The studio art major provides the knowledge and experience necessary for a broad understanding of the visual arts.
The Program. For the beginning student, the major offers an introduction to drawing, composition, sculpture, and art history. Students may then advance to more specialization (drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, photography, film making, electronic arts, as well as theory and criticism) in upper division work.
Portfolios. Portfolios are not required for admission to the major. However, admitted students, once at Davis, should keep a continuing portfolio of their art work, which is subject to faculty perusal at such times as when the student is declaring the major, requesting independent study courses, and scheduling an exhibition in the student gallery.
Career Alternatives. The studio art graduate is prepared for graduate work or continuing development as a professional artist or art teacher. Students who have career aspirations in the commercial aspects of the visual arts can acquire a broad general education and a creative foundation in the art studio major, establishing a basis for further specialization in commercial art.
| UNITS | ||
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| Preparatory Subject Matter | 24 | |
| Three courses from Art Studio 2, 3, 4, 5, 16; see prerequisites required for upper division courses | 12 | |
| Three courses from Art History 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, Art Studio 30 | 12 | |
| Depth Subject Matter | 40 | |
| Six courses, under three different instructors, chosen from Group A, Practice of Art
Group A: Art Studio 101, 102, 103, 104, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 120, 125, 126, 127, 128, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146,147, 148, 149, 150, 171 | 24 | |
| Three upper division courses from Art History 150, 151, 152, 153, 154A, 154B, 155, 163A, 163B, 163C, 164, 168, 176A, 176B, 176C, 177A, 177B, 179B, 182, 183A, 183B, 183C, 183D, 183E, 184, 188D, 188E | 12 | |
| Total Units for the Major | 60 | |
Recommended
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Major Advisers. See the Class Schedule and Registration Guide.
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| Art Studio
Prerequisite courses must be taken prior to enrollment in upper division courses. Independent study courses are not applicable. | 20 | |
| Upper division art studio courses chosen in consultation with a faculty adviser (one lower division substitute course permissible) | 20 | |
Teaching Credential Subject Representative. Department Chairperson. See also the Teacher Education Program.
Graduate Study. The Department of Art offers programs of study and research leading to the M.F.A. degree in the practice of art. Detailed information regarding graduate study may be obtained from the Graduate Admissions Office or the Art Office.
| Upper Division Courses | Graduate Courses | Professional Courses |
*Course not offered this academic year.
General Education (GE) credit: ArtHum = Arts and Humanities; SciEng = Science and Engineering; SocSci = Social Sciences; Div = Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt = Writing Experience. Select this link to information on the General Education requirement.
2. Drawing I (4) I, II, III. Henderson, Rosen, The Staff
Studio--6 hours. Form and composition in black and white.
3. Drawing II (4) I, II, III. Henderson, Atkinson, Thiebaud
Studio--6 hours. Prerequisite: course 2. Form and composition in color.
4. Life Drawing (4) I, II, III. Hollowell
Studio--6 hours. Prerequisite: course 2. Form in composition using the human figure as subject.
5. Sculpture (4) I, II, III. Puls, The Staff
Studio--6 hours. Form in space using plaster and other media.
10. Introduction to Art Appreciation (3) II. The Staff
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) I. Schulz
Studio--6 hours. Objective drawing and rendering; representations of space.
*30. Introduction to Contemporary Visual Culture (4) III. The Staff
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.
98. Directed Group Study (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Restricted to lower division students. (P/NP grading only.)
99. Special Study for Undergraduates (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)
Note : Upper division courses are listed under three groups: (A) Practice of Art; (B) Theory and Criticism; (C) Special Study Courses.
Preenrollment in upper division courses is restricted to art majors. Art minors may obtain permission to preenroll by filling out a "Waiver of Restriction" form in the Art office.
101. Painting: Materials and Carriers (4) I, II, III. Atkinson, Schulz, The Staff
Studio--6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 3, 4, 5, or consent of instructor. Experimentation in media and their supports.
102. Painting (4) I, II. III. Atkinson, Hollowell, Schulz
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.
103. Advanced Drawing (4) III. Schulz
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.
104. Figure Drawing and Painting (4) II, III. Hollowell
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.
110. Photography I (4) I, II, III. The Staff
Studio--6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 3, 4, or consent of instructor. Photography as an art form. Experiments with camera and light sensitive materials.
111. Photography II (4) II. The Staff
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.
113. Interdisciplinarity (4) III. Hershman
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.
*114. Identity and Technology (4) II. Hershman
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.
116. Video Practice and Theory (4) II. Hershman
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.
117. Experimental Documentary (4) III. Hershman
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.
125. Printmaking: Relief (4) III. The Staff
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) I. Atkinson
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.
127. Printmaking: Lithography (4) II. The Staff
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.
*128. Printmaking: Serigraphy (4) III. The Staff
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) II. Atkinson
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.
*132A. The Tradition of Modernism (4) I. The Staff
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) II. The Staff
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.
141. Sculpture: Material Explorations (4) I. Puls
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.
142. Sculpture: Ceramics I (4) I. Rosen
Studio--6 hours. Prerequisite: course 2, 3, 4 and 5, or consent of instructor. Introduction to ceramic forms and processes.
143. Sculpture: Ceramics II (4) II. Rosen
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.
*144. Sculpture: Figure Modeling (4) III.
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) II. Puls
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.
146. Sculpture: Ceramics III (4) III. Rosen
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.
*147. Theory and Criticism of Photography (4) III. The Staff
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) I, III. The Staff
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.
*149. Introduction to Critical Theory (4) I. The Staff
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) I. Hershman
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.
171. Mexican and Chicano Mural Workshop (4) III. Montoya
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.)
Group C: Special Study Courses
192. Internship (2-12) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
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) I. The Staff
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) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
(P/NP grading only.)
199. Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
(P/NP grading only.)
290. Seminar (4) I, II, III. Puls, Hershman, Rosen, The Staff
Seminar--3 hours. Original works produced for group discussion and criticism; associated topics of a contemporary and historical nature. May be repeated for credit.
291. Seminar: Critical Evaluation (1) II. The Staff (Graduate Adviser in charge)
Seminar--1 hour. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)
292. Seminar: Comprehensive Qualifying (1) I. The Staff (Graduate Adviser in charge)
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.)
299. Individual Study (1-6) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
(S/U grading only.)
299D. Comprehensive Project (9) III. The Staff (Graduate Adviser in charge)
An original body of work accompanied by a catalog summarizing the student's aesthetic position. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)
*401. Museum Training: Curatorial Principles (4) II. Amerson
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.
402. Museum Training: Exhibition Methods (4) II. Amerson
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.
Note: Various of the above courses are not offered each year; please check the quarterly Class Schedule and Registration Guide.
UC Davis 1999-2000 Online General Catalog. Posted July 30, 1999.
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