2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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This section of the Catalog includes course descriptions, listed alphabetically by discipline. The descriptions provide information on course numbers, titles, the level of instruction, credit, course sequence, content, and prerequisites as shown in the following example:
CHE 2100 Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry
Credits: 5
Prerequisite: CHE 1100
Description: A study of the elements of organic and biological chemistry. This course satisfies requirements for nursing programs and other fields requiring a survey of organic and biological chemistry.
The first two to four letters, called the course subject code, represent the area of study or discipline, e.g., CHE represents chemistry. The course number follows the course subject code, e.g., 2100. The first digit in a four-digit course number designates the level of instruction. Only courses numbered 1000 or above will be included in credits toward a degree. Courses with numbers up to and including 1999 are primarily for freshmen, 2000 through 2999 primarily for sophomores, 3000 through 3999 primarily for juniors, and 4000 through 4999 primarily for seniors. In general, students should not take courses above the level of their class (based upon semester hours earned), but they may do so at one level above if they have the specified prerequisites. In special cases, students may be permitted to take courses more than one level above that designated for their class if they obtain the permission of their advisor and of the faculty member teaching the course and if they meet the prerequisite requirements. Course descriptions provide a summary of the content of the course. If a prerequisite must be met before a student can register for a course, this information is listed above the course description. Attributes, such as Multicultural, General Studies, or Guaranteed Transfer, are listed after the course description. A list of courses being offered in a given semester, instructors, class meeting times, and locations is described in the Class Schedule.
Types of Courses
- Regular courses appear in this section of the University Catalog and are offered on a regular basis.
- Independent study courses provide students the opportunity to pursue in-depth study of a topic of special interest. Independent study courses are specified as 498_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Independent study courses are published in the Class Schedule.
- Special topics or omnibus courses are temporary courses that are not listed in the Catalog. They may be used to pilot-test a course, present a special topic, or provide a unique, experiential-learning opportunity. Omnibus courses use a specified range of course numbers: 190_, 290_, 390_, 490_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Omnibus courses are published in the Class Schedule.
- Variable topics courses allow courses of varying titles under an overall theme or “umbrella” course. Variable topic courses include an alpha character in the course number and are published in the Class Schedule.
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ANT 3310 - Ethnography of North American Indians
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1310 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course studies the nature and consequences of distinctive Indian cultures that occupied North America at the time of European contact. Includes a close analysis of the many different aspects of social organization and environment that contribute to the unique cultures we call American Indian.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
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ANT 3320 - Anthropology of Japan
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1310 or permission of instructor
Description: This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the anthropological study of contemporary Japanese culture and society, with attention to historical, ethnographic and media interpretations. Major themes include historical background of contemporary Japanese society, language and communication, changing social patterns and institutions, demographic transition, popular culture, citizens’ movements, and globalization.
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ANT 3330 - Japan: Culture, Communication, and Identity
Credits: 3-6
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
Description: This study abroad course explores Japanese culture, communication, and identity through lecture, experiential learning, and ethnographic fieldwork in Japan. Pre-departure instruction focuses on geography, history, social organization, political-economy, patterns of social interaction, and ethnographic field methods. Week-long stays in distinct regions of Japan enable students to observe and experience how social-political, regional, and linguistic differences shape majority and minority identities, despite the belief that Japan is culturally homogenous.
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ANT 3340 - Native Americans in Historical Perspective
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1310 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is a survey of the response of Native American societies to the overrunning social, economic, and political structures of Euro-America. Broad areas of cultural change are covered, and the fundamental issues of land, economic development, and cultural integrity are looked at.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
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ANT 3350 - Vanishing Cultures and Peoples
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1310 or Permission of instructor
Description: Industrial civilization is now completing its destruction of technologically simple tribal cultures. Intense contextual and comparative analysis of the cultures undergoing drastic modification enhances awareness of the fundamental right of different lifestyles to coexist and develop analytical skills to help understand cultural changes.
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ANT 3361 - Gender and Disaster
Credits: 3
Description: This course analyzes gender’s shaping global development and disaster vulnerability by focusing on the experiences of girls and women before, during, and after disastrous events. It examines intersecting patterns of vulnerability and response based on gender, class, race/ethnicity, age, nationality and other factors. Students examine gender-focused case studies from developed and developing societies and investigate the practical implications of gender-sensitive sociology of disaster.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ANT, GWS, or SOC
Cross Listed Course(s): GWS 3780, SOC 3780
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ANT 3370 - South American Peoples and Cultures
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1310 or CHS 1000; or Permission of instructor
Description: This course presents an ethnographic focus on the native peoples of South America. Students will analyze the daily cultural life of selected Indian peoples beginning at the point of contact in the 16th century, and the Spanish Colonial peoples of this time, to the present. Custom and tradition are studies in depth among Amazonian and Caribbean foragers, tribal groups of Patagonia, chiefdoms of the Andes inter-montane valleys, and the state-level civilizations of the high Andes. The cultural focus is in the context of the conquests of the European powers that struggled for domination of this highly diverse region.
Cross Listed Course(s): CHS 3870
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ANT 3375 - Food Cultures
Credits: 3
Description: This course is an exploration of how food procurement, dietary practices, ideologies of consumption, and food celebrations across cultures are related to varying environments, subsistence strategies, moral sensibilities, socioeconomic and political conditions, social identities, and social hierarchies. Using an anthropological approach, students examine how the ideological, emotional, symbolic, aesthetic, and social value of food and its marketing varies across cultures. In addition, course materials introduce students to the politics and social movements revolving around ethical food procurement and food as a human right.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ANT or NUT.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I, Global Diversity
Cross Listed Course(s): NUT 3375
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ANT 3379 - Middle Eastern Cultures
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ANT 1310 or PSC 1020
Description: This course introduces students to various aspects of Middle Eastern cultures, including family life, marriage, kinship, religious practices, communal, ethnic, class, and gender identities. Using anthropological approaches of holism and cultural relativism to studying cultures, the course highlights the region’s diverse ethnic, religious, linguistic and economic groups, its visual, popular, national, gender, and social cultures, and how colonial history and foreign powers have influenced it using ethnographic case studies and cultural histories from Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences II, Global Diversity
Cross Listed Course(s): PSC 3379
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ANT 3380 - Exploring Folklore
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1310 or CHS 1000; or Permission of the instructor
Description: This course will help the student to analyze the various elements of folklore from verbal to non-verbal classifications, survivals, revivals, and the implications for modern society. Folklore will be studies in a historical and contemporary context. The student will gain an understanding of both the universality and variability of folklore through many global examples compared and contrasted with a regional focus on the folklore of the American Southwest.
Cross Listed Course(s): CHS 3880
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ANT 3386 - Anthropology of Religion
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1310 or PHI 1010 or PHI 1040 or PHI 1050 or instructor permission
Description: This course is an ethnographic examination of how the supernatural is conceptualized across cultures and how it relates to socio-economic and political life. Topics include creation narratives, rituals and rites of passage, magic and witchcraft, ritual mediation, taboos, religious symbols, and religious movements.
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ANT 3391 - History of Anthropological Theory
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1310 or permission of instructor
Description: Cultural norms have an enormous influence over the kinds of behavior found in any society. Using various contemporary anthropological perspectives and theoretical orientations over the past one hundred years, this course provides the background to understand the nature of humanity in all its diversity and complexity and to mitigate cross-cultural differences.
Note: Students cannot earn credit for both ANT 3390 and ANT 3391.
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ANT 3395 - Transnational Genders and Sexualities
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on reading, writing and mathematics.
Description: This course explores the transnational production of gender and sexualities. It examines how people, ideas and capital moving across borders play a role in the development of gender and sexual identities, practices, and communities. Through this focus, the course engages transnational phenomena such as tourism, migration, global LGBT communities, colonization and human rights.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ANT or GWS
Cross Listed Course(s): GWS 3395
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ANT 3480 - Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy, and permission of instructor.
Description: This course prepares students to understand the many different viewpoints and concepts related to health and illness in other cultures and emphasizes the need and means to provide culturally appropriate health care.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ANT or HON.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3480
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ANT 3490 - Globalization and Culture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1310 or permission of instructor
Description: This course explores anthropological approaches to globalization, with an emphasis on understanding transnational movements of capital, commodities, persons and ideas through the analysis of ethnographic case studies. Students examine the impact of globalization on how anthropologists theorize culture and conduct ethnographic fieldwork.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ANT or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3492
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ANT 3510 - Ethnography of Communication: Qualitative Methods in Linguistic Anthropology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 2500 or permission of instructor
Description: This introduction to qualitative research methods in linguistic anthropology emphasizes ethnographic fieldwork and the analysis of face-to-face communication. The course covers research design, links between methods and theory, the use of technology in the field, research ethics, and analysis of textual data.
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ANT 3540 - Women in the Developing World
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 or PSC 1020 or ANT 1310
Description: This course presents a cross-cultural study of women’s lives in the developing world by examining two main issues: the influence of culture on women’s issues and politics’ impact on women. By the end of this course students will not only learn about the lives of women in the developing world but also become familiar with how women across the globe articulate the desire for equality.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix
Cross Listed Course(s): GWS 3540, HON 3540, PSC 3540
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ANT 3600 - World Prehistory
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020
Description: This course provides an overview of the prehistoric record of humans from the emergence of Homo Sapiens until the advent of urban life and written records. The data for this survey include archaeology and the human fossil record, and span the geographic regions of Asia, Africa, India, Europe, Australia, and the Americas.
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ANT 3610 - Archaeology of North America
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1010 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is a prehistory of North America emphasizing the peopling of the New World, earliest Indian cultures, and later regional developments.
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ANT 3620 - South American Archaeology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1010 or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course focuses on the origins and developments of prehistoric South American cultures. Starting with the first people to arrive in South America and culminating in the conquest of the Incas by the Spanish, coverage ranges from the Andean highlands to the tropical jungles of the Amazon.
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ANT 3630 - Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
Credits: 3
Description: This course examines the archaeology of ancient Egypt in order to investigate the different ways we know about the world and ourselves, and the ways in which we deceive ourselves about what we think we know. It addresses a set of timeless social science issues as experienced by ancient Egyptians. Topics include the many classic Egyptian discoveries, as well as the latest archaeological research from sites like the Great Pyramids and Valley of the Kings. Egypt represents an important cradle of civilization and plays an important role in our understanding of the human past and the present.
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ANT 3650 - 100,000 Years of War
Credits: 3
Description: This course uses a broad comparative framework to introduce students to the economic, intellectual, political, and cultural impact that warfare has had from prehistory to modern times. One of every 150 people die violently in the world today. One of every 100 people died in this fashion a century ago, and one of every fifty people approximately 1,000 years ago. An astonishing one out of ten people died violently 10,000 years ago. Students will explore this contingent shift away from violence over time.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ANT or HIS.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I, Global Diversity
Cross Listed Course(s): HIS 3705
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ANT 3660 - Ancient American Civilizations
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1010 or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
Description: The course will concentrate on the study of the emergence, culmination, and fall of Central and South American civilizations. The cultural situation of precivilization America will be presented at the beginning of the course. Throughout, the contributions of American civilizations to our culture will be stressed.
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ANT 3680 - Practical Archaeology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 2640 or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
Description: A course emphasizing the practical application of selected archaeological methods and techniques consisting of lectures and demonstrations. The students will have an opportunity to get acquainted with various field and laboratory equipment and work with archaeological material. Active class participation is expected. The application of computers in archaeological work will also be discussed.
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ANT 3790 - Human Osteology in Anthropological Perspective
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: This course will instruct students in human osteology from an anthropological perspective. Instruction will cover bone as a living tissue and how it grows and develops, as well as the manner in which it responds to stress. Students will receive instruction in the identifying features of each bone, including major muscle attachment sites, and they will be instructed on how to create a biological profile from skeletal remains, including estimation of age at death, estimation of sex, and estimation of ancestry. They will also be instructed in the identification of specific bones, the side from which they came, and the sex and age where appropriate for fragmented remains. Students will have the opportunity to work with human bone casts and human bones, including bone fragments, which form part of the MSU Denver Anthropology program collection.
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ANT 3800 - Forensic Anthropology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: This course offers instruction in the foundational concepts, theories, and methodologies used in the field of forensic anthropology. Students are instructed in human osteology, human skeletal analysis, statistical analysis, evidence analysis, crime scene location, recovery and analysis, chain of evidence preservation, and trial preparation and testimony. This course is a prerequisite to ANT 3810, the Forensic Anthropology Field and Laboratory course.
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ANT 3820 - Forensic Archaeology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 2640 or permission of instructor
Description: This course examines the role of forensic archaeology within the specialty field of forensic anthropology. It includes a discussion of the role of the forensic anthropologist in the United States. The importance of traditional archaeological techniques and how they may be adapted within a medico-legal context are addressed. Methods for the search and location of forensic sites, and the excavation and recovery of human remains and associated evidence are discussed in detail.
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ANT 3840 - Introduction to Bioarchaeology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1010
Description: This course is an introduction to bioarchaeology; the study of human skeletal remains contextualized in the larger archaeological and historic record. Bioarchaeology, as a specialization in anthropology, is the integration of theory and methods from biological anthropology and archaeology. In this course the human body is understood from a biocultural perspective. A wide range of topics including mortuary archaeology, paleopathology, trauma and violence, paleodemography, population genetics, and use of the body as material culture is covered. This course also emphasizes ethical and legal considerations for bioarchaeological research and its impacts on living cultures, as well as the practitioner.
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ANT 3860 - Paleopathology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: This course is an examination of how anthropologists utilize current techniques and information in the analysis and discovery of disease, diet and injury on fossil and human skeletal material. Analysis of archaeological techniques and impact of mortuary practices are reviewed. Students practice various methods for analysis of skeletal pathology and demography.
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ANT 4100 - Biological Anthropology Research Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1010 and a minimum of six hours of upper-division anthropology coursework or permission of instructor
Description: This course addresses research design and methods used in biological anthropology. The majority of these methods involve measurement and analysis of human anatomical variation. Students practice anthropometric and osteometric measurement techniques. Students study human osteology with a specific focus on estimation of age, sex, stature, and ancestry. Additional research methods including microscopy, photography, and computer-based imaging modalities are also addressed. Students review basic univariate and multivariate statistics and their role in biological anthropology research. Literature reviews, data collection protocols, and dissemination of results are also covered. Students use knowledge gained in this course to design and conduct a research project.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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ANT 4251 - Advanced Ethnographic Field Experience
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 3251
Description: This course requires students to conduct ethnographic research through qualitative methods of data collection, management, interpretation, and analysis. Class discussion, lecture, and student fieldwork will focus on ethnographic research and methods to obtain in-depth information on human behavior and beliefs in their natural settings.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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ANT 4400 - Recent Issues in Anthropology: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
Description: This course is an examination of current issues related to new discoveries and ongoing or completed work in archaeology, cultural anthropology, or physical anthropology. Each section will address different areas of anthropology and may be repeated under different topics.
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ANT 4420 - Applied Anthropology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1310, 3 hours of upper-division anthropology coursework, and senior standing; or permission of instructor
Description: This course explores the field of applied anthropology through a detailed study of directed culture change programs and applied anthropology projects. It focuses on the benefits, costs, problems and ethical concerns of programs which seek to change or preserve traditional cultures.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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ANT 4710 - Advanced Archaeological Field Research
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
Description: The course covers advanced-level archaeological field work, including survey design, mapmaking, transit survey, sampling strategies, artifact conservation, methods of assisting and supporting the logistical aspects of excavation and survey projects, field sample preparation, computer coding of artifact types and their distribution, archival research, site recording, and report writing. The course may be repeated for up to a maximum of six hours. No more than three credit hours may be applied toward a major or minor in anthropology.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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ARCH 2001 - Introduction to Architecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 1215 with a grade of “C” or better
Description: In this course, students will recognize the complexity and beauty of architecture, and develop a specialized area of interest within the field of architecture. The course provides a foundation in the culture of architecture, which students will pursue through affiliated courses on the subject.
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ARCH 2002 - Architectural Design-Studio 1
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 1215 with a grade of “C” or better
Description: In this course, students will focus on a practical, residential building design. The small-scale dwelling design will include the overall planning process from creating a basic building concept to its finished plan and documentation.
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ARCH 2003 - Building Structures
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 1215 or IND 1450 or MET 1200 with a grade of “C” or better, or permission of instructor
Description: The focus of this course will be on the importance of collaboration between related fields in the building industry, development of the architectural and building structural knowledge of students and encouraging creative design integration through class projects.
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ARCH 3001 - Architectural Interior Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARCH 2002 with a grade of “C” or better
Description: In this course, students will focus on the dual nature of interior design and architecture. One part will reveal how interior design is an integral part of complex architecture; the other part will show how interior design is independent. The main goal is for students to gain experience in interior design and the exciting world of object design.
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ARCH 3002 - Architectural Design-Studio 2
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARCH 2002 with a grade of “C” or better
Description: This course provides a knowledge base in the theory and practice of architecture and urban design, focusing on complex architectural issues. Students will explore the relationship of public building design and urbanism. Students will gain insight into the connections between architectural projects and urban design, and overview urban planning history from its beginnings to the present. Students learn to create large-scale, urban-development projects through case studies that demonstrate design precedents, to procedure, to implementation.
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ARCH 3003 - Digital Presentations in Architecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 1215 with a grade of “C” or better or permission of instructor
Description: The course introduces students to traditional and contemporary presentation techniques that could be applied to the architecture profession. The goal of the course is to enable students to self-manage their professional life and creatively use different media platforms.
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ART 1101 - Studio Foundations: 2D
Credits: 3
Description: This course introduces the fundamental principles and elements of two-dimensional art and design through a survey of concepts, techniques, and material practices. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking and creative problem solving through investigations of compositional arrangement, visual perception, studio practice, and the intersections of form and concept in two-dimensional space.
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ART 1141 - Studio Foundations: Drawing
Credits: 3
Description: This course introduces drawing as the common denominator to all art-making media. Students practice fundamental drawing skills by employing a variety of black and white media and techniques through line, shape, value and texture. Coursework emphasizes conceptual and technical abilities, as well as visual perception and problem solving.
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ART 1212 - Non-Majors Ceramics: Handbuilding
Credits: 3
Description: This course introduces students to the basic hand-building techniques and technical knowledge required to work and fire ceramics. Students develop both a conceptual understanding and practical knowledge of the ways in which three-dimensional ceramic form functions. Lectures and visual presentations explore historical and contemporary approaches to ceramics. This course is restricted to non-Art majors.
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ART 1213 - Non-Majors Ceramics: Wheelthrowing
Credits: 3
Description: This ceramics course focuses on wheel throwing as an expressive tool with which students develop their ceramic techniques of thrown and altered forms. Students investigate traditional vessel making, as well as thrown and altered sculptural and functional objects. Topics of study include contemporary and historical wheel-thrown objects and an introduction to high-fire, atmospheric firing. This course is restricted to non-Art majors.
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ART 1271 - Film Photography for Non-Majors
Credits: 3
Description: This course introduces basic photographic problem-solving focused on technical and aesthetic concerns while addressing the history of photography. Students learn black and white film exposure, development and printing. This course is restricted to non-art majors.
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ART 1273 - Digital Capture for Non-Art Majors
Credits: 3
Description: This course introduces basic digital photographic strategies for image making focused on technical and aesthetic concerns while addressing how photographic images function in visual culture. Students learn image capture, fundamentals of basic camera functions, processing, manipulation and printing of digital image files, and maintenance and archiving of a digital archive. Contemporary photography topics are integrated into the curriculum through assignments and related independent research. This course is restricted to non-art majors.
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ART 1300 - Woods: Materials and Fabrication
Credits: 3
Description: An introductory course designed to give the student basic information about wood material properties, species selection criteria, practical design applications, and ordering and specifying protocol. The design process is presented and applied in the development of a furniture design and fabrication plan, which is utilized to construct design.. The course also provides instruction for basic skill development in the use of wood working tools, machines, and processes. Wood finishing materials and processes are also studied and utilized in student projects.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ART or IND.
Cross Listed Course(s): IND 1010
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ART 1501 - Studio Foundations: 3D
Credits: 3
Description: This course examines the fundamental principles of three-dimensional art and design through a survey of concepts, techniques, and material practices. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking and creative problem solving through investigations of physical form, process, context, and studio practices.
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ART 1505 - The Visual Journal
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): None
Description: This course focuses on developing a series of thematic concepts within the visual journal. These thematic assignments function as points of departure for students to research and develop their subject matter. Students generate journals that serve as vehicles for growth as well as experimentation with non-traditional media. This is an integrated media course.
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ART 1531 - Studio Foundations: 4D
Credits: 3
Description: This course introduces the fundamental principles of four-dimensional art and design through a survey of concepts, techniques, and technological practices. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking and creative problem solving through investigations particularly relevant to four-dimensional art and design; that is, form and innovation in technological environments, time and motion, ephemerality, and four-dimensional studio practices.
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ART 2241 - Drawing II: Color
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1141 and ART 1531 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department
Description: This course expands upon the fundamental drawing skills learned in ART 1141 Drawing I, employing color in a variety of media and techniques that apply the art elements and design principles. Coursework emphasizes conceptual and technical abilities as well as visual perception and problem solving.
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ART 2611 - Beginning Ceramics: Handbuilding
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1600, ART 1141, and ART 1501 with C- or better in each; or permission of the department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ARTH 1700, ART 1531, and ART 1101; or permission of the department
Description: This course introduces students to the basic hand-building techniques and technical knowledge required to work and fire ceramics. Students develop both a conceptual understanding and practical knowledge of the ways in which three-dimensional ceramic form functions.
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ART 2613 - Beginning Ceramics: Wheelthrowing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1141, ARTH 1600, and ART 1501 with C- or better in each prerequisite; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ARTH 1700, ART 1531, and ART 1101; or permission of department
Description: This course focuses on the potter’s wheel to investigate conceptual and utilitarian ideas associated with vessel and sculpture making. Students investigate both traditional and contemporary approaches to working with ceramics. In addition to building skill on the potter’s wheel, topics of study include contemporary and historical uses of the potter’s wheel and an introduction to high fire atmospheric firing. Assigned projects are given in sequence with the underlying goal of building toward fluid proficiency with use of the potter’s wheel and of ceramic materials.
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ART 2641 - Color Drawing: Wet and Dry
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1600, ART 1101, ART 1141 and ART 1531 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ARTH 1700 and ART 1501; or permission of department
Description: This course introduces students to color theory and various techniques employing colored pencil, water-media, and pastel while expanding upon graphite skills. Coursework emphasizes conceptual and technical abilities, as well as visual perception and problem solving.
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ART 2643 - Figure Drawing: Wet and Dry
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1600, ART 1101, ART 1141, and ART 1531 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ARTH 1700 and ART 1501; or permission of department
Description: This course emphasizes the human form through observational rendering from live models. Students examine human anatomy, both structural and muscular systems, through both in-class exercises and assigned homework. Both wet and dry applications are investigated; as are black and white media, color media, and conceptual development. Historic and contemporary artists and themes are reviewed and inspected through lectures, critiques and outside assignments.
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ART 2651 - Beginning Jewelry
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ARTH 1600 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ART 1531 and ARTH 1700; or permission of department
Description: This course introduces basic jewelry design materials and processes. Basic fabrication and casting techniques, including surface embellishment, soldering, stone setting and wax carving, are introduced. Through the creation of thematic projects, students explore traditional and contemporary approaches designing artworks for the body.
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ART 2653 - Beginning Metalsmithing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ARTH 1600 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ART 1531 and ARTH 1700; or permission of department
Description: This course introduces small-scale metalsmithing materials and processes. Basic fabrication and forming techniques, including hollow construction, forging, and sinking, are introduced. Students explore traditional and contemporary approaches to metalsmithing through the creation of thematic projects.
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ART 2661 - Beginning Painting: Acrylic and Oil
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1600, ART 1101, and ART 1141 with C- or better in each; or permission of the department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ARTH 1700, ART 1501, and ART 1531; or permission of department
Description: This course introduces students to both traditional and contemporary painting practices employing various materials, techniques and processes specific to the field. Students develop both a conceptual understanding and practical knowledge through material exploration and experimentation. Essential skill development includes identifying and applying color theory principals, perceptual skill refinement, and analysis and use of art elements and design principles as a visual language to create expressive works. Historical and contemporary works of influential styles and movements in painting are explored throughout the course.
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ART 2666 - Beginning Painting: Watermedia
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1600, ART 1101, and ART 1141 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ARTH 1700, ART 1501, and ART 1531; or permission of department
Description: This course introduces students to the fundamentals of transparent watermedia painting as a medium for creative expression. Coursework begins the development of creative and technical skills through a series of structured watermedia projects. Visual problem solving, individualized approach to content and the expression of ideas are stressed.
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ART 2671 - Beginning Photography: Film and Darkroom
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1600, ART 1101, ART 1141, and ART 1531 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ARTH 1700 and ART 1501; or permission of department
Description: This course introduces basic photographic strategies for image making with technical and aesthetic concerns while gaining an understanding of how photographic images function conceptually. Students learn fundamentals of basic camera functions, processing of black and white film, and darkroom printing techniques. Photographic history is integrated into the curriculum through assignments and related independent research.
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ART 2673 - Beginning Photography: Digital Capture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1600, ART 1101, ART 1141, and ART 1531 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ARTH 1700 and ART 1501; or permission of department
Description: This course introduces basic photographic strategies for image making with technical and aesthetic concerns, while gaining an understanding of how photographic images function conceptually. Students learn image capture, fundamentals of basic camera functions, processing, manipulation and printing of digital image files. The maintenance and archiving of digital images is also addressed. Photographic history and contemporary photographic practice is integrated into the curriculum through assignments and related independent research.
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ART 2681 - Printmaking I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1600, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501 and ART 1531 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department.
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ARTH 1700
Description: This course introduces the student to monotype, intaglio, photo-digital, and relief printmaking methods. Students explore fine art techniques and image manipulation in creating diverse prints.
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ART 2682 - Beginning Printmaking: Screen Printing and Monotype
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1600, ART 1101, and ART 1141 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ART 1501, ART 1531, and ARTH 1700; or permission of department
Description: Students develop knowledge and skills of traditional and contemporary fine art planographic printmaking processes of screen printing and monotype through a series of thematic projects that address invention, problem solving, medium experimentation, technical skills, research, and criticism. Students explore various methods of layering, stencil making, and image generation through unique and repeatable matrices. Photomechanical techniques and direct drawing methods are utilized to generate and produce editioned and one-of-a-kind prints on paper and alternative surfaces.
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ART 2683 - Beginning Printmaking: Intaglio and Relief
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1600, ART 1101, and ART 1141 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ART 1501, ART 1531, and ARTH 1700; or permission of department
Description: Students develop knowledge and skills of traditional and contemporary fine art intaglio and relief printmaking processes through a series of thematic projects that address invention, problem solving, medium experimentation, technical skills, research, and criticism. Students employ a variety of methods and materials to produce singular and multiple layer color prints while exploring historical and contemporary intaglio and relief techniques, including etching, photo-etching, engraving, linocut, and woodcut. An emphasis is placed on technical, aesthetic, and conceptual development through readings, lectures, demonstrations, and the experimentation with the methods and materials of the intaglio and relief processes.
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ART 2691 - Beginning Sculpture: Woods and Assembly
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ARTH 1600 with a C- or better in all prerequisites; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ART 1531 and ARTH 1700; or permission of department
Description: This course explores fundamental object making and spatial practices through conceptual and thematic projects. These projects address a variety of basic material, strategic, and technical processes including wood construction using dimensional lumber, plywood sheeting, and hardwood species; acrylic sheeting; two-axis CNC wood routing; laser cutting; assemblage & found materials; multiples; fibers & fabrics; inflatables; and objects in context. Emphasis is placed on contemporary artists and theories as a framework for the creation of objects and environments.
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ART 2693 - Beginning Sculpture: Metals and Fabrication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501 and ARTH 1600 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ART 1531 and ARTH 1700; or permission of department
Description: This course explores fundamental object making and spatial practices through conceptual and thematic projects. These projects address a variety of basic material, strategic, and technical processes, including metal fabrication using ferrous sheet, rod, and tube metals; cold fastening; welding; multiples; assemblage; 3D printing; light; sound; site; and interactivity. Emphasis is placed on contemporary art practices, including the role of criticism and critique as it informs studio development.
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ART 2781 - Lithography
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1600, ART 1101, and ART 1141 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ART 1501, ART 1531, and ARTH 1700; or permission of department
Description: Students develop knowledge and skills of traditional and contemporary fine art lithography printmaking processes through a series of thematic projects that address invention, problem solving, medium experimentation, technical skills, research, and criticism. Through projects, students are provided a working understanding of the principles of stone, plate, and the photo lithography process, including multi-matrix color printing. Students gain knowledge through readings, lectures, and demonstrations, including the examination of historical and contemporary lithographic prints and the commercial and fine art application of the media.
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ART 3101 - Professional Practices I
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101 or ART 1141 or ART 1501 with C- or better; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, and ART 1501; or permission of department
Description: This course introduces students to options, expectations, and preparations for an art career. This course combines guest speakers, site visits, and studio reflection. Students learn to explore, write and think about their artwork in a career-building context.
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ART 3215 - Moldmaking and Casting
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ARTH 1700 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ART 2611, ART 2613, ART 2641, ART 2643, ART 2651, ART 2653, ART 2661, ART 2666, ART 2671, ART 2673, ART 2682, ART 2683, ART 2691, ART 2693 or IND 2450; or permission of department
Description: This course explores the creation and use of molds from three-dimensional objects for reproduction. While primarily making plaster molds for use with slip-cast clay, students also explore rubber, urethane, and silicone molds for use in casting a variety of traditional and non-traditional materials, such as paper, silicone, soap, etc. This course explores the application of these techniques in professional ceramic production, by designers and in industry. The use of these techniques by contemporary artists for both technical and conceptual reasons is explored and discussed. This is an integrated media course.
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ART 3235 - Video Art
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1531 with C-; or better; plus either ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ARTH 1600; or JMP 2430 and JMP 1000; or permission of department.
Description: This course combines video production with a critical examination of experimental video and time-based media as an art form, cultural tool, and social practice. Through studio practice, screenings, readings, and critiques of student work, students examine the diverse languages and practices of video and time-based media within a contemporary context. Students experiment with monitors, projectors, and other media while addressing concerns of site and scale, issues of narrative, identity, reception, audience, and private/public space. Students learn the technical and conceptual aspects of production and develop individual aesthetic, analytic, and critical skills. This is an integrated media course.
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ART 3244 - Advanced Figure Drawing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 2643 with a “C-” or better or permission of the department
Description: This course requires the student to apply knowledge of human anatomy to drawing the human figure. Students extend conceptualization skills and expand use of varied media and techniques.
Note: This course may be repeated once for a maximum of six semester hours.
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ART 3266 - Community Painting: The Mural
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600, and ARTH 1700; and ART 2661 or ART 2666 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Description: This studio art course briefly surveys the history of murals and the mural movement. A site is located at an agency or business in the Denver metro community where a mural is to be painted. A series of designs and concepts are then researched and proposed by the students for approval by the site agency or business. Students work as a team and collaborate to complete the approved mural concept.
Note: This course is repeatable once for a maximum of six semester hours.
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ART 3301 - The Artist’s Book
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ART 1531 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department.
Description: This studio course deals with the book as an art object, emphasizing structure, craft and conceptual ideas. Students build various traditional and non-traditional book types and provide display methods for books in an exhibition context. This is an integrated media course.
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ART 3391 - Fiber Structures
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501; and ART 1531 or IND 2100 with “C-” or better in
each; or permission of department.
Description: Students in this course investigate traditional fiber techniques, such as crocheting, netting, weaving, lashing, felting, and papermaking, with an emphasis on their role in the contemporary art and design practice. Lectures demonstrate these traditional techniques using a variety of traditional and non-traditional materials and strategies while highlighting contemporary artists and theory. This is an Integrated Media course.
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ART 3393 - Electronics and Experimental Systems
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501; and ART 1531 or IND 2100 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department.
Description: This course introduces basic electronics, mechanics, open source hardware, and simple software coding for the creation of artwork. The history and theory of experimental systems within a contemporary art and design context are discussed. Projects address movement, light, sound, space, context, behavior, agency, and interactivity. This is an integrated media course.
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ART 3500 - Site Specific Studies in Studio Art: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101 or ART 1141 or ART 1501 or ART 1531; or permission of department
Description: Students in the course travel to a city or a region in order to experience art and creative making in response to the location. Emphasis is placed upon the contemporary, historical, geographical, and philosophical context of the exhibition spaces, cultural sites, public spaces, and other works of art visited or viewed. Variable topics; may be repeated for up to 9 credits under different topics.
Note: Variable topics; may be repeated for up to 9 credits under different topics.
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ART 3591 - Digital Fabrication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501; and ART 1531 or IND 2100 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department.
Description: This course introduces the spatial and contextual application of digital, three-dimensional modeling and rapid prototyping technologies for the creation of artwork. Data acquisition, modeling, and visualization is explored through the artistic application of 3D scanning, computer modeling, and laser cut or solid free form fabrication. This is an integrated media course.
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ART 3612 - Intermediate Ceramics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, AND ART 2611 OR ART 2613 with C- or better in each prerequisite; or permission of department
Description: This course addresses the broad range of perspectives found in historical and contemporary ceramic art, including sculpture, vessel making, and pottery. Emphasis is on the full integration of creative works within the complex array of studio choices such as clay, glaze, and firing temperatures. Students become fully independent in the ceramics studio through an exploration of firing theory, clay, and glaze chemistry, as well as the conceptual and theoretical development of creative works.
Note: This course is repeatable twice for a maximum of nine semester hours.
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ART 3613 - Pattern Networks
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700; and ART 2611, ART 2613, ART 2641, ART 2643, ART 2651, ART 2653, ART 2661, ART 2666, ART 2671, ART 2673, ART 2682, ART 2683, ART 2691, ART 2693, or CDES 2225; C- or better required in each prerequisite; or permission of department
Description: This course introduces traditional texts on ornamentation and pattern theory, as well as seminal texts on networks and city planning as the basis for making artwork. Employing a research-based practice, students make creative work of varying media that shares an exploration of patterning, ornamentation, and additional organizational structures. Lectures examine and demonstrate traditional strategies and the role of this subject in contemporary art, craft and design practice. This is an integrated media course.
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ART 3637 - Socially Engaged Art
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141 , ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, and ARTH 2080 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department.
Description: This course introduces students to the field of socially engaged art through an emphasis on conversations, communities, situations, participation, places, aesthetics, and activism. Course content demonstrates the increasing use of relational and dialogical aesthetics informing conceptual and formal structures in contemporary art and design. Socially Engaged Art adopts a field-based model for its curriculum that is designed to provide students with opportunities to work contextually in a variety of public spheres. This is an Integrated Media course.
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ART 3639 - Performance Art
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, and ARTH 2080 with “C-” or better in each; or THE 2210 or MUS 2130; or permission of department
Description: This course explores performance as a major paradigm informing the methods and languages of contemporary practices in art and design. Emphasis is placed on border crossings, porous disciplines, and contingent identities as a central component in performance-based studio practice. Lectures and discussions engage the historically shifting nature of embodiment in contemporary art and design. This is an integrated media course.
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ART 3642 - Intermediate Drawing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700 AND ART 2641 OR ART 2643 with C- or better in all prerequisites; or permission of the department
Description: This course examines the expanded field of contemporary drawing through experimentation with nontraditional materials, as well as readings and discussions. Emphasis is on creating artwork based on thematic projects and serial production. Students critically assess their material selection and how it supports the artwork content.
Note: This course is repeatable twice for a maximum of 9 semester hours.
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ART 3652 - Intermediate Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700 AND ART 2651 OR ART 2653 with C- or better in each prerequisite; or permission of department
Description: This course develops students’ skills in jewelry design and metalsmithing while addressing a broad range of related formats, themes, and topics. Students generate functional, sculptural and/or wearable works through the application of intermediate and advanced level techniques, such as fabrication, chasing, die forming, raising, and stone setting. Emphasis is placed on individual research, conceptual inquiry, compositional development and critical analysis.
Note: This course is repeatable twice for a maximum of nine semester hours.
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ART 3653 - Miniature Casting Methods
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): One of the following: ART 1251, ART 2611, ART 2613, ART 2651, ART 2653, ART 2691, ART 2693, IND 1250, or IND 2450 with C- or better
Description: This course introduces historical and contemporary practices of small-scale casting techniques, such as lost-wax casting processes, alternative direct casting methods and mold making are applied to the creation of individualized projects. Emphasis is placed on individual research, conceptual inquiry, compositional development and critical analysis.
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ART 3655 - Enameling Processes
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): One of the following: ART 1251, ART 2611, ART 2613, ART 2651, ART 2653, ART 2691, ART 2693, IND 1250, or IND 2450 with C- or better
Description: This course covers contemporary and historical practices in the process of enameling. The course applies various enameling techniques to the creation of art metal objects. Techniques include cloisonné, champlevé, and plique-à-jour, among others. Emphasis is placed on individual research, conceptual inquiry, compositional development and critical analysis.
Note: This course is repeatable once for a maximum of six semester hours.
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ART 3662 - Intermediate Painting
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700; and ART 2661 or ART 2666 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Description: This course further explores the concepts and techniques in painting, emphasizing the individuation of students’ pictorial language, including various approaches from representational to abstract painting. Development of individual themes, through independent studio practice, allows for creative problem solving through the pictorial representation of ideas. Thematic discussions pertaining to topics in historical and contemporary painting inform studio artwork production.
Note: This course is repeatable for a maximum of 9 semester hours.
Course Revised October 21, 2019
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ART 3663 - Painting and New Contexts
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700; and ART 2661 or ART 2666 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Description: This course explores innovative and emergent approaches to painting within the context of contemporary art practices. Emphasis is on nontraditional approaches to painting through an exploration of materials and techniques. Students learn to question assumptions about the practice of painting, creating works that allow them to explore the use of alternative approaches to paint media through the implementation of various tools and technologies. This is an integrated media course.
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ART 3666 - Advanced Watermedia
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700 and ART 2666 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Description: This course explores advanced transparent and opaque watermedia, as well as mixed media techniques. Students learn to choose techniques and media to enhance their expressive content. Course emphasis is on developing a unique, individualized approach to content and media expression.
Note: This course is repeatable once for a maximum of six semester hours.
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ART 3672 - Intermediate Photography
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700 and ART 2671 OR ART 2673 with C- or better in all prerequisites; or permission of department
Description: This course provides a thematic forum for intermediate level students to develop critical skills as they relate to contemporary practices in the field of photography and lens-based media. Students refine their technical and critical proficiency using methods and processes relevant to image-making. Engaged in an innovative learning environment, students connect research and theory to their creative projects.
Note: This course is repeatable for a maximum of nine semester hours of credit.
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ART 3677 - Experimental Photography
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, and ART 2671 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department
Description: Students in this course learn alternative photographic techniques utilizing historical, non-silver and silver-based processes. The term alternative process is generally used to describe 19th century approaches to photographic printmaking; contemporary photography is experiencing a renaissance in the use of traditional methods applied in hybrid and/or interdisciplinary practices. This course includes the use of low-tech and handmade cameras, the production and integration of digital negatives, and combining wet and digital lab processes. Students go beyond technical knowledge to critically assess the reasons for using alternative processes conceptually in their creative practice. Slide lectures, technical demonstrations and hands-on labs as well as readings, discussions and regular critiques all contribute to a practice that is conceptually and theoretically rich. This course is designated as Integrated Media.
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ART 3682 - Intermediate Printmaking
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700 and ART 2682 OR ART 2683 with C- or better in all prerequisites; or permission of department
Description: Students develop knowledge and skills of traditional and contemporary fine art printmaking processes with an emphasis on relief, intaglio, screen printing, monotype, and lithography. Emphasis is on an advanced level of technical and conceptual proficiencies through thematic projects while becoming more independent in the studio. Further exploration with traditional and alternative printmaking outcomes will lead to initial developments toward an independent body of work.
Note: This course is repeatable for a maximum of 9 total semester hours of credit.
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ART 3692 - Intermediate Sculpture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700 and ART 2691 OR ART 2693 with C- or better in all prerequisites; or permission of department
Description: This course focuses on developing individual studio production while responding to themes most relevant to contemporary art theory and practice. Students explore the materials and techniques most appropriate to their needs while working toward the development of a cohesive body of work. Students are encouraged to explore work that is ambitious, experimental, and challenging; work that pushes both technical and conceptual boundaries. Topics include: artwork in context; the role of new materials in contemporary art; the document as primary object; systems in art; and issues of temporality and ephemera.
Note: This course is repeatable for a maximum of nine semester hours of credit.
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ART 3701 - Professional Practices II
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, and ART 3101 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ART 2611 OR ART 2613 OR ART 2641 OR ART 2643 OR ART 2651 OR ART 2653 OR ART 2661 OR ART 2666 OR ART 2671 OR ART 2673 OR ART 2682 OR ART 2683 OR ART 2691 OR ART 2693; or permission of department
Description: This course investigates studio professional practice through a series of studio visits, guest lectures from visiting artists and studio based explorations; students discuss and further develop career building in the arts. Emphasis is placed on research, execution and refinement of studio-based practices in an interdisciplinary learning environment. Students begin the process of interweaving studio-based practices with academic research, establishing an outline for future professional practice.
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ART 3711 - Current Practices in Ceramics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1411, ART 1501, and ARTH 1700 with a C-; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ART 2611 OR ART 2613 OR ART 2641 OR ART 2643 OR ART 2651 OR ART 2653 OR ART 2661 OR ART 2666 OR ART 2671 OR ART 2673 OR ART 2682 OR ART 2683 OR ART 2691 OR ART 2693 with a C-; or permission of department
Description: Students in this course focus on experimental, non-traditional techniques associated with thematic and conceptual practices that are relevant to contemporary studio ceramics today. Students investigate new modes of creating work through experimentation and collaboration across media, including installation, the sculptural object, time-based work, performance, material-based issues, Claymation, and video/digital technologies with presentations, readings, research and creative assignments. Through these topics, students begin to integrate media and creative strategies that are relevant to their individual creative practices within an interdisciplinary context. This is an Integrated Media course.
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ART 4030 - Variable Topics in Integrated Media
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 2080 with C- or better; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): One of the following: ART 3612, ART 3642, ART 3652, ART 3662, ART 3672, ART 3682, ART 3692; or permission of department
Description: This course provides a thematic forum for advanced level students of any art concentration to develop critical skills as they relate to contemporary practices in the field of integrated media. Students refine their critical and technical proficiency using interdisciplinary methods and techniques to art design and making. Students engage in innovative, creative, and theoretical techniques within a cross-disciplinary and hybrid studio environment. This is an integrated media course.
Note: This course may be repeated under different topics for up to 6 credits total.
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ART 4101 - Advanced Interdisciplinary Studio
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, and ART 3612 or ART 3642 or ART 3652 or ART 3662 or ART 3682 or ART 3672 or ART 3692, with a C- or better in all prerequisites or permission of department
Description: This course provides a critical forum for students in advanced-level art areas to develop their work in an interdisciplinary context. Students implement skills acquired through intermediate courses by preparing a mature, cohesive body of work for exhibition, graduate school application, or professional practice. The course emphasizes the relationship of the artist to broader cultural, social and theoretical contexts. Students investigate artwork employing various methods of critique as it informs the artistic practice. Students in this course should also take an upper-division studio course in the same semester.
Note: This course is repeatable once for a maximum of six semester hours.
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ART 4266 - Unraveling the Figure
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, and ART 2641 OR ART 2643 OR ART 2661 OR ART 2666 with C- or better in all prerequisites; or permission of the department
Description: This course focuses on employing the body as a tool for exploration, moving beyond the descriptive to address the diverse roles of the figure in art, including issues of representation. The rich heritage of painting, drawing and sculpting the body, as well as current developments, provide a space for investigating the complexities of depicting the figure as narrator, where gesture, expression, identity, culture and location inform how images are perceived and received. Students make new artwork to explore and utilize the past figuration and to move beyond the traditional historic form. This is an integrated media course.
Note: This course is repeatable for a maximum of 6 semester hours.
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