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2020-2021 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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ENL 364 - Feature Story and Article Writing Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 262
An exploration of the problems and principles of such feature story modes as profiles, how-to articles, narrative adventures, humor, news features, investigative reporting, interpretive and analytic reporting, opinion columns, and editorials.
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ENL 365 - Community & Envir Report Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Studying and reporting on ways in which communities see themselves and their environments, and ways in which these self-images lead to specific policies and actions. This course focuses on researching and writing and explores the rhetorical situation for the reporter and the treatment meted out to nature.
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ENL 366 - Creative Writing: Forms of Fiction Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
Exploration of the forms of fiction and how a writer’s creative choices with regard to form determine characterization, dialogue, plot, and narration. Assignments will include writing various creative pieces. Forms include, but are not limited to, the paragraph, the short story, the novella, and the novel.
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ENL 367 - Multimodal Writing: Theory and Practice Credits 3
Lecture
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor.ENL 367
Exploration of the intersections of multimodal writing theory and practice. Students produce and analyze multimodal texts - documents that variously employ writing, images, audio, and video, often in combination. Students will use and critically examine a variety of digital capture and editing technologies. No previous technology experience required; all necessary skills will be taught.
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ENL 368 - Internet Communications and Culture Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
Introduction to Internet communications and culture. The course focus will change with the instructor, but topics may include Internet Cultural Production and the Global Digital Divide; Cyborg Communications; Uploading Identity, Downloading Decrepitude; Augmented Reality, or the Composition of Everyday Life.
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ENL 369 - Document Design Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
Principles of document design, a genre of professional writing using industry-standard design and publishing software and techniques. Emphasis is on learning fundamentals of page layout and design: combining textual and graphical components (including color, illustrations, photography, and typography) to create organized, readable, and inviting professional-quality documents.
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ENL 370 - Women, Writing, and the Media Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
Studying and writing about issues related to gender, gender-specific language, and the representation of women in various forms of media. The course focuses on discovering, exploring, researching, and writing about women’s issues. Cross listed as WGS 370 Cross-listed with WGS 370
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ENL 372 - Writing about Popular Culture Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
Studying, thinking critically, and writing about popular culture and issues arising from it. This course involves exploring, researching and writing about such diverse and interconnected cultural elements as literature, politics, media, religion, science, food, fashion, sports, and the arts.
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ENL 373 - World Cinema I: Origins to New Wave Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 101 & ENL 102 or permission of instructor
A study of the international emergence and evolution of narrative film as a major genre of story-telling, from its origins in late 19th century photographic technology through its maturation in the mid-20th century. Through a combination of readings, film-viewing, and Internet research, students study the impact of technological change on the film medium, the development of film theory and aesthetics, major historical movements like German Expressionism and Italian Neorealism, and the impact of such seminal figures as Griffith, Eisenstein, Renoir, Welles, Bergman, Kurosawa, Hitchcock, and Fellini.
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ENL 374 - World Cinema II: New Wave to the Present Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 102; ENL 373 recommended, not required
A continuation of ENL 373, focusing on developments in film production, theory, and criticism since 1960. As in ENL 373 course materials include readings, films, and Internet resources. Among the topics are the French New Wave and its influence on European and American film, the emergence of Third World cinemas, post-modern theory and criticism, and the work of important contemporary filmmakers like Godard, Bunuel, Fellini, Tarkovsky, Wertmuller, Wenders, Altman, Scorsese, Nair, Lee, Zhang, Campion, and Tarantino.
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ENL 375 - Modern and Contemporary British Fiction Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258
British fiction written between 1900 and the present. Students will examine the development of the novel and the short story form. Writers studies may include Conrad, Lawrence, Woolf, Joyce, Mansfield, Forster, Rhys, Ford, Spark, Murdoch, Phillips, Rushdie, Kureishi, Ishiguro, McEwan, and Smith.
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ENL 376 - Digital Filmmaking I Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite:Major in English and ENL 260; or Minor in Writing, Rhetoric and Communication and ENL 264, 265, 266 or 260; or Minor in Communication and ENL 264, 265, 266 or 260; or LAR-BA
Introduces aspiring filmmakers to the basic process and techniques of filmmaking with digital video cameras, including filming, writing, directing, editing, and production managing film production projects. Students work towards producing digital video content and a production book documenting their efforts in the planning and implementation of their project. Cross-listed with BLS 376
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ENL 377 - Topics:Film & Video Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
Advanced and specialized studies in film (e.g., Shakespeare on Film) or in video production; topic selected by the instructor. May be repeated with change of topic.
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ENL 378 - Screenwriting Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 260
An introduction to the principles of dramatic film writing, with emphasis on structure and form from treatment to finished script.
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ENL 379 - Playwriting Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite:Major in English and ENL 260; or Minor in Writing, Rhetoric and Communication and ENL 264, 265, 266 or 260; or Minor in Communication and ENL 264, 265, 266 or 260; or LAR-BA
A comprehensive experience in the art and craft of dramatic writing. Students will engage in creating and developing an original one-act play, with an emphasis on scene and character development. Students will work toward preparing a public reading of the play.
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ENL 380 - Magazine Writing Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 262 or ENL 363 or 369
Advanced writing course with a focus on magazine writing. Students will work in a collaborative environment to research, write, proof, copyedit, and deliver stories for a magazine. The process of pitching & writing for popular, specialized, small & wide-circulation magazines will be covered, as well as the broader aspects of the publishing market.
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ENL 385 - Topics in Multicultural Literature Credits 3
Lecture
Requirements: Prereqs: ENL 101,102
Special topics course in multicultural American Literature, offering a directed approach to literature by multiethnic or African American authors. Topics might focus on a specific historical era or literary movement (like the Harlem Renaissance), a particular cultural group (like African American, Native American, Chicano/a, Jewish, Indian-American, etc.), a genre, or an individual theme in multicultural American literature. The course can be repeated for credit with different topic.
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ENL 388 - Literary Methods Credits 3.00
Lecture
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 102, ENL 258; ENL 259 preferred
Topics-based research and writing methods course for literary studies. The course develops students’ skills in literary analysis, argument, and research-based writing. Topics are used to introduce students to evaluative and critical reading and writing practices in literary studies, with a primary focus on developing research and writing skills, from proposing and revising fruitful research questions and topics, to exploring different lines of inquiry, to conducting various types of literary research, to understanding and critiquing secondary and primary sources, and ultimately to dev eloping individual research-based literary analyses. A key focus is on writing, revision, and original inquiry. ENL 388 counts for US 1C and is required of all literature majors.
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ENL 390 - Topics in Literary Studies Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
Advanced study in a topic concerning literary texts in any genre, literary history, or literary culture. Areas of focus may include genre studies, literary theory of criticism or other aspect(s) of the creation, production, reception or consumption of literature. Past topics have included: The American Immigrant Experience, Literary Nonfiction, Reading and Writing Nature and Utopian Dreams, among others.
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ENL 396 - Directed Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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ENL 397 - Internship Credits 3.00
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 260
Internship opportunities in the public and private sector. Students will augment their internship with on campus seminar meetings and assignments designed to integrate the student’s real-world experience with the academic discipline. Typical internships are with organizations in publishing, government, media, journalism, software, public relations, and a variety of public and non-profit areas.
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ENL 400 - Seminar in American Literature Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258, 259, and 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
The particular topic of each seminar is announced immediately before each registration period.
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ENL 401 - Seminar in 19th Century American Literature Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
The particular topic of each seminar is announced immediately before each registration period.
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ENL 402 - Seminar in 20th Century American Literature Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258, 259, and 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
The particular topic of each seminar is announced immediately before each registration period.
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ENL 403 - Seminar in an American Author Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258, 259, and 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
The particular topic of each seminar is announced immediately before each registration period. Cross-listed with WMS 403
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ENL 410 - Sem:Brit Lit before 17 Cen Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258, 259, and 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
The particular topic of each seminar is announced immediately before each registration period.
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ENL 411 - Seminar in 17th Century British Literature Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258, 259, and 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
The particular topic of each seminar is announced immediately before each registration period.
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ENL 413 - Sem:19 Cent British Lit Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258, 259, and 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
The particular topic of each seminar is announced immediately before each registration period.
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ENL 414 - Sem:20 Cent British Lit Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258, 259, and 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
The particular topic of each seminar is announced immediately before each registration period.
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ENL 415 - Seminar in a British Author Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258, 259, and 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
The particular topic of each seminar is announced immediately before each registration period.
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ENL 421 - Sem:American Lit Theme Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258, 259, and 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
Seminar in an American Literature theme. Cross-listed with WGS 421
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ENL 422 - Sem:British Lit Theme Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258, 259, and 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
The particular topic of each seminar is announced immediately before each registration period.
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ENL 424 - Seminar in Genre Studies Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258, 259, and 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
The particular topic of each seminar is announced immediately before each registration period. Cross-listed with WGS 424
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ENL 425 - Seminar in Comparative Literature Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258, 259, and 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
The particular topic of each seminar is announced immediately before each registration period.
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ENL 450 - Advanced Poetry Workshop Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 257, 258, and 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
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ENL 451 - Advanced Fiction Workshop Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 257, 258, and 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
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ENL 452 - Playwriting Workshop Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 257, 258, and 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
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ENL 453 - Advanced Writing Workshop Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study
Seminar / 3 hours per week
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ENL 454 - Advanced Journalism Workshop Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prereqs: ENL 257, 258, 260
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ENL 491 - Honors Study: Literature Credits 3
Independent Study / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258, 259, and 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
Multi-Term Course: Not Graded
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ENL 492 - Honors Thesis: Literature Credits 3
Independent Study / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258, 259, and 260; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
Multi-Term Course: Not Graded
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ENL 493 - Honors Study: Writing Credits 3
Independent Study / 3 hours per week
Multi-Term Course: Not Graded
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ENL 494 - Honors Paper: Writing Credits 3
Independent Study / 3 hours per week
Multi-Term Course: Not Graded
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ENL 495 - Independent Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Requirements: Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher, or permission of instructor, department chair, or college dean
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline’s course offerings. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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ENL 496 - Directed Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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ESL 100 - Basic English as a Second Language Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
An introductory review of English language, reading, writing, speaking, and study skills designed for non-native speakers of English. This course requires work in the language lab and the Writing/Reading Center as well as class. The course focuses on ESL readings, idiomatic usage, vocabulary building, grammar review, pronunciation, conversation, listening skills, and composition.
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ESL 101 - English as a Second Language Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
A writing course for non-native speakers who have developed basic proficiency in English. Students address rhetorical problems using complex syntactical and grammatical structures suitable for abstract thinking and academic discourse. Preparation for ENL 101.
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FIA 196 - Directed Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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FIA 221 - Figure Drawing: Form & Structure Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Introduction to the human figure, its gesture, rhythm, form, and structure. This course introduces essential perceptual, technical and formal skills that create the framework of learning to draw from a live model. Students learn various modes of observation, representation and expression.
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FIA 222 - Figure Drawing: Movement&Space Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Exploration of the human figure, its movement and form integrated within a spatial environment. Emphasis is placed on the development of visual literacy, critical analysis, and various modes of perception, representation, and expression. Selective visual decision-making concentrates on relationships of form and space.
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FIA 223 - Nature Drawing I Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Introduction to various methods and materials used to draw from nature. Students work from direct observation of flowers, plants, natural forms and animate objects. Students study form, space, perspective and composition. Various modes of perception, representation and expression are studied and explored.
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FIA 224 - Nature Drawing II Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Continued exploration of various methods and materials used to draw from nature. Students work from direct observation of flowers, plants, natural forms and inanimate objects, employing perspective and various compositional structures. Various modes of perception, representation and expression are studied and explored.
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FIA 225 - Object Drawing Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Exploration of a variety of perceptual problems involved in drawing natural and artificial inanimate objects. Students study form, space, perspective and composition. Various modes of perception, representation, and expression are explored.
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FIA 226 - Drawing: Idea,Image, & Process Credits 3
Studio with Lecture / 3 hours per week
Exploration of drawing as a creative process. Students are introduced to a wide range of drawing concepts, practices and media. Emphasis is placed on developing essential perceptual, technical, formal, analytical and critical skills through work in representation, abstraction, and from imagination. Students explore idea, image, formal elements and their interdependence, and various modes of idea-generation, observation, image-development and expression.
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FIA 227 - Drawing: Architecture, Perspective, & Space Credits 3
Studio / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Pre-req: Complete one course: FIA 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246
Exploration of spatial systems, perspective, architecture, and composition. Students investigate structure and space through various concepts and drawing approaches. Emphasis is placed on structural analysis, linear perspective, atmospheric perspective and composition. The development of essential perceptual, representational, technical, formal, analytical and critical skills.
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FIA 241 - Introduction to Painting/Color, Form and Space Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Introduction to color and the various methods and materials of painting that form the framework of learning to paint. Through work from direct observation of a variety of subjects students learn to integrate shape, value and color in the creation of pictorial space and form. Students acquire the fundamental perceptual, technical, design and critical skills necessary to work in painting and begin to develop an understanding of the media.
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FIA 242 - Introduction to Painting/Life Painting Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Introduction to color and the various methods and materials of painting that form the framework of learning to paint from direct observation from a live model. The focus is on acquiring the understanding of form and structure in relation to the surrounding space. Students learn various modes of observation, representation, composition and expression.
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FIA 243 - Watercolor Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Introduction to color and the various methods and materials of watercolor painting to develop works on paper from initial conception to final image. Students acquire the fundamental technical and critical skills necessary to work in watercolor and begin to develop their individual interests in the media. Students are encouraged to explore intensive personal experimentation with techniques, tools and various water-based media.
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FIA 244 - Introduction to Painting/Mixed Media Credits 3
Studio
Introduction to composition, color, space, and form through exploration of mixed-media techniques. Students use a range of materials and paint applications including collage and photo transfer. Explorations are done using an abstract visual language that promotes a sound understanding of compositional elements and structures.
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FIA 245 - Introduction to Painting/Abstraction Credits 3
Studio
Introduction to color and composition as they pertain to abstract work. Students explore formal elements such as shape, value, color, mark making and surface with paint and collage materials. Through their work with abstract concepts students investigate the 2-dimensional picture plane and compositional structures. Faculty discuss the work of 20th and 21st century abstract artists.
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FIA 246 - Introduction to Painting/Thematic Development Credits 3
Studio
Introduction to the development of personal ideas as they relate to painting. Students select a theme based on an objective source to research, generate, and manipulate that idea through a series of paintings. The course is designed to help each student establish an understanding of the importance of generating and developing ideas and concepts in their work. Students will be introduced to color, materials, and various approaches to painting as well as a range of compositional structures.
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FIA 281 - Printmaking I :Silkscreen Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Introduction to a wide range of stencil techniques including paper stencil, crayon, drawing fluid, and photo emulsion. Students produce editions of screen prints while experimenting with stencils methods and developing the mastery of this printing technique using water-based inks. At the end, each student will have a series of finished prints that demonstrate creativity and competence in the application of the newly acquired techniques.
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FIA 284 - Printmaking I: Etching Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Studio course in the techniques of creating artistic images on and printing from etching plates. Techniques such as drypoint, line etching, soft ground, and aquatint are applied. The resolution of imagery aesthetically as well as mastering various printing techniques will be stressed. Color and advanced printing methods are explored in the classroom.
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FIA 285 - Printmaking I :Lithography Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Introduction to the printmaking process of drawing creative imagery on lithographic stone and aluminum plate. Imagery composed and drawn in this process are chemically stabilized and printed. Techniques such as crayon drawing, acid tint, aluminum plate lithography and tusche wash are explored. Aesthetic values as well as technical mastery of this process are stressed.
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FIA 287 - Printmaking:Monotype Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Introduction to monotype or unique prints. Techniques involved in creating both color and black and white monotypes are shown such as subtractive, traced and additive. Photographic transfer is also demonstrated in this class and this allows the incorporation of appropriated, student designed or text into imagery. Composition and artistic aesthetic solutions are stressed in creating a portfolio of painterly prints.
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FIA 288 - Photo Processes & Printmaking Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Exploration of photo intaglio and 19th century photographic processes such as cyanotype and VanDyke brown. Students experiment with images from film based, digital or hand drawn sources. The pinhole camera is introduced as a tool for recording images. Various methods for making transparencies are explored. Light is the primary vehicle to generate images onto intaglio printing processes such as photo polymer. Students learn how to print intaglio plates including multiple-plates registration, chine-collŽ, color mixing and printing editions. No camera required.
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FIA 289 - Photo Process&Printmk II Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Continuation of artistic explorations between the media of photography and printmaking. Advanced technical information including antique photographic/printmaking processes are covered.
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FIA 291 - Intro to Sculpture: The Sculptural Object Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
A structured introduction to basic approaches of 3D design and sculptural building techniques. The course will enable the beginning student to explore a variety of media and gain fundamental skills in areas such as woodworking, welding, metal casting, mixed-media and new media.
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FIA 292 - Fabrication Techniques in Sculpture Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Development of 3D design skills and basic fabrication techniques to create dynamic sculptural form. Material, content, and personal interpretation will be discussed and traditional and contemporary approaches to 3D art making will be introduced in a structured studio environment.
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FIA 293 - Intro to Sculpture: The Figure 1: Clay Modeling Credits 3
Studio / 3 hours per week
Introduction to direct-observation figure modeling in clay and human anatomy. This course will help develop a student’s understanding of the human form in three-dimensions and inspire serious investigation into this universal subject matter. Mold-making and casting techniques, as well as mixed media approaches to figuration will be presented.
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FIA 294 - Body as Concept in Sculpture Credits 3
Studio / 3 hours per week
Three-dimensional exploration of the human figure within our cultural context. Anatomy, character development, traditional and current approaches to creating 3D form, mold-making and casting will be emphasized. Instruction in a variety of materials and techniques such as clay, paper, wax, glass and mixed media will be offered. Open individualized interpretation of figuration will be encouraged.
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FIA 296 - Directed Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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FIA 298 - Experience Program Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Requirements: Prerequisite: At least Sophomore standing, GPA 2.0 or greater. Permission of the instructor, department chair, and college dean.
Work experience at an elective level supervised for academic credit by a faculty member in an appropriate academic field. Conditions and hours to be arranged. Graded CR/NC. For specific procedures and regulations, see selection of catalogue on Other Learning Experiences. Cross-listed with FIA 900
Credit / No Credit
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FIA 300 - Advanced Color Theory Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Requirements: Prereq: FOU 110
Introduction to advanced Color Theory. This studio course discusses the work of major color theorists and applies their theories in a series of class assignments. Structural use of color, color psychology and historical and contemporary use of color are studied through various media.
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FIA 311 - Composition & Design Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Advanced exploration of compositional elements and structures in a lecture/studio course. The elements/structures are presented to students via PowerPoint presentations that show how they have been applied in the field of art throughout history. Their use is discussed within the larger context of understanding and applying them directly within the students’ major field of study. Students become fluent in the visual language of art and apply it in critiques of their work as well as that of others.
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FIA 321 - Figure Drawing: Light, Space, & Composition Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200 level Drawing Course
Exploration of light, space, and composition with the human figure. Emphasis is placed on the invention of space/depth in a drawing, the use of light to create the illusion of form and space, and the integration and anchoring of the figure and its surroundings in a well-considered composition. Students continue to develop visual literacy and critical analysis skills as well as explore various modes of perception, uses of light, compositional structures, and representation.
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FIA 322 - Figure Drawing: Concepts, Methods, and Themes in Figuration Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200 level Drawing Course
Investigation of concepts, themes, and methods in contemporary figuration. Emphasis is placed on the exploration of concept, representation, media, and process, as well as the development of an individual creative voice. Students continue to develop visual literacy and critical analysis skills as well as explore various modes of perception, representation, and expression in the context of figuration.
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FIA 325 - Drawing: Time, Space, & Meaning Credits 3
Studio with Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200 level Drawing Course
Exploration of contemporary drawing concepts, practices and media. Students investigate time, space and meaning through 2-d, 3-d and time based drawings, as well as the relationship of form, content and concept in the development of their individual work. Emphasis is placed on experimentation, process, expression and interpretation, and the continued development of essential perceptual, technical, formal, analytical and critical skills.
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FIA 331 - Drawing Studio III Credits 6
Studio
Requirements: FIA 331
Exploration of form, content, concept, process, formal issues, and composition in drawing. Students investigate, analyze and work with a wide range of subjects with an emphasis on the development of an identified direction in their studio work.
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FIA 332 - Drawing Studio IV Credits 3
Studio
Requirements: Prerequisite: FIA 331
In-depth investigation of single theme and the development of a consistent, cohesive, personal, and meaningful body of work. Concept, content, form, and process become a main focus as students continue and develop their understanding of formal issues, space, and composition.
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FIA 341 - Painting III Credits variable; 3.00 to 6.00
Studio / 6 hours per week
Requirements: Pre-req: Complete one course: FIA 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246
Exploration of color, composition, form and content in intermediate painting. Students work from nature, still life, the figure and abstract concepts with an emphasis on the development of an independent direction in their studio work.
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FIA 342 - Painting IV Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Requirements: Pre-req: Complete one course: FIA 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246
In-depth investigation of a single subject and the development of a consistent, cohesive, personal and meaningful body of work. Process and content become a main focus as students continue to develop their understanding of color, space and composition.
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FIA 380 - Relief Printmaking Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Construction of images by printing from various surfaces. Traditional woodcuts are featured as well as experiments with other possibilities of “Relief Type” surfaces.
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FIA 391 - Think it, Make it Credits variable; 3.00 to 6.00
Studio / 6 hours per week
Requirements: Pre-req: Complete one course: FIA 291, 292 or 293
Exploration of three-dimensional art making and instruction in traditional and contemporary approaches to sculpture. The development of technical skills and exposure to a wide range of processes will be the emphasis. Students explore their own ideas and interests through assignments designed for broad and individualized interpretation.
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FIA 392 - Sculpture IV: Communicate through Form, Material, and Space Credits 3
Studio / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Pre-req: Complete one course: FIA 291, 292 or 293
In-depth development of ideas, research methods and communication through 3D form. The interaction of form and content, refining skills, sophisticated techniques and a maturing sense of aesthetic direction will be the emphasis of the course. Current issues related to public art and contemporary sculpture will be addressed.
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FIA 396 - Directed Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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FIA 400 - Senior Seminar Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Preparation of Fine Arts students for the profession they will be entering. This includes: portfolio preparation; rŽsumŽ; artist statement; letter of intent; researching graduate programs and residencies; internships; documenting studio work; gallery contracts; artwork presentation and conservation issues.
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FIA 401 - Senior Capstone Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Learning through Engagement
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: FIA 400
Prepares students to engage in their Senior Capstone/Senior BFA Exhibition. BFA students synthesize and integrate skills achieved in major studio and university courses. Each student will create a comprehensive and cohesive body of visual work that will be exhibited in a professional community gallery venue.
Pass/Fail
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FIA 421 - Advanced Drawing Concepts Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 300-level Drawing course, or permission of instructor
Advanced drawing exploration and correlation of previous drawing experiences that manifest in a 2d or 3d approach. Emphasis is placed on conceptual investigation, expression, and interpretation. Students develop their personal vision, creative process, and independent, cross-disciplinary studio practice within the context of art history and contemporary art.
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FIA 422 - Advanced Drawing VI Credits 3
Studio / 6 hours per week
Requirements: Pre-req: Complete one course: FIA 321, 322, 323, 324 or 325
Advanced drawing exploration and further correlation of previous drawing experiences. Emphasis is placed on investigation, expression and interpretation. Students develop the critical skills necessary to cultivate their creative process and independent studio practice within the context of art history and contemporary art.
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FIA 423 - Advanced Drawing: Imaginative Drawing Credits 3
Studio with Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Pre-req: Complete one course: FIA 321, 322, 323, 324 or 325
Students to draw from previous drawing experience, while working from imagination, expression and interpretation of dreams, memory, doodles, and fantasies, including comic book narratives. Images in non-western cultures are analyzed. Working abstractly is explored and encouraged as part of the visual vocabulary in this course.
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FIA 431 - Drawing Studio V Credits 6
Studio
Exploration of advanced concepts in drawing with emphasis on the development of an independent direction in the student’s studio work. Individual critiques, presentations, and seminar discussions of contemporary issues in drawing are held throughout the course.
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FIA 432 - Drawing Studio VI Credits 3
Studio
Requirements: Prerequisite: FIA 431
Continuation of advanced concepts in drawing. Individual critiques, presentation, and seminar discussions of contemporary issues in drawing promote the students’ development of a consistent, cohesive, personal, and meaningful body of work for their capstone exhibition.
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FIA 441 - Painting V Credits variable; 3.00 to 6.00
Studio / 6 hours per week
Requirements: Pre-req: Complete one course: FIA 341 or 342
Exploration of advanced problems in painting with an emphasis on the development of an independent direction in their studio work. Individual critiques and seminar discussions of contemporary issues in painting are presented.
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FIA 442 - Painting VI Credits variable; 3.00 to 6.00
Studio / 600 hours per week
Requirements: Pre-req: Complete one course: FIA 341 or 342
Continuation of advanced problems in painting. Students gradually work more independently in the studio. Individual critiques and discussions of contemporary issues in painting assist students in preparation to develop a consistent, cohesive, personal and meaningful body of work for their final senior exhibition.
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FIA 491 - Sculpture V: Senior Experience I Credits variable; 3.00 to 6.00
Studio
Requirements: Prerequisite: FIA 391 or FIA 392
Advanced exploration in sculptural processes with an emphasis on the development of an independent direction in their studio work. Each student’s individual expression will determine the exploration of materials, processes and themes. Demonstrations on contemporary trends in media/technology, individual critiques and discussions on contemporary issues in sculpture will be presented.
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FIA 492 - Sculpture VI: Senior Experience II Credits 3
Studio
Requirements: Prerequisite: FIA 391 or FIA 392
A continuation of advanced study in personal content, research methods and thedevelopment of an individual vocabulary in sculpture. Independent studio work coupled with regular individual critiques will support each student as they prepare a consistent, cohesive, and meaningful body of work for their final senior BFA exhibition. No prerequisites, C.
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FIA 494 - On Creativity: China Credits 3
Lecture
Introduction to the art, culture, and commerce of East Asia. This seminar course will include a study abroad component. Students examine culture, geography, and conceptual spaces through seminar preparation, travel, field studies, and cross-disciplinary critiques. Students gain an understanding of the context of Chinese cultural history and contemporary society to inform and expand their own research and creativity.
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FIA 495 - Independent Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline’s course offerings. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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FIA 496 - Directed Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
Graded
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