2026-2027 Academic Catalog

Category: Academic Programs & Courses

2026-2027 Academic Catalog

  • DSC-280 ADVANCED WOODWORKING

    Students continue to develop techniques in,joinery, carving and turning through projects,designed to build their visual and technical,vocabulary. Specified course work increases the,advanced student’s understanding of wood as a,material for making fine art. Special emphasis is,given to finishing processes and additive,construction techniques.

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites: DAF 180

  • DSC-285 SPECIAL PROJECT 300/400

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

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites:

  • DSC-332 ADVANCED FOUNDRY TECHNIQUES

    This course investigates the interrelationship of,process, creativity and concept through various,casting techniques. Bronze, iron, aluminum,,cement and nontraditional materials are used to,explore casting as a process and as a means to a,product. Open to non-majors with departmental,approval.

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites: DFA 130, DFA 233

  • DSC-354 ADVANCED FIGURE SCULPTURE

    This course is aimed at expanding the student’s,modeling and casting skills and familiarity with,the figure, while building on conceptual,understanding of the role of the figure in,contemporary sculpture.

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites: DFA 130, DFA 230

  • DSC-355 ADVANCED SCULPTURE

    This course investigates sculpture object making., Students experiment with a wide range of scale,,format, materials and media options, with,emphasis on the creation of meaning in personal,objects. Presentations and readings provide,historical and contemporary context for a deeper,understanding of sculpture as object. Readings,include Queer Phenomenology: Orientations,,Objects, Others by Sara Ahmed,.

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites: DFA 230, DFA 231 OR DFA 332

  • DSC-365 INSTALLATION/SITE

    This course explores the theory and practice of,creative site activation through material,,technological and performance-based interventions.,Students will have the opportunity to work in,extended relationships to site and space, via,light, sound, time based technologies like video,,and performance. Students will investigate,installation as active experience between artist,and site, and site and the question of audience.,Open to non-majors with departmental approval.

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites: DFA 105, DFA 130, DFA 253

  • DSC-485 SPECIAL PROJECT 300/400

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

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites:

  • DSS-204 BUSINESS ANTHROPOLOGY

    This class applies concepts of anthropology to,business with a special emphasis on the fashion,industry. Students are introduced to research,methods such as ethnography, psychogeography,,participant observation as well as surveys. Case,studies and in-depth retail analysis are utilized,to provide insight into consumer behavior as well,as cultural patterns and trends and their,implications for product design, marketing,,merchandising, and retail display of fashion,accessories. In addition this class will consider,race, diversity and social justice issues in,relation to the consumer and corporate social,responsibility.

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites: FAD 102

  • DSS-206 INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY IN,FASHION

    In this course, students explore sustainability in,relation to fashion and accessories design through,lectures and case studies. Students prepare a,sustainability manifesto based on a focus of their,choice and an in-depth case study resulting in an,essay with final presentation.

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites:

  • DSS-215 INTRO TO CULTURAL STUDIES

    This course explores the complex web of beliefs,,practices, ideas, and expressions that has shaped,the human world in all times and places. Students,examine power and identity, how popular culture,and mass media influence our beliefs, the power of,subcultures and countercultures, and the complex,ways in which we find meaning in our world. Key,debates within cultural studies will be,considered, covering topics such as defining what,”culture” is, the history and value of “mass,culture,” the meaning of “ideology,” what racism,is and how it works, and the politics of gender,and sexuality.

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites: WRT 102