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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 hours This course continues the development of painting as an expressive language. A subject will be chosen and a series of related images will be made to explore the relationship between subject, language, and meaning. Project specifics will be developed through conversation involving the student and the professor. Contemporary and historical images will be analyzed and related to studio practice. Critiques will be a regular part of the course work. Prerequisite: AR220 or by consent of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours This course emphasizes personal expression of clay forms. Students are free to choose the processes, clays and firing methods best suited to their aesthetic needs. Experimentation with forming processes, clay body control, glaze design and kiln firing variations is an integral part of the course. Students are instructed in the safe use of materials and processes. Prerequisite: AR230 or by consent of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours Advanced sculpture is a course designed to highly challenge the serious sculpture student. Students will be expected to outline their intent, projects, and time management for the semester. Emphasis is placed on the figure as a starting point. Students may maintain the figure or challenge it through a variety of styles and special arrangements. Although much latitude is given in the development of the work, an understandable figurative element must remain in the finished piece. Nude models can be utilized but are not required. Personal as well as classroom critiques are required along with a written critique/personal evaluation. The exploration of a variety of materials and sculptural processes is expected. Students are also expected to actively engage space, three-dimensional form, and context. Prerequisite: AR240 or by consent of the instructor.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours A course in the printmaking processes of Intaglio that will explore hard ground, soft ground, sugar-lift, and dry point. Students are instructed in the safe use of materials and processes. Black and white printmaking will be emphasized. The importance of the connection between the processes of printmaking and the subjective nature of expression will be emphasized. This course is one that invites imaginative exploration of this rich and intense media. Students will work from a variety of subject matters including selfportraiture, the nude model, and abstraction. Prerequisite: AR150 or AR210 or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A study of the visual arts of the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods, the ancient Near-Eastern culture, the Egyptian era, the Minoan, the Mycenean and Greek periods, the Etruscan-Roman period, the Early Christian era, and the Byzantine through Gothic eras. No prerequisite.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A study of the visual arts of Europe of the Renaissance, the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and the modern periods of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. No prerequisite.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours A study of and experience in designing, organizing and installing exhibitions in the Mingenback Art Center Gallery, including the required Senior Show. Students will produce a slide portfolio and resume for professional advancement. This course will be taken for one hour of credit in each of the final two semesters by the studio art major. The Art Teaching major will take it for one credit hour in the Fall semester of the Junior year and for one credit hour in the Spring semester of the Senior year. Exceptions can be made only with departmental approval.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
1-4 hours A - Painting B - Ceramics C - Sculpture D - Drawing Intensive work in the studio area following specialization and beyond the advanced levels. Studio concentration may be taken in one, two, three, or four semester hour segments. For Art majors or by permission of Art Department Chair.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours This course will further the drawing track for the drawing concentrator, instead of making those students take more painting courses.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours This course focuses on the fundamentals of reading; dictionary skills, expansion of sight vocabulary, and improvement of basic comprehension skills. Students are also introduced to the study skills, habits, and attitudes that promote academic success. Individual and group tutoring, counseling, and computer-assisted learning are available. This class should be taken concurrently with at least one class that requires significant reading so that techniques learned in this class can be immediately applied outside of this class.
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