Art

AT 101 Introduction to Art (back to previous page)
This introductory survey course will include studio art practices, art history, and museum studies topics.  Foundational studies in studio art will be addressed as well as an introduction to the areas of museum studies and professional gallery practices.  Course work will include both hands-on studio projects and research-based assignments.  3 credit hours.

AT 102 Introduction to Studio Art II (back to previous page)
Foundational study in the visual arts designed to heighten the student's aesthetic awareness and to provide an introduction to the study of drawing, painting and design using a variety of materials. 3 credit hours.

AT 103 Basic Design I (back to previous page)
A foundation course which includes exploration of two-dimensional visual elements: line, color, texture, pattern, value, shape, size, placement, figure-ground and their effective use. The course focuses on introductory concepts of two-dimensional design and a close examination of color theory through the interaction of form and color for greatest effectiveness in pictorial compositions.  Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

AT 104 Basic Design II (back to previous page)
This course complements AT 103, with concentration on three-dimensional elements of design including positive and negative volumes, surfaces, structural systems, and other elements, employing a variety of materials.  Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

AT 105 Basic Drawing I (back to previous page)
A basic-foundation course which includes a disciplined study in the fundamentals of drawing such as nature studies, perspective, exercises in coordination of hand and eye. 3 credit hours.

AT 106 Basic Drawing II (back to previous page)
A continuation of AT 105 with emphasis on perspective and depiction of three-dimensional space and form by two-dimensional means. Study of architectural forms, natural objects and landscape. 3 credit hours.

AT 107 Introduction to Museum Studies (back to previous page)
This course initiates a broad introduction to the areas of museum studies and professional gallery practices.  The first half of the course focuses on what a museum is, and examines the various types of museums and galleries (contemporary, non-profit, public, private, etc.)  The second half investigates the various jobs and responsibilities that professionals have within museums as they work on exhibitions, education, research, collection management, development, and conservation.  3 credit hours.

AT 201 Painting I (back to previous page)
Problems in pictorial composition involving manipulation of form and color. Various techniques of applying pigment will be explored as well as mixing pigments, stretching and priming canvases. 3 credit hours.

AT 202 Painting II (back to previous page)
A continuation of AT 201 with further exploration of two-dimensional pictorial arrangements of form and color for greatest visual effectiveness. Students will be encouraged to develop their own personal idiom in the medium. 3 credit hours.

AT 207 Exhibition Development I (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: AT 107.  This course focuses on curatorial practice, content and audience research, and explores concepts of exhibition design.  Students will engage in the process of developing an exhibition project timeline, exhibition budget, fundraising proposals, and promotional materials.  The course includes presentations from professionals in the field. It focuses on initial development of an exhibition and leads into concepts and projects that will be executed in AT 208.  3 credit hours.

AT 208 Exhibition Development II (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: AT 207.  This course builds upon the research-based curriculum of AT 207, and focuses on the practical and hands-on aspects of exhibition development and design.  Working from proposals developed in AT 207, students will learn about producing exhibitions and produce an exhibition catalog.  This course examines the methodology of obtaining artwork from artists, collectors, and other art institutions.  Students will then learn collections management skills through art handling, installation, loans and condition reports, shipping artwork, and lighting.  3 credit hours.

AT 209 Digital Photography and Imaging I (back to previous page)
This course is an introduction to photographic methods, form, and content, with an emphasis on the digital photographic process and the "darkroom" of Photoshop.  Students will learn how to use the camera, Photoshop, and printers to create original artwork.  Through the duration of this course, we will look at photography as a medium and critically examine this form of art and the implications of digital technologies that have emerged to affect the photographic image.  Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

AT 210 Digital Photography and Imaging II (back to previous page)
Prerequisite:  AT 209 or permission of instructor.  The purpose of this course is a continuation from AT 209 where we will examine advanced techniques of digital photography and explore the capabilities of Photoshop in greater depth.  The course continues to critically examine imaging and digital photography as a medium of art expression.  Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

AT 213 Color (back to previous page)
An intensive exploration of color perception and interaction with manipulation of form and color for greatest effectiveness in pictorial compositions. 3 credit hours.

AT 216 Architectural Drawing (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: AT 105. Drawing as applied to architectural problems. Drafting, drawing conventions, presentations, graphic symbols, line quality and context, and freehand drawing. 3 credit hours.

AT 225 Photographic Methods (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: AT 209. An exploration of ideas, experiments, and investigations in alternative photographic processes. Includes toning, cyanotype printing, gum bichromate, platinum, and palladium. Also covered will be negative manipulation, hand-applied color, and pinhole cameras. Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

AT 231 History of Art I (back to previous page)
Western art from cave art through the Middle Ages to Gothic. This course includes visual-based exploration of artworks through museum and gallery visits and seeks to understand expressive, social, cultural, political, and economic aspects of the cultures in which specific art styles and visual developments emerged.  Includes economic and technological changes in the societies and their reflections in art. 3 credit hours.

AT 232 History of Art II (back to previous page)
This course is a visual and traditional exploration of Western art from the Renaissance to the twentieth century in Europe and America.  Developments in art styles, content and subject matter are related to cultural, political, and historical contexts of the corresponding time period.  In addition to in-class studies, this course takes advantage of visual-based learning experiences through museum and gallery visits.  3 credit hours.

AT 302 Figure Drawing (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: AT 105 or consent of the instructor. Study of drawing which concentrates on the human figure. 3 credit hours.

AT 304 Sculpture I (back to previous page)
The exploration of three-dimensional materials for maximum effectiveness in expressive design. Experimentation with clay, plaster, wood, stone, canvas, wire screening, metal, found objects. A basic understanding of major, fundamental methods: casting and carving. Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

AT 305 Sculpture II (back to previous page)
A continuation of AT 304 with further exploration of three-dimensional materials and the possibilities they present for creative visual statements. Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

AT 309 Photographic Design (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: AT 209. Introduction to basic materials and techniques of digital photography used in the fields of graphic design, advertising, and marketing. The relation between image and type as well as sequencing and the extended print will be explored along with collage, commercial photography, and basic bookmaking. Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

AT 310 Photographic Lighting (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: AT 209. Aesthetic and technical elements of lighting and photography. Use of natural and artificial lighting systems and methods for working with digital photographic processes. Emphasis on the portrait and still life image as well as creative problem solving. Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

AT 311 Digital Color Photography (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: AT 210. Theory and practice of digital color photography through critical and lab studies of the camera and working with digital photographic files on the computer.  Study of current digital color photographic materials and processes. Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

AT 315 Printmaking (back to previous page)
The expressive potential of the graphic image through the techniques of monoprints, etching, silkscreening, and photo/computer scanned printing processes. Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

AT 331 Contemporary Art (back to previous page)
Focus on art since 1945. The developments of the present stem from ideas emanating from the 1870s–especially Impressionism; this course seeks to understand these connections. Emphasis on economic, historical, and technological developments. Appropriate for business, communication, history, and engineering students. 3 credit hours.

AT 333 Survey of African-American Art (back to previous page)
Artistic creation by African-Americans in the United States from the Colonial period to the present. Consideration of African cultural influences. Analysis of modern trends in the work of black artists. 3 credit hours.

AT 401 Studio Seminar I (back to previous page)
Prerequisites: AT 101-102, AT 201, AT 302 or AT 209, and art electives. Drawing on development through their previous study, students will concentrate on major projects in the areas of their choice. 1-4 credit hours.

AT 402 Studio Seminar II (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: AT 401. Continuation of Studio Seminar I. 1-4 credit hours.

AT 403-425 Selected Topics (back to previous page)
Selected topics of special or current interest in applied art or history of art. Variable credit hours.

AT 599 Independent Study (back to previous page)
Prerequisites: consent of the instructor and department chair. Opportunity for the student, under the direction of a faculty member, to explore an area of interest. This course must be initiated by the student. 1-3 credit hours.