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Art (ART)
Communications and Fine Arts Division
ART 100: Visual Foundations
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Explores visual forms and contemporary concepts through a variety of media, presentations and discussions.
ART 101: Drawing I
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Develops drawing skills through practice with a broad variety of drawing tools and techniques. 1 hour lecture/4 hours studio per week.
ART 102: Drawing II
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: ART 101
Continues ART 101 with increased emphasis on the refinement of drawing skills. One hour lecture/ four hours studio per week.
ART 105: Color Theory
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Introduces color interactions, optical phenomena and their creative application.
ART 108: Design Fundamentals II (2-D)
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Explores the fundamentals of design utilizing various media while focusing on three-dimensional design and sculptural practices. One hour lecture/four hours studio per week.
ART 111: Beginning Ceramics
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Introduces basic ceramic techniques and concepts including both hand-built and wheel thrown vessels as well as both utilitarian and non-utilitarian ceramic forms.
ART 114: Beginning Crafts
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Explores craft techniques and concepts utilizing a variety of traditional and contemporary printmaking.
ART 115: Beginning Clay Sculpture
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Introduces students to clay as a medium for sculptural design. Focus is on human head, small animal sculpture and mold-making.
ART 124: Beginning Printmaking
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Introduces printmaking processes emphasizing relief, intaglio, lithographic, and screen processes.
ART 127: Watercolor I
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Offers a beginning course in watercolor painting with emphasis on materials and techniques which contribute to the production of quality works of art.
ART 131: Introduction to Painting
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Introduces the basics of various traditional and contemporary painting media.
ART 135: Photography I
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Introduces black and white photography and the 35mm camera. The course is designed as a beginning or refresher class in understanding photo taking and darkroom procedures. Student must provide a 35mm camera.
ART 141: Introduction to Digital Photography I
Units (Credits): 1–3; Prerequisites: none
Teaches image editing software to retouch, enhance and manipulate photographic images. Includes importing both digital and film-based images into the computer, improving and altering images in the software program, and various methods of outputting the final product. Aesthetic composition and design principles will be stressed.
ART 142: Introduction to Digital Photography II
Units (Credits): 1–3; Prerequisites: ART 141 or consent of instructor
Continued exploration of photography utilizing digital based equipment and with an emphasis on cameras (both traditional and digital) and scanning with an emphasis on the creation and manipulation of original images.
ART 160: Art Appreciation
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Studies art, artists and art media of various historical periods to develop the student's capacity to evaluate and appreciate them.
ART 201: Life Drawing I
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: ART 101
Practices drawing the human figure from nude models. Emphasizes the expressive potentialities of human figure, and the production of quality drawings. One hour lecture and four hours studio per week.
ART 208: Fiber Arts
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Introduction to fiber based techniques and concepts including contemporary uses of quilting and fabric dyes, among other techniques, as a fine art form.
ART 209: Introduction to Gallery Practices
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Covers the practices and ethics of operating an art gallery. May be repeated for up to six units.
ART 211: Ceramics I
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Offers a beginning studio course in ceramic construction and decoration. Lecture and laboratory methods are used to give special attention to the development of individual student's skills. Uses potter's wheels. One hour lecture and four hours studio per week.
ART 212: Ceramics II
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: ART 211
Continues ART 211 but with increased attention given to further refinement of skills. One hour lecture/four hours studio per week.
ART 216: Sculpture I
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Offers fundamentals of sculpture using plaster, wood and other materials.
ART 217: Sculpture II
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: ART 216 or consent of instructor
Offers studio classes in techniques and skills of subtractive and additive sculpture. One hour lecture and four hours studio per week.
ART 218: Alternative Sculpture
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
An exploration of non-traditional sculpting techniques.
ART 221: Beginning Printmaking: Intaglio
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: ART 124
Introduction to etching, drypint, aquatint, and other techniques related to metal plate printmaking. Emphasis on the creative us of materials and techniques.
ART 222: Beginning Printmaking: Lithography
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites or Corequisites: ART 124
Examination of materials and techniques for lithography. Explores black and white printing as well as color and photo generated images.
ART 223: Beginning Printmaking: Serigraphy
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites or Corequisites: ART 124
Introduction to the basic techniques of silk-screen printing with emphasis on its creative potential.
ART 224: Beginning Printmaking: Relief
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites or Corequisites: ART 124
Lecture/studio instruction in printing, woodcuts, linocuts and assembled relief surfaces.
ART 225: Intermediate Printmaking
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: ART 124
Continues Art 124 with emphasis on contemporary techniques and processes for traditional intaglio, lithography, and digital imaging techniques for intaglio and lithographic processes.
ART 227: Watercolor II
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: ART 127
Continues exploration of watercolor techniques and concepts including gouache and related media.
ART 231: Painting I
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Offers a beginning course in oil and/or acrylic painting. Introduces concepts and develops skills for the production of quality paintings. One hour lecture and four hours studio per week.
ART 232: Painting II
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: ART 231
Continues ART 231, with increased emphasis on refinement of basic painting skills. One hour lecture and four hours studio per week.
ART 235: Photography II
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: ART 135
Broadens students' understanding of photographic imagery and continues to develop greater technical knowledge and skill. Student must provide a camera.
ART 236: Photography III
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: ART 235
Deals with studio and on-location commercial photography. Provides the basics about studio lighting and procedures. Students must provide a camera.
ART 260: Survey Art History I
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Surveys art of the western world from prehistoric times through the Gothic Period.
ART 261: Survey of Art History II
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Surveys art of the western world from the Renaissance to the present.
ART 296: Independent Study
Units (Credits): 1–3; Prerequisites: none
Focuses on independent exploration of studio techniques and concepts as discussed with the instructor during one-on-one critiques and instruction. May be repeated for up to six units.
ART 297: Field Study
Units (Credits): 1–3; Prerequisites: none
Offers a study of art in its cultural and historical setting with potential visits to museums, galleries, and art studios.
ART 298: Portfolio Emphasis
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Offers input for artist portfolios by means of critique and resolving a conceptual body of work in a professional portfolio presentation.
ART 299: Special Topics in Studio Art
Units (Credits): 1–3; Prerequisites: none
Applies to assorted short courses and workshops covering a variety of subjects. May be repeated for up to six units.