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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Engage in professional practices, exhibition design and production and art theory. Students develop studio work within their chosen discipline, understand exhibition design and prepare and give a verbal presentation about their artwork. Students will enhance proficiency in professional practices such as portfolio preparation, writing, critical assessment, and career development.
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3.00 Credits
Expands on operations of the university art gallery and collections at advanced level. Students work with hands-on projects related to gallery duties in one or more of the following areas: event advertising; exhibition design; exhibition install/de-install; conservation; collections; and events. Project work will consist of routine critiques with a focus on professional development standards in gallery and museum practices. Critical issues in conservation and collection management will be explored through written research.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to art both past and present. Essential ideas of art are examined in concrete terms using examples from diverse times and cultures. The course stresses the understanding that art is a universal human creative impulse. The course pedagogy emphasizes investigation, development and application of an aesthetic language enabling the student to respond to, analysis, and critique works of art, both conceptually and formally, by studying its ever-expanding aesthetic and cultural contexts.
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3.00 Credits
Acquaints students with the materials and techniques employed in the making of two-dimensional and three-dimensional art from the Paleolithic period to the 21st century, and with issues regarding the power of the visual arts in past and current societies. Major works of art and architecture and the cultural forces that shaped them from ancient times to the present are discussed in a global perspective. This course will enhance students' understanding of cultural diversity through art appreciation.
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3.00 Credits
Studies major art monuments and varied forms of visual expression produced by diverse cultures of Europe, the Near East and the Mediterranean basin from the Prehistoric through the Late Middle Ages. The course provides a perspective of art and culture stemming from its roots in antiquity and examines how societal beliefs and values are reflected and embedded in visual forms. Explores how environmental conditions and cross-cultural interactions influenced and shaped the history of art.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys the art and architecture of Europe from 1400 to the 20th century. The course covers major periods and trends in art history, including but not limited to Renaissance, Baroque, Realism, Impressionism, Expressionism, Modernism, Cubism, Surrealism, Dadaism, and Post-Modernism. Students examine the relationship between individual works of art, the artists who created them and evolving major cultural, social, and political trends
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3.00 Credits
Surveys the art and architecture of the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia and Japan from prehistoric times until the Industrial Revolution, examining the impact non-Western religions such as Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism and Shinto had on the visual arts and attitudes towards visual representation.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys the evolution of graphic design and its role in the history of visual communication from its ancient roots to the present. The course provides a global perspective by studying the emergence of modes of graphic design in the context of the diverse cultures that produced them and examining the correlation between styles of design and aspects of specific socio-political climate.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys the history of photography from its historic roots to the present, and examines the development of photography as a major medium of visual communication and aesthetic expression. The course provides a global perspective by exploring various photographic genres and conventions that emerged in response to diverse geopolitical needs and reflect evolving cultural contexts, and also examines how emerging critical issues and philosophical frameworks have shaped and influenced the medium over time.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the history of global fashion from the ancient world to the 21st century, organized around the materials employed to construct clothing. Different fibers and their relative characteristics will be studied, as well as the impact their production has had on regional and global economies and the ecological concerns associated with mass textile production. Haute couture, the ethical use of animal products and human resources, and the relationship between Nationalism and folk costume are discussed.
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