Art

Course Descriptions

Art History

• ARTH 160L - Global Visual Culture

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn and spring. An introduction to the visual arts exploring various approaches to understanding art, art history and terminology, techniques and media, motivating factors behind the creative act.

  Course Attributes:

  • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse

• ARTH 200H - Art of World Civilization I

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn. Survey of history of visual art from prehistory to 1400.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course
  • Indigenous and Global

• ARTH 201H - Art of World Civilization II

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered spring. Survey of history of visual art from 1400 to the Present.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course
  • American and European

• ARTH 250L - Introduction to Art Criticism

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., ARTH 200H-201H. An overview of the description, and interpretation, and evaluation of visual art as practiced in the discipline of art criticism.

  Course Attributes:

  • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse
  • Writing Course-Approved

• ARTH 333H - Architectural History I

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn. Same as THTR 335H. Prereqs., ARTH 200H or 201H. Knowledge and understanding of architectural styles, designs and choices of the built environment from prehistory megalithic architecture to the start of the modern age.

• ARTH 350 - Contemp Art and Art Criticism

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., ARTH 250L or consent of instructor. Survey of artists, art works, critics and theories from 1960's to the present. Introduction to major art movements and ideas of the Post-Modern era. Special emphasis given to firsthand experiences with art at local venues and direct engagement with contemporary art criticism published in newspapers, journals, magazines, and other media.

  Course Attributes:

  • Writing Course-Upper-Division

• ARTH 391 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

• ARTH 400 - Art & Architecture of Egypt

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn. Prereq., ARTH 200H or consent of instr. Exploration of the development of Egyptian art from its earliest roots to the present, including Orientalism and Egyptomania.

• ARTH 402H - Greek Art & Architecture

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor. Same as LS 340H and MCLG 360H. Ancient Greek works of art and architecture, related to and explained by contemporary ideas and values of Greek society.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course

• ARTH 407 - Roman and Early Christian Art

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor.  Same as LS 341H and MCLG 361H. A survey of the various media used in Roman art; the social political, and economic contexts in which the media were developed; and the transition (technical, iconographic, and contextual) to the art of the Early Christian period.

• ARTH 425 - Art of the Renaissance

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor.  Exploration of the arts of 1450-1600 in western Europe. Focus on themes such as the recovery of the classical past, development of scientific naturalism and linear perspective, and the evolution of major art forms architecture, urbanism, religious altarpieces and devotional images, fresco and oil paintings, monumental sculpture, etc.

  Course Attributes:

  • Writing Course-Approved

• ARTH 430 - 19th Century Art

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor. Exploration of major themes in European art from 1800 to 1900. Focus on major cultural and intellectual trends such as Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism and early Modernism.

• ARTH 433H - Ancient American Art

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor.  Development of major ceremonial and urban centers throughout the Americas before the coming of Europeans. Analysis of how the visual arts articulate ancient world views or cosmologies in relation to nature. Focus on various strategies of reading the structure and meaning encoded in the layout of cities, stone sculpture, wall murals, ceramics, precious metals, and textiles.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course

• ARTH 434 - Latin American Art

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instr. Exploration of themes in the development of Latin American art from the colonial period to the present including Renaissance ideals in the New World, syncretism of European, African, and indigenous roots, the Black Legend, and the advent of such movements as Academism, Modernism, Social Realism, Magic Realism and Post-Modernism.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course
  • Non-Western Course
  • Writing Course-Upper-Division

• ARTH 435Y - Art of the United States

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor. American painting, sculpture and architecture from 19th century to the present.

  Course Attributes:

  • American and European

• ARTH 436 - The History of Women in Art

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor.  A survey of major women artists in context of social history and aesthetics from ancient to modern times. Analysis of feminism and works by contemporary women artists in film and video.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course

• ARTH 440 - 20th Century Art

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered spring. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor.  Exploration of major themes in the development of art of the 20th century. Focus on major cultural and intellectual trends of the Modern and Post-Modern ages.

• ARTH 450 - Renaissance Theory & Criticism

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor.  An exploration of the writings of major thinkers of the 14th-16th centuries, including theoretical treatises, works of literature, contracts, and personal diaries.

  Course Attributes:

  • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse

• ARTH 458 - Adv Research in Art History

  Credits: 2 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-9) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H, a 300-level art history course and consent of instructor.  Advanced research in art history topics agreed upon by student and instructor.

• ARTH 459 - Advanced Research Art Crit

  Credits: 3 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor. Advanced Research in Art Criticism.

• ARTH 464 - African Art

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor.  Broad investigation of the visual arts of Africa; historical civilizations, including Egypt, and colonial and post-colonial societies; methodologies for study of non-western societies; “Primitivism;” and the importance of African Art for the development of western art.

• ARTH 465 - Spanish Art

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor.  Exploration of the history of Spanish art from the cave paintings to the 21th century. Focus on Spanish art and aesthetics and Spain’s cultural identity through the visual arts.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course

• ARTH 491 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

• ARTH 494 - Sem Art Hist & Crit

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H, a 300-level art history course and consent of instructor. Upper-division seminar in varying topics of art history and criticism.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course

• ARTH 498 - Internship

  Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-12) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instructor. Special internships under direction of department faculty allowing students practical experience in a chosen area.

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums
  • Internship graduation limit 6

• ARTH 503 - Crit Theories Visual Arts

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Prereq., consent of instructor. Seminar on the history of art criticism as a particular type of discourse about art. Contemporary theories of Modernism including Formalism, Abstraction, Marxism, and Social Realism; and Postmodernism including Deconstruction, Revisionism, and Feminism. Required of all M.A. and M.F.A. students in art.

• ARTH 509 - Crit Theories Visual Arts II

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Prereq., ARTH 503 or consent of instructor. This course is a continuation of ARTH 503 Critical Theories in Visual Arts I, with an emphasis on contemporary theories, topics and ideas related to visual arts. Students will engage with course material through research and reading of primary documents, writing and presentations. Students will have the opportunity to investigate specific topics that relate to and expand their creative studio practice.

• ARTH 550 - Graduate Studies/Art History

  Credits: 2 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-24) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instructor.  Research in art history and art theories.

• ARTH 597 - Research in Art History

  Credits: 3 TO 9. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-24) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instructor.

• ARTH 698 - Methodologies in Art History

  Credits: 3 TO 9. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Investigation of the discipline of art history, its elements, boundaries, historiography, and practitioners.

Art

• ARTZ 105A - Visual Language - Drawing

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn and spring.  Introduction to visual language, concept development, and studio practicum. Focus on basic skills development based on observation, imagination, and memory. Some research in historical and contemporary approaches to drawing required.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• ARTZ 106A - Visual Language - 2-D Fndtns

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn and spring.  Prereq. or coreq., ARTZ 105A.  An introduction to the formal elements and principles of design, color theory, and predominant western and non-western historical styles.  Emphasis on solving specific design problems.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• ARTZ 108A - Visual Language - 3-D Fndtns

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn and spring.  Basic three-dimensional course for both general education and beginning art students.  Prerequisite to beginning sculpture and beginning ceramics.  Emphasis placed on conceptualization and formal development of the 3-D object in the areas of form, mass, scale, texture, space and color.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• ARTZ 131A - Ceramics for Non-majors

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered intermittently. A general introduction to art using ceramics. Less specialized than Ceramics I for art majors. Credit not allowed toward a B.A., B.F.A., or minor in art.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• ARTZ 191 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

• ARTZ 211A - Drawing I

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., ARTZ 105A, and ARTH 200H or 201H. Study of human anatomy with an emphasis on rendering and interpreting the figure. Students complete a variety of homework assignments. Some research in historical and contemporary figuration required.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• ARTZ 221A - Painting I

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., ARTZ 105A, 106A, ARTH 200H and 201H.  Acrylic and oil painting emphasizing composition and application of color theory. Research in historical and contemporary strategies.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• ARTZ 231A - Ceramics I

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., ARTZ 108A. Introduction to clay as a historical and contemporary art-making medium. Basic methods of building with clay, with emphasis on handbuilding; elementary solutions to problems of glazing and surface treatment.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• ARTZ 251A - Sculpture I

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn and spring.  Prereq., ARTZ 108A.  Introduction to fundamental technical skills and new processes in various materials.  Further development of the formal concerns within three-dimensional design.  Issues of content and formal criticism as it relates to personal expression.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• ARTZ 271A - Printmaking I

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. (R-9) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., ARTZ 105A. Introduction to various printmaking media.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• ARTZ 284A - Photo I-Techs and Processes

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., ARTZ 105A. Introduction to photography as an art form. Exposure, digital camera basics, composition, digital image processing, printing, print finishing techniques. Discussion of historical and contemporary uses of photography. Focus on technical expertise and issues of content and personal expression.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• ARTZ 291 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 9. Level: Undergraduate. (R-12) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

• ARTZ 302A - Elementary School Art

  Credits: 2. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn and spring. Visual art teaching methods for future elementary school teachers in a variety of media, methods of critique, and curricular components.

• ARTZ 311 - Drawing II

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. (R-9) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., ARTZ 211, ARTH 200H, ARTH 201H, ARTH 250L. Focused time for individual exploration and production of drawings for portfolio development through studio practicum, lectures, critiques, reading and writing.

• ARTZ 321 - Painting II

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., ARTH 200H, 201H, 250L, and ARTZ 221A.  Continued development of painting skills and concepts development of painting skills and concepts with an emphasis on contemporary ideas, process and materials.  Studio practicum, lectures, critiques, reading and writing.

• ARTZ 331 - Ceramics II

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., ARTZ 108A and 231A. Further exploration of the ceramic process introducing more complex ways of handbuilding and developing the art of throwing. Examination of the technology and chemistry of clay, glazes and high temperature oxidation and reduction firing.

• ARTZ 335 - Clay and Glaze

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn. Prereq., ARTZ 108A, 231A. In-depth study of the physical and chemical properties of clays and glazes. Hands-on testing of various clay and glaze formulas and an introduction to kiln firing.

• ARTZ 351 - Sculpture II

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., 251A. Focus on contemporary issues and a deeper engagement with materials.  Development and execution of clear sculptural responses to material-based and topic-based assignments.

• ARTZ 371 - Printmaking II

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., ARTZ 271A. Continued work in various printmaking media.

• ARTZ 372 - Printmaking II- Lithography

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., ART 233A. Continued work in various printmaking media.

• ARTZ 384 - Photo II-Theory, Crit, Prctice

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring.  Prereq., ARTZ 105A, 284A. Further exploration of photography as an art form.  Survey of different approaches to cameras, films, chemical and digital processes, presentation techniques.  Emphasis on issues of content and personal expression.

• ARTZ 385 - The Art of Digital Photography

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn or spring. Prereq., ARTZ 105A, 284A. Introduction to digital photographic manipulation. Survey of techniques, theory and potential for creative expression as an art form.

• ARTZ 388 - Alternative Process Photog

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTZ 105A, 284A. Introduction to historic, experimental and alternative process photography. Survey of techniques, theory and potential for creative expression as an art form.

• ARTZ 391 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 9. Level: Undergraduate. (R-12) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

• ARTZ 394A - Seminar- Environmental Drawing

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered Spring.  A drawing seminar specifically designed for the Wilderness and Civilization program.  Students will explore and develop individual ideas with various media based on the curriculum of the Wilderness Program.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• ARTZ 398 - Internship

  Credits: 1 TO 12. Level: Undergraduate. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Special internships under direction of department faculty allowing students practical experience in a chosen area.

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• ARTZ 400 - Art & Architecture of Egypt

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn. Prereq., ARTH 200H or consent of instr. Exploration of the development of Egyptian art from its earliest roots to the present, including Orientalism and Egyptomania.

• ARTZ 402 - Teaching Art I-- K-12

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn. Prereq., ARTZ 105A, 106A, 108A; ARTH 200H, 201H;and junior standing. Preparation for art specialists to include history and current trends in curriculum development, teaching procedures, child growth and development in art, resources, evaluation, advocacy and directed teaching experiences in school setting.

  Course Attributes:

  • Service Learning

• ARTZ 403 - Teaching Art II-- K-12

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered spring. Prereq., ARTZ 105A, 106A, 108A, and 402. Continuation and practical application of ARTZ 402.

• ARTZ 405 - Advanced Research- Art Educatn

  Credits: 2 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-12) Offered intermittently. Prereq., ART 123A, 125A, 135A and ART 314 or 407. Advanced research in art education topics and/or field experiences.

• ARTZ 410 - Advanced Research- Drawing

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-9) Offered intermitently. Prereq. ARTZ 211, ARTH 200H, ARTH 201H, and ARTH 250L or consent of instructor. Focused time for individual exploration and production of drawings for portfolio development through studio practicum, lectures, critiques, reading and writing. Sections providing a forum for performance art are taught intermittently.

• ARTZ 420 - Advanced Research- Painting

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereqs., ARTZ 105A, 106A, ARTH 200H, 201H, 250L, ARTZ 211A, 221A, 311, 321, and 422, and/or consent of instructor. Investigation of painting with emphasis on student proposals, including specific technical and conceptual aspects.

• ARTZ 422 - Painting III

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-9) Offered autumn and spring.  Prereq., ARTH 200H, 201H, 250L, and ARTZ 321.  Includes ARTZ 422: Process and Abstraction and ARTZ 422: Portfolio Development. Studio and ARTZ 422: Finding Language.  Exploration and production of paintings with emphasis on individual expression.  Studio practicum, lectures, critiques, reading and writing.

• ARTZ 430 - Advanced Research- Ceramics

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Investigation of ceramics with emphasis on student proposals, including specific technical and conceptual aspects.

• ARTZ 451 - Advanced Research- Sculpture

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-9) Offered intermittingly. Prereq., ARTZ 351 or consent of instructor. Thorough investigation and articulation of the communicative elements of art. Emphasis on the craftsmanship of ideas and the refinement of personal aesthetics as they pertain to sculptural production.

• ARTZ 470 - Advanced Research- Printmaking

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Investigation of printmaking with emphasis on student proposals, including specific technical and conceptual aspects.

• ARTZ 484 - Photo III- Studio Projects

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-9) Offered autumn or spring. Prereq., ARTZ 105A, 284A, 384. Further exploration of photographic theory, criticism, technique and expression as an art form.

• ARTZ 486 - Advanced Research- Photography

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Pre-req., consent of instructor.  Investigation of photography with emphasis on student proposals, including specific technical and conceptual aspects.

• ARTZ 491 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-12) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

• ARTZ 492 - Independent Study

  Credits: 2 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-24) Offered intermittently.  Prereq. Consent of instructor. Advanced studio techniques with emphasis on student initiated projects.

• ARTZ 494 - Seminar- Professional Prctices

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn. Prereq., senior status. Required of all graduating B.F.A. students. Introduction to professional practices and standards in the visual arts, including presentation, portfolio development, career and exhibition opportunities, arts advocacy and graduate school.

• ARTZ 498 - Internship

  Credits: 1 TO 12. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-12) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instructor. Special internships under direction of department faculty allowing students practical experience in a chosen area.

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• ARTZ 499 - Senior Thesis/Capstone

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered spring. Prereq., senior status, ARTZ 494, and successful passage of B.F.A. review. Required of B.F.A. students. Focus on completion of artwork and preparation for the required spring B.F.A. exhibition.  Further exploration of professional practices topics and career opportunities. 

• ARTZ 501 - Graduate Critique Seminar

  Credits: 2. Level: Graduate. (R-4) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Weekly meetings to critique graduate student work.

• ARTZ 502 - Grad Assist Sem/ Prof Develop

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn. Prereq., Graduate student status.  A seminar-based course emphasizing various approaches to teaching, along with professional practices in art. 

• ARTZ 504 - Pre-Candidacy

  Credits: 1. Level: Graduate. Offered autumn and spring.  Prereq., consent of instructor.  Graduate Standing concurrent with Art 500-level Graduate Research and Studio Processes.  Course emphasizes one-on-one instruction with faculty from the student's area of concentration in preparation for the student's all-faculty review prior to thesis work.

• ARTZ 505 - Grad Studio Res: Art

  Credits: 1 TO 3. Level: Graduate. (R-24) Offered autumn and spring. Graduate program. Students meet during regularly scheduled times with faculty or in small groups throughout the semester to discuss the development of their individual work.

• ARTZ 506 - Graduate Pedagogy

  Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered Fall. Lecture-style course discussing current pedagogical practices in college-level art education. Includes development of a syllabus, teaching philosophy, assignments, and pubic speaking skills as well as information on the day-to-day challenges of teaching. Prepares graduate students for TA application and must be taken during first semester of graduate study. This course also includes a semester of course shadowing, working closely with an instructor from the beginning of the assigned course until finals. Assist the assigned faculty member with activities pertaining to teaching.

• ARTZ 507 - Beyond Art School

  Credits: 2. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Introduction to professional practices and standards in the visual arts, including portfolio development, presentation, exhibition opportunities and resources, approaching galleries, developing a web presence, grant writing and artist residencies. Additional topics will cover transition and progression from graduate study into the workforce. Topics will include; career opportunities, resume development, CAA, preparation of job applications, interviewing and public speaking.

• ARTZ 508 - Expanded Studio Practice

  Credits: 3 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn and spring. Studio-based course that offers graduate students the opportunity to work together in a studio art environment with the possibility of engaging diverse media and themes. May take the form of topic-based studio assignments, thematic inquiry, studio response to readings, and/or specific studio processes depending on faculty. Rotates amongst the faculty.

• ARTZ 511 - Grad Res/Studio Pr:Drawing

  Credits: 2 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-24) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instructor. Graduate research in drawing, based on student's direction.

• ARTZ 521 - Grad Res/Studio Pr: Painting

  Credits: 3 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-24) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instructor. Advanced research in painting.

• ARTZ 531 - Grad Res/Studio Pr: Ceramics

  Credits: 3 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-24) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq. consent of instructor. Advanced research in ceramics.

• ARTZ 551 - Grad Res/Studio Pr: Sculp

  Credits: 2 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-24) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instructor. Advanced research in sculpture.

• ARTZ 571 - Grad Res/Studio Pr: Print

  Credits: 2 TO 12. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-24) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Advanced research in printmaking.

• ARTZ 594 - Seminar

  Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-6) Offered intermittently.

• ARTZ 595 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 9. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-12) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• ARTZ 596 - Independent Study

  Credits: 2 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-18) Prereq., consent of instructor.  Offered intermittently.

  Course Attributes:

  • Service Learning/Volunteer

• ARTZ 597 - Research in Art History

  Credits: 2 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-18) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr.

• ARTZ 598 - Internship

  Credits: 2 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-12) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instructor.

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• ARTZ 697 - Term. Proj: Thesis Paper

  Credits: 3. Level: Graduate. Prereq., ARTZ 699.  Guided one-on-one instruction with the chair of the thesis committee working toward researching and writing the thesis paper.

• ARTZ 699 - Term. Proj: Exhibit & Pres.

  Credits: 1 TO 12. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instructor.  Investigation of the discipline of art history, its elements, boundaries, historiography, and practitioners.