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EN 237 - Studies in Romantic Literature
This course focuses on the major writers of the English Romantic Period, with emphasis on Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 238 - Studies in Victorian Literature
This course focuses on the social and intellectual problems of the Victorian Age seen through the chief novelists, poets, and essayists.
Four credits.
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EN 239 - Studies in Modern British Literature
This course focuses on the major writers and movements of the Edwardian and Georgian periods to 1936, with an emphasis on the Modernist literature by Conrad, Woolf, Eliot, Joyce, Yeats, and Lawrence.
Four credits.
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EN 240 - Studies in Postmodern British Literature
This course focuses on representative poetry, fiction, essays, and drama of the later twentieth century to the present, including such authors as Orwell, Auden, Pinter, Beckett, Thomas, Larkin, Waugh, Rhys, Lessing, Heaney, Stoppard, and McEwan.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 241 - Studies in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
This course focuses on representative 19th century writers such as Irving, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, and James.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST) and the Citizenship Learning Outcome (CITZ)
Four credits.
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EN 242 - Studies in Modern American Literature
This course focuses on representative poetry, fiction, and drama of the twentieth century including such authors as James, Wharton, Eliot, Frost, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Stevens, O’Neil, Hughes, Welty, Miller, and O’Connor.
Four credits.
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EN 243 - Studies in Postmodern American Literature
This course focuses on American writing from 1945 to the present, focusing on those works that challenge the premises of Modernism and examine contested identities that make up America.
Four credits.
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EN 244 - Literature and Gender
Focuses on literature that addresses some of the cultural meanings ascribed to being male and female, with an emphasis on literary genres and traditions and historical contexts. Because the course is taught differently by the several instructors who teach it, readings will vary. The course might be organized by a focus on a particular era (such as twentieth-century American literature) or by theme (such as gender and violence).
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 245 - Introduction to African-American Literature
This course focuses on the development of African-American literature from its beginnings to the present, with an emphasis on literary genres and traditions, and historical and cultural contexts.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST) and the Citizenship Learning Outcome (CITZ)
Four credits.
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EN 251 - Shakespeare
This course engages strudents in close reading of selected comedies, histories, and tragedies.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 252 - Milton
This course covers the major works of Milton, including Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes.
Four credits.
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EN 255 - Introduction to Postcolonial Literature
This course introduces students to the development of postcolonial literature as a genre that emerged following the end of the British Empire. It covers a range of periods and geographies: from 1947, when the British left India, to post 1960s, when they left Africa. It has now been expanded to include modern Empires such as the former Soviet republics, Latin America, and Ireland. The course includes contemporary Indian, African, and Caribbean literature as well as select canonical texts that can be read from a postcolonial perspective.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST) and the Citizenship Learning Outcome (CITZ)
Four credits.
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EN 261 - Beginning Acting
This course offers students an introduction to the basic vocal and physical techniques of acting with emphasis on the development of technical skills and the emotional and intellectual resources required in acting. Improvisations and theatre games are used extensively. Formal acting is explored through monologue and duet acting scenes. Cross-listed as FAS 261 .
Four credits.
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EN 262 - Beginning Directing
This course offers students an instruction and practical experience in the art of staging plays. Selection of materials, script analysis, casting, blocking, rehearsal procedure, and techniques of communication with the actor are explored. Directing methods are examined in a major scene prepared for presentation to the class. Cross-listed as FAS 262 .
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 307 - Special Topics in Writing
Sample Topics: Advanced Journalism
Four credits.
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EN 332 - Arthurian Legends in Literature
This course offers an overview of primary texts in the Arthurian Legends tradition focusing on the “historical” Arthur and the development of the tradition through the Middle Ages.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 333 - Special Topics in Medieval Literature
Sample Topics: The History of the English Language, Chaucer; Celtic Traditions.
Four credits.
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EN 334 - Special Topics in the Sixteenth Century
Sample Topics: Edmund Spenser; The Sonnet.
Four credits.
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EN 335 - Special Topics in the Seventeenth Century
Sample Topics: The Metaphysical Poets.
Four credits.
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EN 336 - Special Topics in the Eighteenth Century
Sample Topics: Jane Austen; Neo-classical Satire; Eighteenth Century Novel
Four credits.
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EN 337 - Special Topics in the Romantic Period
Sample Topics: The Gothic Novel; Mary Shelley and her Circle.
Four credits.
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EN 338 - Special Topics in the Victorian Period
Sample Topics: Gerard Manley Hopkins; Thomas Hardy; The Brontes.
Four credits.
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EN 339 - Special Topics in the Modern British Literature
Sample Topics: Bloomsbury: Virginia Woolf and Her Circle
Four credits.
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EN 340 - Special Topics in Postmodern British Literature
Sample Topics: Contemporary British Novel; Postcolonial Indian Literature.
Four credits.
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EN 341 - Special Topics in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Sample Topics: Whitman and Dickinson; American Transcendentalism; Hawthorne and Melville.
Four credits.
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EN 342 - Special Topics in Twentieth-Century American Literature
Sample Topics: The Harlem Renaissance; African-American Literature, 1930-1950; Willa Cather; Postmodern American Poetry.
Four credits.
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EN 344 - Literature of the Harlem Renaissance
This course offers a survey of the aesthetic, socio-political and ideological issues of the literature of the Harlem Renaissance, the period of African American letters between World Wars I and II.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST) and the Citizenship Learning Outcome (CITZ)
Four credits.
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EN 345 - Progress and Nostalgia: Mid-Victorian Britain in History and Literature
The period between 1851-1867 constituted the high noon of Victorian England, an era when Britain enjoyed unprecedented stability and prosperity. Beneath the equipoise of these years, however, great changes took place, and Victorians attempted to deal with what they saw as the transition from the medieval to the modern world. This course identifies several areas in which significant change occurred, such as politics, art, and religion and others. Within the selected areas, students will learn to appreciate the great literature of the period and examine the historical forces influencing the art, culture and people of the mid-Victorian period. Cross-listed as HI 345 .
Four credits.
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EN 351 - The Brontes
The Brontës focuses on intensive literary analysis of the poetry and novels of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte, three important English writers of the nineteenth-century. The course studies Anne’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Emily’s Wuthering Heights, and Charlotte’s Jane Eyre and Villette. Also included are selections of Brontë juvenalia, Emily Brontë’s poetry, and the biography, The Life of Charlotte Brontë, written by Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell.
Four credits.
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EN 354 - Introduction to Literary Theory
Students in this course will engage in the general principles and trends in the theory and criticism of literature from antiquity to the twenty-first century, including classical rhetoric, formalism, structuralism, post structuralism, new historicism, and gender studies.
Four credits.
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EN 355 - Introduction to General Linguistics
This course is designed to provide students with a grasp of fundamental linguistic principles, concentrating on the grammar of English. It emphasizes the analysis of English according to the traditional, structural, and generative transformational approaches. Included are the implications of applied English linguistics for teachers, literary scholars, and other professionals.
Four credits.
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EN 356 - History of the English Language
The historical development of the English language: the phonological, morphological, and syntactic changes through the centuries governed by language laws and foreign influences.
Four credits.
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EN 363 - Topics in the History of the Theatre
In this course various phases of theatre development are studied. Representative plays are read as examples for discussion. Sample topics: American Drama and Culture, European Masters of Drama, American Playwrights since 1945, Great Ages of the Theatre. Cross-listed as FAH 363 .
Four credits.
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EN 370 - Special Topics in Irish Literature
Sample Topics: Contemporary Irish Fiction; Yeats and the Irish Literary Revival; Anglo-Irish Literature; Contemporary Irish Poetry.
Four credits.
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EN 373 - Special Topics in Literary Genres
Sample Topics: Tragedy: Theory and Practice; Psychological Fiction
Four credits.
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EN 374 - Special Topics in Literary Theory/Criticism
Sample Topics: Contemporary Theory.
Four credits.
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EN 400 - Independent Study
During their course of studies English majors may take up to two independent study courses arranged with an individual professor. The proposed independent study must be designed in cooperation with the professor and approved by the Department Chair
Four credits.
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EN 475 - English Senior Seminar
Required of all senior majors, this requires each student to write and present a thesis on a single major work. The seminar encourages coordination of literary knowledge by bringing literary theory, history, and criticism into conjunction with one another.
Four credits.
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EN 481-482 - Internship
Student-originated internships, supervised by the English Department, in areas of communication, publishing, journalism, and theatre.
Four credits.
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Fine Arts |
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FAH 101 - Introduction to Art
An introduction to the language and history of the visual arts, including the visual elements, media and methods used by artists, and a chronological survey of the major periods, artists and works in the history of art. Open to students from all backgrounds with no previous experience in the visual arts necessary. (Formerly FA 101)
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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FAH 110 - Introduction to Architecture
An introduction to the history of architecture, urban planning and the built environment from antiquity to the present day. The course examines the descriptive terminology of architecture, the basics of materials and structural design, modes of architectural representation, and the development of historical styles and building typologies. Topics include “the architect” in history, the development of landscape architecture, and architectural theory and criticism. Field trips will be required. No previous experience in the visual arts necessary. (Formerly FA 110)
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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FAH 207 - Survey of the Archaeology of Rome
A survey of the major sites and monuments of the ancient Roman World. The course pays special attention to how archeology relates to other approaches to the study of classical antiquity e.g. history, art history, and philological studies. Cross-listed as CL 278 .
Four credits.
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FAH 210 - Art and Architecture of the Ancient World
A survey of Egyptian, Greek, and Roman art and architecture within the historical context of the political, religious, and social practices of each culture. Topics include the depiction of the human figure, representation of mythological and historical subjects and the development of sacred and secular building types. Cross-listed as CL 210 . (Formerly FA 210)
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST) and the Citizenship Learning Outcome (CITZ)
Four credits.
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FAH 212 - Art & Architecture of the Middle Ages
A survey of art and architecture examining the foundations of Early Christianity, the Byzantine Empire, and Western European cultures through the fourteenth century. Topics include the development of distinctive iconographies, styles, techniques, and building types to meet the needs of the religious and secular society. (Formerly FA 212)
Note: Meets Historical Reasoning Learning Outcome (HIST)
Four credits.
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FAH 214 - Italian Renaissance Art
A survey of Italian art and architecture ca. 1300-1590. Discussions will consider works of art in their social, cultural, and historical contexts, with special attention given to the materials and methods of art; the role of art in contemporary life; patronage and collecting; and the social status of the artist. Subjects will include major masters, such as Giotto, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Titian, as well as historiographic concepts of “the Renaissance” and artistic genius. (Formerly FA 214)
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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FAH 216 - Art in the Age of Spectacle: The 17th Century from Caravaggio to Vermeer
An examination of 17th-century European painting, sculpture and architecture within the religious, political, urban, and domestic spheres of society. Topics include artists such as Caravaggio, Bernini, Rubens, Velázquez, Poussin, Rembrandt and Vermeer; the roles of art patrons, collectors and critics; urbanism and town planning; the development of art academies; and the art-historical notion of “baroque style.” (Formerly FA 216)
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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FAH 218 - Revolutions in Art: Nineteenth Century Art
An examination of revolutionary changes in painting, sculpture, and architecture, the changing role of the artist in society from courtier to critic to activist and mystic recluse. Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Naturalism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism are among the movements studied. (Formerly FA 218)
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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FAH 220 - New Ways of Seeing: Twentieth Century Art
A study of revolutionary individuals and movements in the visual arts of the 20th century, including Fauvism, Cubism, Expressionism, Constructionism, Dadaism, the Bauhaus, and Surrealism. Emphasis on European works up to 1945. (Formerly FA 220)
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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FAH 222 - Contemporary Art
An exploration of contemporary trends in the visual arts and of the role of the artist in society from 1945 to the present with emphasis on American art. Areas of study will include Abstract Expressionism, Pop art, Minimalism, Conceptualism, Earthworks, Neo-expressionism, video, performance art, Post-modernism, and the breaking of traditional media boundaries. (Formerly FA 222)
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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FAH 230 - The Arts of the United States and the Americas
Aspects of the American experience as reflected in painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography from the colonial period to the end of World War II. Major artists, themes, and movements in the United States with consideration of artistic developments throughout the Americas. (Formerly FA 230)
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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FAH 240 - Islamic Art and Architecture
An introduction to Islamic art and architecture and its global impact from the 7th century to the present. A study of the historical development of Islamic Art in specific Islamic regions including: Egypt, Iraq, Spain, Morocco, Turkey, India, and Central Asia. Art forms to be considered include painting, book illustration, calligraphy, metalwork, ceramics, textiles, architecture of the mosques and madrasa, and garden design. (Formerly FA 234)
Four credits.
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FAH 250 - Special Topics: Asian Art
Four credits.
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FAH 258 - History of Photography
An introductory chronological survey of the history of photography as a revolutionary new art form from its 19th century origins to the present. This course will address critical and historical “readings” of content, style and techniques of photographs in various cultures and time periods, including digital images in contemporary photography. Emphasis on photography as an art with some consideration of photojournalism and advertising. Lecture and discussion. (Formerly FAH 360)
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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FAH 260 - The Cinematic Eye - A History of Film to 1945
A study of the history of film (motion pictures) as an art form from its origins to the end of World War II. Focus will primarily be on influential European and American films, and major advancements in filmmaking techniques as well as the significance of a film for the society of its time. Different genres of film will be explored as well as the work of major individual directors. (Formerly FA 240)
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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FAH 262 - Contemporary Film - 1945 to the Present
A study of American and foreign cinema in the post World War II era. The interaction of film and society, as well as specific genres and directors will be considered. (Formerly FA 242)
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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FAH 264 - Special Topics: The Family in Art and Film
Four credits.
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FAH 270 - Special Topics: Women Artists
Four credits.
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FAH 275 - Special Topics: Landscape & Art: Nature and Human Culture
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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FAH 277 - Survey of the Archaeology of Greece
A survey of the major sites and monuments of ancient Greece. The course pays special attention to how archaeology relates to other approaches to the study of classical antiquity, e.g. history, art history, and philological studies. Cross-listed as CL 277 . (Formerly FAH 206)
Four credits.
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FAH 310 - Studies in Architecture
An advanced exploration of the history of architecture and urbanism. Topics vary between historical periods, architects, building types, and geographical locations or themes within the history of architecture. Students will complete research projects concerning specific problems in the history of architecture. (Formerly FA 310)
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): FAH 110 or permission of the instructor.
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FAH 312 - History of Modern Architecture
The course examines the clash between the progressives, those who embraced the new technologies and the search for a distinctively modern style, and the traditionalists who tried to stem the tide. It also studies problems in housing, high-rise buildings and urban design brought to the fore by the effects of industrialization. (Formerly FA 224)
Four credits.
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FAH 315 - Michelangelo and his World
A seminar exploring Michelangelo’s life and work as a painter, sculptor, architect, and poet, as well as his relationships with family, friends, enemies, and powerful patrons. We examine the social, political, and religious influences on the daily life and creative achievements of Michelangelo and his contemporaries, and consider how the legends of Michelangelo’s terribilità (terrible genius) have shaped our understanding of the visual arts, the cult of genius, and the genre of biography throughout history and today.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits
Prerequisite(s): EN 105
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FAH 363 - Topics in the History of the Theatre
Various phases of theatre development are studied. Representative plays are read as examples for discussion. Sample Topics: American Drama and Culture, European Masters of Drama, American Playwrights since 1945, Great Ages of the Theatre. Cross-listed as EN 363 .
Four credits.
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FAH 400 - Independent Study
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FAH 401 - Independent Study - Thesis Research
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FAH 490 - Senior Seminar
(Formerly FA 480)
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FAH 492 - Internship (one semester)
(Formerly FA 481)
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FAH 493 - Internship (one of two semesters)
(Formerly FA 481)
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FAH 494 - Internship (one of two semesters)
(Formerly FA 482)
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FAS 103 - Creativity
In this course, students will gain an understanding of creativity through study of the scientific, artistic and spiritual approaches. Study of these disciplines will be used to strengthen students’ commitment to and practice of creativity in the arts and sciences and in the art of living. (Formerly FA 130)
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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FAS 110 - Drawing I
A beginning level course open to students with little or no visual arts experience. The methods of rendering a variety of subjects, including still- life, portrait and human figure in a variety of drawing media. The works and techniques of contemporary and historical artists are examined through lecture, demonstration, independent research and master copies. Studio and materials fees charged. (Formerly FA 176)
Four credits.
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FAS 210 - Drawing II
A continuing examination of the techniques and principles of organization which were introduced in Drawing I. The course will be divided into four focus areas-the human figure and portraiture with emphasis on anatomical structures; the enclosed environment; the open-air environment; and independent creative investigations. Slide lectures and discussion. Studio and materials fees charged. (Formerly FA 376)
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): FAS 110 or permission of the instructor.
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FAS 212 - Special Topics: Illustration
Four credits.
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FAS 220 - Painting I
The principles of color theory and composition are explored in this introduction to the materials and tools of oil painting. Students work from life to create still-lifes, portraits, human figure studies, and landscapes. Studio work is complemented by readings, critical writings, museum visits, and discussion of artistic works of the past and present. In addition to the studio and materials fee, students are responsible for purchase of canvas, brushes and some supplies. (Formerly FA 250)
Four credits.
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FAS 230 - Printmaking: Monotype, Relief, Collagraphy
This studio course covers printmaking theory and technique through lectures, demonstrations, critiques, and individual print lab time. Students will develop imagery through an exploration of historical and contemporary art and culture and will complete a portfolio of several original images by the end of the semester. Using the state of the art Whelen XPress Intaglio Press as well as hand printing methods, students will make multiple original prints through several processes including monotype printing, relief (linoleum and wood block), and collagraphy (building image plates through collage techniques. Individual lab time is required. Students will learn to demonstrate proper studio method including the safe handling and cleaning of tools, materials, and equipment as well as studio etiquette. Studio and materials fees charged. (Formerly FA 254)
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FAS 240 - Darkroom Photography
An introduction to black-and-white photography, including the history, technique, and aesthetics of photography. Students are taught to operate an adjustable 35mm file camera, develop black-and-white film, and make prints. Students are expected to have their own manually operated 35mm cameras. Studio and materials fees charged. (Formerly FA 256)
Four credits.
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FAS 245 - Digital Photography
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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FAS 250 - Three-Dimensional Design
An introduction to three-dimensional design as it relates to structure, process, continuity, relationships, functions, psychological necessity, and the view of total design with its environmental implications. Students will be required to solve a series of design problems utilizing hands-on materials and 3-D computer graphics. The course may serve as a foundation for sculpture, engineering, and structural design. Studio and materials fees charged. (Formerly FA 277)
Four credits.
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FAS 252 - Sculpture
Explores principles of three-dimensional work in the sculpture studio. Elements such as mass, space, time, and motion will be examined as they relate to such design concepts as scale, rhythm, balance, and contrast. Students work primarily with clay but a variety of materials including light-weight wire, metal, wood, paper, and plastic are introduced. Studio and materials fees charged. Studio and materials fees charged. (Formerly FA 274)
Four credits.
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FAS 260 - Ceramics I
This introduction to ceramics is a hands-on, studio-based course and leads to the completion of a group of ceramic artworks. Students will learn the basics of hand building, the potter’s wheel, kiln firing, glazing and surface embellishment. Class time is comprised of instructor demonstrations, group critiques, and individual studio work. Projects will stress the sculptural potential of clay in addition to the aesthetic merits of functional vessel making. Studio and materials fees charged.
Four credits.
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FAS 261 - Beginning Acting
An introduction to the basic vocal and physical techniques of acting with emphasis on the development of technical skills and emotional and intellectual resources required for acting. Improvisations and theatre games are used extensively. Formal acting is explored through monologue and duet acting scenes. Cross-listed as EN 261 . (Formerly FA 261)
Four credits.
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FAS 270 - Visual Communication
An introduction to forms of visual communication in contemporary society, highlighting the creative, informative, and persuasive images in print media, computer graphics, and publishing. Students are introduced to Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator software. The format of the class includes Lecture and studio projects and sometimes a Service Learning component. Materials fees charged. (Formerly FA 278)
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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FAS 272 - Digital Art & Imaging I
An introduction to the use of the computer as an artistic instrument. The intent of this class is to provide students with the fundamental information and skills needed to analyze and produce digital media and apply those skills to both fine art and commercial environments. Creative and expressive approaches are favored. Materials fees charged. (Formerly FA 266)
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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FAS 274 - Graphic Design I
Combining studio work with classroom instruction and group critiques, students will learn fundamentals of design theory and typography. Students will gain competency in industry standard software such as Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator and will use analytical thinking and problem solving skills to produce creative, communicative design layouts and presentations in various media including both digital and traditional printmaking output. Professional opportunities in the design field will be presented. Materials fees charged. (Formerly FA 276: Color and Design)
Four credits.
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FAS 320 - Special Topics: Painting II
Four credits.
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FAS 322 - Special Topics: Painting as Narrative
Four credits.
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FAS 330 - Special Topics: Printmaking: Intaglio and Alternative Processes
Four credits.
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FAS 340 - Intermediate Photography
A continuation of FAS240 and FAS245. Technical goals include the ability to use different films or ISO settings properly, control contrast and exposure to produce fine quality silver or digital prints. Darkroom students will be introduced to elements of digital photography while digital students will collaborate with silver students to get experience with darkroom photography. Emphasis is on a personal vision and making clear statements through the editing and sequencing photographs. Students will work on proposing and finalizing a large final project in either digital or silver master photographer and a service-learning project providing photographic services to a venue of your choice is required. Studio and materials fee charged. (Formerly FA 356)
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): FAS 240 or FAS245 or permission of instructor.
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FAS 342 - Photo Media: Analog Digital
This course is an exploration of analog silver-based photography into digital imaging and print production. Emphasis is placed on conceptual problem solving through conventional and experimental methods. In this studio class, through a variety of visual problems, students will learn the basic elements of exposure and development through the use of the large format camera (4X5), as well as large format scanning, digital image editing and print production. A variety of software programs pertaining to the medium will be utilized, as well as input and output devices. The goal of this course is to begin to develop creative imaging skills in graphic systems. This course makes use of the studio environment, both traditional analog (hand-made) and digital, assigned readings and discussions and visual presentations. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Photographic imaging will be addressed as a process, a sequence of steps taken toward the final production of a work of art or photograph, requiring creative problem solving, methods and critical thinking. Studio and materials fee charged.
Four credits.
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FAS 356 - Special Topics: Mixed Media
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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FAS 360 - Special Topics: Ceramics II
Four credits.
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FAS 372 - Digital Art & Imaging II
A continuing investigation into the use of the computer as an artistic instrument. The intent of this project-oriented class is to provide students with intermediate and advanced information and skills needed to analyze and produce digital media and apply those skills to both fine art and commercial environments. We will also explore the art of storytelling, abstraction, metaphor, and narrative language. Materials fees charged. (Formerly FA 367)
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): FAS 270 , or FAS 272 , or FAS 376 , or permission of instructor.
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FAS 374 - Special Topics: Graphic Design II
Four credits.
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FAS 375 - Typography and Design
Students will learn fundamentals of typography including history, theory, semiotics, page layout, communication design, identity, letterform design and experimental contexts of typography such as: type as art object, symbol and cultural element, type as expression and type as personal voice. Students will gain competency in digital typography and graphic design using industry standard software such as Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. No experience necessary.
Four credits.
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FAS 376 - Art and Design for the Web
An introduction to media development and artful design for the world wide web and electronic publishing highlighting the creative, aesthetic, historical, and theoretical aspects of informational systems. No HTML or scripting required. Students will have the opportunity to develop graphics, web pages, and web sites utilizing Adobe Creative Suite, After Effects, and Dreamweaver. Class format includes: lectures, and critiques (Formerly FA 368)
Four credits.
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FAS 378 - Motion Art
An examination of the procedural, historical, and conceptual aspects of motion in media including motion graphics, animation, and video. The course focuses on motion art design principles and introduces two animation and video authoring software applications: Adobe Flash and Final Cut Pro. Adobe After Effects software will be introduced for use in type animation. Students will have the opportunity to develop a variety of creative products that incorporate animation and videography with an emphasis on display on the Web, including stop motion techniques. The art of storytelling, abstraction, metaphor, and narrative language will also be explored. No previous programming knowledge required. (Formerly FA 369)
Four credits.
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FAS 400 - Independent Study
Four credits.
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FAS 401 - Independent Study - Thesis Studio
Four credits.
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FAS 491 - Professional Studio Practice
Four credits
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