Tag: 2024-2025

CLA-606 CLIMATE ACTION STUDIO II

This is the second of a series of studio courses that allow students on the MA and MFA Design for Climate Action programs to develop their skills and knowledge in live design briefs with industry and community partners. By their nature, these courses include socio-economic and political considerations. The studio courses are designed to challenge students with projects of increasing complexity and progressively strengthen the students’ problem-solving skills. Students solve design problems requiring substantive research, concept ideation and realization, and implementation. Projects on this course address the environmental impact of human habitats, including domestic waste infrastructures, energy usage, transport systems and logistics.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: CLA 605

DAD-434 CONTENT CREATION

Content creation is the future of digital media and video. Students create long format commercial content with extended narratives that focus on branded storytelling that engages, motivates and influences diverse audiences and consumers in a positive and emotional way beyond the traditional thirty second broadcast format. Students gain more experience in writing, concepting and pitching, storyboarding, producing and editing their commercial concepts.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites:

DAE-520 PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR

The Professional Seminar provides candidates who are doing their Directed Teaching with further professional development and experiences that develop reflective practice. The seminar conveys a range of information essential to Visual Arts educators, including health and safety issues in Art Education, technology integration, educational law, effective teaching practices, research in the field, emerging trends in pedagogy which examine issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.The seminar format is intended to support student teachers in their placements and allow for reflection and dialogue regarding this professional experience. Application for Directed Teaching and Departmental permission is required. Art Education candidates must pass DAE 520 with a grade of ‘C’ (2.00) or higher to qualify for certification.

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: DAE 405 DAE 510

DAH-301 CLASSICAL ART AND EARLY MEDIEVAL

Students explore the roots of Western civilization in the classical Greco-Roman tradition. Since architecture and sculpture are the hallmarks of this period, major Greek and Roman monuments will be highlighted. The course will also discuss this classical tradition as the source of early Christian art, Byzantine art and early medieval art, including Romanesque.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DAH 200, DAH 201 (or DAH 202)

DAS-485 SPECIAL PROJECT 300/400

The Special Project class is offered on an occasional basis, with course content specific to the area being explored.

FALL 2023

SETTING UP SHOP
This course is designed as a special project for students interested in designing, creating, and maintaining a store where students and alumni can sell their art. Students will develop and implement a business plan using market trends and project management principles. Students in this course will create a contact network to contribute to the long-term success of the student/alumni shop.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DAS 213

DCE-375 ADVANCED HAND-BUILT POTTERY

The vast majority of the history of pottery and vessel-making is dominated by hand-building techniques. For thousands of years prior to the advent of the powered pottery wheel, early artisans formed pottery with just their hands, and later, an assortment of hand-wielded tools. This class draws direct inspiration from this history as it is reflected in a range of cultures, while also focusing on the significance of contemporary hand-built pottery in the industrial era of today. Students make functionally and conceptually oriented pottery using a range of hand-building techniques including coiling, slab work, extruding, and hollowing-out.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DCE-275

DEN-490 INDEPENDENT STUDY

Independent Study is available to students who are at Junior or Senior level standing with a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above. The student may receive approval to work in an area or on a project that is not otherwise offered or addressed in the regular curriculum. An Independent Study should include opportunities for individual student voice and provide a space for diverse perspectives. Students may receive credit toward graduation for no more than 6 credit hours. The student must submit to the chairperson of the department in which they wish to study, an Independent Study Proposal of 150 words (no less) of the student’s plan for study and her/his reason for choosing to study independently. Once the department chairperson provides approval and the instructor for the Independent Study is determined, the faculty member must write an Independent Study Syllabus with education goals, learning outcomes, meeting dates, course expectations, timelines, and due dates. Art Education candidates must pass DAE 490 with a grade of ‘C’ (2.00) or higher to qualify for certification.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DEN 239

DFD-112 INTRODUCTION TO FIBER STRUCTURES

This course is an introduction to a variety of hands-on fiber and material techniques with emphasis on pliable fiber structures. Students develop a broad understanding of fiber arts and textile design. Techniques may include felting, yarn creation, off-loom weaving, knitting, crochet, or basketry. The study of techniques is augmented with slide presentations, visiting artists, and field trips.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites:

DFN-103 DRAWING I: MATERIALS & METHODS

Students explore drawing as an expressive tool to generate, communicate, and develop ideas. With a focus on basic drawing principles and observational drawing, students will sharpen their perceptual drawing skills while working towards expressive methods. Contemporary attitudes toward drawing will be introduced in the second half of the semester as students expand their drawing tools, materials and processes. Methods used to develop ideas are examined through processes that include research, archive and serial drawing.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: