PROFESSIONAL AND GRADUATE STUDIES

Jennifer L. Miller, Director of Academic Operations

Thomas Deastlov, Director of Enrollment and Student Services

Gayle Bruno Gannon, Partnership Site Coordinator

Christopher Byrne, Program Counselor

Vivien Sandlund, Director of the MAIS program/Associate Professor of History

Lisa H. Schneider, Program Counselor

Evangeline (Litsa) Veronis, Instructional Designer

Contact Information: http://www.hiram.edu/admission/adult-undergraduate or 330-569-5161

The Office of Professional and Graduate Studies (PGS), located in Hinsdale Hall, offers a variety of programs for adult undergraduate and graduate students. We engage students through small class sizes, relevant coursework, and professional educators. Our nationally respected liberal arts curriculum is designed to be convenient and flexible to fit the specific needs and lifestyle of adult learners. The PGS Office manages the academic programs and courses within the Weekend College, Community College Partnerships, online programs, off-campus programs (e.g. Northwoods), graduate studies, including summer graduate courses for professional educators, and Hiram's undergraduate summer school offerings.

Mission

The Office of Professional and Graduate Studies (PGS) has been serving the needs of adult learners for over 35 years. We are committed to providing exceptional service and quality instruction through our undergraduate and graduate academic programs. PGS is dedicated to helping students be successful by fostering and promoting lifelong learning, community involvement, exploring diversity, and by cultivating socially and ethical responsible learners.

For more information for on available undergraduate programs please visit http://www.hiram.edu/academics/adult-undergraduate/

The PGS Undergraduate Bulletin -PGS Undergraduate Bulletin

GRADUATE STUDIES

The MAIS Program prepares students to answer big questions and solve complex problems by integrating insights and approaches from multiple disciplines. Students learn to explain the nature of interdisciplinary inquiry and integration. They examine the ways in which scholars inquire in several disciplines. They choose a specific research question, and they integrate the approaches and insights of scholars from two chosen disciplines to answer the research question. The final product is a professional capstone paper in which students answer their chosen question through research in the two disciplines and the integration of scholarship from the two disciplines. Students are guided through the capstone proposal and capstone writing process by two advisors, one from each chosen discipline, and by the capstone proposal development and capstone course instructor.

For more information please visit http://www.hiram.edu/academics/graduate-studies/

For the Graduate Bulletin please visit  Graduate Bulletin

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Majors in the natural sciences, education, and nursing must be started in earnest, but most other majors should begin by the sophomore year.

Individualized Majors

A student may also choose to propose an individualized major that combines coursework from two or more departments. These are designed in consultation with academic advisors in each department. The individualized major must be sponsored by at least one faculty member and must be approved by the Academic Program Committee. Individualized Majors will also need to include a capstone experience approved through their advisor. Students with an Individualized Major may apply for departmental honors through their advisors who will make application to the Academic Policy Committee.

Students interested in pursuing an individualized major should consult with the Associate Dean of the College.

International students must have the approval of the Director of International Studies to submit and Individual Major proposal.

Academic Minors

Students may also choose a minor at Hiram. Minors are offered in almost every department. Some minors offered are interdisciplinary in nature. Usually a minor consists of 18 to 20 semester hours. Most minors cannot be taken in the same academic department as the major. Information about the requirements for both majors and minors is available from either the department chair or the program coordinator.

Minors not affiliated with a major:

Asian Studies
Classical and Medieval Studies
Entrepreneurship
Ethics
Gender Studies
International Studies
Natural History
Public Leadership

Declaration of Major, Minor, Advisor

Effective Fall 2012, all traditional students must declare their major by March 1st of their Sophomore year, or before earning 56 hours and becoming juniors. If a student is not declared by March registration for the following Fall semester, the student will be blocked from registration. Students transferring in with sophomore, junior or senior standing must declare  a major prior to registration for their third semester at Hiram College. Minors should be declared no later than the semester in which the student graduates.

Advising is a key component of a student's major and minor declaration. Therefore, after discussing their interest in a particular major or minor with the chair of the department, and if required a faculty member within the department,  traditional students can officially declare their major and minor in the following manner:

1. Obtain the Declaration of Major/Advisor OR Delcaration of Minor/Advisor form from the Registrar’s Office.
2. Obtain the signature of the Chair of the Department on the appropriate form and, if required by the chair, the signature of the new advisor.
3. Submit both form with all signatures to the Registrar’s Office for processing.

Art

Lisa Bixenstine Safford (1988), Chair, Professor of Art History
B.F.A., B.A., M.A., Kent State University;
M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University

Linda A. Bourassa (1987), Professor Emerita of Art
B.F.A., Syracuse University;
M.A., M.F.A., The University of Iowa

Christopher T. Ryan (2003), Associate Professor of Art
B.A., John Carroll University;
M.A., University of Virginia;
M.F.A., Bowling Green State University

George S. Schroeder (1962), Professor Emeritus of Art
B.F.A., M.F.A., Kent State University

Department Web Address: http://www.hiram.edu/art

INTRODUCTION

The Art Department engages students in using the power of fine art as a visual language and provides students with opportunities to experience and explore its meanings from a creative and historical perspective. Situated within the context of the liberal arts tradition, Hiram’s art program emphasizes inquiry and experimentation, critical evaluation, personal reflection, collaborative dialogue,and a consciousness of the larger world.

The department offers a studio art major and minor, an art history major and minor, and a minor in photography. Studio art students may pursue a concentration in drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, ceramics, and sculpture. Hiram’s Art Department also encourages motivated students with diverse academic interests to design their own interdisciplinary course of study. With intimate class sizes, art students receive personalized attention, and enjoy close interaction and dialogue with art faculty and fellow art students.

Requirements for Art Major

Art (History) Pathway
Art (Studio) Pathway 

A minimum of 35 semester hours of course work, which must include:

Art 10200 Color and Design
Art 11000 Beginning Drawing
Art 13000 History of Western Art
Art 24900 Contemporary Media
Art 42600 20th Century Art
Art 47100 Senior Studio (capstone course)

Each student majoring in art will present a portfolio for review by members of the Art Department faculty in the first semester of the junior year, do advanced work in at least one medium, such as drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, or ceramics, and exhibit a body of his or her work (prepared in the Senior Studio capstone course) in their Senior Exhibition during the spring semester of the senior year. All majors and minors are expected to submit works of art to the Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition.

Requirements for Art History Major

The student majoring in art history must also prove competence in a language at the 20100 level, preferably French, and present their capstone research paper to the college.

Requirements for Art Minors

Requirements for Art History Minors

A minimum of 20 semester hours of art history courses and must include:

Art 13000 History of Western Art

Requirements for Photography Minors

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

ART 10200: COLOR AND DESIGN 4 hour(s)

This is an introduction to the principles of two-dimensional organization. Topics will include unity, emphasis, balance, proportion, rhythm, shape, space, value, and color. Problems and concepts in design will be worked out in practice. The course will aim to develop the student’s creative resources and critical ability.

ART 10800: STUDIO ART COMMUNICATING IDEAS & ISSUES:CM 3 hour(s)

: This course explores what it means to be a practicing studio artist. Students examine the working methods and processes of artists past and present in order to understand how artists go about their creative work. Emphasis will be placed upon how artists develop ideas and find effective ways to visually communicate them, rather than on skill and technique development. In addition to doing research, writing several short essays, discussing readings and film, and making trips to art related locations, students will incorporate what they’re learning into their own studio art projects. Students will have the opportunity to work in drawing, painting, collage, and mixed media. This course fulfills the Creative Methods requirement.

ART 10900: EXPLORATIONS IN PRINT & BOOK ART:CM 4 hour(s)

This course will introduce the student to creative printmaking techniques including monoprinting, basic relief printmaking, paper casting, and artist books. Students will acquire the vocabulary necessary to talk intelligently about their own creative art as well as the creative art of others through in class writing assignments, journaling, and class critiques. Class studio projects will include an artist's sketchbook which the student will compile, draw in, and write in as an out-of-class assignment. Students will acquire technical skills in printmaking as well as aesthetic training and appreciation appropriate for the non-major. A final portfolio and submission of the journal will be required. This course fulfills the Creative Methods requirement. This course will not count toward an Art major.

ART 11000: BEGINNING DRAWING:CM 4 hour(s)

This course will seek to develop the student’s sensitivity and awareness of volume and space, light and shade, and surface and structure by addressing fundamental problems in perception and representation. It will also acquaint the beginner with basic principles of pictorial form. Students will work in a variety of media including pencil, charcoal, chalk, and ink. Class work will include drawing from still life, landscape, and the human figure.

ART 11500: LANDSCAPE PAINTING & DRAWING 3 hour(s)

Building on the tradition of plein air (outdoors) painting, this class will explore ways to represent the natural and man-made landscape using drawing and painting media. Students will work outdoors from observation, as well as in the studio from secondary sources, taking advantage of the surrounding landscape of old growth forest at Hiram’s Field Station, as well as other nearby locations. Students will learn how to address the unique demands of working outdoors on-site, and will explore a variety of different media, supports, compositional strategies, and picture-making techniques. We will also examine art historical and contemporary precedents that will inform our technical and conceptual approaches to representing the landscape. Prior art experience is beneficial, but not required.

ART 12000: FUNDAMENTALS OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY:CM 4 hour(s)

This studio course in an introduction to digital photography as an art medium. Instruction includes basic operation anduse of the digital camera, methods of importing files into the computer, image manipulation, inkjet printing, scanning, composition, lighting, and presentation. The course emphasizes the camera as an instrument for seeing and expression, rather than simply recording. The creative potential of the medium is emphasized through assignments, critiques, and examination of work by other photographers. This course fulfills the Creative Methods requirement.

ART 13000: HISTORY OF WESTERN ART:IM 4 hour(s)

This course is an overview of the major epochs in Western Art, and establishes a conceptual framework for the further study of Art History. Beginning with the prehistoric period, we will trace the development of art and architecture in the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Aegean. We will move to the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome and their successors, the Medieval cultures of Christian Europe, Renaissance Italy, and the Baroque era to modern times. Students will be introduced to art historical method through reading and writing assignments. This course fulfills the Interpretive Methods requirement.

ART 18000: WORKSHOP 1 hour(s)

This workshop will provide the opportunity for students to examine a special topic in art. Through readings, discussions, and written assignments, there will be opportunities to evaluate the selected topic. Workshops may be taken Pass/No Credit only. Students may take no more than nine workshops for credit toward graduation. Workshops can be used as elective credit only.

ART 20400: BEGINNING PAINTING:CM 4 hour(s)

This course offers an in-depth introduction to the materials, techniques, and uniquely expressive possibilities of painting. Students will explore ways in which an artist can structure a painting, with an emphasis on value and issues of color. Students will experience a variety of conceptual and technical approaches to painting, ranging from traditional to contemporary. An emphasis will be placed on observational painting, but students will also explore experimental methods as they begin to formulate their own painterly “language.” Prerequisites: ART 10200 or ART 10800 or ART 10900 or ART 11000 or ART 12000 or ART 22000 or Instructor permission. This course fulfills the Creative Methods requirement.

ART 21100: INTERMEDIATE DRAWING 3 hour(s)

This course expands upon the work begun in Art 11000 Beginning Drawing, by addressing more sophisticated drawing problems involving 2D and 3D spatial composition, color, value/shading, surface texture, and the passage of time. Students will investigate various reference sources such as photography, memory, and direct observation, and will work from the human figure, still lives, and interior and exterior spaces. Emphasis will also be placed on the development of individual vision, style, and content. Prerequisites: (Art 110 or 11000) or permission of the instructor.

ART 21300: SCULPTURE 4 hour(s)

This course aims to develop the student’s ability to see, conceive, and build forms in three dimensions. Critical elements for presenting three dimensional form in space are explored and refined by creating a series of projects from clay and by producing novel forms through assemblage of found objects and construction composed of elements of complex natural forms. Students are required to learn and practice basic elements of presenting and critiquing their work. Clay, plaster, and other media are used.

ART 21600: FIGURATIVE PAINTING AND DRAWING 3 hour(s)

Students will work from the live model to develop observational representation skills. Emphasis will be placed on analysis of the human figure and surface anatomy, as well as on finding creative and expressive solutions to representing the human form. Students can elect to work in drawing media, painting media, or a combination of the two. This course is an equivalent to Art (210 or 21000). Students may not receive credit for both Art (210 or 21000) and Art (216 or 21600). Prerequisites: (Art 102 or 10200) or (ART 110 or 11000) or (ART 204 or 20400) or permission of the instructor.

ART 21900: PRINTMAKING RELIEF 3 hour(s)

This course is an introduction to the materials and techniques of relief linocut and woodcut print- making. Students will learn the transfer of designs, methods of cutting and gouging, and the registering and printing of blocks with a variety of inks and papers. Traditional as well as alternative methods will be explored. Linoleum, wood, and paper will be provided by the department. Prerequisite: (Art 102 or ART 10200) or (ART 110 or ART 11000) or permission.

ART 22000: PRINTMAKING STUDIO SURVEY:CM 4 hour(s)

This course will examine the processes of monoprint, linoart, woodcut, relief and intaglio etching. Given assignments in each media, the student will be encouraged to develop a creative approach. It is suggested that student has had some drawing and design at the high school or college level. Some materials will be provided. This course fulfills the Creative Methods requirement.

ART 22100: ANCIENT ART:IM 3 hour(s)

This course will deal primarily with the Greco-Roman world, from Archaic and Classical Greece through Alexander’s conquests and the Roman Empire. Throughout the course, special consideration will be given to exciting recent developments in archaeology. This course fulfills the Interpretive Methods requirement.

ART 22200: MEDIEVAL ART:IM 4 hour(s)

Medieval art was born in the chaotic world of the late Antique Mediterranean. This course will consider the material culture of the new Byzantine, Islamic, and Carolingian civilizations which grew up on the ruins of the Roman Empire. Then the rise of Western Europe will be considered, and with it the synthesis of artistic traditions which culminated in the classic Romanesque and Gothic styles. Particular attention will be paid to the relationship between the Greco-Roman tradition and the requirements of the new religions. A revised version of this course is offered for three credit hours as Art 22300. A student may receive credit for only one of these courses.

ART 22400: 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN ART:UD 3 hour(s)

This course consists of a review of the history of painting and sculpture in America. Emphasis will be given to the art of the 19th century and the effects of the American Experience such as the influence of European culture, the Puritan heritage, the wilderness, the frontier, slavery and racism, war, the industrial revolution and technology in art.

ART 22500: AMERICAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE:IM 4 hour(s)

This course will survey the history of painting and sculpture and architecture in America from the early colonial era to the mid-20th century. Aspects of the American experience such as the influence of European culture, the Puritan heritage, the wilderness, the frontier, slavery and racism, war, the industrial revolution and technology will be explored as they affect the development of artistic traditions in America. This course fulfills the Interpretive Methods requirement.

ART 22700: DOCUMENTING NATURAL PLACES:CM 4 hour(s)

The way we tell stories is changing. While the days of sitting around a fire and swapping yarns or even curling up with a good book are still relevant, we are increasingly being told stories from digital points of view, in increasingly different ways. Documentary filmmaking has increased in popularity and become far more accessible to aspiring directors and producers. Put simply, documentary storytelling utilizes video, audio, and photography/graphics to tell a "true" story. The type of storytelling introduced in this class will provide basic skills in this increasingly artistic and interdisciplinary field. The Northwoods Field Station in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan will be utilized as a lab and as the subject for the course. Northwoods has a unique history and natural environment, which the class will try to capture and share in formats conducive to online presentation. While nature documentaries have a long history, they are becoing more holistic as filmmakers strive to not only show natural environments, but the nature of a place. This course fulfills the Creative Methods requirement.

ART 22800: JAPANESE ART HISTORY:IM,EW 4 hour(s)

This survey is an introduction to periods in Japanese artistic development from the Neolithic age (3,500-200 B.C.), to the Chinese inspired Buddhist periods (6-9th century, AD), to the emergence of uniquely Japanese art forms in the last millennium. Students will investigate period styles, artistic methods, and aesthetic principles of beauty and truth. This course fulfills the Interpretive Methods requirement and the Experiencing the World requirement.

ART 22900: MASTERPIECES OF ITALIAN ART:IM,EW 3 hour(s)

This course will examine some of the major achievements in Italian art and architecture from the Middle Ages through the Baroque. After preparation on campus, the class will travel to Italy for on-site study in Rome, Florence, and elsewhere. This course fulfills the Interpretive Methods requirement and the Experiencing the World requirement.

ART 23000: FUNDAMENTALS OF CERAMICS:CM 4 hour(s)

Designed to provide an introduction to ceramic art for the beginner or for those with some experience in working with clay. The focus of this course is to develop students’ artistic and technical foundation and to prepare for further ceramics courses. Class time will consist of both studio and lecture, and a written exam of concepts and factual material is given. The text will be used to introduce and elaborate on working methods, to illustrate the work of ceramic artists as a basis for class discussion, and to develop historic and cross cultural perspectives of clay work. Studio work explores the creative potential of clay through several projects including pinch, coil, slab and wheel thrown forms. Basic procedures of studio etiquette and safety, forming, drying, decorating, firing, and glazing will also be introduced. Class critiques will involve students in evaluation and constructive criticism of form, function, expression, and refinement of technique. Some materials provided but students must provide their own basic tools. This course fulfills the Creative Methods requirement.

ART 23500: CERAMICS TILEMAKING:CM 3 hour(s)

This course provides an intensive study of the history and techniques of handmade ceramic tiles. Students will design and manufacture a series of tiles using a variety of clays and glazes. This course fulfills the Creative Methods requirement.

ART 23600: EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKING:CM 3 hour(s)

This studio art course has students produce short experimental digital videos and study the evolution of the medium from film in the late 1880s to the digital format and computer editing of today. Significant films and video screenings and interviews with film/video artists will introduce students to a variety of creative approaches that will structure class projects and critiques. Emphasis on abstract, non-narrative, non-linear aesthetic forms and the intersection with conceptual art of the 20th and 21st centuries will be contrast with cultural expectations of the medium to tell stories.

ART 23700: DIGITAL DARKROOM 3 hour(s)

Digital Darkroom is an Intermediate Level digital photography course that emphasizes compositing from various sources and the art of retouching. Students will refine their skills using selection tools, adjustment layers, drop shadows, stamp tool, brushes, masking, and color balance. Creative resourcefulness will compliment the discipline of attention to craft. Assignments will be submitted electronically with a limited print portfolio also required. A brief history of digital imaging will also be covered. Some Photoshop experience is desirable. Prerequisite: (Art 120 or 12000) or by permission.

ART 23900: THE ART OF FILMMAKING:CM 3 hour(s)

The Art of Filmmaking is a course that combines film study and practice. Students will learn about the development of film language through its history and production practices, as well as through hands-on creative exercises in digital video. There will be daily screenings and readings about significant films that advanced the language of the cinema. Students will create six short video exercises that will demonstrate their ability to script, shoot, edit, stage, and direct short subjects. Two exams will also be given on lecture material and readings. Students will need to provide a DV camera. If you have one great. If not you may borrow from the media center or use video clips from a still camera or smart phone if that feature is available and can be downloaded. This course fulfills the Creative Methods requirement.

ART 24000: INTERMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHY:CM 4 hour(s)

For students who wish to further explore the possibilities of photography as an art medium. The structure of the class will be project oriented with assignments and deadlines given. Slide presentations, technical demonstrations, and critiques will be the focus of class time. Emphasis will be placed on further developing the student’s seeing and visual expression, including mastering of printing technique and composition. Individual interests will also be encouraged and explored. Five assignments with deadlines are given and a final portfolio of ten images is required. This course fulfills the Creative Methods requirement. Prerequisite: Art (120 or 12000) or permission.

ART 24400: THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY:IM 4 hour(s)

This course begins with a prehistory of photography and the subsequent discoveries of Niepce, Daguerre, and Talbot with the first practical methods using the camera and light-sensitive substances. While significant discoveries and inventions are noted, this course attempts to view photography primarily through the ideas and images of its practitioners. Photography is considered as a major art form of visual expression and communication. Particular attention is given to the dominant visual and aesthetic modes of the 19th and 20th centuries. A revised version of this course is offered for three credit hours as ART 24300. A student may receive credit for only one of these courses. This course fulfills the Interpretive Methods requirement.

ART 24500: CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY LARGE FORMAT 3 hour(s)

This course is a further exploration of photography as an art medium as well as a historical perspective on large format photography. Students will study the early view camera inventors and practitioners while also getting hands-on training in shooting, developing, and printing 4x5 film. Prerequisite: Art 120 or 12000 or permission.

ART 24800: CREATIVE SPACE ART EXPERIENCE IN FLORENCE:EW,CM 3 hour(s)

TUSCANY: This course is an intensive studio art experience that will immerse students in the vibrant city of Florence, Italy, as well as nearby towns throughout Tuscany. Students will explore the theme of "space" and will become acutely aware of our spatial surroundings: how we see and move through them, and how these experiences of space can impact us intellectually, psychologically, and emotionally. Through readings, writing assignments, discussions, walking tours, individual exploration, and directed art projects, students will explore ways to respond artistically to the uniqueness of their new spatial surroundings. Students will work in both traditional drawing and water-based painting materials, as well as utilizing many unconventional and experimental techniques and materials. Students will be exposed to some of the historic sites and artistic treasures of the past, and will also visit the studios of contemporary Florentine artists and take in the local art gallery scene. This course is designed to benefit visual art students, but all enthusiastic, open-minded, and creative individuals are encouraged to find out more about the trip. This course is also offered in a 4 credit hour format as ART 25200. This course fulfills the Creative Methods requirement and the Experiencing the World requirement.

ART 24900: CONTEMPORARY MEDIA 4 hour(s)

This course is intended for art majors and minors and those with an interest in contemporary art. Projects include designing a postcard suite, artist’s books, video, and site specific installation. Emphasis will be placed on the development of ideas, composition, sequencing, and experimentation.

ART 25200: CREATIVE SPACE ART EXPERIENCE IN FLORENCE:EW,CM 4 hour(s)

TUSCANY: This course is an intensive studio art experience that will immerse students in the vibrant city of Florence, Italy, as well as nearby towns throughout Tuscany. Students will explore the theme of "space" and will become acutely aware of our spatial surroundings: how we see and move through them, and how these experiences of space can impact us intellectually, psychologically, and emotionally. Through readings, writing assignments, discussions, walking tours, individual exploration, and directed art projects, students will explore ways to respond artistically to the uniqueness of their new spatial surroundings. Students will work in both traditional drawing and water-based painting materials, as well as utilizing many unconventional and experimental techniques and materials. Students will be exposed to some of the historic sites and artistic treasures of the past, and will also visit the studios of contemporary Florentine artists and take in the local art gallery scene. This course is designed to benefit visual art students, but all enthusiastic, open-minded, and creative individuals are encouraged to find out more about the trip. This course is also offered in a 3 credit hour format as ART 24800. This course fulfills the Creative Methods requirement and the Experiencing the World requirement.

ART 25900: ENVIRONMENTAL ART:CM 3 hour(s)

This course will incorporate environmental awareness with creative artistic responses to issues through the contemporary visual arts. It is intended to stimulate students seeking to learn about art placed in natural environments, art originating from natural objects, as well as to express statements on the environment through art. The primary studio focus will be on students creating their own art work in response to the study of environmental issues as well as what is learned from readings about contemporary environmental artists and their works. This course is also offered for four (4) credit hours as ART 26000. This course fulfills the Creative Methods requirement. Also listed as EVST 259 or 25900

ART 28000: SEMINAR 1 - 4 hour(s)

ART 28100: INDEPENDENT STUDY 1 - 4 hour(s)

ART 29800: FIELD EXPERIENCE 1 - 4 hour(s)

ART 30800: READING AND LEARNING BASICS OF JAPANESE CULTURE 1 hour(s)

This course is the pre-requisite to the study abroad trip and the corresponding course, "JAPAN: FUNDAMENTAL IDEOLOGIES, INSTITUTIONS, AND ARTIFACTS." This one-hour course must be taken in order to participate in the study abroad. Permission is required. This course is cross listed with Communication.

ART 32000: THE ART OF INDIA:IM,EW 3 hour(s)

The South Asian sub-continent possesses one of the richest artistic reserves on earth produced by continuously active cultural centers among the oldest in the world. It is a region that gave rise to two world religions--Hinduism and Buddhism, and was the home to two others - Islam and Christianity, all of which fostered artistic production on a magnificent scale. This is an illustrated lecture course on the fine arts of India, with some references to art produced in Pakistan, Bangladesh , Nepal and Sri Lanka. The course will examine the arts of paintings, sculpture, and architecture created from Prehistoric times to the era of British occupation. Corresponding to the three weeks of the course, three eras will be highlighted: The prehistoric and Vedic Age, when the roots of Hinduism were established; the Buddhist era; and the Islamic era. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the historical and cultural events and significant individuals who shaped the appearance and content of Indian art, the purposes of works of art; their media and technique, and their style. Significant contextual issues relating to geography, religion, literature, and other art forms will be addressed both in class discussions and via student research papers. This course fulfills the Interpretive Methods requirement and the Experiencing the World requirement.

ART 32300: ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART:IM 4 hour(s)

Beginning with the Late Gothic and Proto-Renaissance styles of 14th century Italy, this course will concentrate on the formal developments in the art of great masters such as Giotto and Duccio. The beginning of the Florentine Renaissance in the 15th century art of Ghiberti, Donatello, Brunelleschi, and Masaccio will be examined in detail and the ramifications of their stylistic revolution explored in the work of later artists. A similar study of the High Renaissance will follow, with particular attention to the art of Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Raphael, and the course will conclude with a look at the very different art of Renaissance Venice. We will explore the cultural background of the Renaissance: the cities, contemporary philosophy, Humanism, and the role of the patron. Consideration will be given to our changing understanding of the nature of the period, especially in regard to its attempted synthesis of Humanism and Christianity. This course fulfills the Interpretive Methods requirement.

ART 32400: BAROQUE ART:IM 4 hour(s)

The Roman church enlisted artists and architects in the spiritual armies of the Counter-Reformation, calling for the creation of a new art, persuasive and magnificent. The result was an explosion of brilliant artistic activity which spread to all parts of a newly wealthy and cosmopolitan Europe. Baroque is the age of the great virtuoso artists — Bernini, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Rubens, Velazquez, Poussin — and of their great courtly patrons, such as Louis XIV, the Roman popes, and the Hapsburg and Stuart monarchs. The art is marked by a broad range of styles and themes, from the grandiloquent to the most intimate. The course will explore this dynamic period, from the Counter-Reformation through the Rococo phase of the 18th century, taking advantage of the excellent Baroque collections in local museums. This course fulfills the Interpretive Methods requirement.

ART 33000: INTERMEDIATE CERAMICS 4 hour(s)

For students who wish to further explore the possibilities of clay as an artistic medium. Students should have previous experience with basic hand building techniques, wheel work, and glazing. Emphasis will be on the application of more advanced construction techniques and the development of individual ideas. Areas that will be investigated include: methods of clay body development, the potential of various clay bodies, glaze types and glaze formulation and testing, and firing methods including pit, raku, electric, gas, and wood. These concepts and methods will be taught through group and individual projects. Students must provide their own basic tools Prerequisite: Art (230 or 23000).

ART 34000: INTERMEDIATE PAINTING 4 hour(s)

This course will continue the exploration of painting methods and processes begun in ART 204/20400: Beginning Painting. Students will expand their repertoire of painting materials and techniques, and explore a variety of formal and conceptual approaches to painting. Issues pertaining to color, spatial composition, mark-making, and surface texture, and the use of direct and indirect visual sources will be examined in-depth. Students will have the opportunity to develop individual subject-matter and content in their work as they discover their own unique pictorial “language.” Prerequisite: Art (204 or 20400) or permission.

ART 34600: ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY 4 hour(s)

A studio course concerned with advanced problems of photographic image making and exploration of the entrepreneurial mindset of the creative photographer. Emphasis will be placed on developing a unified body of work and furthering technical m astery as well as research into the professional practices and development of the fine art photographer. An effort is made to recognize and focus individual interests. Prerequisites: ART (120 or 12000) and ART (240 or 24000) or ART (245 or 24500) or ART (237 or 23700).

ART 35000: DIGITAL ART:CM 4 hour(s)

This studio course begins using digital media with traditional 2-D art techniques that originate from the disciplines of drawing, painting and printmaking. Creative exercises will be given to introduce students to raster and vector software, scanning, and ink-jet printing. The second half of the course explores time-based work and virtual galleries with exercises using power point slideshows with animation and creating a website including work from the first half of the semester. In addition, students will explore the aesthetics, concepts, and recent history of digital art production. To further assess and assist comprehension, students will produce a visual journal that will use methods from graphic design to produce. Students design a banner, logo,and page layouts that incorporate projects and written reflection on class sessions and digital art readings, websites, and virtual galleries. This course fulfills the Creative Methods requirement.

ART 35500: 3 hour(s)

The Art of Filmmaking: The Art of Filmmaking is a course that combines film study and practice. The development of film language is explored through its history and production practices with hands-on creative exercises in digital video. There will be daily screenings and reading about the significant films that advance the language of the cinema. Students create six short video exercises that demonstrate the ability to script, shoot, edit, stage and direct short subjects. Students will be required to own or borrow (library) a digital video camera. Two quizzes are given on lecture material and readings.

ART 36100: SILKSCREEN:CM 4 hour(s)

This course covers the concepts and use of silkscreen techniques including stencil; positive and negative block-out; photo process; registration; and printing procedures. The course also explores investigative and experimental print development, encouraging the student's discovery of the medium's potential. The student will acquire technical skill, with emphasis on aesthetic theory, history, technique, and printmaking etiquette and critique. This course fulfills the Creative Methods requirement. Prerequisite: Art (110 or 11000) or Art (220 or 22000) or permission.

ART 38000: SEMINAR 1 - 4 hour(s)

ART 38100: SPECIAL TOPICS: 1 - 4 hour(s)

ART 42500: THE 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN ART 4 hour(s)

In the wake of the cluster of revolutions (political, intellectual, industrial), the arts underwent a series of rapid, even revolutionary changes of their own. Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, and Realism, closely paralleling liter- ary and political trends, were each proposed and opposed with polemical fury. By mid-century, the great traditions of classical Western art, stretching back to Periclean Athens, were under siege, finally to be discarded in the art of the Impressionists. As the century and the course end, Paris has replaced Rome as the center of the art world, bourgeois patronage has replaced the aristocratic, the very purpose of painting has changed, and the post-Impressionists are laying the stylistic foundations of modern art. A revised version of this course is offered for three credit hours as Art 42400. A student may receive credit for only one of these courses.

ART 42600: ART 42600: 20TH CENTURY ART: MODERN AND BEYOND:IM 4 hour(s)

This illustrated lecture and discussion course will chart in chronological order the key moments in the history of modern art, from the late nineteenth century to the present day. It covers Europe from Impressionism through Surrealism; America through Pop Art and Minimalism, diverse Post-Modern directions, and the course ends with a look at artwork being made today. Necessarily selective, the narrative developed throughout the course will stress those episodes in the history of art that have proven to be decisive influences on the production and reception of contemporary art. Each class session will consist of lectures and discussions of images and texts. Students will be evaluated on the basis of their comprehension of course materials, attendance and preparation, critical engagement with ideas presented in the course, and the ability to synthesize key issues developed.

ART 42800: EARLY MODERN ART:IM 4 hour(s)

This course will examine the painting and sculpture of Europe and America beginning with Post-Impressionism (1880s) and ending with Surrealism (1940s). Students will explore the critical issues underlying cubism and its many offshoots, including Futurism, German Expressionism, Russian Contructivism, and Dada. In America, the urban scene, the machine age, and the Depression will be explored as they served to shape the art of this period. This course fulfills the Interpretive Methods requirement. A revised version of this course is offered for three credit hours as Art 42700. A student may receive credit for only one of these courses.

ART 42900: CONTEMPORARY ART:IM 4 hour(s)

Contemporary Art will explore developments in American and European visual art since 1945, including Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, abstraction, minimal, conceptual, performance and environmental art, neo-expressionism, and the idea of postmodernism. This course will highlight the contributions of minority and women artists and explore ethical issues associated with the art of modern times. This course fulfills the Interpretive Methods requirement.

ART 43000: ADVANCED CERAMICS 4 hour(s)

Students propose specific projects using previously developed techniques to produce a body of refined work that explores a particular theme or idea. Necessary elements of the works are a fine degree of artistic and technical refinement, advanced conceptual content, and well developed and critical writing about the work. Rigorous critiques will occur. Students will learn how to produce quality photographic images of the work, how to develop and disseminate advertising materials and how to display work effectively. Students must provide their own basic tools. Prerequisite: ART (330 or 33000)

ART 47100: SENIOR STUDIO I 4 hour(s)

This course serves as a culminating experience for senior art majors. Students will refine their skills in their chosen medium and will create a body of artwork that investigates a particular theme, issue, or idea that will be featured in a public exhibition at the end of the term. Students will be responsible for planning, publicizing, installing and hosting the Senior Exhibition. Students will strengthen their artwork technically and conceptually through individual instruction, regular group critiques, and the use of an Artist Journal as an integral part of the art-making process. Students will also engage in activities related to “professional practice” in preparation for life as an artist or art professional after college. Prerequisite: Senior Art Majors. Non-Art Majors may qualify to take this course under special circumstances with the instructor’s permission.

ART 48000: SENIOR SEMINAR 1 - 4 hour(s)

ART 48100: INDEPENDENT RESEARCH 1 - 4 hour(s)

ART 49800: INTERNSHIP 4 hour(s)