 | | Course ID: | ARST 1040. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Proseminar in Studio Art | Course
Description: | The profession of artist and fields of concentration in studio art. | | Athena Title: | PROSEMINAR IN ART | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 1050H. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Drawing I (Honors) | Course
Description: | The techniques, materials, and principles of drawing. | | Athena Title: | DRAWING I HONORS | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 1050 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 1050. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Drawing I: Observation and Visual Language | Course
Description: | Designed to increase a student’s understanding of the underlying
elements of visual language through observational drawing. The
development of skill in observational drawing is pursued as a
goal in itself and as an experiential exercise through which
students become familiar with the elements and materials of
drawing. | | Athena Title: | Drawing I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 1050H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 1060. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Color/Composition | Course
Description: | Introduction to the organizing principles of two-dimensional
design and color theory. Students will learn to effectively
manipulate the elements and principles of design in non-
representational and representational compositions. They will be
introduced to basic color theory and its creative application in
the service of effective visual communication. | | Athena Title: | Color/Composition | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 1070. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Drawing II | Course
Description: | This second fundamental drawing course continues to explore
perception, the relationship between perception and conception,
form as it pertains to representation and abstraction, and the
organization of surface through line, shape, light, texture,
and space, with special attention to the human figure. | | Athena Title: | DRAWING II | | Prerequisite: | ARST 1050 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 1080. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Three-Dimensional Design | Course
Description: | An introduction to the design of three-dimensional forms and
space using various materials and methods. Students will explore
concepts of three-dimensional design, such as scale and
proportion, positive and negative space, focal point, and weight
and gravity. Students will also study concepts of environmental
context in three-dimensional art. | | Athena Title: | Three-Dimensional Design | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2000. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Figure Drawing | Course
Description: | Compositional, expressive, and anatomical approaches to drawing the human figure, traditional media such as charcoal, conte crayon, graphite, and ink will be used. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Figure Drawing | | Prerequisite: | ARST 1050 or ARST 1050H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2005. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Understanding Anatomy: Sculpting and Drawing the Figure | Course
Description: | Elements of three-dimensional figure sculpture with two-dimensional figure drawing in the exploration of the architecture of human anatomy. The live model, skeleton, anatomy book, and écorché (flayed muscle sculpture) are all used to explore the form and space of the human figure. Perspective, cubic space, and topography are emphasized as the plastic means of expression. | | Athena Title: | Sculpt Draw Figure | | Prerequisite: | ARST 1050 or ARST 1050H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2010. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Drawing and Visuality | Course
Description: | Explores the potential of drawing in a contemporary context by
incorporating goals and strategies that move beyond direct
perception and conventional mimetic visual modes. Drawing
language and media will be researched and studied to promote
personal expression and understanding of form both practically
and intellectually. | | Athena Title: | Drawing and Visuality | | Prerequisite: | ARST 1050 or ARST 1050H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2020. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Ideation and Methodologies | Course
Description: | An introduction to creativity and ideation, including practices
in sketching, researching, mapping and prototyping, employing
methodologies such as self-reflection, brainstorming,
collaborations, scientific method, and taxonomy. It engages the
core of inventive practice, applicable in any design-oriented
field, including the sciences, engineering, and entrepreneurship
as well as art. | | Athena Title: | Ideation and Methodologies | | Prerequisite: | Second, third, or fourth-year student standing | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2100. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Painting and Visuality | Course
Description: | Introduction to contemporary perceptual painting, a synthesis
of global image culture. Emphasis is placed on historic
motivations, non-western influences, subject matter, and
composition by utilizing painting media and image
interpretation. Students learn painting techniques, respond to
issues through painting language, and articulate their analysis
through critiques and written responses. | | Athena Title: | Intro Painting and Visuality | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2110. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Painting | Course
Description: | Painting applied to still life, landscape, abstraction, and the human figure from live models. | | Athena Title: | INTERM PAINTING | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2100 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2200. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Introductory Photography | Course
Description: | The art of photography, its history and criticism, including basic processing techniques and optical principles using standard cameras and black and white materials. Picture making concepts and interpretation are emphasized. | | Athena Title: | Introductory Photography | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2205. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Photography and Image Culture | Course
Description: | Introduction to the basic concepts of photographic production and
representation through theory and practice. The basic elements of
photography, digital workflow, darkroom, the history of
representation, and issues of contemporary art and popular imagery. | | Athena Title: | Intro Photo and Image Culture | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 2210 | | Corequisite: | ARST 2205L | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2205L. 2 hours. 4-6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Photography and Image Culture Laboratory | Course
Description: | Laboratory course engaging the basic concepts of photographic
production and representation utilizing theory in practice. It
will cover the basic elements of photography, digital workflow,
and darkroom, applying the history of representation and issues of
contemporary art and popular imagery. | | Athena Title: | Intro Photo Image Culture Lab | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 2210 | | Corequisite: | ARST 2205 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2210. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Photography and Image Culture | Course
Description: | An introduction to photography and contemporary image culture,
including history, criticism, and practice utilizing digital
cameras and image interpretation. | | Athena Title: | Intro Photo and Image Culture | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 2205 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2220. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Photography Field Work | Course
Description: | Digital photography with an emphasis on field experience,
utilizing images to engage conceptual content. Techniques will
include camera controls, composition, quality of light,
editing, and printing. The work of other photographers will be
covered with related assignments that directly engage the field
experience. | | Athena Title: | Intro Photography Field Work | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2230. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Pinhole Photography | Course
Description: | The foundations of the art of photography through the construct
of the pinhole camera. Basic optics and photographic processing
techniques. Picture-making concepts and interpretation are
emphasized. | | Athena Title: | Pinhole Photography | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2350. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Printmaking | Course
Description: | Course examines multiple printmaking techniques throughout the
semester. This class will include an introduction to intaglio
plate making and printing techniques, relief plate making and
printing techniques, monoprinting plate making and printing
techniques, and screen printing. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Printmaking | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2400. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Fundamentals of Sculpture | Course
Description: | Technical fundamentals of mold making/casting, modeling, and
constructive methods of sculpture and their aesthetic
implications in terms of form and content. | | Athena Title: | Fundamentals of Sculpture | | Prerequisite: | ARST 1080 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2410. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Portrait and Figure Sculpture | Course
Description: | Sculpting the human form directly from the model. | | Athena Title: | Portrait and Figure Sculpture | | Prerequisite: | ARST 1080 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2500. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Ceramics | Course
Description: | Development of personal expression using the ceramic process. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Ceramics | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2550. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Ceramics - Introductory Pottery | Course
Description: | An introductory course on pottery/vessel forms and aesthetics
made on the potters wheel. Will include glazing and firing
technology. | | Athena Title: | Ceramics Introductory Pottery | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2600. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Jewelry and Metals: Design and Construction | Course
Description: | Introduces hands-on techniques and conceptual topics associated
with the creation of jewelry and objects. Emphasizes the
connection to traditional and contemporary craft and art
practices/movements and frames these within the arena of current
and historical material culture. | | Athena Title: | Intro Jewelry and Metals | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2700. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Textile Foundations | Course
Description: | Woven and non-woven textile techniques and the relation between
process and material. | | Athena Title: | Textile Foundations | | Prerequisite: | ARST 1050 or ARST 1050H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2710. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Surface Design | Course
Description: | Focus on basic design issues and color as they apply to
continuous patterns. | | Athena Title: | Surface Design | | Prerequisite: | ARST 1060 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2800. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Digital Imaging | Course
Description: | An introduction into the digital means of image capturing,
creation and research, and the broadcast and output of these
files in art and design practice. | | Athena Title: | INTRO DIGI IMAGING | | Prerequisite: | ARST 1050 and (ARST 1060 or ARST 1080) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2810. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Hypermedia | Course
Description: | A combination of theory and practice in contemporary art and creative professions. As a studio course, the study of contemporary pop culture and its use of modern devices for creative expression will take place through both lecture and studio activity. | | Athena Title: | Hypermedia | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 2810E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 2810E. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Hypermedia | Course
Description: | A combination of theory and practice in contemporary art and creative professions. As a studio course, the study of contemporary pop culture and its use of modern devices for creative expression will take place through both lecture and studio activity. | | Athena Title: | Hypermedia | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 2810 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3010. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Drawing | Course
Description: | Advanced drawing stressing individual projects and experimental approaches. | | Athena Title: | ADVANCED DRAWING | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3099. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Drawing: Drawing in Conceptual Space | Course
Description: | Practice using drawing to create and define conceptual spaces.
Students are taught strategies for using conceptual space as co-
informative to the pictorial space of drawing. | | Athena Title: | Adv Draw in Conceptual Space | | Prerequisite: | ARST 1050 and ARST 1060 and ARST 2100 and one additional ARST 2000-level class | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3110. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Transparent Watercolor | Course
Description: | Transparent watercolor including landscape, still life, and the human figure. Personal imagery and non-representational painting will also be explored. | | Athena Title: | TRANSP WATERCOLOR | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2100 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3120. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Aqueous Media | Course
Description: | Synthetic media (acrylics), casein, and water media other than transparent watercolor. | | Athena Title: | Aqueous Media | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2110 or ARST 3115 or ARST 3125 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3130. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Figure Painting | Course
Description: | Compositional, expressive, and anatomical aspects of painting the
human figure from direct observation. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Figure Painting | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2000 or ARST 2005 or ARST 2100 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3140. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Painting Studio Concepts | Course
Description: | Inquiry into varied approaches in painting, both representational and non-representational. Experimental attitudes and personal ideas and solutions are encouraged. | | Athena Title: | Painting Studio Concepts | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2110 or ARST 3115 or ARST 3125 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3150. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Figure Painting | Course
Description: | Painting the human figure emphasizing structure and painting techniques. Media include oil and acrylic paints and grounds. | | Athena Title: | FIGURE PAINTING | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3130 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3160. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Painting Materials and Techniques | Course
Description: | Historical techniques such as egg tempera, fresco, encaustic, and Venetian mode oil painting as they apply to contemporary needs; modern materials such as alkyd and polymer resins are introduced. Consideration is given to the properties of pigments, binders, grounds, and supports. | | Athena Title: | Painting Materials Techniques | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 4170, ARST 6170 | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3200. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Black and White Photography | Course
Description: | Camera skills and processing techniques for black and white negatives and prints with emphasis on visual concepts and articulation of ideas. | | Athena Title: | Black and White Photography | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2210 or ARST 2205 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3205. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Video Concepts and Practice | Course
Description: | An introduction to time-based means of visual expression through
video and other constructs. Students will develop technical
skills using digital capture and editing, developing
proficiency concerning the role of light, space, time,
composition, editing, and sequencing, within a conceptual
framework of ideas, expression, and communication. | | Athena Title: | Video Concepts and Practice | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3210. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Color Photography | Course
Description: | Color photography investigates color theory, lighting, utilizing
color for conceptual concerns, digital printing, and workflows.
Concepts are presented within the context of contemporary trends
and practices. | | Athena Title: | Color Photography | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2210 or ARST 2205 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3220. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Film and Camera | Course
Description: | Investigations into advanced camera practices with selected film
formats, such as 35mm, medium format, and/or large format, plus
digital. This course will cover techniques involving camera
handling, lighting, film processing/printing, scanning, and the
development of student projects. Past and present practices will
be given equal consideration in their historical contexts. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Film and Camera | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3200 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3230. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Internship in Photography | Course
Description: | Practical experience with professionals including photographers, designers, and computer specialists. Independent projects and research with editors, curators, teachers, and historians. Assist photography faculty in creative work with emphasis on studio and lab production. | | Athena Title: | Internship in Photography | | Nontraditional Format: | Internship. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3250. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Constructed Image in Photography | Course
Description: | Exploration of photographing constructed scenes both in the
studio and on location. Students will investigate the
conceptual expression of an idea through a constructed
situation with emphasis on artificial lighting techniques.
Discussion of historic and contemporary works as well as
individual portfolio development. | | Athena Title: | Constructed Image Photography | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3210 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3305. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Printmaking: Relief | Course
Description: | Various relief printmaking techniques with concentrated work in the processes of woodcut, wood engraving, and linoleum cut. | | Athena Title: | Printmaking: Relief | | Prerequisite: | ARST 1050 or ARST 1050H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3400. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Construction in Metal | Course
Description: | Beginning welding techniques and the use of metal in sculptural composition. | | Athena Title: | CONSTRUCT I | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2400 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3410. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Constuction in Metal | Course
Description: | Advanced welding techniques and the use of mixed media. | | Athena Title: | CONSTRUCT II | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3400 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3420. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Sculpture: The Subtractive Process I | Course
Description: | Direct carving in wood or stone. | | Athena Title: | CARVING SCULPT I | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2400 or ARST 2410 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3430. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Sculpture: The Subtractive Process II | Course
Description: | Carving wood and stone, both representational and non-representational, with emphasis on aesthetic development. | | Athena Title: | CARVING SCULPT II | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3420 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3440. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Fundamentals of Casting Metal Sculpture | Course
Description: | Fundamental techniques for producing metal sculpture using refractory molds and sand casting. | | Athena Title: | METAL CASTING I | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2400 or ARST 2410 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3450. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Casting in Metal | Course
Description: | Production of sculpture in refractory molds and sand casting,
both representational and non-representational, with emphasis on
aesthetic development and mixed media. | | Athena Title: | METAL CASTING II | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3440 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3460. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Portrait and Figure Sculpture | Course
Description: | Sculpting the human form based on the live model. Anatomy, composition, and sculptural techniques are emphasized as means for creative expression. | | Athena Title: | FIGURE SCULPTURE II | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2410 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3470. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Wood as a Sculptural Medium | Course
Description: | Processes include carving with hand, pneumatic, and electric
tools. Stationary machine tools will also be incorporated. | | Athena Title: | WOOD - SCULPTURE | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2400 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3500. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Ceramics | Course
Description: | Sculptural and functional ceramic forms with an emphasis on personal expression and individual style. | | Athena Title: | INTERMED CERAMICS | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2500 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3550. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Pottery | Course
Description: | An intermediate course on pottery/vessel forms and aesthetics
made on the potters wheel. Will include glazing and firing
technology. | | Athena Title: | INTERMED POTTERY | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2500 and ARST 2550 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3610. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Jewelry: Movement | Course
Description: | Students will develop and refine technical and conceptual
abilities by making mechanisms for jewelry. Fundamental tools and
techniques will be introduced over the course of the semester.
Students will investigate movement by making chains, hinges, and
findings with an awareness to body as site. | | Athena Title: | Jewelry Movement | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2600 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3620. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Jewelry: Fabrication and Setting | Course
Description: | Students will develop and refine technical and conceptual
abilities through fabricating with sheet metal and stone setting.
Fundamental tools and techniques will be introduced over the
course of the semester. Students will work toward refining
technical abilities and solving design challenges in innovative
ways. | | Athena Title: | Jewelry Fabrication and Set | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2600 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3630. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Jewelry: The Multiple | Course
Description: | An introduction to the techniques utilized to make multiples
for jewelry and small scale objects. The course will consist of a
number of exercises and assignments to familiarize students and
enable them to become proficient with lost wax casting, carving
wax, modeling wax, stone setting in wax, and mold making for the
purpose of making multiples and/or repetitive elements. | | Athena Title: | Jewelry the Multiple | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2600 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3640. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Jewelry: Historical and Traditional Techniques | Course
Description: | Utilizing the rich 3,000-year-plus history of the field as a
springboard, students will learn ancient techniques such as
granulation, kuemboo, chasing, repousse, and filigree. Students
will then use these techniques in a contemporary manner. | | Athena Title: | Jewelry Hist and Trad Tech | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2600 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3650. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Moving Metal: Cups, Spoons, and Objects | Course
Description: | The various metal-forming processes, which include forging,
raising, and fabrication as they relate to hollowware, flatware,
and functional objects. Technical expertise and the understanding
of the properties of metal will be developed while exploring form
and function. | | Athena Title: | Moving Metal Cups Spoons Obj | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3660. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | CAD/CAM for Objects and Jewelry | Course
Description: | Introduces students to digital tools used in visual art practices. Emphasis will be on computer-aided 2D and 3D design, modeling, and manufacturing using the latest software available. Students will leave with a foundation to pursue further production, prototyping, and modeling goals to design and create objects and/or jewelry. | | Athena Title: | CAD/CAM for Objects Jewelry | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 3660E | | Nontraditional Format: | Fabrication of CAD projects will be done by students in the metalsmithing and jewelry studios of the School of Art, as well as other digital fabrication and maker spaces on the UGA campus. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3660E. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | CAD/CAM for Objects and Jewelry | Course
Description: | Introduces students to digital tools used in visual art practices. Emphasis will be on computer-aided 2D and 3D design, modeling, and manufacturing using the latest software available. Students will leave with a foundation to pursue further production, prototyping, and modeling goals to design and create objects and/or jewelry. | | Athena Title: | CAD/CAM for Objects Jewelry | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 3660 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. Fabrication of CAD projects will be done through external service bureaus. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3670. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Fusing Glass to Metal for Jewelry and Objects | Course
Description: | An introduction to hands-on techniques of enameling, fusing glass
to metal under high heat conditions. Techniques include sifting,
cloisonné, basse taille, champleve, grisaille, sgraffito, and
stenciling. Techniques will be applied to create jewelry and small
objects. The course will emphasize the connection to traditional
and contemporary craft and art practices and will frame these
within the arena of current and historical material culture. | | Athena Title: | Fusing Glass Metal Jewl and Ob | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2600 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3680. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Jewelry and Objects: Surface/Color/Solid | Course
Description: | An introduction to the theoretical and technical use of color to
create jewelry and small objects using nontraditional materials
such as casting plastics and powder coating, as well as
traditional color applications such as chemical patinas. Emphasis
will be placed on the understanding of color as it applies to
surface and form in historical and contemporary practice. | | Athena Title: | Jewelry & Obj Surf Color Solid | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2600 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3700. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Weaving I | Course
Description: | Utilization of the floor loom to study basic weaves and their application to hand-crafted and industrial textiles. | | Athena Title: | WEAVING I | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2700 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3730. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Screen-Printing | Course
Description: | Utilization of screen printing for fabric printing, including
simple stencils and photographic processes. | | Athena Title: | SCREEN-PRINTING | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3760. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Studio Practices | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of a faculty member. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Studio Practices | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2710 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3770. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Design for Industry | Course
Description: | In-depth study and insight into various textile companies
within the fabric industry. | | Athena Title: | DESIGN FOR INDUSTRY | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2700 and ARST 2710 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3780. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Material Futures | Course
Description: | Production of new and innovative modern textiles through use of
under-utilized, often overlooked textile techniques. | | Athena Title: | Material Futures | | Prerequisite: | ARST 1050 or ARST 1050H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3800. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Transmedia | Course
Description: | Conceptual methods of visual thinking found in New Media, focusing on time-based media, performance, installation, and computer generated imaging. This course encourages the thoughtful engagement in complex ideas through visual application, not limited to any single configuration or vocabulary of art. | | Athena Title: | Transmedia | | Prerequisite: | ARST 1070 or any ARST 2000- level course | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3810. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | CAD and Fabrication I | Course
Description: | The first part of a comprehensive exploration of computer-aided
design and fabrication from concept development and digital
modeling through rapid prototyping processes. Using CAD
software and state-of-the-art CNC machining, students are able to
build detailed models and fabricate finished objects out of a
variety of materials. | | Athena Title: | CAD & FABRICATION I | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3830. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Digital Video I | Course
Description: | This is a basic production course in video as a medium for
artistic expression. Students learn the skills working with
digital video equipment and non-linear editing systems.
Strategies for using video as an art-making tool are explored.
Contemporary video artists are viewed and discussed. | | Athena Title: | DIGITAL VIDEO I | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3840. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Interdisciplinary Art I | Course
Description: | Exploration and research of various topics using
interdisciplinary methods. Encourages the thoughtful engagement
of complex ideas through visual application, not limited to any
single configuration or vocabulary of art. Collaborative
teaching, visiting lecturers, and field trips create the dynamic
learning environment. | | Athena Title: | Interdisciplinary Art I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 3840E | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2205 or ARST 2210 or ARST 2810 or ARST 2810E | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3840E. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Interdisciplinary Art I | Course
Description: | Exploration and research of various topics using interdisciplinary methods. Encourages the thoughtful engagement of complex ideas through visual application, not limited to any single configuration or vocabulary of art. Collaborative teaching and visiting lecturers create the dynamic learning environment. | | Athena Title: | Interdisciplinary Art I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 3840 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2205 or ARST 2210 or ARST 2810 or ARST 2810E | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3850. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Interactive Art I | Course
Description: | Exploration of realtime interactive audio-visual/mechanical
systems in the service of art. Students create, control, effect,
and transform digital media in realtime using custom hardware and
software. | | Athena Title: | INTERACTIVE ART I | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 3870. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | E-Gadgets for Experimental Media | Course
Description: | Students learn the basic principles of electronics along with
hands-on techniques for incorporating it into their work. An
introduction to electronic components, circuits, motors, and
actuators available for integration into art projects. A look at
various forms of motor control, and the necessary means to power
these devices. | | Athena Title: | E-GADGETS EXP MEDIA | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4000. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Drawing | Course
Description: | Independent projects for advanced drawing and painting majors. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU IN DRAWING | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3010 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4020. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Figure Drawing/Anatomy | Course
Description: | Figure drawing with consideration of the human skeletal and muscular systems, surface anatomy, and bio-mechanical concerns. | | Athena Title: | Figure Drawing Anatomy | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2000 or ARST 2005 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4080. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Drawing | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU IN DRAWING | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4090. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Senior Exit in Drawing | Course
Description: | Projects in drawing towards the presentation of a BFA exhibition. The course includes preparation for professional activity and/or application to graduate school, and should be taken during last semester of studio course work. | | Athena Title: | Senior Exit in Drawing | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3010 and ARST 4020 | | Corequisite: | ARST 4140 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4100. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Painting | Course
Description: | Advanced independent study for drawing and painting majors. Studio meetings arranged. | | Athena Title: | PAINTING - DIR STU | | Prerequisite: | Nine hours of ARST 3010 or ARST 3120 or ARST 3130 or ARST 3150 or ARST 3160 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4110. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Senior Exit in Painting | Course
Description: | Projects in painting towards the presentation of a BFA exhibition. The course includes preparation for professional activity and/or application to graduate school, and should be taken during last quarter of studio course work. | | Athena Title: | Senior Exit in Painting | | Prerequisite: | Nine hours of ARST 3010 or ARST 3110 or ARST 3120 or ARST 3130 or ARST 3140 or ARST 3150 or ARST 3160 or ARST 4000 or ARST 4020 or ARST 4100 or ARST 4900 | | Corequisite: | ARST 4140 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4140. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Studio Concepts | Course
Description: | Advanced inquiry into varied approaches in generating and
developing images, both representational and non-
representational. Modern and contemporary techniques as well as
mixed media approaches. Experimental attitudes, ideas and
solutions are encouraged. Students will expand their awareness
of social, historical and critical issues, with an emphasis on
contemporary art and criticism. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Studio Concepts | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3140 or ARST 3010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4170/6170. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Contemporary Applications of Historic Painting Materials | Course
Description: | Introduction to historical methods: egg tempera, fresco,
encaustic, casein and Venetian oil painting in combination with
modern materials: acrylic polymers and alkyd resins.
Consideration is given to the properties of pigments, binders,
grounds, and supports and how they inform contemporary studio
practice. | | Athena Title: | Contemp App Hist Paint Mater | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 3160 | | Prerequisite: | Any 3000-level ARST or ARHI course | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4180. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Painting | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU IN PAINTING | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4200/6200. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Workshop in Photography and Expanded Media | Course
Description: | Advanced studio applications of lens, time-based, and expanded media practices. Students will develop intensive, individualized research practices within a conceptual framework. Regular critiques will support portfolio development. | | Athena Title: | Adv Photo Expanded Media | | Prerequisite: | Four 3000-level or higher ARST or one ARGD or one ARID course | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4201. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Workshop in Photography and Expanded Media II | Course
Description: | Advanced studio applications of lens, time-based, and expanded media practices. Students will extend and enhance individualized research practices within a conceptual framework. Regular critiques will support portfolio development. | | Athena Title: | Adv Photo Expanded Media II | | Prerequisite: | ARST 4200/6200 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4205/6205. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Photography in Time | Course
Description: | Exploration of the evolution of photography into the moving
picture. Working primarily with digital video, the course will
cover the techniques of shooting and editing video, focusing on
the conceptual expression of time-based photography. | | Athena Title: | PHOTOGRAPHY IN TIME | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3220 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4210. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Photography | Course
Description: | Major historical movements in photography including comparative studies of contemporary trends and criticism with an emphasis on research and the development of library archives. | | Athena Title: | Special Topics in Photography | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3210 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4220. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Senior Exhibition and Portfolio | Course
Description: | Creation and presentation of a finished body of original work in photography for BFA degree, with a written statement concerning the work. | | Athena Title: | SENIOR EXIT & FOLIO | | Prerequisite: | ARST 4200 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4230. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | External Internship in Photography | Course
Description: | Practical experience with professionals, including
photographers, designers, curators, computer specialists, and
other art-related professions. Assist professionals in
practical and creative projects with emphasis on work
experience outside the academic environment. | | Athena Title: | External Intern in Photography | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 4300, ARST 4930 | | Nontraditional Format: | Internship. | | Pre or Corequisite: | ARST 3210 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4250/6250. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Constructed Image in Photography | Course
Description: | Exploration of photographing constructed scenes both in the
studio and on location. Investigation of the conceptual
expression of an idea through a constructed situation with
emphasis on artificial lighting techniques. Discussion of
historic and contemporary works as well as individual portfolio
development. | | Athena Title: | Constructed Image in Photo | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3210 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4260/6260. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Techniques in Photography | Course
Description: | Techniques for advanced handling of equipment and materials in
photographic processing. Advanced techniques in film exposure
and processing, darkroom printing, and digital image processing
and printing. | | Athena Title: | ADV TECH IN PHOTO | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4270/6270. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Social Documentary Photography and Video | Course
Description: | Storytelling through documentary photography and video
research. Introduction to the history and practice of
documentary work as well as studio practice. Students will
develop projects engaging social documentary work through photo
essays, documentary videos, and digital storytelling. | | Athena Title: | SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4280. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Photography | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU IN PHOTO | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4290/6290. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Photography | Course
Description: | The practice of landscape photography and the recording of
place. Includes an overview of the history and practice of
landscape photography. Students will develop studio projects
that engage both natural and urban landscapes, considering the
social, political, and personal engagements with the earth. | | Athena Title: | LANDSCAPE PHOTO | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4300. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Printmaking: Internship | Course
Description: | Practical experiences with related professions in the field of print, paper and book collections, and print shops; work with printmaking faculty in the studio or print facility. | | Athena Title: | Printmaking Internship | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 4230, ARST 4930 | | Nontraditional Format: | Internship. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4310. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Senior Exit in Printmaking | Course
Description: | Individual research, creation, and presentation of a finished body of original work in printmaking for senior exhibition or portfolio with written statement and visual documentation. | | Athena Title: | SR EXIT PRINTMAKING | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4330/6330. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Printmaking: Special Topics I | Course
Description: | Special projects for advanced students. | | Athena Title: | Printmaking Special Topics I | | Pre or Corequisite: | Two of the following: ARST 2350 or ARST 2340 or ARST 3305 or ARST 3315 or ARST 3325 or ARST 3335 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4350/6350. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Letterpress | Course
Description: | Letterpress printing and book arts as they relate to the creative synthesis of text and image in book and broadside form. | | Athena Title: | Letterpress | | Prerequisite: | (ARST 1050 or ARST 1050H) and one 2000-level or above ARST or ARGD or ARID course | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4370/6370. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Book Studio | Course
Description: | This course will focus on the book as an art form and/or letterpress projects for advanced students. Aesthetic development and technical achievement will be stressed. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Book Studio | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4380. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Printmaking | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU IN PRINT | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4400. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Casting in Metal | Course
Description: | Continued exploration of cast metal and mixed media in the
creation of sculpture. | | Athena Title: | METAL CASTING III | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3450 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4410. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Portrait and Figure Sculpture | Course
Description: | Refinement of technical and expressive skills in sculpting the human form. | | Athena Title: | FIGURE SCULPT III | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3460 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4420/6420. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Sculpture and Spatial Context II | Course
Description: | Production of a fully realized three-dimensional maquette or full scale sculpture beginning with drawing of objects, landscape, architecture, and the human figure. | | Athena Title: | SCULPTURE SPACE II | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4430. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Sculpture: The Subtractive Process III | Course
Description: | Refinement of technical and expressive skills in carving stone. | | Athena Title: | CARVING SCULPT III | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3420 and ARST 3430 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4440. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Contruction in Metal | Course
Description: | Refinement of technical and expressive skills in construction in
metal and mixed media. | | Athena Title: | CONSTRUCT III | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3410 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4450. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Studio Art Capstone | Course
Description: | Curatorial practices leading to the presentation of a B.F.A.
exhibition, including preparation, curation, and installation of
work in gallery exhibitions. | | Athena Title: | Studio Art Capstone | | Prerequisite: | (Two 3000-level ARST courses or two 3000-level ARGD courses or two 3000-level ARID courses) and (one 4000-level ARST course or one 4000-level ARGD course or one 4000-level ARID course) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4480. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Sculpture | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | SCULPTURE DIR STUDY | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4500/6500. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Ceramics | Course
Description: | This advanced ceramics course will combine studio practice and a
seminar format. The studio component will provide ample time to
concentrate on specific projects agreed upon by faculty and
student. The seminar component of this course is designed to
engage the group in dialog concerning different pertinent
subjects chosen to disseminate information and exercise creative
and critical thinking skills. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Ceramics | | Prerequisite: | Six hours of ARST 3500 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4510/6510. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Kiln Design and Construction | Course
Description: | This course is designed for ceramics majors and will cover the
history, design, and construction of a variety of kilns. | | Athena Title: | KILN CONSTRUCTION | | Prerequisite: | ARST 2500 | | Corequisite: | ARST 3500 and ARST 4500 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4580. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Ceramics | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU IN CERAMICS | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4590. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Senior Exit Show in Ceramics | Course
Description: | Independent study directed towards the presentation of a BFA exhibition, including preparation for a career and/or application to graduate school. | | Athena Title: | SEN EX SHOW CERAMIC | | Prerequisite: | Nine hours of ARST 4500 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4600. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Jewelry | Course
Description: | Exploration of advanced skills and techniques in jewelry.
Emphasis will be on research and concept development while
enhancing technical and problem solving skills. Material
studies and thematic explorations will drive the assignments.
Discussions on historical and contemporary metalsmiths will
advance skills in critical thinking. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Jewelry | | Prerequisite: | Two of the following courses: ARST 3610 or ARST 3620 or ARST 3630 or ARST 3640 or ARST 3650 or ARST 3660 or ARST 3660E or ARST 3670 or ARST 3680 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4601/6601. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | History and Theory of Modern Objects in Visual and Material Culture | Course
Description: | The examination of forms, uses, and meanings of objects,
images, and environments in everyday life. The study and
practice of visual and material culture with bridges between
studio craft, design, and art. | | Athena Title: | H&T MOD OBJECTS | | Prerequisite: | Any 2000-level ARST course | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4610. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Metalwork | Course
Description: | Exploration of advanced skills and techniques as they relate to
metalsmithing. Emphasis will be on research, concept
development, and material investigation while enhancing
technical skills and developing skills in critical thinking.
Exploration of material and process to advance personal
expression is encouraged. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Metalwork | | Prerequisite: | Two of the following courses: ARST 3610 or ARST 3620 or ARST 3630 or ARST 3640 or ARST 3650 or ARST 3660 or ARST 3660E or ARST 3670 or ARST 3680 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4620. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | BFA Project in Jewelry or Metalwork | Course
Description: | The purpose of this class is to create a cohesive body of work
that supports the continued development of a student's
professional portfolio. There will be an emphasis on research
analysis and evaluation of aesthetic and conceptual decisions. | | Athena Title: | BFA Proj Jwly Mtlwk | | Prerequisite: | Two of the following courses: ARST 3610 or ARST 3620 or ARST 3630 or ARST 3640 or ARST 3650 or ARST 3660 or ARST 3660E or ARST 3670 or ARST 3680 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4680. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Jewelry/Metal | Course
Description: | Individual research projects under the direction of faculty
members. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU IN JEW/MET | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4700/6700. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | CAD for Textiles | Course
Description: | Computer-aided design using various computer programs for
textile designs. | | Athena Title: | CAD for Textiles | | Prerequisite: | One 3000-level ARST course or one 3000-level TXMI course | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4710. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | BFA Project in Fabric Design | Course
Description: | Directed independent study towards the presentation of a BFA exhibition, including preparation for professional activity and/or application to graduate school. | | Athena Title: | BFA Proj Fab Design | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4720/6720. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Weaving | Course
Description: | Woven structures on multi-harness looms. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Weaving | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3700 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4730/6730. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Fabric Design in Japan | Course
Description: | Study program in Japan incorporating intensive studio work and field trips to collections and sites. | | Athena Title: | FABRIC DES/JAPAN | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of major | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4780. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Fabric Design | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU IN FAB DIS | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4800/6800. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Art and Technology | Course
Description: | For upper-level undergraduate and graduate students who are
working within expanded forms of installation, video, sound,
performance, and interactive electronic arts. Students are
expected to work independently setting their own projects and
goals. The class combines theory, studio, critique, and discussion. | | Athena Title: | Special Topics in Art and Tech | | Pre or Corequisite: | ARST 3800 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4810/6810. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | CAD and Fabrication | Course
Description: | Aspects of computer aided design and CNC fabricating.
Utilization of state-of-the-art fabrication facilities: haptic
sensible technology, 3D stereo thermojet lithographic printing,
and our 3-axis CNC router. | | Athena Title: | CAD & FABRICATION | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3810 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4820. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Exit Studio | Course
Description: | This studio course facilitates the development of a cohesive body of work for an exit exhibition. Research, creation, and presentation of an exhibition will be required for graduation. Students will also work on a portfolio with a written statement and visual documentation as preparation for professional activities and/or graduate school. | | Athena Title: | Exit Studio | | Pre or Corequisite: | ARST 4800/6800 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4830. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Digital Video II | Course
Description: | Introduction to more sophisticated processes in video production
and post production. Further refinement of digital editing
techniques and visual effects are covered. Storyboards,
scripting, and content are emphasized. The class views, reads,
and discusses significant contemporary works and related critical
writings. | | Athena Title: | Digital Video II | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3830 or ARST 3205 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4840. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Interdisciplinary Art II | Course
Description: | An advanced course exploring and researching various topics in
art through interdisciplinary methods. | | Athena Title: | Interdisciplinary Art II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 4840E | | Prerequisite: | Third year student standing | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4840E. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Interdisciplinary Art II | Course
Description: | An advanced course exploring and researching various topics in art through interdisciplinary methods. | | Athena Title: | Interdisciplinary Art II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 4840 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4850. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Interactive Art II | Course
Description: | An advanced course in realtime interactive
audio-visual/mechanical systems. | | Athena Title: | INTERACTIVE ART II | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3850 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4860. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Video Installation | Course
Description: | Combination of studio practice and research with critiques of
student work to examine the vernacular and practices of video
installation. Students experiment with single and multi-channel
video as monitor displays, projections, and/or part of larger
scale projects. Site specific concerns of private/public space,
narrative, identity, reception, and aesthetics will be the basis
for discussion. | | Athena Title: | Video Installation | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3830 or ARST 3205 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4870/6870. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Web Site Design for Artists | Course
Description: | Web site design for professional artists, reviewing historic
and contemporary models. Addresses site creation from the
ground up, examining best practices and strategies for
successful design and management for portfolio and works
created specifically for the internet. | | Athena Title: | WEB SITE DESIGN | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4880. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Digital Media | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU IN DIG MED | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4900. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Technical Problems | Course
Description: | For students qualified to carry out individual projects in studio areas. | | Athena Title: | TECH PROBLEMS | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4920/6920. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | IDEA Seminar: Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship, and Art | Course
Description: | Focuses on planning for production. Students will research
process, creating a variety of tools used for planning, including
budgets, timelines, contracts, case studies, SWOT analysis, user
scenarios, schematics, and narrative summaries. Students will
leave the course able to create methodologies and plans for
innovative project implementation. | | Athena Title: | IDEA Seminar | | Prerequisite: | Third-year student standing or higher | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4930. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 3 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Internship in Art | Course
Description: | Supervised experience in a professional environment such as cooperative programs, agencies, or artists' studios. | | Athena Title: | Internship in Art | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 4230, ARST 4300 | | Nontraditional Format: | The equivalent of lecture or studio course amounting to three credit hours to be agreed upon by the outside agency and the School of Art. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence
to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry
into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth
of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as
the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth
of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as
the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4980/6980. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 2-6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Art and Design | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects investigating specific problems under
the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | Directed Study Art and Design | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4990. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Professional Practices in Art and Design | Course
Description: | This cross-media course develops students’ professional skills for
the field, building tools and knowledge for careers in art,
design, and related fields. The course includes career path
development and the constructs of vision, research practice,
websites, branding, resumes, business plans, client relationships,
contracts, interview skills, and other career development tools. | | Athena Title: | Professional Practices in Art | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARGD 4115, ARGD 4115E | | Prerequisite: | Two ARST courses 3000-level or higher or two ARGD courses 3000-level or higher | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the
4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or
capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and
apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research
project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback
from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 6020. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Figure Drawing/Anatomy | Course
Description: | Figure drawing with consideration of the human skeletal and muscular systems, surface anatomy, and bio-mechanical concerns. | | Athena Title: | FIG DRAWING/ANAT | | Prerequisite: | ARST 3000 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 6160. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Painting Materials and Techniques | Course
Description: | Historical techniques such as egg tempera, fresco, encaustic, and Venetian mode oil painting as they apply to contemporary needs; modern materials such as alkyd and polymer resins are introduced. Consideration is given to the properties of pigments, binders, grounds, and supports. | | Athena Title: | PAINTING MTLS &TECH | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7000. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Research | Course
Description: | Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | MASTER'S RESEARCH | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7020. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Drawing and Composition | Course
Description: | Projects in drawing including individual and group critiques. | | Athena Title: | DRAW AND COMP | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7030. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Drawing and Composition | Course
Description: | A continuation of Drawing and Composition. Projects in drawing, including individual and group critiques. | | Athena Title: | DRAW AND COMP | | Prerequisite: | ARST 7020 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7040. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Drawing and Composition | Course
Description: | Studio work in drawing, with consideration of relationship of principles to picture structure. Readings in art history and criticism. | | Athena Title: | DRAW AND COMP | | Prerequisite: | ARST 7030 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7080. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Drawing | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific problems
under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU IN DRAWING | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7110. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Painting | Course
Description: | Projects in painting, including individual and group critiques. | | Athena Title: | PAINTING | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7120. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Painting | Course
Description: | A continuation of Painting. Projects in painting, individual and group critiques. | | Athena Title: | PAINTING | | Prerequisite: | ARST 7110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7130. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Painting | Course
Description: | Studio work in painting with consideration of theoretical issues. Readings in art criticism and aesthetics. | | Athena Title: | PAINTING | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7180. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Painting | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific problems
under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU IN PAINTING | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7210. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Photography | Course
Description: | Major historical movements in photography, including comparative studies of contemporary trends and criticism with an emphasis on research and the development of library archives. | | Athena Title: | SPECIAL TOPICS | | Prerequisite: | ARST 6210 and ARST 6220 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7230. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Graduate Photography I | Course
Description: | Practice of the photographic medium. Emphasis is placed on learning advanced techniques in the context of artistic expression. | | Athena Title: | GRAD PHOTOGRAPHY I | | Prerequisite: | ARST 7200 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7240. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Graduate Photography II | Course
Description: | A continuation of Graduate Photography I. Emphasis is placed on the proposal of art projects to be worked on in preparation for graduate exit studio. | | Athena Title: | GRAD PHOTO II | | Prerequisite: | ARST 7230 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7280. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Photography | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU IN PHOTO | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7310. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Book Art and Papermaking | Course
Description: | Hand papermaking as a support for other media and as a creative medium in two- or three-dimensional form. The book is examined in structure and content with skills learned in various binding techniques. | | Athena Title: | BK ART/PAPERMAKING | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7320. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Book Art and Letterpress | Course
Description: | Hand printing and letterpress synthesizing text and image in a narrative, serial, sequential, or experimental fashion. The book as a multiple is examined in structure and content with skills learned in binding and printing techniques. | | Athena Title: | BK ART/LETTERPRES | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7330. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Graduate Printmaking | Course
Description: | Advanced work in printmaking media, including the traditional intaglio processes; the various relief and planographic processes, and the combination of these various processes. | | Athena Title: | GRADUATE PRTMKG | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7380. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Printmaking | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU IN PRTMKG | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7410. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Figure and Portrait Study in Sculpture | Course
Description: | Advanced figure modeling. Working from the model, emphasizing the structural and sculptural aspects of form. Anatomy and anatomical forms stressed. | | Athena Title: | FIGURE SCULPTURE | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7420. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Sculpture Materials | Course
Description: | Formal, theoretical, and aesthetic concepts of sculpture
applied to material or combinations of materials. In-depth work
in cast bronze, cast cement, direct plaster, direct cement,
fire clay, welded metal, stone, and wood. | | Athena Title: | SCULPTURE MATERIALS | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7430. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Graduate Casting - Advanced | Course
Description: | Production of wax models, venting, investing, casting, chasing, and mounting of finished work. Independent experimentation and study in cast bronze sculpture. | | Athena Title: | GRAD CASTING ADV | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7440. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Graduate Sculpture Seminar | Course
Description: | This studio course will emphasize group discussion, the proposal
of projects to be included in students' portfolios, and critique. | | Athena Title: | Graduate Sculpture Seminar | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7480. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Sculpture | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | SCULPTURE DIR STUDY | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7500. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Ceramics | Course
Description: | Experimentation with ceramic forms, glazes, and firing techniques. | | Athena Title: | CERAMICS | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7510. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Technical Problems in Ceramics | Course
Description: | Individual research in clay, glaze, and firing techniques directed towards personal style. | | Athena Title: | TECH PROB CER | | Prerequisite: | ARST 7500 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7520. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Individual Research in Ceramics | Course
Description: | Second year student begins to focus on individual style and cohesive, unified statement. Innovation in ceramic forms, glazes, and firing techniques. | | Athena Title: | IND RES IN CER | | Prerequisite: | ARST 7510 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7530. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Individual Research in Ceramics | Course
Description: | Refinement of ceramic techniques in form and surface elaboration with emphasis on individual style work that will become the M.F.A. final exhibition. | | Athena Title: | IND RES CER | | Prerequisite: | ARST 7520 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7580. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Ceramics | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU IN CER | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7620. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Jewelry and Metalwork | Course
Description: | A graduate-level studio course offered to students in the MFA program. Instructed by faculty from the jewelry and metalwork area, this course highlights craft-based practice and inquiry and will meet weekly to review the generation and evidence of studio-based research of all candidates. | | Athena Title: | Jewelry and Metalwork | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7630. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Jewelry and Metalwork | Course
Description: | Studio course that engages applied jewelry and metalwork processes and the development of individual applications in the generation and interpretation of new works and products. | | Athena Title: | Jewelry and Metalwork | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7640. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Metalwork | Course
Description: | Problems in design, forming, and constructing of metals, including copper, silver, and gold. Independent study and research for solutions to design problems. | | Athena Title: | METALWORK | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7650. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Metalwork | Course
Description: | Design problems related to form and function with attention to surface embellishment and forming techniques. | | Athena Title: | METALWORK | | Prerequisite: | ARST 7640 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7680. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Jewelry | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU IN JEWELRY | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7700. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Weaving | Course
Description: | Developing woven structures on multi-harness looms. | | Athena Title: | WEAVING | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7710. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Surface Design | Course
Description: | Basic design issues and color as they apply to continuous
patterns. | | Athena Title: | SURFACE DESIGN | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7760. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Studio Practices | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of a faculty member. | | Athena Title: | ADV STUDIOPRACTICES | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7780. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Fabric | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU IN FABRIC | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7800. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Interstitial Art | Course
Description: | Interstitial art refers to any work of art whose basic nature
falls between, rather than within, the familiar boundaries of
accepted genres or media, thus making the work difficult to
easily categorize or describe within a single artistic
discipline. Emphasis is placed on students developing original
research projects. | | Athena Title: | INTERSTITIAL ART | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7840. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Interdisciplinary Collaborative Art | Course
Description: | Exploration and research of various topics using collaborative
interdisciplinary methods that conjoin the fields such as
literature, engineering, physics, and theater in collaborative
teams. Encourages the thoughtful engagement of complex ideas
through visual application, not limited to any single
configuration or vocabulary of art. Collaborative teaching,
visiting lecturers, and field trips create the dynamic learning
environment. | | Athena Title: | INTERDIS COLLAB ART | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7880. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Art X: Expanded Forms | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | Directed Study in Art X | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7900. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Graduate Research Studio | Course
Description: | Research in studio art through refined research methodology,
individual studio practice, professional development, topical
discussions on current issues, and critique. | | Athena Title: | Graduate Research Studio | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 7980. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 30 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Graduate Studio | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | Directed Study Grad Studio | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 8000. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | General Art | Course
Description: | Individual projects in drawing, painting, sculpture, jewelry and metalwork, fabric design, ceramics, and/or mixed media. | | Athena Title: | GENERAL ART | | Nontraditional Format: | Individual projects in art. | | Prerequisite: | ARST 7980 and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 8010. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | General Art | Course
Description: | Individual projects in drawing, painting, sculpture, jewelry and metalwork, fabric design, ceramics, and/or mixed media. | | Athena Title: | GENERAL ART | | Nontraditional Format: | Individual projects in art. | | Prerequisite: | ARST 7980 and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARST 9210. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Graduate Exit Studio | Course
Description: | Project of original creative works of high professional standards, together with a written report in which use is made of photographs or drawings or both and a comprehensive exhibition of creative work. | | Athena Title: | GRAD EXIT STUDIO | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent creative work for master's exhibition. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
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