2010-2011 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 |
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| 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 three 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. Following each course number is the semester hours of credit. As an example, CHE 2100-5 is a freshman-level, five-credit course. After the course number and is the course title, which is followed by the number of credit hours (5) and a second set of numbers in parentheses indicating the division of time between lecture, laboratory, field experience, or—in music—performance. The first number represents the number of lecture hours each week of a 15-16 week semester; the second number indicates the number of laboratory, shop, or field hours; and the third (in music) represents performance hours. For example, CHE 2100 Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry has four hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory each week. Lecture hours equate one hour per week of contact to one credit hour; laboratory experience equates two hours of contact per week to one credit hour. Therefore, CHE 2100, 5(4+2) would earn five hours of credit—four for lecture and one for laboratory work. Course descriptions provide a summary of the content of the course. If there is a prerequisite that must be met before a student can register for the 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 located on Metro State’s Web site (http://www.mscd.edu). |
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ANT 1010 - Physical Anthropology and Prehistory 3(2 + 2)
Prerequisite: Minimum performance standard scores on reading, writing, and mathematics preassessment placement tests
This is an introductory course covering the basic concepts and position of humans in nature, human and cultural evidence of the past, and modern diversity. A brief survey of the discipline of anthropology and its subdivisions will also be included. The laboratory will include firsthand experience in identifying fossil hominids, lithic technology, and human variation.(General Studies—Level II, Natural Science)(GT-SC2)
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ANT 1310 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: Minimum performance standard scores on reading and writing preassessment placement Tests
This course provides a comparative perspective on human behavior and thought by exploring a variety of world cultures in the domains of kinship, social organization, language, ecological adaptation, economics, and religion. The applied aspects of anthropology are also investigated.(General Studies—Level II, Social Sciences)(GT–SS3)
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ANT 2100 - Human Evolution 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1010 or Permission of instructor
This course is an intense look at Darwin’s century and the ideas that have contributed to our present understanding of human evolution. The hominid fossil record is presented as living history in light of what fossils reveal about the populations they represent, their behavior, and their social organization.
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ANT 2330 - Cross-Cultural Communication 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor or satisfaction of Level I General Studies course requirements
This course is designed to help the nonspecialist gain an understanding of culturally conditioned behavior as it relates to intercultural relations among people of different nations. The course will move from the fundamentals of culture, language, and meaning to viewing the cultural barriers causing communication interference and failure across cultures.(General Studies—Level II, Social Sciences; Multicultural)(GT-SS3)
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ANT 2350 - African Peoples and Cultures 3(3 + 0)
This course examines traditional cultures of African peoples and gives added understanding of culture and people in relation to human problems and experiences.Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ANT or AAS.(AAS 2300)
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ANT 2360 - Living Culture and Language of the Mexican and Chicano 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CHS 1000 or CHS 1020
This course traces the fusion of cultures and dialects of the Spanish-speaking Southwest into elements that characterize Chicano intracultural and intercultural diversity.Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ANT or CHS.(CHS 2000)
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ANT 2500 - Anthropology of Language 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: Preassessment Placement Tests: Reading and Writing (minimum performance standard scores)
This course provides an introduction to the concepts and methods of linguistic anthropology. Topics include language and culture, langauge structure, the origins of language, linguistic diversity, and language ideologies. The course also provides opportunities to observe and record speech and other communicative behaviors; identify the sequential organization of talk; and determine how language reflects and creates social identities, relationships, and realities.
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ANT 2640 - Archaeology 3(3 + 0)
This course will be an examination of how archaeologists discover and interpret the material remains of human behavior from the past.
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ANT 2710 - Archaeological Field Research 3(1 + 4)
Prerequisite: ANT 2640 or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
This course covers archaeological field investigations that may consist of surveying, mapping, testing of sites, and/or excavations. 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.
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ANT 3110 - Human Variation 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1010 or Permission of instructor
The varied forms and features of humanity can be grouped and understood in terms of their adaptive costs and benefits. Modern appreciation of human variation lies in the processes that have developed differing human populations. The course will search out the fundamental features of these processes and analyze them.
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ANT 3120 - Mummies of the World 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1010 or Permission of instructor
This course offers instruction in the field of physical anthropology in the particular subfield of bioarchaeology. The course examines the processes of mummification and the occurrence of mummies around the world. It identifies where in the world mummies have been found, how they have been studied, what environments are necessary for mummification, how intentional human interference affects the process and what these kinds of practices can reveal about the cultures involved.
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ANT 3122 - The Neaderthal Enigma 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1010 or Permission of instructor
This course offers instruction in the basic definition of physical anthropology. It offers instruction regarding human evolution and then intensely focuses on the evolution of Homo Neanderthalensis. It specifically addresses where remains have been found, the types of remains found, the physical characteristics of the species, and the cultural characteristics of this intriguing species. The course further addresses the controversies concerning this species including the nature of interaction with anatomically modern humans and the question of whether or not this hominin was capable of language.
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ANT 3150 - Primate Studies 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1010 or Permission of instructor
From the jungle to the zoo, non-human primates are fascinating. Through observation and recent contributions from the field and laboratory, the student will analyze the behavior and structure of living primates. Resulting interpretations will assist in understanding human behavior and human development.
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ANT 3250 - Doing Fieldwork: Qualitative Observation 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1310 or Permission of instructor
This course will address ethnographic (qualitative) methods of data collection, management, interpretation, and analysis. Class discussion, lecture, and student fieldwork will focus on ethnographic methods to obtain in-depth information on human behavior and beliefs in their natural settings.
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ANT 3300 - Exploring World Cultures: Variable Topics 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1310 or Permission of instructor
The focus of study will be an exploration of selected non-Western cultures. Using films and various ethnographic procedures, the student learns how culture—and by extension, human culture—is a living thing shaped by the people who carry it.The course may be repeated under different topics.
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ANT 3310 - Ethnography of North American Indians 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1310 or Permission of instructor
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.(General Studies—Level II, Social Sciences; Multicultural)
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ANT 3340 - Native Americans in Historical Perspective 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1310 or Permission of instructor
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.
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ANT 3350 - Vanishing Cultures and Peoples 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1310 or Permission of instructor
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 3360 - Peoples and Cultures of the American Southwest 1500-1848 3( 3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1310 or CHS 1000; or Permission of instructor
This course provides an ethnographic focus on the Hispano-colonial culture and the Pueblo Indian cultures of the American Southwest, or Provincias Internas. The daily cultural life of the Pueblo and Plains Indians, Spanish colonials, and later Mexican nationals are analyzed in detail. Custom and tradition, from first contact to the Mexican-American War, are placed in the context of overlapping conquests by the Euro-American powers that struggled for control of this culturally diverse region.(CHS 3860)
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ANT 3370 - South American Peoples and Cultures 3 (3 + 0)Crosslisted with CHS 3870
Prerequisite: ANT 1310 or CHS 1000; or Permission of instructor
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.
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ANT 3380 - Exploring Folklore 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1310 or CHS 1000; or Permission of the instructor
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.(CHS 3880)
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ANT 3390 - Understanding Cultures 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1310 or Permission of instructor
Cultural norms have an enormous influence over the kinds of behavior found in any society. Using contemporary theories of anthropology, the course expands on the means to both understand and mitigate cross-cultural differences.
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ANT 3460 - Social Organization and Evolution 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1310 or Permission of instructor
This course is an intensive look at forms of social organization, with a focus on kinship, arranged in evolutionary sequence from the hunting-and-gathering band to the complex social networks of a complex society.
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ANT 3480 - Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and satisfaction of Level I General Studies course requirements
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.(General Studies—Level II, Social Sciences; Multicultural)
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ANT 3600 - World Prehistory 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ENG 1020
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 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1010 or Permission of instructor
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 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1010 or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
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 3660 - Ancient American Civilizations 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1010 or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
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 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 2640 or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
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 3800 - Forensic Anthopology 3 (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1010 or permission of instructor
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 anlysis, chain of evidence preservation, and trial preparation and testimony. This course is a prerequisite to ANT 3810, teh Forensic Anthropology Field and Laboratory course.
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ANT 3810 - Forensic Anthopology Field and Laboratory Experience 3 (1 + 4)
Prerequisite: ANT 3800 or permission of instructor
This course offers instruction and practical experience in the field of forensic anthropolgy. Students have the opportunity to practice their skills in both the field (outdoor laboratory) and classroom laboratory settings. The outdoor laboratory experience will consist of five full-day Friday sessions where students will have the opportunity to excavate, recover, and analysze evidence from a mock crime scene.
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ANT 4400 - Recent Issues in Anthropology: Variable Topics 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
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 4410 - Paleopathology: The Archaeology of Disease 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: Satisfaction of Level I and II General Studies course requirements and Senior standing; or Permission of instructor
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. Some analysis of archaeological techniques and impact of burials will be reviewed as well as various means of morphological analysis.(Senior Experience)
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ANT 4420 - Applied Anthropology 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ANT 1310, 3 hours of upper-division anthropology coursework, and senior standing; or permission of instructor
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.(Senior Experience)
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ANT 4710 - Advanced Archaeological Field Research 3(1 + 4)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
The course covers advanced-level archaeological field work, including survey design, mapmaking, transit survey, sampling strategies, artifact conservation, student supervision of excavations and survey, field sample preparation, computer coding of artifact types and 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.
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ART 1101 - Two-Dimensional Design 3(0 + 6)
This course examines art elements and principles of two-dimensional design with emphasis on visual perception and problem-solving using a variety of media.
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ART 1141 - Drawing I: Black and White 3(0 + 6)
This course introduces drawing as the common denominator to all art-making media. Students practice fundamental drawing skills using a variety of black and white media and techniques while learning to apply line, shape, value and texture to creative visual problem solving and the expression of ideas.
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ART 1251 - Jewelry and Metals for Non-Art Majors 3(0 + 6)
Restriction: Course restricted to non-Art majors
This course explores traditional and contemporary approaches to the creation of handcrafted jewelry and precious or semiprecious metal objects. The course will introduce basic casting and fabricating techniques such as hollow construction and surface embellishment. This course is restricted to non-Art majors.
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ART 1261 - Painting for Non-Art Majors 3(3 + 0)
Restriction: Course restricted to non-Art majors
This course explores acrylic painting techniques and materials. Students study composition, the use of color, and design elements and principles. This course is restricted to non-Art majors.
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ART 1271 - Basic Photography Methods 3(0 + 6)
This course introduces basic photographic problem-solving dealing with technical and aesthetic concerns. Students learn black and white film exposure, development, and printing. This course is oriented to the non-art major.
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ART 1300 - Woods: Materials and Fabrication 4(2 + 4)
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.Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ART or IND.(IND 1010)
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ART 1501 - Three-Dimensional Design 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 1101 or Permission of instructor
This course examines art elements and principles of three-dimensional design with emphasis on visual perception and problem solving using a variety of materials.
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ART 1505 - The Artist’s Journal 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ART 1101 and ART 1141 or permission of department
Corequisite: ARTH 1600 or permission of department
This course focuses on developing a series of thematic concepts within the artist’s 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.
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ART 1531 - Introduction to Digital Art and Design 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ART 1101 or permission of instructor
This course introduces the computer as a tool for artists and designers. It develops students’ visual language and provides an introduction to image creation, digital painting, and photographic manipulation. Students learn to conceptualize ideas in artwork, navigate software interfaces, and present artwork in an appropriate manner.
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ART 1541 - Drawing II: Color 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 1141 or Permission of department
This course expands upon the understanding of fundamental drawing skills using color in a variety of media and techniques. Visual perception, problem solving, and the expression of ideas are stressed.
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ART 2101 - Color Theory and Practice 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 1101 and ART 1141; or Permission of instructor
This studio course explores color perception, psychology, interaction and systems. Students develop a color vocabulary and learn to mix additive and subtractive color using a variety of media.
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ART 2222 - Visual Thinking 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 1101 and ART 1531; either ( ARTH 1600, ART 1141, and ART 1501) or (COM 2430 and JRN 1010); or Permission of instructor
This course provides an introduction to the fundamental theories and principles of communication design. Emphasis is on creative problem-solving techniques, processes, and concepts which integrate specific design technologies. Within this context, students will gain an awareness of how design functions broadly within society today as a provocative communicative force.
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ART 2225 - Typography I 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ART 1531; or Permission of instructor
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ARTH 1700 and ART 2101
This course provides an introduction to the study of the letterform as a cornerstone of communication design. It focuses on how typography can be used as a communicative device as well as a graphic, compositional and expressive element. Areas explored include letterform anatomy, letterform analysis, measuring systems, typographic identification, and practical issues of setting and using type effectively.
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ART 2237 - Constructing the Digital Image 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 1101 and ART 1531; either ( ARTH 1600, ART 1141, and ART 1501) or (COM 2430 and JRN 1010); or Permission of instructor
This course explores the construction of digital artwork using photographic manipulation software as the primary tool. Technically and conceptually appropriate solutions are examined within the context of technology. Students explore technical, historical, and critical issues of digital art.
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ART 2611 - Ceramics I 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501; ART 1541 or ART 1531 or IND 1470; or permission of department
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ARTH 1700 and ART 2101
This course introduces students to the basic hand-building techniques and technical knowledge required to work and fire stoneware ceramics. Students will develop both a conceptual understanding and practical knowledge of the ways in which three-dimensional ceramic form functions.
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ART 2625 - Typography II 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 2101, ART 2222 and ART 2225; or Permission of instructor; student must provide a suitable laptop computer
This course explores visual problem solving by experimenting with typographic form, function, meaning, and aesthetics. Students refine their typographic skills while expanding conceptualization and intent within given assignments. Emphasis is on broadening the student’s ability to assert meaning through typography experimentation.
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ART 2644 - Life Drawing I 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ART 1541; or permission of department
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ARTH 1700 or permission of department
This course focuses on literal and interpretive investigations of the human figure, including study of basic anatomy for artists, using a variety of media and techniques.
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ART 2651 - Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing I 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501; ART 1541 or ART 1531 or IND 1470; or Permission of instructor
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ARTH 1700 and ART 2101
This course deals with traditional and contemporary approaches to the creation of handcrafted jewelry and precious or semi-precious metal objects. Basic fabricating techniques including hollow construction, and surface embellishment, basic metal forming techniques, simple stone setting, wax carving, and lost-wax casting are introduced.
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ART 2661 - Painting I 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ART 1541 or ART 1531 or IND 1470; or Permission of instructor
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ARTH 1700 and ART 2101
This course will explore the materials and techniques of acrylic painting, including application, color mixing, creative visual problem solving, and the study of composition.
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ART 2666 - Watermedia I 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ART 1541 or ART 1531 or IND 1470; or Permission of instructor
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ARTH 1700 and ART 2101
This course introduces the traditional transparent watercolor medium and opaque and mixed media techniques and approaches. Visual problem solving, individualized approach to content, and the expression of ideas are stressed.
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ART 2671 - Photography I 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ART 1531; or Permission of instructor
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ARTH 1700 and ART 2101; or permission of instructor
This course is an introduction to fine art black-and-white photography including materials, techniques, and concepts of image making. Exploration and usage of basic light-sensitive materials and an introduction to ideas about the art of picture making in relation to special course projects are included.
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ART 2681 - Printmaking I 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ART 1541 or ART 1531 or IND 1470, or Permission of instructor
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ARTH 1700 and ART 2101
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 2691 - Sculpture I 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ART 1541 or ART 1531 or IND 1470; or Permission of instructor
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ARTH 1700 and ART 2101
This course introduces students to sculptural thinking and problem solving in three dimensions. Sculptural ideas and forms are explored in basic media and related techniques.
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ART 3211 - Ceramics II 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 2101, ART 2611; ART 1541 or ART 1531 or IND 1470; or permission of the department
This course focuses on wheel throwing as an expressive tool with which students develop their ceramic techniques of thrown and altered forms. Topics of study include ceramic history and an introduction to ceramic science. In addition, students learn to make clay and to load and fire kilns.
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ART 3215 - Mold Making for Ceramics 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 2611 or IND 2450; and ART 1141, ART 1501, and ARTH 1700; or permission of department
This course explores the creation and use of plaster molds from
three-dimensional objects for reproduction in slipcast clay. Applications to professional ceramic production and experimental issues in ceramic art are explored and discussed.
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ART 3222 - Design Research Methods 3(2 + 2)
Prerequisite: ART 2222 and ART 2225; or Permission of instructor
This course examines how designers conduct pertinent research in order to produce relevant and meaningful visual communications solutions. Through specific assignments, students learn how to harness meaning and potential in their work by applying investigative processes, formulations, and strategies. Students work in teams putting theory into action, which informs individual design practice thereafter.
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ART 3225 - Typography III 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 2222 and 2625; or Permission of instructor; student must provide a suitable laptop computer
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ART 3222
This course offers a more advanced study of typographic design with an emphasis on the production of design solutions for offset lithography. Students design complex material that explores the function of typography in context. Prepress production techniques are applied to final design solutions allowing students to participate in the full scope of designing for print applications.
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ART 3235 - Video Art 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 2237, ART 1101 and ART 1531; either ( ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1141, ART 1501 and ART 2101) or (COM 2430 and JRN 1010); or Permission of instructor
This course provides an introduction to the use of video imaging as art. Technical components include preproduction, production, and an introduction to postproduction. The history, theory, and criticism of preproduction and production of experimental video art of the second half of the 20th century are discussed. Students will be required to provide an external hard drive that meets department specifications.
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ART 3241 - Drawing III: Thematic Drawing 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ART 1541; or permission of department
This course builds on the foundations of drawing, allowing for greater depth in conceptualization and technical skill development. Emphasis is on creation of work based on thematic assignments that allow the student to explore materials selection and format opportunities as appropriate to the concept.
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ART 3244 - Life Drawing II 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1541, and ART 2644; or permission of department
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.
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ART 3251 - Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing II 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 2101, ART 2651; ART 1541 or ART 1531 or IND 1470; or Permission of instructor
This intermediate level course develops the student’s skills in metalworking techniques including chasing, repoussé, mechanical structure exploration, various stone settings, alternative material handling, chain making, and fine silver fusing. Personal expression is explored through aesthetic, concept, and design development research for each project.
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ART 3261 - Painting II 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 2101, ART 2661; ART 1541 or ART 1531 or IND 1470; or Permission of instructor
This course introduces the materials and techniques of the oil painting medium, with emphasis on compositional analysis of historic and contemporary painting. Course emphasis is on developing a unique, individualized approach to content and media expression.
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ART 3266 - Community Painting: The Mural 3(3 + 0)
Prerequisite: ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 2661, ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700; ART 1531 or ART 1541 or IND 1470; or permission of department
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.
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ART 3271 - Photography II: Black and White 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ART 2101, and ART 2671; or Permission of instructor
This course requires students to produce black-and-white photography projects that broaden technical skills while expressing a personal vision. Critical theory and historical issues in art production are addressed.
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ART 3281 - Printmaking II: Lithography 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 2101, ART 2681; and ART 1541 or ART 1531 or IND 1470; or Permission of instructor
This course is an introduction to fine art hand-pulled lithography where original black and white and color prints are produced using traditional and contemporary techniques including photodigital applications. Image production stresses aesthetic and conceptual development.
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ART 3283 - Printmaking II: Intaglio 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 2101, ART 2681; ART 1541 or ART 1531 or IND 1470; or Permission of instructor
This course develops an expanded knowledge of traditional and contemporary fine art, hand pulled intaglio and relief processes with an emphasis on color printing techniques. Image production stresses personal aesthetic and conceptual development.
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ART 3285 - Printmaking II: Screenprinting 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 2101, ART 2681; ART 1541 or ART 1531 or IND 1470; or Permission of instructor
This course develops an extensive knowledge of traditional and contemporary fine art, handpulled screenprinting processes with an emphasis on water-based, color, and photodigital techniques. Image production stresses personal aesthetic and conceptual development.
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ART 3287 - Monotype Printmaking 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1141, ART 1501; ART 1541 or ART 1531; or Permission of Instructor
This course provides instruction in specific methods, materials, and equipment associated with the production of monotypes and monoprints. The creation of print images emphasizes development of an unique aesthetic and personal concept.
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ART 3290 - Photojournalism I 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: art core, ART 1271 or ART 2671, ART 1101 and JRN 1100
This course provides an introduction to photojournalism and techniques used in photography for the print media. Students must have a working knowledge of 35mm cameras and darkroom procedures.Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ART or JRN.(JRN 3600)
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ART 3291 - Sculpture II 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 2101, ART 2691; ART 1531 or ART 1541 or IND 1470; or Permission of instructor
This course continues exploring creative approaches to sculptural object production. Personal expression is encouraged and practiced through aesthetic, concept, and design development research.
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ART 3293 - Functional Sculpture 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 2691 or Permission of instructor
This course is designed to develop the individual’s ability to design functional objects with an emphasis on sculptural concerns. The course provides instruction in the specific use of materials and technical processes for both traditional and nontraditional materials.
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ART 3295 - Glassworking 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 2691 or Permission of instructor
This studio course is designed to give students a broad understanding of working with glass. The course covers technical information on the properties of glass, the history of glass working, kiln operation, and glass techniques at various temperatures.Note: glass blowing is not covered in this course.
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ART 3301 - The Artist’s Book 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 2101; ART 1531 or ART 1541 or IND 1470; or Permission of instructor
This studio course will deal with the book as an art object, emphasizing structure, craft, and conceptual ideas. Students will build various traditional and nontraditional book types and provide display methods for books in an exhibition context.
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ART 3321 - Illustration for Communication Designers 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 2101, ART 2225; ART 1531 or ART 1541; or Permission of instructor
This course allows the student who is studying design to address visual communication strategies and solutions through hand-rendered illustrative means. Students will be encouraged to experiment with a wide variety of media and techniques though concept-driven coursework. In addition, the course will give students insights into the demands of a professional illustration career.
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ART 3325 - Illustration for Industrial Designers 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501 and IND 2450, or Permission of instructor
This course allows the student who is studying industrial design to address visual communication strategies and solutions through hand-rendered illustrative means. Students experiment with a wide variety of media and techniques in order to visualize individual concepts. In addition, students refine their drawing and rendering skills while developing a personal language that will translate to their studies in industrial design.
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ART 3501 - Mixed Media Exploration I 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: At least junior standing; ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700; ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ART 2101; ART 1531 or ART 1541 or IND 1470; two of the following: ART 2222, ART 2237, ART 2611, ART 2644, ART 2651, ART 2661, ART 2671, ART 2681, ART 2691; or Permission of Instructor
In this course students develop individual verbal and visual responses to the transformation of concepts and ideas into art using a variety of media. Students will work individually and collaboratively.
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ART 3601 - Introduction to Art Education 4(3 + 2)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, and ART2101; six additional semester hours of ARTH or ART coursework; or permission of department
Prerequisite/Corequisite: EDS 3140
This lecture/field experience course introduces the historical, philosophical, social,political, legal,psychological, and educational concepts that have influenced the development of art education in the United States. The current status of advocacy for the arts and art education within the context of general education is explored. Fifty hours of field experiences provide practical application of concepts and standards of K-12 art classrooms,and also provide evidence of the formulation of teaching skills.
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ART 3605 - The Inclusive Music and Art Classroom 2(1 + 2)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: MUS 2340 or ART 3601 or permission of instructor
This course provides a survey of various exceptionalities of K-12 students, ranging from mild to severe, with a focus on meeting the needs of these students in music and art classrooms. Information about child abuse and medical conditions, and their possible effects on student learning and behavior, is provided. Teacher- candidates are introduced to special education processes with music and art content that facilitates the learning process of students with special needs, including strategies and curriculum adaptations for inclusion in music and art classrooms.Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ART or MUS(MUS 3390)
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ART 3611 - Ceramics III 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 3211 or permission of department
This course addresses the broad range of perspectives found in historical and contemporary ceramic art including sculpture, vessel reference works, and pottery. Emphasis is on the development of conceptual ideas and improving skills through an exploration of more complex forms and investigating advanced embellishment and firing techniques.
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ART 3615 - Low-Fire Ceramics 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 2611 or permission of department
This course provides a historical overview of low-fire ceramics. Students experiment with a variety of lowfire clays and surface techniques on tiles and sculptural forms.
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ART 3623 - Identity and Systems Design 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 2222 and ART 2625; student must provide a suitable laptop computer
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ART 3222
This course focuses on the historical and contemporary development of identity marks, branding, and identity systems design. Students will investigate branding processes, create communicative identity marks, and apply an intentional system of thought to design strategy. Emphasis is on creating strong, clear conceptualization processes over a series of related communication pieces for a given identity problem.
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ART 3625 - Narrative Design 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 2222, ART 2625, and ART 3222; or Permission of instructor; student must provide a suitable laptop computer
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ART 3623
This course explores designing for linear vs. nonlinear narrative structures. Diverse design principles and ideologies are covered. Exploration focuses on inventive formulation of form and content and may be two-dimensional, three-dimensional, or digitally based.
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ART 3631 - Interactive Multimedia Art 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 1531, ART 2222, ART 2237 and ART 3235; or Permission of instructor
This course introduces multimedia authoring software as the technology through which artwork is created. Students will create artwork that integrates contemporary theory, conceptual development, interactivity and animation into visual language.
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ART 3635 - Web Art I 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 1531, ART 2222, ART 2237 and ART 3235; or Permission of instructor
This course introduces the Internet as the site where art content is realized. Using web authoring software students will create Web sites as art integrating conceptual development, navigational hierarchy, interactivity, and personal vision.
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ART 3641 - Drawing IV: Portfolio Introduction 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 3241 and ART 1531; or permission of department
This course continues to develop traditional as well as contemporary approaches to drawing while emphasizing content. Students examine the necessary criteria for developing a cohesive body of work. Material and technique exploration is focused on students’ needs relative to project development and may include production in a variety of media. Personal concept development is stressed throughout the course.
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ART 3644 - Drawing Identity 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531 and ART 1541; or permission of department
This course explores the fundamentals of portraying identity through an anatomical examination of facial structure, as well as body language, clothing,body ornamentation and cultural influences. It surveys the notion of “ideal beauty” historically and in contemporary societies. Various cultural canons are discussed and contrasted with today’s technology which provides access to alterations of the face and body. Class dialogue engages moral and ethical questions concerning art, culture and humanity whether virtual or in reality. A variety of media and techniques are explored which embrace literal and inventive explorations of anatomy and surface forms. Students create work through identity-driven assignments that serve as points of departure in
constructing artworks.
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ART 3651 - Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing III 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 2651, ART 3251; ART 1531 or ART 1541 or IND 1470; or Permission of instructor
The course explores advanced metalworking techniques such as mechanical structure exploration, sinking, raising, forming, mold making, and multi-wax production practice; alternative material use such as enameling; textile technique use in metal; anodizing/electronic reactive-metal; professional practice; and investigation of past and present metal work. Distinctive personal expression and artistic growth are stressed along with aesthetic, conceptual, and design development research.
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ART 3653 - Casting for Jewelers and Metalsmiths 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 3251 or Permission of instructor
This course applies casting techniques, including wax carving, wax casting processes, alternative direct casting methods, mold making, multicasting methods, wax mold stone setting, and double casting processes, to the creation of art jewelry and precious metal sculptures.
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ART 3655 - Enameling for Jewelers and Metalsmiths 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 3251 or Permission of instructor
This course applies basic, intermediate, and advanced enameling techniques to the creation of art jewelry and precious metal objects. Techniques include cloisonné, champlevé, and plique-à-jour among others.
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ART 3657 - Textile Techniques in Metal 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 3251 or Permission of instructor
This course allows students to learn various textile techniques such as weaving, knitting, crochet, braiding, basketry, knotting, and netting while working in precious and nonprecious metals. Students apply these techniques to the creation of art jewelry and metal art objects.
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ART 3661 - Painting III 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 3261 or Permission of instructor
This course continues the development of methods of painting through exploration of materials, techniques, composition, and concepts. Students create objective and subjective paintings that include the human figure.
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ART 3666 - Watermedia II 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 2101, ART 2666; ART 1541 or ART 1531 or IND 1470; or Permission of instructor
This course explores advanced transparent and opaque watermedia as well as mixed media techniques. Students will 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.
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ART 3671 - Photography III: Color 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 2237 and ART 3271; or Permission of instructor
This course requires the intermediate photography student to use color photography as an expressive medium in order to gain an understanding of how images function in our culture. The course emphasizes critical thinking and intelligent image making through readings, presentations, and idea development. Technical exercises and readings help the student to acquire the skills necessary to produce color artworks. Both wet and digital processes are taught.
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ART 3681 - Printmaking III 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: two of the following: ART 3281, ART 3283, ART 3285; or Permission of instructor
This course focuses on developing the student’s ability to analyze the conceptual quality of works produced. Students will further explore personal direction and technical resolve within a body of artwork.
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ART 3691 - Sculpture III 3(0 + 6)
Prerequisite: ART 3291 or Permission of instructor
This course continues to develop traditional approaches as well as exploring less traditional multimedia and environmental sculptural work. Material exploration is focused on student’s needs relative to project development and may include production in a variety of media. Personal concept development is stressed throughout the course.
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