Calendar 2005-2006 - The University of Akron

266 7100:Art 2005-2006
College of Fine
and Applied Arts
COOPERATIVE EDUCATION
7000:
301 COOPERATIVE EDUCATION 0 credits
(May be repeated) For cooperative education students only. Work experience in business,
industry, or governmental agency. Comprehensive performance evaluation and written report
required.
ART
7100:
100 SURVEY OF HISTORY OF ART I 4 credits
Architecture, sculpture, painting and minor arts from primitive sources through Gothic time period
in Europe.
101 SURVEY OF HISTORY OF ART II 4 credits
Prerequisite: 100. Architecture, sculpture, painting and minor arts from Renaissance through
more recent times, primarily in Western art.
103 ARTS ORIENTATION 0 credits
Corequisite: with first 7100 art course. Orientation to the information and strategies necessary
to aid new art students in their understanding of the field of art.
131 FOUNDATION DRAWING I 3 credits
Introduction to drawing materials and techniques with an emphasis on observation, representation,
and formal principles of composition and design.
132 INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN 3 credits
Introductory course in design theory increases the graphic designers’ ability to solve visual problems
using both practical and theoretical approaches.
144 FOUNDATION 2-D DESIGN 3 credits
Fundamental information about the theory and practice of visual design as applied to surfaces,
including composition, color and pictorial illusions with lecture and studio experience.
145 FOUNDATION 3-D DESIGN 3 credits
Introduction to meaning of “design” and act of designing in real space. Study of naturally occurring
form, structure and process.
180 FUNDAMENTALS OF GRAPHIC DESIGN 3 credits
A study of graphic design through lecture and studio work in a variety of media. An exploration
and enrichment opportunity for the non-art major. No credit toward a major in art.
184 TYPOGRAPHY 1 3 credits
Prerequisite: 132. Studio experience in concept development and processes, tools and materials
of graphic designers. Elementary design problems in graphic design.
185 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER GRAPHICS 3 credits
(May be repeated for a total of six credits) Prerequisites: 131 and 144 or permission of instructor.
Introduction to the use of microcomputers as a creative tool for visual artists and designers.
210 VISUAL ARTS AWARENESS 3 credits
Prerequisite: 3400:210. Lecture course providing appreciation and understanding of arts of various
types/periods with emphasis on topics and influences on societies, rather than historical
sequence
213 INTRODUCTION TO LITHOGRAPHY 3 credits
Prerequisites: 131, 144. Use of lithographic stone and metal plate as printmaking media. Stone
and plate preparation, lithographic drawing materials and techniques, paper registration and
printing press covered. Emphasis on aesthetic theory, technique and related history.
214 INTRODUCTION TO SCREEN PRINTING 3 credits
Prerequisites: 131, 144. Silk screen printmaking. Theory and use of stencil process, positive and
negative block-out techniques, photo stencil, registration and printing procedures. Emphasis on
aesthetic theory, technique and related history.
215 INTRODUCTION TO RELIEF PRINTING 3 credits
Prerequisites: 131, 144. Printmaking using found objects, synthetic materials, as well as traditional
woodcut and linoleum engraving. Emphasis on aesthetic theory, technique and related history.
216 INTRODUCTION TO INTAGLIO PRINTING 3 credits
Prerequisites: 131, 144. Intaglio printmaking using drypoint engraving, aquatint and soft-ground
techniques. Emphasis on aesthetic theory, technique and related history.
222 INTRODUCTION TO SCULPTURE 3 credits
Prerequisite: 145. Exploration of aesthetic factors influencing sculptural statements.
Development of proficiency in the use of tools, materials and techniques.
223 SCULPTURE: STONE 3 credits
Prerequisite: 222. Beginning-level lecture and studio course using both traditional hand tools for
the creation of stone sculpture. History of the use of stone, evolution of stone working technology
and contemporary artists working with stone.
224 INSTALLATION ART 3 credits
Prerequisite: 222. Lecture and studio course introducing the student to the medium of installation
art, a major emphasis in the contemporary art scene. The history and evolution of installation
art and its use by contemporary artists.
231 DRAWING II 3 credits
Prerequisite: 131. Continued investigation of basic drawing concepts. Introduction to drawing in
color with further development of observation, design, technique and conceptual skills.
233 FOUNDATION LIFE DRAWING 3 credits
Prerequisite: 131. Perceptual problems in drawing from the life model. Study of skeletal, muscular,
mechanical nature of human figure and application of this knowledge to the resolution of
aesthetic problems. (May be repeated for a total of 6 credits)
234 ANATOMY FOR ARTISTS 3 credits
Prerequisite: 233. Studio/lecture experience in drawing and sculpture with an emphasis on
human skeletal, muscular, and surface structure.
243 INTRODUCTION TO PAINTING 3 credits
Prerequisites: 131, 144. Study of aesthetic and technical problems involved in painting.
Emphasis on painting from observation, and understanding of color in painting.
244 COLOR CONCEPTS 3 credits
Prerequisites: 131 and 144. Lecture and studio experience giving information concerning perception
of color, additive color phenomena of light, subtractive color phenomena of pigments
and dyes, color notation systems and psychological effects of color.
246 INTRODUCTION TO WATER-BASED MEDIA 3 credits
Prerequisites: 131, 144. Experimentation with water-based media such as tempra, acrylic and
gouache. (May be repeated for a total of 6 credits)
248 AIRBRUSH TECHNIQUES 3 credits
Prerequisites: 131 and 144. Introduction to airbrush painting techniques with water-based
media. Projects progress from exercises to personal expression..
249 FIGURE PAINTING 3 credits
Prerequisites: 233 and 246, or 248. Painting course with an emphasis on painting the figure from
life. (May be repeated for a total of 9 credits)
250 FOUNDATION REVIEW 0 credits
Prerequisites: 131, 144, 145, 233. Credit/noncredit course. Faculty review of art foundation studio
work from prerequisite/corequisite courses.
254 INTRODUCTION TO CERAMICS 3 credits
Prerequisites: 131, 144. Studio/lecture course exploring potentials of hand-building techniques in
both sculptural and functional forms. Clay processing, glaze application and practical kiln firing.
266 INTRODUCTION TO METALSMITHING 3 credits
Prerequisite: 145, 144. Studio experience in which student is introduced to properties of metals,
processes of silversmithing and design and production of jewelry.
268 COLOR IN METALS 3 credits
Prerequisite: 366. Introduction to a variety of techniques to achieve and/or combine color in metals.
Techniques such as anodizing aluminum, enameling and the application of color resins and
plastics will be explored.
274 PHOTOGRAPHY I FOR NON-ART MAJORS 3 credits
A study of photography through lecture, demonstration and studio work. An exploration and
enrichment opportunity for the non-art major. No credit toward major in art.
275 INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY 3 credits
Prerequisites: 131, 144. Lecture, studio and laboratory course. Techniques and aesthetics are
studied using both 4x5 and 35mm cameras. A 35mm camera with full manual control is required.
276 INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY 3 credits
Prerequisite: 275. Students are introduced to the numerous commercial applications of studio and
location photography while working through a series of advertising related photographic projects.
280 DIGITAL IMAGING 3 credits
Prerequisite: 185 or 289. An exploration of contemporary digital image capture, manipulation,
output and distribution, emphasizing digital image concepts, aesthetics and production.(May be
repeated for a total of six credits)
281 WEB PAGE DESIGN 3 credits
Prerequisite: 280. Introduction to the process of web page development. With an emphasis on
creative exploration, students develop, format, and test content for internet distribution. (May be
repeated for a total of 6 credits)
283 DRAWING TECHNIQUES 3 credits
Prerequisites: 131 and 132. Includes advanced drawing and presentation techniques commonly
used in graphic design. Various presentation and design problems will be encountered stressing
use of selected drawing methods and processes.
288 TYPOGRAPHY 2 3 credits
Prerequisite: 184. Introduction to typographic design to communicate. Study of letterforms, history,
comping skills, layout design and digital technology.
289 PRODUCTION I 3 credits
Prerequisite: 132. A computer- based course. Using industry-standard software, students focus
on incorporating type and image to produce comprehensive design solutions.
300 ART SINCE 1945 3 credits
Prerequisite: 101 or permission of instructor. Consideration of significant developments in visual
art forms since World War II in architecture, sculpture, printing, photography, metal, textile,
ceramics, printmaking and graphic design.
301 MEDIEVAL ART 3 credits
Prerequisite: 101 or permission of instructor. Painting, mosaics, architecture, sculpture, and luxury
arts of medieval Europe from 4th through 14th centuries.
302 ART IN EUROPE DURING THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES 3 credits
Prerequisite: 101 or permission of instructor. Analysis of major European examples of architecture,
landscape design, painting, prints and sculpture from beginning of the 17th Century until
approximately 1850.