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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is an introductory course that entails deliberate visual decision-making based on the elements and principles of design on a two-dimensional surface. A variety of media including wet, dry and or digital possibilities will be a focus of this course. Demonstration, discussion and formal critiques will augment studio work. Prerequisite:    (MAT 025 and (REA 050 or REA 075 or ENG 099) or Appropriate Placement Test Scores
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will emphasize an in-depth study of the basic properties of color. Color-aid papers as well as pigment will serve as the basic media used in this course. Demonstration, discussion and formal critiques will augment studio work. Prerequisite:    ART 122
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is an introductory course that entails deliberate decision-making based on the elements and principles of design within a three-dimensional space. A variety of media including traditional and non-traditional materials may be utilized through additive and subtractive methods. Historical and contemporary references may be used to investigate techniques and stimulate discussion toward conceptualizing, visualizing and execution. Demonstration, discussion and formal critiques will augment studio work. Prerequisite:    (ENG 050 and REA 050) or ENG 099* or REA 075 or Appropriate Placement Test Scores (*Course(s) May Be Taken Concurrently)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is an introductory level foundation course in drawing. A variety of media and subject matter including still life will be a focus in this course. Demonstration, discussion and formal critiques will augment studio work. Prerequisite:    MAT 025 and ((ENG 050 and REA 050) or ENG 099* or REA 075) or Appropriate Placement Test Scores (*Course(s) May Be Taken Concurrently)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will continue to stress general foundation drawing skills. A variety of wet and dry media including color media will be a focus in this course. Subject matter will expand from still-life to more conceptually based integration of various imagery. Demonstration, discussion and formal critiques will augment studio work. Prerequisite:    ART 130
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces students to visual language utilizing the medium of photography. Problems and assignments are structured to develop a personal vision and working knowledge of photographic materials and methods. Contemporary and historic styles in photography and composition will be introduced with an emphasis on aesthetic, technical, and conceptual practices. Demonstration, discussion and formal critiques will augment studio work. Prerequisite:    MAT 050 and ((ENG 050 and REA 050) or ENG 099* or REA 075) or Appropriate Placement Test Scores (*Course(s) May Be Taken Concurrently)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course continues the exploration into conceptual and technical proficiency with an emphasis on photography as fine art. Advanced techniques with camera work, film developing, printing and presentation will be discussed as well as the departure from traditional photographic practices, conventions and materials. Lecture, demonstration, discussion and formal critiques will augment studio work. Prerequisite:    ART 133
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will focus on specific freehand drawing skills needed to be successful in the daily requirements of the advertising and commercial design fields through structural analysis of man made and natural forms. The elements of line shape, value and spatial organization will be stressed to develop drawings suitable for inclusion in the student's design portfolio. Demonstration, discussion and formal critiques will augment studio work. Prerequisite:    ART 130
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is a foundation level studio course in acrylic painting with instruction of the use of brush and palette knife. Still life subject matter will be the predominant source of visual imagery in this course. Demonstration, discussion and formal critiques will augment studio work. Prerequisite:    MAT 025 and ((ENG 050 and REA 050) or ENG 099* or REA 075) or Appropriate Placement Test Scores (*Course(s) May Be Taken Concurrently)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will continue to stress general foundation painting skills in the acrylic and or mixed media. Subject matter will expand from the still-life to more conceptual based integration of various imagery. Demonstration discussion and formal critiques will augment studio work. Prerequisite:    ART 140
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