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Prerequisites: ARTS 2100. This course will continue an investigation of aqueous media focusing on technical competence, exploration of media and approaches. Contents of the course will focus on special topics, such as, figure painting. Research and written component scheduled for the course. Additional studio fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisites: ARTS 2100. This course will focus on public mural painting as an art-form. Emphasis of the course will be placed on the conceptualization, preparation, production, and collaboration of public murals with an art historical context. Research and written component scheduled for the class. Additional studio fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisites: ARTS 2200. Photography is taught as a medium for self-exploration and self-expression. The course emphasizes the art making process, in which photographic images/concepts are discussed within a social/historical, genre specific, aesthetic, and technical context. The course covers an introduction to the Zone System, Sabbatier Effect, print toning, bleaching, hand coloring, and the Cyano-type process. The course will explore the traditions of the photographic narrative. In addition to studio work, students will engage in written historical research related to photography. Additional studio fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisites: ARTS 2200. This course will explore the digital realm of photography with an emphasis on the student working in a serial manner to develop a coherent body of work. Non-traditional and interdisciplinary approaches to photography will be explored and encouraged. In addition to studio work, students will engage in written historical research related to photography. Additional studio fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisites: ARTS 2300. Students are provided with the opportunity to work intensively with the various processes of relief and intaglio printmaking, expanding their artistic vocabulary through the unique visual qualities offered by the wood, linoleum, zinc and copper matrices. Technical and conceptual expectations exceed those of the introductory printmaking course. Students will engage in written historical research related to the media, and through their visual and written work are encouraged to challenge current preconceptions regarding what constitutes printmaking and the fine arts. Additional studio fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisites: ARTS 2400. This course examines issues of exhibition design. This course includes the study of museum and gallery design principles and exhibition construction techniques. Students will also follow and develop an idea from conceptualization to realization. Practical experience in all aspects of the development, promotion, documentation, installation, and lighting of museum exhibits. Additional studio fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisite: ARTS 2510. Students choose an emphasis between hand-building or wheel-thrown ceramic work and refine their skills learned in Ceramics I. Additional studio fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisite: ARTS 2630. This course explores the theoretical and conceptual ideation of type and its function in design principles. Letterforms in traditional and digital media will be reviewed and explored within cultural, historical, and social context. Emphasis is given in the technical areas such as typographic structure, visual hierarchy, grid system, letter spacing, and font kerning. Additional studio fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisite: ARTS 2630. This course combines the history of design and contemporary pedagogy within studio practice to provide students the opportunity to examine conceptual thinking and to develop practical intelligence. Many strategies will be considered for the development of visual process and practical progress in design. Additional studio fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisite: ARTS 2750. Students are introduced to multitude construction methods and techniques in addition to learning how to communicate ideas through visual works. The course introduces both traditional and non-traditional techniques by examining multitude construction methods and techniques without boundaries in materials: not limited to paper, print, textile, wood, clay, plaster, photo, video, sound, performance and etc. The students in this class will create both individual and collaborative projects while focusing primarily on the creation of sculptural forms and material studies. Students will also be introduced to advanced Three-Dimensional Design, Surface Design, Weaving and a range of contemporary issues involving alternative media. Students will be encouraged to broaden their experience in various materials throughout the course study. Additional studio fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisite: ARTS 2750. This course examines the transformation and definition of space through the use of materials including hard and soft, flexible, found and alternative and the meanings these materials invoke. The implications of inter-dependency, rearrangement, and responsiveness to time within an environment are considered. The concept of installation includes relationships of objects, environments, and site-specific works, and will examine a range of spaces: public/private, interior/exterior, urban/rural. Concepts are developed through research, material investigations, and developments of both two and three-dimensional explorations. Emphasis is placed on both individual and collaborative directions to pursue interdisciplinary activity. Additional studio fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisite: ARTS 2900. This course is the study and practice of drawing with an emphasis on concept and further media exploration. The non-referential act of drawing and its emotional and psychological components will be addressed. This course is repeatable for credit. Additional studio fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.