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  • 2.00 Credits

    This course explores the relevance of visual art, writing, music, and dance in health and wellbeing. This course is for anyone wanting to explore the role of the creative arts in human development, medical settings, psychology, public health, in communities and as an agent for social change. Experimental components will offer students the opportunity to actively engage in the arts to deepen an understanding of the benefits in health and wellness. It will be of value to those considering working with others using creative arts in public health, healthcare, psychology, or dance, music and art therapies, as well as for those who may wish to establish the creative arts as a form of practice and discipline in their lives. Open to all students.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An introductory studio course using the clay medium exploring the therapeutic practice. Students will explore hand-building techniques through research and theory into the use of clay and therapy. Students will get a better understanding of how art therapists can use clay to address mental health and wellness using therapeutic applications focusing on how kinesthetic and sensorial experiences with this material can aid in growth, healing, and discovery.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Introduction to Museum Studies is designed as an introductory, undergraduate level seminar with two major objectives. Through readings, seminar discussions, and on-site interviews with museum professionals, it will introduce students to contemporary discourse on museums and galleries, on topics such as their institutional roles, their social impact, and their responsbilities as public keepers of our cultural heritage. This course will also provide an overview of the skills, abilities and qualities required by the different professional roles which play a vital role in the management of any museum.(W) (A). This course requires a significant amount of writing, both formal and informal.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Principles of Collection Management is designed to prepare students with knowledge and experience of the best practices of collection care and record management. In this course, we will cover the ethical obligations that guide collections duties and the associated care activities. These include cataloguing, accessioning and deaccessioning, condition reporting, loans, art handling, storage, packing and shipping. Legal issues such as copyrights, repatriation, and provenance will be discussed. The emphasis of this course will be on practical skills which we will apply in a set of hands-on projects related to the care and management of the University of Tampa Permanent Collection.
  • 4.00 Credits

    A inquiry-based studio course that explores the interactions and combinations of painting with drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and new technologies. Emphasis is placed on the synthesis of materials and processes, and on inventive ways to utilize new technologies.
  • 4.00 Credits

    A inquiry-based studio course that questions the limits and boundaries of painting as a creative medium, stressing the investigation in both media and technique. Experimentation with non-traditional materials and processes are emphasized, as well as original research in concept and media.
  • 4.00 Credits

    A studio Performance Course. This course introduces the aesthetic, technical, and historical aspects of the casting process as it relates to sculpture. Students learn basic skills in methods of mold making to include plaster, vacuum form and flexible rubber molds. Instruction in various methods of casting and materials used for casting will be explored to include plaster of Paris, cement, resin, plastics hot metals and experimental and new media.
  • 4.00 Credits

    This course introduces the rich potential of a material, media and technical engagement with sculptural work. This course builds upon traditional sculptural practices while embracing new techniques and media.  Students will take traditional materials such as steel, plaster and wood combined with new or emerging technologies to create Sculpture. 
  • 4.00 Credits

    A critical and analytical study of the architecture, sculpture, painting and minor arts from the Prehistoric era to the Gothic period. Emphasis is given to the social and cultural influences that affected the development of art in Western civilizations. (*fall semester)
  • 4.00 Credits

    A critical and analytical study of the architecture, sculpture, painting and minor arts from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Emphasis is given to the social and cultural influences that affected the development of art in Western civilizations. This course requires a significant amount of writing, both formal and informal.
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