Page 365 - BSU Undergraduate-Catalog-2017-2019

ART 150 FRAME AND SEQUENCE 3 CREDITS
An introductory studio course designed to guide in developing observational skills necessary for thoughtful creative expression. During the
Semester we will examine essential technical and creative issues as they relate to seeing and the photographic image, while developing a visual,
written, and spoken vocabulary to discuss ideas and thoughts. This course is organized as a theory and hands-on exploration of the image and
image making. Throughout the course students will use image making as an interpretive and critical engagement with course readings.

ART 200 AFRICAN ART: PAST and PRESENT 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite: ENGL 101. This course surveys the historical background of African indigenous visual culture, examines content and context, form
and function, and discusses specific examples of how these unique attributes of African visual cultures have shaped modern art in Africa, the
African Diaspora, and the world at large.

ART 201 CERAMICS (HAND BUILDING) 3 CREDITS
This course provides studio experience in hand forming processes and decorative techniques. Encounters surveying the ceramic arts.

ART 202 CERAMICS (WHEEL THROWING) 3 CREDITS
This course provides studio practice in wheel throwing techniques and design, kiln firing, and elementary clay and glaze technology.

ART 210 PRINTMAKING I (Fall Only) 3 CREDITS
This course provides an exploration of woodcut, lithographic, and serigraphic techniques.

ART 211 PRINTMAKING II (Spring Only) 3 CREDITS
This course provides an in-depth study of etching and lithographic techniques. Traditional and experimental processes will be explored.

ART 219 PORTFOLIO REVIEW & ASSESSMENT I 0 CREDITS.
An initial assessment of the sophomore/junior level portfolio for all students in the VCDMA (BS) major. Members of the VCDMA and ART
faculty; program coordinator and the academic advisor will use this portfolio to evaluate and document the students’ performance. It should
nd
be taken by the 2 semester of the sophomore year or as required. This faculty portfolio review is one of two required to meet graduation
requirements. This course and ART 219 must be passed before signing up for and in addition to taking ART 498 Senior Thesis and Exhibition and is
a graduation requirement in VCDMA. It may also be used for and/or Art (BA) concentration/major students. (3) Three full-time, tenured
faculty members in VCDMA and Art (including Program Coordinator) must officially approve the portfolio.

Note: This course is a pass or Fail option, as these results will be included in students’ academic records. Students have until the next semester to
resubmit a portfolio if it is determined that the portfolio is poor/unacceptable, or if it does not pass. There will be a maximum of (2) two times
a student may take, successfully pass (or fail) this review and course. This review and course must be passed before students can and/or complete
their senior thesis exhibition and graduate.

ART 230 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER GRAPHICS 3 CREDITS
This is a survey course and introduction to computer basics and computer graphics. It will consist of a study of the basic elements and principles
of design, traditional art/design techniques, and an introduction to basic paint-oriented (raster) design software.

ART 231 VISUAL LITERACY: ELEMENTS OF DESIGN, COLOR, AND TYPOGRAPHY 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite: Art 230. As a continuation of ART 330, this course is an introduction to visual literacy, color theory, and basic typography. Students
are guided through projects that apply effective visual problem solving for art and design with an emphasis on print and presentation. Students
learn to apply the elements and principles design in both traditional (hand/paper) and digital design. This course further develops students'
skills and ability to use object-oriented graphics and incorporate these with other raster graphics and software tools and art techniques.

ART 250 PHOTOGRAPHY I 3 CREDITS
(formerly ART 350) This course is a study of the basic principles of the photographic process, including the proper use and maintenance of the
camera and related equipment and the techniques of lighting, developing, printing, and mounting.

ART 251 PHOTOGRAPHY II 3 CREDITS
This course is a continuation of ART 250. Special emphasis is placed on the artistic merits of photographic imaging.

ART 253 HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): ART 250 or ART 251. This undergraduate lecture course introduces students to the history of photography, from its beginnings in
the 1830s to the recent practices if photographers and artists working with photographic technologies in the context of postmodernity. The
primary task of the course will be to develop visual literacy and familiarity with the complex and contradictory genres and social functions of the
photographic image and its production. Students will study the history of the development of photography in its commercial and creative aspects.
Pedagogical methodology may include lecture, assigned readings, discussion, research, presentation and debate of relevant themes, utilizing
establishment text and contemporary publications.

366