Fine Arts Courses

ART101 Introduction to Music and Art

[3–0, 3 cr.]

This is a course in music and art appreciation, introducing students to techniques, outstanding examples, and representative works of the various periods, with a look at the interrelationship between them.

ART102 Art Appreciation

[3–0, 3 cr.]

This introductory course provides students with a comprehensive overview of the visual arts. Based on the analysis of selective works by visual artists, the course focuses on the elements of composition, media, techniques, and the creators’ visual reasoning in selected periods of art history ranging from the Renaissance to Neo-Classism, Romanticism, Modern Art and Contemporary Art. It aims to examine the work of artists in their social context, encouraging students to develop an analytical and comprehensive approach to the visual arts.

ART201 Fundamentals of Design I

[0–6, 3 cr.]

This course is a studio course investigating the basic elements and principles of the visual arts in two dimensional media and form.

ART202 Fundamentals of Design II

[0–6, 3 cr.]

This course is a studio course investigating the basic elements and principles of the visual arts in three dimensional media and form.

ART211 Ceramics I

[0–4, 3 cr.]

This course is an introductory course to the primary techniques of hand-made pottery, its maintenance, and finish, as well as the understanding, preparation, and maintenance, of clay through its various stages, and the relationship of design, functional and otherwise, to the medium.

ART212 Ceramics II

[0–4, 3 cr.]

This course is a focus on wheel-made pottery, stressing the relationship of good functional design to useful wheel-made objects, by offering basic shapes of such pottery.

Prerequisite: ART211 Ceramics I

ART221 Drawing I

[0–6, 3 cr.]

This course is a study of the basic drawing techniques in various media in regards to landscape, still life, and the human figure.

ART222 Drawing II

[0–6, 3 cr.]

This course is a concentrated study of the human figure, emphasizing analysis and the synthesis of visual experience.

Prerequisite: ART221 Drawing I

ART223 Perspective Drawing

[0–2, 1 cr.]

This course is a practical studio course that investigates and applies the laws of linear perspective in the rendering of three dimensional objects and scenes on two dimensional surfaces.

Co-requisite: ART221 Drawing I

ART331 History of Art I

[3–0, 3 cr.]

This course is a survey of the visual art of the ancient Oriental, Classical, and Medieval Periods.

ART332 History of Art II

[3–0, 3 cr.]

This course is a survey of the visual art of the Renaissance, Baroque, and Modern periods.

ART333 Art Education

[1–4, 3 cr.]

This course is a survey of the principles, materials, techniques, and resources for teaching art to children. Emphasis is on the extensive variety of art media suitable for young children, such as clay, paint, collage, and drawing.

ART334 Graphics

[0–6, 3 cr.]

This course is a studio course investigating the basic printing processes of intaglio, planography, and relief.

Prerequisite: ART201 Fundamentals of Design I or ART221 Drawing I

ART335 Islamic Art of the Middle East

[3–0, 3 cr.]

This course is designed to stimulate a deeper understanding of the Islamic Art of the Middle East through an investigation of its cultural origins.

ART341 Painting I

[0–6, 3 cr.]

This course is an introduction to painting procedure. The course includes detailed studies of still life, landscape, and the human figure.

Prerequisites: ART221 Drawing I or Instructor consent

ART342 Painting II

[0–6, 3 cr.]

This course is a studio course that looks into a variety of approaches to space interpretation on a two dimensional plane.

Prerequisite: ART341 Painting I or Instructor consent

ART351 Sculpture I

[0–6, 3 cr.]

This is a course facilitating the realization of three dimensional forms through modeling, carving, and casting of meaningful subjects.

ART352 Sculpture II

[0–6, 3 cr.]

This is an advanced course that provides for greater proficiency in the creation of the three-dimensional form. Special emphasis is placed on the production of free standing and relief sculpture for specific sites.

Prerequisite: ART351 Sculpture I or Instructor consent

ART431 Modern Art

[3–0, 3 cr.]

This course is a comprehensive examination of stylistic developments in visual art from the advent of impressionism to the present.

ART441 Painting III

[0–6, 3 cr.]

This course is a studio course that develops a greater awareness of the elements of art’s expressive potential in the creation of various moods.

Prerequisite: ART342 Painting II or Instructor consent

ART442 Painting IV

[0–6, 3 cr.]

This course is a studio course that develops skills in the use of various painting materials and techniques. It is a stepping stone to different media.

Prerequisite: ART441 Painting III or Instructor consent

ART499 Senior Study

[0–6, 3 cr.]

This is a senior course that provides for independent initiation and execution of art projects, allowing for greater depth and research in the development of a personal idiom.