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  • 1.00 Credits

    1 credit Terms offered: Fall This seminar provides students with a foundation in the visual/gestural skills necessary for acquiring American Sign Language. Students engage in activities that promote visual-spatial awareness, gestural awareness and visual processing skills. One class hour and one lab hour per week. Co-requisite: AMS 01. Fees: Instructional Support Fee applies
  • 1.00 Credits

    IThis course functions as an ASL student discourse community. Students analyze and discuss, collectively and independently, their (second) language development, communication skills, cultural awareness, and common ASL student experiences. In addition, students develop and implement an independent learning project. Prerequisite: AMS 02, AMS 82; Co-requisite: AMS 11. One class hour. Some additional hours for community-based learning and independent study may be required. 1 credit Fall
  • 1.00 Credits

    SeminarThis is the capstone course for all Deaf Studies degree options. By course's end, students will demonstrate they have met program outcomes by completing the Deaf Studies/ASL portfolio. Students are also expected to develop and reflect on their individual culminating project (based on their chosen career path and plans). Prerequisites: AMS 11, AMS 81, DST 10, and DST 11. Pre-/co-requisite: AMS 12, DST 51 and/or DST 52. One class hour and one lab hour per week .1 credit Spring
  • 3.00 Credits

    AnthropologyA study of basic anthropological thought with emphasis on the characteristics and development of early cultures, contemporary primitive societies, comparative studies of institutions, culture change, and the influence of culture on individual behavior. Three class hours a week. 3 credits evening/Weekend only
  • 1.00 Credits

    ColloquiumThis course will consist of career seminars, visiting artist talks and workshops to help students explore career possibilities in art and design. This course will provide an overview of art and design careers, including fine arts, textile design, fashion design, industrial design, graphic design, web and multimedia design. Students will gain skills in analyzing works of art and design in addition to exploring career options. They will be introduced to concepts central to design and art pedagogy, including the structure and sequencing for art and design education, the creative process, the design process and oral and written critiques. Two class hours a week., or a total of 32 hours during the semester. Instructional Support Fee applies1 credit Fall
  • 3.00 Credits

    ModernA survey of the history of painting, sculpture and architecture in Western culture from the fourteenth century through the late nineteenth century. The course will focus on the lives and work of great artists, from Michelangelo to Monet, in the context of the social, political and economic conditions of the period in which the art was made. Three class hours per week. 3 credits Fall
  • 3.00 Credits

    ArtThis course will explore the relationship between art and its social, political, cultural and economic contexts throughout ancient and medieval times. The development of world civilization will be chronicled in a fashion that emphasizes the interconnectedness between different world cultures. Students will need to think and write critically on how art both reflected and influenced political, social, religious and economic states of affair. Through lectures, readings, slides and films, students will learn about history and art from the great kingdoms of Egypt and ancient China to the small isolated bands of colorful individuals who lived in what is still popularly thought of as the "dark ages." Students will also learn how visual art traditions help define our understanding of world culture. Three class hours a wee k.3 credits Fall
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits Terms offered: Spring This course will follow developments of Modern Art from the late Nineteenth century to post World War II. The line of great individual artists from Gauguin and Cezanne, Matisse and Picasso to De Kooning and the Abstract Expressionists will be studied through lectures, readings, slides and films. Students will learn to think and write critically about the changing relationships of art to the modern world’s urban culture, its significance and its outcomes. Three class hours a week. Prerequisite: None
  • 3.00 Credits

    IThrough studio experiences, students will learn the basic elements of drawing, including observational skills and building eye/hand coordination. This course will also introduce the psychological and emotional elements of drawing. Individual and inventive expression is encouraged. A variety of media such as pencil, charcoal, pastel, and brush and gouache will be explored. Two hours critique and four hours studio a week. Instructional Support Fee applies3 credits Fall
  • 3.00 Credits

    IIA continuation of ART 13. This course emphasizes observing and drawing the human form. A live model will be studied to express gesture, structure and movement in space, with objective accuracy and increased ability to visualize a concept as important goals. The techniques and media explored in Art 13 will be applied to the figure, including pencil, charcoal, conte, ink, wash and pastels. Prerequisite: ART 13 or permission of the instructor. Two hours critique and four hours studio a week. Instructional Support Fee applies3 credits Spring
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