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2013-2014 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]
Courses
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Overview Course Renumbering Course Search Course Prefix Key
Overview
The course catalogue contains information on all active courses offered by the University including: title, course number, credits, contact hours, prerequisites, offering college, priority enrollment, repeatability, and restrictions. Courses listed in the catalogue are not offered every semester. To access a listing of course sections being offered during a particular term refer to the Course Section Offerings page on the Office of the Registrar website.
Course Renumbering
Commencing with the 2013-14 academic year the University began a multi-year course renumbering.
Renumbered Course List
- Division of Liberal Arts
Many courses within the Division of Liberal Arts commencing with the Summer and Fall 2014 terms will be offered under new course numbers. Courses impacted by this change now include a reference to either the new course number or the new subject code. For example “LACR 101 (FYWT*111)” where the number in parenthesis is the new course number. Students registering for Summer 2014 coursework and beyond will do so using the new course numbers.
Course Search
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FAPR 305 Lithography College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
All of the basic techniques of drawing, imagemaking and printing skills that are necessary to produce hand-pulled lithographs from stones and plates are taught. An emphasis is placed on visual expression and development of ideas through group discussions and critiques.
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors and Book Arts minors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 314 Advanced Non-Silver College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Opportunity for continued development of images and skills in combinations of non-silver processes. Introduction of palladium printing and the use of the Scitex Image Setter in the Imaging Lab.
Prerequisites FAPR*214
Priority enrollment to Printmaking majors.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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FAPR 321 Advanced Lithography College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Students will further investigate and develop image-making, through lithography. In this course students will be encouraged to use lithography in dynamic and unexpected ways. Students at this advanced level in fine arts should expect to focus attention on concept, content and formal concerns and to research historic and contemporary litho prints and practices. The skills learned will include, large format stone printing, multicolor separation and registration, and offset litho techniques. They will have the opportunity to perfect their technical skills thereby producing printed works of greater scope and complexity consistent with their interests and experience.
Prerequisites FAPR*305
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 325 Book Arts: Structures College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Historical book forms serve as models and as a departure point for innovative new work. Among the new structures presented are accordion bindings and variations, pop-ups, carousel books, tunnel books, and box structures. Students are encouraged to explore new applications and to experiment by combining images and text with book structures. Prior bookbinding experience is suggested. May serve as a follow-up course for FAPR 233. Priority enrollment to Printmaking majors and Book Arts minors.
Priority enrollment to Printmaking majors and minors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 326 Advanced Screenprinting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Students will further investigate and develop image-making, through screenprinting. In this course students will be encouraged to use screenprinting in dynamic and unexpected ways. Students at this advanced level in fine arts should expect to focus attention on concept, content, and formal concerns and to research historic and contemporary screenprints and practices. They will have the opportunity to perfect their technical skills thereby producing printed works of greater scope and complexity consistent with their interests and experience.
Prerequisites FAPR*206
Open to Printmaking majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 327 Advanced Etching College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Students will further investigate and develop image-making, through intaglio printmaking. In this course students will be encouraged to use intaglio in dynamic ways. Students at this advanced level in fine arts should expect to focus attention on concept, content, and formal concerns and to research historic and contemporary intaglio prints and practices. The skills learned will include, relief etching, multicolor separation and registration, stencil techniques, a la poupee, and chine colle. They will have the opportunity to perfect their technical skills thereby producing printed works of greater scope and complexity consistent with their interests and experience.
Prerequisites FAPR*241
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 328 Advanced Relief College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Students will further investigate and develop image-making, through relief printmaking. In this course students will be encouraged to use relief in dynamic and unexpected ways. Students at this advanced level in fine arts should expect to focus attention on concept, content, and formal concerns and to research historic and contemporary relief prints and practices. The skills learned will include, large format carving and printing, multicolor separation and registration, and photographic relief techniques. They will have the opportunity to perfect their technical skills thereby producing printed works of greater scope and complexity consistent with their interests and experience.
Prerequisites FAPR*201
Open to Printmaking majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 336 Advanced Book Arts: Concepts and Structures College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Because Artists’ Books function as an “alternative space”, one can examine contemporary, historical, and independent approaches to the printed page and how it represents itself in ways different to painting, sculpture or film. Students will continue to explore the potential of letterpress and other printmaking processes while considering the books structure as an integral part of the process. Emphasis will be on edition work, one of a kind and collaborative book works. Consideration is placed on pace and development of information, in relation to the viewers’ hand. Manipulating word and image in unconventional ways as inventive departures from existing means of describing reality.
Prerequisites FAPR*304
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 401 Printmaking Workshop II College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Students continue to develop their ideas, images, and technique while establishing their direction and personal original expression. The workshop atmosphere permits a comfortable handling of all procedures and printmaking processes. Students are expected to participate in a group exhibition.
Prerequisites FAPR*305
Open to Printmaking and Multidisciplinary majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 402 Thesis Workshop College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Offers the student the opportunity to develop a body of work in preparation for portfolio and exhibition presentation. An emphasis is placed on the development of ideas and content in the individual students work, which is supported by a series of individual and group critiques by faculty and visiting artists. The student is expected to participate in group exhibitions as well as a solo exhibition and to present a professional portfolio of work.
Prerequisites FAPR*201, FAPR*204, and FAPR*305
Open to Printmaking majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 403 Print Study Seminar II College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
The historical and conceptual context of prints, portfolios and book arts of the 19th and 20th centuries are studied at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Written and printed expression of the ideas and processes involved are integrated into this course of study.
Open to Printmaking majors only. Requires completion of 45 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 411 Digital Printmaking College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This course offers the students an opportunity for continued investigation within the various printmaking processes. Photoshop is introduced with an emphasis on using the computer as an imagemaking tool within the context of printmaking. The emphasis is on the integration of idea and process. Graduate students may register for this course under GRPR 633.
Priority enrollment to Printmaking majors; Book Arts and Digital Fine Arts minors.
Computer Literacy Required
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FAPR 434 Book Production College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
400 level undergraduate course
This advanced course focuses on the development and production of a printed book or portfolio of works: design and formatting of a publication including the investigation of sequence, page design, and binding possibilities; hands-on experience in the preparation of images for press production, pre-press techniques; and assisting the Master Printer in the printing. All work is produced in the Borowsky Center for Publication Arts, the University’s offset lithography facility. Students may choose to collaborate on projects or work independently.
Open to majors in the College of Art, Media, and Design only. Requires completion of 45 credits
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FAPR 490 Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
300 level undergraduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
Restricted to Undergraduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
Permission is required to register for this course.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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FAPT 101 Introduction to Painting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
An introduction to the decisions, general methods, and problems pertaining to the act of painting. Students are introduced to oil painting with both still life and figure subject matter. Technical instruction is given to allow the student to focus on the broad imagery possibilities in painting. This class introduces and encourages the student in the use of oil and acrylic. We work from setups and models and, when weather permits, landscapes.
Priority enrollment to CAMD Core Studies Students
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 201 Painting Materials, Processes and Concepts College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course in studio painting is designed to immerse students in the practice, language, and history of painting. This class aims to meet the expectations of its students by working toward the goals of personal expression and cultural address. Assignments are designed and serve to challenge students to discover possibilities that expand their knowledge, imagination, and technical abilities. The course structure provides two primary functions; one cultivating the craft of painting, developing a technical and formal vocabulary; secondly, painting serves as an idiom for experimentation and innovative testing of perceptual and conceptual problems. Yet another general objective is for students to translate subjective experience into objective form to provide a gift” experience to those encountering the work.”
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FAPT 202 Sophomore Painting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A continuation of the practices and purposes of FAPT 201.
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 203 Media/Techniques College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A studio course of instruction and demonstration in the variety of traditional technical approaches to the handling of paint media, including the preparations of grounds and supports. Media options could include oil, acrylic, encaustic, casein, gouache, gold-leafing, fresco, and egg tempera. This course is unique in its focus solely on physical processes not concept or image development.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or FNDP*151 & FNDP*161
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: FA*222B, FAPT*203, FA*235
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FAPT 211 Drawing: Form and Space College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An introduction to the issues of drawing, including perception, analysis, invention, and experimentation. A variety of thematic ideas, structural possibilities, and imaginative interpretations are explored. Students are exposed to a wide spectrum of precedents in the history of drawing and are encouraged to enlarge their working definitions of how form and space can by effectively expressed.
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FAPT 214 Abstract Drawing College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An assignment-critique format, which examines the nature of abstraction in the context of drawing disciplines. Options in media, tools, methods, and formats are considered in relation to the purposes of a given project. In general, abstraction calls for an appreciation of the intrinsic properties of the materials used in a work, the formal characteristics of toolmarkings, and the significance of pictorial structures.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or FNDP*111
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
This course is equated with the following courses: FAPT*214, PT*226, PT*226
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FAPT 221 Painting Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A general study of painting subjects, such as the still life, landscape, the city, the human figure, and its environs. This course usually includes a subtitle, such as Figure in the Landscape, which defines the thematic basis for the studio projects.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or FNDP*111 & FNDP*121
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FAPT 234 Pictorial Elements College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Projects assignments will explore the potential of form-making through focused study of the abstract elements of line, shape, color, tone, and texture.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or FNDP*111
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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FAPT 235 Earthspace College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course explores the dynamic forces of nature and their impact on the Earth, including weather activity such as wind, rain, lightning, formation of clouds, tornados, hurricanes, tidal waves, and other dramatic events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, mudslides, blizzards, dust storms, drought, erosion. Projects are undertaken through imagination, experimentation, as well as through use of both anecdotal and scientific resources and are developed by means of both drawing and painting tools and media.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or Completion of Foundation
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 238 Abstract Painting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The genesis of abstraction can be nature, an idea, or an emotion. An abstract painting is one in which the pictorial form is primarily a product of invention and imagination. It may or may not reflect a reality outside itself. Assignments investigate a range of concepts, sources, and procedures.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or FNDP*111
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 243 Collage/Assemblage: the Constructed Image College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Studio projects are assigned that promote the development of images through the aggregation of fragments. Collage as a principle of construction examines compositional notions of unity and harmony and can involve the interaction of diverse and incongruous materials, methods, styles, and/or images.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FAPT 301 Concepts in Painting: Window, Mirror, Device College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Students maintain individual spaces in the Junior Studio where they can develop a more professional working routine. They are expected to show increasing personal initiative and direction. Regular critiques on both an individual and group basis connect the student to the values of the past and the present, stimulate interest in the major questions of our time, and provide resources for progress. This course embraces a plurality of ideas about painting and, linked with the goals of FACR 301, advocates a spirit of experimentation and research.
Prerequisites FAPT*201
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FAPT 302 Junior Painting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Continuation of FAPT 301.
Prerequisites FAPT*201, FAPT*202, or equivalent
Priority enrollment to Painting/Drawing and Multidisciplinary majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 303 Color Studies College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Studio group projects and independent projects consider the purposes and effects of color organization, color perception, and color theory. Color is approached as emotive, symbolic, descriptive, and structural.
Prerequisites FAPT*202
Priority enrollment to Painting/Drawing majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
This course is equated with the following courses: FAPT*303, PT*241, PT*340, GRPT*303
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FAPT 306 Junior Seminar College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
A discussion format aimed at investigating and understanding the content of, the motivations for, and the influences on contemporary painting. Emphasis is on exploring the theories, questions, and issues that create the intellectual content for contemporary artists. Students are given reading assignments as preparation for the seminar dialogue. Selected texts include artists’ documents, critical writings, and classic essays covering such areas as aesthetic principles, political and cultural realities, and psychological perspectives. Class sessions emphasize group discussions based on viewing slides, PowerPoint presentations and other appropriate visual material, reading assignments, and various written and oral forms of student presentations.
Prerequisites FAPT*202
Open to Painting/Drawing majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 307 Junior Drawing College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course will be a continuation of information and experiences encountered in FAPT 211: Drawing Form and Space and the introduction of more sophisticated concepts in pictorial art. Drawing will be considered as a preparatory form-making act in the painting process and as expression in its own right.
Prerequisites FAPT*211, FAPT*212, FAPR*205, or equivalent
Priority enrollment to Painting/Drawing majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 308 Junior Drawing College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course will be a continuation of information and experiences encountered in FAPT 211: Drawing Form and Space and the introduction of more sophisticated concepts in pictorial art. Drawing will be considered as a preparatory form-making act in the painting process and as expression in its own right.
Prerequisites FAPT*211, FAPT*212, FAPR*205, or equivalent
Priority enrollment to Painting/Drawing majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: FAPT*308,FAPT*304, FAPT*304,FAPT*308
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FAPT 401 Senior Painting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 - 4.5 credits 135.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Critical commentary centers on four areas of concern: 1. The character of the work: its formal properties, its physical properties, aspects of intelligibility. 2. Intention - the investigation of motives and choices. 3. Context: ways that a work relates to a larger body of work, both generic and stylistic. 4. Quality: approaches to questions of value. There are individual critiques each week and periodic group critiques, sometimes involving the participation of a visiting artist.
Prerequisites FAPT*302
Open to Fine Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: FAPT*401, PT*402A, FAPT*401, FAPT*401, FAPT*401
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FAPT 402 Senior Painting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
6 credits 180.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
The Painting major formulates a senior thesis project. Working with senior faculty who read and critique early drafts, the student develops a formal written thesis and a body of artwork to be presented at the end of the term to a review panel. This panel is comprised of Studio faculty, Liberal Arts faculty, and student peers.
Prerequisites FAPT*302
Open to Painting/Drawing majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: PT*402, FAPT*402, PT*402B
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FAPT 403 Drawing References College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Advanced drawing projects focus on the relation between a given work and its references and resources. Emphasis is on understanding the nature of references or resource material and the manner in which references or resources influence the outcome of a work. This studio/critique course aims at enhancing students’ ability to connect their personal and subjective interests to the larger context of nature, history, and culture.
Prerequisites FAPT*307 FAPT*308 FAPR*301 or FASC*301
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 404 Drawing References College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Continuation of FAPT 403.
Prerequisites FAPT*307 FAPT*308 FAPR*301 or FASC*301
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: FAPT*404, FA*424, FA*426, GRPT*404
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FAPT 406 Advanced Studio Practice College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This course aims to meet the expectations of its students in working towards the goals of personal development and cultural participation. Advanced Studio Practice is a studio course defined by its independent work. Three instructors conduct individual studio critiques, meeting each senior on a weekly basis. Criteria for excellence center on the following areas of focus: 1. The character of the work-its physical and formal properties, and aspects of intelligibility; 2. Intention-the investigation and assessment of motives and choices; 3. Context-ways that a work reflects a larger framework, both contemporary and historic; 4. Quality-approaches to questions of value; 5. Industry-a consistent and sustained dedication to art practice. The students second semester concludes with a solo thesis exhibition by each senior, a written thesis paper, and a five-member faculty and peer review individualized for each senior.
Prerequisites FAPT*301
Open to Fine Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 490 Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 9 credits undefined hours
300 level undergraduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
Restricted to Undergraduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
Permission is required to register for this course.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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FASC 101 1st Year Sculpture-Mixed Media College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
An introduction to sculptural thinking and methods using a variety of materials and processes, including modeling and fabrication. Form-making options are undertaken that are especially suited to acquaint beginning students with the diversity of sculptural activity.
Priority enrollment to CAMD Core Studies Students Restricted to Undergraduate students. Only open to students that have not completed 45 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 201 Sculpture I College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Emphasizes the fundamental and formal aspects of sculpture. Projects are assigned to help the student experience and understand the unique expressive values of mass, space, plane, line, balance, rhythm, scale, movement, and time transformation. This course also serves to introduce the student to a variety of materials and techniques. Assigned projects, group critiques and slide lectures.
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 202 Sculpture I College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Emphasizes the fundamental and formal aspects of sculpture. Projects are assigned to help the student experience and understand the unique expressive values of mass, space, plane, line, balance, rhythm, scale, movement, and time transformation. This course also serves to introduce the student to a variety of materials and techniques. Assigned projects, group critiques, and slide lectures.
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 203 Introduction to Figure Modeling College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Modeling from life for the beginner, stressing direct observation, eye-hand coordination, and depth discrimination. Both perceptual and conceptual skills are developed and fundamental studio practices are taught, such as armature construction, clay utilization, and modeling techniques. Works are fired in clay or cast in plaster.
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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FASC 204 Intro to Sculpture-Fabrication, Wood, Welding & Found Objects College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This class is an introduction to the expansive practice of contemporary sculpture. Students will develop proficiency in fabrication techniques with steel and wood as well as create works using non-traditional media and processes. Material selection, material’s contribution to form and the acquisition of basic woodworking and welding skills serve the basis for more advanced sculpture courses. Students will have the opportunity to explore issues of scale and space by creating larger works. Visual analysis, problem solving and critical thinking skills are developed through group critiques, seminars and one on one meetings with faculty.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FASC 211 Structure of the Figure College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Anatomic and morphological analysis of male and female bodies for artists through a three-dimensional constructional method. Proportions, anatomic structure, surface topology, morphological variation, and the body in movement are covered. Directed toward two-dimensional artists as well as sculptors. The means by which the body’s salient features can be recognized from any viewpoint in any pose is stressed.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or Completion of Foundation
Priority enrollment to Sculpture and Multidisciplinary majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FASC 212 Structure of the Figure College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Focus shifts second semester to important, small body parts specifically, the head/neck, forearm/hand and foot. Life-scale skeletal structures are modeled directly in pigmented wax on which all muscle layers are applied. Lectures include skeletal structure, joint construction and limitations of movement, muscular function and form, and superficial structures. Class is divided into two halves - lecture and studio.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or Completion of Foundation
Priority enrollment to Sculpture and Multidisciplinary majors.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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FASC 221 Introduction to Sculpture Projects College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An open studio oriented toward helping the development of individual initiative. Stress on how ideas are transformed into sculptural statements through aesthetic reasoning and the internal logic of a sculpture’s color, material, and physical construction.
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 222 Introduction to Sculpture Projects College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An open studio oriented toward helping the development of individual initiative. Stress on how ideas are transformed into sculptural statements through aesthetic reasoning and the internal logic of a sculpture’s color, material, and physical construction.
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 231 Molding and Casting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Covers processes and techniques utilizing plaster, rubber, plastics, clays, and wax for making hard and flexible molds and for casting sculpture in durable materials. Provides a thorough foundation in foundry practices, including wax preparation, investing, pouring bronze or aluminum, chasing, finishing, and patinating finished metal casts.
Priority enrollment to Sculpture and Multidisciplinary majors.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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FASC 232 Molding and Casting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Covers processes & techniques utilizing plaster, rubber, plastics, clays, & wax for making hard & flexible molds & for casting sculpture in durable materials. Provides a thorough foundation in foundry practices, including wax preparation, investing, pouring bronze or aluminum, chasing, finishing, & patinating finished metal casts.
Priority enrollment to Sculpture and Multidisciplinary majors.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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FASC 242 Intro to Sculpture-Modeling & Carving Concepts College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Explore the potential of form making through the processes of modeling and carving. Various materials-plaster, wax, clay, resins, wood, foam, and stone will be investigated and used in traditional and nontraditional ways. Trace the histories of these processes, learn how they are used in contemporary sculpture and invent possible future applications. Perceptual modeling and the creation of abstract forms will reveal the communicative power of form making and develop visual acuity. Visual analysis, problem solving and critical thinking skills are developed through group critiques, seminars and one on one meetings with faculty.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 300 Jr. Sculpture I College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course is designed to help each student begin to understand his own aesthetic proclivities, and to place these within an art historical context. The emotional, intellectual, philosophical, and historical implications of various movements in art history are explored in order to begin to understand their relationship to the personal artistic development of each student within the history of sculpture. An emphasis is placed on the development of ideas and content in the individual student’s work, which is supported by a series of individual and group critiques by faculty and visiting artists. Weekly class meetings will include slide talks related to current assignments, films, discussions, and field trips to exhibitions around the Philadelphia area. This will be followed by personal conferences with the instructor.
Prerequisites FASC*201 or FASC*202
Priority enrollment to Sculpture and Multidisciplinary majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 301 Jr. Sculpture II College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course is designed to help each student begin to understand his own aesthetic proclivities, and to place these within an art historical context. The emotional, intellectual, philosophical, and historical implications of various movements in art history are explored in order to begin to understand their relationship to the personal artistic development of each student within the history of sculpture. An emphasis is placed on the development of ideas and content in the individual student’s work, which is supported by a series of individual and group critiques by faculty and visiting artists. Weekly class meetings will include slide talks related to current assignments, films, discussions, and field trips to exhibitions around the Philadelphia area. This will be followed by personal conferences with the instructor.
Prerequisites FASC*201 or FASC*202
Priority enrollment to Sculpture and Multidisciplinary majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 303 Sculpture and the Body College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Using the body as a reference point, site and metaphor for creating sculpture, students will explore concepts relating to anatomy and the body biological (the five senses, the nervous system, proportions), the body social (intervention, relational aesthetics), persona and identity. Students will explore sculptural approaches to the body, such as body extensions, works that encompass the five senses, tools, and imaginative prosthetics.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FASC 331 Carving College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Introduces the student to carving, one of the basic methods of forming sculpture. Students learn to prepare, maintain, and use the tools of the carver. They are introduced to the characteristics of suitable carving materials. Emphasis is placed on the exploration of the formal and expressive potentials of carved sculpture.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or Completion of Foundation
Priority enrollment to Sculpture and Multidisciplinary majors.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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FASC 363 Medallic Sculpture College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
The Medallic Arts have a long history beginning with monetary coins in the ancient world, developing through Renaissance medals into a vital and international art form that now includes small free-standing sculpture. The link between all of these is not only size, but the need for the work to have a specific communicative function, while at the same time exploring the contemporary sculptural issues. This is a studio course with a lecture component to give the student a history of the discipline. Projects are designed to challenge the student conceptually and to introduce forms and techniques such as bas relief, carving, mold making casting and fabricating, all on a small scale. There will be annual opportunities to exhibit the finished sculpture internationally.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or Completion of Foundation
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FASC 364 Installation -Immersive Environments College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Students will create installations that explore issues of spacemaking, site specificity, public sculpture, interactivity, public space vs. private space and viewer participation. Finished works will incorporate sound, video, and mixed media. The history of installation and interactive work will be discussed through a series of lectures and video presentations that examine the art historical, social, cultural, and psychological concerns from which these art forms are derived. Visual analysis, problem solving, and critical thinking skills are developed through group critiques, seminars and one on one meetings with faculty.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FASC 401 Sculpture III College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Terms like site-specific, monumental, genre, narrative, emblematic, environmental, etc., reflect the cluster of types of sculptural imagery. This studio-criticism course is concerned with the ideational and technical issues raised by various types of sculptural imagery that are assigned in turn. The relationship that sculptures have with the context they exist in and the purpose they serve is stressed.
Prerequisites FASC*301
Open to Sculpture & Multidisciplinary majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 402 Sculpture III College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Terms like site-specific, monumental, genre, narrative, emblematic, environmental, etc., reflect the cluster of types of sculptural imagery. This studio-criticism course is concerned with the ideational and technical issues raised by various types of sculptural imagery that are assigned in turn. The relationship that sculptures have with the context they exist in and the purpose they serve is stressed.
Prerequisites FASC*401
Priority enrollment to Sculpture and Multidisciplinary majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 403 Advanced Sculpture-Personal Vision, Historical Perspectives College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Advanced Sculpture students will develop the self-generating habits of studio technique, research and methodology that will lay the groundwork for refining an independent body of work for a thesis exhibition in the senior year. Students will gain an understanding of the intellectual, philosophical, political, and historical implications of various movements in art history in order to connect these ideas to their own creative practice within the field of contemporary sculpture.
Prerequisites Any 200 or 300 level FASC course
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FASC 411 Advanced Figure Modeling College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
For students seriously involved with the figure, this course provides an atelier to continue figure modeling on increasingly advanced levels and a context to help formulate a personal figurative sculptural idiom. Works are sculptured at various scales, including life size, and independent projects are undertaken in consultation with the faculty. Critiques involving the meaning and sculptural significance of the works are an integral part of the ongoing class activity.
Prerequisites FASC*211, FASC*212, or FASC*203
Priority enrollment to Sculpture and Multidisciplinary majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 421 Advanced Projects College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Provides a studio context where maturing self-initiated areas of concentration in sculpture can be developed to fruition on an advanced level. Whatever the direction, a critical emphasis is placed through both open and devised assignments on how materials and forms compatible to personal statements are found. Graduate students may register for this course under GRSC 621.
Prerequisites FASC*221 or FASC*222
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 422 Advanced Projects College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Provides a studio context where maturing self-initiated areas of concentration in sculpture can be developed to fruition on an advanced level. Whatever the direction, a critical emphasis is placed through both open and devised assignments on how materials and forms compatible to personal statements are found. Graduate students may register for this course under GRSC 621.
Prerequisites FASC*221 or FASC*222
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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FASC 433 Metals College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Forming metal sculpture has contributed much to the history of sculpture, particularly in the present, where the idiom has become as familiar as carving and modeling. Concurrently offering both basic and advanced technical instruction in welding and forging, using both ferrous and non-ferrous metals, this course is concerned with both the technical and aesthetic aspects of metal sculpture.
Priority enrollment to Sculpture and Multidisciplinary majors.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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FASC 440 Sculpture Since 1945 College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 22.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Lectures, discussions, projects concerning various artists, movements, concepts, philosophies, and critical theories influencing contemporary art with an emphasis on sculpture. Focus on the currents since 1945.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or Completion of Foundation
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: FASC*440, SC*251, SC*251
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FASC 490 Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
300 level undergraduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
Restricted to Undergraduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
Permission is required to register for this course.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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FMST 201 Cinema Arts Studies I Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An introduction to the forms of film and media criticism and to the various schools of film theory and analysis that have emerged from the beginings of cinema to the present.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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FMST 203 The Rise of Media Culture Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An exploration of those political, economic, philosophical, and aesthetic developments, from the 19th century forward, that have proven key in the emergence and development of cinema and related media arts.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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FMST 301 Cinema Arts Studies II Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
An examination of recent developments in cinema and related arts forms and their aesthetic, commercial, and cultural effects.
Prerequisites FMST*201
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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FMST 401 Film & Media Studies Thesis I Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
The first half of a year-long sequence in which students select, research and write their senior capstone thesis in Film & Media Studies.
Prerequisites FMST*301
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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FMST 402 Film & Media Studies Thesis II Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
The second half of a year-long course in which Film and Media Studies majors research and write their final thesis.
Prerequisites FMST*401
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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GDES 101 1st Year Graphic Design Proj. College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
An elective course introducing the Foundation student to the profession of graphic design and its working processes. The classwork begins with directed formal studies and leads to an introductory communication project. Emphasis on the craftsmanship and working methods of the students as well as the breadth and depth of the student’s individual investigative process. Studio lecture/demonstrations focus upon professional case studies to supplement the course assignments. This course offers the student the opportunity to measure his or her suitability to the Graphic Design major.
Priority enrollment to CAMD Core Studies Students
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 201 Design Systems College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An intensive laboratory where the formal aspects of composition, organic and geometric form, color, symbolic drawing, craftsmanship, and the processes of conceptualizing are investigated. All of the assignments are founded on directed goals and playful investigation to train the student in the areas of selection, set theory, and visual logic.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or MMDI*101 & MMDI*102 or Completion of Foundation
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 202 Design Systems College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An intensive laboratory where the formal aspects of composition, organic and geometric form, color, symbolic drawing, craftsmanship, and the processes of conceptualizing are investigated. All of the assignments are founded on directed goals and playful investigation to train the student in the areas of selection, set theory, and visual logic.
Prerequisites GDES*201
Open to majors in the College of Art, Media, and Design only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 203 Letterform Design College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The analysis and development of letterforms. The norms of weight, proportion, character width, and alphabetic relationships are developed perceptually, by hand. This course stresses the inherent optical relationships that exist in the construction of typefaces derived from the Latin alphabet.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or MMDI*101 & MMDI*102 or Completion of Foundation
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 205 Visual Perception and the Language of Form College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Students will investigate and develop an understanding of the perceptual and formal aspects of composition, organic and geometric form, color, symbolic drawing, craftsmanship, both hand craftsmanship and digital craftsmanship. The course will progress from experiments in visual perception to the beginning stages of constructing meaning through image manipulation, contextual analysis, and reinvention. A comparative and iterative process of investigation is stressed.
Requires completion of 15 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 206 Introduction to Applied Visual Communication College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This studio course introduces students to the concept of creating meaning through image, word, and composition. Students explore the relationship between perception and meaning, from the objective to the subjective. Projects are conducted both collaboratively and individually. The behaviors of research, collaboration and presentation are introduced.
Prerequisites GDES*205
Requires completion of 15 credits
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 212 Visualizing Language I: Typographic Hierarchies College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The course introduces students to the medium of typography. Typographic principles are investigated within the context of information design and the hierarchies of message presentation. A laboratory approach to typography examines how a designer’s choices affect a message both positively and negatively.
Requires completion of 15 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 220 Selected Topics in Graphic Design College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course allows for the presentation of one-time, unique studio experiences involving either specialized themes, media, classroom structures, or teaching and learning formats, for the development of projects relevant to contemporary Graphic Design issues.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GDES 221 Descriptive Drawing College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A freehand drawing course that teaches the student to consciously observe, analyze, understand, and represent the underlying structure and form of manmade and natural objects. Logical representation and problem-solving is emphasized. A visual vocabulary of line, shape, value, texture, and their spatial organization is developed so that drawing can be used as a method of research and invention.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or Completion of Foundation
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 222 Descriptive Drawing College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A continuation of Descriptive Drawing GDES 221. A freehand, analytical drawing course that concentrates on organic form and objects from nature. Formal composition and visual vocabulary of line, shape, value, texture, and spatial organization are stressed. Drawing skills are developed to sketch and research visual concepts, as well as to use the medium for the invention of original images in upper-level courses.
Prerequisites GDES*221
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 301 Communications Studio Context College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This studio course explores and analyzes the rhetoric of images and how meaning is constructed and used in applied communication contexts. Students challenge assumptions, explore stereotypes, and manipulate perceived meaning framed within contemporary visual culture. The behaviors of inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation, and reflection are practiced in defined contexts.
Prerequisites GDES*202 and EMDI*202
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 302 Communications Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
A continuation of GDES 301, concentrating on the development of color, sensitivity, perceptual abilities, and hand skills within a communications context. A working process that develops invention through logical thought and intuition is applied to communication problems. Coursework is completed using both traditional and computer technologies. Students must have working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and introductory experience in time-based software, be concurrently enrolled in EMDI*204, or receive instructor approval.
Prerequisites GDES 301 and EMDI 203
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 305 Visual Communication I: Design in Context College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This studio course explores and analyzes the rhetoric of images and how meaning is constructed and used in applied communication contexts. Students challenge assumptions, explore stereotypes, and manipulate perceived meaning framed within contemporary visual culture. The behaviors of inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation, and reflection are practiced in defined contexts.
Prerequisites GDES*202 and EMDI*202
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 306 Visual Communication II: Communication Media and Strategies College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This studio course explores issues within contemporary visual culture and examines how words and images are used to communicate, manipulate, persuade, inform, instruct, incite, exploit and sell. Working collaboratively, students identify broad issues of interest and/or concern. Through, research, observation and analysis they document their research findings, then define an individual project for further study. The behaviors of research, collaboration, analysis, and presentation are practiced in defined contexts.
Prerequisites GDES*305
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 307 Design for Understanding College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This studio course examines issues involved with making important information accessible and understandable to its intended audience. Real world problems of poorly presented or obscured information (communication breakdowns) are identified, analyzed and redesigned. Working with real clients, teams of two-to-four students redesign existing information for greater clarity or develop entirely new visualizations for new and useful data. A principal component of this course is to bridge the gap between the academic world and the real world.
Prerequisites GDES*305
Corequisite Course(s): EMDI*204
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GDES 311 Typographic Systems College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course investigates and defines the principles of typography in a communication context. Directed research based upon typographic norms addresses the issues of informational hierarchies achievable through visual form and structure as well as the editorial and expressive potentials of typography. Coursework is completed both using traditional and computer technologies. Students must have working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, be concurrently enrolled in EMDI 202, or receive instructor approval.
Prerequisites EMDI*202 and GDES*212
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: GDES*311, GD*306A, GRGD*311, GDES*313
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GDES 312 Typographic Systems College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course is an extension and continuation of Typographic Systems GDES 311. The course addresses the typographic principles of the grid, text typography, text hierarchies, and image integration, all within the context of a multipage format. Students must have working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, image scanning, and introductory experience in time-based software, be concurrently enrolled in EMDI 204, or receive instructor approval.
Prerequisites GDES*311 and EMDI*203
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: GDES*312, GD*306B, GRGD*312
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GDES 313 Visualizing Language II: Text Strategies College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course focuses on the communication of continuous text through the development and design of flexible and relevant typographic systems. Students are introduced to the fundamental steps in conceiving, designing, and implementing structures for print and multimedia reading experiences. This media will range from print- to screen-based solutions with attention paid to the particular contexts of each. Through a process of analysis, research, exploration, evaluation, and design, students gain an understanding of how to integrate and harness the potentials of editorial and expressive typography.
Prerequisites GDES*212
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: GDES*311, GD*306A, GRGD*311, GDES*313
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GDES 331 Photographics I College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Develops a designer’s methodology and viewpoint to achieve both structure and meaning in photography, and as a way to extend the range of how objects and nature can be seen and translated using photographic processes. Students use both traditional photography and digital software to create hybrid photographic images.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 334 Font Design Lab College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
The emphasis of this course is on the design and production of an entire alphabet or limited set of letters to form distinct word picture as in a logotype. The work process seamlessly integrates hand and computer skills. Students rely on, expand, and also question existing conventions of the Roman alphabet. The course uses specialized type design software to make the new typefaces available in word processing or page layout environments. The course provides highly applicable professional skills.
Prerequisites GDES*203
Requires completion of 60 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 336 Visualizing Information College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This elective course emphasizes the analytical understanding, purposeful structuring, and clear visual presentation of information-rich content. Issues of information design including accessibility, transparency, credibility, quantity, density, dimensionality, and utility, as well as universality and language independence are investigated. Applications including maps, guides, diagrams, instructions, timelines, charts, graphs, and tables are explored using both traditional and electronic media.
Prerequisites GDES*212 IDES*222 ILUS*220 FAPR*304 or EMDI*201
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 401 Design Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
A wide-ranging exploration of the connections between image and text, and symbolic and narrative imagery. These studies are supported by inquiries into semiotics, information theory, and research methodology. This course uses both traditional and computer technologies within a thorough research process. Preliminary research and definition of a self-generated degree project is undertaken by Graphic Design majors in this course. Students should have expertise in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and authoring and scripting skills in time-based software or receive instructor approval.
Prerequisites GDES 302, GDES 312, and EMDI 204
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 402 Design Studio: Senior Project College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
A self-generated degree project involving research, proposals, complete design formulation, and final presentation. Topics are reviewed by a panel of faculty in Graphic Design; and the students are reviewed by an outside critic midway through the preliminary stages of development. This course uses both traditional and computer technologies within a thorough research process. Students should have expertise in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and authoring and scripting skills in time-based software or receive instructor permission.
Prerequisites GDES*401 and EMDI*204
Open to Graphic Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 403 Problem Solving College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Develops approaches to solving communications problems of diverse character and increasingly practical application. It assumes a high level of formal competence and places special emphasis on working within technical and time constraints by developing clear and concise thought patterns. This course uses both traditional and computer technologies within a thorough research process. Students should have expertise in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and authoring and scripting skills in time-based software or receive instructor approval.
Prerequisites GDES 302 and EMDI 204
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 404 Problem Solving College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
A continuation of Problem Solving GDES 403. This course develops approaches to solving communications problems of broad scope and increasingly practical application. Students work within technical and time constraints while developing clear and concise thought patterns. The course assumes a high level of formal competence and places special emphasis on the development of unified visual and conceptual relationships across various formats and scale. Both traditional and computer technologies are used within a thorough research process. Students should have expertise in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and authoring and scripting skills in time-based software or receive instructor approval.
Prerequisites GDES 403
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 405 Design Strategies: Non-linear Narratives and Audience-Based Design College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This studio course focuses on advanced interactive communications. The behaviors of research, collaboration, and presentation are practiced within problems involving complex systems. Students investigate the increasingly collaborative relationship between designer and user, author and collaborator. Students may also be involved in creating experiences in which the audience can participate in developing and evolving content.
Prerequisites GDES*305 or GDES*307
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 406 Design Strategies: Brand Identity College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This course focuses on the creation of a brand identity system. Students are introduced to the fundamental steps in conceiving, designing, and implementing an effective brand identity. Through a systematic process of inquiry and analysis, research, competitive evaluation, strategy and design, students gain an understanding of how brand identities are constructed, disseminated, and reinforced in the marketplace.
Prerequisites GDES*405
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 411 Advanced Typography College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This elective course addresses typography as a primary vehicle to communicate information and as a support to images. Assignments range from informational design to expressive, content-based problems, to intuitive investigations and formal experiments. Although traditional methods of conceptualizing are used within a thorough visual process, extensive computer work is involved. Students should have expertise in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop.
Prerequisites GDES*311
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GDES 490 Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
300 level undergraduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
Restricted to Undergraduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
Permission is required to register for this course.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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GDES 690 Graduate Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
Permission is required to register for this course.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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GRAD 001 Graduate Thesis Continuation College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
0 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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