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  • 3.00 Credits

    In a thematic organization, explores both North African an Sub-Saharan cultures, incorporating issues pertinent to art history, African American studies, anthropology, religious studies and women's studies. Looks at music, dance, body language, festival celebration, coming of age rituals, fertility rites, harvests and funerals. Prerequisites: none. Cross listed with AAST 2730 and ANTH 2730.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Courses of broad general appeal will be offered from time to time under this title. Permits utilization of unusual faculty expertise and provides highly-specialized and particularly pertinent, timely subject matter. See current class schedule for topics. Prerequisites: ART 2010 and ART 2020.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An advanced drawing course applying the fundamentals of drawing to creative individual problems in figure, still life, and/or landscape composition. Structured yet open assignments, lectures and critiques develop formal, conceptual, expressive and technical understanding. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours. Prerequisites: ART 2025.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A survey of the history of architecture and its allied fields, focusing on the formal, aesthetic, cultural and socio-political dimensions, from prehistory to the present. Cross listed with ARE 3030. Prerequisite: COM1.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Creates awareness through life drawing that any creative work is the result of organization of visual language: form, value, space, shape, pattern and texture. Uses the figure as the focus of creative exploration. Prerequisite: ART 1050. (Normally offered fall semester)
  • 3.00 Credits

    An advanced drawing course working from a live model with an emphasis on composition, monochromatic media, drawing techniques, and the skeletal and muscular construction as related to action and proportion in the human figure. Lectures, drawing sessions, and critiques develop formal, conceptual, and technical understanding. Prerequisites: ART 2025.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Develops hands-on understanding of how visual elements and text are created and manipulated on current graphic design software programs used in the field. Explores techniques of basic graphic design preparation on the computer. Problems are given in various software applications. Uses graphic design problems as technical examples of production. Lecture and laboratory. Prerequisite: ART 2120.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Examines the experimental use of type, its history, structure and background in reference to visual expression, data visualization, messaging, representative power, and time-based and site specific explorations. Advanced explorations in type as concept and critical expression will explore the fields of graphic design and computer visualization. Prerequisites: ART 2000 and ART 2112. (Offered spring semester)
  • 3.00 Credits

    Studies advanced graphic design preparation from paste-up through production. Includes work in four color process printing and multiple color printing. All work is executed both on and off the computer. Researches graphic design history. Emphasizes production methods. Second course in a two semester sequence. Prerequisite: ART 3110. (Offered fall semester)
  • 3.00 Credits

    Explore the methods, vocabulary, and processes of commercial printing, including: the production & design process, color(ink) selection, duotones, paper selection, photography, diecutting, mailers & mailing regulations, finishing, pre-flighting and pre-press preparation, and communication with the printer. Projects will be focused around solving real-world printing problems. Prerequisites: ART 2122, ART 3112, ART 3120 or concurrent enrollment.