ART CORE

COURSES

As an Art Major students are required to take several fundamental art core classes which will prepare them for the more advanced work required in their major classes.

ART 150. BEGINNING DRAWING. Drawing media; practice in freehand drawing, observation methods, and pictorial composition, Planned to meet the needs of students with or without previous training. Lecture-laboratory 6 hours.
3 credits

ART 151. PERSPECTIVE DRAWING. Drawing instruments; Practice in functional perspective, mechanical drawing and related problems. Planned to meet the needs of all art majors. Prerequisite: ART 150. Lecture-laboratory 6 hours. 3 credits

ART 158. TWO-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN I. The basic art elements; color theory and two-dimensional composition; applied studio problems. Lecture-laboratory 6 hours. 3 credits

ART 159. TWO-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN II. Continuation of ART 158 with emphasis on applied design. Includes the use of mixed-media and collage techniques. For art majors and minors. Prerequisite: ART 158. Lecture-laboratory 6 hours.
3 credits

ART 175. THREE-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN I. Development of basic three-dimensional technical and aesthetic concepts through additive and subtractive methods. Prerequisite:ART 158. Lecture-laboratory 6 hours. 3 credits

ART 250. DRAWING. Problems in composition and structure using varied drawing media. Prerequisite: ART 151. Lecture-laboratory 6 hours. 3 credits

ART 401. ART HISTORY. History of the arts of ancient civilizations through the Middle Ages. May fulfill the fine arts general education requirement. 3 credits

ART 402. ART HISTORY. The Renaissance in Italy and northern Europe and later European art through the 18th century. May fulfill the fine arts general education requirement. 3 credits

ART HISTORY ELECT (select 6 hours from:)
ART 100. HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY. Contributions of artists to the development of photography and their use of the camera as an expressive medium. Emphasis on major figures of the nineteenth and twentieth century. 3 credits

ART 420. GREEK AND ROMAN ART. Painting, sculpture, and architecture in ancient Greece and Rome. 3 credits

ART 421. RENAISSANCE ART. Painting, sculpture, and architecture in Renaissance Italy. 3 credits

ART 422. AMERICAN ART. Painting, sculpture, and architecture in America from the Colonial period to the present. 3 credits

ART 423. ISSUES IN ART HISTORY. An examination of the reoccurring concepts, subjects, and forms as they appear cross-culturally and in many time periods. Comparative study of themes and images which relate to contemporary art forms. Prerequisites: ART 401, 402 or permission of instructor. 3 credits

ART 454. NATIVE AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE. Works by Native American writers and artists and from oral tradition. 3 credits