ART 100 EXPERIENCING ART
A course providing an introduction to visual art, architecture, and design. The variety of art media, style, and significant artists will be examined. Also overviews of both Western and Non-Western Art will be presented. Will include slide lectures and art videos. May include field trip(s) to area museums or galleries. Three credit hours. Offered Fall semester (d); offered Spring semester (e).

ART 140 INTRODUCTION TO STUDIO ART AND CREATIVITY
A studio course designed to introduce students to a variety of basic art activities, including drawing, painting, print-making, crafts, and color theory. Emphasis will be on developing visual imagination and creativity. Three credit hours. Offered Spring semester (d); offered Fall semester (e).

ART 214 SURVEY OF WORLD ART I: ANCIENT THROUGH MEDIEVAL
A survey of world art and architecture from prehistory to 1400 CE. Includes slide lectures, art videos, and field trip(s). Three credit hours. Prerequisite: WRT 175. Offered Fall semester (d).

ART 215 SURVEY OF WORLD ART II: RENAISSANCE THROUGH MODERN
A survey of world art and architecture from approximately 1400 CE to 1940, with an emphasis of Western art. Includes slide lectures, art videos, and field trip(s).

ART 230 TWO-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN AND COLOR THEORY
An introductory studio course in which students use the basic elements of art and design principles to learn and apply the language of visual organization. The course also includes basic concepts of typography, layout, and color theory. Three credit hours. Offered Spring semester (d).

ART 240 DRAWING
A studio course providing instruction in basic perceptual skills and drawing techniques in a variety of media. Three credit hours. Offered as needed.

ART 260 BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY
A study of photography composition and use of the camera as an artistic and communication tool. An introduction to the use of the still camera, light, meter, film development, darkroom tech-niques and photographic enlargement. Students also will learn to "read" photos, speak intelligently about their own personal style and ethics regarding visual communications. Techniques learned here can not only be applied as vocational skills, but the student is encouraged to pursue photography as a lifelong method of personal expression. Three credit hours. Offered Spring semester (d); offered Fall semester (w).

ART 298 SPECIAL TOPIC IN ART
(Topic to be specified each semester course offered.)

ART 305 MUSEUMS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
This course consists of lectures, symposia, publications and off-campus experience surrounding the visual and digital arts. By examining galleries, museums, alternative spaces, Internet resources and exhibition catalogs, which are venues for the expression of avant-garde forms of art, students will become familiar with current issues and practices in the visual arts. Two credit hours. Prerequisites: ART 2515 or GEN 230; and WRT 200. Offered as needed.

ART 320 PAINTING
A studio course providing basic instruction in painting techniques and pictorial organization. Three credit hours. Offered as needed.

ART 340 ADVANCED DRAWING
A continuation of ART 240, Drawing. A studio course designed to develop perceptual skills, critical judgment, and the ability to draw using a variety of mediums and subjects. Three credit hours. Prerequisite: ART 240. Offered as needed

ART 360 ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY
Further development of skills in color photography, picture composition, and lighting techniques. Features segments in various types of commercial photography, photo-journalism, fine art photography, and digital photography. Additional segments will emphasize studio lighting, medium and large format camera, as well as studio techniques. Three credit hours. Prerequisite: ART 260. Offered as needed.

ART 370 CERAMICS
A stuido course providing instruction in basic ceramic techniques and exploration of clay as a medium of artistic expression. Includes hand-building, throwing, glaze application, kiln loading, firing, and unloading. Three credit hours. Prerequisite: ART 230. Offered as needed.

ART 398 SPECIAL TOPIC IN ART
(Topic to be specified each semester course offered.)

ART 405 SENIOR EXHIBITION
A studio course designed to provide Visual and Digital Arts majors with the opportunity and challenge to create an exhibition of artwork as a culmination of course of study. Four credit hours. Prerequisite: Senior standing. Offered as needed.

ART 420 ADVANCED PAINTING
A continuation of ART 320, Painting. A stuido course designed to develop perceptual skills, critical judgment, and the ability to paint in oils. Three credit hours. Prerequisite: ART 320. Offered as needed.

ART 450 CONTEMPORARY ART
The study of art movements since 1940. Emphasis will be placed on how art expresss personal, social, and cultural experience. Inclucds slide lectures, discussions, art videos, and field trips. Three credit hours. Prerequisites: ART 100 or ART 214 or ART 215 or GEN 230; and Junior standing. Offered as needed.

ART 451 RENAISSANCE ART
An art history course providing an in-depth examination of Renaissance art and architecutre in Italy and Northern Europe. The developing art styles and masterworks will be seen in the context of social, political, and religious change. Includes slide lectures, art videocassette tapes, and field trip(s). Three credit hours. Prerequisites: ART 100 or ART 214 or ART 215 or GEN 230; and Junior standing. Offered as needed.

ART 452 WOMEN ARTISTS
An art history course surveying the contributions of women artists from 1750 to the present. Provides a feminist perspective on the discipline of art history and a consideration of issues of wormen's art-making in a male-dominated context. Three credit hours. Prerequisites: ART 100 or ART 214 or ART 215 or GEN 230; and Junior standing. Offered as needed.

ART 453 THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
A historical survey of the development for photography from its 19th century origins to contemporary practice. The course includes slide lectures, videotapes, and field trip(s). Three credit hours. Prerequisites: ART 100 or ART 214 or ART 215 or GEN 230; and Junior standing. Offered as needed.

ART 460 PHOTOGRAPHY: ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES
An advanced look at photography using alternative processing techniques. This course will show students that photography is a broad medium that encompasses a wide variety of techniques beyond that of black and white photography. Students will discuss where their inspiration comes from, initiate a plan for creating images using various lighting, camera, darkroom and digital techniques. Each assignment will profile a different technique including but not limited to: hand coloring, cyanotype, Platinum and Palladium printing, digital imaging, polaroid emulsion transfers, polaroid manipulations, pin hole photography and much more. Course work will include lectures, hands-on experience, demonstrations, studio experience, and off-campus field trips. Students will create an alternative processs notebook as well as a final portfolio. Three credit hours. Prerequisite: ART 260. Offered as needed.

ART 498 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN ART