Mar 29, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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 2020-2021 Academic Discilines  

 

(ARTB) Art Three-Dimensional Arts

  
  • ARTB 496 - Capstone

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will engage in self-initiated research to demonstrate proficiency in three-dimensional arts.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(ARTC) Art Four-Dimensional Arts

  
  • ARTC 232 - Introduction to Performance and Sound Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of basic concepts and techniques for the creation of performance and sound art.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ART 101  and ART 103 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): ART 102 .
  
  • ARTC 235 - Introduction to Digital Media and 16mm Film as Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of basic concepts and techniques for the creation of film as an art form.

    (Same as CNST 235 .)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ART 101  and ART 103 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): ART 102 .
  
  • ARTC 236 - Introduction to Cinema and Video Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of basic concepts and techniques for the creation of works of cinema and video art.

    (Same as CNST 236 .)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ART 101  and ART 103 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): ART 102 .
  
  • ARTC 239 - Special Topics in Four-Dimensional Arts

    3 Credit Hours
    Student- or instructor-initiated course offered at convenience of department.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ART 101  and ART 103 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): ART 102 .
  
  • ARTC 330 - 4D Arts Concentration Progression Requirement Review

    0 Credit Hours
    Review of prior work in four-dimensional arts.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTC 236 ; and ARTC 232  or ARTC 235 ; and two courses from ARTH 162 *, ARTH 172 *, ARTH 173 *, ARTH 183 *.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): ARTA 211 .
    Comment(s): Successful completion required prior to registration for junior and senior courses. See School of Art Handbook for details.
  
  • ARTC 391 - Intermediate Four-Dimensional Arts

    3-4 Credit Hours
    Individual sections for various artistic disciplines.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 8 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Non-majors only (not for BA and BFA – studio art majors and BFA – graphic design majors).
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTC 401 - Experiments in Sequencing

    4 Credit Hours
    Advanced study and development of art or design works based on the concepts and techniques of sequencing.

    (Same as ARTD 401 .)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 16 hours.
    Recommended Background: Any 4-D Arts course or ARTD 405  or permission of the instructor.
  
  • ARTC 402 - Experiments in Space

    4 Credit Hours
    Advanced study and development of art or design works based on the concepts and techniques of spatiality.

    (Same as ARTD 402 .)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 16 hours.
    Recommended Background: Any 4-D Arts course or ARTD 405  or permission of the instructor.
     
  
  • ARTC 403 - Experiments in Systems

    4 Credit Hours
    Advanced study and development of art or design works based on systemic concepts and techniques.

    (Same as ARTD 403 .)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 16 hours.
    Recommended Background: Any 4-D Arts course or ARTD 405  or permission of the instructor.
  
  • ARTC 430 - Internship

    1-12 Credit Hours
    On-site work experience in the media production field. Pre-approval in the 4D Arts Program required.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTC 236 .
    Registration Permission: Consent of department.
  
  • ARTC 431 - The Business of Cinema

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced study of motion picture producing and of the film and video industries.

    (Same as CNST 431 .)
  
  • ARTC 432 - Advanced 4D Arts I

    4 Credit Hours
    Advanced study and development of concepts and techniques for the creation of time-arts works as an art form with an emphasis on individual projects.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 8 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTC 330 .
  
  • ARTC 435 - Narrative Filmmaking

    4 Credit Hours
    Development of concepts and techniques for the creation of narrative films with an emphasis on individual projects.

    (Same as CNST 435 .)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 16 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTC 236 .
  
  • ARTC 436 - Video Art

    4 Credit Hours
    Continued development of concepts and techniques for the creation of video works as an art form with an emphasis on individual projects.

    (Same as CNST 436 .)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 16 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTC 236 .
  
  • ARTC 439 - Special Topics in Four-Dimensional Arts

    3 Credit Hours
    Student- or instructor-initiated course offered at convenience of department.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • ARTC 493 - Independent Study

    1-4 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTC 494 - Individual Problems

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTC 495 - Visiting Artist Seminar

    2 Credit Hours
    Study and discussion of contemporary art issues conducted by different visiting artists each semester.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Credit Restriction: May not be applied toward the art history requirement.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTC 496 - Capstone

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will engage in self-initiated research to demonstrate proficiency in four-dimensional arts.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(ARTD) Art Design/Graphic

  
  • ARTD 150 - The Idea of Graphic Design

    3 Credit Hours
    An overview of design as visual message-making and as an act of cultural interpretation. Contemporary and historic design and its forms are examined, along with an introduction to design and creative concepts.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 150* and GRDS 150 *.
  
  • ARTD 251 - Beginning Graphic Design I

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the elements and principles of graphic design and concept development. Survey of design tools, materials, and processes. Emphasis on creative strategies for idea generation and the relationship of visual form and meaning.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 251 and GRDS 271 .
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTD 150 * and ART 101 , ART 102 , and ART 103 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): ARTD 255 .
  
  • ARTD 252 - Beginning Graphic Design II

    3 Credit Hours
    Continued exploration into elements and principles of graphic design including in-depth study of visual theories and design vocabulary. Introduction to the role of design in contemporary culture.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 252 and GRDS 272 .
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTD 251  and ARTD 350 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): ARTD 405 .
  
  • ARTD 255 - Graphic Design Production

    3 Credit Hours
    Traditional and computer-generated techniques for the production of print and digital media in graphic design. Introduction to computer systems, software, and techniques.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 255 and GRDS 255 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): ARTD 251 .
  
  • ARTD 259 - Intersections in Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Investigations into the role of design in a broader context.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTD 150 * or permission of instructor.
  
  • ARTD 293 - Independent Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of Instructor.
  
  • ARTD 350 - Graphic Design Portfolio Review

    0 Credit Hours
    Review of prior work in graphic design.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated once.
    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 350 and GRDS 200 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): ARTD 251  and ARTD 255 .
    Comment(s): Successful completion required prior to registration for junior and senior courses.
  
  • ARTD 351 - Intermediate Graphic Design I

    4 Credit Hours
    Intermediate study of graphic design including research methodologies and practices as they relate to the design process. In-depth investigations into audience and context in relationship to form and meaning.

    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 351 and GRDS 371 .
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTD 252 , ARTD 350 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): ARTD 400 .
  
  • ARTD 351R - Intermediate Graphic Design I

    4 Credit Hours
    Intermediate study of graphic design including research methodologies and practices as they relate to the design process. In-depth investigations into audience and context in relationship to form and meaning.

    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 351R and GRDS 371R .
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTD 252 , ARTD 350 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): ARTD 400 .
  
  • ARTD 352 - Intermediate Graphic Design II

    4 Credit Hours
    Continued intermediate study of graphic design with an emphasis on the visual, technical, and theoretical aspects of representing information and managing visual complexity.

    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 352 and GRDS 372 .
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTD 351 .
  
  • ARTD 352R - Intermediate Graphic Design II

    4 Credit Hours
    Continued intermediate study of graphic design with an emphasis on the visual, technical, and theoretical aspects of representing information and managing visual complexity.

    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 352R and GRDS 372R .
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTD 351 .
  
  • ARTD 400 - Typography

    4 Credit Hours
    Principles of typography, as well as classical and contemporary type forms, as vehicles for communication. An intensive introduction to the fundamentals of type, from individual letterforms to large bodies of textual information. Attention to formal, technological, rhetorical, and historical issues.

    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 400 and GRDS 355 .
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTD 252  and ARTD 405 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): ARTD 351 .
  
  • ARTD 401 - Experiments in Sequencing

    4 Credit Hours
    (See ARTC 401 .)
  
  • ARTD 402 - Experiments in Space

    4 Credit Hours
    (See ARTC 402 .)
  
  • ARTD 403 - Experiments in Systems

    4 Credit Hours
    (See ARTC 403 .)
  
  • ARTD 405 - Interaction Design

    4 Credit Hours
    Exploration of current technologies and their significance to interactive and screen-based design.

    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 405 and GRDS 256 .
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTD 251  and ARTD 350 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): ARTD 252 .
  
  • ARTD 410 - Advanced Typographic Investigation

    3 Credit Hours
    Expands on principles introduced in Typography (ARTD 400 ). Projects will include work in reflective as well as electronic environments with an emphasis on personal exploration.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTD 400 .
  
  • ARTD 425 - Illustration

    3 Credit Hours
    Develops skills and critical analysis for effective visual communication. Projects will explore the relationship between image and meaning. Students will explore a variety of media as they develop a personal visual vocabulary.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ART 101 , ART 102 , and ART 103 .
  
  • ARTD 444 - Graphic Design Research

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Active research investigations in faculty-led initiatives.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 444 and GRDS 444 .
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTD 444R - Graphic Design Research

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Active research investigations in faculty-led initiatives.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 444R and GRDS 444R .
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTD 450 - Design in Culture

    3 Credit Hours
    A consideration of design as an act of cultural interpretation. Historic and contemporary design and design issues are examined through presentations, discussions, readings, and writings. Student assessment will come from writing, projects, presentations, and contributions to class discussion.

  
  • ARTD 451 - Advanced Graphic Design

    6 Credit Hours
    Advanced design investigations into the theory and techniques of visual problem-solving as applied across many applications of design. Emphasis on the study of identity and systems.

    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 451 and GRDS 471 .
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTD 352 .
  
  • ARTD 452 - Graphic Design Capstone

    6 Credit Hours
    Student-led project under faculty direction including advanced application of research, project-development and execution. Includes individual presentations to professional panels.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC)
    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 452* and GRDS 472 *.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTD 451 .
  
  • ARTD 452R - Graphic Design Capstone

    6 Credit Hours
    Student-led project under faculty direction including advanced application of research, project-development and execution. Includes individual presentations to professional panels.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC)
    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 452R and GRDS 472 *.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTD 451 .
  
  • ARTD 455 - Graphic Design Professional Seminar

    3 Credit Hours
    Professional practices including client relationships, design management, and business practices. Assembly, organization, and editing of the professional portfolio.

    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 455 and GRDS 452 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): ARTD 452 *.
  
  • ARTD 456 - Graphic Design Practicum

    1-12 Credit Hours
    On-site, practical work designed to bridge the university experience with the workplace prior to graduation. Must be pre-arranged with the department.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 456 and GRDS 451 .
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTD 351  and ARTD 400 .
  
  • ARTD 459 - Intersections in Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced investigations into the role of design in a broader context.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 459 and GRDS 425 .
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTD 351  or permission of instructor.
  
  • ARTD 493 - Independent Study

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Cannot receive credit for both ARTD 493 and GRDS 493 .
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTD 494 - Individual Problems

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTD 495 - Visiting Artist Seminar

    2 Credit Hours
    Study and discussion of contemporary art issues conducted by different visiting artists each semester.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 8 hours.
    Credit Restriction: May not be applied toward the art history requirement.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(ARTH) Art History

  
  • ARTH 162 - Art of Africa, Oceania, and Pre-Columbian America

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the traditional arts of the cultures of Black Africa, the Pacific and the Americas (focusing primarily on the period before the European conquest). Sculpture, painting, pottery, textiles, architecture, and human adornment will all be examined.

    (Same as AFST 160 *.)
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • ARTH 167 - Honors: Art of Africa, Oceania, and Pre-Columbian America

    3 Credit Hours
    Consent of instructor required. Survey of the traditional arts of the cultures of Black Africa, the Pacific and the Americas. Study grounded in reading, writing, and discussion. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • ARTH 172 - Western Art: Ancient through Medieval

    3 Credit Hours
    Major monuments in Western art with emphasis on Europe from antiquity through the Middle Ages.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • ARTH 173 - Western Art: Renaissance to Contemporary

    3 Credit Hours
    Major monuments in the history of European and American art from the Renaissance to the present.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • ARTH 177 - Honors Western Art: Ancient through Medieval

    3 Credit Hours
    Consent of Department required. Major monuments in Western art with emphasis on Europe from antiquity through the Middle Ages. Study grounded in reading, writing, and discussion. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • ARTH 178 - Honors Western Art: Renaissance to Contemporary

    3 Credit Hours
    Consent of Department required. Major monuments in the history of European and American art from the Renaissance to the present. Study grounded in reading, writing, and discussion. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • ARTH 183 - Asian Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected major monuments of South and East Asian art (archaeological material, sculpture, architecture, painting, prints) in their social, political, and religious contexts.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • ARTH 187 - Honors: Asian Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Consent of instructor required. Selected major monuments of South and East Asian art (archaeological material, sculpture, architecture, painting, prints) in their social, political, and religious contexts. Study grounded in reading, writing, and discussion. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • ARTH 279 - Special Topics in Art History

    3 Credit Hours
    Student- or instructor-initiated course offered at convenience of department.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • ARTH 375 - Seminar in Art History I

    3 Credit Hours
    Seminar for majors. Introduction to the practice and methodology of art history. Writing-emphasis course.

    Recommended Background: 9 hours of art history courses, 3 of which must be upper-division.
    Registration Restriction(s): Art history majors and minors only or consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTH 402 - Seminar in Art History II

    3 Credit Hours
    Seminar for majors. Builds on ARTH 375  but with an emphasis on research and effective written and oral presentation. Capstone class.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTH 375 ; ENGL 102 *, ENGL 132 *, ENGL 290 *, or ENGL 298 *.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
  
  • ARTH 403 - History of Photography

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the history of photography from the introduction of the daguerreotype and calotype to more recent trends. Emphasis will be placed on aesthetics and the use of photography as a medium for artistic expression.

  
  • ARTH 405 - Topics in Visual and Legal Culture

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to laws that govern creation, circulation, and criminalization of certain artworks. Highlights the often surprising ways in which images, objects, and laws knit together to create a form of social connective tissue – a finely grained network that simultaneously reflects and shapes its particular historical moment. Drawing on the methodologies of both art history and legal history, this course will challenge students to think critically about the visual arts, the legal system, and, ultimately, our cultural understanding of creativity itself.

  
  • ARTH 410 - Art and Image in the Age of Pharaohs

    3 Credit Hours
    Explores four thousand years of Egyptian art form the building of the Great Pyramids and the splendor of the New Kingdom to the achievements of its Hellenistic successors and beyond. Focuses on royal monuments, images of life, death, and afterlife along the Nile, mummies and funerary art, religion and temples, sculpture, luxury arts as well as objects of everyday life.

  
  • ARTH 411 - Art of South and Southeast Asia

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the art and architecture of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The major achievements of each period are examined in relation to their religious, political, and social contexts. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 413 - Art of China: Neolithic Period Through the Song Dynasty

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the art and architecture of China up through the 13th century including early bronze-casting, funerary arts, Buddhist arts, painting, and ceramics. Selected major monuments are examined in relation to their religious, political, and social contexts. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 414 - Art of China: Yuan through Qing Dynasties

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the art and architecture of China from the fourteenth through the nineteenth centuries including painting, religious and secular architecture, woodblock prints, and ceramics. Selected major monuments are examined in relation to their religious, political, and social contexts. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 416 - Chinese Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of Chinese art from the late 19th century through the present. Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and expatriate artists are also considered. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 419 - Art of Japan

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the art and architecture of Japan from the Neolithic period to the 19th century. The major achievements of each period are examined in relation to their religious, political, and social contexts. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 421 - Greek Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Achievements of Greek art in architectural decoration, sculpture, minor arts, and painting from their beginnings in the Geometric period, through the Classical periods of the fifth century BC, to their dissemination during the Hellenistic period across the Mediterranean, Europe, and the Near East. Special emphasis on stylistic developments, the contributions of known artists, and the relationship between art and various aspects of Greek life and thought.

  
  • ARTH 422 - Roman Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Architecture, sculpture, and painting during the 1000+ years of Rome’s cultural dominance from the hyper-realism of the Republic, to Classical beauty of the Augustan age, and abstract symbolism in Late Antiquity. Considers how adaptations of earlier traditions such as the Greek and Etruscan and the diverse artistic heritages encompassed within the empire fused into something new and substantially different than what had come before.

  
  • ARTH 425 - Early Christian and Byzantine Art to 1350

    3 Credit Hours
    Art in Italy and the Eastern Empire from the beginnings of Christian art to c. 1350. Mosaic and painting, sculpture and architecture. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as JST 426  and MEST 425 .)
  
  • ARTH 431 - Medieval Art of the West, 800-1400

    3 Credit Hours
    Western European art of the Dark Ages, Romanesque, and Gothic periods. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as JST 432 ; MRST 432 .)
  
  • ARTH 433 - History of Film and Modern and Contemporary Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Study of the development and interaction between the cinematic arts and the visual arts within the context of 20th- and 21st-century art history.

    (Same as CNST 433 .)
  
  • ARTH 441 - Northern European Painting, 1350-1600

    3 Credit Hours
    From courtly art of late Middle Ages to Northern Renaissance. Jan van Eyck, Roger van der Weyden, and Durer; early printmakers. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as MRST 442 .)
  
  • ARTH 442 - Art of Northern Europe, 1600-1675

    3 Credit Hours
    Concentrated study of Bruegel, Rubens, Rembrandt, Georges de La Tour, Vermeer, Poussin, and Hals. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 451 - The Art of Italy, 1250-1450

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of exploration of naturalism. Revival of antiquity and development of theories of perspective in the Early Renaissance. Including Duccio, Giotto, Masaccio, Donatello, Botticelli. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as MRST 452 .)
  
  • ARTH 452 - Art of Italy, 1450-1575

    3 Credit Hours
    Concentrated study of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Titian, Raphael, Pontormo, and Giorgione. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 453 - Art of Southern Europe, 1575-1700

    3 Credit Hours
    Concentrated study of Caravaggio, Bernini, and Italian Baroque developments in all media. Spanish Baroque painting and sculpture with special attention to Velazquez. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 454 - Renaissance and Baroque Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Addresses the theory of Western art in the early modern period with emphasis on the development and evolution in European art during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARTH 172 * and ARTH 173 *.
  
  • ARTH 461 - Art of Southern and Eastern Africa

    3 Credit Hours
    Art traditions of the eastern and southern regions of Africa. Sculpture, painting, pottery, textiles, architecture, and human adornment will be examined. Some ancient Stone and Iron Age traditions will be examined, but the main emphasis will be on the diverse ethnic and regional art traditions practiced in the area from the 19th century to the present. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as AFST 464 .)
  
  • ARTH 462 - Art and Archaeology of Ancient Africa

    3 Credit Hours
    Historical art traditions of sub-Sahara Africa. Topics to be covered include prehistoric rock paintings, art from archaeological sites and ancient kingdoms. The time period covered ranges from the first and second millennia BC for some of the early terracotta sculpture and rock paintings, the 11th through 19th centuries AD for the later ancient kingdoms. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as AFST 465 .)
  
  • ARTH 463 - Arts of the African Diaspora

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines the aesthetic, philosophical, and religious patterns of the African descendants of Brazil, Surinam, the Caribbean, and the United States. Emphasis will be placed on the full range of art forms, including the sculptural and performance traditions, as well as architecture, textile, basketry, and pottery art forms. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as AFST 466 .)
  
  • ARTH 464 - Oceanic Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Concentrated study of selected sculpture, textiles, architecture, and other traditional art forms of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia. Objects are discussed on the basis of style, style relationship, iconography and the uses to which they were put in their traditional religious, political, and social contexts. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 470 - African American Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Traces the artistic and social legacy of African American art from the eighteenth century to the present day. Specifically, this class will focus on the ways in which artists used creativity to confront, deny, or complicate understandings of racial identity and racism. Examines broad scope of artistic production including painting, sculpture, photography, multi-media, fiction writing, and video art. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as AFST 471 .)
  
  • ARTH 472 - History of 20th-Century American Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Developments in architecture, painting, and design from 1900. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 473 - 19th-Century American Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines painting, sculpture, and print culture from the Revolutionary War to the turn of the 20th century. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 474 - Transatlantic Modernism

    3 Credit Hours
    American-European artistic exchange during the first three decades of the 20th century leading to the creation of an art that was both modern and American. Considers Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’Keeffe, Gerald Murphy, Marsden Hartley, Gertrude Stein, Josephine Baker, Arthur Dove, Marcel Duchamp, and others.

  
  • ARTH 475 - History of 19th-Century Painting and Sculpture in Europe

    3 Credit Hours
    The evolution of Romanticism, Neoclassicism, and Realism in Europe, including the innovations of Manet, Impressionism, Cezanne, Post-Impressionism, Art Nouveau, and Symbolism. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 476 - History of 20th-Century Painting and Sculpture in Europe

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of the Modern and Post-Modern movements in Europe. Investigation of the progression of abstraction through more recent conceptual trends. Analysis of the work of individual artists such as Picasso, Matisse, and many others. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 479 - Special Topics in Art History

    3 Credit Hours
    Student- or instructor-initiated course offered at convenience of department.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • ARTH 489 - Studies in Art History

    3 Credit Hours
    Concentration in individually selected area.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTH 493 - Independent Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTH 494 - Individual Problems

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(ARTN) Art Non-major

  
  • ARTN 211 - Non-Major Intro to Drawing

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of drawing skills from a variety of sources including life drawing. Projects will emphasize composition, technique, and content. This section is for non-art majors who would like an introduction to drawing.

  
  • ARTN 213 - Non-Major Intro to Painting

    3 Credit Hours
    Capacities of oil and acrylic painting on canvas. This section is for non-art majors who would like an introduction to painting.

  
  • ARTN 221 - Non-Major Intro to Ceramic Sculpture

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to sculptural formats with a focus on ideas and ceramic process. This course will address clay preparation, clay finishing, and kiln firing. This section is for non-art majors who would like an introduction to ceramic sculpture.

  
  • ARTN 222 - Non-Major Intro to Pottery

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to clay with an emphasis on utilitarian form. This course will address pottery wheel techniques, clay preparation, glazing and kiln firing. This section is for non-art majors who would like an introduction to ceramic pottery.

  
  • ARTN 231 - Non-Major Intro to Photography

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the art of photography. Taking and processing of photographs through both traditional film/darkroom and digital. This section is for non-art majors who would like an introduction to photography.

  
  • ARTN 232 - Non-Major Intro to Performance and Sound

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of basic concepts and techniques for the creation of performance and sound art. This section is for non-art majors who would like an introduction to performance and sound art.

 

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