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This course builds upon information introduced in 3D Modeling and Animation I will allow students to develop their techniques and propose a design brief, with the goal of producing a culminate final project. Advanced animation, rendering, and interactive topics will be addressed, including digital set extensions, match moving, motion capture, and character animation. Prerequisites: ART-273, ART-247, and ART-321.

This is an advanced level class that addresses the use of professional equipment in both studio and location applications. Students will learn how to analyze light and successfully photograph products for commercial and advertising venues. Prerequisite: ART-434.

An exploration in techniques dealing with flashing, slump, multi-layering, and assembling will be explored in this advanced class. Prerequisite: ART-330.

Provides an arena where advanced art students can grapple with formal and theoretical issues surrounding art making. Students will investigate what artists have done, are doing, and they will critique these artistically and according to Christian principles. Artistic output from this class will be directed towards students' personal interests and vision with the aim of advancing skill, rigor, and developing a cohesive body of work. Prerequisites: 6 credits in any 300 level or above ART, DES, or PHO courses must be completed prior to taking this course. This course is repeatable up to 12 credits.

A course designed to introduce digital photography to the traditional photography and graphic design student. This course will instruct students in the manipulation, retouching, and enhancing capabilities of powerful software programs. Students will be capable of bringing images in through film and flatbed scanners as well as digital capture. Prerequisite: ART-238.

An advanced studio based course that will concentrate on portrait and professional lighting techniques. Students will gain experience with portable and studio lighting systems. Emphasis will be placed on preparing students to photograph for consumer and commercial applications within various conditions and locations. Prerequisites: ART-434.

This course covers computer-based illustration techniques. Students will learn how to explore, adapt, and create new techniques using the industry's most used and current software.

This is a course that will give the art students the ability to apply their talents to web design. Students will become proficient in the use of HTML coding and the use of industry standard and professional software authoring programs. The primary focus of this course will be to prepare fine art students for web based graphic design for Internet or Intranet. Prerequisite: ART-434.

A continued development, exploration, and practical application of technologic and aesthetic concepts that relate to a personal direction and a focusing area of concentration. Prerequisites: ART-241 and ART-343 or permission of the professor. May be repeated two times.

This is a flexible, self-directed seminar/portfolio course designed for the advanced ceramics major who intends to further his/her studies in clay. The course work allows the student to develop a style and body of work focused on his/her personal direction in clay. This course allows the student maximum freedom to define and develop directions in personal artistic growth and evolution while receiving guidance and criticism from the faculty member. Prerequisite: ART-441.

Portrait Painting is a course that emphasizes the human face and figure. Painting from life, direct studies, photographs or other research is integral but other methods may be explored. Studying portrait painting through both a historical and contemporary lens will also be an important form of research for this course. Prerequisite: ART-331.

This course offers a chronological survey of interiors from antiquity to present day with reference to interior and architectural style including furniture, color, designers and their influence on current day trends. Prerequisites: ART-121, ART-224.

This course is for the advanced weaver to develop skills in patterns, double-layer weaving, and yardage for wearables. Prerequisite: ART-356.

This course will introduce students to conceptual assignments, contemporary issues and key debates about critical theory in photography. Emphasis will be placed on preparing students and their portfolios for entrance into graduate photography programs and expand personal vision. Prerequisite: ART-336.

A senior leval advanced studio course with complex projects involving extensive client demands. High creativity and design achieved using programming, universal design, and sustainability. Prerequisites: ART-354 and ART-357.

The second in a two part progression, topics include advanced page design, complex user interaction, and mixed-media web environments, with the goal of equipping students with the tools to create dynamic and exciting Web designs. Special focus will be given to the social/ethical aspects of web design, and analysis of current events/techniques in web development. Prerequisite: ART-273 and ART-260.

Interactive Design focuses on the elements of designing interactive environments and issues encompassing the ramifications of viewer interaction. Human interaction and heuristic theory will be addressed, as well as usability and accessibility. Media will range from purely digital to mixed medi as students create projects where the focus is interactivity. Prerequisites: ART-260 and ART-273

An advanced course that will build upon the student's initial experience with computers in computer graphics and digital photography. Students will use and integrate several computer graphic programs currently used in the computer design field. Emphasis will be placed on preparing students and their portfolios for entrance into the computer design field. Prerequisites: ART-273, ART-281, and ART-434.

Illustration II is an advanced course which reinforces technical and conceptual proficiencies as a means to galvanize narrative communication. In addition the course will venture to strengthen the students signature style while producing a portfolio of work which reflects the aspirations of a seasoned professional. Prerequisites: ART-245 and ART-374 or permission of the professor.

Individually arranged studio work and research for upper-class majors. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of required courses listed in the catalog.

Includes trips to surrounding cities and states and to foreign countries to see spectacular pieces of art, sculpture, and architecture. An in-depth study of museums, churches, and cultural atmosphere of the country. Course satisfies intercultural studies requirement. May be repeated.

Thematic Illustration is a course developed for the student who aspires to apply the sequential process of story-telling through the venue of children's literature. The course will immerse the student into the process of developing a central visual narrative from sketch concepts to subsequent visual imagery. Prerequisites: ART-474.

As an alternative course selection, the Art Internship provides Art majors an opportunity for directed study in art with a professional agency. The purpose of the internship is to provide awareness and understanding of art in the professional studio/agency and/or the art process through observation and participation. Enrollment in the course requires the approval of the faculty student advisor and the Department Chairperson; the course may be repeated. Based on individual academic program and career objectives, the internship student will be placed with an appropriate professional agency or studio. Since the number and variety of participating professionals is limited, students are encouraged to make contact with the desired agency/studio well in advance of the internship semester.

This is a portfolio development course for presentations to graduate school or galleries. This course is intended for painting or studio majors who plan to make their art a career. Students will be introduced to all the basics of running their own studio and what may be required to enter and succeed in a graduate school studio program. Prerequisites: ART-331, ART-332 and either ART-346 or ART-431.

During the senior year, each student is required to schedule an exhibit of the best of his work of his four years of university study. Art education majors may not schedule senior exhibits during the semester when student teaching occurs. May be repeated up to 4 credits.

Senior Portfolio is a course designed to provide leadership principles, business ethics and creative objectives necessary to confront the inevitable shift from academic life to that of a committed professional. The student will be instructed to reflect, appraise and seamlessly incorporate their academic experience into a visionary business strategy. Requirement: to be taken during senior semester.

An exiting course preparing the graduating senior for the professional practice of interior design. Business documents along with a business identity package and portfolio will be completed to prepare for job interviews in the design field. Internships are optional but highly recommended. Prerequisite: ART-459.