This course provides fundamental instruction in software as a creative tool for image making. Students will learn the basics of digital collage and drawing through use of software and formal qualities of composition. Lectures about the varied digital art practices will provide an overview of historical and contemporary digital art practice. This studio course is essential for any student who wants to visually communicate in art studio, design, digital media and art education. (Four studio hours, and one 50-minute lecture per week.).

Students are introduced to photography, through both the study of its history and the practice of making photographs. The historical portion will focus on both photographic literacy and aesthetics. The practice will take students through various styles, genres and technical aspects of the medium.

An introductory digital-media studio course in graphic design. Emphasis will be placed on the study of typography, illustration, and layout design, as well as the social, political, and historical impact of graphic design. Technical and theoretical issues pertinent to the field will be presented.

Supervised individual work in Art Studio. A learning contract will be submitted both to the department and the office of the dean at the time of registration. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.

Supervised independent study in conjunction with regularly scheduled upper-division classes. Coordinate study credits may not be attached to any upper-division course in which the student is concurrently enrolled. Studio hours: nine per week. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.

Supervised independent study in conjunction with regularly scheduled upper-division classes. Coordinate study credits may not be attached to any upper-division course in which the student is concurrently enrolled. Studio hours: nine per week. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.

Off-campus studio experience outside the academic environment leading to significant professional growth. A formal learning contract among student, field supervisor and the department. Studio hours per week by arrangement. May be repeated to a maximum of 15 credits.

Sustained individual problems and experimental work in the technical and theoretical problems of design. May be repeated two times for a maximum of nine credits. Nine studio hours per week.

Sustained individual problems and experimental work in the technical and theoretical problems of design. May be repeated two times for a maximum of nine credits. Nine studio hours per week.

Advanced studio investigation of art forms, processes, and topics not specially treated in the regular curriculum. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits. Studio, three hours per week per credit.