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ART 332 - Sculpture - Metals
Focus on traditional, industrial and alternative processes in metal fabrication and casting as a means of producing contemporary sculpture. Emphasis on achieving a balance between studio practice and theory. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 credits, including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 230
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 333 - Sculpture - Mixed Media
Use of disparate media for contemporary object making and non-two-dimensional art forms, within an expanding field of alternative sculptural practices. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 credits, including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 230
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 334 - Installation Art
Explores distinctions between private and public art, traditional gallery presentation and site-specific installations. Performance and collaboration with other artists or disciplines will be offered as possible areas of work. Additional emphasis on effective documentation of temporary and site-specific work. Lecture/lab. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 credits, including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: Art 230
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 335 - Intermedia, Mixed Media, Time-Based Art and Installation
Course will provide a more advanced and ambitious, multiple project-oriented work environment for exploring contemporary studio practices in intermedia, mixed media, time-based art and installation. This will include but not be limited to the opportunity for work in time-based media such as performance, sound and video. Traditional gallery presentation, site-specific installations, collaboration and producing effective documentation will also be covered. Students will be encouraged to consider the production of their art as creative research or a mode of personal inquiry.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 109; ART 130; ART 230; or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 340 - Ceramics I
Introduction to ceramics. Pottery and sculptural forms are hand-built using coil, slab and molded techniques. Introduction to glaze formulation, kiln loading and firing. Both traditional and contemporary applications are explored.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 230 and ART 280
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 341 - Ceramics II
Introduction to the potter’s wheel as a tool; hand building, glaze formulation and kiln firing. Repeatable up to 15 credits including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 340
Credits: 5
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ART 342 - Ceramics III
Intermediate problems in clay as a medium. Development of individual directions in pottery and/or ceramic sculpture. Weekly seminars. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits, including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 340 and ART 341
Credits: 5
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ART 343 - Summer Intensive Ceramics
How, why, when and what to do with clay. Basic manipulation of clay; glazing and kiln firing. Attention to workable classroom problems, critiquing, safety, historical background and slide presentations. Covers a variety of hand-building techniques, how to use the potter’s wheel, glazing, casting, kiln loading and firing. A variety of clays and firing techniques are used. Offered summers only. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr.
Credits: 5
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ART 350 - Printmaking I
Course covering history, methods, and practice of print concepts. Color, black and white, and digital/photographic methods discussed/explored. Introduction to monotype, relief, lithographic, and intaglio processes.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 230 and ART 280
Credits: 5
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ART 351 - Printmaking: Relief
Students explore carving and printing of linoleum and woodblock surfaces. An emphasis is placed on color printing and working in layers. Historical and contemporary examples are explored. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 350 or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
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ART 352 - Printmaking: Stone Lithography
A course covering history, methods, criticism, and practice of stone lithography including color printing and registration. Historical and contemporary lithographic examples explored. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits, including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 350 or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 353 - Printmaking: Etching
Course covers history, methods, criticism, and practice of copper plate etching. Techniques include: hard-ground and soft-ground etching, aquatint, color applications, and multi-plate registration. Historical and contemporary examples explored. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 350 or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
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ART 355 - Screenprinting
Students are introduced to a variety of screenprinting processes, including hand drawn and photographic stencils. Through demonstrations, lectures, studio projects, discussions, and class critiques, students will learn the fundamental techniques of producing monochromatic and multi-color screenprints using water-based inks. Emphasis is placed on both technique and conceptual development. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits, including original course. Students repeating the course will create advanced silkscreen projects and work towards creating a small body of artwork.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 350 or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
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ART 360 - Fibers and Fabrics I
Introduction to technical explorations of dye application, fabric manipulation, and structural process of textile production. Technical information accompanied by presentations of contemporary fiber history and issues. Specifics include: tie dyeing, Katazome (paste resist stencil dyeing), and loom weaving. All explorations to focus on the inherent expressive/conceptual qualities of traditional fiber media and processes and their mixed media counterparts. Lecture/lab.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 230 or concurrent; ART 280.
Credits: 5
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ART 361 - Surface Design
Techniques and concepts of cloth alteration with an emphasis on surface and design. Specifics include: heat transfer dye on polyester fabric, advanced dyeing techniques on silk and screen-printing. Through traditional and contemporary fiber investigations, students will develop thematic and conceptual ideas while learning new skills and processes. Lecture/lab. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits, including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 360
Credits: 5
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ART 362 - Papermaking and Mixed Media
A lecture/lab course covering the history of papermaking, exploration of the traditional processes of various cultures, and contemporary applications. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional projects will be made utilizing a variety of materials. Specifics include: Japanese papermaking, watermarks, recycled paper, etc. Paper casting is the main 3D project. Lecture/lab. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits, including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 230 and ART 280
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 363 - 3-Dimensional Forms in Fiber
Focuses on three-dimensional off-loom processes in fiber and material studies. Historical and contemporary applications of sandal weaving, basket making, felt making, lace making, and soft sculpture including wearable art will be explored. Integration between 2D and 3D forms will be conceptually presented through individual skills and creative ideas. Lecture/lab. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits, including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 230 and ART 280
Credits: 5
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ART 367 - Advanced Weaving
Focus on loom weaving techniques such as pattern weaving, double cloth weaving, Ikat weaving, tapestry and the AVL computer loom. Understanding woven structures and personal expression using both traditional and contemporary process as an art form will be explored. Lecture/lab. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits, including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 360
Credits: 5
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ART 370 - B&W Photography I
Fundamentals of black and white developing, enlarging, print finishing. This introduction course is structured to establish a solid grounding in traditional, lab-based photographic art practices and includes an introduction to basic digital applications. All photography course work puts an equal emphasis on theory, techniques, and the history of photography in a contemporary context.
If you do not have the necessary prerequisites please contact the instructor regarding course override.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 230 or concurrent; ART 280.
Credits: 5
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ART 371 - B&W Photography II
This is an intermediate level course concentrating on black and white, which offers students an opportunity to develop their knowledge, skills, and concepts through, seminars, readings, exhibitions and professional practices. It stresses the development of personal style through concentrated studies in specialized materials and processes ranging from traditional lab-based technique to digital applications. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits, including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 370
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 372 - Color Photography
This course focuses on the fundamentals of color theory, techniques and the experimentation as related to the production of color images. It explores both traditional lab-based and digital investigations. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits, including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 370 and ART 371.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 373 - Photography Alternative Processes
This course explores the history and practice of alternative forms of image construction and processes. It covers numerous traditional and contemporary photo techniques, from non-silver techniques (Cyan, Van Dyke) to the construction of digital negatives. The course will address historical and contemporary applications of alternative processes. Class time consists of hands-on demonstrations, slide presentations, supervised darkroom time, individual and group discussions. Repeatable up to 10 credits, including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 371
Credits: 5
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ART 380 - Art Educating the Child
Not for ART majors. Strategies and techniques in production of art and critical inquiry by elementary school children.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 381 - Theories and Teaching Strategies in Art Education
The study and application of art education theory in the elementary and secondary schools. Emphasis will be placed on curricular development in art criticism, aesthetics, art history and studio production.
Prerequisites & Notes: Admission to Woodring College of Education; Art 109, ART 110, ART 120, ART 230.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 385 - Time-Based Art
This course introduces major theories, artworks, tools, and techniques that are commonly associated with digital, time-based interdisciplinary art practices.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 109, ART 110 and ART 120; ART 230 with concurrency; ART 280.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 386 - Experimental Video Production: Narrative and Documentary
This hands-on digital video production class is designed for a range of skill levels, from beginners to more advanced video makers. During this project-based class, students will be exposed to a broad range of experimental video works, and will learn and develop production and post-production skills.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 109, ART 110 and ART 120; ART 230 with concurrency; ART 280.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 387 - 2D Experimental Animation
This studio class will explore experimental techniques associated with 2D animation. During this project-based class, students will be exposed to a broad range of animation styles including, but not limited to: hand/digitally drawn, stop-motion, pixilation, collage (cut-out), and rotoscoping. The tools and final project output will utilize the digital format. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits, including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 109, ART 110, and ART 120; ART 230 with concurrency; ART 280.
Credits: 5
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ART 394 - Arts of Italy
An intensive course that takes place in Central and Northern Italy. In this class we explore Italian art and culture focusing on the arts and architecture in Rome, Florence, Tuscany, and Venice. We cover art and architecture from ancient through early modernity to contemporary, ending the trip at the Venice Biennale. Students engage in visual exploration and creative problem solving through a variety of media, tools, and techniques. The class emphasizes drawing, photography, mixed media on paper and other portable methods of art making while traveling.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 110 or other beginning drawing courses. Other options: A/HI 337N (8 credits) or ART 337P (4 credits) and A/HI 337P (4 credits).
Credits: 8
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 396 - Summer Art Program in Japan
Study traditional and contemporary culture in Japan. Activities include: visiting historical sites, galleries, museums and artist studios. Experience a tea ceremony, papermaking, weaving, natural dyeing and more. Students will contribute to an exhibition following the trip. Offered summer quarter only.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 109 and ART 110.
Credits: 7
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 398 - Integrated Arts for Elementary Educators
This arts education course provides future teachers with a foundation in the elements and principles of Visual Art, Dance, Music and Theatre and their applicability to the elementary classroom. (Also offered as DNC 398, MUS 398 and THTR 398).
Prerequisites & Notes: Admission to a teacher education program leading to an elementary endorsement.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 400 - Directed Independent Study
An individualized course of study not available through or replacing existing curriculum, to be arranged between one matriculating student and sponsoring faculty member. All academic policies and registration deadlines apply. Directed Independent Study courses cannot substitute for General University Requirements and are not eligible for tuition waiver.
Credits: 1-15
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ART 422 - Advanced Drawing and Painting
Development of individual projects in painting and/or drawing through independent studio practice. Studio work is complemented by: discussion of pertinent topics in historical and contemporary painting and drawing, critiques, readings, field trips and guest lectures. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 credits.
Prerequisites & Notes: 15 credits of 300 level in any of the following; ART 303, ART 304, ART 305, ART 306, ART 322, ART 324, ART 325.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 431 - Advanced Sculpture
Self-directed, project-oriented advanced work. Working closely with instructor, students will concentrate on the development of their discipline and artistic production as a personal mode of creative research, in the general context of contemporary art practices. Lecture/lab. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits.
Prerequisites & Notes: 15 credits of 300-level sculpture or instructor permission
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 441 - Advanced Ceramic Workshop
Problems in advanced ceramics; self-directed projects and weekly seminars. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 342
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 460 - Advanced Fibers/Fabrics
Advanced problems in fiber/fabrics study. Emphasis on self-directed project development and contemporary issues in fibers/fabrics. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr.
Prerequisites & Notes: 5 credits of 300-level fiber courses or instructor permission
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 470 - Advanced Photography Seminar
Using a small group dynamic to critique and exchange ideas based on readings, visiting artists and theoretical inquiry, this class explores contemporary concepts surrounding the production of photography. The course consists of self-directed projects, which afford students time to produce a substantial body of research-driven work which reflects their individual interests. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits, including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: ART 370 and ART 371; or permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 482 - Art Education Workshop
Explorations in art media and their adaptation to use in the school. Not to be used for graduate program. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr.
Prerequisites & Notes: Teaching experience
Credits: 1-5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 492 - BFA Project / Exhibition
BFA students will develop a self-directed body of work under the supervision of their faculty committee, independently researching the materials, techniques, processes, subject matter, critical issues and related artistic production that will contribute to their creative project. Students will be required to exhibit their works at the end of the BFA Year. They will prepare their work for presentation and will research materials, display methods, installation formats and venues. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 credits, including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: Admission to BFA Program
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 494 - Advanced Studio Seminar
Critique-driven, production-oriented interdisciplinary course based in self-directed project development with an emphasis on contemporary issues in studio art. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr.
Prerequisites & Notes: Senior status, BFA status or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
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ART 495 - Professional Practices for Studio Artist
For the student who anticipates graduation and completion of the Studio Art BA or BFA degree in the near future. Designed to facilitate entry into the world of professional artists, galleries, critics, and curators, with an emphasis on survival skills for the emerging artist. Includes current trends, professional issues and practices, and the preparation of a complete portfolio.
Prerequisites & Notes: Senior status, BFA status or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 496A - BFA Seminar A
Art 496A is an advanced seminar for the BFA student that addresses issues in studio practice and facilitates the development of an individual body of work. Repeatable to a maximum of 4 credits.
Prerequisites & Notes: Acceptance in BFA program.
Credits: 2
Grade Mode: Letter
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ART 496B - BFA Seminar B
ART 496B is an advanced seminar for the BFA student that addresses issues in studio practice and facilitates the development of an individual body of work.
Prerequisites & Notes: Acceptance in BFA program.
Credits: 1
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AECI 301 - Person and Public
The initial course in the Arts Enterprise and Cultural Innovation (AECI) minor sequence. This course develops the foundational tools and best practices to be used in creative self, team and project leadership, with an accomplished creative practice at the core of the enterprise. Includes overview of personality theory, research on the creative personality, and stakeholder analysis and mapping to develop effective, creative self and team leadership skills.
Prerequisites & Notes: CFPA major or departmental approval; junior status; and acceptance into the AECI minor.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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AECI 302 - Emergent Leadership
The second course in the Arts Enterprise and Cultural Innovation (AECI) minor sequence. This course explores emergent leadership models and builds on the previous course to develop leadership within networked and distributed organizations and groups. Frameworks of collaboration and creative conflict are explored to give function to the activity within a creative enterprise.
Prerequisites & Notes: CFPA major or departmental approval; AECI 301.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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AECI 303 - Conducting the Enterprise
The third course in the Arts Enterprise and Cultural Innovation (AECI) minor sequence. Frameworks for arts organization formation and financing are explored. This course will enable creative leaders to measure the financial standing of an enterprise, test ideas and assumptions from a fiduciary perspective and fund and market projects and practices using contemporary frameworks and best practices.
Prerequisites & Notes: CFPA major or departmental approval; AECI 302.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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AECI 304 - Internship
Supervised work experience wherein the student makes an embedded contribution to a recognized formal creative enterprise under the direction and supervision of qualified practitioners. Student or program facilitated, experiential, applied learning opportunity. Existing internship experiences as defined within a CFPA major are applicable (e.g.. design internships).
Prerequisites & Notes: CFPA major or departmental approval; AECI 303.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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AECI 405 - Arts Management
The fourth course in the Arts Enterprise and Cultural Innovation (AECI) minor sequence. Iteration, emergent strategy, design thinking, and discovery-driven growth are established as guiding frameworks for arts organizations, projects and artists. Students will understand how these frameworks operate, how to select a framework for a given situation, and how to implement the appropriate framework in ambiguous, real world circumstances.
Prerequisites & Notes: CFPA major or departmental approval; AECI 303.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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AECI 406 - Disruption
The fifth course in the Arts Enterprise and Cultural Innovation (AECI) minor sequence. Disruption in the context of the creative enterprise is the result of a highly creative initiative that achieves a rift in the existing market patterns and results in a deep penetration and resonance with the audience. This course examines the frameworks that support creative disruption and generate positive outcomes from disruption-initiated activity.
Prerequisites & Notes: CFPA major or departmental approval; AECI 405.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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AECI 407 - Capstone Lab
The culminating course in the Arts Enterprise and Cultural Innovation (AECI) minor sequence. The Capstone Lab begins with a comprehensive exam covering critical frameworks from across the five content driven course prerequisites. After completing the exam, students will develop a project or practice and take it through the process of evaluating it in terms of risk and uncertainty, building a basic business model, developing an emergent strategy, and following a design thinking process to solve problems.
Prerequisites & Notes: CFPA major or departmental approval; AECI 406.
Credits: 4
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A/HI 201 - Zen and the Art of Tea
Chado allows a glimpse of Japanese culture from the perspective of a variety of different artistic media and a long historic tradition. The course will focus on the background of the Way of Tea, Zen and Japanese aesthetics and learning the most basic tea procedure. Through this course, students will gain insight into the many arts and crafts, architecture styles, Japanese aesthetic values, literature and the importance of the seasons associated with Chado as well as basic Japanese customs.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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A/HI 202 - Zen & the Art of Tea II
This course continues a study of Japanese culture from the perspective of a variety of different artistic media and delves deeper into the history and context surrounding the evolution of the Way of Tea. It expands the student's understanding of the Japanese appreciation of utensils: their form, function and beauty; excellence in craftsmanship; and the practice of “copying.” Repeatable up to six credits including original course. Can only be used for GUR credit once.
Prerequisites & Notes: A/HI 201
Credits: 3
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GUR Attributes: ACGM
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A/HI 210 - History of Architecture
History of Architecture: Prehistory to Modernity.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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A/HI 220 - Visual Culture in the Ancient World
Art, archeology, and visual culture from prehistory to antiquity, c. 5000 BCE-c. 500 CE.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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A/HI 221 - Visual Culture in Medieval Europe
Art and visual culture from the sixth to 14th centuries in Europe.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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A/HI 230 - Visual Culture in 15th and 16th Century Europe
Art and visual culture in Western Europe 1400-1550.
Credits: 3
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A/HI 231 - Visual Culture in 17th and 18th Century Europe
Art and visual culture in Western Europe, 1550-1700.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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A/HI 240 - Visual Culture in Western Europe in the 19th Century
Issues and topics in art, 19th century.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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A/HI 241 - Visual Culture in Western Europe and America in the 20th Century
Issues and topics in art, 20th century.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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A/HI 250 - Arts of Africa pre-1900
An introduction to key issues and themes in African art from prehistoric rock art to the implementation of colonial rule. Case studies include brasscasting, sculpture, masquerade, textiles, and photography. Specifically, the course will explore how these traditions express various aspects of human experience, and how these traditions change over the course of history.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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A/HI 251 - Arts of Africa after 1900
Introduction to key issues and themes in African art from 1900 to the present, including the entire continent and its diaspora. Through these local and global traditions, the problems of human existence are communicated and problematized before, during, and after colonialism.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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A/HI 270 - Visual Culture in South and Southeast Asia
Issues and topics in South and Southeast Asian art and visual culture, from ancient to contemporary.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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A/HI 271 - Visual Culture in East Asia
Issues and topics in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese visual culture, from ancient to contemporary. Also offered as EAST 271.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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A/HI 275 - Introduction to Writing and Critical Thinking
A preparatory course to develop skills in writing and analysis for the art historical field. Open to all Western students, but required for Art History majors. For Art History majors, A/HI 275, 375 and 475 must be taken in order because they sequentially develop visual analysis skills.
Prerequisites & Notes: ENG 101.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 300 - Directed Independent Study
An individualized course of study not available through or replacing existing curriculum, to be arranged between one matriculating student and sponsoring faculty member. All academic policies and registration deadlines apply. Directed Independent Study courses cannot substitute for General University Requirements and are not eligible for tuition waiver.
Credits: 1-15
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A/HI 301 - Modern Art and Modernism
Survey and critical analysis of modernist, theory and criticism.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 302 - Instructional Assistant
Assist faculty in the classroom and with activities such as lecture preparation, class website upkeep, classroom discussion, research, and reviews for exams. Duties vary by course and instructor, but the time commitment will be 3-9 hours/week.
Credits: 1-3
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 305 - Western Gallery Workshop
Emphasis on art preparation/installation methods, and gallery/collections management. Students must commit to registering for this class for fall, winter and spring quarters. Repeatable to 9 credits. Intended as a resume building class. Credits may not be used for the Art History major or minor.
Prerequisites & Notes: 6 credits in Art or Art History; instructor permission; meet Western Gallery intern selection criteria.
Credits: 1-3
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 306 - Arts Internship
Internship at museum, educational or public arts organization under the direction of a designated art history faculty member, in consultation with a staff member of the host institution. Intended as a resume building class. Credits may not be used for the art history major or minor. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 credits, including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: 24 credits in Art History and written permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-4
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 308 - Visual Arts in the Community
A hands-on class designed to give students a practical experience in promotion of visual culture in the community.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 310 - Indigenous Arts of the Pacific Northwest
Selected topics in the arts of the Pacific Northwest. Includes discussion of contemporary artists.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 313 - Art and Technology
Critical approaches to the study of artistic practices based on visual technology. Topics may include: photography, film, video, computer-generated art and electronic media.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 315 - Early Modern Civic Identity: Special Topics
Civic identity explored through ritual structures, urban society, and lay cultures. Repeatable with different topics. Can be repeated once as an elective with different topics.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 316 - Land and Landscape
Studies of landscape and ideology in painting and garden design; issues of environment in the production of visual culture; relationships of land and architecture.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 330 - Art and Texts of the Sacred
The ideological basis of painting, sculpture and manuscript illumination as tools of communication. The interdependence of textual and visual traditions and their subversion or alteration.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 335 - Visual Arts in the Age of Contact, Exploration, and Colonization
This course explores artistic responses to the unprecedented clash and integration of cultures resulting from exploration and the consequent expansion of European empires throughout the world in its earliest
phase, ca. 1492 to 1700.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 336 - Visual Arts of Medieval Iberia and Early Modern Spain
This upper-lever lecture course explores the arts produced in the Iberian Peninsula and the domains of the Spanish Empire at large. Topics may include: Visigothic and Islamic conquests, Medieval architecture and painting, the rise and fall of the Spanish Empire in Europe and abroad during El Siglo de Oro, and the artistic impact of the Enlightenment.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 348 - Art and Ecology
This cross-disciplinary course examines how our natural environment is conceptualized in art, science and media. Through lectures, collaborative projects and experiential learning, students engage with historic debates associated with discoveries in natural science and current controversies on climate change, ecology and biodiversity.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 358 - Postwar Art and Culture
Examines postwar American culture, from 1950 to 1970, and critically assesses the relationships between art, popular media and the social upheavals of the postwar era.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
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A/HI 360 - Nationalism and Cultural Identity, 19th and 20th Centuries
Studies in the relationship between ideas of nation and the formation of cultural identity.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 368 - Pacific Arts and Visual Culture
Art of Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia. Includes study of contemporary Pacific arts.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 370 - Islamic Visual Cultures
Topics addressing historical and contemporary Islamic visual cultures in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 371 - Transforming Traditions: Art and Visual Culture in Japan
Study of visual cultures in Japan from 5000 BCE to present. Analysis of cultural influx and assimilation from Asia and Europe as well as indigenous and individual visual expressions. Also offered as EAST 371.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 372 - Topics in Asian Cinema
This course will examine film practice in one or more Asian countries with an emphasis on narrative construction and stylistic techniques. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 credits under different topics, including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any 200-level or equivalent A/HI course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 375 - Methods in Art History
Methodological approaches to the study of Art History and further development of writing skills and visual analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes: A/HI 275, art history majors only.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 381 - African Art and Politics
This course explores the ways in which African art confirms, legitimizes, and challenges authority on a local, national, and global level.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 383 - Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora (WWII to present)
This course explores the creative practices of artists of African descent who live and work beyond the continent, from World War II to the present.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 385 - African and Diasporic Cinema since 1960
This course explores the creative practices and primary themes of African film directors, both on the continent and in the diaspora.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 391 - Topics in Art History
Advanced lecture course focused on specialized topics in the history of art. Repeatable with different topics to a maximum of 15 credits, including the original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 396 - Summer Art History Program in Japan
Study traditional and contemporary culture in Japan. Activities include: visiting historical sites, galleries, museums and artist studios. Experience a tea ceremony, papermaking, weaving, natural dyeing and more. Students will write a paper following the trip. Offered summer quarter only.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 200-level course.
Credits: 7
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 400 - Directed Independent Study
An individualized course of study not available through or replacing existing curriculum, to be arranged between one matriculating student and sponsoring faculty member. All academic policies and registration deadlines apply. Directed Independent Study courses cannot substitute for General University Requirements and are not eligible for tuition waiver.
Credits: 1-15
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A/HI 401 - Contemporary Issues and Post-Modern Critiques
Theoretical analysis of late twentieth century postmodernist art and culture, and critical discussion of the expansion of visual media during the contemporary era.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 300-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 411 - Contemporary Japanese Visual Culture
Examines Japanese artistic forms and visual culture from Post-World War II until the present. Explores connections between Japanese socioeconomic and artistic developments, as well as visual manifestations of contemporary Japanese youth culture. Topics include anime, manga, Harajuku fashion and art movements such as Gutai and Superflat. Also offered as EAST 411.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 300-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 413 - Space and Representation
Theoretical and cultural analysis of the history of representing space within Western art and architecture, from Gothic cathedrals and Renaissance perspective to cubist fractured surfaces and contemporary heterogeneous space.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 300-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 415 - Space and the Urban Environment
Topics in urban organization, urban/rural dynamics, regionalism, spaces and social production in the built environment and the arts.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 300-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 416 - Topics in Global Borders and Contested Terrains
Mapping artistic domains; implications of geographic borders; defining places and margins in cultural production.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 300-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 420 - Building 17th and 18th Century Europe
Studies of architecture, spatial organization and visual culture in 17th and 18th century Europe, including studies of colonization and contacts with Asia. Each course offering has a selected geographic focus and introduces theory for visual and spatial analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 300-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 429 - Patronage and Power: The Baroque Era
The relationship of artist and public to the mechanisms of patronage and the art market.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 300-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 430 - Court Art of the Renaissance
Courtly art in the context of humanism, anitiquity, and chivalric society in Renaissance Italy.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 300-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 431 - Popular Culture, Tourism and Leisure
Studies in topics such as collecting, pilgrimage, touring and acquisition of the authentic.
Prerequisites & Notes: Art History majors: A/HI 375; non-majors: 5 credits of 300 level art history or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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A/HI 434 - Rococo: freedom, pleasure, decadence
This seminar presents a study of Rococo art and culture, giving gravity to the period’s aesthetic levity and taking seriously its playfulness. Topics explored will include Rococo painting, the sociopolitical status of women, the new male archetype and its critics, libertine and erotic literature, philosophies of freedom, identity as performance, and utopian visions on the brink of the French Revolution.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any A/HI or equivalent 300-level course.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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