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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to experiencing and understanding the role of design in our visual culture. Emphasis is on the evolution of the visual language of design throughout human history, based on the impact of technology on design's methods, materials and styles. Students will examine their role as participants in the culture of design - through production, consumption and interpretation - and should gain a heightened appreciation for the complex ways that aesthetics, the creative process, and the discipline of design itself affect their knowledge of all aspects of visual culture.
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3.00 Credits
Familiarizes students with the techniques and approaches used in watercolor painting. Additional mediums such as gouache, ink, tissue paper, and pastels as mixed media components will be introduced. Summer only. ($50.00 course fee)
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2.00 Credits
This course provides a broad overview of visual art for students who plan to work as educators in schools, churches, and other community agencies. The course includes elements drawn from art history, art appreciation, and art education. Students will demonstrate written and oral competencies in these areas. ART 2160 completes the art component of MUH 2140 Arts for Education, for those students who have already completed MUH 2000 or its transfer equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing, completion of ART foundations, or departmental permission. Design is the use of visual forms (words and images) that are used to convey information to diverse audiences. This course is the first in a sequence of Design Communications courses. Students will explore the use of basic design principles, design elements, introductory theory and brainstorming techniques to solve basic communication problems without the use of a computer. Emphasis will be on obeservation, analysis, design process, terminology, creative thinking, problem-solving, execution and craftmanship. Several projects may be considered as portfolio pieces. ($100.00 course fee).
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1.00 Credits
Emphasizes technology and production skills for print graphics. This course must be taken twice; once each semester during the sophomore year. (course/lab fee $100)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ART 2410. One in a series of Design Communications courses that focuses on the development of a professional-level design portfolio. Projects include multiple-piece design, introduction to product identity, and an introduction to three dimensional graphic design. The course also emphasizes raster imaging and covers compositing of graphic elements in advanced page-layout applications. Extensive outside work is required.($100.00 course fee)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ART 1400 and ART 2410. A combined lecture and studio course covering the history, terminology and use of typography in the design communications industry. Type sensibility is often used as the measure of professional design acumen, therefore this course should be taken early in design series in order to integrate the knowledge into upper-level core design courses. Students will use computer typography applications as well as studio techniques to complete exercises and problems in typographic communications. Projects and exercises will range from the examination of individual letterforms to organization of a large volume of text in page layouts. Emphasis will be placed on typographic production and terminology. Course software will include current industry technology. ($100.00 course fee)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ART or CSC 1000, ART 1400, ART 2410 or permission of the instructor. This is an introduction to Interactive Media. Topics include: animation, scripting and delivery of vector based interactive media. Emphasis is on we-based media applications. Applications used include Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Illustrator. The course will emphasize the software application Macromedia Flash. ($50.00 course fee)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ART 1060 and ART 1400. An exploration of the medium of digital photography through various camera and computer techniques. Students will examine digital photography through the use of digital cameras, digital negatives and digital prints. The digital negatives will be used to print images by various techniques including, but not limited to, cyanoptype, Van Dyke Brown and palladium. Adobe Photoshop will be used as the computer software for this class. Prerequisites include previous experience with photography and the computer.
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3.00 Credits
This is a general survey of the history of Western art and architecture from the pre-historic through the mid-Gothic period. Particular emphasis will be made on the stylistic achievements of the Graeco-Roman and Gothic eras. The primary course objective will be placed on students learning to make distinctions between the various historical styles as well as writing about the purposes of these styles. All students completing the course should be able to identify and discuss aspects of the basic form and content of any of the styles according to specific periods, schools or artists, and will complete a special research topic or project within a chosen area of interest.
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