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2014-2015 University Catalog 
    
2014-2015 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


The University Catalog lists all courses that pertain to the West Lafayette campus. In order to view courses that are available at a given time, and the details of such courses, please visit the myPurdue Schedule of Classes.

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Art and Design

  
  • AD 10500 - Design I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Two-dimensional design fundamentals: concepts and processes. Studio problems are used to introduce concepts, vocabulary, and skills applicable to continued study in a variety of visual disciplines. Includes introduction to a variety of two-dimensional media and computer applications. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 10600 - Design II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Three-dimensional fundamentals: concepts and processes. Studio problems introduce design concepts, vocabulary, and construction skills applicable to continued study in a variety of visual disciplines. Includes introduction to a variety of 3-D media and 3-D computer graphics concepts. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 11300 - Basic Drawing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to drawing and sketching as a means of communication of ideas. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. CTL:IFA 1320 Drawing
  
  • AD 11400 - Drawing II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Continuation of AD 11300 ; emphasis is given to the exploration of a variety of media, the structuring of pictorial space, and figure drawing. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 11700 - Photography I: Black And White Processes And Aesthetics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introductory course in silver-based photographic processes and creative image making. Emphasis is on the development of camera and darkroom techniques, and fostering critical thinking skills related to the traditions and aesthetics of black and white photographic practice. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 11900 - Photography II: Color Imaging And Studio Practice


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introductory course in creative use of color photographic processes and studio practices. Emphasis is on the acquisition of digital cameras, studio, and digital printing skills which enable students to successfully perceive and structure images reflecting color’s formal, symbolic, and emotional impact. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 12500 - Introduction To Interior Design


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introductory survey of interior spaces and their impact upon the physical, social, psychological, and aesthetic needs of people. Critical evaluation of concepts in the interior design profession and related fields will be emphasized. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AD 13000 - Interior Design Communication


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Process of problem solving, design analysis, spatial studies, conceptual ideation, and methods of communicating in various two- and three-dimensional media. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 14600 - Design Drawing I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Problems in the skills and methods of professional design drawing. Emphasis on development of drawing as a conceptual tool and as part of the design process. Concentration on the media and techniques used in contemporary design drawing. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 19000 - Special Topics In Art And Design


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Topics will vary. Permission of department required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 19100 - Cooperative And Professional Work Experience I


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Practical experience in professional employment. Programs must be preplanned and conducted under the direction of the departmental coordinator with the cooperation of an employer. Students must submit comprehensive written reports of the experience. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • AD 19200 - Cooperative And Professional Work Experience II


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Practical experience in professional employment. Programs must be preplanned and conducted under the direction of the departmental coordinator with the cooperation of an employer. Students must submit comprehensive written reports of the experience. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • AD 19300 - Cooperative And Professional Work Experience III


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Practical experience in professional employment. Programs must be preplanned and conducted under the direction of the departmental coordinator with the cooperation of an employer. Students must submit comprehensive written reports of the experience. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • AD 19400 - Cooperative And Professional Work Experience IV


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Practical experience in professional employment. Programs must be preplanned and conducted under the direction of the departmental coordinator with the cooperation of an employer. Students must submit comprehensive written reports of the experience. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • AD 19500 - Cooperative And Professional Work Experience V


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Practical experience in professional employment. Programs must be preplanned and conducted under the direction of the departmental coordinator with the cooperation of an employer. Students must submit comprehensive written reports of the experience. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • AD 20000 - Beginning Painting


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is an introduction to painting, emphasizing fundamental painting techniques and materials in conjunction with varied subject matter. Traditional and nontraditional approaches and their art historical meanings will be examined and applied. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 20100 - Art For Elementary School Teachers


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Art theory and experiences, curriculum theory, and materials preparatory for instruction of elementary school children. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in this course until they have been admitted to teacher education and a copy of this acceptance is on file. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 20200 - Introduction To Art Education


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Lectures, readings, and discussions covering the history, theory, and professional literature of art education. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 20500 - Design III


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Problems in two- and three-dimensional design, utilizing a variety of tools, materials, and processes. Study is made of the interaction between designer and society, involving concepts in art, psychology, technology, anthropology, and history. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AD 20600 - Studio In Visual Communications Design


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Investigation of visual communications design theory, history, skills, and methodology, as well as preparation of art and mechanicals for graphic arts reproduction. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 21300 - Life Drawing I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to drawing the human figure with emphasis upon structure and gesture. . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 21500 - Materials and Processes


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introductory course in the selection of materials and processes as relevant to design, with laboratory experiences in the safe and proper use of tools and equipment. Required of students wishing extensive access to A&D tools and equipment. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 22000 - Computers In Art


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to computer graphics concepts and the electronic image as a fine art form. Emphasis is placed on personal expression, using the computer as a two-dimensional art tool. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 22400 - Interior Design Textiles Laboratory


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Laboratory component to AD 32400 . Field trips will be required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 22600 - History Of Art To 1400


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Review of painting, sculpture, and architecture from their beginnings to the end of the Middle Ages. Typically offered Fall. CTL:IFA 1311 Art History I
  
  • AD 22700 - History Of Art Since 1400


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Review of painting, sculpture, and architecture from 1400 to present. Typically offered Spring. CTL:IFA 1312 Art History II
  
  • AD 22800 - Visual Communications Design Computing I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introductory course in visual design computing programs used in the study and production of Visual Communications Design. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 22900 - Visual Communications Design Computing II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An intermediate course in visual design computing programs used in the study and production of Visual Communications Design. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 23000 - Interior Design I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of behavior patterns, perceptions, needs, and usage of three-dimensional space through conceptual solutions to human environments. Interior design theory and application of design process through analysis, research, and synthesis will be explored. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AD 23300 - Electronic Media Studio


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introductory class to artistic practices on the computer. Students will work with digital still images, sounds, stop-frame animation and HTML-based websites and learn how to connect simple sensors to the computer to control digital images and sounds interactively. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 23400 - Art And Design Internship Preparation


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Introduction and preparation for Art & Design Internship experience. Students will develop a resume, cover letter, and other resources in their search for a suitable internship placement. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • AD 23500 - Materials and Processes II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Problems in three-dimensional design, incorporating materials, production processes, and applications of current technology, emphasizing aspects of society and technology. An introduction to complete industrial design problems, including problem definition, concepts, resource information, design development, final proposals, and presentation techniques. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 23600 - Lighting Fundamentals For Photography


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introductory course in understanding electronic strobe lighting. Begins with a review of basic lighting principles and a series of problem-solving assignments, which introduce control, and applications of electronic strobe lighting. Still life photography and portraiture are emphasized and covers on-location lighting. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 24000 - Interior Drafting And Drawing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic drafting and drawing techniques used in residential and small commercial buildings. Emphasis on interior projects, on multi-view drawing, isometrics, perspective, and architectural construction drawings, and rendering techniques. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AD 24200 - Ceramics I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to ceramic materials and processes used in creating wheelthrown and hand-formed pottery and sculpture. Emphasis on contemporary interpretations of traditional forms. Freshman and Sophomore students have priority. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 24600 - Design Drawing II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Continuation of the work done in A&D 245. Emphasis on development of skills and presentation quality design drawing. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AD 25000 - Interior Design II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to space planning methodology applied to small-scale residential and nonresidential environments. Human factors and user requirements, physical and psychological, will be emphasized. Interior materials, components, and special environmental concerns will be explored. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 25100 - History Of Photography I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction of the history of photography from the medium’s inception until 1950. Emphasis is placed on understanding photographs from a variety of aesthetic, social, and cultural perspectives, including those of race, class, and gender. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 25500 - Art Appreciation


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Understanding and appreciation of the problems overcome by mankind in the origins and growth of art. Typically offered Fall Spring. CTL:IFA 1310 Art Appreciation
  
  • AD 25600 - Presentation Techniques


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Studio preparing students for project presentations. Classes will cover graphic techniques, including page layout, typography, portfolio formats, perspective drawings, photography, and verbal communication. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 26000 - Computer-Aided Design For Interiors


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Computer-aided design and drafting on the microcomputer for interior design. Students learn to draw architectural spaces, interior furnishings, and mechanical objects and to manipulate them in two- and three-dimensional space. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 26200 - Jewelry And Metalwork I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the design and execution of hand-wrought jewelry and metalwork. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 26500 - Relief Printmaking


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the techniques of woodcut, linocut, collagraph, and related media. Emphasis on fine art conceptual issues, creativity, matting and framing art, and professional practices. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 26600 - Silkscreen Printmaking


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the techniques of silkscreen printmaking on paper, including the uses of handmade and light-sensitive stencils. Emphasis on fine art conceptual issues, creativity, matting, and framing art, and professional practices. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 26700 - Digital Media I: Photography And Digital Imaging


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introductory course in the creative generation and digital enhancement of photo-related imagery. Emphasis is on the development of technical and critical thinking skills, as well as fostering an awareness of pertinent theoretical issues in digital age. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 27000 - Constructed Textiles


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A beginning class in non-loom constructed textile techniques such as macram and card-weaving. Emphasis on three-dimensional design in fiber using historical textile structures as the basis for contemporary interpretations. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 27100 - Dyed Textiles


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Beginning course in non-screen fabric dyeing techniques such as tie-dye and batik. Survey of historical surface design for contemporary interpretations in both two and three dimensions. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 27500 - Beginning Sculpture


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introductory course in sculpture, exploring basic concepts, techniques, and materials. Problems in class will emphasize individual student’s aesthetic understanding of techniques and inventive use of materials. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 28500 - Interior Components And Materials


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of surface materials and subsystems and their application to architectural interior spaces. Emphasis on specification guidelines, including product performance, building codes, fire, safety, and health regulations. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 29000 - Special Topics In Art And Design


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Topics will vary. . Permission of department required. Typically offered Spring Fall.
  
  • AD 30000 - Life Drawing II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Emphasis is given to organizing the figure in pictorial space. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 30200 - Theory And Practice Of Elementary School Art


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Theory and practice of art education for elementary school from early childhood through middle childhood. Restricted to art education majors. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 30300 - Art in Middle/Junior High Schools


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Theory and practice of art education for early adolescent students in the middle/junior high school. . Typically offered Spring Fall.
  
  • AD 30400 - Video Art


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to digital video as a creative medium for artistic expression. Students will record, digitize, edit and distribute digital video content and author a digital portfolio of their work in the form of an interactive DVD. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 30500 - Industrial Design I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to design principles in processes employing basic problem-solving techniques. Emphasis will be placed on man’s interaction with form, thought processes, procedures, craftsmanship, and use of materials. Acceptance into professional industrial design concentration by successful performance in the mandatory portfolio review. Prerequisites: Passing mandatory portfolio review. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AD 30600 - Industrial Design II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An analysis of design through organic and aesthetic principles, natural solutions, and man-made systems. Skills and techniques for communication of creative design solutions. Rapid visualization, rendering, model making, and working models will be stressed. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 30701 - History Of Contemporary Photography


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines evolution of major themes in contemporary photography (Digital era to Present) from a variety of aesthetic, social, and cultural perspectives, fostering an awareness of pertinent theoretical issues. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 31100 - Greek Art


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The great variety of Greek art, which helped lay the foundation of Western artistic tradition, is presented in several different media and over a period of several centuries. The social context and cultural context of Greek art, especially its humanistic values, is emphasized. Offered every two years. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 31200 - Roman Art


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The history of Roman art in several different media is studied, from its origins to the end of the Empire, stressing the social and historical content of this art and its legacy to the modern world. Architecture, sculpture, painting and mosaics are emphasized along with small-scale arts. Offered every two years. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AD 31400 - Illustrative Drawing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Individual development of students’ drawing abilities and skills at intermediate and advanced levels, emphasizing illustration and drawing as primary means of expression. Typically offered Spring. .
  
  • AD 31500 - Design Methodology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will cover the fundamental concepts of design methodology. Studies in various problem-solving and research methods as they apply to the designer and society. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AD 31600 - Seminar On Ideas In Industrial Design I: Design And Society


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of design and the designer and the factors in society that affect his or her work. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 31800 - Fundamentals of Interactive Multimedia Design


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Fundamental issues of interactive multimedia design: Animation, interface design, and experience design from a visual communications perspective. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AD 31900 - Web Design for Visual Communications


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to web-based design from a visual communications application. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 32000 - Interior Lighting Design


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of principles of illumination, design criteria, specifications, and systems applied to architectural interiors in public and private spaces. Must pass mandatory portfolio review. Prerequisites: Passing mandatory portfolio review. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AD 32200 - Computer Modeling And Animation


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A fine arts approach to three-dimensional computer graphics. Introduction to three-dimensional computer graphics concepts and their application to still and animated images. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 32400 - Textiles For Interiors


    Credit Hours: 2.00. An introduction to textile fibers and fabrics used in interior environments with emphasis on design, product performance, and selection criteria. Field trips will be required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 32600 - Physical Computing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to electronics and computer vision for artists. Students learn to create expressive audiovisual systems that can respond to events in the physical world (movement, light/temperature change, sound, touch, etc.) through custom interfaces. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 32700 - Art History Methodology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Offered in 2002-2003 and alternate years. A comprehensive introduction to the study of the history of art, associated areas of investigation, and the writing of research papers in the field. Practical experience for the serious student of art history. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 33000 - Interior Design III


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of advanced space-planning criteria and selection of furnishings, equipment, materials, and finishes. Design considerations for special populations (e.g., disabled, aged, low-income) will be explored. Must pass mandatory portfolio review. Prerequisites: Passing mandatory portfolio review. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AD 33100 - Digital Video Production And Aesthetics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to video as an art medium. Approaches include documentary, narrative, experimental, performance, installation, and web-based work. Students gain profiency in technical and conceptual aspects of the medium through shooting exercises, production workshops, digital editing, and group critiques. Prerequisites: Acceptance into Photography and Related Media program by sucessful performance in the mandatory portfolio review. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 33200 - Visual Communications Design I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A course designed to introduce the student to projects that will develop an understanding of basic problem-solving techniques in the areas of publication and promotional graphics. Acceptance into professional VCD sequence via mandatory portfolio review. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AD 33300 - Photo Silk Screen


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced study of the techniques of photo silkscreen and light-sensitive stencils. Emphasis on fine art conceptual issues, creativity, matting and framing art, and professional practices. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 33400 - New Media Culture


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This lecture course provides a historical overview of the development of new media art. In their research, project papers, and practical assignments, students explore issues of media criticism, technology’s impact on culture and society and visions of media utopias. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 33700 - Commercial And Professional Practice In Photography


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces students the skills necessary to attain entry-level employment in the photographic field and familiarizes students with the vocabulary, procedures, and working realities specific to occupations in the field of photography in the areas of photo-journalism, magazine illustration, advertising/web design, and fine arts. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AD 33900 - Women Artists In The 20th Century


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course offers a critical yet comprehensive overview of the creative achievements of women artists in the 20th century. It focuses on major female artists, whose works and contributions are considered in both their specific socio-cultural context and in a larger art-historical perspective. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 34200 - Ceramics II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A continuation of AD 24200 ; according to student needs in creating ceramic forms, a variety of in-depth experiences: experimental kiln building and firing techniques, methods of ceramic construction, surface treatment, and clay and glaze formulation. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 34400 - Latin American Art In The 20th Century


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course offers a critical yet comprehensive overview of modern and contemporary art from Latin America. It focuses on major artists, whose works and contributions are considered in both their specific socio-cultural context and in a larger art historical perspective. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AD 34800 - History Of Islamic Art


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Islamic art, one of the world’s richest artistic traditions, is surveyed from its origins in the 7th century AD to the modern day. All types of artistic media, from large to small-scale, are included and seen against the background of the Islamic religion and history. Offered on a two-year rotation. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 35000 - Interior Design IV


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of large-scale public and social spaces, emphasizing interior systems and components. Application of design for historic preservation, renovation, or adaptive reuse will be considered. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 35900 - Medieval European Art


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A comprehensive study of the varied art forms in Western Europe from the decline of the Roman Empire until the beginnings of the Italian Renaissance: 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 36101 - The Constructed Image


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An intermediate level course focusing on the production of creative images constructed both in the studio and the field. Readings and discussions investigate both historical and contemporary trends in the art of the photographically-constructed images. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 36200 - Jewelry And Metalwork


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Lost wax casting and mold making, mechanisms and stone setting for jewelry and metalwork. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AD 36300 - Documentary Photography


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the concept and practice of the documentary mode in photography. Research options entail a variable combination of theory and practice. Prerequisites: Acceptance into Photography and Related Media program by sucessful performance in the mandatory portfolio review. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AD 36500 - Intermediate Painting


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A studio course concentrating on the development of conceptual and technical skills of painting. This course is designed to help individual students gain a greater awareness of their personal creative goals and to foster means of expression. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 36600 - Visual Communications Design II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Field trips may be required. The study of corporate graphics and visual identity programs. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 36800 - Etching And Intaglio Printmaking


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the techniques of etching, engraving, aquatint, drypoint, collagraph, monoprint, and related processes. Emphasis on fine art conceptual issues, creativity, matting and framing art, and professional practices. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 36900 - Lithographic Printmaking


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the techniques of stone and plate lithography. Emphasis on fine art conceptual issues, creativity, matting and framing art, and professional practices. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 37000 - Woven Textiles


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A beginning course in loom-woven textiles and pattern drafting. Emphasis on two- and three-dimensional design in fiber, using historical textile structures as the basis for contemporary interpretations. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 38000 - Baroque Art


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of European art and architecture during the 17th century, focused on Italy and the Netherlands, and emphasizing some of their leading painters. Works of art are seen in a broad social and cultural context, including the Counter-Reformation and the rise of capitalism. Typically offered every other Spring.
  
  • AD 38100 - Fine Art Photographic Printmaking And Artist’s Book


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An intermediate level course in fine art photographic printmaking, portfolio production, and integration of image with text. Students will explore camera formats, presentation issues, and bookmaking techniques. Special emphasis placed upon the creative process. Prerequisites: Acceptance into Photography and Related Media program by sucessful performance in the mandatory portfolio review. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AD 38200 - 19th Century Art: A Global Perspective


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An overview of the 19th century art, emphasizing artistic and other cultural exchanges between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East Movements such as Chinoiserie, Orientalism, and Japonisme are examined within their historical context and as part of a globalizing tendency. Typically offered every other Spring.
  
  • AD 38300 - Modern Art


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A comprehensive overview of the visual arts from impressionism to Surrealism, designed to help students understand the cultural, social, and historical dynamics that influence artistic creation, and reflect upon the meanings of modernism. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 38400 - Contemporary Art


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A comprehensive overview of the visual arts from the 1940’s to the present, designed to help students understand the cultural, social, and historical dynamics that influence artistic creation, and reflect upon the artists’ role in contemporary societies. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 38500 - History Of Interior Design


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the principle styles, trends, and movements of interior design from antiquity to the Industrial Revolution, emphasizing decorative arts, furnishings, and their relationship to the built environment. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 39100 - History Of Chinese Art


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A historical survey of the visual arts and architecture of China from antiquity to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the relation of a broad range of art forms to their social and cultural contexts. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AD 39500 - History Of Design


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of the development of design ideas and structures and the influence of technology upon their direction. The course will cover a cross section of ideas developed from the late nineteenth century to the present. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 39600 - Art Museum Practices


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines art museums as cultural institutions with varied collections, serving an important social role. Museum administration and operation are discussed, as are exhibition preparation and museum architecture; a few field trips are required. Museum careers also are explored. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 39700 - Sustainability In The Built Environment


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The study of philosophical concepts, principles, and theories of sustainability as they pertain to building methods, materials, systems, and occupants. To provide a foundation for evaluation of materials, processes, and applications of design components for environmentally responsible. Field trips will be required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AD 40000 - Advanced Painting


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A studio course concentrating on the development of an advanced body of work built upon the conceptual and technical skills of painting. This course is designed to help individual students gain a greater awareness of their personal creative goals and to foster means of expression. Typically offered Fall Spring.
 

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