| All bachelor of fine arts degree candidates must develop a concentration, or in-depth study, in one of the studio areas. Four courses at the 200-level and above are required for each concentration area; additional courses are recommended. Students may officially declare only one concentration for the BFA degree, though they may informally pursue more than one. Area concentrations offered in the School of Art & Design follow. | ||
| Ceramics | ||
| Fibers | ||
| General Studies | ||
| Graphic Design | ||
| Industrial Design | ||
| Jewelry Design and Metalwork | ||
| Painting and Drawing | ||
| Photography | ||
| Printmaking | ||
| Scientific Illustration | ||
| Sculpture | ||
| CERAMICS | ||
| Ceramics includes sculpture, pottery, or tiles in earthenware, stoneware, or porcelain, using a variety of glazes and firing methods. Instruction in glazing broadens the student's options for creative exploration with ceramic surfaces and a variety of firing possibilities. Students gain a thorough understanding of tools and processes, and learn how to work expressively with clay. | ||
| Prerequisite course: | ARTDES 101 | |
| Required courses: | ARTDES 201, 202, 301, 302 | |
| Recommended courses: | ARTDES 401, 402 | |
| FIBERS | ||
| Fibers includes traditional woven structures and experimental fiber constructions and techniques, including screen-printing and batik, to create surface patterns. Students acquire a thorough technical background, necessary in a field in which creative freedom is often based on technical virtuosity. All courses focus on independent, individual work. | ||
| Prerequisite course: | ARTDES 221 | |
| Required courses: | ARTDES 222, 321, 322, 421 | |
| Recommended courses: | ARTDES 210, 223, 422 | |
| General Studies | ||
| Students may plan and carry out their own self-defined area of concentration in consultation with the Assistant Dean. Possibilities include, but are not limited to, mixed media and electronic media. At least four courses at the 200-level and above must be completed. | ||
| GRAPHIC DESIGN | ||
| Graphic Design emphasizes the development of effective visual communication through typography, imagery, computer technologies and a variety of production processes. Courses introduce students to the idioms of formal articulation; symbolic pictorial imagery; various theories and practices of typography; problem analysis methods, definition, research and organization; and the fundamentals of current printing technology. Students develop the requisite formal skills to approach design as an analytical, problem-solving process. | ||
| Prerequisite course: | ARTDES 131 | |
| Required courses: | ARTDES 231, 232, 331, 332 | |
| Recommended courses: | ARTDES 141, 145 (substitute for 115), 233, 333, 431, 432 | |
| INDUSTRIAL DESIGN | ||
| Industrial Design emphasizes product utility, aesthetics, materials, manufacturing processes, and recognition of human factors. Courses stress the design process: problem identification, market and technological research, concept formation, and design refinement. Students learn to develop concepts that optimize the function, value and appearance of products and systems. | ||
| Prerequisite course: | ARTDES 141 | |
| Required courses: | ARTDES 241, 242, 341, 342 | |
| Recommended courses: | ARTDES 145 (substitute for 115), 240, 243, 245, 246, 343, 440, 441, 442, 446 | |
| JEWELRY DESIGN AND METALWORK | ||
| Jewelry Design and Metalwork emphasizes the creation of both functional and purely artistic objects. Courses explore traditional and contemporary techniques, attitudes, concerns, concepts, and ideas in a range of metalworking courses. Students develop a sound understanding of metals, tools, and materials that are combined and/or reconfigured to create functional or non-functional objects. | ||
| Prerequisite course: | ARTDES 151 | |
| Required courses: | ARTDES 251, 252, 351, 352 | |
| Recommended courses: | ARTDES 181, 141, 145, 451, 452 | |
| PAINTING AND DRAWING | ||
| Painting and Drawing examine the pictorial dynamics of space through color, shape, and surface in figurative, landscape, and abstract compositions. Courses establish and develop basic technical skills and an understanding of fundamental pictorial concepts. Students develop increasing visual and intellectual awareness, and an individual creative sensibility. | ||
| Painting: | ||
| Prerequisite course: | ARTDES 111 | |
| Required courses: | ARTDES 211, 212, 311, 312 | |
| Recommended courses: | ARTDES 411, 412 | |
| Drawing: | ||
| Prerequisite course: | ARTDES 115, 116, 215, 216 | |
| Required courses: | ARTDES 217, 218, 317, 318 | |
| Recommended courses: | Advanced Drawing 300-level or above | |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| Photography stresses personal, creative expression. Courses provide fundamental technical instruction using a variety of photographic practices, including color, electronic imaging, large format cameras, and alternative processes. Students investigate photographic meaning and consider photography's relationship to the other arts. | ||
| Prerequisite course: | ARTDES 161* or 162* | |
| Required courses: | ARTDES 261, 262*, 361, 362 | |
| Recommended courses: | ARTDES 461 | |
| *Photography 161 will be discontinued for majors beginning in the fall 2001 term; 261 will be re-numbered 162. Students who entered Art & Design before fall 2001 may count 161 as the prerequisite course and 261 as the first advanced-level course. Students entering in fall 2001 will take 162 as the prerequisite course and 262 as the first advanced-level course. | ||
| PRINTMAKING | ||
| Printmaking includes lithography, etching, serigraphy, and woodcut techniques, as well as electronic and photomechanical processes. Lithographic presses, etching presses, a platen press, vacuum frame, exposure tables, letter press and type fonts, computers, and various digitizing and printing devices are all available, as well as papermaking equipment. Students explore their own aesthetic direction as they master printmaking processes. | ||
| Prerequisite course: | ARTDES 171 | |
| Required courses: | Choose two from ARTDES 271, 272, 273, 274 Plus two from ARTDES 371, 372, 373, 374 | |
| Recommended courses: | Additional courses selected from the lists above | |
| SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION | ||
| Scientific Illustration focuses on content-accurate drawings and paintings for use in publications, exhibits, posters, projections, and various commercial ventures, from children's books to scientific journals. Observational and drawing skills as well as an aptitude for science are requisite. Courses focus on scientific specimens, using techniques such as pen and ink, half-tone, colored pencil, gouache, watercolor and computer imaging. | ||
| Prerequisite course: | ARTDES 181 | |
| Required courses: | ARTDES 281, 381, 481, 482 | |
| Recommended courses: | ARTDES 219, 283 | |
| SCULPTURE | ||
| Sculpture engages many materials through casting, welding and other techniques, to create abstract and figurative work. Courses stress working with form and space to develop an awareness of order and gravity. Students become familiar with many industrial processes and their appropriate applications. There are extensive facilities for developing skills in plaster casting, clay modeling, wood and stone carving, plastics, construction in metal, bronze casting and fabrication. | ||
| Prerequisite course: | ARTDES 191 | |
| Required courses: | ARTDES 291, 292, 391, 392 | |
| Recommended courses: | ARTDES 491, 492 | |