2007-2008 Catalog (PDF) - Colorado State University-Pueblo

College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Mission
The mission of the College of Humanities and Social
Sciences is to help students develop critical thinking
skills, aesthetic awareness, and ethical perspectives,
to provide them with the tools and expertise necessary
to function as responsible citizens and professionals
and to engage in intellectual and artistic pursuits.
Faculty members are committed to high quality
teaching, theoretical and applied research, scholarship,
creativity, to effective service to the University,
the profession, and the region, and to the innovative
use of technology in these endeavors. The college
strives to be a community of learners, teachers, and
scholars responsive to the challenges of a diverse
society, a vulnerable environment, and an increasingly
technological and interdependent world.
Graduation Requirements
In addition to other graduation requirements listed in
the catalog, students in the College of Humanities and
Social Sciences must complete 18 hours of coursework
not counted toward the major field of study or
general education.
ART DEPARTMENT
Department Chair: Sonnema
Faculty: Aviña, Dalton, R. Hansen, V. Hansen, Johnson,
Peters
The art curriculum is designed to aid and promote
exploration of art-making processes and to increase
the student’s understanding of art and its relationship
to society. The art major prepares the student to be a
practicing artist, to enter graduate school for further
professional education or to enter the job market in artrelated
careers. Students also may select art courses
as a means of achieving a greater sense of personal
creativity and accomplishment. Students, faculty, and
invited professional artists display works in the CSU-
Pueblo Art Gallery. An active visiting artist program
provides contact with successful regional and national
professionals.
The major in art leads to the degrees of Bachelor of
Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA). A minor in art
is also available.
Department Goals
The department aims to provide art facilities, a
creatively active faculty, and an engaging curriculum in
a variety of emphasis areas. While at CSU-Pueblo,
students mature as artists and integrate their knowledge
in broad ways to fulfill their creative and professional
lives.
Expected Student Outcomes
General Requirements
• The art faculty firmly believes that a quality
undergraduate art program must be built from the
strong foundation of basic concepts and techniques
provided by the required ART CORE
courses. Art history, drawing and design combined
with an introduction to the basic art
processes, provide the necessary background of
information and skills for individual artistic growth
and maturity. A strong grounding in the fundamentals
of art, as provided in the ART CORE,
indicates the department’s insistence upon
respect for and commitment to the academic
discipline of art as a professional career.
• Art majors must complete the required courses
known as the ART CORE, before proceeding into
the beginning courses.
• No grade lower than a C will count toward either
an art major or minor.
• BFA candidates must maintain a 3.0 in the art
major.
• Students are required to take 30 hours of major
courses in residency.
Core Requirements for the Art Major
Art Core Courses
ART Courses Titles Credits
ART 110 Art Career Orientation ................... 1
(First Semester)
ART 115 Two-Dimensional Design .............. 3
ART 116 Three-Dimensional Design............ 3
ART 141 Drawing I ....................................... 3
ART 211 History of Art I (fall)........................ 3
ART 212 History of Art II (spring) ................. 3
ART 242 Drawing II ...................................... 3
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TOTAL 19
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