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  • 3.00 Credits

    3 Credits Offered Each Semester This course is an individual study in which the student completes reading from a list of books relating to the development of modern anthropological thinking. The student will prepare a document based on those readings. This course is intended for anthropology majors wishing to transfer to B.A. granting institutions. Instructor Contact: 3 hours per week Prerequisite: ANTH 101, ANTH 102, ANTH 230, and ENGL 102
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 Credits Offered Each Semester ART 100 is designed to create a greater aesthetic understanding and appreciation of the various visual arts. Emphasis will be on painting, sculpture, architecture, and related art forms. When appropriate, gallery tours, films, and visiting artists will be included. A basic understanding of visual art coordinates with the principles emphasized in studio art classes. This course is appropriate for both non art students and art majors who wish to view art with greater awareness and respond to and evaluate art, with approaches that are both objective and critically subjective. It satisfies an arts and humanities course requirement for A.A. and A.S. degrees. Lecture: 3 hours per week
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 Credits Offered Fall Semester This course offers an historical overview of the development of Western visual art in its principal phases from prehistoric societies to the 12th century AD. The arts of these cultures will be examined through the analysis of major monuments of architecture, sculpture, and painting with specific attention to the communicative function of the work of art in relation to its society. ART 101 expands an understanding in the visual arts and the societies that produced them, enables the student to make connections to contemporary society and culture, and increases individual aesthetic concepts. It satisfies an arts and humanities course requirement for the A.A. and A.S. degrees. Lecture: 3 hours per week
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 Credits Offered Spring Semester Survey of Art II offers an historical overview of the development of Western painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Renaissance to the present with emphasis on the struggle to find a universal and unified visual language for a world of changing values, new institutions, and unprecedented diversity. This course creates a higher understanding of the parallels and interconnections of visual art and the societies that made them. It enables students to thoughtfully view creative expression in its communicative function in relation to contemporary society and culture. This course satisfies an arts and humanities course requirement for A.A. and A.S. degrees. Lecture: 3 hours per week
  • 2.00 Credits

    2 Credits Offered Each Semester Drawing I offers beginning experiences in the concepts of composition, line, value, form, perspective and texture, introduced through the use of still life, nature, and the model. The media used include charcoal, conte, pencil, and dry pastels. This course is also fundamental for the Graphic Design program and for transfer programs in fine arts and architecture. The concepts covered in this course will help students develop a visual vocabulary as well as a heightened ability to "see" andrespond creatively. Lecture/Lab: 4 hours per week
  • 2.00 Credits

    2 Credits Offered Spring Semester ART 112 is a continuation of ART 111 with an emphasis on personal artistic expression and imagery. Students will be exposed to a variety of drawing mediums and approaches to the picture plane. Traditional, as well as contemporary trends in drawing, will be explored. The course is fundamental for the Graphic Design program, for transfer programs in fine arts and architecture, and for personal enjoyment. Lecture/Lab: 4 hours per week Prerequisite: ART 111
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 Credits Offered Fall Semester This course offers instruction in the design process with consideration of abstract/concrete and intangible/tangible elements. These design elements are explored through various media in two dimensional problems. ART 121 helps students to channel conceptual thinking and to organize and master skills of the basic elements of art. The course is necessary for the artist/ designer in all fields. It is a required course in the Graphic Design program and for some transfer programs. Lecture/Lab: 5 hours per week
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 Credits Offered Spring Semester ART 122 offers instruction in the use of basic art fundamentals as applied to three dimensional art work and the creative concepts evolving from these properties. This course helps students to channel conceptual thinking and organize and master skills of the basic elements of art as they relate to three dimensional expression. Design II is important for artists and designers in all fields and is a required course in the Graphic Design program and for some transfer programs. Lecture/Lab: 5 hours per week
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 Credits Offered Fall Semester Life Drawing I offers an exploration of various media to develop an artistic understanding of the human form. Emphasis will include both anatomical analysis and interpretive drawing of the undraped and draped model. ART 217 helps to develop eye/hand coordination that is important for careers in applied arts and fine arts. ART 217 or 218 are required courses in the Graphic Design program. Lecture/Lab: 5 hours per week Prerequisite: ART 111 and ART 112
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 Credits Offered Spring Semester Life Drawing II is an exploration in the artistic expression of the draped and undraped human form. Included will be drawing in various media from the model with an emphasis on personal interpretation. ART 218 offers a basis for development in any of the visual arts. The course equally accommodates the gestural artist and the technical illustrator. ART 218 or 217 are required courses in the Graphic Design program. Lecture/Lab: 5 hours per week Prerequisite: ART 111 and ART 112
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