May 17, 2024  
2021-22 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-22 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


NOTE: Certain courses and programs require the use and/or handling of hazardous materials or equipment. Students are expected to follow all safety instructions and to take the required safety precautions including, but not limited to, the use of personal protection equipment (PPE) during the course or program to prevent incidences of injury to self or other students.

 

Anthropology

  
  • ANTH 3650 - Forensic Anthropology

    3 credit hours
    An intensive overview of forensic anthropology–an applied field of physical anthropology that seeks to recover, identify, and evaluate human skeletal remains within a medicolegal context.


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  • ANTH 3660 - Forensic Sciences

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing Explores a variety of fields in forensic science, specifically their history, basis in science, and specific techniques/equipment used. Emphasis on crime-scene investigation. EXL component. Lecture.


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  • ANTH 3720 - Environmental Anthropology

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 3 hours anthropology or geography. Comparative study of ecological systems utilized by tribal, peasant, and industrialized peoples of the world. Special attention on theoretical approaches examining the interface of the environment and culture, the evolution of modes of subsistence, and contemporary development and indigenous people.


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  • ANTH 3730 - Medical Anthropology

    3 credit hours
    A cross-cultural survey of health-related beliefs and behavior. Includes etiologies, treatments, patients, and practitioners as they interact in an environmental, biological, and cultural context.


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  • ANTH 3750 - Race, Class, and Gender

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 3 hours anthropology or women’s studies; ANTH 2010  recommended. An anthropological examination of the biological and cultural aspects of human identity as expressed through the concepts of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Focus on ways in which regional, ethnic, and gender identities are celebrated, contested, and regulated cross-culturally.


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  • ANTH 3752 - Cultural Images of Gender

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ANTH 2010  or SOC 1010  or WGST 2100 ; or permission of instructor. Global perspectives of gender through exploration of the experiences of men and women of various backgrounds worldwide. Special attention to mediums and writing styles presented; critical examination of creation and perpetuation of cultural images.


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  • ANTH 4130 - Anthropology of Globalization

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; ANTH 2010 , ANTH 3010 , or GS 2010 , or permission of instructor. Explores the phenomenon of globalization anthropologically including competing understanding of transnational flow of capital, goods, people, images, and ideas around the world.


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  • ANTH 4140 - Immigrants and Globalization in the American South

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; ANTH 2010  or ANTH 3010  or permission of instructor. ANTH 4130  recommended. Explores anthropologically the specific effects of globalizing forces in the southern United States. Relations between global and local communities explored taking into account immigration, particularly of Latinos and Asians; local industry in a time of globalization; power and confrontation between rural and urban worlds; issues of race and ethnicity; and the assimilation of foreign-born professionals into Southern social and cultural systems.


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  • ANTH 4400 - Sex Trafficking

    3 credit hours
    (Same as SOC 4400 .) Provides an in-depth analysis of the causes, experiences, and implications of global sex trafficking through a social science and feminist perspective. Utilizes various multimedia methods to examine sex trafficking both globally and locally; includes both an anthropological and sociological perspective, incorporating statistical analysis of-and individual narratives from-the transnational sex industry.


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  • ANTH 4520 - Archaeology of the Southeastern United States

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ANTH 2230  or ANTH 3210  or ANTH 3520 , or permission of instructor. A comprehensive presentation of the archaeology of the southeastern United States, to include historical overviews of southeastern archaeology; a consideration of geography, geomorphology, and environment; theoretical contributions of southeastern archaeology; the finds of southeastern archaeology concerning the initial settlement of the region; the origins, adaptations, and development of major prehistoric southeastern cultural traditions through historic contact and colonization.


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  • ANTH 4550 - Hip-hop Music and Culture

    3 credit hours
    (Same as MUHL 4550  and RIM 4550 .) Prerequisites: ENGL 1010  and ENGL 1020 .  An ethnomusicological investigation of how hip-hop reacts to and informs mainstream culture through its primary art forms: music, visual art, and dance. Major themes and issues that cut across hip-hop’s history, including issues of style and performance, gender, race, politics, and religion addressed.
     


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  • ANTH 4730 - Economic Anthropology

    3 credit hours
    The ways people produce, distribute, and consume goods, how such systems are organized, how they operate, how they develop, and how they relate to other systems, especially the family, political, and ideological. Draws on case material for household economies, the transition to capitalist economies, and the world economic system.


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  • ANTH 4750 - Anthropology of Religion

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ANTH 2010  or ANTH 2740  or ANTH 3010  or permission of instructor. Cross-cultural exploration of religion, including beliefs in the supernatural, the use of ritual in secular and sacred context, and the roles of ceremonial practitioners. Focus on how people interpret and control their worldviews through religion and ritual.


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  • ANTH 4910 - Anthropology Undergraduate Research

    1 to 6 credit hours
    Field experience or reading courses through which special interests or needs of the student may be pursued under individual supervision. No more than three hours may be used in the major. Arrangements must be made with an instructor prior to registration.


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  • ANTH 4920 - Anthropology Senior Thesis

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of Anthropology Thesis Committee. Focuses on a specific research topic chosen with the consent of the thesis committee and with the potential for original discovery or creative development. Independent pursuit of research objectives outlined in a research proposal results in a written thesis, the approval of which will include an oral defense.


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  • ANTH 4950 - Archaeological Field School

    3 to 6 credit hours
    Course may be taken for three to six credits after consultation with instructor. The basic techniques of archaeology and paleoecology through participation in actual excavation and laboratory work.


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  • ANTH 4960 - Anthropology Internship

    1 to 6 credit hours
    Supervised independent study in which student is placed in an organization on a contractual basis as a means of applying the principles of his/her training in preparation for eventual employment. Arrangements must be made with the intern supervisor prior to registration. No more than six hours may be used in the major.


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Art

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • ART 2200 - Introduction to Art Education

    3 credit hours
    Examines the recent history and contemporary theories of art education, with special emphasis on the essential content of discipline-based art education (aesthetics, criticism, history, and production); introduces general curricular concerns, assessment, and advocacy issues.


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  • ART 2310 - Graphic Design Technologies

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 1610 , ART 1620 , and ART 1650  with C or higher or permission of instructor. Procedures involved in the production of graphic design materials by means of computer. Basics of word processing, drawing, and page layout programs for graphic design. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 2325 - Typographic Design

    3 credit hours
    An introduction to typography including the history, usage, and anatomy of letterforms. Projects focus on creative problem-solving using type as image as well as a means of communication. Projects range from word interpretation to page layout using industry-standard applications. Six -hour studio course.


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  • ART 2500 - Art Study Abroad

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor or specific Study Abroad program director. Explores lower-division issues in art. Subject will vary with instructor. May be repeated up to 9 hours.
     


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  • ART 2710 - Painting I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 1610 , ART 1620 , and ART 1640  with C or better or permission of instructor. Introduction to painting techniques in particular media with emphasis on basic representational skills, awareness of formal issues, and vocabulary specific to particular media. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3000 - Professional Practices for Artists

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department. Offers career preparation for the contemporary visual artist; preparation of professional documents and discussion of professional roles and responsibilities.

     


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  • ART 3001 - Introduction to Art Therapy

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 1610  and PSY 1410  with minimum grade of C. Topics include a historical overview, examination of professional standards and research, mental health resources, personal mental health assessment, and the exploration of art techniques that support wellness and healing.


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  • ART 3002 - Art Facilitation Methods and Applications

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ART 3001  with minimum grade of C. Topics include the therapeutic properties of art media and techniques and methods to effectively engage participants in art practices as well as overviews of pre-professional art facilitation approaches within diverse settings and with a variety of populations.


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  • ART 3010 - Sculptural Practices: Wood Fabrication and Mixed Media

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 1610 , ART 1630 , and ART 1650  with C or better or permission of instructor. An introductory course related to the techniques, materials, and concepts of utilizing wood as a primary method for art making. Material use and conceptual relevance will guide students as they explore wood fabrication, carving, and laminating techniques in combination with mold making and experimental use of additional media. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3011 - Sculptural Practices: Metal Fabrication and Foundry Techniques

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 1610 , ART 1630 , and ART 1650  with C or better or permission of instructor. An introductory course related to the techniques, materials, and concepts of utilizing metal as a primary method for art making. Material use and conceptual relevance will guide students as they explore metal fabrication, welding techniques, and foundry processes such as lost wax and sand mold casting. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3012 - Sculptural Practices: Digital Fabrication and 3D Printing

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 1610 , ART 1630 , and ART 1650  with C or better or permission of instructor. An introductory course related to the techniques, materials, and concepts of utilizing digital-based processes such as 3D printing, laser cutting/engraving, and CNC-based plasma cutting as primary methods for art making. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3015 - Print Media: Silkscreen and Digital Processes

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 1610 , ART 1620 , ART 1640 , and ART 1650  with C or better or permission of instructor. An introductory level print media course which includes the learning of various methods of silkscreen printing and digital processes related to print media. Topics covered include hand drawn stencils, computer generated imagery, and digital printing. Six hour studio course.


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  • ART 3021 - Print Media: Lithography and Monotype

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 1610 , ART 1620 , ART 1640 , and ART 1650  with C or better or permission of instructor. An introductory level print media course in planographic (flat) image making. Topics include printing from lithographic limestone, photographic plates, and multiple methods of monotype printing. Features print processes that use direct drawing, photographic imagery, and layered color. Six hour studio course.


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  • ART 3040 - Handbuilding Ceramics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 1610 , ART 1620 , and ART 1630  with C or better or permission of instructor. Explores handbuilt ceramics techniques with an emphasis on developing sculptural forms. Builds an awareness of formal problems, media trouble shooting, and verbal and visual vocabulary specific to handbuilt ceramics. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3041 - Sculptural Ceramics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 1610 , ART 1620 , and ART 1630  with C or better or permission of instructor. Development of skills in the use of materials and equipment used in the creation of sculptural ceramic forms at an advanced level. Emphasizes further development of a theoretical framework for understanding ceramics processes and how to combine them with other media. Experimental methods and emerging technologies introduced. Six hour studio course.


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  • ART 3070 - Still Life Painting

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 1610 , ART 1620 , and ART 1640  with C or better or permission of instructor. Explores painting techniques in particular media with an emphasis on developing observational drawing and painting skills employing still life arrangements. Builds an awareness of formal problems and verbal and visual vocabulary specific to particular media. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3071 - Figure Painting

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 1610 , ART 1620 , and ART 1640  with C or better or permission of instructor. Explores painting techniques in particular media with an emphasis on developing observational drawing and painting skills employing the figure in various arrangements. Builds an awareness of formal problems and verbal and visual vocabulary specific to particular media. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3072 - Mixed Media Painting

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 3070  and ART 3071  with C or better or permission of instructor. Explores painting techniques in various mediums with an emphasis on developing the student’s individual and personal expression. Builds an awareness of formal problems and verbal and visual vocabulary specific to particular mediums. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3100 - In-House Design

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: ART 3330  with C or better or permission of instructor. An understanding of graphic design process in a design business. Emphasizes real world aspects of graphic design through individual projects for real world clients.


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  • ART 3200 - Art Education for Teachers

    3 credit hours
    Lecture class with hands-on component designed to inform about the role of art in the life of the child; exposure to art history and appreciation; children as image makers; the importance of curiosity, observation, and imagination to the child and classroom; and methodology related to the integration of visual art into the classroom.


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  • ART 3210 - Elementary Art Education Methods

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ART 2200  with C or better or permission of instructor. Investigates child development theories and concerns related to children, the elementary school culture, curriculum development and implementation, and teaching and management strategies. Materials and processes appropriate to K-6 art education explored in studio lab. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3220 - Secondary Art Education Methods

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ART 2200  with C or better or permission of instructor. Focuses on the nature of middle and high school students, the secondary school culture, curriculum development and implementation, and teaching and management strategies. Materials and processes appropriate to 7-12 art education explored in studio lab. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3230 - Art Education Practicum

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ART 2200  with C or better or permission of instructor. Participation in the K-12 art classroom setting with class discussions and readings about the teaching experience. Advanced art curriculum development for the K-12 level. A maximum of 9 credits may be applied to a degree. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3325 - Word and Image

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 2310  and ART 2325  with C or better. Explores the relationship between word and image. Projects focus on visual language, concept, formation, and technical skills. Various design methodologies covered using industry-standard applications. Current designers and design trends introduced. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3330 - Portfolio I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 2325  and ART 3325 ; permission of department. The beginning of portfolio-based problems, more advanced and complex conceptual skills, production techniques, and an introduction to the offset printing process. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3350 - Package Design

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ART 3325  with C or better or permission of instructor. Intermediate-level graphic design course that focuses on designing product labels, exterior structures, and any other components of product packaging. Students will work on concept development, problem-solving, and surface design. Computer-generated renderings and three-dimensional forms produced. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3400 - Interface Design

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ART 2325 . Advanced view of graphic design process in interface design. Emphasizes formal, conceptual, and technical aspects of interface design through individual projects created with industry specific software applications. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3500 - Study Abroad - Studio

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor or specific Study Abroad program director. Explores upper-division issues in art. Subject will vary with instructor. May be repeated up to 9 hours.
     


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  • ART 3520 - Sculpture II

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 1610 , ART 1630 , and ART 1650  with C or better or permission of instructor. Introduction to the processes and techniques used in sculpture, including casting techniques; subtractive and constructive experiences with a variety of materials. Six hour studio course.


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  • ART 3530 - Sculpture III

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ART 2510  or ART 3520  with C or better or permission of instructor. Development of concepts and techniques with primary emphasis on wood sculpture. Wood construction, carving, laminating, and subordinate use of other sculpture materials. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3550 - Print Media: Book Arts

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 1610 , ART 1620 , ART 1630 , and ART 1640  (all with C or better) or permission of instructor. Introduces making artist’s books, covering basic book structures, bookbinding, simple image-making techniques, using paper as a creative medium, and developing creative content. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3610 - Introduction to Computer-Assisted Art

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 2310  with C or better or permission of instructor. Explores the use of the computer in relation to art and design concepts in two- and three-dimensional media. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3620 - Intermediate Computer-Assisted Art

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 3610  with C or better or permission of instructor. Computer-generated or assisted art work. Development of original work in art or design. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3650 - Figure Drawing

    3 credit hours
    Introduces concepts. Specific concepts include gesture and expression, spatial structure and proportion, and the effects of light and drapery on the human form. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 3660 - Color Drawing

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 1610 , ART 1620 , and   with C or better. Develops visual thinking processes and objective drawing skills using a variety of color drawing media, the principles of color theory, and an understanding of the broader context of the historical, cultural, psychological, and physiological aspects of color.


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  • ART 3830 - Ceramics III

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites:  ART 2810  and ART 3820  or permission of instructor. Studio experiences in designing, forming, and decorating functional/non-functional forms. Introduction to some basic materials processes (clay and glaze formulation and firing techniques). Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 4000 - Workshop

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 1620 , ART 1630 , and ART 1640  with C or better or permission of instructor. Subject matter and credit to be determined by the instructor. The workshop may be conducted in the area of art education or any art discipline. (A maximum of 9 credits may be applied toward a degree.) Depending on topic, may be six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 4002 - Field Placement

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Senior standing; program approval; must be taken concurrently with ART 4003 . Practicum class that provides the opportunity for the student to observe and participate in group and individual sessions. Students are supervised on-site by credentialed art therapists and Art Therapy faculty.


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  • ART 4003 - Art Therapy Senior Capstone

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Senior standing; program approval; must be taken concurrently with ART 4002 . Students will prepare a scholarly paper and provide professional presentation with accompanying artwork, reporting on their field placement experience. Students will also participate in a senior art exhibition.


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  • ART 4060 - Art Capstone

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 1610 , ART 1620 , ART 1630 , ART 1640 , and ART 1650  with C or better; must have senior standing to register. Focuses on public practices related to art making such as interdisciplinary critique, presentation, research methodologies, and self-analysis. Students will create artwork in response to critical inquiry to be presented in a group exhibition at the conclusion of the course. Must earn grade of C or better. Fall only, six-hour studio course. 


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  • ART 4061 - Studio Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisites: Department permission required; students must be concurrently registered in an upper-division studio course. Requires successful completion of BFA exhibition, generation of portfolio materials, and public presentation. Must earn a C or better.


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  • ART 4070 - Advanced Painting Practices

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ART 3072  or permission of instructor. Individual exploration of painting techniques and styles in particular media with an emphasis on developing a body of work based on student’s directed research. Student will build an awareness of formal problems and acquire verbal and visual vocabulary specific to particular media. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 4120 - Intermediate Printmaking

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ART 3021  with C or better or permission of instructor. A printmaking course featuring intermediate level projects in silkscreen, relief, etching and lithography.  A greater focus on creating layered, color prints and discussion of contemporary issues related to multiplicity and processed-based image making. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 4130 - Advanced Printmaking

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ART 4120  with C or better or permission of instructor. Advanced level studies in print media with a focus on creating layered, self-directed work in printed form. A mixture of guided assignments in new techniques and independent work based on individual proposals. Six-hour studio course.


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  • ART 4140 - Printmaking Thesis

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ART 4130  with C or better or permission of instructor. Intensive independent research in one or more of the areas chosen by the student and planned in consultation with the instructor resulting in work for B.F.A./B.A. exhibition. Six-hour studio course.


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