Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance

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About the Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance

The Patti & Rusty Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the traditional studio arts, art education, art history, industrial design, visual communications design, interior design, theatre, dance and music. The Rueff School’s main facility, Yue-Kong Pao Hall, includes the Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Carole and Gordon Mallett Theatre and the Rueff Galleries. The exciting calendar of lectures, performances, workshops and exhibitions in Pao Hall and across the campus are open to the community.

Our internationally acclaimed faculty publish, teach, exhibit, lecture and perform across the country and around the world. We are a vibrant community of thinkers, artists, performers, creators, composers and makers. Join us for an exceptional and inspiring education in the arts at a world-class university. 

The Rueff School is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and by the National Association of Schools of Theatre.

Faculty

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Contact Information

Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance
Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts
552 W. Wood Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1352

Or contact the counseling office by phone, fax or email at:

Phone: 765.494.3670
Fax: 765.496.1910
email: ADinfo@purdue.edu

Graduate Information

For Graduate Information please see Visual and Performing Arts Graduate Program Information .

Programs

• Art History, BA
• Industrial Design Professional Program, BFA
• Integrated Studio Arts, BFA
• Interior Design Professional Program, BFA
• Music, BA
• Sound for the Performing Arts, BA
• Studio Arts and Technology, BA
• Theatre, BA
• Visual Arts Design Education, BA
• Visual Arts Education, BA
• Visual Communication Design, BFA

• Acting: Communication through Performance Certificate
• Music Technology Certificate
• Theatre Lighting Certificate

• Art and Design Studio Minor
• Art History Minor
• Dance Minor
• Electronic and Time-Based Art Minor
• Music History and Theory Minor
• Theatre Design and Production Minor
• Theatre Minor

Courses

• AD 10500 - Design I
• AD 10600 - Design II
• AD 11300 - Basic Drawing
• AD 11400 - Drawing II
• AD 11700 - Black And White Photography
• AD 11900 - Introduction To Digital Color Imaging
• AD 12500 - Introduction To Interior Design
• AD 13000 - Interior Design Communication
• AD 14600 - Design Drawing I
• AD 19000 - Special Topics In Art And Design
• AD 19100 - Cooperative And Professional Work Experience I
• AD 19200 - Cooperative And Professional Work Experience II
• AD 19300 - Cooperative And Professional Work Experience III
• AD 19400 - Cooperative And Professional Work Experience IV
• AD 19500 - Cooperative And Professional Work Experience V
• AD 20000 - Beginning Painting
• AD 20100 - Art For Elementary School Teachers
• AD 20200 - Introduction To Art Education
• AD 20500 - Design III
• AD 20600 - Studio In Visual Communication Design
• AD 21300 - Life Drawing I
• AD 21500 - Materials and Processes
• AD 22000 - Computers In Art
• AD 22600 - History Of Art To 1400
• AD 22700 - History Of Art Since 1400
• AD 22800 - Visual Communication Design Computing I
• AD 22900 - Visual Communication Design Computing II
• AD 23000 - Interior Design I
• AD 23300 - Electronic Media Studio
• AD 23400 - Art And Design Internship Preparation
• AD 23500 - Materials and Processes II
• AD 23600 - Lighting Fundamentals For Photography
• AD 24000 - Interior Drafting And Drawing
• AD 24200 - Ceramics I
• AD 24600 - Design Drawing II
• AD 25000 - Interior Design II
• AD 25100 - History Of Photography I
• AD 25500 - Art Appreciation
• AD 25600 - Presentation Techniques
• AD 26200 - Jewelry And Metalwork I
• AD 26500 - Relief Printmaking
• AD 26600 - Silkscreen Printmaking
• AD 26700 - Digital Media I: Photography And Digital Imaging
• AD 27000 - Constructed Textiles
• AD 27100 - Dyed Textiles
• AD 27500 - Beginning Sculpture
• AD 28000 - Human Behavior And Designed Environment
• AD 28500 - Interior Components And Materials
• AD 29000 - Special Topics In Art And Design
• AD 30000 - Life Drawing II
• AD 30200 - Theory And Practice Of Elementary School Art
• AD 30300 - Art in Middle/Junior High Schools
• AD 30400 - Video Art
• AD 30500 - Industrial Design I
• AD 30600 - Industrial Design II
• AD 30701 - History Of Contemporary Photography
• AD 31100 - Ancient Greek Art
• AD 31200 - Ancient Roman Art
• AD 31400 - Experimental Drawing
• AD 31500 - Design Methodology
• AD 31600 - Seminar On Ideas In Industrial Design I: Design And Society
• AD 31800 - Fundamentals of Interactive Multimedia Design
• AD 31900 - Web Design for Visual Communication
• AD 32200 - Computer Modeling And Animation
• AD 32600 - Physical Computing
• AD 33000 - Interior Design III
• AD 33100 - Digital Video Production And Aesthetics
• AD 33200 - Visual Communication Design I
• AD 33300 - Photo Silk Screen
• AD 33400 - New Media Culture
• AD 33700 - Commercial And Professional Practice In Photography
• AD 33800 - Advanced Interior Design Communication
• AD 33900 - Women Artists In The 20th Century
• AD 34000 - Furniture Development
• AD 34200 - Ceramics II
• AD 34300 - Northern Renaissance Art
• AD 34400 - Latin American Art In The 20th Century
• AD 34600 - Italian Renaissance Art
• AD 34700 - Lighting For Interior Environments
• AD 34800 - History Of Islamic Art
• AD 35000 - Interior Design IV
• AD 35900 - Medieval European Art
• AD 36101 - The Constructed Image
• AD 36200 - Jewelry And Metalwork
• AD 36300 - Documentary Photography
• AD 36500 - Intermediate Painting
• AD 36600 - Visual Communication Design II
• AD 36800 - Etching And Intaglio Printmaking
• AD 36900 - Lithographic Printmaking
• AD 37000 - Woven Textiles
• AD 38000 - Baroque Art
• AD 38100 - Fine Art Photographic Printmaking And Artist’s Book
• AD 38200 - A Global History Of Modern Art
• AD 38300 - Modern Art
• AD 38400 - Contemporary Art
• AD 38500 - History Of Interior Design
• AD 39100 - History Of Chinese Art
• AD 39500 - History Of Design
• AD 39600 - Art Museum Practices
• AD 39700 - Sustainability In The Built Environment
• AD 40000 - Advanced Painting

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