Courses

Adv Glass Concepts: Hot Sculpting

Course No. GLS242.1  Credits: 3

With emphasis on Hot Sculpting and students own voice and concepts using glass as a media for expression will be developed. Advancing skills in alternative methods for forming. Techniques is a goal. General studio operation. Safety in the studio. Enrollment priority to intermediate, advanced electives and majors first. Assignments given at an advanced prerequisite, one semester of hot glass. May be repeated. Course fee required.

Adv Glass Concepts: Casting

Course No. GLS240/340/440  Credits: 3
Faculty Sungsoo Kim

This course aims at advancing students' knowledge and techniques in creative and intellectual ways as well as fostering new conceptual schemes. Students will be introduced to such methods as sand casting, Pate-de-verre, cold working and kiln casting in the course of pursuing their sculptural goals. In the meantime, students will also practice applying problem-solving skills to making art. By the end of this course, students will have a thorough knowledge and understanding of general kiln forming and acquire more advanced casting techniques. Ultimately, with this technical basis, the course will inspire students to shape and realize an individual visual voice. Hot glass will be possibly conducted as complement. Open to all students with one semester of glass. Course fee required. Pre-requisite: One semester of Glass.

Adv Glass Concepts: Hot Sculpting

Course No. GLS342.1  Credits: 3

With emphasis on Hot Sculpting and students own voice and concepts using glass as a media for expression will be developed. Advancing skills in alternative methods for forming. Techniques is a goal. General studio operation. Safety in the studio. Enrollment priority to intermediate, advanced electives and majors first. Assignments given at an advanced prerequisite, one semester of hot glass. May be repeated. Course fee required. 3 credits.

Adv Glass Concepts: Hot Sculpting

Course No. GLS442.1  Credits: 3

With emphasis on Hot Sculpting and students own voice and concepts using glass as a media for expression will be developed. Advancing skills in alternative methods for forming. Techniques is a goal. General studio operation. Safety in the studio. Enrollment priority to intermediate, advanced electives and majors first. Assignments given at an advanced prerequisite, one semester of hot glass. May be repeated. Course fee required.

Adv Projects: Fashion-Jewelry-Accessories

Course No. MET267X/367/467  Credits: 3
Faculty Matthew Hollern

Fashion has the power to transcend the mundane, to offer new and novel experiences, to transform the wearer, to empower and provoke, and to reflect and record the times in which we live. As artists and designers we live in a culture of unprecedented access to information, new ideas, materials, and technologies. Fashion-Jewelry-Accessories is designed to focus on the changing landscape of art and design, where we will examine history, concepts, design practices, materials and technologies toward fashion jewelry and accessories. Varied materials and techniques from self-directed exploration to advanced studio technologies will supplement the course to challenge conceptual growth, facilitate design, and present new means of fabrication. "Challenges" are presented to afford students the opportunity to conduct research and explore their own directions. Readings, essays, and discussion offer the integrated seminar experience. The course includes visiting artists/designers, a field trip, presentations, and demonstrations to support individual directions. Open to Jewelry and Metals majors and all electives. 3 credits.

Advanced 3D Animation

Course No. TIM208/308/408  Credits: 3
Faculty Anthony Scalmato

Pre-requisites: Intro to 3D Modeling and Intro 3D Animation.

Advertising Images

Course No. ACD447.1  Credits: 3
Faculty Rita Goodman

This course will examine advertisements in the print media with respect to various elements, including: economic and social class; race; ethnic identity; age; gender; and sexuality. The course begins with an introduction to the method of analysis called semiotics, the techniques of which will be used to determine how advertisements convey their messages and how they address themselves to particular consumers. In addition to the elements outlined above, we will discuss several recent controversial issues. While this course will not center on a history of advertising, it will treat the historical place of print advertising in capitalist consumer culture. Interventionist tactics by various artists that attempt to subvert the economic and ideological function of ads will also be examined. Visual Culture Emphasis course. 3 credits.

African American Art

Course No. ACD334.1  Credits: 3

This course covers African American art from the late 1700s to the present emphasizing the formal qualities of art as well as the social and cultural contexts within which it was created. Lectures and assigned readings are drawn from the scholarship of art history, literature, anthropology and history. We examine works by U.S. Artists of African descent and others who engage aspects of African American life and culture. Visual Culture Emphasis course. 3 credits.