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ART 1A. Art in the Western World: From Stone Age to End of Middle Ages. Survey of architecture, crafts, painting, and sculpture of the Eastern Mediterranean and European cultures. Note: Recommended for freshman or sophomore years. It is recommended that ART 1A be taken before ART 1B. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 1B. Art in the Western World: From Renaissance to Baroque. Survey of architecture, crafts, painting, and sculpture of the Eastern Mediterranean and European cultures. Note: Recommended for freshman or sophomore years. It is recommended that ART 1A be taken before ART 1B. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 1C. Modern and Contemporary Art: Rococo to the Present. A 3-unit lecture based survey of the history of world art from the late 18th century to the present, from the European Rococo, Enlightenment, age of science and revolution, through Neo-Classicism, Romanticism and the rise of the international avant-garde, Realism, Impression, Symbolism, photography and film. In the 20th century, Fauvism, Cubism, the Bauhaus, Expressionism, Pop, Minimal art, Postmodernism, conceptualism, performance, video and new media are considered from global perspectives and artistic production. Part of the art history foundation sequence. Note: Recommended for freshman or sophomore years. It is recommended that ART 1A and/or ART 1B be taken before ART 1C. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 2. History of Islamic Art. Introduces students to the art and architecture of major Islamic cultures and offers a background in the religion and philosophy of Islam. Works of art from Muslim countries and regions are studied in comparison to those of other major Asian and European cultures. Lecture. 3 units Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 3A. Traditional Asian Art. Introduces students to the art and architecture of Asia from the pre-historic through pre-modern periods (approximately 1600). The styles, subjects, and significance of the art of India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Tibet, China, Japan and Korea will be presented in a broad context including the history, geography, ethnic populations, languages, and religions of these countries (i.e., Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Islam, Daoism, and Shinto). Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 3B. Modern and Contemporary Asian Art. Covers the art and architecture of Asia from the modern period to the present day. Attention will be given to the impact of outside influences upon the development of art in several Asian countries, including India, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, China, Korea, and Japan. Contacts between those countries, their exposure to western visual culture through new or increased contact with the west, and the spread of Christianity all had an impact on Asian art during the period under consideration. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 5. Native American Art. Historical survey and visual study of the development of American Indian art in North America from the prehistoric periods to the end of the 19th century. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 7. Introduction to Art and Visual Culture. For the general education student who wants to explore the world of art and visual culture. A wide range of multicultural, historical, and contemporary art works, art media, art history, art ideas, and art practices are presented through illustrated lectures, discussions, field trips, guest lectures, studio visits, and beginning-level art projects. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 20A. Beginning Drawing. Introduction to various techniques of and approaches to drawing, using still lifes, landscapes, and figures. Note: fee course. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 20B. Intermediate Drawing. Extension of drawing experiences initiated in ART 20A, with emphasis on surveying materials and concepts pertinent to contemporary and historical drawing. Note: fee course. Prerequisite: ART 20A or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 22. Beginning Painting. Introduction to the methods and problems of painting in oil or acrylic medium. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Fee course. Prerequisite: ART 20A or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 24. Beginning Watercolor. Introduction to both transparent and opaque watercolor. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Fee course. Prerequisite: ART 20A or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 27. Beginning Color. Investigation of the interactions of color based on the laws of perception, color composition, space, and design. An empirical study of the phenomena of color as developed by Josef Albers and Johannes Itten, and the use of color as a visual experience with acrylic paints. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 40B. Basic Printmaking: Etching. Introduction to intaglio techniques, including etching, drypoint, and aquatint. Fee course. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 40D. Basic Printmaking: Relief. Introduction to wood and linoleum cutting and printing. Fee course. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 40E. Basic Printmaking: Silkscreen. Introduction to silkscreen processes and printing. Includes the construction of the equipment necessary to print direct drawing materials, and photo-established imagery. Fee course. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 50. Beginning Ceramics. Projects in basic techniques and approaches to the potter's wheel. Fee course. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 53. Beginning Hand-Built Ceramics. Basic techniques and approaches to pottery through practice in hand-building methods, including coil, slab, pinch, and combinations thereof. Fee course. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 60. Two-Dimensional Composition. Structured exploration of principles used to organize two-dimensional images. Basic art elements and their properties are explored in a series of progressive projects. Note: Recommended for freshman or sophomore years. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 70. Form, Space Vision. Foundation in three-dimensional design primarily concerned with the visual dialogue between form and space. A heightened visual sensitivity for three-dimensional composition is a major objective of every project. Line, plane, and volume are utilized separately and in concert to construct three-dimensional forms. A variety of materials are employed in the activation of form and space: wire, cardboard, clay, wood, and plaster. Fee course. Note: Recommended for freshman or sophomore years. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 74. Beginning Jewelry. Introduction to techniques and tools used in the design and fabrication of jewelry, such as lost wax casting, stone setting, and finishing processes. Emphasis is on compositional arrangement and finish. Fee course. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 75. Beginning Metalsmithing. Introduction to techniques, tools, and methods used in fabrication of ferrous and non-ferrous metal, such as piercing, riveting, soldering, forging, and finishing processes. Emphasis is on composition and imagery. Fee course. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 80. Materials Methods. Develops students' awareness of traditional and contemporary techniques used as the basis for fine and applied art. Devoted to materials and their methods of application, with most materials introduced via their traditional antecedents (for example, hide glue before modern epoxies). May be team taught. Lecture one hour; laboratory four hours. Fee course. Note: Sophomore status and above recommended. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 86. Clay Sculpture. Includes work with the various forms of hand-built sculpture in both low- and high-fire clay. Glazes are used sparingly to stress forms and their relationships. Fee course. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 88. Beginning Sculpture. Introduction to traditional and non-traditional processes of sculpture and three-dimensional forms in space. Students can expect to use the following materials: cardboard, clay, metals, plaster, plastics, wire and wood to explore the making of three-dimensional imagery. Investigations will include the formulation of ideas relative to sculptural problem solving while discovering historical and contemporary examples of sculpture. Fee course. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 97. Beginning Electronic Art. Explores the creative potential of imaging software used by visual artists. Familiarity with software, hardware and output devices will be established. The creation of digital art will be considered within the framework of current ideas in art and culture. No previous computer experience is necessary. Fee course. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 100. Origins of American Indian Art. Survey of 19th and 20th century American Indian art. Emphasis is on the student's involvement with Indian art and includes discussion of Indian philosophy and art techniques. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 101. Photography, Inception to Mid-Century. Introduces students to the history of photography, from inception to Mid-20th Century. Practices of photographers and artists, working with photographic technologies, will be discussed. The course examines photographic vision and the impact of the medium through lectures and readings by art historians and photographers. Cross-listed: PHOT 101. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 103. Greco-Roman Art. Architecture, crafts, painting, and sculpture of Helladic, classical Greek, pre-Christian Italian, and Roman Periods. Prerequisite: ART 1A or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 105. Medieval Art. Architecture, crafts, painting, and sculpture of medieval Western Europe. Prerequisite: ART 1A or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 106. Renaissance Art. Architecture, painting, graphic arts, sculpture, and crafts principally of the 15th and 16th centuries. Emphasis is on the art of Europe in the historical context of an emerging global consciousness. Prerequisite: ART 1A or ART 1B, or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 107. Baroque and Rococo Art. European architecture, painting, and sculpture of the 17th and 18th centuries. Prerequisite: ART 1B or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 108. 19th Century Art. European architecture, painting, and sculpture of the 19th century. Prerequisite: ART 1C or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 109. Modern Art. Presented as the cultural episode that began with the emergence of the avant-garde in mid-nineteenth century Paris and ended in the middle of the twentieth century with WW II and the beginning of the postmodern era: from Realism, the birth of photography, and Impressionism through the high modernist movements associated with the international School of Paris, including Fauvism, Cubism, Constructivism, Dada, and Surrealism. It concludes with post-WW II expressions, including Abstract Expressionism. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and ART 1C or equivalent with instructor approval. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 110. American Art. Art of the Americas, particularly the architecture, crafts, painting, and sculpture of the U.S. Prerequisite: ART 1B or ART 1C or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 111. Latin American and Latino Art History. Provides an overview of Latin American and Latino art from the independence movements of the 1820s to the present. After an introductory survey of pre-Columbian and Spanish colonial art, the art of Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and the U.S. is studied within the contexts of contemporaneous cultural, intellectual, political and social history. The diverse visual cultures of Latin American and Latino art are thematically unified by an examination of common concerns and motivations. Prerequisite: GWAR certification before Fall 09; or WPJ score of 80+; or 3-unit placement in ENGL 109M/W; or 4-unit placement in ENGL 109M/W and co-enrollment in ENGL 109X; or WPJ score 70/71 and co-enrollment in ENGL 109X. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 112. Contemporary Art. Beginning with international Pop art and Minimalism in the 1960s, surveys the history of contemporary art from the end of avant-garde modernism to the postmodernism and globalism of today. Lectures, discussions, readings and assignments offer insights into the contexts, attitudes, and ideas behind current art and visual culture. Note: Taught in conjunction with ART 212. Prerequisite: Modern Art History: ART 1C or ART 109 (or equivalent) or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 113B. Asian Art and Mythology. Survey and investigation of selected myths from Asian cultures and traditions. Prerequisite: ART 3A or equivalent or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 115. Topics in Asian Art. Seminar on topics in Asian art. Prerequisite: Upper division or graduate status; completion of ART 3A (or equivalent); and an upper division Asian art history course such as ART 117A, ART 117B, ART 113B, or or instructor permission; GWAR certification before Fall 09, WPJ score of 70+, or at least a C- in ENGL 109 M/W. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 116. Topics in Modern and Contemporary Art. Seminar on topics in modern and contemporary art history. Prerequisite: Upper division or graduate status; completion of ART 1C (or equivalent); and an upper division art history course in a related subject area (or instructor permission); GWAR certification before Fall 09, WPJ score of 70+, or at least a "C-" in ENGL 109 M/W. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 117A. Art of India and Southeast Asia. Provides a broad overview of the architectural remains and visual arts of India and Southeast Asia from prehistory to the present. Consideration will be given to the art styles, iconography, history, geography, ethnic populations, languages, and religions (i.e., Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Islam) of each region. Prerequisite: ART 3A or equivalent, or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 117B. Art of China and Japan. Provides a broad overview of the architectural remains and visual arts of China and Japan from prehistory to the present. Consideration will be given to the art styles, iconography, history, geography, ethnic populations, languages, and religions (i.e., Buddhism, Taoism, and Shintoism) of each region. Prerequisite: ART 3A or equivalent, or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 117C. Art of Korea. Introduces students to the art and architecture of Korea from the pre-historic through contemporary periods. The styles, subjects, and significance of the art of Korea will be presented in a broad context including the history, geography, ethnic populations, languages, and religions of Korea (i.e., Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and Christianity). Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 118A. Modern Architecture. A survey of modern architecture which covers the architectural theories and principles underlying certain significant structures. Special consideration is given to an analysis of the works of 20th century pioneers and their followers, such as Wright, Gropius, Le Corbusier, Van der Rohe, Aalto, and Johnson, among others, and to certain movements, such as the International Style, Brutalism, and Formalism. Prerequisite: ART 1C (or equivalent), or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 118B. California Architecture and Urban History. Survey of the history of California architecture and its impact on the urban environment from Native Americans to the 20th century. Particular attention will be given to architecture as a symbol or statement of social, economic, and political empowerment. Cross listed as HIST 184; only one may be counted for credit. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 119. Directed Research in Art History. Open to upper division art majors or minors only who have completed 9 units in a specialized area. Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair. Prerequisite: Instructor permission and Department chair via signed petition form. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 120. Advanced Drawing. Continuing investigation of drawing. Emphasis is on the development of individual style. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Prerequisite: ART 20B or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 122A. Intermediate Painting. Continuing investigation of the technical and conceptual issues of painting. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Prerequisite: ART 22 or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 122B. Advanced Painting. Continuing investigation of the technical and conceptual issues of painting, with an emphasis on intensive individual exploration. Note: May be repeated four times for credit. Prerequisite: One of the following ART 122A, ART 124A, ART 125A, ART 126 or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 123. Figure Drawing. Concentrates on the development of drawing and visual skills with emphasis on the human figure. Strong emphasis is placed on anatomical knowledge of the body and its expression through drawing techniques. The effects of volume and movement in space as well as compositional possibilities with the figure are explored. Slides are used to inform students of the drawing techniques achieved in historic and contemporary images. Fee course. Note: May be taken for credit three times. Prerequisite: ART 20A or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 124A. Intermediate Watercolor. Continuing investigation of the technical and conceptual issues of painting, using transparent water media. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Prerequisite: ART 24 or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 124B. Advanced Watercolor. Continuing investigation of the techniques and conceptual issues of painting using transparent water media, with emphasis on intensive individual exploration. Note: May be taken four times for credit. Prerequisite: ART 124A or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 125A. Life Painting. Painting from professional models. Note: May be taken for credit twice. Fee course. Prerequisite: ART 20A or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 125B. Life Studio. Drawing and painting from professional models. Fee course. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Prerequisite: ART 20A or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 126. Painting and Drawing in the Field. Further development of painting and drawing skills with emphasis on direct observation and use of color to make form. Class will meet at specific landscape sites to work, with primary focus on painting. In addition, work will be developed in the classroom based on prior field study. Critiques will examine how one situation is variously interpreted. Prerequisite: ART 22 or ART 24, or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 127. Collage and Assemblage. Use of found and readily available materials to make 2-dimensional collage and 3-dimensional assemblage. Most projects are conceptual, a few purely visual, and take from one to three class periods, including critique, and class discussions. Prerequisite: ART 20A, ART 22 and either ART 70 or ART 88 (or equivalent), or instructor permission. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Fee Course Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 128. Art and the Artist in the Marketplace. Study of the thought processes and preparations for presenting one's artwork in the marketplace. An overview of what it takes to begin showing and selling artworks, including the skills and procedures of presenting artwork to galleries. A study of contracts, loan agreements, invoicing, commissions, model releases, taxes, pricing of work, resumes, slide preparation/presentation, publicity skills, and record keeping. Lecture, field trips to galleries and museums. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 129. Painting/Drawing Studio. Open to upper division art majors or minors only who have completed 9 units in a specialized area. Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair. Prerequisite: Instructor permission and Department chair via signed petition form. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 130. Aesthetics and Art Criticism. Overview of the literature and theories of the fields of aesthetics and art criticism as components of discipline-based art education, with particular attention to strategies for engaging public school student populations in the topics. Prerequisite: Upper division or graduate status; declared major in Art. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 133. Elementary School Art Education. Intended for students who are preparing to become elementary school teachers in California, providing subject matter study in art appropriate for grades 1-6. Students will learn the components and strands of visual arts education found in the California Visual and Performing Arts Framework. Students will explore five major areas: artistic perception, creative expression, historical and cultural contexts, aesthetic valuing, and the connections and relationships between the visual arts and other disciplines. Note: Fee course. Prerequisite: Upper division status; declared major or minor in Art, or a declared major in Child Development, or Liberal Studies, or Blended Liberal Studies Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 134. Interdisciplinary Art. Students learn how to make connections and relationships between visual art and curriculum subjects such as ecology, history, anthropology, language arts, theatre and music. Through studio activities and interdisciplinary themes, students will learn how to integrate the California Visual Art Content Standards. Prerequisite: ART 20A and upper division status. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 135. Secondary School Art Education. Exploration of art education theories, developmental stages, studio/curriculum practices, and teaching strategies for art at the secondary school level. Prerequisite: ART 133 or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 137. Art for Exceptional Children. Art is studied as a means of meeting the learning needs of atypical children, whose ages range from infancy through adolescence, and whose atypical characteristics consist of mental deficiencies, physical disabilities, emotional problems, or gifted abilities. Lectures, readings, and class discussions focus on the characteristics, and art curriculum goals of exceptional children, while studio activities provide experiences with art media. Lecture, laboratory. Fee course. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 139. Directed Research in Art Education. Open only to upper division art majors/minors who have successfully completed 9 units in a specialized area. Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair. Prerequisite: Instructor permission and Department chair via signed petition form. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 141. Advanced Silkscreen. Advanced work in silkscreen including photo-silkscreen. Emphasis is on exploration of color and imagery. Note: May be taken for credit four times. Prerequisite: ART 40E or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 142. 3D Computer Modeling. Techniques and processes to create 3D computer models and environments. Exercises, assignments and projects designed to build skill levels with 3D computer modeling tools. Demonstrations and workshops in the use of 3D computer modeling software. Critiques, discussion and presentations to develop students' conceptual grasp of 3D computer modeling and virtual reality environments. Example applications in art/new media and computer gaming. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Prerequisite: CSC 10 or ART 97 or equivalent. Cross-listed as CSC 126. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 143. 3D Computer Animation. Creative skills and techniques for animating 3D computer-modeled objects/environments. Topics include animation techniques; keyframing and interpolation; deformation and morphing; path control; skeletal animation; model rigging and skinning; forward and inverse kinematics, constraints and IK solvers; particle systems; fluid, cloth, hair, and fur simulation; shape keys; and soft body animation. Emphasis on both skill development and creative application of modeling and animation techniques. Includes demos, in class and homework excercises, and self directed projects. Prerequisite: ART 142 or CSC 126. Cross-listed: CSC 127. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 144. Digital Printmaking. Through traditional and digital print media, the course explores the convergence of digital imaging (vector and raster processes) and printmaking techniques (such as monoprint, lithography, etching and silkscreen). Vector graphics use geometry: points, lines and fills, creating crisp re-scaleable images. Raster graphics use a rectangular grid of pixels to create continuous-tone effects. By exploring these approaches and their transference to printmaking processes, students gain deeper understanding of print technology and a more tactile awareness of image making. Fee course. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Prerequisite: ART 97 or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 145. Advanced Printmaking Studio. Advanced exploration of printmaking media (etching, lithography, relief, and monoprinting techniques) within a historical framework. Students investigate the printmaking techniques of historically significant figures and apply them to their own imagery. Note: Open to students with experience in upper division painting or photography, or lower division printmaking. May be taken twice for credit. Fee course. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 147. Video Art. The creation and analysis of video artwork; including techniques of video production, post-production manipulation and critique, within the context of art and communication. The techniques and theory of producing and editing video will serve as a foundation for the pursuit of individual, creative projects. Prerequisite: ART 97 or COMS 27A/FILM 27A and COMS 27B/FILM 27B. Cross-listed as COMS 157; only one may be counted for credit. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 148. Barrio Art for Ethnic Groups. Provides a cultural situation for students who expect to work with the Mexican American community. Involves personal contact with persons in that community. Uses poetry, music, slides, and film to understand art as a non-verbal language. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 149. Graphics/Printmaking Studio. Open only to upper division art majors/minors who have completed 9 units in a specialized area. Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair. Prerequisite: Instructor permission and Department chair via signed petition. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 150. Advanced Ceramics. Advanced study of ceramic techniques leading toward the development of an individual creative expression. Fee course. Note: May be taken for credit four times. Prerequisite: ART 50 or equivalent, or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 153. Hand-Built Ceramic Techniques. Specialization in hand-built clay forms. Methods of working include coil, slab, pinch, and combinations of techniques which might include some wheel-thrown parts, decoration, and glazing of forms. Fee course. Note: May be taken for credit four times. Prerequisite: ART 53 or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 159. Ceramics Studio. Open to upper division art majors or minors only who have completed 9 units in a specialized area. Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair. Prerequisite: Instructor permission and Department chair via signed petition form. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 161. Photography in the Field. The class visits specific sites followed by a group critique of the resulting photographic work. The course objective is to examine how one situation can be interpreted by many varied sensibilities, broadening the artist's visual vocabulary. Students are required to create visually unified portfolio that demonstrates a sense of place. Prerequisite: PHOT 141 or instructor permission. Cross-listed: PHOT 161. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 162. Alternative Photographic Processes. Studio course exploring alternative photographic processes that may include: printing-out paper, new cyanotype, argyrotype, and platinum-palladium. Slide discussions, individual and class critiques. Prerequisite: PHOT 141 or instructor permission. Cross-listed: PHOT 162. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 163. Pinhole Photography. Intermediate course investigating the theory, history, and practice of pinhole photography. Use of student-made pinhole cameras of varying focal lengths using black and white and color materials. Emphasis on creative approach in both camera making and image formation, supported by intermediate-level photographic technique. Individual final portfolios and group exhibition of cameras and prints at conclusion of course. Prerequisite: PHOT 40 or equivalent. Cross-listed: PHOT 163. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 169. Photography Studio. Open to upper division art majors or minors only who have completed successfully 9 units in a specialized area. Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair. Prerequisite: Instructor permission and Department chair via signed petition form. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 174. Intermediate Jewelry. Continued study of the techniques and tools used in metal fabrication, such as raising, tool making, chasing and repousse, and scoring/bending process. Emphasis is on development and individual style. Fee course. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Prerequisite: ART 74 or equivalent, or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 175. Intermediate Metalsmithing. Continued exploration of techniques, tools, and methods used in fabrication of ferrous and non-ferrous metal such as cold fastening, repousage, forging, and finishing processes. Emphasis is on composition and imagery. Fee course. Prerequisite: Art 75. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 176. Advanced Jewelry. Focus on the development of personal style in metal fabrication and casting techniques. Students learn to build mechanical devices such as clasp systems that enhance the overall appearance of their work. Research involving historical periods in metal work. Prerequisite: ART 174. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 179. Small Metals Studio. Open to upper division art majors or minors only who have completed 9 units in a specialized area. Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair. Prerequisite: ART 176. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 180. Figure Sculpture. Work from live models in clay and plaster. Construction of armatures and waste mold demonstrated. Fee course. Note: May be taken for credit four times. Prerequisite: ART 20A or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 182. Intermediate Sculpture. Intermediate explorations with traditional and non-traditional processes of sculpture, three-dimensional form and spatial relationships. Students will expect to explore concept based learning through visual problem solving while accumulating in depth techniques and skills in a variety of sculpture materials. Includes study of historical and contemporary examples of sculpture and other relevant forms of art. Prerequisite: ART 70 or ART 88 or equivalent. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Fee Course Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 183. Advanced Sculpture. Advanced explorations and study in sculpture, three-dimensional media and imagery and conceptual based art. Students can explore sculpture, advanced three-dimensional design, mixed media, installation art, site specificity, performance art, public art or other. Study will be both assignment based or self-directed. Fee course. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Prerequisite: ART 180 or 182 or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 187. Installation and Performance Art. Explores the practice, theory and history of making installation and performance art. Students will study contemporary artists of this genre while designing, modeling and creating installation projects. Performances are not mandatory. Students will exhibit their works in traditional campus galleries alternative spaces. Emphasizes individual investigation and discovery while remaining open to collaborative projects that may cross disciplines. Fee course. Note: may be taken twice for credit. Prerequisite: ART 20A and either ART 70 or ART 88 or equivalent. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 189. Sculpture Studio. Open to upper division art majors or minors only who have completed 9 units in a specialized area. Fee course. Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair. Prerequisite: Instructor permission and Department chair via signed petition form. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 191. Film as an Art Form. Wide range of theory and criticism of film, photography, and painting in the 20th century is presented from which the student may cultivate a coherent critical awareness. The development of realism in Western art, the photographic image, narrative in film, montage, and the development of cinematography will be included with special attention given to the films of D.W. Griffith, Sergei Eisenstein, Jean Renoir, Alfred Hitchcock, and Orsen Welles. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 192A. Senior Seminar in Studio Art. Culminating studio art course designed to deepen experiences in diverse visual arts. Emphasis placed on independent studio practice with additional development in verbal and written skills in a variety of art disciplines. Participation in BA candidate exhibition required in the second enrolled semester for completion of the course. Note: Must be taken twice. Cannot be taken twice in the same semester. Prerequisite: Senior status (90 overall units), completion of 30 units of art studio courses, and (GWAR certification before Fall 09, or WPJ score of 70+ or at least a C- in ENGL 109M/W). Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 192B. Senior Seminar in Art History. Focuses on the research, writing, and oral presentation of a 25-35 page thesis in the student's area of interest. Seminar readings, discussions, and weekly workshops support the thesis project and develop basic career skills. Explores how to employ traditional and new research technologies and develops writing skills. Career topics include how to locate appropriate jobs, professional schools, and graduate programs; how to write professional resumes, correspondence, including graduate school and grant applications. Prerequisite: Senior status, completion of all lower-division major requirements, HIST 100, and GWAR certification before Fall 09, WPJ score of 70+, or at least a C- in ENGL 109 M/W. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 192C. Senior Seminar in Art Education. Relates current art education theories to teaching practices in elementary and secondary classrooms, and museum/gallery settings. Teaching practices in a classroom or gallery/museum setting will connect to curriculum materials developed. Prerequisite: Senior status, and ART 130, ART 133, ART 134, and ART 135. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 193. Art Gallery Management. Designed for direct participation of students in the management of an art gallery, including installation, publicity, and budgeting. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 195. Fieldwork. Directed observation and work experience with public agencies. Field work is offered for the purpose of giving students orientation in occupational specialties. Supervision is provided by both the instructional staff of the University and the cooperating agencies. Each student is required to maintain a record of activities and assignments, and to prepare periodic reports. The student must make arrangements with a faculty member for a work program prior to admittance to the course. Graded: Credit / No Credit. Units: 1.0 - 3.0.
ART 196. Experimental Offerings in Art. Undergraduate seminar in art, to be scheduled as needed. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 1.0
ART 197. Intermediate Electronic Art. Explores the creative potential of digital imaging and multimedia art making techniques. Teaching methods will include hands on demonstrations, lab workshops, creative projects, reading assignments, seminars, discussion and critiques. The development of technical fluency will be stressed, and the creative potential of digital media within the framework of contemporary art, design and culture will be emphasized. Fee course. Note: Proficiency in MAC-OS recommended. May be taken for credit three times. Prerequisite: ART 97, or equivalent experience, such as PHOT 11, Introduction to Digital Imaging. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 198. Advanced Electronic Art. Utilizes the creative potential of electronic media to create art projects, working within the conceptual framework of developments in contemporary culture using a range of available software programs. An experimental and exploratory approach to the digital medium in concept, process and execution of work is encouraged. Fee course. Note: Proficiency in MAC-OS recommended. May be taken for credit three times. Prerequisite: ART 197, or equivalent experience, evidenced in portfolio. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 199. Special Problems. Individual projects or directed reading. Open only to students who are competent to carry on individual work. Note: Departmental petition required. Graded: Graded (CR/NC Available). Units: 1.0 - 3.0.
ART 206. Art Theory and Criticism. Seminar discussions of essential readings in Western aesthetic philosophy and contemporary art theory and criticism. Stress is placed on the conceptualization of the student's own graduate production. Note: Required for students in art graduate program; Graduate Writing Intensive (GWI) course. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 212. Contemporary Art. Beginning with international Pop art and Minimalism in the 1960s, surveys the history of contemporary art from the end of avant-garde modernism to the postmodernism and globalism of today. Lectures, discussions, readings and assignments, offer insights into the contexts, attitudes and ideas behind current art and visual culture. Note: Students who earned a grade of B or higher in ART 112 can fulfill the requirements for ART 212 by taking a one-unit supplemental ART 299 to satisfy graduate level criteria. Prerequisite: Modern Art History: Art 1B or ART 109 or equivalent or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 219. Directed Research in Art History. Open to classified and unclassified art graduate students only. Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair. Prerequisite: Instructor permission and Department chair via signed petition form. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 220. Advanced Problems in Painting and Drawing. Special problems in painting and drawing. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Prerequisite: ART 122B, graduate art student status, or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 222. Studio Critique Seminar. Critique seminar taught by one or more instructors representing different creative experiences. Note: Required for students in the art studio graduate program, every semester until the final review has been passed. Only 6 units may be applied toward the degree program. Open only to classified graduate students. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 229. Painting/Drawing Studio. Open to classified and unclassified art graduate students only. Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair; only 6 units may be applied toward the degree program. Prerequisite: Instructor permission and Department chair via signed petition form. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 239. Directed Research in Art Education. Open to classified and unclassified art graduate students only. Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair; only 6 units may be applied toward the degree program. Prerequisite: Instructor permission and Department chair via signed petition form. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 249. Graphics/Printmaking Studio. Open to classified and unclassified art graduate students only. Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair; only 6 units may be applied toward the degree program. Prerequisite: Instructor permission and Department chair via signed petition form. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 259. Ceramics Studio. Open to classified and unclassified art graduate students only. Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair; only 6 units may be applied toward the degree program. Prerequisite: Instructor permission and Department chair via signed petition form. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 269. Photography Studio. Open to classified and unclassified art graduate students only. Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair; only 6 units may be applied toward the degree program. Prerequisite: Instructor permission and Department chair via signed petition form. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 279. Crafts/Art Metal Studio. Open to classified and unclassified art graduate students only. Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair; only 6 units may be applied toward the degree program. Prerequisite: Instructor permission and Department chair via signed petition form. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 283. Graduate Sculpture. Special problems in sculpture, mixed media, installation art, site specific art, performance art, public art or other. Students will engage in self-directed projects while participating in sculpture studio forum and critiques. Prerequisite: Graduate Art student status, or instructor permission. Note: may be taken twice for credit Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 289. Sculpture Studio. Open to classified and unclassified graduate students only. Fee course. Note: May be repeated as often as approved by advisor and Department chair; only 6 units may be applied toward the degree program. Prerequisite: Instructor permission and Department chair via signed petition form. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 297. New Media 1. Students will work on self-directed new media projects with the supervision of the instructor. The work will focus on projects that are either entirely based on digital image and/or animation, or on works that also utilize other media or processes combined with digital image or animation, such as intermedia, mixed media and installation work. This course also includes reading assignments, critique and discussion. Note: May be repeated twice for credit. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 298. New Media 2. Students will work on self-directed video and new media with the supervision of the instructor. The work will focus on projects that are either entirely based in new media and video, or on works that also utilize other media or processes combined with video and/or interactive processes, such as intermedia, mixed media and installation work. The course also includes reading assignments, critique and discussion. Note: May be taken twice for credit. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 299. Special Problems. Individual projects or directed reading. Note: Only 6 units may be applied toward the degree program. Prerequisite: Open only to graduate art students competent to carry on individual work. Admission requires approval of the faculty member who will direct the work and of the Department chair via signed petition form. Graded: Graded (CR/NC Available). Units: 1.0 - 3.0.
ART 305. Art in the Public School. Art teaching methods and programs for public school grades K-12. Must be taken during Phase I or II of student teaching. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the art teaching credential program. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
ART 500. Culminating Experience. Culminating exhibition of student work. Prerequisite: Advanced to candidacy and chair permission of student's project committee. Graded: Thesis in Progress. Units: 3.0