and visual communication skills as they analyze, interpret, and respond to significant works of art, their contexts and histories.
2100/2100E Beginning Drawing
Students will explore fundamental freehand drawing techniques with a range of drawing methods, media and concepts; emphasis on drawing from observation and expressive experimentation. Students will apply written, oral and visual communication skills as they evaluate, interpret and respond to significant works of art and their own expressive goals.
2200 Real and Recorded Time
Students will engage in informed observations, explorations and communication through time-based media methods and tools as a practical and theoretical foundation for creating original artworks in video, sound, installation, performance and screen.
2300/2300E Two-Dimensional Studies
Students will create aesthetic and interpretive studies exploring organizational elements and principles of 2D composition, visual perception, critical thinking, invention and material experimentation as they pertain to art practice. Students will advance written, oral and visual communication skills as they interpret and respond to significant works of art and their own expressive goals.
2400 3-Dimensional Art
Basic concepts of three-dimensional art focusing on structure with the organization of space and form, using a variety of materials, processes, tools.
3000 Digital Image Manipulation
Students learn to use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator software while creating digital media artwork and gaining knowledge of digital artists. Experiences include image capture, generation, manipulation, interpretation, critique, working with the fair use principle, and professional artistic output.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2500.
3001 Internet Art
Students learn introductory programming skills to integrate image, video, animation, and audio for the creation of internet art. Techniques, concepts, and aesthetics of network culture are practiced, such as tactical media, virality, remixing, and identity construction.
Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
3101 3D Modeling Sculpture
Students learn, practice, and utilize 3D modeling software for generation of form, character, and environment. Includes conceptualization, development, and creation of digital assets for output to formats such as digital prints, game art assets, 3D rapid prototyping, laser cutters and/or CNC mills.
Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
4101 Moving Image Art
The creation of 2D animations through the generation, manipulation, and montage of multiple media elements such as drawings, video, and audio. Students gain hands-on experience with software sequencing tools and knowledge of the context of time-based computer imaging within a studio art practice.
Prereq: 3000 (2500), 3001, 3009, or 3101. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
4201 New Media Robotics
Students learn component level electronics and programming languages on microcontrollers to create kinetic and interactive art. Digital control of objects, projections, and sound allow for responsive environments, wearables, and multimedia experiences.
Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
4401 Computer Animation
Students learn and practice the concepts, aesthetics and processes of 3D computer animation. Conceptualizing, producing and integrating 3D renders and sound, with awareness of cinematography and narrative, will culminate in the completion of computer animations.
Prereq: 3000 (2500), 3001, or 3101, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
4901 Studio Practice: Art and Technology
Students gain practical experience in the development and exhibition of independent artwork. Students practice planning, presenting, and discussing their art research in process as well as participating in the critique of the work of their peers. Techniques of exhibition and documentation will be practiced through writing, video, and photography.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
5101 Aspects of Art and Technology II
Students explore topical art science relationships while building connections between micro and macro, plants and humans, local and global, anthropocentric and eco-centric. Both scientific and artistic methods are used in creative projects surrounding climate stress & adaptation, biotech/bio art, constructed ecosystems, biomimicry, hyper-nature, symbiosis.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs.
3002 Intro to Ceramics: Structure
Introduction to Ceramic Structures; lab practices with various modeling and potter's wheel techniques with lectures covering a broad survey of structural ceramics from brick to tile to sculpture.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2502. GE VPA course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts course.
3012 Intro to Ceramics: Form and Surface
Introduction to Utilitarian uses of Ceramics; lab practices with various modeling and potter's wheel techniques with lectures covering a broad survey of ceramic form and surface, both historic and contemporary.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2602.
4012 Intermediate Ceramics: Utility and Performance
Intermediate course focusing on the utilitarian uses of Ceramics; lab practices with various modeling and potter's wheel techniques with lectures covering a broad survey of the broad range of use, from a cup to a tool to performative gestures.
Prereq: 3002 (2502) or 3012 (2602). Not open to students with credit for 3602.
5202 Mold Making
Students will design, fabricate, and use of a wide spectrum of mold-making techniques. Exploring the process of prototyping and generating multiples, students will generate functional and expressive artworks analyzing form with the purpose of reproducing it.
Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
5502 Special Projects – Ceramics
Students explore ceramics through individualized projects to cultivate, develop and refine ideas, research, experimentation, critical thinking. Students explore and interpret contemporary issues in ceramics and develop a body of ceramics objects as well as a ceramic practice.
Prereq: 4002 or 4012, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs
3009 Film/Video I
Students engage fundamental concepts and techniques in video including duration, framing, exposure, and sequence with an introduction to filming and editing. Students develop their videos through explorations of contemporary moving-image artwork.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 5501.
4009 Film/Video II: Experimental Strategies
Students engage with a broad range of strategies related to experimental film and video art in order to produce their own film and video projects. Alongside those projects, students learn about major historical and contemporary issues and movements in avant-garde time-based media.
Prereq: 3009 or MvngImg 2201 or 2202, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 5551.
5019 Film/Video IV
Students explore thematic issues within experimental film and video art or in the relationship of those fields to other art forms or modes of filmmaking.
Prereq: 4009, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs.
3003 Introduction to Glass Art
Introduction to skills used in molten glass forming, including; gathering, hot sculpting, and blowing. Studio practice is further expanded by experimentation with glass kiln methods. Emphasis on the development of original artworks.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2503. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
4503 Intermediate Glass Topics
Continued exploration in a range of techniques for creating art using glass as a primary material. Projects will be introduced to prompt creative problem solving. Students encouraged to express conceptual concerns through the material and create original artworks.
Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
3004 Life Studio Drawing I
Students use a wide range of materials and processes to make drawings based on all aspects of life: the human figure, plants, animals, landscapes, interior spaces, etc. Students practice, appreciate and interpret drawing in relation to various traditions and as a basis for individual development.
Prereq: 2100. Not open to students with credit for 2504. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
3014 Visual Studies: Color
Students investigate seeing and using color. Students develop projects dealing with color organization, phenomena, and interaction. Students integrate theory and practice to appreciate and interpret color as related to various traditions and as a basis for individual development.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2514.
3024 Painting I
Students explore the dynamics of painting. Students make paintings using a variety of approaches with attention to color, light, form, paint application, space and composition. Students practice, appreciate and interpret painting as related to various traditions and as a basis for individual development.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2524.
3054 Painting II
Students explore a variety of painting mediums emphasizing technical, historical and conceptual fundamentals of constructing paintings or 'picture-objects.' Students manipulate spatial and thematic pictorial relationships through painting on various surfaces with a variety of processes and begin to develop the ability to pursue individualized research, processes, themes, and aspirations.
Prereq: 3024.
3104 Expanded Drawing
Students expand their definition of drawing by exploring an array of contemporary, historical and conceptual ideas. Students make drawings using a variety of methods and materials, from archival to ephemeral. Students manipulate spatial and thematic pictorial relationships. Students begin to develop the ability to identify and pursue individualized research, processes, themes and aspirations.
Prereq: 3004 or 3024.
4014 Advanced Painting and Drawing
This course is designed to assist and guide independent work. Each term will focus on special topics in painting/drawing, with a wide emphasis upon current directions, new media, techniques, social issues. Students will be encouraged to explore the use of a wide range of materials in experimental approaches to drawing/painting. Individual work will be augmented by lectures/discussions/field trips.
Prereq: 3024 and 3054. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs.
2555/2555H Introduction to Digital Photography and Contemporary Issues
Students will learn fundamental digital camera techniques and explore contemporary and historical issues in photography including the relationships between technique, concept, and aesthetics as well as the relationship between images, identity formation, and larger social structures.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 3555. GE VPA course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts course.
3005 Photography II: Introduction to Darkroom
Students will explore and learn analogue darkroom processes including manual 35mm camera techniques, black and white film development, and archival silver gelatin printing methods. Students will gain knowledge of historical and contemporary issues in photography and develop verbal and written language skills to critique the construction of images. Limited number of loaner film cameras available.
Prereq: 2555 (3555). Not open to students with credit for 4005.
4205 Large Format Photography
Students will expand their definition of photography by exploring an array of contemporary/historical/conceptual ideas. Students will produce images using large format view cameras and will explore the mechanics/aesthetics/psychology of lg. format photography. Students will apply advanced B&W wet lab and digital printing experience to create a series of individual photo projects w/ lg. format film.
Prereq: 3005 or 4005, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 5205.
5335 Digital Imaging: Input/Output
Exploration of the use of digital technologies in creating and printing images with emphasis on aesthetic content and excellent craft.
Prereq: 5205 (524) and 5215 (695.04), or permission of instructor. Concur: 5225. Not open to students with credit for 695.07.
3006 Introduction to Relief and Intaglio Printmaking
Students use a range of traditional processes in relief and intaglio, exploring the dynamics of their applications in the creation of unique works in print media. Students will apply oral and visual communication skills as they evaluate, interpret and respond to significant works of art, the work of their peers, and their own expressive goals. 14 Weeks AU SP, 7 Weeks SU.
Prereq: 2100 or 2300. Not open to students with credit for 2516.
3056 Introduction to Lithography and Silkscreen Printmaking
Students use a range of traditional processes in lithography and silkscreen printing, exploring the dynamics of their application in the creation of unique works in print media. Students will apply oral and visual communication skills as they evaluate, interpret and respond to significant works of art, the work of their peers, and their own expressive goals. 14 Weeks AU SP, 7 Weeks SU.
Prereq: 2100 or 2300. Not open to students with credit for 2526.
4056 Upper-Level Printmaking: Lithography + Silkscreen
Students practice/examine individual development and artistic creation through advanced exploration of lithography & silkscreen printmaking. They begin to develop the ability to identify/pursue individualized research, processes, themes and aspirations while they interpret and respond to significant works of art, work of peers, and their own expressive goals through rigorous production/critique.
Prereq: 3056. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs.
3017 Introduction to Sculpture
An introduction to the principles of sculpture, emphasizing basic forming processes and materials. Includes traditional and non-traditional sculpture making concepts, processes and materials through additive, subtractive, and assemblage sculpture making processes.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2507.
3107 Life Sculpture
Students will gain abilities in modeling the human figure clothed and unclothed in clay with and without an armature. Students practice, research, and interpret sculpture in relation to various traditions and contemporary perspectives as a basis for individual creative development.