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VISUAL COMMUNICATION COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
ART 1102 Drawing Studio: Line (5) Offerings
Studies the use of line, perspective, value, and composition in the context of drawing as visual description based on observation and analysis of various motifs. Emphasizes linear drawing. Extra fee.
Attributes: Arts and Humanities A    Restrictions: Junior, Senior students are excluded.   
ART 1103 Drawing Studio: Value (5) Offerings
Studies the use of line, perspective, value, and composition in the context of drawing as visual description based on observation and analysis of various motifs. Emphasizes tonal drawing. Extra fee.
Attributes: Arts and Humanities A    Restrictions: Junior, Senior students are excluded.   
ART 1202 Design Studio-2 Dimensional (5) Offerings
Applies the elements and principles of visual arts and design to two-dimensional projects in a variety of media emphasizing practical design problems. Emphasizes two-dimensional design. Extra fee.
ART 1203 Design Studio-3 Dimensional (5) Offerings
Applies the elements and principles of visual arts and design to three-dimensional projects in a variety of media emphasizing practical design problems. Emphasizes three-dimensional design. Extra fee.
ART 1205 Design Studio Color (5) Offerings
Presents an overview of the study of color and color relationships. Emphasis will be placed on the seven color contrasts as defined by Itten in the Elements of Color. Students will work with both paint and computer systems.
Restrictions: Art Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students only.   
ART 2201 Introduction to Computer Art (3) Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 1102, 1202, and 1205. Overview and exploration of the rudimentary use of digital media as it relates to the production of visual communications. Extra fee.
ART 2205 Image Capture (3) Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 2201. Exploration of traditional and digital methods of capturing images for refinement, manipulation, or reference. Extra fee.
Restrictions: Visual Arts Majors only.   
ART 2208 Typography (3) Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 2201. Introduction to the communicative, symbolic, and associative aspects of typography. Emphasis is placed upon the strategic use of typography as a primary design element. Extra fee.
Restrictions: Visual Arts, Visual Communication Majors only. Freshman students are excluded.   
ART 2302 Painting Studio-Oil (5) Offerings
Analyzes problems in two-dimensional composition and the expression of volume on the two-dimensional plane emphasizing materials and techniques of oil painting. Extra fee.
Attributes: Arts and Humanities A   
ART 2421 Printmaking Studio (3) Offerings
Studies graphic art with projects in several printing media including relief and intaglio processes in woodcut, linocut, drypoint and etching, lithography, and monoprint. Extra fee.
Restrictions: Freshman students are excluded.   
ART 2502 Illustration (3) Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 1102, 1202, and ART 1205 or 3315. Introduction to the various problems, materials, techniques, and processes utilized in professional illustration. Extra fee.
ART 3112 Drawing Studio-Figure (3) Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 1102, 1103, 1104. Studies the problems of anatomical structure with sketching and drawing from the draped model. Extra fee.
Attributes: Upper-Division    Restrictions: Art, Textiles, Clothing & Interiors Majors only. Freshman students are excluded.   
ART 3202 Visual Communications I (3) Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 2201, 2205, 2208. Exploration of creative ideas, resources, digital processes, media, and terminology in the development of visual communication solutions. Extra fee.
Attributes: Upper-Division    Restrictions: Art, Visual Communication Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.   
ART 3204 Visual Communications II (3) Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 3202. Continues exploration of terminology, processes, and theory in the development of design solutions for various forms of visual communication. Extra fee.
Attributes: Upper-Division    Restrictions: Art, Visual Communication Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.   
ART 3207 Information Architecture (3) Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 2208, 3204. Exploration of theoretical, practical and developmental aspects of information design. Focus on systematic aspects of communication and interactivity in preparation for designing in the electronic environment. Extra fee.
Attributes: Upper-Division    Restrictions: Art, Visual Communication Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.   
ART 3502 Image and Narration (3) Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 1102, 1202, 3112, and 1205 or 3315. Investigates various forms of representation and their application to narrative content. Projects will emphasize the process of working from text to visual image in the form of illustration, computer art, painting, and/or printmaking. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit 1 time.
Attributes: Upper-Division    Restrictions: Art Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.   
ART 3604 Histry Renaissance/Baroque Art (5) Offerings
Explores the symbolic, pictorial, and plastic expression of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Offered alternate years.
Attributes: Arts and Humanities A, Upper-Division    Restrictions: Freshman students are excluded.   
ART 3605 History of Modern Art (5) Offerings
Explores the plastic and pictorial expression of Europe and America from the 18th century to the present particularly emphasizing 20th-century development. Offered alternate years.
Attributes: Arts and Humanities A, Upper-Division    Restrictions: Freshman students are excluded.   
ART 3610 History of Graphic Design (5) Offerings
Survey of historical roots of typography, illustration, and graphic design to the present. Issues, ideas, and designer/artists are studied as vehicles for historical advancement.
Attributes: Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course    Restrictions: Art Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.   
ART 4208 Interactive Media I (3) Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 3204. Introduction to the tools, processes, and strategies for time-based media. Concentration on fundamental properties of the electronic environment, along with development of appropriate skill base. Extra fee.
Attributes: Upper-Division    Restrictions: Art Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.   
ART 4210 Interactive Media II (3) Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 4208. Continued development of design aspects related to time-based and interactive media. Emphasis placed on strategic use of theory, methodology, and refinement in the development of electronic interactive Web sites or learning tools. Extra fee.
Attributes: Upper-Division    Restrictions: Art Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.   
ART 4212 Motion Graphics (3) Offerings
Prerequisite: ART 4210. Exploration and focus upon utilization of movement as a design element in the interactive electronic environment. Investigation of primitive to sophisticated uses of animation as a communicative instrument. Extra fee.
Attributes: Upper-Division    Restrictions: Art Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.   
ART 4236 Portfolio (2) Offerings
Instruction in the development of a professional portfolio including resume and cover-letter writing and presentation of samples of creative work. Extra fee.
Attributes: Upper-Division    Restrictions: Art, Visual Arts Majors only.   
ART 4899 Senior Capstone:Visual Communc (3) Offerings
The interface of visual communication with contemporary culture and its influences will be examined in the context of a faith perspective. Students will be expected to examine their own values in the context of a career trajectory that may challenge ethical boundaries. Readings related to visual culture and connections with issues of faith will facilitate this exploration. Students are required to write a position paper that formulates a design philosophy and integrates one's own faith perspective.
Attributes: Upper-Division    Restrictions: Visual Communication Majors only. Senior students only.   
ART 4943 Art Internship (3) Offerings
An opportunity for art students to gain additional proficiency and experience in an approved project of the student's own design. May be repeated for credit up to 20 credits.
Attributes: Upper-Division    Restrictions: Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.   



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