ARTE - Secondary Education Art Course Descriptions

ARTE 1000E Contemporary Art Criticism

Problems of description, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of the art object as an aesthetic and cultural phenomenon. Perceptual patterns of aesthetic response and their relationships to education.

Credits

2

Contact Hours

2 hr./wk., plus gallery visits

ARTE 1000F Ceramics

Clay modeling and ceramics; pottery forms produced by pinch, slab, and coil methods; glazing use of the kiln.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE 1000G Ceramics: Advanced

Design workshop, including use of potter's wheel, casting, and glazing.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE 1100G Design in Metal: Advanced Workshop

Techniques and practices in creative design in a variety of metals.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE 1200G Design in Wood: Advanced

Design workshop in furniture.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE 1300F Design in Wood and Metal

Craft methods and processes; experiences with hand tools and power equipment.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE 1400G Compositional Aspects of Photography

Fundamental phases of photography, advancing to the art of enlarging, cropping, dodging, burning, and composing; all the means by which a story-telling photograph is created.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE 1500G Costume Design

Principles and practices of costume design, including a survey of periods and styles.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

Special permission.

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE 3100A Critical Perspectives in Art Education

This course provides an introduction into historical and current debates in the field of visual art education. Students will analyze topics such as arts integration, social justice art education, contemporary art, and advocacy as they learn to conduct research in art education to become reflective practitioners.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE 3100C Community-Based Art Education

This course introduces the theories and practices of teaching visual art in community settings such as museums, community centers, after school programs, and informal spaces. Students analyze current community arts projects, develop teaching strategies, and design their own community arts program based on research in the field.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE 4100F Advanced Design

Design workshop in decorative and applied arts; techniques and practices of the craftsman designer. Open to majors in Industrial and Fine Arts.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE 5100F Painting Mediums I

Study and preparation of colors, medium, and grounds for painting in oils and emulsions.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

6 credits in painting.

Corequisites

ARTE 6100F.

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE 5200F Painting Mediums II

Study and preparation of colors for water and emulsion medium: egg tempera, gouache, distemper, casein, fresco, and transparent color. Preparation of paper and grounds.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

6 credits in painting.

Corequisites

ARTE 6200F.

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE 5300C New York as an Art Center

Study of the development of the arts, their integration into the pattern of metropolitan culture.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE 6100E Techniques of Oil Painting: Advanced

Credits

3

Prerequisites

ARTE 5100F.

Contact Hours

30 hr., plus conf. 3 hr./wk.

ARTE 6100F Painting Techniques I

Methods of painting in transparent body color and related water mediums.

Credits

3

Corequisites

ARTE 5200F.

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE 6200E Water Color, Advanced

Methods of painting in transparent body color and related water mediums


Credits

3

Prerequisites

ARTE 5200F.

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE 7000C History of Design

Historical and cultural influences and technical developments in the design of objects for use.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

Art and Art Education majors require advisor's permission.

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE A6501 Early Modern Art in Europe and the U.S.

The development of early modern art styles in France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and the U.S. including fauvism, cubism, futurism, constructivism, expressionism, dada, and surrealism.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE A6603 Meso-American Art

A survey of sculpture, architecture, the town plan, and crafts in selected pre-European cultures of the Caribbean Basin, the Andes, and Meso-America.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE B0100 Projects in Drawing I

Investigation of various drawing media and techniques for the purpose of enlarging the student's conceptual scope and professional skills.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE B0200 Projects in Drawing II

Investigation of various drawing media and techniques for the purpose of enlarging the student's conceptual scope and professional skills.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE B1101 Projects in Painting I

Intensive work under faculty supervision.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE B1102 Projects in Painting II

Intensive work under faculty supervision.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE B1801 Projects in Ceramic Design I

Intensive work under faculty supervision.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE B1802 Projects in Ceramic Design II

Intensive work under faculty supervision.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE B2301 Projects in Printmaking I

Intensive work under faculty supervision.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

ARTE B2302 Projects in Printmaking II

Intensive work under faculty supervision.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.