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This class will teach students how to collaboratively and strategically shape the physical character of structures. It will accomplish this by exploring design which rejuvenates structures and streetscapes, improves local business viability and public safety. It also helps equip students in collaborative design skills through an introduction to the fundamentals of structural design. Prerequisite: ART-224.

Critical Theory in Art addresses trends and developments in contemporary art practice over recent decades; post-construction, post-structuralism, post-modernism, including theories on semiotics and the sublime that have radically altered the ideas of art from that of pure perceptual realms. This course will explore ways in which theories and ideas have been utilized within specific aspects of visual culture, including strategies of thought, which are crucial in de-constructing, analyzing, and illuminating visual culture as contemporary art. Course topics will focus on key debates that continue to shape the art world since the 1970's. Prerequisite: ART-101 and ART-131.

This course will examine the traditional, technical and historical approach to documentary photography and apply these concepts to contemporary society. The photographer will create a body of work reflecting his/her interpretation of specific thematic explorations of that location or environment. A fine art approach to this genre will be fostered through process, execution, lecture and historical comparison. Prerequisite: ART-238.

This course will deal with a variety of comic art: gag cartoons, comic strips, political cartoons, and caricatures. The students will encounter ways of developing their own characters as well as experimenting with different techniques of drawing cartoons.

The first in a two-class progression, this course will explore various elements of computer aided three dimensional design. Students will be presented with three dimensional design theory, history, and an understanding of the tools and techniques used to model, texture, light, and render three dimensional illustrations. Pre-requisites: ART-273 and ART-260.

A series of problems exploring the various elements of design. Problems are introduced to challenge individual interpretation in three-dimensional space. Prerequisite: ART-224.

Advanced metal-forming techniques will be one of the major focuses within this course. Studio assignments will help lead students to an understanding of the ideas which have formed the basis of the new metals movement. Prerequisite: ART-228.

An advanced course further developing the techniques of glass assemblage in various forms. Specific techniques covered in a given semester will vary. Prerequisite: ART-230.

Introduces the student to the communicative possibilities of painting, both as a means of listening and speaking. Students will learn various styles, techniques, creative processes, and critical thinking skills that will prove useful to them in other artistic, academic, or spiritual disciplines. Prerequisite: ART-111.

Encourages students to create with a variety of painting media, supports, and applicators. This course will emphasize creation of abstract and non-objective compositions and will do so in a way that other disciplines will be utilized, referenced, researched, and integrated. Some of the assignments will focus on the integration of knowledge from other domains into the arena of painting. Prerequisitie: ART-101.

Emphasis will be placed upon explorations of photographic vision, technical concerns, aesthetic aspects of photography, and other chemical based processes. Specific techniques covered in a given semester will vary. Prerequisite: ART-314.

This course will guide the student through the grant writing process - learning best practices for developing grant programs, proposals, and budgets for social art and design projects will be emphasized. In this class a student will have the opportunity to initiate conversations with people in the community to understand the type of funding needs common to a private or public entity. From their research and networking with people, the student will write a grant in an effort to raise a predetermined amount of money to assist the group or organization. The student's efforts will not be limited to fundraising. For the purpose of developing empathy, the student will be encouraged to participate in the organization's activities to better understand the people he or she are serving.

A continuation of Ceramics I with emphasis on wheel throwing, glaze formulas, and firing techniques. Prerequisite: ART-241.

Focuses on direct, alla prima and plein air methods and techniques while exploring a variety of subjects such as landscape, still life, animal portraiture, and figure paintings. Students will buttress the depth and breadth of their learning by studying the techniques of skillful painters associated with this genre. They will additionally learn skills associated with an economical studio practice such as stretcher and frame building as well as other relevant woodshop skills. Prerequisite: ART 331 or permission of the instructor.

The study of interior design continues with an emphasis on residential spaces. Research, analysis, programming, conceptualization and design of the interior environment are explored. Projects include individual spaces in homes highlighting visual rendering and perspective drawing. Prerequisites: ART-121, ART-224, ART-246, ART-324.

This survey course will familiarize the student with materials approporiate for interior design application in the built environment. Prerequisite: ART-246.

This course develops the integration of sculpture through conceptual, aesthetic, and technical investigations into advanced sculptural processes and issues, in addition to technical demonstrations. Prerequisite: ART-251.

This studio course continues the study of interior design by examining commercial environments in terms of programming, mechanical and code requirements. Projects utilize lighting, color, materials, and structure through working drawings, specification and estimating. The human relationship to the work environment is explored. Prerequisites: ART-121, ART-224, ART-246, ART-324, ART-347.

This advanced course is a continuation into multi-harness weaving and construction weaving to develop a personal statement. Specific techniques covered in a given semester will vary. Prerequisite: ART-256.

The continuation of computer aided design expanding the spectrum of use from 2 dimensional design to 3 dimensional design. The student will learn advanced massing elements, architectural constructs and project management. Prerequisite: ART-121, ART-224, ART-246, ART-324, ART-347.

In this course the student will apply best practices of design stewardship using existing art and community resources to solve human centered design problems. The student will explore community needs and analyze how design could alleviate or address a specific community design problem. Through their research they will also participate in a community service learning project. All of these actions combine to help acquire a design process based in Empathy-Define-Ideate-Prototype-Test. The format of the course will require fieldwork directly with a community contact/organization. Prerequisite: ART-224.

A continuation and specialization of skills in a specific area of printmaking. Prerequisites: ART-266.

A course designed to acquaint the elementary major with many methods of teaching art in the public school. It includes teaching techniques and skills in handling the various art materials suitable for the elementary school classroom. A strong emphasis is placed on correlating art into the other elementary subjects.

This course provides a practicum experience for K-12 art education majors in elementary-level classrooms in public or private schools. Students will observe an experienced elementary art teacher who will serve as the supervising teacher for the experience. Students will teach a minimum of 3 lessons in the elementary art classroom, and will be observed and evaluated by both IWU art and education faculty. Graded as a Credit/No Credit class. Co-requisite: ART-371. Permission of the Division of Education to take this course in conjunction with EDU-382C.

This course is an exploration of the concepts and techniques involved in producing illustration as a means of mass communication. Students will gain experience with a wide range of materials and learn to interpret subject matter using both traditional and contemporary approaches. Prerequisites: ART-245 and ART-324.

This course emphasizes the importance of typography in the design process and focuses on providing the student with the digital tools and techniques necessary to achieve professional typographic solutions. Students will learn to incorporate the basic principles of typography with the essential technical skills necessary to achieve success in graphic design and advertising. Prerequisite: ART-273.

Color Theory emphasizes an understanding of the physical, emotional and psychological aspects of color. How color is used in visual communication and media is also studied. Color as a visual language is explored through conceptual, practical and problem solving methods. Prerequisites: ART-224.

The history of American Illustration is a course developed for the student who aspires to study the history of illustration and its influence upon an American audience. This course is an exploration into the lives of illustrators and their paintings beginning with the Civil War and through contemporary culture. Prerequisites: ART-245.

Prehistory and the Ancient World through the Middle Ages. This course uses lecture, slides, and field trips to thoroughly understand the development of art during these periods. Prerequisite: MUS-180.

The Renaissance and the Baroque through the Modern World. This course uses lectures, slides, and field trips to better understand the continuing development of art to our present time. Prerequisite: MUS-180.

Painting, sculpture, and architecture from the 13th century to the 16th century with special emphasis on the Early Renaissance in Italy. Prerequisite: ART-261 or ART-262.

An in-depth study of the climax of art in Italy (1495-1520) and its influence in other countries of Europe. Prerequisite: MUS-180.

A study of the architecture, painting, and sculpture of 17th century Europe, with an emphasis on the arts of Italy, Spain, and the Low Countries. Prerequisite: ART-261 or ART-262.

A survey of late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art, with an emphasis on painting in Paris and the emergence of modernism the latter half of that period. Prerequisite: ART-261 or ART-262.

European painting and sculpture from post-Impressionism to 1945. Prerequisite: ART-261 (was ART-381) or ART-262 (was ART-382).

ART390 examines the historical and theological intersections of the arts in Christian worship, with an emphasis on the visual arts. Students will investigate the role of art, both past and present, in Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant traditions. Students will also reflect on the theological and social contexts that have shaped their individual understanding of the role and value of the visual arts as an instrument of worship. Prerequisite: MUS-180.

This course is intended to help art majors synthesize, integrate and apply their understanding of current trends and critical issues within the field of art. It provides an in-depth exploration of various topics of current interest and relevance to art and artists, and will deepen the understanding and application of issues presented in the art major core curriculum. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.