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ACCT 0104 - Principles of Accounting I
Credits: 3
Development of a framework of concepts underlying the preparation of corporate financial statements which are useful to investors, economists, the general public, and other interested external parties. The balance sheet and income statement as conventionally reported by American corporations are studied as to methodology for their preparation, their interpretation, and their strengths and limitations.
Prerequisites: MGMT 0107 .
(Formerly MGMT 0104)
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ACCT 0105 - Principles of Accounting II
Credits: 3
Continuation of the emphasis in Principles of Accounting I upon corporate financial reporting to external parties. An introduction to the concepts underlying the preparation of accounting information which is useful to management in the planning and control of business operations.
Prerequisites: ACCT 0104 .
(Formerly MGMT 0105)
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ACCT 0205 - Fund Accounting
Credits: 3
Concerns the accounting theory applied to nonprofit entities such as municipalities, universities, hospitals, and churches. Content constitutes a significant portion of the Uniform Certified Public Accountant examination.
Prerequisites: ACCT 0104 , Junior or senior status is required.
(Formerly MGMT 0205)
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ACCT 0310 - Federal Income Taxation
Credits: 3
A first course in Federal Taxation which provides an overview of past and present Internal Revenue Codes. Emphasis is on personal and business income tax procedures and preparation. Exclusions, deductions and income from proprietorships, partnerships, rental units, trusts and estates, dividends and interest are included.
Prerequisites: ACCT 0105 , Junior or senior status is required.
(Formerly MGMT 0310)
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ACCT 0311 - Auditing
Credits: 3
Covers the principles of auditing, using accounting principles as criteria. Current auditing theories, standards, procedures, and techniques are studied. Auditing procedures and analysis of supporting documentation materials are emphasized to ascertain how they lead to the development of an audit opinion. The course studies the legal, ethical, and technical environment in which the auditor works. A practice case study is required.
Prerequisites: ACCT 0105 , Junior or senior status is required.
(Formerly MGMT 0311)
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ACCT 0315 - Financial Reporting I
Credits: 3
Advances the depth of accounting concepts pursued in the accounting principles courses. The course begins with an overall review of basic financial concepts and the essentials of the accounting process. It continues with a more indepth view of income recognition and measurement, accounting changes and errors, and a detailed look at various asset accounts and their relationship to the income statement. Balance sheet accounts covered include cash, receivables, and inventory.
Prerequisites: ACCT 0105 , Junior or senior status is required.
(Formerly MGMT 0315)
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ACCT 0316 - Financial Reporting II
Credits: 3
Continues the advanced study of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) guiding the preparation of corporate financial statements. The topics addressed include: property, plant and equipment; depreciation; intangibles; liabilities; investments; stockholders’ equity; and earnings per share.
Prerequisites: ACCT 0315 , Junior or senior status is required.
(Formerly MGMT 0316)
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ACCT 0317 - Cost Accounting
Credits: 3
This course provides a strong conceptual foundation in the preparation of information for use by management in the planning and control of business operations. Topics covered will include cost-volume-profit analysis, job costing, activity-based costing, process costing, master budgets, flexible budgets, and variance analysis. Students will be required to use spreadsheet software extensively in several case studies.
Prerequisites: ACCT 0105 , Junior or senior status is required.
(Formerly MGMT 0317)
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ACCT 0318 - Financial Reporting III
Credits: 3
Continues the advanced study of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) guiding the preparation of corporate financial statement. The topics addressed include: leases; pensions and other post-retirement benefits; deferred taxes; an introduction to accounting for business combinations, and other advanced financial reporting issues.
Prerequisites: , Junior or senior status is required.
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ACCT 0322 - Corporate Taxation: Planning and Practice
Credits: 3
A planning approach to the taxation of corporations and formation of investment and business decisions by managers. Collapsible Corporations, capital gains treatment, charitable contributions, net operating loss, dividends-received deductions, alternatives minimum tax, and reconciliation of tax and book income will be examined.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior status; ACCT 0104 , and ACCT 0105 .
(Formerly MGMT 0322)
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ACCT 0345 - Accounting Information Systems
Credits: 3
Study of factors considered in the design, development, and implementation of accounting related information systems. Topics may include computer feasibility studies, business processes and transaction cycles, general ledger and financial reporting, proper system documentation, internal controls and audit trails, implementation issues, the impact of the accounting function on various elements of the organization, and implications of the Internet on accounting information systems.
Prerequisites: ACCT 0105 , Junior or senior status is required.
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ACCT 0350 - Special Topics in Accounting
Credits: 3
Examines current issues within the accounting profession and/or topics that require advanced treatment within an accounting specialty area. May be repeated if course content differs.
Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor, Junior or senior status is required.
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ACCT 0399 - Independent Study: Accounting
Credits: 1-6
A course by special arrangement in a specific theoretical or applied area under careful faculty supervision. It is intended to broaden students’ concentration in accounting or to gain depth in a particular area of interest within this field of study. A student may be assigned a series of readings and discussions, or engage in an applied project in an area agreed upon by the student and instructor and approved by the Chair of the Department. Arrangements must be made with the instructor and Chair before registering for this course.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chair; Junior or senior status is required.
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ART 0106 - Art Survey: Prehistoric to Middle Ages
Credits: 3
Major representative works of western art and architecture from prehistoric times through the middle ages will be presented from a critical and historical viewpoint. The student will be introduced to the aesthetic and philosophical principles that underlie all art as well as to the relationship between the visual arts and the culture and society which produced them.
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ART 0107 - Art Survey: Renaissance to Present
Credits: 3
The study of western art and architecture from the Renaissance to the present will be presented under the same format as ART 0106 .
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ART 0230 - Politics of Art
Credits: 3
Focusing mainly on contemporary visual art and recent controversies, this course will explore a variety of topics where politics and art mix such as questions of repatriation of ancient art and generally where art belongs, museums practices, copyright, censorship and public funding, as well as gender, race and LGBTQ issues. This course will be a mix of lecture and discussion with an emphasis on student directed research.
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ART 0235 - Latin American Art
Credits: 3
This course provides a thematic survey of the art of Latin America of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with a focus on Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and the Caribbean. An emphasis will be placed on the forces of nationalism and modernism as they relate to the creation of artistic styles, the interaction of high art and popular culture, and expressions of identity for local and international audiences.
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ART 0241 - African Art: Ritual, Performance, and Theatre
Credits: 3
This course seeks to rethink the idea of traditional objects from the African continent as “art,” as defined in Western terms, and builds the argument that such objects are often connected to social theatre in the communities they represent. This course spans the continent of Africa, but also investigates black diaspora settlements around the world, to redefine our Western understanding of ritual and performance. Here, we will discover that “ritual” is not always cosmic or spiritual, but sometimes involves the intimate activity of body decoration, or hairstyling; that “performances” are a daily, central aspect of most black communities-that distinctly theatric elements of social performance are not only a part of masquerades, but also seen in traditional wrestling matches (and body design), ritual seclusion and fattening, and religious (or funerary) processions. This course is especially invested in addressing prevalent themes of performance in the African Diaspora (especially in the African-American culture), and understanding the many connections between diaspora performance and theatre to the visual arts of Africa.
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ART 0316 - History of American Art
Credits: 3
A study of the painting, architecture and practical arts in the United States from the period after colonial times to the present.
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ART 0317 - Classical Art
Credits: 3
The chief artistic accomplishments of ancient Greece and Rome. Extensive study into the realm of Greek and roman architecture, classical sculpture, building and portraiture, as well as the minor arts.
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ART 0318 - Flemish Art
Credits: 3
Study of Netherlandish painting of the 14th through 16th century works of art, from jean Pucelle to Brueghel.
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ART 0319 - Renaissance Art
Credits: 3
A study of the major artistic achievements of the Italian Renaissance from Giotto to Michelangelo with special emphasis on painting and sculpture.
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ART 0321 - Contemporary Artists and Contemporary Art
Credits: 3
Students will be introduced to the works and ideas of modern contemporary American artists since 1950 with reference to the influence of selected European modern artists. Museum trips are included.
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ART 0327 - History of Graphic Design
Credits: 3
This course will trace the history of graphic design from the invention of writing and alphabets through the origins of printing and typography and the various movements such as Victorian Art Nouveau, Post Modern and the Computer Graphic revolution.
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ART 0332 - The Art History of The Black Body
Credits: 3
This course seeks to address areas of significant visual history that are largely left unearthed within the discipline of Art History: namely the visual politics surrounding the black body in Western art and representation. Our study reaches into the murky history of black representation during the period of “European Enlightenment,” but also engages the intersections of the biological and social sciences with anthropological studies during the colonial era, which left the African continent divided up as property of various European entities, but also placed the black body in an uncomfortable state of “investigation”-a state that winds up defining the survivors of the Atlantic Slave Trade into the American cultural space.
From the famous “scientific” slave daguerreotypes of Harvard’s own Louis Agassiz, to children’s literature depicting black kids being devoured by large animals, to the horrific recordings of torture, mutilations, and slayings of black people into postcards for the marketplace, with the assistance of the students, this course seeks to arrive at a set of unique and useful questions about Europe’s and America’s historic visual history and representations of the black body.
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ART 0333 - Early Twentieth Century Art
Credits: 3
A study of major movements in the art of the first half of the 20th century. The course will examine Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Dada, Surrealism and abstract art.
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ART 0334 - Nineteenth Century Art in Europe
Credits: 3
A study of European painting and sculpture from the Romantic-Classical styles of David and Delacroix through the Post-Impressionism of Paul Gauguin.
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ART 0341 - 17th Century Art
Credits: 3
A study of formation and evolution of the Baroque movement in European architecture, sculpture and painting. Emphasis will be given to the individual styles and artistic ideas, as shown in works and writings of selected major artists of the 17th century.
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ART 0345 - Criticism
Credits: 3
Classical and contemporary theories of art with emphasis on concepts involved in the interpretation, evaluation and criticism of works of art.
Prerequisites: ART 0106 and ART 0107 or equivalent.
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ART 0347 - Non-Western Tradition in Modern European and American Art
Credits: 3
A study of selected problems including: the meaning of Japanese color prints in development of Impressionism and Post-impressionism; Modern Primitivism and its relation to the African sculpture and the art of primitive peoples; and the significance of Japanese traditional architectural concept for Modern Japanese, European and American architecture. The emphasis will be placed on the new relation between form and space developed under the condition of the crisis of the traditional western three-dimensional system of representation.
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ART 0350 - Contemporary Art and Contemporary Beholder
Credits: 3
This seminar will examine the fundamental characteristic of Modern Art, i.e., its non-realistic nature. Students will study why it has proved difficult for viewers to accept and critics to explain that works of Modern Art are not descriptions or illusions of actuality. Main trends of Modern Art, such as Cubism, Abstractionism, and Abstract Expressionism will be investigated. The works of Picasso, Kandinsky, Malevich, Mondrian and others will be analyzed in relation to traditional Western European Art and the validity of its traditional criteria.
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ART 0354 - Women Artists in the Western World
Credits: 3
This course will focus on the significant achievement of women in the arts, presented within a historical and cultural background. It is designed to integrate and redefine women’s role in Western Art History, paying particular attention to specific examples from the 17th century to the modern era.
(Formerly ART 0260)
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ART 0357 - Islamic Art
Credits: 3
A course with focus on art created by or for Islamic people, and/or produced in historically Muslim regions. An emphasis will be placed on understanding the cultural, political, and religious significance of the works. Topics may include architecture, painting, calligraphy, decorative arts, and film.
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ART 0358 - African American Art
Credits: 3
This course serves as an introduction to the historical and social forces that shaped the works of artists of African ancestry. The course will examine the roots, themes, styles, content, aesthetics, and ideological dimensions of African American art, as well as the extent to which the art has embodied the spirit of the black experience. Topics may include folk art and slavery, art after emancipation, the Harlem Renaissance, and art and the Civil Rights Movement.
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ART 0359 - World of Prints and Printmaking
Credits: 3
This course will explore the unique fine art of prints and printmaking from the 1400’s to contemporary prints of today. Students will see how prints are made by videos and diagrams, view prints electronically or in local museum’s collections to understand the extensive history of printmaking.
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ART 0100 - Materials and Safeguards in Art
Credits: 1
Is designed to outline the basic art media and materials used in studio art. Emphasis is placed on safeguards in utilizing art materials.
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ART 0103 - Drawing I
Credits: 3
Drawing I presents the study of structure in form and space through the creation of three-dimensional illusions on two-dimensional surfaces. Line, texture, value and shape are introduced in addition to linear and atmospheric perspective, life drawing, and various media.
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ART 0104 - Design Fundamentals
Credits: 3
This course explores the interaction of universal visual design elements, concepts, and media. Visual thinking through problem-solving exercises utilizing line, shape, form, texture, tone, color and space as well as the concepts of focal point, unity, variety, direction/movement, motif/pattern, and balance in a progressively complex format insures the understanding of compositional structures. The expressive possibilities of a variety of materials are also explored.
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ART 0105 - Three-Dimensional Design
Credits: 3
This course will address the basic fundamentals of three-dimensional design including mass, volume, line, space, surface, and texture with basic materials. Students will learn a shared vocabulary of visual and verbal concepts as tools to design and construct three-dimensional objects. These concepts and theories will be investigated through projects that explore visual problem-solving exercises for uses in two-dimensional and three-dimensional art. Classes will be a combination of studio, lecture, and critique/discussion sessions.
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ART 0201 - Printmaking I
Credits: 3
The basic techniques in intaglio and relief printmaking will be explored. The intaglio procedures of line etching, aquatint, sugarlift, and soft ground will be introduced. Collographs (a multimedia technique) and woodcuts (a relief printing process) will also be utilized. Students will create a series of prints in the various techniques and will develop an awareness of the visual and technical aspects of an original print.
Prerequisites: ART 0103 or permission of instructor.
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ART 0203 - Works on/of Paper
Credits: 3
The intent of this course is to encourage students to develop skill in various techniques and materials applicable to a paper support or ground. This course is for both the Fine Art major and those interested in furthering their illustration techniques. Working in and with paper will be examined through various aqueous media, collage, pastel and mixed media.
Prerequisites: ART 0216 or permission of instructor.
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ART 0204 - Pottery I
Credits: 3
Provides a workshop exploration of all clay-building techniques including pinch, slab, coil and the wheel. Emphasis is placed on elements of design as they apply to three-dimensional work.
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ART 0205 - Sculpture I
Credits: 3
Provides an elementary consideration of sculpture through form and composition and includes studies in clay and plaster. There is some work from the human figure. Techniques include mature constructions, direct building in plaster, and casting into plaster and other materials.
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ART 0207 - Watercolor
Credits: 3
This course will emphasize the visual dynamics of the watercolor medium: its transparency and ability to interact directly with the paper (ground) to produce colors, textures, and forms. Through a series of exercises, the student will have an opportunity to develop skills and master the techniques of the medium.
Prerequisites: ART 0311 .
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ART 0209 - Color Theory and Practice
Credits: 3
The study of interaction of color in theory and practice through experimentation with various color media.
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ART 0214 - Drawing II
Credits: 3
Drawing II is a continuation of Drawing I. The focus is on the individual’s needs as they develop a basic understanding of drawing. Emphasis is placed on life drawing in various media.
Prerequisites: ART 0103 .
(formerly ART 0301)
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ART 0215 - Introduction to Photography
Credits: 3
Crosslisted: COMM 0202
Examines techniques and applications of photography. Areas of study include camera operation, film selection, lenses, filters, lighting, composition, and digital monochrome and color image processing and manipulation. The history of the medium and its communicative properties also are discussed.
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ART 0216 - Painting I
Credits: 3
This course acquaints the student with the fundamental aspects of painting such as canvas preparation, preliminary drawing, color theory, and basic painting techniques. Emphasis is placed on understanding the tools, materials, concepts, and theories of painting.
Prerequisites: ART 0103
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ART 0225 - Animation Foundations
Credits: 3
This studio course is an introduction to the foundations of animation. The course explores the creative, visual and artistic possibilities of basic animation principals through problem solving based projects and historical animations. Course content will include formats of and concepts on animations such as flip-books, cell animation, storyboarding, digital still, story structure, sequence, time movement, and rendering of images.
Prerequisites: ART 0108 and ART 0103
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ART 0229 - Illustration I
Credits: 3
Illustration is a studio course that introduces the many facets of the illustration field. The class introduces the illustration basics, which includes editorial interpretation, compositional fundamentals, media, color, and stylization. This course will focus establishing creative solutions to visual problems. The process of sketching and its function in the illustrative process will be explored. The media used for the class projects will not be computer generated but will be done using traditional two-dimensional materials. Students will also explore methods of social media interaction, and posting projects on the web. Appropriate professional work-flow habits will be stressed with each project of the class.
Prerequisites: ART 0103 , ART 0214 , and ART 0216 .
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ART 0265 - Animation II
Credits: 3
This studio course will transition away from traditional animation to work created with open source and licensed software in animation and computer graphics. Students will learn comprehension of digital software through lesson explorations and projects. Formats of storyboarding, character development, story structure, sequence, and motion will be expanded upon in this course. Proper workflow habits will be established to complete short animated films, and the use of a graphics tablet will be required. Concepts staging, visual hierarchy, the language of moving images, and audio will be understood in relation to current and historical animation. Students will also explore methods of social media interaction, and posting projects on the web.
Prerequisites: ART 0225
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ART 0270 - Gallery Management
Credits: 3
Introduces all aspects of the workings of an art gallery. Students will be involved in curating and marketing art shows and auctions through a community and on-campus promotion.
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ART 0275 - Marketing Your Art Work
Credits: 3
Focuses on how artist market their work and reach audiences through different methods of exposure. Students will visit the Westfield State Art Gallery and meet with exhibiting artists. The course will culminate with a show created and promoted by students.
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ART 0302 - Watercolor II
Credits: 3
A continuance of Watercolor Painting I, with mixed media, including gouache.
Prerequisites: ART 0207 .
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ART 0303 - Printmaking II
Credits: 3
A studio course which will further explore and develop the techniques of intaglio, relief, stencil and/or planographic printmaking. The emphasis will be on utilizing the various techniques introduced in Printmaking I and developing a deeper understanding of the visual and technical aspects of an original print. The use of color in the media of concentration will be explored.
Prerequisites: ART 0201 .
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ART 0304 - Pottery II
Credits: 3
Provides an opportunity to explore in-depth any area of clay, including glaze mixing and kiln loading.
Prerequisites: ART 0204 .
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ART 0305 - Sculpture II
Credits: 3
Continuance of Sculpture I. Provides an opportunity to explore in-depth any area of clay building, including glaze mixing and kiln loading.
Prerequisites: ART 0204 .
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ART 0306 - Technical Painting
Credits: 3
An introduction to the craft of painting. This course will explore traditional methods and their application to contemporary problems. The development of technique will be examined through a study of egg tempera, old master oil techniques, Impressionist style painting and modern masters. There will be frequent demonstrations and direct assistance to students.
Prerequisites: ART 0216 or permission of instructor.
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ART 0307 - Advanced Painting
Credits: 3
This course is designed to allow the painting major who has completed the required painting courses to continue to explore painting in an advanced and individual manner. Technical and formal investigation will be coupled with individual vision.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
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ART 0308 - Figure and/or Landscape Painting
Credits: 3
This course may be divided into two segments: painting from the human figure and/or from the landscape. Life painting assignments will involve various painting approaches from the traditional rendering to the use of the figure as the starting point for a more abstract color-space problem. Painting the landscape will involve on-site painting and working from drawings, photographs and the imagination. Media: oil, acrylic and/or watercolor.
Prerequisites: ART 0216 or permission of instructor.
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ART 0309 - Advanced Drawing
Credits: 3
A course in Advanced Drawing will develop the student’s own direction and personal expression.
Prerequisites: ART 0214 .
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ART 0310 - Workshop in Crafts
Credits: 3
An introduction to a number of crafts and an opportunity to pursue several crafts as chosen. Woodwork, weaving, ceramics, enameling, puppetry, casting, rug designing, fibers and fabrics, basic printing techniques and leatherwork are offered.
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ART 0311 - Painting II
Credits: 3
Painting II is a continuation of the fundamental aspects of painting using oil and/or acrylic. Students have the opportunity to paint from the still-life and model in both a representational and non-representational manner. Technical aspects of painting are explored, including the techniques of under-painting and glazing.
Prerequisites: ART 0214 and ART 0216 .
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ART 0325 - Animation III
Credits: 3
This studio course will introduce focused projects in animation, where students will expand upon their previous knowledge under guidance of the instructor. Through themed explorations and projects, the course will integrate audio production and editing, open content and comprehension of copyright, dynamic storytelling, script writing, voice-overs, group projects, in addition to social media etiquette and self-promotion. Use of a graphics tablet will be required.
Prerequisites: ART 0265
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ART 0330 - Anatomy for the Artist
Credits: 3
This class is a study of human anatomy including its bone structure, muscles, and proportions. The course will utilize anatomy charts, the human skeleton, and live models. Students of dance and drama, as well as students of the visual arts, will benefit from an in-depth study of human anatomy and from an understanding of the human body in movement.
Prerequisites: ART 0214
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ART 0335 - Animation IV
Credits: 3
This is an advanced-level production course in which students produce one high-end, purpose-driven animation. emphasis is placed on clear communication of ideas, which is challenged through intensive group and online critique of every phase of the process: from script to storyboard to animatic to finished animation. In addition to class critiques, posting of the completed animation on social media is required to receive further critical response from this network. Proper methods in research will enable the students to use found musical scores and audio, or develop simple compositions to accompany their project. Students must demonstrate the cumulative knowledge of the Animation Concentration, in addition to time management and adhering to deadlines.
Prerequisites: ART 0325
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ART 0339 - Mixed Media: Collage/Assemblage
Credits: 3
This course integrates painting processes with materials such as wood, metals, fibers, clay and other tactile two and three dimensional media.
Prerequisites: ART 0216 or permission of instructor.
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ART 0343 - Illustration II
Credits: 3
In this class, students will design a cohesive series of works based on a theme or topic starting with specific assignments and progressing to more finished, self-realized projects. Students will create their won multi-sourced research systems to develop an important, cohesive body of work. Media for the class projects will vary from computer graphics to traditional two-dimensional materials based upon project needs and the consideration of the student’s desired project outcomes. A series of related illustrations will be produced by the end of the semester from which an exhibition of selected works will be displayed. In addition to this exhibition, concepts on social media as a sharing or gallery options along with its etiquette, advertising rigor, and geotargeting will be presented and discussed.
Prerequisites: ART 0229 .
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ART 0348 - Portfolio Preparation
Credits: 3
A culmination of the Graphic Design Concentration or the Fine Art Studio sequence. Emphasis is on portfolio content and arrangement for job placement interviews or graduate school application. Assignment of supplementary art projects to augment portfolio presentation and/or slide reproduction of work. Resume design, preparation, and content also included.
Prerequisites: permission of instructor; for senior art majors only.
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ART 0349 - Abstract Painting
Credits: 3
This course will allow the student to develop compositions and ideas in painting which digress from realistic depiction of subject matter. Analytical abstraction and non-objective content will allow for degrees of abstraction in order to develop, emphasize and reveal qualities of personal points of view as well as personal painting styles.
Prerequisites: ART 0216 or permission of instructor.
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ART 0365 - Graphic Novels for the Web
Credits: 3
This is a studio course with emphasis on the integration of social media with traditional printed comics and graphic novels. Students will be involved in traditional problem-solving activities with various design concepts such as script writing, drawing and rendering, composition, and story development. A specific concentration of the class will be on social media as a sharing or gallery option along with its etiquette, advertising rigor, and geo-targeting. Use of a graphics tablet will be required, in addition to digital subscriptions to online novel-hosting platforms. Textbooks will consist of an understanding and development of graphic novels, in addition to special quest lecturers and tutorials.
Prerequisites: ART 0108 and ART 0214 .
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ART 0375 - 3-D Animation
Credits: 3
This studio course will focus on developing the knowledge and software understanding of rendering in animation and computer graphics. The structure of the class will explore the different approaches of popular, commercial, and open source rendering software. Methods of scene preparation, lighting, character development and bone rigging, rendering in linear space, audio integration, optimization tricks, and use cases for the various software will be addressed. By the end of the course, students will have a much better understanding of rendering software in its uses in animation, illustration, and graphic design. Use of a graphics tablet will be required.
Prerequisites: ART 0325
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ART 0322 - Art Education Curriculum
Credits: 3
This class teaches art curriculum development at the elementary and secondary levels. It includes visits to area schools for the purpose of observations and art curriculum study. 30 hour field experience required.
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ART 0323 - Introduction to Art Education
Credits: 3
A pre-practicum experience providing students with a working knowledge of the various levels within the public school structure. This experience will be translated into a choice of licensure level. 30 hour field experience required.
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ART 0324 - Art Methods and Materials
Credits: 3
This class teaches the methods, principles and materials of Art Education. Areas included are stages of development, goals of Art Education, personal goals for teaching art, lesson planning and organization, and newer media in Art Education. It includes a related pre-practicum experience. 30 hour field experience required.
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ART 0326 - Practicum: Seminar (Art Education)
Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to have students participating in the practicum (art teaching) share related student teaching problems and successes. Inter-relations between student teachers and pupils will be a prime focus.
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ART 0331 - Practicum (Art Teaching Pre-K–8)
Credits: 12
Teaching experience within a setting appropriate for the art licensure level chosen by the student.
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ART 0351 - Practicum (Art Teaching 5–12)
Credits: 12
Teaching experience within a setting appropriate for the art licensure level chosen by the student.
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ART 0399 - Independent Study
Credits: 1-12
Course work in History, Studio, and Education. (By arrangement only.)
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ART 0108 - Computer Graphics for Art Applications I
Credits: 3
This introductory computer graphics course allows the student to explore the creative, visual and artistic possibilities which the microcomputer offers. Class work and lab time on the computer are supplemented with lectures on computer generated art and its potential. Lectures assume no previous knowledge of computers or programming. Students create a variety of projects in the form of slides, animations, and printouts.
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ART 0121 - Electronic Design Workshop: Adobe Illustrator
Credits: 1
This specialized workshop is designed to provide greater student fluency in advanced graphic design software utilizing Adobe Illustrator, a computer-assisted illustration program.
Prerequisites: ART 0108 or permission of instructor.
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ART 0122 - Electronic Design Workshop: Adobe Photoshop
Credits: 1
This is a specialized workshop on learning digital processing, retouching and image manipulation techniques, through hands on experience. Adobe Photoshop software will be utilized in depth for this experience.
Prerequisites: ART 0108 or permission of instructor.
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ART 0123 - Electronic Design Workshop: Quark Express
Credits: 1
This specialized workshop is designed to provide greater student fluency in advanced graphic design software utilizing Quark Express page composition and layout software.
Prerequisites: ART 0108 or permission of instructor.
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ART 0124 - Electronic Design Workshop: Web Page Design on the Macintosh
Credits: 1
This specialized workshop is designed to provide greater student fluency in advanced graphic design software for Web Page Design on the Macintosh.
Prerequisites: ART 0108 or permission of instructor.
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ART 0125 - Electronic Design Workshop: Specialty Software
Credits: 1
This course integrates specialty programs such as Bryce, Kai’s Power Tools, Kai’s Power Goo, Morph, Fractal Poser and more to round out a computer artist’s tools and electronic portfolio.
Prerequisites: ART 0108 or permission of instructor.
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ART 0126 - Electronic Design Workshop: Computer 3-D Design
Credits: 1
This course provides an introduction to 3-D software programs and their application to such areas as computer animation.
Prerequisites: ART 0108 or permission of instructor.
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ART 0127 - Electronic Design Workshop: Fractal Painter
Credits: 1
This specialized workshop is designed to provide student fluency in advanced graphic design software utilizing Fractal Painter – an advanced, versatile painting program.
Prerequisites: ART 0108 or permission of instructor.
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ART 0128 - Electronic Design Workshop: Pre-Press and Printing
Credits: 1
This specialized workshop is designed to provide greater student fluency in advanced graphic design software for Pre- Press and Printing.
Prerequisites: ART 0108 or permission of instructor.
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ART 0129 - Electronic Design Workshop: Learning to Use Your Macintosh
Credits: 1
This specialized workshop on learning to use the Macintosh computer more effectively provides students the opportunity to learn, through hands-on experience, the essentials and fundamental procedures used in electronic design applications on a Macintosh platform. Systems management and utility software principles will be presented.
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ART 0206 - Introduction to Electronic Publication Design
Credits: 3
Introduces basic publication design utilizing industry standard software. Basic design skills for small ads and brochures as well as newsletter grid design in a digital environment, output and offset printing will be emphasized. Students will learn the history of graphic design, study typography, and the basics of design in different cultures to help them understand the creative process. Students evaluate works of art and leave with a wide range of art projects in order to understand the medium of electronic publication. No prior computer experience necessary.
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ART 0210 - Typography
Credits: 3
The communicative and aesthetic aspects of type faces are the focus for this course. Procedures in type specifications for catalogs, books and commercial advertisements are introduced. Assignments will involve using type as the primary element of design. The utilization of electronic publication equipment and software will be stressed.
Prerequisites: ART 0108 and ART 0206 .
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ART 0212 - Computer Graphics for Art Applications II
Credits: 3
Computer Graphics for Art Applications II is designed to be a sequel to the first semester for computer graphics. The format is slide lectures, classroom, and studio lab time. As in the first semester of computer graphics, students have a hands-on experience with various microcomputers. Students also create images via the computer with programming and graphics software utilization in 2-D and 3-D designing.
Prerequisites: ART 0108 or permission of instructor.
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ART 0228 - Graphic Design I
Credits: 3
A studio course with emphasis on the integration of design fundamentals into graphic communicative forms. Students will be involved in problem-solving experiences in various advertising media. Specific concentration will be on newspaper and magazine advertisements, brochures, television art forms and package designs.
Prerequisites: ART 0104 and ART 0206 .
(formerly ART 0328)
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ART 0340 - Internship
Credits: 3-12
This class is an opportunity for students who have completed the required course work to have the opportunity of work site work experience in their field of visual arts study. An internship is usually an 8-16 week depending on chosen credit amount. The internships placement director or internship coordinator and an Art Department Internship Coordinator supervise the student. This internship prepares the student for daily worksite procedures and experiencing projects from development through completion in the many fields of the visual arts that assists in later job placements.
Prerequisites: Applications should be made to the Graphic Design Coordinator, Studio Art Coordinator, or Art Department Chair depending on field of internship.
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ART 0344 - Graphic Design II
Credits: 3
Graphic Design II continues the study of the graphic communicative forms used in the advertising media. Emphasis is on analyzing assigned problems and choosing appropriate media for final visual presentation.
Prerequisites: ART 0108 , ART 0206 , ART 0210 , and ART 0228 .
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ART 0356 - Multimedia for Artist and Designers
Credits: 3
Students will apply traditional graphic design techniques and media (i.e. text, graphics, photography) as well as additional considerations for video, animation, interactivity, sound and music to produce interactive multimedia environments.
Prerequisites: ART 0108 and ART 0212 , or 3 1-Credit workshops in Graphic Design.
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ART 0380 - Graphic Design Capstone
Credits: 3
This course prepares students to engage in the culmination of their graphic design pedagogy, and devise one design related campaign of their own conception. Students are required to research and develop a project, which entails a creative brief, target demographics, process sketch books, and finished comps for presentation. Course materials will cover presentation of materials for potential employers, how to seek employment in the graphic arts, and how to create an online presence of their work.
Prerequisites: ART 0344
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ART 0101 - First-Year Seminar
Credits: 1
This seminar art course will provide first-year art students an introduction to the department, its major, its concentrations, and programs and clubs. In addition, the class introduces students to the theory, concepts, and practice of inquiry into the visual arts. Students will examine the process of creation in the visual arts along with the critical thinking, literacy and communication skills required for the study and discipline of art.
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ART 0109 - Writing for Art and the Artist
Credits: 3
This course is an exercise in writing about visual arts. The course is not about writing or about art, but rather will explore the intricacies of writing in the field of visual arts. Students will learn how to utilize descriptive language, persuasive writing, practical research, critique, analyzing, and interpretation across all mediums, with a special focus on self-promotion through various forms of media.
Pre/co-requisite: ENGL 0102 .
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