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ANTH (Anthropology)
  

  • ANTH 494 - Internship (COM)

    Credits: 1-12
    Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses. Prerequisites: Written permission.


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  • ANTH 496 - Field Experience (COM)

    Credits: 1-12
    Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study established between the student, instructor and field experience supervisor. Due to the presence of a field experience supervisor, a lower level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case in an internship or practicum course. Prerequisites: Written permission.


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ARAB (Arabic)
  

  • ARAB 101 - Introductory Arabic I (COM) [SGR #4]

    Credits: 4
    Introduces the fundamental elements of Arabic writing and vocabulary and Muslim culture. Emphasizes sound/symbol relationships. Class work may be supplemented with required aural/oral practice outside of class. Notes: Course meets SGR #4 .


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  • ARAB 102 - Introductory Arabic II (COM) [SGR #4]

    Credits: 4
    Continues with the introduction of the fundamental elements of Arabic writing and vocabulary and Muslim culture. Emphasizes sound/symbol relationships. Class work may be supplemented with required aural/oral practice outside of class. Prerequisites: ARAB 101 . Notes: Course meets SGR #4 .


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  • ARAB 201 - Intermediate Arabic I (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Continuation course which introduces the fundamental elements of Arabic Sentence Structure and vocabulary. It promotes speaking, listening and writing skills within a cultural context. Prerequisites: ARAB 101 , ARAB 102  or prior experience.


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  • ARAB 202 - Intermediate Arabic II (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Continuation course which introduces the fundamental elements of Arabic Sentence Structure and vocabulary. It promotes speaking, listening and writing skills within a cultural context. Prerequisites: ARAB 101 , ARAB 102  or prior experience.


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ARCH (Architecture)
  

  • ARCH 101 - Drawing Architecture

    Credits: 3
    An overview of student success strategies for architecture majors and an introduction to the discipline of architecture as an intellectual practice with drawing as its primary tool of inquiry and invention in projection, planimetric, and diagrammatic graphical conventions.


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  • ARCH 151 - Design Practice I

    Credits: 2
    Introduces students to design studio and culture. Students learn basic concepts of architectural drawing and model making through studying precedents and surroundings. Students are expected to develop craftsmanship in representation as well as communication skills.


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  • ARCH 221 - Media Tech I

    Credits: 1
    Introduction to graphical representation, planimetrics, projection systems, descriptive geometry, and notational systems using both mechanical and electronic tools. Corequisites: ARCH 222 .


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  • ARCH 222 - Media Tech II

    Credits: 1
    An overview of mediating technologies such as templating, measuring, nesting, joining, and tolerance in fabrication.  Students are introduced to CNC digital craft as well as traditional tool working. Corequisites: ARCH 221 .


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  • ARCH 241 - Construction History [SGR #4]

    Credits: 3
    Studying architecture through the frame of history emphasizing buildings as artifacts of the technological processes of construction. Buildings from across diverse societies and geographies are put into historical context in categories of carving, stacking, framing, skinning, and casting space. Notes: Course meets SGR #4 .


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  • ARCH 242 - Building History II

    Credits: 2
    Studying architecture through the frame of history emphasizing building as a professional and disciplinary practice. The course focuses on historical study of the genesis of the profession across time and cultures in Renaissance and Baroque Italy (1350-1650).


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  • ARCH 250 - Design Practice

    Credits: 5
    This course will introduce a range of design practices establishing a set of skills necessary for addressing complex design challenges in subsequent studios. Project-based exercises will explore methods of analysis, techniques of representation & systems of assembly at a variety of scales.


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  • ARCH 251 - Building Arts Studio I

    Credits: 4
    Continuation of first year Design Practice studios. Students continue to learn drawing and modeling techniques and refine craft. Students begin to examine components in building design and construction systems for structures. Prerequisites: DSGN 152 .


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  • ARCH 252 - Building Arts Studio II

    Credits: 4
    Students look in-depth at building components and assemblies. Work will focus on component design and construction types. Students will begin to analyze building materials and related assemblies. Prerequisites:  .


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  • ARCH 255 - Building Studio

    Credits: 5
    Building design performed in the integrative digital modeling of function, site, construction, surface, structure, systems, form, and composition. Prerequisites: ARCH 250 .


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  • ARCH 255L - Building Lab

    Credits: 2
    Building design projected in the graphics of planimetric drawings, diagrams, and animations of function, site, construction, surface, structure, systems, form, and composition. Prerequisites: ARCH 250 .


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  • ARCH 321 - Media Tech III

    Credits: 2
    Introduction to electronic building information modeling and notational drawing in raster and vector technologies. Prerequisites: ARCH 351 .


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  • ARCH 351 - Building Arts Studio III

    Credits: 5
    Students design a project problematizing construction and spatial sequence while introducing foundational issues of place-making and city form in architectural production. Prerequisites:  .


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  • ARCH 352 - Architecture Studio I

    Credits: 5
    Building design studio focusing on institutional program projects in masonry construction situated in a landscape or rural site. Prerequisites: ARCH 351 .


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  • ARCH 354 - Research Studio

    Credits: 5
    The research studio is the collaborative performance of a systematic inquiry whose goal is communicable knowledge.  They are topical investigations either ‘into’, ‘for’ or ‘through’ architecture and guided by polemical questions that come out of contemporary issues in faculty research and creative activity. Prerequisites: ARCH 250 .


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  • ARCH 354L - Research Lab

    Credits: 2
    The research lab records and reflects the processes and products of the research studio as communicable knowledge.  Media utilized will be topical to the workflow of the studio. Prerequisites: ARCH 250 .


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  • ARCH 355 - Building Studio

    Credits: 5
    Building design performed in the integrative digital modeling of function, site, construction, surface, structure, systems, form, and composition. Prerequisites: ARCH 250 .


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  • ARCH 355L - Building Lab

    Credits: 2
    Building design projected in the graphics of planimetric drawings, diagrams, and animations of function, site, construction, surface, structure, systems, form, and composition. Prerequisites: ARCH 250 .


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  • ARCH 382 - Travel Studies

    Credits: 1
    This travel-study course is designed to provide extra-mural educational experiences, as approved by and under the direction of a faculty member, and may be in cooperation with faculty and administrators at other institutions.  Students will participate in hands-on activities and design educational activities for presentation at selected locations.  Includes pre-travel orientation, post-travel self-evaluation, and a written report.        


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  • ARCH 401-501 - Writing Architecture

    Credits: 3
    This course looks at both the history and the practice of writing about architecture from the end of the nineteenth century to the present with particular attention to the rise of criticism in architectural culture.  Prerequisites: ARCH 402-502 .


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  • ARCH 402-502 - Reading Architecture

    Credits: 3
    Introduces fundamental theoretical texts and their influence on architectural thinking. Students will read explore and discuss historical and contemporary issues through the lens of assigned texts.  Prerequisites: ARCH 101 .


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  • ARCH 421 - Media Tech IV

    Credits: 2
    Lecture and workshop study on the integration of digital building information technologies in the building process from ideation to maintenance. Prerequisites: ARCH 351 .


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  • ARCH 422 - Media Tech V

    Credits: 2
    Student-driven course in which the instructor guides each student through the compilation, editing, and stylization of a portfolio of her or his design. The subject matter of the portfolio built as a capstone reflection of performance in prior architectural studios, workshops, and media courses. Prerequisites: ARCH 352 .


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  • ARCH 432-532 - Technology of Surroundings

    Credits: 2
    Lecture and field work in urban design practices, environmental responsibilities, and the implementation of site design technologies.


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  • ARCH 433-533 - Technology of Structures

    Credits: 3
    The course builds both an intuitive and empirical understanding of the basic principles of systems thinking in architecture through mechanical study and integrative analysis of building structure performance in space and against gravity. Prerequisites: PHYS 111-111L .


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  • ARCH 434-534 - Technology of Systems

    Credits: 3
    The course builds both an intuitive and empirical understanding of the basic principles of systems thinking in architecture through environmental study and integrative analysis of building service system performance. Prerequisites: PHYS 111-111L .


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  • ARCH 442-542 - History of Ideas

    Credits: 3
    Studying architecture through the frame of history emphasizing the 20th century development of the modern culture of architecture. Buildings, both local and global, from across diverse societies put into historical context as cultural, socio-political, and corporate artifacts of the profession.


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  • ARCH 443-543 - Urban History

    Credits: 3
    Studying architecture in a broad survey of the development of contemporary cities through architectural practices, both local and global and from across diverse societies.  Cities are put into historical context as a system of cultural, socio-political, and economic artifacts.


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  • ARCH 451 - Architecture Studio II

    Credits: 5
    Building design studio focusing on commercial program projects in steel construction situated in a small town corner site. Prerequisites: ARCH 352 .


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  • ARCH 452 - Architecture Studio III

    Credits: 5
    Building design studio focusing on housing program projects in concrete construction situated in a big city block infill setting. Prerequisites: ARCH 451 .


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  • ARCH 454-554 - Research Studio

    Credits: 5
    The research studio is the collaborative performance of a systematic inquiry whose goal is communicable knowledge.  They are topical investigations either ‘into’, ‘for’ or ‘through’ architecture and guided by polemical questions that come out of contemporary issues in faculty research and creative activity. Prerequisites: ARCH 250 .


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  • ARCH 454L-554L - Research Lab

    Credits: 2
    The research lab records and reflects the processes and products of the research studio as communicable knowledge.  Media utilized will be topical to the workflow of the studio. Prerequisites: ARCH 250 .


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  • ARCH 455-555 - Building Studio

    Credits: 5
    Building design performed in the integrative digital modeling of function, site, construction, surface, structure, systems, form, and composition. Prerequisites: ARCH 250 .


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  • ARCH 455L-555L - Building Lab

    Credits: 2
    Building design projected in the graphics of planimetric drawings, diagrams, and animations of function, site, construction, surface, structure, systems, form, and composition. Prerequisites: ARCH 250 .


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  • ARCH 461-561 - Shop

    Credits: 2
    Workshop studies in craftsmanship, assembly, and fabrication through hands-on demonstrations and projects. Prerequisites: ARCH 222 .


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  • ARCH 471 - Building Regulation

    Credits: 2
    Study legal regulation and its history in architectural practice through geographic siting, construction practices, and performance in occupation. Prerequisites: ARCH 351 .


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  • ARCH 491 - Independent Study (COM)

    Credits: 1-12
    Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depend upon the requirements of the topic.


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  • ARCH 492-592 - Topics (COM)

    Credits: 3
    A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually limited with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement.


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ART (Art)
  

  • ART 111 - Drawing I (COM) [SGR #4]

    Credits: 3
    Introduces various drawing concepts, media, and processes developing perceptual and technical skills related to accurate observing and drawing. Notes: Course meets SGR #4 .


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  • ART 112 - Drawing II (COM) [SGR #4]

    Credits: 3
    Emphasizes the continuing development of essential drawing skills and perceptual abilities as drawing concepts, compositional complexity, and creativity gain importance. Prerequisites: ART 111 . Notes: Course meets SGR #4 .


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  • ART 121 - Design I 2D (COM) [SGR #4]

    Credits: 3
    Emphasizes the organization of visual elements and principles while exploring creative thought processes through art theory, concepts, material, and techniques. Cross-Listed: DSGN 121 . Notes: Course meets SGR #4 .


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  • ART 122 - Design II Color (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Introduction to color theory as it applies to basic 2D and 3D design principles.


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  • ART 123 - Three Dimensional Design (COM) [SGR #4]

    Credits: 3
    3-D visual problems solved through the organization of design elements, utilizing three dimensional design language revealed through its history, theory, aesthetics and materials. Notes: Course meets SGR #4 .


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  • ART 192 - Topics (COM)

    Credits: 3
    A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually limited with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement.


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  • ART 201 - First Review

    Credits: 1
    Formal review of coursework for students seeking the BFA in Studio Arts after successfully completing prerequisites for ART 201.  The student must register in the course after completing foundational studio arts courses (listed below as prerequisites), and while enrolled in or after completing the studio arts core. This course for second year BFA majors must be satisfactory completed before advancing to the Junior level of coursework in the BFA. Students must receive a “C” or higher to pass. Successful completion of ART 201 is required before students can apply to and be accepted into the BFA program. Prerequisites: ART 112 , ART 121 , ART 122 , and ART 123 .


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  • ART 211 - Drawing III-Figurative (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Figurative drawing studied, emphasizing the development of individual ideas and approaches to various drawing media, including the use of multimedia. Prerequisites: ART 111  or instructor’s consent.


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  • ART 212 - Drawing IV: Mixed Media (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Involves advanced exploration of drawing through mixed and multi media. Prerequisites: ART 211 .


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  • ART 231 - Painting I (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Initial approach to painting, employing history, materials, techniques and process in various media as student work with concepts, objects or models Prerequisites: ART 111  or ART 121  or instructor’s consent.


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  • ART 241 - Sculpture I (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Introduces the development of sculptural concepts and objects through history, techniques and processes using basic three-dimensional materials, including clay, plaster, stone, metals, wood, and synthetic media.


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  • ART 251 - Ceramics I (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Introduces ceramic art through its history and basic methods of forming, decorating, glazing, and firing pottery forms, including glaze chemistry and kiln construction.


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  • ART 281 - Printmaking I (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Introduces the history and techniques of relief and intaglio processes, lithography (section 1) and screen printing (section 2) as a primary means of expression.


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  • ART 292 - Topics (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.


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  • ART 301 - Second Review

    Credits: 1
    Continuation of formal review of coursework for third year students seeking the BFA in Studio Arts.  The student must register in the course while enrolled in or after completing third level courses in their studio specialization. Students must receive a “C” or higher to pass this course which is required to advancing to the senior level of coursework in the BFA. Prerequisites: ART 201  and Junior status.


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  • ART 311 - Advanced Figurative Drawing (COM)

    Credits: 3
    The studio course develops and expands live figure drawing practices using traditional methods and mixed media applications, and requires the creation of a portfolio of outside works that complements class-time assignments. Prerequisites: ART 112 , ART 122  and ART 211 . Notes: Course can be repeated for additional credit.


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  • ART 331 - Painting II (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Emphasizes painting based on complex combinations of concepts, materials, techniques and processes using objects, models, and individual creativity. Prerequisites: ART 231 .


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  • ART 341 - Sculpture II (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Continues Sculpture I as students explore individual concepts through various techniques and materials. Prerequisites: ART 241 .


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  • ART 342 - Sculpture III (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Continues Sculpture II as students further explore individual concepts through various techniques and materials. Prerequisites: ART 341 .


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  • ART 351 - Ceramics II (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Continues Ceramics I as students explore clay through individually creative application of concepts, techniques and glazing and firing methods. Prerequisites: ART 251 .


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  • ART 352 - Ceramics III

    Credits: 3
    Continuation of Ceramics II. Emphasis on individual concepts developed through hand- building and/or throwing techniques. Also more advanced glazing and firing techniques, kiln maintenance, and studio operations. Prerequisites: ART 351  (minimum grade of “C”) or instructor consent.


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  • ART 381 - Printmaking II (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Continues Printmaking I as students further individualized their application of printing processes and media. Prerequisites: ART 281  or instructor consent.


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  • ART 382 - Printmaking III

    Credits: 3
    Continuation of Printmaking II. Creative use of advanced printmaking techniques and processes in relief, intaglio, and serigraphy. Prerequisites: ART 381 .


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  • ART 401 - Thesis Exhibition

    Credits: 1
    A course for fourth year students seeking the BFA in Studio Arts. Students must present studio specialization coursework in a public exhibition for formal faculty review. Students must receive a “C” or higher to pass. Corequisites: ART 402 .


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  • ART 431 - Painting III (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Continues Painting II emphasizing concepts in art history, art criticism, and issues in contemporary art as students are encouraged to use self-directed and experimental approaches in developing subject matter and content. Prerequisites: ART 331  or instructor consent.


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  • ART 432 - Painting IV (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Continues Painting III through directed study and application of advanced painting concepts, techniques and materials. Prerequisites: ART 431 .


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  • ART 433 - Painting V

    Credits: 3
    A continuation of Painting IV, emphasis is placed on advanced exploration of techniques and concepts in painting through the development and completion of individual studio artwork. Prerequisites: ART 432 .


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  • ART 441 - Sculpture IV (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Continuation of Sculpture III. Advanced exploration of sculpture concepts. Prerequisites: ART 342 . Notes: Repeatable up to 9 hours.


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  • ART 443 - Sculpture V

    Credits: 3
    A continuation of Sculpture IV, emphasis is placed on advanced exploration of techniques and concepts in sculpture through the development and completion of individual studio artwork. Prerequisites: ART 441 .


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  • ART 451 - Ceramics IV

    Credits: 3
    A continuation of Ceramics III, an advanced exploration of ceramic materials as directed by personal conceptual needs. Further technical aspects of clay, glaze, and firing processes. Students take a more active role in studio operations. Prerequisites: ART 352  (minimum grade of “C”) or instructor consent. Notes: Repeatable up to 9 hours.


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  • ART 453 - Ceramics V

    Credits: 3
    A continuation of Ceramics IV, emphasis is placed on advanced exploration of techniques and concepts in ceramics through the development and completion of individual studio artwork. Prerequisites: ART 451 .


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  • ART 482 - Travel Studies

    Credits: 1-5
    This travel study course is designed to provide extra-mural educational experiences, as approved by, and under the direction of a faculty member, and may be in cooperation with faculty and administrators of other institutions. Students will participate in hand-on activities, and design educational activities for presentation at selected locations. Includes pre-travel orientation, post-travel self-evaluation and a written report and/or exhibition or portfolio of art/design work.


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