Courses
Learning Goals/Outcomes
- Students will effectively use written and oral communications to describe, present, and or critique their work. Attain effective skills in oral and written communication, quantitative reasoning, and the use of information technology.
General Education Goal #1 - Students will be able to assemble a body or collection of work in a coherent form (that communicates a particular intention) for portfolios, exhibitions, or presentations. Be able to work and learn both independently and collaboratively.
General Education Goal #3 - Students will use a range of materials to visualize ideas in original ways.
Learn to think critically to solve problems. General Education Goal #2
Understand the diverse ways of thinking that underlie the search for knowledge in the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences. General Education Goal #5
Expand understanding and appreciation of human creativity and diverse forms of aesthetic and intellectual expression.
General Education Goal #8 - Students will become aware of how their work can intersect with local, national, and international communities and issues.
General Education Goal #4; General Education Goal #7; General Education Goal #9 and General Education Goal #10.
Course Syllabi
By clicking on a course listed below you may review a sample syllabi which will show the course objectives for our required courses.
- ART110 — Drawing I
- ART111 — Design I
- ART112 — Drawing II
- ART113 — Design II
- ART116 — Introduction to Digital Media
- ART117 — Research Studio: Practice and Product
- ART118 — Foundations Colloquium
- ART129 — Design in Visual Arts
- ART180 — Photographic Approaches
- ART202 — Typography I
- ART203 — Typography II
- ART204 — Media/Design/Culture
- ART206 — Form and Communication I
- ART207 — Form and Communication II
- ART212 — Drawing Approaches
- ART215 — Seeing and Being
- ART230 — Figure Drawing
- ART231 — Introduction to Painting
- ART243 — Introduction to Printmaking
- ART246 — Screenprinting
- ART250 — Introduction to Sculpture
- ART280 — Introduction to Photo and Video
- ART281 — Darkroom Photography
- ART289 — Documentary Photograpy
- ART290 — Introduction to Ceramics
- ART300 — Typography III
- ART301 — Graphic Design Studio
- ART307 — Interactive Media
- ART308 — Form and Communication III
- ART309 — Book Arts
- ART310 — Photographic Design
- ART312 — Illustration Methods
- ART315 — Issues in Contemporary Art
- ART317 — Printmaking Strategies
- ART318 — Applied Design Visits
- ART319 — Applied Design Topics
- ART322 — Advertising Design Methods
- ART324 — The Art of Social Change
- ART326 — Experimental Animation
- ART327 — Expanded Print Media
- ART331 — Intermediate Painting
- ART334 — Figure Painting
- ART335 — Mixed Media Drawing
- ART344 — Digital Printmaking
- ART346 — Letterpress printing
- ART350 — Intermediate Sculpture
- ART382 — Alternative Photographic Processes
- ART384 — Digital Photography
- ART385 — Video Art
- ART386 — Lighting Studio
- ART390 — Ceramics - Wheel Throwing & Firing
- ART391— Ceramics A Time Based Approach
- ART400 — Visual Communications Practicum
- ART401 — Visual Communications Portfolio Preparation
- ART406 — Artist Machine
- ART407 — Topics in Art & Technology
- ART409 — Design Contexts
- ART412 — Illustration Topics
- ART416 — Senior Seminar
- ART419 — Senior Studio
- ART422 — Advertising Design Topics
- ART432 — Painting Studio
- ART440 — Printmaking Studio
- ART450 — Sculpture Studio
- ART467 — Introduction to Mural Painting and Public Art Processes
- ART481 — Photo and Video Studio
- ART490 — Ceramics Studio
- ART678 — Graduate Research Seminar