UG Course Descriptions

A basic studio course designed to explore the elements of drawing. Students experience exercises in observation and memory drawing using various media: pencil, ink, charcoal, and pastel. (Fee applies)

This course teaches students to create art and original graphics using computer software and technological equipment. Time spent in this course will be divided among learning Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and concepts of fine art and digital photography. Projects will be designed to integrate the use of scanners, digital drawing tablets, cameras and iPads while learning the elements and principles of design. Prior drawing experience is helpful but not necessary. Students will also be challenged to integrate these skills with traditional art media such as drawing and collage. Students from all disciplines will develop skills to apply in making flyers, posters, logos, and design. (Lab work required) (Fee applies)

Several on-site guided museum tours and hands-on workshops in the visual arts will be offered on various themes.

This course will provide students with a foundation in the visual arts and design. This course enables students to develop and understand visual literacy by learning to apply the elements and principles of art and design through hands-on experiences using a variety of media and subject matter. Students will develop design thinking skills to create 2- and 3-D works of art. This is the foundation course for students to pursue fields within the Visual Arts in the disciplines of Fine Arts, Graphic Design or Art History. (Fee applies)

Go beyond theoretical learning to rely on your own observations. What constitutes the human body? How do these parts work together to make us “us”? This course allows you to observe, understand, and relate to the human body. It will center on anatomical drawings, which will be helpful for students in biology, nursing, exercise science, physical therapy, and allied health.

An introduction to the use of type-face as one of the primary elements of visual communication. In addition to an introduction to the history, terminology and technical issues related to typography, students will focus on the expressive characteristics of letterforms, fundamental typographic theories and rules of spatial organization. Lab work required. (Fee applies)

Introduces and defines drawing as an important form of visual expression and communication. The course encourages the application of fundamental drawing skills toward more personally expressive goals. (Prerequisite: ART 102) (Fee applies)

A survey of visual arts from the Paleolithic to the Gothic period, exploring major monuments and masterpieces of sculpture, ceramics, architecture and painting as each form relates to the achievements of humankind. A broad range of cultures will be explored to provide an understanding of different perspectives on how people have communicated visually though art forms. This course introduces art fundamentals and helps to foster an appreciation for the visual arts.

This is a fundamental ceramic course that develops pottery-making skills. Students learn the fundamentals of constructing clay objects using air drying clay and employ basic ceramic tools. Each week the instructor will provide a video of how to do the weekly technique and talk about the topic and include examples as well as other virtual references. Students can produce all the works right in their home. Students will explore cultural and historical developments in ceramics. Students explore ceramic work from Ancient Greece, Native American Pueblo’s and Japan. Each week a new technique in hand building is introduced along with examples from a variety of ceramic artist throughout the world. The course will explore pinch, coil, and slab building ceramic techniques. This course helps foster creative development and an exploration of how to create a three – dimensional form. Students will keep a sketchbook with notes and reflection of the process of creating their ceramic work and include

This studio course will investigate the use of water-based clay in creating sculptural forms. Students will employ fundamental hand building and wheel throwing techniques and explore the use of form, space and mass as they construct 3-dimensional forms. (Fee applies)