Courses

Ceramics: Surface & Form

Course No. CER455.1  Credits: 3

Students will work on assigned and self-proposed projects which explore the ceramic surface in relationship to two and three-dimensional form. Concepts and critical theory will be addressed. Lectures will discuss historical and contemporary art and design history. Previous clay working experience required. 3 credits.

Ceramics: Table for Two: Evolving Rituals of Food

Course No. CER252/352/452  Credits: 3
Faculty Judith Salomon | William Brouillard

We will focus on the human experience of eating, and the rituals and modes of communication involving community, food and drink. The potterÕs wheel will be our primary means of fabrication for the creation of objects, parts and multiples. Glaze formulation, surface techniques and firing of kilns will be incorporated in this class. Required of all Ceramic Majors. Open to all. 3 credits.

Ceramics: The Narrative Vessel

Course No. CER246/346/446  Credits: 3
Faculty Judith Salomon

The focus of this class will be the ceramic object as a vehicle for two and three-dimensional expression. We will introduce the potterÕs wheel, handbuilding/forming techniques along with glazing and surface treatments. Kiln firing will be introduced, including gas and electric kilns. We will discuss artworks made from clay in the past, present and future. This class is open to all: take as preparation for other course work in the Ceramics Department. 3 credits.

Ceramics: The Potter's Wheel/Utiility & Produc

Course No. CER240/340/440  Credits: 3
Faculty William Brouillard

Wheel based vessels and sculptural forms will be explored in this class. The potter's wheel is an important tool for artists and designers who want to create compositional forms using multiple parts. Glaze making, glazing and kiln firing will be incorporated into this course. Lectures on historical and contemporary ceramic works will be included to further help student create a personal direction. Some wheel work suggested. Required of all Ceramic Majors. Open to all. 3 credits.

Character Design & Development

Course No. ILL265.1  Credits: 3
Faculty Dominic Scibilia | James Groman

Exploration of tools, techniques, and hands-on skills required in the creation of professional illustrations, graphics, type, and visuals, integrating Illustrator and basic Photoshop imaging techniques in a lecture/ studio environment. Offered spring. 3 credits.

Charette: Collaboration & Community

Course No. FND140A.1  Credits: 1
Faculty Christina Cassara | Jimmy Kuehnle | Kevin Kautenburger | Richard Fiorelli | Scott Ligon

This one-half semester course is framed by the theme of Community and Collaboration. The students and instructor work collaboratively to define and explore ÒcommunityÓ as local place and learning environment. They identify and activate connections among charette members and their specified community in order to develop a consensual creative response. Through sustained exploration of one theme, the Charette emphasizes the development of skills for critical and creative thinking, experiential learning, problem-solving, and collaboration. Through materials exploration, making processes, and critique, the Charette forges links with the visual, tactile and manual skill sets taught in other Foundation classes. Each studentÕs effort, progress, and work will contribute to a collaborative project developed over 7 weeks, to include both a charette documentation log as well as a collaborative 2D, 3D, or 4D form. Offered fall. 1.5 credits.

Charette: Self & Other Voices

Course No. FND140B.1  Credits: 1
Faculty Barbara Chira | Christian Wulffen | Clifford Borress | Kidist Getachew | Petra Soesemann

This one-half semester course is framed by the theme of Self and other Voices. As an exploration of oneÕs self in relation to culture and society, the course facilitates increased self-knowledge and helps students uncover their views of Òother.Ó The students and instructor work collaboratively to define and explore Òother voices,Ó cultivate connections with those other voices, and develop creative responses. Through sustained exploration of one theme, the Charette gives priority to the development of skills for critical and creative thinking, experiential learning, problem-solving, and collaboration. Through materials exploration, making processes, and critique, the Charette forges links with the visual, tactile, and manual skill sets being taught in other Foundation classes. Each studentÕs effort, progress, and work will contribute to a project developed over 7 weeks, to include both a charette documentation log and a 2D, 3D, and/or 4D form. Offered fall. 1.5 credits.

Chinese Poetry

Course No. LLC477.1  Credits: 3

The purpose of this course is two-fold: first, to determine, through intensive readings in translation from the work of representative poets, what characterizes Chinese poetic achievement and, second to articulate our own informed response to these poems. Primary emphasis will be placed on the lyric mode as it develops from its origins in the Book of Songs (compiled c. 600BCE) through its golden age in the T'ang and Sung dynasties. Continuing attention will be paid to the tension between public and private commitment expressed by poets who choose between, attempt to resolve, or transcend these commitments. Topics for special consideration include the classical Chinese language as a vehicle for poetic expression and Chinese calligraphy as an exercise in dynamic proportions, the technical requirements of two major lyric forms, nature as a source of both inspiration and poetic metaphor, and the didactic and individualist traditions of Chinese literary criticism. Fulfills Humanities/Cultural Studies distribution requirement. Creative Writing Concentration course. 3 credits.