2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Sep 27, 2024  
2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived]

Courses


 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • ARTH 388 - Introduction to African Art


    3 credits

    Description
    This course will introduce students to the multi-faceted arts of Africa, from traditional forms to contemporary artistic manifestations. Students will be introduced to the broad spectrum of works, issues, practices, and belief systems which are often radically different from those with which they are familiar but which challenge their perception of the visual arts and their definition of aesthetics.

    Prerequisites
    ARTH 271 and 272, or passing a proficiency test.



    Cross-listed
    (Also listed as African and African American Studies 334.)


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  • ARTP 488 - Professional Practices


    3 credits

    Description
    This course is designed to provide art majors with many of the career skills and techniques required in art. Through hands-on work, lectures, discussions, and reading assignments, students will learn about job searches, graduate schools, resumes, professional correspondence, artist’s statements, documentation of work, academe, grants, health hazards, professional ethics, and related topics.

    Note
    Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature.


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  • ARTP 499 - Art and the Artist in the Context of Society


    3 credits

    Description
    This course is designed to cultivate in students an awareness of the interaction between the individual artist and the larger community within which they live. Students will be made aware of how the complex mesh of social institutions—social, political, religious, economic, and cultural/intellectual—interact with each other to define the social function of the thing called art and how they all contribute to defining the social role of the artist.


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  • ARTS 251 - Introduction to Digital Art


    3 credits

    Description
    An introductory course covering the fundamentals of computer art allowing students to explore a range of techniques using a variety of industry standard software for content creation. The latest developments in the field of computer art will be discussed. This course is structured to increase students’ understanding of digital media in artistic production, to improve students’ ability to create works using computers and their peripheral devices, and to discuss the ways contemporary artists use technology in art.

    Note
    Two studio contact hours are required for every credit hour.


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  • ARTS 351 - Intermediate Digital Art


    3 credits

    Description
    This course emphasizes time-based media. Students will develop motion graphic works using compositing, 2D digital animation, digital drawing/painting, and interactive sculpture/installation using various software and other physical materials/techniques while exploring intersections between digital and traditional studio practices. Contemporary theory examining the cultural impact and history of digital art will be discussed. The class will investigate narrative structures through experiments in linear and hypertextual navigation with the time-based and sequential capabilities of the computer.

    Prerequisites
    ARTS 251 or consent of instructor.



    Repeatable
    May be repeated once for credit.


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  • ARTS 450 - Alternative Art Forms


    3 credits

    Description
    This studio course challenges the conventional idea of art as discrete, autonomous objects displayed independent of their physical contexts in traditional gallery settings. A variety of contemporary non-traditional forms will be presented in each offering.

    Prerequisites
    ARTS 101, 102, and 104; or consent of instructor.



    Repeatable
    Course may be repeated twice for credit.

    Note
    Studio class for majors, non-majors. Offerings to include: Performance Art 450A, Installation Art 450B, and other topics to be determined.


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  • ARTS 451 - Advanced Digital Art


    3 credits

    Description
    Continuation of 351 with emphasis on more advanced problems in time-based media works. Students will be encouraged to explore different techniques in digital art making including alternative interfaces and experiments with the computer, such as interactive installations with moving images and sound or mixed media projects. Considerable responsibility and autonomy required of each student.

    Prerequisites
    ARTS 351 or consent of instructor.



    Repeatable
    May be repeated up to three times.


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  • ATTR 442 - Advanced Massage Techniques


    2 credits

    Description
    Students learn massage techniques/modalities coupled with physiological/psychological effects, including Active Isolated Stretching, Cancer Massage, Craniosacral Therapy, Geriatric Massage, Pediatric Massage, Manual Lymphatic Drainage, Myofascial Release, Neuromuscular Therapy, Deep Tissue Massage, Orthopedic Massage, Prenatal Massage, Reflexology, Shiatsu, Sports and Fitness Massage, Rolfing, Thai Massage, and Trigger Point Release.

    Prerequisites
    ATTR 210, BIO 231 or equivalent, PE 220 or BIO 241 or equivalent, and ATTR 441 and 441L. 




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  • ATTR 442L - Advanced Massage Lab


    1 credits

    Description
    Students learn advanced hands-on techniques and 200 hours of clinical experience needed to perform  Active Isolated Stretching, Cancer Massage, Craniosacral Therapy, Geriatric Massage, Manual Lymphatic Drainage, Myofascial Release, Neuromuscular Therapy and Deep Tissue Massage, Orthopedic Massage, Reflexology, Shiatsu, Sports/Fitness Massage, Rolfing /Structural Integration, Thai Massage, & Trigger Point Release.

    Prerequisites
    ATTR 210, BIO 231 or equivalent, PE 220 or BIO 241 or equivalent, and ATTR 441 and 441L. 




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