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Courses in Art Studio (ART)

Lower Division Courses

2. Drawing I (4)

Studio—6 hours. Form and composition in black and white.—I, II, III. (I, II, III)

3. Drawing II (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 2. Form and composition in color.—II. (II.)

4. Life Drawing (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 2. Form in composition using the human figure as subject.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

5. Sculpture (4)

Studio—6 hours. Form in space using plaster and other media.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

7. Beginning Painting (4)

Studio—6 hours; independent study—3 hours. Introduction of a variety of techniques and concepts as related to the practice of painting, to establish a solid base which can be expanded on in upper division painting.—I. II. (II.)

10. Introduction to Art Appreciation (3)

Lecture—3 hours. The understanding and appreciation of painting, sculpture, architecture and industrial art. Illustrated lectures. Intended for non-majors. GE credit: ArtHum.

16. Descriptive Drawing (4)

Studio—6 hours. Objective drawing and rendering; representations of space.—(I.)

30. Introduction to Contemporary Visual Culture (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion/laboratory—1 hour. Establishing visual literacy across the media of fine art, photography, advertising, television and film; media culture; focus on critical decoding of contemporary visual culture. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—II. (I.)

98. Directed Group Study (1-5)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Restricted to lower division students. (P/NP grading only.)

99. Special Study for Undergraduates (1-5)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)

Upper Division Courses

Preenrollment in upper division courses is restricted to art majors. Art minors may obtain permission to preenroll by contacting the Undergraduate Staff Adviser in the Art office.

101. Painting: Materials and Carriers (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 3, 4, 5, or consent of instructor. Experimentation in media and their supports.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

102. Painting (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 101 or consent of instructor. Advanced painting in various media including oil and polymers. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.—II. (I, III.) Henderson

103. Advanced Drawing (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 2, 3, 4, 16, or consent of instructor. Advanced drawing, composition and form in black and white and color. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.—I, III. (II.)

104. Figure Drawing and Painting (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 4 and 101, or consent of instructor. Advanced figure drawing and painting using the human figure as subject. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.—II. (II.)

110. Photography I (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 3, 4, or consent of instructor. Photography as an art form. Experiments with camera and light sensitive materials.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

111. Photography II (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 110 or consent of instructor. Art of camera and light sensitive materials: tonal control, multiple exposure, synthetic negatives, etc. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.—I, II. (II.)

113. Interdisciplinarity (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: one course in Art History or Art Studio. Focus on the uses of two or more art forms to make a unique art work; also, ideas of collaboration and reconfigured and integrated forms as new methods of expression that do not solely depend on unique authorship.—III. (II, III.)

114. Identity and Technology (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: one course in Art History or Art Studio. The notion of "self," "portraiture" and "identity" as it is defined in an electronic world in which media alters perceptions of belief as individuals and society. Hands-on projects plus theoretical analysis of media.—II. (II.)

116. Video Practice and Theory (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: 12 units of lower division art studio classes. Production techniques of video, including shooting, editing, lighting, sound and effects. A conceptual framework for video-art techniques.—III. (II.)

117. Experimental Documentary (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing. Study of the documentary form with particular attention to hybrid forms of film, video and computer genres. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor when topic differs.—III. (III.)

121. Reinterpreting Landscape (4)

Studio—6 hours; lecture/discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite: course 2 or Nature and Culture 100 or consent of instructor. Interpretation of landscape through painting, drawing and related media, with emphasis on the integration of historical, cultural, natural and artistic contexts. Course includes field work culminating in an independent project. Not offered every year.—III.

125. Printmaking: Relief (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 3, 4, 5, or consent of instructor. Woodcut, linocut, metal-plate relief and experimental uses of other materials.

126. Printmaking: Intaglio (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 3, 4, 5, or consent of instructor. Metal plate etching, aquatint, hard- and soft-ground, burin engraving and related methods. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.—I, III. (II.)

127. Printmaking: Lithography (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 3, 4, 5, or consent of instructor. Stone and metal-plate lithography and other planographic methods. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.—II. (I.)

128. Printmaking: Serigraphy (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 3, 4, 5, or consent of instructor. Silk screen and related stencil methods. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.

129. Intermedia Printmaking (4)

Studio—8 hours; independent study—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 125, 126, 127, or 128. Development of intermedia printmaking; advanced modes in each of relief/serigraphy/intaglio/surface, as well as adding serigraphy and digitized imagery. Student will produce prints in several methods including multiplate prints. Offered in alternate years.—III. (III.)

132A. The Tradition of Modernism (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion/laboratory—1 hour. Prerequisite: one of course 30, or Art History 183A, 183B, 183C or 184. The emergence of modernism in painting and sculpture, from the early twentieth century to the 1940s. Critical examination of the emergence of modernism, the ideologies it supported, and the exclusions it practiced. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.

132B. The Theory of Modernism (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion/laboratory—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 132A. Re-examination of materials of Modernist art through a set of critical analytical tools which will help in understanding what cultural and ideological beliefs these art forms sustained. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.

138. The Artist's Book (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 5, and 7; course 110, 125, 126, 127, or 128. Creation of visual art work in the form of a unique artist's book structure, in an edition of three. Examples of historical and contemporary artist's books. A variety of media will be explored, including photography, printmaking, sculpture, and painting/drawing. May be repeated two times for credit when topic differs.

141. Sculpture: Material Explorations (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 5. Primary application and exploration of a single sculptural material. Examination of its properties, qualities and characteristics for three-dimensional expression. May be repeated twice for credit in different subject area with consent of instructor.—I. (I.)

142. Sculpture: Ceramics I (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 2, 3, 4 and 5, or consent of instructor. Introduction to ceramic forms and processes.—I, II. (I.)

143. Sculpture: Ceramics II (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 142 or consent of instructor. Introduction to color, as well as glazing and use of kiln. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.—II. (II.)

144. Sculpture: Figure Modeling (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 3, 4, 5, or consent of instructor. Sculpture in various media using the human figure as subject. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.

145. Sculpture: Concepts (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 5 or consent of instructor. Investigation through the creation of sculpture of the relationship of idea to form and material. May be repeated once for credit in different subject area with consent of instructor.—I, III. (III.)

146. Sculpture: Ceramics III (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 141, 143, 144, or 145. Advanced form and color. Clay sculpture in relief and round. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.—III. (III.)

147. Theory and Criticism of Photography (4)

Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 2 or 5 and one art lecture course. Development of camera vision, ideas, and aesthetics and their relationship to the fine arts from 1839 to the present. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.

148. Theory and Criticism: Painting and Sculpture (4)

Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 2 or 5, and one art lecture course. Study of forms and symbols in historic and contemporary masterpieces. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.—(I.)

149. Introduction to Critical Theory (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: two of Art History 1B, 1C, or 183F. An overview of 20th century critical theories of culture and their relation to visual art and mass media culture. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.

150. Theory and Criticism of Electronic Media (4)

Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 116 or 117. The history of electronic media, stressing both critique, application and relationship to art practice. Analysis of the conceptual biases of electronic media as an artistic mode of expression. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.—II. (I.)

151. Intermediate Sculpture (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 5. Builds on the basic skills and concepts covered in Art 5. Individualized explorations through multiple projects in a variety of media and techniques. Contemporary art theory and its relationship to the studio practice. May be repeated two times for credit when topic differs.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

152. Sculpture: Special Topics (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 5 and 151. Special topics related to sculpture and contemporary art practice. Multiple projects in a variety of media. May be repeated two times for credit when topic differs.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

153. Metals (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 5 and 152. Technical and theoretical aspects of the use of metals in contemporary art practice. Students will produce primary works which demonstrate the evolution of a concept and process. May be repeated three times for credit when topic differs. Restricted enrollment.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

154. Site-Specific Public Art (4)

Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 5 and 151. Place- and site- specificity in contemporary sculpture. Students will work collaboratively and individually to conceive of and fabricate sculpture in a public space. May be repeated two times for credit when topic differs. Hill, Bills

171. Mexican and Chicano Mural Workshop (4)

Studio—8 hours; independent study—1 hour. Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 70 and/or written consent of instructor. The Mural: a collective art process that empowers students and people through design and execution of mural paintings in the tradition of the Mexican Mural Movement; introduces materials and techniques. May be repeated once for credit. (Same course as Chicana/o Studies 171.)—III. (III.)

192. Internship (2-12)

Internship. Supervised program of internships in artists' studios and at professional art institutions such as museums, galleries, and art archives including collections of slides and photographs. May be repeated for credit for a total of 12 units. (P/NP grading only.)

193. Seminar in Art Practice (4)

Discussion/laboratory—8 hours; variable—4 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2 and 3; upper division standing: taking or having taken courses in upper division drawing, painting, and sculpture. Work (painting, sculpture, drawing, etc.) done for group discussion and criticism, as well as group discussion of contemporary topics in the visual arts. May be repeated once for credit.

198. Directed Group Study (1-5)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)

199. Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)

Graduate Courses

290. Seminar (4)

Seminar—3 hours. Original works produced for group discussion and criticism; associated topics of a contemporary and historical nature. May be repeated for credit.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

291. Seminar: Critical Evaluation (1)

Seminar—1 hour. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)—II. (II.)

292. Seminar: Comprehensive Qualifying (1)

Seminar—1 hour. Further critical evaluation of the student's work to determine his eligibility to begin the Comprehensive Project. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)—(I.)

299. Individual Study (1-6)

(S/U grading only.)

299D. Comprehensive Project (9)

An original body of work accompanied by a catalog summarizing the student's aesthetic position. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)—III. (III.)

Professional Courses

Note: Various of the below courses are not offered each year; check the quarterly Class Schedule and Registration Guide .

401. Museum Training: Curatorial Principles

Seminar—3 hours; papers. Approved for graduate degree credit. Study of private and public collections. Museum personalities. Appraisal of works of art; ethics of appraisal. Auction and sales: methods and catalogues. Registration. Technical problems of the museum. Connoisseurship. Collateral reading. Visits to museums. Offered in alternate years.—(III.)

402. Museum Training: Exhibition Methods (4)

Seminar—3 hours; exhibition. Approved for graduate degree credit. History of exhibition methods in private and public collections. Comparisons of different types of museums and their exhibition problems. Lighting and techniques of display with emphasis on actual design. Experimentation with unusual presentation forms. Offered in alternate years.—(II.)