Art and Design

With an emphasis on observational drawing, various materials, methods and subjects will be explored as a means of cultivating visual acuity. The course will touch on drawing exercises that support all visual art and design disciplines. Skills and exercises include: perspective, figuration, still life and landscape. Historical and contemporary examples will be included in discussions of drawing as cultural expression. In some cases, figure drawing exercises will include the opportunity for students to draw from nude models (of varied gender expressions) in a studio setting. Satisfies Fine and Performing Arts GenEd requirement; satisfies SEEDS Creative Expression student learning outcome in alignment with Diversity and Intercultural Competency value.

An introduction to key works of art representing prehistoric cultures, the ancient world, the East, the Renaissance, and the Modern period; museum and gallery trips, reading and discussion. For non-art majors.

Orientation to the philosophy of the profession. Field experiences in a variety of settings to provide exposure to the breadth of professional opportunities.

Prerequisite(s): PRDN 101 and PRDN 102 should be taken concurrently. Restriction(s): Product Design majors only. Students gain an understanding of the relevance and role of effective sketching and drawing techniques, as essential research and communication tools for product designers. The course work addresses 2D geometry and fundamental 3D, descriptive geometry. The course focuses on developing students' freehand sketching abilities, necessary to accurately communicate design ideas in conceptual, aesthetic and technical terms as it places a role in the design development process.

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With an emphasis on observational drawing, various materials, methods and subjects will be explored as a means of cultivating visual acuity. The course will touch on drawing exercises that support all visual art and design disciplines. Skills and exercises include: perspective, figuration, still life and landscape. Historical and contemporary examples will be included in discussions of drawing as cultural expression. Meets Gen Ed - Fine and Performing Arts.

Restriction(s): Department of Art and Design Majors and Minors only. This studio course introduces creative processes in design and artistic production in two dimensional form. Lectures, readings, and exercises will expose students to methods of inquiry vital to the formation of ideas and formal strategies. Assignments provide the means to explore techniques and media to solve an array of visual problems including visual hierarchy, pattern making, compositional strategy and other fundamental aspects of two-dimensional form. Collaborative learning is utilized as an important tool within the artist’s and designer’s process. Students will work in a cross-disciplinary manner further integrating drawing as an ideation tool. Students will work on creative 2D work in both traditional and digital media.

Prerequisite(s): ARFD 100. Restriction(s): BFA Illustration Majors Only or Department Permission. In this course, students plunge into the professional field of illustration through different media formats and functions, while gaining an introduction to the diverse markets within the illustration industry. This course applies foundational artistic principles to the practice of illustration through the utilization of composition, value, perspective, and color theory to foster conceptual thinking and facilitate visual narrative. Students will cultivate ideas and concepts through several projects that emphasize the vital roles that contemporary and historical research, and the use of photographic references, play in illustrative ideation. Students will learn the life cycle of developing an illustration through fast sketching, value studies, experimenting with a variety of artistic mediums, and group critiques, to bring their work to completion.

Prerequisite(s): PRDN 100 and PRDN 102 should be taken concurrently. Restriction(s): Product Design majors only. This fundamental design course focuses on the concept and significance of design thinking, the design development process and problem-solving. Students will learn how designers employ research, analysis and synthesis as well as use iterative test modeling and prototyping for testing and evaluating design concepts. Students will get an overview of design research methods and will read case studies of notable designs. Some project assignments of this course may be in conjunction with PRND 100 and PRND 102.

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Prerequisite(s): ARFD 100. Restriction(s): BFA Illustration Majors Only or Department Permission. In this course, students plunge into the professional field of illustration through different media formats and functions, while gaining an introduction to the diverse markets within the illustration industry. This course applies foundational artistic principles to the practice of illustration through the utilization of composition, value, perspective, and color theory to foster conceptual thinking and facilitate visual narrative. Students will cultivate ideas and concepts through several projects that emphasize the vital roles that contemporary and historical research, and the use of photographic references, play in illustrative ideation. Students will learn the life cycle of developing an illustration through fast sketching, value studies, experimenting with a variety of artistic mediums, and group critiques, to bring their work to completion.

Restriction(s): Department of Art and Design Majors and Minors only. Students will develop descriptive graphic skills and ideation processes in analog and digital formats in new areas of research that can express future concepts in a creative way. They will be introduced to a variety of sketching methods that include mapping techniques, systems drawing, perspective and iterative development of visual concepts. Subjects explored range from symbols and logos to visual organizational systems.

Prerequisite(s): PRDN 100 and PRDN 101 should be taken concurrently. In this fundamental course, students learn about how the human body is built, how it is structured, and how it works. The skeletal structure of the human body will be studied, analyzed, and drawn to learn how the structure allows the body to move. The various configurations of joints will be explored to understand how the body can resist physical stress, load, and force. The muscle structure will be examined to understand how and where they attach to bones and how they move the skeletal structure. Through drawings of anatomical studies of human-product interaction, students will learn the basics of human-centered design principles. The course also introduces students to various anthropometric characteristics of humans.

This course introduces an interdisciplinary approach to the study and research of the visual world. Students will be critically introduced to a variety of image-types (ranging from fashion and popular culture to fine art), and how those types developed throughout history. Through readings culled from the arts, sciences, humanities, and social sciences, the introductory application of varied, interdisciplinary research methods, and ongoing critical discussions, students will learn to recognize and interpret how different kinds of images produce different kinds of meaning; how images work in concert with text, sound, smell, and touch; why the study of 'visual culture' is so important in today's image-saturated world. Equivalent course ARHT 102 effective through Summer 2021.

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Restriction(s): Department of Art and Design Majors and Minors only. This studio course is a comprehensive introduction to color theories, practices, and vocabulary, providing a knowledge base and a variety of experiences in color mixing applicable to design, art and fashion. Content includes study of the methodologies of prominent color theorists, and the components of color in 2-dimensional and three-dimensional exercises in digital and material media. Students will apply and understand color harmony and disharmony systems, apply contemporary color specification systems, and comprehend color chemistry and the psychology of impact of color.

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Restriction(s): Department of Art and Design Majors and Minors only. Using basic sculptural processes, this studio course develops the student’s understanding of form and space. Exploration in three-dimensions includes proportion, scale, form, materiality, surface, volume and relationship. Collaborative and individual projects will relate to the human form, functional objects and the environment with emphasis on communication, sustainability, and cultural context. Projects include research, mapping, planning, design, building and presentation as integral components.

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This course will survey global art and architecture from the beginnings of image production, during the prehistoric period, through to the end of the Middle Ages. Week to week, the material will be focused thematically, organized in rough chronology, and located within specific geographic regions and cultural formations. Major topics will include the multiple and foundational definitions of ‘art’ found in various cultural contexts; the origins and development of systems of writing in relation to the visual arts; art’s relation to power and propaganda in the defining of empire; the role of art in relation to myth, religion, and ritual. The course will also focus on developing a set of critical concepts and vocabularies, which are key to understanding global arts practices in their historic and their contemporary contexts. Meets the Graduation Writing Requirement for majors in Animation and Illustration, Fashion Studies, Product Design, Visual Arts, and Visual Communication Design. Equivalent course ARHT 105 effective through Summer 2021. Satisfies Great Works/Influences GenEd requirement; satisfies SEEDS Literary and Artistic Analysis student learning outcome in alignment with Educated Citizenry and Diversity and Intercultural Competency values.

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This course will survey global art and architecture from the beginnings of image production, during the prehistoric period, through to the end of the Middle Ages. Week to week, the material will be focused thematically, organized in rough chronology, and located within specific geographic regions and cultural formations. Major topics will include the multiple and foundational definitions of ‘art’ found in various cultural contexts; the origins and development of systems of writing in relation to the visual arts; art’s relation to power and propaganda in the defining of empire; the role of art in relation to myth, religion, and ritual. The course will also focus on developing a set of critical concepts and vocabularies, which are key to understanding global arts practices in their historic and their contemporary contexts. Meets the Graduation Writing Requirement for majors in Animation and Illustration, Fashion Studies, Product Design, Visual Arts, and Visual Communication Design. Equivalent course ARHT 105 effective through Summer 2021.

Restriction(s): Department of Art and Design Majors and Minors only. A studio class designed to evaluate a broad range of technologies. Through a series of projects, students will develop an analytical frame of mind while learning current digital tools and methods. This course instills technological versatility, which will enable students to produce thought‐provoking visual communication particularly emphasizing digital sketching.

This course will survey global art and visual culture from the Fifteenth Century through the middle of the Twentieth Century, paying special attention to the development of Modernism and its many discontents. Major topics will include: visual culture’s role in modern imperialism and nation-building; art and ritual in the age of secularism; the role of technology in art and design; art and the politics of (self-)representation. Meets the Graduation Writing Requirement for majors in Animation and Illustration, Product Design, Visual Arts, and Visual Communication Design. Equivalent course ARHT 106 effective through Summer 2021. Satisfies Great Works/Influences GenEd requirement; satisfies SEEDS Literary and Artistic Analysis student learning outcome in alignment with Educated Citizenry and Diversity and Intercultural Competency values.

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This course will survey global art and visual culture from the Fifteenth Century through the middle of the Twentieth Century, paying special attention to the development of Modernism and its many discontents. Major topics will include: visual culture’s role in modern imperialism and nation-building; art and ritual in the age of secularism; the role of technology in art and design; art and the politics of (self-)representation. Meets the Graduation Writing Requirement for majors in Animation and Illustration, Product Design, Visual Arts, and Visual Communication Design. Equivalent course ARHT 106 effective through Summer 2021.

Students will learn about the development of art and design practices from different parts of the world using changing thematic lenses and geographic foci. Topics include art's intersections within a given society's political, religious, environmental, economic, and social orders, as well as local aesthetics and critical systems of thought. For specific subjects, please inquire with the department. Fulfills the Special Topics requirement for majors. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits. Equivalent course ARHT 101 effective through Summer 2021. Satisfies Global Cultural Perspective GenEd requirement; satisfies SEEDS Analyzing Cultures and Societies student learning outcome in alignment with Diversity and Intercultural Competency; Educated Citizenry value.

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Students will learn about the development of art and design practices from different parts of the world using changing thematic lenses and geographic foci. Topics include art's intersections within a given society's political, religious, environmental, economic, and social orders, as well as local aesthetics and critical systems of thought. For specific subjects, please inquire with the department. Fulfills the Special Topics requirement for majors. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits. Equivalent course ARHT 101 effective through Summer 2021.

Prerequisite(s): PRDN 100, PRDN 101 and PRDN 102. Corequisite(s): PRDN 111 and PRDN 112. The primary objective of this course is to equip students with the theories of traditional manufacturing production technology. Various methods for producing mass manufactured consumer products are analyzed , together with examining material properties best suited for a particular design. Students will learn about the most common material families used in Product Design and the manufacturing processes applied to satisfy production feasibility and optimal design outcome. Equivalent course PRDN 210 effective through Fall 2020.

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Prerequisite(s): PRDN 100 and PRDN 101. Restriction(s): Product Design majors only. Corequisite(s): PRDN 110 and PRDN 112. Building on the skills and knowledge obtained in PRDN 100 and PRDN 101, students will engage in developing persuasive design delineations for presentation purposes. The relevance of explanatory and exploratory renderings will be addressed as integrated components of the design development process. Emphasis will be materiality, color and surface development. Course assignments challenge students to be detailed-oriented.

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Prerequisite(s): PRDN 100 and PRDN 101. Corequisite(s): PRDN 110 and PRDN 111. Restriction(s): Product Design majors only. Students will study product architecture and the development of topology in relation to user perceptions and cognitive principles. The importance of cultural and social factors will be emphasized. Students will learn about the various philosophies that guide the development of product aesthetics, such as the gestalt principles and design semiotics. Students will gain an understanding of the rules of conscientious and responsible form development as it applies to the theory of “user-centered design” and will be able to differentiate designs of functional and emotional nature. Equivalent course PRDN 120 effective through Fall 2020.

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Restriction(s): Fashion Design and Merchandising majors; or Fashion Merchandising minors; or Fashion Design minors; or departmental approval. Sewing fundamental emphasizes the development of basic sewing skills used to create apparel. This course focuses on pattern and fabric selection, basic construction techniques pressing skills, and techniques.

Prerequisite(s): ARFD 101 and VIST 102. Restriction(s): Visual Communication Design majors only. Typography is the effective arrangement of visible language. Projects that encourage thoughtful exploration of point size, weight, line spacing, letter spacing, typographic grids, and formats will enable students to thoroughly address type-related problems. Calligraphy exercises and supporting lectures concerning fonts, font styles, typographic terms, and typesetting technologies develop the frame of mind needed to successfully practice this craft. Students will come to understand the typographer’s role as arbiter of taste and creator of meaning.

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Students will be challenged and guided in the development of their critical and conceptualizing skills as they apply to art and design processes. Foundations I is a problem-solving course in which the student investigates the dynamic visual forces involved in composing in a variety of media. Students explore the interrelationships of composition, process, perception, and intent. Through the understanding of concepts, processes, and visual language, students broaden their skills in idea development, research strategies, and technical application. This course advocates and utilizes the model of a learning community to effectively introduce students to ideas, issues, and practices in contemporary art and design. Foundations I further connects creative research and practice to socio-political and cultural ideology, allowing students opportunities for integration of ideas outside the disciplines of art. This will be accomplished through lectures, exercises, student team assignments, discussion, and exploration in and outside of the classroom. This course is required during the first semester for all freshman and undergraduate transfer students majoring in BA Studio and BFA Studio.

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Restriction(s): Restricted to students enrolled in the following programs: BFA Animation and Illustration; BA Fashion Design and Merchandising; BA Fashion Studies; BFA Illustration; BFA Product Design; BA Visual Arts; BFA Visual Communication Design; Fashion Design minor; Fashion Merchandising minor; Visual Arts minor. An introduction to drawing the human figure. Students in this course will spend the majority of their time drawing from nude models (of varied gender expressions) in a studio setting. Most classes will follow the traditional figure drawing format of beginning with quick gesture drawings, with poses gradually increasing in length of time, and ending with a single sustained pose of an hour or more. The students will be introduced to a wide range of ideas, concepts, stratagems, and materials related to the drawing of the human figure. Ideas and drawing approaches will be illustrated by looking at the visual examples of artworks by both past and present figurative artists. A brief historical overview of various visions of the human image will be presented, as will an introduction of human anatomy for artists. Concurrent with ideas about proportion, foreshortening, scale, and anatomical construct, ideas about line quality, chiaroscuro, and the figure in differing spatial constructs will be explored. Although weekly thematic ideas will be presented, most classes will include an interweaving and repetition of a wide range of concepts.

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An introduction to drawing the human figure. Students in this course will spend the majority of their time drawing from live models in a studio setting. Most classes will follow the traditional figure drawing format of beginning with quick gesture drawings, with poses gradually increasing in length of time, and ending with a single sustained pose of an hour or more. The students will be introduced to a wide range of ideas, concepts, strategems, and materials related to the drawing of the human figure. Ideas and drawing approaches will be illustrated by looking at the visual examples of artworks by both past and present figurative artists. A brief historical overview of various visions of the human image will be presented, as will an introduction of human anatomy for artists. Concurrent with ideas about proportion, foreshortening, scale, and anatomical construct, ideas about line quality, chiaroscuro, and the figure in differing spatial constructs will be explored. Although weekly thematic ideas will be presented, most classes will include an interweaving and repetition of a wide range of concepts.

Restriction(s): For non-majors. Introduction to the ways in which people have expressed themselves in the visual arts including painting, sculpture, crafts, architecture, film, photography, and graphic design explored through studio projects, reading, and gallery and museum visits. The focus will be the nature and experience of art across many cultures and its central role in our daily lives. Satisfies Fine and Performing Arts GenEd requirement; satisfies SEEDS Creative Expression student learning outcome in alignment with Diversity and Intercultural Competency value.

The role and status of women in art from the Old Stone Age through the present; women artists and the visual culture of women in Western culture; depictions of women in the arts. Fulfills the Special Topics requirement for majors.

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Afro-American art in the United States from colonial times to the present. Meets World Cultures Requirement.

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Techniques employed by fiber artists and the textile industry; on-loom and off-loom weaving, spinning and vegetable dyeing, and fabric and fiber techniques in contemporary work.

Prerequisite(s): VIST102, ARFD 103, or ARFD106. Restriction(s): Department of Art and Design Majors and Minors only. Students learn and apply digital and aesthetic skills to create works with time as an essential element. The course investigates concepts of change, sequencing, transformation, duration and narrative. Study of audio, video, animation and performance art provide a contemporary context for analysis of the various ways that time-based media communicate. Projects may include applications to installation/performance art, motion graphics, stop motion animation and digital media, such as video, social and presentation. At the end of the course the students will partake in a portfolio review of the work created through the foundation courses. Successful completion of the portfolio review will enable students to move into the studio sequence of their major.

Prerequisite(s): ARIL 101 and ARIL 103. Restriction(s): BFA Illustration Majors or Department Permissions. This course comprehensively introduces students to digital painting methods used in creating illustration. Students develop skills using image manipulation and painting tools to replicate and digitally interpret the array of traditional painting techniques. By examining historical and contemporary references and moving through a series of focused exercises, students learn the techniques of visual elaboration. Attention to principles of composition, light, hue, and value, as well as software tools to create clipping masks, speed painting, color blocking, bitmap painting, and vector drawing establish proficiency in industry standard practices. Critiques and discussions introduce students to the norms of digital illustration presentation expectations.

Prerequisite(s): VIST 105 and VIST 106 or departmental approval. Bibliographic and other resources necessary for scholarly research in the visual arts; the writing of the research paper; special problems and methodology of art history. Required for Art History majors.

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Prerequisite(s): ARFD 101, ARHT 102 and ARFD 103. Students learn and apply digital and aesthetic skills to create works with time as an essential element. The course investigates concepts of change, sequencing, transformation, duration and narrative. Study of audio, video, animation and performance art provide a contemporary context for analysis of the various ways that time-based media communicate. Projects may include applications to installation/performance art, motion graphics, stop motion animation and digital media, such as video, social and presentation. At the end of the course the students will partake in a portfolio review of the work created through the foundation courses. Successful completion of the portfolio review will enable students to move into the studio sequence of their major.

Prerequisite(s): ARIL 101 and ARIL 103. Restriction(s): BFA Illustration Majors or Department Permissions. This course comprehensively introduces students to digital painting methods used in creating illustration. Students develop skills using image manipulation and painting tools to replicate and digitally interpret the array of traditional painting techniques. By examining historical and contemporary references and moving through a series of focused exercises, students learn the techniques of visual elaboration. Attention to principles of composition, light, hue, and value, as well as software tools to create clipping masks, speed painting, color blocking, bitmap painting, and vector drawing establish proficiency in industry standard practices. Critiques and discussions introduce students to the norms of digital illustration presentation expectations.

Prerequisite(s): WRIT 105 or HONP 100 may be taken as prerequisite or corequisite; students in the SEEDS program can take ENGL 110, ENGL 111, ENGL 114, HUMN 151, HUMN 160, HUMN 288, PHIL 106, or SPAN 242 in place of WRIT 105. Students will learn the basics of ceramics techniques and become familiar with various methods of production. The evolution of clay materials and its uses will be explored. The assignments will cover basics clay construction of utilitarian objects as well as ceramic as sculptural objects. Satisfies Fine and Performing Arts GenEd requirement; satisfies SEEDS Creative Expression student learning outcome in alignment with Diversity and Intercultural Competency value.

Structure and proportions of the human figure. Study of skeletal and muscular structure, the figure at rest and in motion, isolated and in a setting. Expressive as well as analytical approach to drawing. Exploration of traditional as well as current techniques and media.

The objective of this course is to teach students basic digital photography and imaging tools. The class will learn how to operate a digital camera, flatbed and film scanners, photographic quality inkjet printers as well as Adobe Photoshop skills for basic digital darkroom techniques, image editing and manipulation. Satisfies Fine and Performing Arts GenEd requirement; satisfies SEEDS Creative Expression student learning outcome in alignment with Diversity and Intercultural Competency value.

Prerequisite(s): WRIT 105 or ENGL 110 or PHIL 106 or HONP 100. Analysis of dress in terms of cultural, social, psychological and economic influences. Clothing and adornment choices related to individual concerns, including aesthetic, physical and ecological factors. Meets World Cultures Requirement. Satisfies Social Science Perspective GenEd requirement; satisfies SEEDS Analyzing Cultures and Societies student learning outcome in alignment with Diversity and Intercultural Competency value.

Prerequisite(s): PRDN 100 and PRDN 110 and PRDN 111. Corequisite(s): PRDN 211 and PRDN 220. The course builds on the knowledge gained in PRDN 100 and PRDN 111 to develop the students' skills in digitally created sketches, drawings, and presentations. Using industry-standard Sketchbook Pro, projects will focus on communicating the development of design concepts and supporting research in a coherent form. The course also incorporates knowledge gained in PRDN 110 Materials and Technology.

Prerequisite(s): ARFD 103 and ARFD 106. Restriction(s): Visual Communication Design majors only. By stressing concepts, critique, presentation, and accurate production, Studio I is both introduction and opportunity for students to apply the basic principles of design. Through projects that demand research, concept development and attentive use of imagery, typography, and color to communicate messages, students will experience design thinking and problem solving firsthand. Course lectures and assigned readings simultaneously outline the essentials of professional practice while exposing students to theories of visual communication.

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Prerequisite(s): WRIT 105 or HONP 100 may be taken as prerequisite or corequisite. Students will learn the basics of ceramics techniques and become familiar with various methods of production. The evolution of clay materials and its uses will be explored. The assignments will cover basics clay construction of utilitarian objects as well as ceramic as sculptural objects. Meets Gen Ed - Fine and Performing Arts.

Prerequisite(s): WRIT 105 or HONP 100. Analysis of dress in terms of cultural, social, psychological and economic influences. Clothing and adornment choices related to individual concerns, including aesthetic, physical and ecological factors. Meets Gen Ed - Social Science Perspectives. Meets World Cultures Requirement.

Prerequisite(s): WRIT 105 or HONP 100; students in the SEEDS program can take ENGL 110, ENGL 111, ENGL 114, HUMN 151, HUMN 160, HUMN 288, PHIL 106, or SPAN 242 in place of WRIT 105. An introduction to three-dimensional form, this course offers the basic skills, visual vocabulary and the material knowledge used in the development of an emerging sculptural practice. The emphasis of this course is developing a cognizant relationship of objects in space. Satisfies Fine and Performing Arts GenEd requirement; satisfies SEEDS Creative Expression student learning outcome in alignment with Diversity and Intercultural Competency value.

Prerequisite(s): ARIL 101 and ARFD 103. Restriction(s): BFA Illustration majors only. Students are comprehensively introduced to digital painting techniques used in creating illustration artwork. Students develop skills using image manipulation and painting tools to replicate and interpret traditional painting techniques digitally, through exercises that emphasize techniques of visual elaboration with attention to composition, light, hue and value.

Prerequisite(s): VIST 105, VIST 106, WRIT 105, or HONP 100; students in the SEEDS program can take ENGL 110, ENGL 111, ENGL 114, HUMN 151, HUMN 160, HUMN 288, PHIL 106, or SPAN 242 in place of WRIT 105. Travel courses to art sources in the United States and foreign countries not to exceed twelve undergraduate credits. First-hand contact with the art forms and visual culture of the places visited; study of monuments in the field and works in museums and galleries. Subject(s) defined by the professor. May be repeated for a maximum of twelve credits. Fulfills the Special Topics required for majors.

Prerequisite(s): PRDN 100, PRDN 111 and PRDN 201. Corequisite(s): PRDN 212 and PRDN 221. Restriction(s): Product Design majors only. Building on skills gained in previous coursework, the course concentrates on digitally developed and enhanced 2D presentation techniques using Adobe CS and other industry-standard computer applications. The course material extends students' technical knowledge and skill level in creating effective presentations employing digitally enhanced sketches and computer generated renderings in design concept and idea development. Logic of effective presentation techniques appropriate for product designers is part of the coursework. The course material extends students' technical knowledge in creating effective portfolios.

Prerequisite(s): VIST 105 and VIST 106 or departmental approval. This course takes ‘things’ seriously — the little things and the big things. It asks what anvils, comic books, iMacs, juice boxes, Tupperware, wedding rings, and zippers can teach us about the beliefs and values of the people who made, consumed, and discarded these objects. Students will learn how to ‘read’ physical objects by using the interdisciplinary theories and methods employed in Material Culture studies. Key thinkers and case studies will be introduced, and students will also chart where and how this field of study departs from the traditional disciplines of Art History and Cultural Anthropology.

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Prerequisite(s): WRIT 105 or HONP 100. An introduction to three-dimensional form, this course offers the basic skills, visual vocabulary and the material knowledge used in the development of an emerging sculptural practice. The emphasis of this course is developing a cognizant relationship of objects in space. Satisfies Fine and Performing Arts GenEd requirement; satisfies SEEDS Creative Expression student learning outcome in alignment with Diversity and Intercultural Competency value.

Prerequisite(s): VIST 105, VIST 106, WRIT 105, or HONP 100. Travel courses to art sources in the United States and foreign countries not to exceed twelve undergraduate credits. First-hand contact with the art forms and visual culture of the places visited; study of monuments in the field and works in museums and galleries. Subject(s) defined by the professor. May be repeated for a maximum of twelve credits. Fulfills the Special Topics required for majors.

Prerequisite(s): ARFD100 or ARFD124; and ARFD104; and VIST106 or VIST102. Restriction(s): VSAR majors and minors. This introductory course teaches students a broad range of technical and design skills necessary to create 3D functional objects from jewelry to accessory products. The class informs students how to use a number of various materials using templates or patterns to create and produce intricate forms.Through various project-based assignments and learning modalities using multiple perspectives from ideation to sketch iterations, students will gain the necessary skills for creating utilitarian and non-utilitarian objects.

Prerequisite(s): WRIT 105 or HONP 100; students in the SEEDS program can take ENGL 110, ENGL 111, ENGL 114, HUMN 151, HUMN 160, HUMN 288, PHIL 106, or SPAN 242 in place of WRIT 105. Often how we see the world and evaluate it remains structured by major texts in aesthetics. This course presents how the major Western aesthetic paradigms articulate art. It connects those ideas to contemporary visual culture: for example, Plato’s anxieties about art relate to current concerns about video games; Hume helps us think about taste and social media posts. Through careful reading of each philosopher's argument, students apply them to assorted contemporary visual culture objects from art to virtual reality. Equivalent course ARHT 203 effective through Summer 2021.

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Prerequisite(s): ARFD100 or ARFD124, and ARFD104, and VIST106 or VIST102. Restriction(s): VSAR majors and minors. This introductory course teaches students a broad range of technical and design skills necessary to create 3D functional objects from jewelry to accessory products. The class informs students how to use a number of various materials using templates or patterns to create and produce intricate forms.Through various project-based assignments and learning modalities using multiple perspectives from ideation to sketch iterations, students will gain the necessary skills for creating utilitarian and non-utilitarian objects.

Prerequisite(s): WRIT 105 or HONP 100. Often how we see the world and evaluate it remains structured by major texts in aesthetics. This course presents how the major Western aesthetic paradigms articulate art. It connects those ideas to contemporary visual culture: for example, Plato’s anxieties about art relate to current concerns about video games; Hume helps us think about taste and social media posts. Through careful reading of each philosopher's argument, students apply them to assorted contemporary visual culture objects from art to virtual reality. Equivalent course ARHT 203 effective through Summer 2021.