Fundamentals of apparel structuring. Students enrolled in the course may complete the course requirements by passing a competency exam.

Art and design fundamentals applied to apparel design. Visual communication of design ideas through apparel and textile rendering. Design process, fashion theory, fabrication and exploration of two- and three-dimensional designing.

Advanced methods of garment assembly and fabric handling. Creative application of assembly techniques; tailoring and couture methods.

Formation and properties of fibers, yarns, structure, finish, color and design of fabrics. Textile specification and selection for end-use performance.

Pattern design from standard templates and body measurements. Introduction to design studio environment. Creation of original designs.

Execution of original designs by fabric manipulation on a form. Evaluation of fit, drape, and balance.

Textile design technology for surface design, knit and woven fabric development. Design organization, elements and principles.

Technological exploration and creation of designs, technical drawings, storyboard presentations, and electronic portfolio.

Research and execution of original apparel design across a variety of platforms and experimental approaches.

Intensive research project focused on conceptual issues in design.

Implications of innovative technologies for the future of design, art, and manufacturing. Utilization of technologies to create innovative and highly complex designs. Practical experiences within technologies. Workflow scenarios including concept, drawing, modeling, production, and presentation.

History of dress and textiles as a reflection of the cultural milieu.

Fundamentals of knitwear design. Patternmaking and assembly techniques for cut-and-sew and full-fashioned knitwear.

Intensive research project focused on knitwear design.

Execution of original apparel designs for a collection and exhibition.

Intensive research project focused on individual collections and exhibition of design.

Dress as an expression of self and reflection of society and global cultures. Effect of dress on human behavior at the personal, interpersonal, and social organizational levels.

Global patterns of apparel and textile production, distribution, and consumption. Employment practices and international trade policy. Natural resource use and its impact on sustainable design. Design process for sustainable apparel design.

Apparel and textile design philosophies, roles and ethics. Professional portfolio and exhibition(s). Capstone course.

Independent study of selected topics in apparel and textile design.

Independent study of selected topics in apparel and textile design.

Special topics supplementing regular course offerings.

Special topics supplementing regular course offerings.

Intensive research project focused on individual textile design.

Pre-professional experience in a selected business, industry, or community organization.

Introduction of digital tools and methods specific to contemporary graphic design.

Survey of visual communication. Social, global and technological developments in graphic design as it relates to art historical movements and other design disciplines. Typography of printed and digital work from 1880 to present.

Skills in ideation and innovation, discovering human needs and matching them with feasible solutions developed in accordance with the principles and practices of entrepreneurship; creating value and working towards social good by developing solutions to complex issues affecting multiple systems or populations.

Studio-based survey of experimental and futures-oriented design practices that are interdisciplinary in nature, intersect with emergent practices in the visual arts, and address broader issues of power, normativity, and social justice.

Introduction to form analysis and manipulation, through theory, concept and visual tools, to develop clear formal languages. Traditional and digital craft. Development of verbal articulation.

Formal and communicative properties of typography. Letterform, font specification, style, meaning, texture, and space. Sequence of analysis from formal aspects, to communicative, to a synthesis of the two.

Advance from the analysis of form to the meaning of form. Synthesis of form and content will progress towards cohesive communication systems.

Development and application of visual communication elements for volumetric structures and spaces.

Typographic exploration through grid, hierarchy, and systems development. Variety of purpose, content and viewer consideration in resulting appropriate forms.

Design development, hierarchical unification, and application strategies for the graphic identification of organizations and sub-units of organizations.

Time-based design utilizing sound and motion for visual communication and personal expression relating to the field of graphic design. Conceptual and formal explorations relating to the moving image such as motion graphics, stop-motion animation, and kinetic typography.

Digital interactivity as a tool for visual communication, design and distribution of ideas. Conceptual, formal and typographical explorations relating to screen-based activities such as interface design, user-interaction and basic animation.

Special projects arranged by an individual student and faculty member in areas supplementing regular course offerings.

Experimental and relevant topics of interest in graphic design.

Capstone course for graphic designers. Writing as a mode of issue delineation and definition, portfolio preparation.

Exhibition experience in graphic design. Audience delineation, conceptual framing, use of space, and evaluation.

Field experience in a working design environment under supervision of a graphic design professional.

Practicum in design problem-solving, including extensive contact with selected clients at a professional level.

Examination of visual arts from around the world in a variety of forms and in their historical, cultural, and sociopolitical contexts.

ntroductory survey of Western Art from the Paleolithic to the Medieval era. Key works, monuments, and stylistic trends.

Introductory survey of Western Art from the Renaissance to the Contemporary era, focusing on key works, monuments, and stylistic trends.

The arts of antiquity: painting, sculpture, and architecture in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome until Constantine the Great.

Major works of art in the medieval East (Byzantium, Russia, and the Islamic world) and West (Europe) in their cultural context.

Arts of the Renaissance and Baroque periods (14th-17th centuries) in Europe: Early and High Renaissance in Italy, Northern Renaissance, Mannerism and Baroque.

The rise of modernism and its domination over tradition in 19th and 20th century art. Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Cubism, Expressionism, Surrealism and Abstraction, and Post-Modern art.

Major developments and themes in North American arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, textiles, ceramics, prints, and visual culture) from its pre-colonial origins into the mid-twentieth century.

Survey of the history of photography from its origins to the present focusing on the development of photography as an art form and the impact this medium had on both art and culture.

International art in various media created during from 1960 to present and its sources in art history. Criticism and its relationship to the artistic and cultural climate

A selective survey on the art of indigenous peoples of North America from pre-contact up through the contemporary period. The relationships between these art forms and the social, cultural, and historical factors that surround their production and contribute to their significance in today’s world.

Latin America’s cultural pluralism and art production beginning in pre-Columbian times and following through to the present. Various functions of art as well as the relationship between objects, artists, and the cultures from which they come.

Asian civilization viewed thematically through selected masterpieces of visual arts. Main trends of Asian arts throughout a range of time periods.

Modernism, modern visual culture, and contemporary art across the Asian continent, including painting, sculpture, design, photography, popular arts, and new media, structured geographically and thematically, considered through a variety of historical, social, political, and cultural perspectives.

Survey of visual arts from the continent of Africa including ancient to contemporary architecture, sculpture, textiles, painting, photography, performance, and body decoration. Structured geographically and thematically, artworks are considered through a variety of historical, social, political, philosophical, and cultural perspectives.

Selected topics in art history and visual culture

Art historical research, methods of critical analysis, and the historiography of the field.

Arts of Greek antiquity. The Bronze Age to the Roman conquest, including archaeological sites.

Arts of ancient Rome from the foundation of the city to the fall of the empire, including archaeological sites.

Issues in the study of Medieval Art. Extensive experience with museum collections.

Selected issues in the study of Baroque Art. Extensive experience with museum collections.

European art from the mid-nineteenth century through World War I. Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, Degas, Van Gogh, Seurat, Rodin, and others.

Origins of modernism and the major Western artistic movements of the twentieth century in their historical contexts.

Art in various media created from 1960 to present and its art historical sources. Criticism and its relationship to the artistic and cultural climate.

Artistic production in North America from 1875 to 1940, in its cultural context.

Selected topics in Modern Asian Art which address current theoretical issues and intellectual developments in the field.

Chinese art from the Bronze Age to the 18th century. Ancient ritual bronzes, Han funerary art, Buddhist sculpture, and painting. Aesthetic and philosophical principles.

Selected topics in African Art which address the current theoretical issues and intellectual developments in the field.

Activities, functions, and organization of museums. Changing role of museums as cultural institutions.

Methods and practices for the development, care, and use of museum collections in research, education, and exhibition activities.

Special projects arranged by an individual student and a faculty member in areas supplementing regular course offerings.

Special topics supplementing regular course offerings.

Special topics supplementing regular course offerings.

Supervised pre-professional field experience in art history or closely related field.

Activities, functions and organization of a museum.
 
A capstone course consisting of supervised professional experience in learning environments such as museums, zoos, botanical gardens, and historic homes.
Theoretical and practical approaches to understanding and enhancing ways visitors experience museums, zoos, botanical gardens, and other informal learning environments. Creating educational programs, exhibits, and media.
Development of critical professional skills, including critical research and professional writing skills, resume/curriculum vitae, letters of application, grants, fellowship writing, communication and presentation skills. Opportunity to present research. Culminates in a symposium that centers on a collective theme.
Independent research arranged in cooperation with faculty mentor.
Intensive investigation of a topic in the history of ancient painting, sculpture, or architecture.
Intensive investigation of a topic in Early Christian, Byzantine, or Medieval art.
Intensive investigation of a topic in Italian art of the 14th, 15th, or 16th centuries.
Selected topics in the history of European art of the seventeenth and/or early eighteenth centuries.
Intensive investigation of a topic in the history of 19th-century painting, sculpture, or architecture.
Investigation of a topic in the history of 20th-century painting, sculpture, or architecture.
Intensive investigation of a topic in the history of Asian art.
Intensive investigation of a topic in the history of African painting, sculpture, or architecture.
Special project, directed reading, and research arranged by an individual graduate student and a faculty member in areas supplementing regular course offerings.
Directed research leading to a master’s thesis, used in partial fulfillment of Plan A master’s degree requirements.

Fundamental concepts of drawing. Emphasis on observational, descriptive and analytical drawing. Practice of drawing skills using common drawing media.

Theme-based study of aesthetic and conceptual issues surrounding contemporary art and design practices. Art/design vocabulary, critical thinking skills, understanding of diverse social roles of the artist and designer and relationship to visual art within contemporary culture and society.

Basic elements of two-dimensional design. Principles of organization and the theory and practice of color as a basis for creative solutions for the problems of the artist and designer.

Formal elements of three-dimensional form. Application of the principles of organization as a means for producing creative solutions for the artist and designer. Related practical experience with a variety of materials and processes.

Digital photography controls; organization of visual elements and composition; survey of contemporary content approaches; and, introduction to image file management and adjustment.

Special topics supplementing regular course offerings proposed by faculty on a group study basis.

Introduction to traditional and emerging visual narrative methods and comics production. Formal and conceptual strategies unique to the comics medium and critical consideration of artistic, instructional, and narrative capacities of comics. Character development, pen-and-ink, hand-illustration, and digital techniques for constructing storyboard layouts, graphic novels, and sequential art.

Survey of the multifaceted role of photography in art and culture today explored through creative projects, readings, written responses and discussions.

Observational and imaginative drawing including the human figure. Non-representational drawing. Contemporary drawing systems, concepts, and processes.

Advanced work in comic art and graphic novels methods and production culminating in a self-contained publication. Research and idea development. Illustration styles and narrative impact of stylistic choices in relation to personal voice. Advanced visual storytelling, writing, story boarding, narrative arcs, digital document preparation, distribution, and peer critique.

Representational painting of landscape, figure, and still life imagery. Painting concepts, materials, and techniques.

Continuation of representational painting, and introduction to non-representational painting and concepts.

Basic processes of image-making in lithography, including both traditional and contemporary methods. Fundamentals of drawing and design as applied to printmaking, as well as development of personally innovative imagery and concept. Final independent project explores both two and three dimensional applications of print techniques.

Aesthetic principles and techniques such as soft ground, aquatint, dry point, transfer ground and crosshatching.

Ceramic processes including handbuilding, with terra cotta clay, low-fire glaze formulation, and kiln firing as a means of cultural and artistic expression.

Design forms for serial production through hands-on experiences. Modeling techniques, plaster mold making, slip casting, glazing, and digital decal processes.

Ceramics processes including wheel throwing with stoneware clay, high-fire glaze formulation, and kiln firing as a means of cultural and artistic expression.

Modeling human and natural forms. The figure as a means of artistic and cultural expression.

Exploration of artistic expression using mixed media and assemblage techniques. Installation techniques.

Casting concepts and techniques as a means of artistic and cultural expression.

Sculptural concepts using methods of construction and fabrication as an approach to artistic and cultural expression.

Introduction to photography as a fine art medium, including the functions and controls of a digital camera; photography as a means of visual art expression, in monochrome and color; the basic aspects of image adjustment software; and, historical and contemporary approaches to both technical and artistic/conceptual practice.

Visual theory, learning theory, and social theory in historical and cultural contexts. Fieldwork and research-based written assignments.

Experimental, alternative process, photographic methods, including view camera, Polaroid, and 35mm photographic systems, film processing, digital scanning and manipulation, and production of non-traditional print formats.

Using the computer as a tool for making art. Creation of innovative electronic art and new media projects that introduce students to conceptual as well as technical skill sets.

Introduction to core skills and concepts used in digital video production, with an emphasis on art-making, conceptual thinking, and experimentation.

Systems-based approach to design and fabrication of functional experimental art devices, combining principles of mechanical, electronic, software design, robotics, sensors, actuators, and other control devices. Exposure to new paradigms of creative practice and will develop intricate, interdisciplinary group projects.

Issues of technique, style, and content in drawing.

Advanced applications of painting concepts, styles, and techniques. Consideration of the language of contemporary painting.

Intensive studio work in painting.

Development of aesthetic and technical skills with particular focus on contemporary issues of content and concept. Opportunity for supervised individual study.

Intensive studio work in printmaking.

Development of aesthetic and technical skills with particular focus on contemporary issues of content and concept. Opportunity for supervised individual study.

Intensive studio work in ceramics.

Advanced applications of sculpture concepts, styles and techniques. Consideration of the language of contemporary sculpture, with emphasis on individual direction.

Intensive studio work in sculpture.

Technical, aesthetic, and critical skills related to contemporary and historical practice in the art of color photography. Utilize digital cameras and image manipulation software to address technical and creative problems in color photography related to personal artistic goals, natural and artificial light source settings, and a range of fine art issues.

Intensive studio work in color photography.

Technical, aesthetic and critical skills related to contemporary and historical practice in the art of artificial lighting for photography. Utilize digital and film imaging, view camera and medium format cameras. Technical and creative problems in color and black and white photography related to personal artistic goals. Control of artificial light source settings on location and in studio.

Intensive studio work in studio and location lighting.

Individualized study, resulting in a portfolio expressing a cohesive, creative vision suitable for exhibition and professional presentation. Projects may address contemporary photographic issues in any creative field or format, from digital through antique processes.

Intensive studio work in photography.
Digital and analog processes of making photo-driven artist books, with emphases on the development of long term photographic projects, communicating through sequence, utilizing a variety of book forms, hand binding techniques, and exploration of the contemporary photo book medium.
Presentation of student’s ongoing research and creative projects within an interdisciplinary framework.
Art teaching in the Saturday Art Program. Emphasis on elementary experiences. Planning and writing art curriculum.
Art teaching in the Saturday Art Program. Emphasis on secondary experiences. Planning and writing art curriculum.
Special projects arranged by an individual student and a faculty member in areas supplementing regular course offerings.
Special topics supplementing regular course offerings proposed by faculty on a group study basis.
Issues of technique, style, and content in painting.
Issues of technique, style, and content in printmaking.
Issues of technique, style, and content in sculpture.
Issues of technique, style, and content in graphic design.
Issues of technique, style, and content in photography.
Issues of technique, style, and content in art education.
Issues of technique, style, and content in electronic art and intermedia.
Capstone course for artists and designers. Writing as a mode of issue delineation and definition.
Exhibition experience in studio art. Audience delineation. Conceptualization. Use of space. Evaluation.
Field experience in a working design environment under supervision of a design professional: art director, graphic designer, or photographer.
Field Experience in a studio setting, gallery, museum, or art center that emphasizes relevant skill sets for the contemporary artist.
Advanced study in a variety of painting media to foster independent development.
Theory and practice of lithography as a means to create expressive imagery.
Theory and practice of intaglio printing as a means to create expressive imagery.
Advanced study in ceramics to foster independent development.
Advanced study in a variety of three-dimensional media to foster individual development.
Planning and conceptualizing ideas for visual communication problems that are to be expressed in words and/or pictures. Design of research that will expose a mastery of visual aesthetics and concepts in information design.
Interdisciplinary research, how knowledge is acquired and produced from disciplines outside of the fine arts and applied to art production.
Exposure to diverse resources, media, techniques, and theories both, internal and external to art and design. Analysis and incorporation of varied philosophical, historical, and contemporary perspectives. Contextualization of individual artistic practice and integration of external knowledge into studio methodologies.
Current issues and practices in Studio Art course/curriculum design. Approaches to course planning, critiques, and assessment. Development of course outcomes and expectations. Role of conceptual, formal, and technical issues. Diversity in studio art pedagogy.
Contemporary intellectual issues related to practice in the visual arts. Group critiques of individual scholarly and applied research.
Contemporary professional issues in the visual arts: reading, writing, presentation, critique and revision, conferences, professional activities, and employment.
Advanced study in Studio Art focused on exploration and intersection of ideation and form and extended development in chosen media(s).
Further study in Studio Art focused on the increased integration of form and content. Individual artistic development.
Presentation of artwork to faculty, peers, and community in a group setting. Communication of essential ideas and incorporation of criticism
Individual final research project in studio art directed by major professor and guidance committee.