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500 Art Seminar (3)
Special topics to be announced for studio and art history. Offered periodically as appropriate. PREREQ: Permission of instructor.

516-517 Painting I-II (3)
Extensive experimentationin studio problems and directions. The strategies of technique and a personal style are explored. Each section of this course varies with the instructor.

520 Painting: Independent Projects (3)
Individualized instruction at an advanced level. Development of professional, personal, and imaginative statements leading to formation of the student's pictorial identity.

521 Sculpture I (3)
Introduction to sculpture via the fundamentals of 3-D design. Use of basic tools, development of skills, techniques, and processes in creating sculpture. Projects in plaster, clay, stone, and wood.

525 Multimedia Workshop in Sculpture III (3)
Fabrication methods and techniques, using wood, plastic, and various metals.

531 Ceramics I (3)
Ceramic techniques and aesthetics of clay, leading toward development of creative expression. Exercises in hand-built and wheel thrown forms. Formulation of clay bodies, glaze bodies, and calculations; loading and kiln firming techniques. Also, basic exercises for elementary and secondary teaching levels.

532 Ceramics II (3)
Further development of expression for those who have mastered basic ceramic processes. Research in clay bodies, glaze chemistry, firing techniques, and kiln construction. Creative problems.

533 Ceramics: Studio Problems (3)
Individual projects involving the total or specialized areas of the ceramic process. Practical experience through helping to maintain the ceramic complex.

534 Ceramics: Independent Projects (3)

541 Printmaking: Relief, Independent Projects (3)
Advancedstudy with individualized instruction. Collagraph, lino-cut, and woodcut techniques. Combining various printing processes with relief printmaking.

546 Drawing: Independent Projects (3)
Advanced study with individualized instruction. Emphasis on professional, personal, and imaginative statements leading to the student's iconographic identity.

547 Two-Dimensional Design: Independent Projects (3)
Advanced study with individualized instruction. Design elements and analytical principles of organization. Emphasis on professional, personal, and creative statements leading to (formation of) professional employment.

549 Graphic Design: Independent Projects (3)
Advanced study with individualized instruction. Developing means for solving communication problems of diverse character with emphasis on practical application. Projects are refined into portfolio presentations for professional employment.

551 Art Education in the Elementary School (3)
Current trends in art education for the elementary school.

565 Crafts: Independent Projects (3)
Projects involve varied media and their techniques and processes. Exploration of 2-D and 3-D crafts and their application in recreational and elementary school programs.

566 Crafts: Weaving I (3)
Basic techniquesof weaving are explored with emphasis on fabric design and craftmanship.

590 Independent Studies in Art (1-3)

414 Research and Methodology (3)

Introduction to basic research methods and the use of reference material relevant to the study of art history.

415 Art History: Independent Study (3)
Opportunity for the student to pursue a particular field of interest.

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