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  • 3.00 Credits

    Students who have completed Painting I and II, or by permission of the instructor, may select this advanced painting course. In this class the advanced student will continue solving problems in the formal elements of pictorial space including both representational and non-representational considerations. Preliminary studies and thematic series will be emphasized.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces the student to the principles and process of developing a scenic design concept for theatrical production. Studies include scenic design history through the work of significant designers; script analysis and period research; and application of the principles and elements of design. Methods and learning activities in this course include film, lecture, discussion, and studio. The class will also concentrate on the stage, costume, and lighting design for a college production. The class fulfills the requirements for fine and performing arts distribution and may be an elective for the art major.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The focus of this course is an overview of the painting, sculpture, and architecture of the United States from colonial beginnings to the expression of today, with attention to the 20th century struggle for stylistic independence from European influence.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course explores several types of printmaking: relief, intaglio, planographic, and stencil through woodcut, linocut, paper plate lithography, monotype, and collagraph. Students will learn various techniques of plate and paper preparation, hand printing, and use of the presses. The culminating project of the class is to produce a portfolio or original prints using each of these methods.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students will learn fundamental approaches to effective use of transparent watercolor. Students will experiment with papers and tools, with color mixing and compositional invention and they will study oriental approaches to ink wash and watercolor painting. Prerequisites: ART 102, ART 103 required for art majors only.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students will be introduced to camera operation, basic darkroom procedures, and image making. They will be exposed to practical and creative use of film with special stress on composition as visual statement. Students enrolled in this class need to bring a 35mm camera with manual function capabilities, a working light meter, photographic paper, film, and related supplies. An average of three to four hours of photo lab work is required in addition to the scheduled lab hour.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students will be introduced to hand-building and wheel-forming techniques, to clay body and glaze applications and non-glaze decoration. They will study pottery from various cultural art heritages. Advanced work may be undertaken through ART 400 Independent Study.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students will explore additive and subtractive approaches to three-dimensional form. Skills are challenged by a variety of materials and sculpturing tools. Students will study works of art from various cultural art heritages. Prerequisites: ART 102, 208 required for art majors only. Open to all majors.
  • 3.00 Credits

    In this course, students will develop further a sense of design and structure of three-dimensional objects as a continuation of the student's exploration in Sculpture I. Students will further successfully explore composition and problem solving with regard to unique materials used in the creative process. Prerequisite: ART 345.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The independent study option is open to art students who wish to develop an individual direction and expression on a more advanced level. Approval of course instructor and division chairperson is required.
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