Lower-Division

ART 10D 2D Foundation

Introduces students to the fundamental principles of two-dimensional art and design and focuses on analyzing the concepts of line, color shape, value, space, form, unity, balance, scale, proportion, texture, and emphasis to be used to express complex ideas. This course is a hybrid studio/lecture.

Credits

5

Instructor

Sarah Sanford

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to art majors and proposed art majors during first-pass enrollment; restrictions lifted after first pass.

General Education Code

IM

Quarter offered

Fall

ART 10E 3D Foundation

Introduces students to the fundamental principles of three-dimensional art and design through basic concepts, techniques, and technical practice. Focuses on three-dimensional art and the design fundamentals of sculpture, public art, architecture, and the industrial-design process and production. This course is a hybrid studio/lecture.

Credits

5

Instructor

Jorgge Menna Barreto

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to art majors during first-pass enrollment; restrictions lifted after first pass.

General Education Code

IM

Quarter offered

Winter

ART 10F 4D Foundation

Introduces students to the fundamental principles of four-dimensional/time-based art and design through basic concepts, techniques, and technical practices. Computers and video, photo, sound, and lighting equipment are used to create short-form, time-based work. This course is a hybrid studio/lecture.

Credits

5

Instructor

Wesley Modes

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to proposed and declared ART majors during first-pass enrollment; restrictions lifted after first pass.

General Education Code

IM

Quarter offered

Spring

ART 15 Introduction to Drawing for the Major

Introduction to the methods, materials, and purposes of drawing to develop perceptual and conceptual skills through a series of assignments, providing various approaches to drawing as a tool for creative exploration. Discussions and critiques facilitate the development of critical skills. Designed for students considering the art major.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff, Frank Galuszka, Melissa Gwyn

General Education Code

PR-C

ART 20G Introduction to Print Media and Drawing

Introduces the methods, materials, and history of printmaking and drawing as a tool for creative exploration. Understanding and development of concepts and skills are achieved through a series of lectures, studio demonstrations and practice, assignments, and critiques.

Credits

5

Instructor

Sarah Sandford, Enrique Leal

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): two courses from ART 10D, ART 10E, ART 10F. Enrollment is restricted to proposed art and art majors.

General Education Code

PR-C

Quarter offered

Fall, Spring, Summer

ART 20H Introduction to Sculpture and Public Art

Introduces sculpture and art in public space. The course is composed of lectures, readings, discussions, studio assignments, and demonstrations.

Credits

5

Instructor

Kathleen Perry

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): two courses from ART 10D, ART 10E, ART 10F. Enrollment is restricted to proposed art and art majors.

General Education Code

PR-C

Quarter offered

Winter, Spring

ART 20I Introduction to Photography

Introduces basic skills and conceptual development in photography and related digital media through image-making in the field, on the web, and in laboratories, through readings, discussions, and critiques.

Credits

5

Instructor

Kathleen Perry

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): two courses from ART 10D, ART 10E, ART 10F. Enrollment is restricted to proposed art and art majors.

General Education Code

PR-C

Quarter offered

Fall, Spring

ART 20J Introduction to Drawing and Painting

Introduces the practices of drawing and painting in combination with the formal vocabulary of the visual arts. A discussion of values, form, color, and figure/ground relationships enters into each class.

Credits

5

Instructor

Grant Whipple, Melissa Gwyn

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): two courses from ART 10D, ART 10E, ART 10F. Enrollment is restricted to proposed art and art majors.

General Education Code

PR-C

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

ART 20K Introduction to New Media and Digital Artmaking

Introduces digital and new media art practice. Explores the use of the computer as tool and medium. Provides a hands-on introduction to the fundamentals of graphics; digital-image acquisition and manipulation; video; web design; and computer programming. Lectures, readings, and discussions examine the history of technology artwork and technology's relationship to contemporary culture.

Credits

5

Instructor

Claudio Bueno

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): two courses from ART 10D, ART 10E, ART 10F. Enrollment is restricted to proposed art and art majors.

General Education Code

PR-C

Quarter offered

Winter

ART 20L Introduction to Drawing

Drawing course using traditional media taught online through demonstration videos, digital submissions, and small-group critiques. Introduces the basics of observational drawing in a progression designed to develop and build skills in sighting, measuring, value, and rendering. Familiarity with Canvas, access to a digital camera, and purchase of art supplies are required. Assumes 30 hours per week of coursework.

Credits

5

Instructor

Grant Whipple

General Education Code

PR-C

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter

ART 26 Introduction to Printmaking

Survey of print medium: basic terminology, techniques, application of tools, materials, and condensed history of development of printmaking. Assignments consist of individual and collaborative projects aimed at building skills and gathering technical experience. Introduction to relief printing (black and white and color), intaglio, letterpress, and interface between photography/computer and the handmade print. Exploration of print media for communication of issues including formal aesthetics, social/psychological and personal narrative.

Credits

5

General Education Code

PR-C

ART 80D Fundamentals of Photography

Introductory course for beginners. Various techniques examined and assigned in specific exercises. Work on projects using color film; this is a non-darkroom course. Examples given of photography from 1826 to the present. Balances historical study and practice through assigned homework exercises. Students must provide their own camera, preferably one with a manual setting. No phone cameras allowed.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

General Education Code

IM

ART 80E Environmental Art in the Expanded Field

Examines the ways artists engage, interact, and comment upon ecology and nature in their artworks by examining environmental art from the 1960s through the present. Offers students a foundational introduction to art and artists working in the field of environmental and ecological art/activism.

Credits

5

Instructor

Elizabeth Stephens

Quarter offered

Spring

ART 80F Introduction to Issues in Digital Media

Digital media was positioned as a radical new social and creative medium in the 1980s and 1990s. The ensuing decades have seen this area become ubiquitous mass media with structural inequalities, centralized ownership, environmental damage, and precarious labor conditions. At the same time, it has become the language of our time and remains a site of creativity and intervention and offers opportunities for social changes. This course provides an introduction to key issues in this area through the lens of race and ethnicity.

Credits

5

General Education Code

ER

ART 80T Digital Tools for Contemporary Art Practice

Introduces the digital tools and mediums available to contemporary art practices. Tools are explored from a historical and theoretical context and from a technical perspective through hands-on tutorials. A variety of artworks that use digital mediums are also examined. Covers photo and vector editors, sound and video editing, basic 3D modeling, and images and interactions generated by code. Students should have basic computer literacy.

Credits

5

Instructor

Jennifer Parker

General Education Code

PE-T

Quarter offered

Winter

ART 80X Ars Erotica: Sexual Imagery in Culture and Art

What is sexually explicit imagery all about? Is it art, porn, trash, political hot potato, or hot commodity? This course enables students to critically explore these questions and more in an academic setting.

Credits

5

Instructor

Elizabeth Stephens

General Education Code

PE-H

ART 99 Tutorial

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

Cross-listed courses that are managed by another department are listed at the bottom.

Cross-listed Courses

DANM 140 Introduction to 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, and More

Learn to design functional objects, sculpture, and other digitally inspired forms in a variety of 3-D applications (Cinema 4-D, Maya, AutoCad, Rhino, SketchUp), then produce those models as physical objects with a variety of rapid prototyping methods including additive 3-D printing, CNC milling, vacuum forming, and laser cutting.

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

ART 105

General Education Code

PR-C

THEA 103 Design Concept Development

Students develop an advanced design project related to theatrical production, apparel or housewares, marketing collateral, packaging or product development, or any related fields. Students address research and development, materials sourcing, budgeting, fabrication, and portfolio-quality presentation materials. Prerequisite(s): THEA 10; or two courses from ART 10D, ART 10E, and ART 10F. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. THEA 106 is recommended as preparation.

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

ART 143T

Instructor

The Staff

THEA 106 Digital Illustration

Introduces digital rendering techniques using the Adobe Creative Suite. Using Adobe Creative Suite, students solve design problems. Enrollment by permission of the instructor.

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

ART 146T

Instructor

The Staff

THEA 117 Design Studio: Costume

Students learn advanced principles and theory of costume design, and apply these toward a large project for theatrical/film production or for character design for animation and gaming.

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

ART 147T

Instructor

The Staff

General Education Code

IM