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 Objectives
With the goal to visually communicate a message as a collective, this beginning interdisciplinary course will create collaborative scenarios from within the student body. Students will research specific topics chosen by the instructor or instructors and share the knowledge amongst their peers. This forum will create a critical dialogue generating collaboration for a common goal. Students will gain an educational experience that not only overlaps disciplines and technologies, but actually explores relationships among the arts and science, creating unique methods of critical thinking and problem solving. It encourages the thoughtful engagement of complex ideas through the visual application, not limited to any single configuration or vocabulary of art.
Topical Outline
1) Students will discuss personal and professional interests. 2) Students will discover points of intersection among different disciplines. 3) Students will collaborate on a specific topic of choice. 4) Students will research as a collective to experience different methods. 5) Students will explore types of artistic communication. 6) Students will engage questions of social responsibility, ethics, and aesthetics. 7) Students will execute individual and group projects. 8) Field trips 9) Visiting lectures