Apr 20, 2024  
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Undergraduate Courses


A complete list of undergraduate courses in alphabetical order.

 
  
  • ANTH 422 - Gender in Southeast Asia


    Detailed analysis of conceptions of gender across Southeast Asia. Review of theoretical approaches in gender studies and ethnographic material from the region.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 120 or ANTH 220, or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 423 - Environmental Anthropology of the Middle East: Cultural and Political Ecologies


    Anthropological approaches to humans in their environments, particularly cultural ecology and political ecology, to examine the Middle East and North Africa. Study of the particular political systems, livelihoods, landscapes, and belief systems that have developed there.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 424 - Anthropology of Peace and Conflict Resolution


    Looks at the anthropological and crosscultural literature on peace and conflict, including the debate over human nature and innate tendencies toward aggression and violence.  Critical discussions on a wide range of theories drawing on political anthropology, the state, globalization, ethnicity and identity for analyzing conflict, looking especially at the role of culture, religion and indigenous forms of dispute management.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 425 - Environment and Anthropology


    Crosslisted as ENVS 425X. Human adaptation to the natural environment, including interconnections between ideologies, social systems, economics, political structures, and ecology. Historical development of environmental studies in anthropology, particularly ecological anthropology, up through and including the emergence of political ecology and environmental anthropology. Topics include ecological adaptation of non-industrial societies, communal resources, world food and population, industrial food systems, contemporary environmentalism, and the relationship between science, policy and the state.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 220 or consent of the department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 426 - Political Anthropology


    An examination of politics and dynamically interactive power relations between global, regional, national and local cultural contexts. Discussion of how power relations are an aspect of all institutions and social relationships within a society. Presentation of theories on politics and power.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 220.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 427 - Economic Anthropology


    Analysis of economic behavior and institutions and how they articulate with other aspects of culture.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 220.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 428 - Ritual and Myth


    In-depth examination of the approaches, theories, and methodologies in the anthropological study of ritual and myth. Topics include the feasibility of distinguishing ritual from non-ritual both cross-culturally and within particular societies, most recent studies of ritual focusing on sacrifice, ritual as performative action, ritual symbolism, ritual function vs. form, types of rituals, the study of myths, structural-symbolic analysis of sacred myths, phenomenological-symbolic analysis of myths, myths of origin and myths of death, and the relationship between myth and ritual. Ritual and myth also considered in relation to ideas about the maintenance of cosmological and sociopolitical systems.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 220 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 429X - International NGOs and Globalization


    Crosslisted as NNGO 429 and SOCI 329X. Review of the history of international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs), particularly changes since the advent of neoliberal globalization beginning in the late 1980s that heralded an “NGO boom.” Examination of the political roles of INGOs and challenges negotiating multiple relationships with communities, governments, and social movements.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Junior standing or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 432 - Nature and the Environment Across Cultures


    Crosslisted as ENVS 432X. Investigation of the different ways people conceptualize nature and the environment across cultures. Focus on out-of-awareness cultural models, that is, intermediary mental organizations of meaning that stand between universal concepts and culturally bound realizations. Critical evaluation of a number of projects that attempt to use local and/or indigenous knowledge in managing the relationship between people, nature, and the environment is included.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 433 - Fundamentals of Cognitive Anthropology


    Examination of relationship between human mind and human culture. Critical analysis of major areas of cognitive anthropological research in kinship, ethnobiology, cultural models, distributed cognition, and spacial relationships. Consideration of the interface of contemporary cognitive anthropology and general cognitive science.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 230 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 435 - Space in Language and Culture


    Crosslisted as GEOG 435X. Exploration of how various languages express spatial relationships by using different parts of speech, how culture shapes ways of organizing and using space in daily and ritual behavior, and the mental organization of spatial knowledge, with emphasis on universal patterns that generate cultural and individual realizations.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 230 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 438 - Cultural Models: The Language of Culture


    Cultural models as intermediary mental organizations of meaning that stand between universal concepts and culturally bound realizations. Origin of the concept in various disciplines such as anthropology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and cognitive psychology. Research on cultural models in various cultures.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 230 or consent of the department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 440 - Fossil Humans


    A survey of the human fossil record. Emphasis on interpretation of morphology and theory in human paleontology.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 240 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 441 - Sex and Gender in Primates


    Theories of the evolution of sex differences and associated gender roles in human and nonhuman primates including primate mating systems, sperm competition, mate choice, parental care, aggression, and cooperation.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 240 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 443 - Human Adaptation and Variation


    History of the concept of race; current approaches to human variability. Selective aspects of continuous and discontinuous traits: blood groups, hemoglobins, etc.; race and I.Q.; sex differences. Ecological influences on human variation.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 240.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 444 - Primate Ecology and Conservation


    Crosslisted as ENVS 444X. Study of living nonhuman primates with an understanding of how primates have adapted to their environment and how this information is essential for conservation planning.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 240 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 445 - Primate Evolution


    Crosslisted as BIOS 435X. A survey of the primate fossil record, with an emphasis on adaptation and phylogeny.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 240 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 446 - The Human Skeleton


    Detailed study of human bones and teeth, including growth, sex identification, aging and stature estimation, and bone pathologies.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 240 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 447 - Primate Anatomy


    Detailed study of the skeletal anatomy of living primates including primate dental and skeletal adaptations, phylogeny, speciation, and biogeography.  

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 240 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 449 - Primates and Food


    Broad overview of primate nutritional ecology, examining both sides of an evolutionary process: how primate adaptations improve success in acquiring nutrients and how plant adaptations discourage or encourage herbivory. Studies the chemical properties of food as well as primates’ anatomical, physiological, and behavioral adaptations to their food. Includes critical examination of dietary reconstructions in our own human ancestors, considering whether these are useful in understanding contemporary human dietary choices and adaptations.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 450 - Ethics and Research Design in Anthropology


    Examination of ethical decision making in anthropological procedures and an introduction to research designs and organizational skills in the practice of anthropology.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: One 200-level anthropology course or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 451 - History and Theory of Anthropology


    Overview of the history of anthropological institutions and the historical development of anthropological concepts. Attention given to schools of thought and associated leading anthropologists in all major fields of anthropology.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 220.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 452 - Contemporary Culture Theory


    Examination of the development of anthropological culture theory starting with structuralism and moving on through symbolism to postmodernism. Focus on the writings of the major theorists.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 220.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 453 - Archaeological Theory


    Development of archaeological theory from the mid-19th century to the present. Connections of archaeological theory to major anthropological issues.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 210 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 454 - Uses and Abuses of Evolutionary Theory


    Review of the history of evolutionary theory, challenges to evolutionary theory, and the concept of biological determinism as applied to the human species. Examination of how contemporary anthropological research in human behavioral ecology and gene-culture evolution contributes to understanding human behavior.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 460 - Methods in Ethnography


    Theory and practice in methods of ethnographic research. Problems and techniques in participant observation, structured and nonstructured interviews, questionnaires, indirect measures, documentation, and recording. Ethics of ethnographic research.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 220 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 461 - Methods in Archaeology


    Introduction to the analysis of ceramics, lithics, botanical and faunal remains, settlements, and other archaeological material. Emphasis on selecting techniques for analysis and interpreting analytical results.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 210 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 462 - Collections Management


    Lectures and practical experience in various aspects of museum work, particularly those related to the handling and care artifacts. Original research will be carried out on an artifact in the museum collection.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 463 - Ethnohistory


    Approaches to locating, evaluating, and utilizing oral and written historical sources in ethnographic and anthropological investigations.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 220.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 464 - Disasters without Borders


    Crosslisted as NNGO 464X. Social construction of disasters with an emphasis on the disaster response and forces that contribute to the vulnerability of a community, nation, or region. Covers social policy, humanitarian aid, media coverage, and a range of local, national, or global forces such as inequality, land tenure, social exclusion, and mass urbanization.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 465 - Medical Anthropology


    Survey of interactions between infectious and parasitic diseases, genetic predispositions, and specific cultural habits, attitudes, and beliefs. Includes cognitive systems as they relate to disease theory in various cultures and examples of folk medical practices and beliefs.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 220 or ANTH 240 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 466 - Resource Conflicts and Environmental Peacebuilding


    Crosslisted as ENVS 466X. Interdisciplinary examination of resource conflict and environmental peacebuilding through case studies around the world. Investigates how different material, geographical, and sociopolitical factors exacerbate conflicts and provide opportunities for peacebuilding. Course materials include ethnographic books, scholarly articles, news reports, and films.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 467 - Applied Anthropology


    Uses of anthropological concepts, knowledge, and insights to maintain or change cultures and societies combined with a consideration of the ethical problems in programs of directed culture change.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 220 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 468 - Anthropology of Gender


    Survey of current theory and research on gender, sexuality, and representations of the body. Examination of debates about the significance of gender and sex in primate and human evolution, physical anthropology, and sociobiology. In seminar format, students also explore cross-cultural notions of gender and analyze the intersection of race/class/gender and the historical construction of sexuality and conceptions about “the body” in the sciences, the arts, ethnography, and popular culture.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 220 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 469 - Archaeology of Empires


    An archaeological perspective on the formation, character, and fall of ancient empires, including militarism, urbanism, state ideology, provincial life, infrastructure, social and ethnic relations, economic interactions, and collapse. The course is comparative, drawing from both Old World and New World empires.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ANTH 210 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 480 - Internship in Anthropology


    Supervised internship in anthropology-related field. Minimum of 120 work hours per semester plus final paper/project. Complete proposals must be submitted for departmental approval a minimum of two weeks before beginning of the semester. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. S/U grading.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 490 - Anthropological Research Training


    A. Cultural Anthropology
    B. Ethnology
    C. Archaeology
    D. Physical Anthropology
    E. Ethnohistory
    J. Linguistic Anthropology

    Training and experience in field and/or laboratory research. Students participate, under supervision, in basic research projects. Any lettered section may be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. Total credit may not exceed 6 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of department.

    Credits: 3-6

  
  • ANTH 491 - Current Topics in Anthropology


    May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 492 - Proseminar in Anthropology


    Intensive seminar work on selected topics in anthropology. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 493 - Anthropology Field Study


    A. Cultural Anthropology
    B. Ethnology
    C. Archaeology
    D. Physical Anthropology
    E. Ethnohistory
    J. Linguistic Anthropology

    Directed field study or field school. Each topic may be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of department.

    Credits: 1-6

  
  • ANTH 496X - History and Social Science Instruction for Secondary and Middle Grades Educators


    Crosslisted as ECON 496X, GEOG 496X, HIST 496, POLS 496X, PSYC 496X, and SOCI 496X. Organization and presentation of materials for history and social science courses at the middle grades and secondary levels.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Admission to the history or social science secondary or middle grades educator licensure program and permission of the Department of History’s office of secondary educator licensure.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 498 - Independent Study in Anthropology


    Special readings, topics, and research projects in anthropology. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of department.

    Credits: 1-6
  
  • ART 100 - Drawing Foundation I


    Introduction to drawing. Emphasis on object representation through descriptive and expressive means. Control of line, value, and spatial illusion with variety of media.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 101 - Drawing Foundation II


    Further exploration of basic drawing media. Development of skill in representation and interpretation of subjects.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 102 - 2-D Foundation


    Comprehensive study of design elements and principles through the study of two-dimensional space. Emphasis on inventiveness in the use of various media. Studio and lecture.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 103 - 3-D Foundation


    Intensive study of form and structure in three-dimensional space. Studio and lecture.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 104 - Computer Art Foundation


    Introduction to methods and concepts of computer art. Primary focus will be on the unique traits of art created through the use of a computer.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 105 - Exploring Visual Professions


    Exploration of the theory and practice of art education, art history, design, and fine arts through field trips, guest speakers, and lectures.

    Credits: 1
  
  • ART 106 - Art Making, Materials, and Methods for Non-Art Majors


    Introduction to art skills and concepts through the production of two-dimensional works for non-art majors. Demonstrations and analyses of medium techniques and guided practice in the design, production, and appreciation of art works. Student-centered projects that emphasize individual development. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 108 - Basic Drawing for Non-Art Majors


    Introduction to drawing for non-art majors. Emphasis on descriptive and expressive means of representation. Study of the formal and expressive aspects of line and value, and traditional genres of art-making including portrait, landscape, still life, and narrative compositions with variety of wet and dry media.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 450 - Field Studies in Art


    Independent study and directed research problems in the student’s major emphasis under approved guidance in cooperating off-campus organizations. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours. S/U grading.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Upper division standing and consent of school.

    Credits: 1-12
  
  • ART 457 - Museum Education


    History, philosophy, and practice of museum education. Study and practical application through class projects and practicum of planning and implementing public programming, tour techniques, museum-school services, and development and evaluation of educational materials and outreach programs. Lectures, individual projects, observation in museums, and practicum.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ART 465 or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 465 - Introduction to Museum Studies


    Survey of the history and philosophy of museums and museum typology. Overview of the purposes, structure, and operations of museums with attention to current issues and practices relating to ethics, collections, exhibitions, and education. Lectures, discussion, museum field trips, museum practicum.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Junior standing.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 489 - Topics in Art


    Concentrated study with professional artists and/or art educators. Offered irregularly. Studio, lecture, and discussion, and/or field trip. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.

    Credits: 1-6
  
  • ART 490 - Independent Research


    Work on individual problems in the student’s major field. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of school.

    Credits: 1-9
  
  • ART 499 - Capstone Seminar


    Capstone seminar for students in the B.A. in Art program. Lecture, discussion and/or field experience. S/U grading.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 201 - Introduction to Visual Communication


    Introduces composition, typography, design methodology and historical and contemporary concepts about the evolving field of graphic design. Open to non-Visual Communication majors. Offered only in Fall semester. Visual Communication majors, please see “Visual Communication Area of Study” in the Limited Admissions Requirements section of this catalog regarding admittance to the Visual Communication program.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: For majors of visual communication: ART 100, ART 102, consent of school, and admission to the visual communication area of study. For non-majors: ART 100, ART 102, and consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 202 - Introduction to Typography


    Introduction to the physical and conceptual aspects of typography as a visual medium. Historical, technical, formal and abstract compositional requirements of typography, integrating hand and computer skills to render type.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ART 100 and ART 102.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 211 - Intermediate Typography


    Study of typography, including its form, application, and role in culture. Exploration of typography as a primary medium of visual communication.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 201 and ARTD 202.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 212 - Image in Visual Communication


    Study of the use, meaning, and making of images in graphic design. Technical aspects of image development and manipulation. Various methods and techniques of image making will be studied and explored.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 201 and ARTD 202.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 215 - Digital Photography for Non-majors


    Introductory level digital photography class for non-majors. Focus on digital imaging techniques, emphasizing the use of the camera and computer as a creative tool. Essentials of digital photographic equipment and techniques as well as photographic image-making history, theory and practice. Instruction in how to shoot, edit, manipulate, and critique photographs. A digital camera with manual focus and exposure controls is required.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 273 - Introduction to Time Arts I


    Introduction to methods and concepts of time-based media art. Projects may include animation, image processing, and programming of text and graphics.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ART 100, ART 101, ART 102, and ART 103, or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 275 - Introduction to Time Arts II


    Theory and application of time-art computer graphic technology in design and fine art with emphasis on interactivity.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 273, or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 302 - Color


    Color theory: Munsell, Ostwald, Itten, Albers. Combination of lecture and studio aimed at developing sensitivity to color and knowledge of its properties.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ART 102.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 303 - Video Art


    Concepts and techniques of video art.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Successful completion of portfolio review in any area in the School of Art.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 311 - Intermediate Visual Communication I


    Use of typography and imagery in the problem-solving processes in graphic design with emphasis on the development of conceptual skills.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 211 and ARTD 212.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 312 - Intermediate Visual Communication II


    Further work in graphic design with a focus on sequence and series in communication media.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 311 and ARTD 318.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 313 - Beginning Photography


    Introduction to concepts and techniques of digital photography. Students must have a DSLR camera with manual functions.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 318 - Interaction Design I


    Introduction to aspects of interaction design including usability, information architecture, graphic design in the interactive context, and the technical parameters of an interactive environment.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 201 or ARTD 202.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 319 - Interaction Design II


    Principles of prototyping, digital animation, and interaction, and the application of formal systems in design.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 318.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 320 - Motion Graphic Design


    Introduction to aspects of motion graphic design; history, aesthetic issues, and technical parameters of motion graphic development.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 212.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 350 - Sound


    Studies in the concepts of non-musical audio art with emphasis on combining audio with other media.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Successful completion of portfolio review or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 355 - Critical Topics in Art and Time


    Seminar on theoretical, social, and aesthetic issues in interactive and computer-based 4-D art.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Successful completion of portfolio review in any area in the School of Art and Design, or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 370 - 2-D Animation


    Concepts and practice of animation with emphasis on computer-based 2-D animation.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Successful completion of portfolio review, or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 373 - 3-D Animation


    Concepts and practices of 3-D modeling and animation.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 370, successful completion of portfolio review, or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 401 - User Experience Design


    Principles of user experience in the interaction design context and beyond. Focus on developing user centered solutions, research, content strategy, testing and analytics.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 319.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 404 - Design Methodologies


    Investigation and utilization of problem-solving strategies for the designer.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 311.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 405 - Professional Practices in Design


    Investigation of business, legal, and ethical aspects of professional practice for designers. Effective communication concerns in client relationships and contract documents. Fundamental considerations within office practice; the designer’s role and responsibilities.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 212 or successful completion of review in the Design and Media Arts Division, or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 406 - Senior Project


    Professional practice in the student’s area of study. Field experience, studio and/or lecture. Work completed to be presented as a capstone experience and skill of the student’s major area of study. The course may be repeated only for students completing more than one Design emphasis in the School of Art and Design. S/U grading.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Senior standing.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 409 - Advanced Topics: Interactive Art


    Interactive art with emphasis on structured and individual projects. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Successful completion of portfolio review in time arts, or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 411 - Advanced Visual Communication I


    Further work in design with emphasis on problem solving: exploration of signs and symbols resulting in visual identity systems and analytical and creative approaches of designing specific publications.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 312.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 412 - Advanced Typography


    Typography in communication systems design, aspects of type in branding design, and further refinement of typographic application in communication design, including interaction design.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 411.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 413 - Intermediate Traditional Photography


    Further exploration of the technical and aesthetic aspects of photography as a contemporary art medium. Studio, lecture, and laboratory. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 313.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 414 - Information Design


    Introduction to the information design process, using symbol, typography, and imagery, with the goal of increasing understanding and access of information for the user.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 311.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 418A - Special Problems in Visual Communication


    Specific studies in related areas of visual communication. Topics announced. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Successful completion of review in visual communication or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 418B - Advanced Problems in Visual Communication


    Advanced studies in related areas of visual communication. Topics announced. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 312 or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 419 - Intermediate Digital Photography


    Exploration of technical and aesthetic aspects of color digital photography as a contemporary art medium. Studio, lecture, and laboratory. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 313.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 420 - Design Field Experience


    A. Time Arts
    C. Visual Communication
    D. Photography

    Cooperative work experience for students in the design and technology emphasis. Cooperatively supervised professional practice with selected and/or approved design firms to provide a learning experience complementary to the student’s area of study in design. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. S/U grading.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Advanced standing in the design student’s area of study and approval of the faculty field experience adviser in the design student’s area of study.

    Credits: 1-6

  
  • ARTD 460 - Experimental and Alternative Photography


    Further exploration of the technical and aesthetic aspects of photography as a contemporary art medium with emphasis on experimental and alternative techniques. Studio, lecture, and laboratory.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 413 or ARTD 419; and successful completion of portfolio review in photography.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 464 - Advanced Photography: Post-production


    Further exploration of the technical and aesthetic aspects of photography as a contemporary art medium with emphasis on advanced photographic post-production and printing. Studio, lecture, and laboratory.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 413 or ARTD 419; and successful completion of portfolio review in photography.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 465 - Sequencing and Photobooks


    Further exploration of the technical and aesthetic aspects of photography as a contemporary art medium with emphasis on sequencing and photobooks. Studio, lecture, and laboratory.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 413 or ARTD 419; and successful completion of portfolio review in photography.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 466 - Intermedia Arts


    Studies in art combining (mostly electronic) media, with emphasis on individual projects. Topics announced. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Successful completion of portfolio review or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 467 - Advanced Topics: Video Art


    Studies in video art production with a focus on individual projects. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 303 or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 468 - Advanced Photographic Media


    Advanced projects in photographic media. Topics announced. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 413 or ARTD 419 and successful completion of portfolio review in Photography.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 469 - Advanced Photographic Projects and Research


    Advanced individual work in photography with emphasis on experimentation, artistic expression, and independent research. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 413 or ARTD 419 and successful completion of portfolio review in Photography.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 470 - Photographic Lighting


    Further exploration of the technical and aesthetic aspects of photography as a contemporary art medium with emphasis on photographic lighting techniques. Studio, lecture, and laboratory.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 413 or ARTD 419; and successful completion of portfolio review in photography.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 473 - Advanced Topics: 3D Animation


    Intensive work in animation using primarily 3-D techniques with emphasis on individual projects. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ARTD 373, or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 475 - Time Arts: Special Topics


    Concentrated study in time arts and electronic media. Topics announced. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Successful completion of portfolio review in Time Arts.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTE 109 - Strategic Visual Thinking


    Investigation of the role of visual design in the presentation of quantitative information in order to promote vigorous dialogue around the interactions of complex data streams, and this fosters robust decision-making. Introduction to social science research through data collection, quantitative analysis, and interpretation as students complete their own original survey research.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTE 200 - Studio Foundations for Art and Design Educators


    Exploration of 2-D studio media appropriate for K-12 environment, studio pedagogy, and development of technical skills in the representation and interpretation of subjects. Portfolio preparation for art and design education pre-service teachers. Studio and lecture.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ART 100 and ART 103.

    Credits: 3
 

Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11Forward 10 -> 33