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  • 3.00 Credits

    (Fall & Spring; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; F) This course uses the computer, the newest tool being used to create works of art, to develop ideas and generate images that wouldn't happen using any other medium. Images can be created by hand or scanned into the computer and viewed either as an image on a monitor or as a finished product. Design and composition will be emphasized. Note: a special fee (for art supplies and field trip) is assessed.
  • 3.00 Credits

    (Either Semester; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; F) This course will introduce the basic skills and thought regarding clay as a mode of expression. Students will learn hand-built and wheel-thrown techniques and also how to incorporate content while refining their skills. Students will be involved in the entire ceramic process, from the use of raw materials to make clay and glazes through an introduction to fundamental firing procedures. Creative thought and discourse occurs frequently over the course of the semester to develop skill and aesthetic understanding. Note: additional lab fees apply.
  • 3.00 Credits

    (Fall; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; F) Emphasizes understanding the expressive possibilities of photography, introducing students to ways of controlling basic photographic equipment and involving students in projects stressing the use of symbols in photographs. Note: Students provide their own cameras, film and paper. Note: A special fee for art supplies and a field trip is assessed.
  • 3.00 Credits

    (Variable; Variable; 3.00 Credits; F) An exploration of the geology and chemistry of the raw materials utilizes in ceramic art will be the basis for this course. Students will experiment to uncover the fired properties of various elements and combinations thereof, and will engage in individualized research using raw materials intentionally within the artistic process. Prerequisite: AR 205. Note: Additional lab fees apply.
  • 3.00 Credits

    (Either Semester; Variable; 3.00 Credits; F) This course will introduce fiber to students at its most basic and functional, as well as its most sophisticated and expressive, mode: Book Arts. Students will be taught basic book-making techniques as well as a brief history of visual communication (both functionally and aesthetically). Students will create projects that challenge traditional notions of 147the book148 within the visual arts. Students will participate in such activities as papermaking, sewing, stitching, and other techniques used to alter the idea of published material and written communication. Note: Additional lab fees apply.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (Variable; Variable; 1.00-4.00 Credits; F) An introduction to one of the branches of art not currently included in the regular course offerings. Prerequisites vary based on the course offering. Special fees may apply.
  • 3.00 Credits

    (Spring; Variable; 3.00 Credits; F) This course is designed for advanced students to broaden their understanding of painting, refine techniques, visualize sophistication of concepts, and begin building a personal portfolio that reveals an attempt at a search for meaning/content, personal style, and individual expression. Students will build upon foundational painting skills acquired in introductory level painting by exploring color and tonal relationship through a variety of applications and techniques of the oil media. Students will also investigate descriptive and expressive possibilities in painting introduced through technical and conceptual painting problems designed to develop observational and conceptual awareness. Prerequisites: AR200. Note: A special fee is applied.
  • 3.00 Credits

    (Either Semester; Variable; 3.00 Credits; F,CW,CA) Considers the work of African-American artists from the American colonial period to the present, seeking to understand the works of painting, sculpture and other media as the products of major cultural movements such as the New Negro Movement, Harlem Renaissance, and Civil Rights Movement, but also as the unique expressions of individual artists. Prerequisites: AR110.
  • 3.00 Credits

    (Spring; Variable; 3.00 Credits; F) Offers the experienced student the opportunity to explore more complex problems of expression in drawing. Prerequisite: AR 103. Note: A special fee is assessed.
  • 3.00 Credits

    (Spring; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; F) Students will build upon AR204 by using a graphics application that augments the application studied in AR204. This will introduce the student to the use of vector based graphics and its conversion to a bitmapped form. The use of text and color controls will also be introduced. Prerequisite: AR204. Note: A special fee for art supplies and a field trip is assessed.
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