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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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GRPR 325 Book Arts: Structures College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate 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.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPR 434 Book Production College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate 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.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRPR 500 Papermaking Studio College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
3 credits 90.0 hours
500 level graduate course
A studio course based on in-depth involvement with handmade paper as a creative medium within three major area of emphasis; fiber preparation and sheet production techniques, 3D investigations, and pulp painting techniques. Digital slide lectures and demonstrations on Western and Japanese pulp preparation, sheet formation, and pressing and drying techniques are presented. Students create paper and images using a variety of handmade pulps and fibers. Book structures unique to the handmade paper process and the creation of the unique papers specifically for prints and books are presented.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPR 601 Colloquium: Text & Image College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
The focus is on the development of the student’s sensitivity to language and verbal constructs and an understanding of the relation of text to image and structure. The course also supports the development of the student’s creative writing, in particular in the context of artists’ books.
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPR 602 Colloquium: History of the Book College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Hands-on study of rare books and manuscripts form antiquity to the present, with discussions dealing with their structural, historical, and artistic significance. The class meets at the Library Company of Philadelphia, with field trips to local special collections.
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPR 603 Colloquium: the Artist’s Book College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
An introduction to the history of the artist’s book and an investigation into the artist’s book as a complex art form. Classes consist of discussion of readings and the examination of artists’ books in the Special Collections of various libraries and cultural institutions.
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPR 611 Book Arts Studio: Color/Mark College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Personal imagery is investigated through various printmaking and drawing techniques.
Open to graduate students in the College of Art, Media, and Design only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPR 616 Book Arts Studio: Concept, Image, Type College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
6 credits 180.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Introduction to practical and conceptual concerns intrinsic to the production of books and prints. Emphasis is on both print processes, including hands-on experience with letterpress, lithography (plate and offset), and digital printmaking, and conceptual/production processes, including creating dummies and pre-press work. Conceptual explorations further the development of the student’s visual language.
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPR 617 Books Arts Studio: Projects College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
6 credits 180.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Building on what has been learned in the previous semester, students continue to develop their skills and techniques and explore their particular interests in the creation of three major works. This course is structured as a tutorial and the scheduling is by arrangement.
Prerequisites GRPR*611
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: GRPR*617, GRPR*612
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GRPR 621 Bookbinding College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Basic book structures are explored in the first semester with emphasis on sound conservation techniques and good craftsmanship.
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
Experience Required- See Dept.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPR 622 Bookbinding College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Historic book structures serve as models and departure points for innovative bindings.
Prerequisites GRPR*621
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPR 632 Non-Toxic Printmaking Methods College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Introduction to a range of printmaking media using nontoxic processes and materials. Designed for graduate students who are experienced artists with an understanding of their personal imagery and approach to visual expression, but who are not necessarily proficient printmakers. Students are offered a number of solutions to working in the studio, solvent and acid free. Topics covered include intaglio (using water process photographic plates), drypoint, relief, collograph, monotype, and screen-printing.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPR 633 Digital Printmaking College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
An opportunity for continued investigation within the various printmaking processes. Photoshop is introduced and emphasis is on the use of the computer as an image-making tool within the context of printmaking, and the integration of idea and process. Meets with FAPR 411. In order to receive graduate credit, graduate students are expected to exceed undergraduate course expectations by applying the skills and competencies outlined in the syllabus to graduate-level concepts that typically relate to their major program of study. In this regard, graduate students taking this graduate elective are required to meet with the instructor prior to the start of class to determine and outline the nature of the requirements to be met.
Open to graduate students in the College of Art, Media, and Design only.
Computer Literacy Required
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRPR 690 Graduate Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
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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GRPR 695 Graduate Book Arts Internship College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
1.5 - 4.5 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
A supervised practicum, working with practicing artists, with non-profit arts organizations, in print shops, and in book and paper conservation laboratories. Students gain knowledge of the field and hands-on experience in a variety of professional settings. One goal of the internship is to assist them in testing and expanding their professional skills and knowledge and help them make informed career decisions.
Special Tuition & Fees Apply
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
This course is graded pass/fail only.
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GRPR 699 Topics: Printmaking College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
This course may be repeated for credit.
Permission is required to register for this course.
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GRPR 701 Colloquium: Professional Practices College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Professional practices and issues related to the fields of printmaking and book and publication arts are explored through discussions, lectures, and field trips in the first semester.
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPR 702 Colloquium: Professional Practices College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Professional practices and issues related to the fields of printmaking and book and publication arts are explored through discussions, lectures, and field trips in the first semester. In the second semester the course focuses on the completion of the student’s professional portfolio.
Prerequisites GRPR*701
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPR 721 Bookbinding College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Continued investigation of the book structure at an advanced technical level. Individual attention to developing creative solutions to support book content starts in the first semester.
Prerequisites GRPR*622
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPR 722 Bookbinding College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
500 level graduate course
Through critiques and individual instruction, the second semester of this investigation into book structure is devoted to developing structures that support thesis work.
Prerequisites GRPR*721
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPR 785 Thesis Studio I College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
6 credits 180.0 hours
600 level graduate course
In conjunction with two faculty members, the MFA candidate develops an individual course of study and defines the projects, in preparation for the required Thesis Exhibition during the final semester. This course is structured as a tutorial and the scheduling is by arrangement.
Prerequisites GRPR*617
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPR 786 Thesis Studio II College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
6 credits 180.0 hours
600 level graduate course
The course covers the planning and and execution of a mature body of work to be prepared for Thesis Exhibition at the end of the semester. This course is structured as a tutorial and the scheduling is by arrangement.
Prerequisites GRPR*785
Corequisite Course(s): GRPR*787
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPR 787 Thesis Writing Seminar College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
3 credits 33.33 hours
700 level graduate course
In this seminar the student develops a written thesis, a researched critical paper that underlies and elaborates on his or her thesis exhibition. The intent of the thesis is to locate the student’s practice within the landscape of contemporary art practice and in relation to its history and traditions.
Prerequisites GRPR*750
Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPT 301 Junior Painting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate 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.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPT 302 Junior Painting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Continuation of FAPT 301.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRPT 303 Color Studies College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate 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.
Restricted to graduate students.
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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GRPT 308 Junior Drawing College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate 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.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPT 403 Drawing References College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate 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.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRPT 404 Drawing References College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Continuation of FAPT 403.
Restricted to graduate students.
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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GRPT 612 Major Studio II/Painting College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
6 credits 120.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Evaluation of the student’s artistic involvement, projecting and testing options for the direction of the student’s graduate work.
Prerequisites GRPT*611
Open to MFA Painting and Studio Art majors only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRPT 690 Graduate Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
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 completed 2 times 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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GRPT 699 Topics: Painting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
Permission is required to register for this course.
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GRPT 711 Major Studio III/Painting College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
6 credits 120.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Planning and initiation of a sustained body of mature work to be presented in a thesis exhibition following the thesis exhibition semester.
Prerequisites GRPT*612
Open to MFA Painting and Studio Art majors only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRSC 331 Carving College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate 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.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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GRSC 363 Medallic Sculpture College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate 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.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRSC 411 Advanced Figure Modeling College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate 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.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRSC 421 Advanced Projects College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate 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.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRSC 422 Advanced Projects College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate 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.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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GRSC 433 Metals College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate 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.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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GRSC 611 Major Studio I/Sculpture
6 credits 150
Evaluation of the student’s artistic involvement, projecting and testing options for the direction of the student’s graduate work.
Open to graduate Sculpture students only.
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GRSC 612 Major Studio II/Sculpture College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
6 credits 120.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Further exploration of the options, with increased awareness of theoretical issues and personal vision. Greater focus in the student’s work, with a view to completing the repertoire of skills and expression in the medium needed to undertake a thesis project.
Prerequisites GRSC*611
Open to MFA Sculpture and Studio Art majors only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRSC 690 Graduate Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
500 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 completed 2 times 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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GRSC 699 Topics: Sculpture College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
Permission is required to register for this course.
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GRSC 711 Major Studio III/Sculpture College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
6 credits 120.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Planning and initiation of a sustained body of mature work to be presented in a thesis exhibition following the thesis exhibition semester.
Prerequisites GRSC*612
Open to MFA Sculpture and Studio Art majors only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRTH 699 Topics: Theater College of Performing Arts Ira Brind School of Theater Arts
1 - 6 credits 0.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.
This course may be repeated for credit.
Permission is required to register for this course.
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GRUA 699 Special Topics College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
This course may be repeated for credit.
Permission is required to register for this course.
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GRWD 311 Advanced Wood College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Covers tools, joinery, methods, and materials. Content progresses with increasing complexity, involving machining, hand tools, finishing, and surface treatments. Senior Crafts majors taking this course may choose to spend all or part of their time producing thesis work to supplement the thesis component of Crafts Projects III.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be completed 4 times for credit.
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GRWM 699 Topics: Writing for Film and Television College of Art, Media & Design School of Film
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.
This course may be repeated for credit.
Permission is required to register for this course.
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HNRS 401 Honors Tutorial & Colloquium I
1.5 credits undefined hours
400 level undergraduate course
The Honors Thesis Tutorial and Colloquia make up the final coursework for completion of the Honors Program at the University of the Arts. The course is comprised of two 1.5 credit seminars taken during the Honor Scholar’s final two semesters before graduating from the University. The Honors Thesis is a major research thesis that develops an idea, a concern, or a proposition in support of a significant creative project in the Scholar’s field of study and is intended to demonstrate the culmination of the Scholar’s education at the University. The tutorial and colloquia replace traditional course work at the University with an intense and independent student-centered educational opportunity that permits Honors Scholars to independently explore their scholarly and creative interests under the direction of a Faculty Tutor at their own pace and intensity and provides the opportunity to create professional relationships between students and accomplished scholars, artists, designers and performers in their fields. In addition to the Faculty Tutor, Scholars will work with a Professional Mentor from their field. During the first semester of the Honors Thesis Tutorial and Colloquium scholars work one-on-one with a Faculty Tutor from their program to develop a proposal for their Honors Thesis. Senior Honors Scholars will convene as a group in colloquia conducted by the Honors Program Director four times throughout the term to discuss issues related to their work and present their work as it progresses toward a completed and approved thesis proposal. During the second semester of the Honors Thesis Tutorial and Colloquium students continue to work one-on-one with their Faculty Tutor and with a Professional Mentor to develop their thesis into a tangible, concrete creative expression to be publicly presented, performed, exhibited and critiqued at the end of the term. Again, senior Honors Scholars will convene as a group in colloquia four times throughout the term to discuss issues related to their work and present their work as it progresses toward their completed project. The Honors Thesis Tutorial and Colloquia have three central goals: 1) to create close tutorial relationships between University Faculty and Honors Scholars; 2) to challenge Scholars intellectually and creatively through their work with Faculty Tutors and Professional Mentors; and 3) to strengthen Scholars’ abilities in conducting independent research with the realization of the depth of understanding that is required to form a solid foundation from which to create. The Tutorial and Colloquium are designed to foster scholarly insight and debate and to nurture the intellectual passions of students and faculty alike.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
Permission is required to register for this course.
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HNRS 402 Honors Tutorial & Colloquium II
1.5 credits undefined hours
400 level undergraduate course
The Honors Thesis Tutorial and Colloquia make up the final coursework for completion of the Honors Program at the University of the Arts. The course is comprised of two 1.5 credit seminars taken during the Honor Scholar’s final two semesters before graduating from the University. The Honors Thesis is a major research thesis that develops an idea, a concern, or a proposition in support of a significant creative project in the Scholar’s field of study and is intended to demonstrate the culmination of the Scholar’s education at the University. The tutorial and colloquia replace traditional course work at the University with an intense and independent student-centered educational opportunity that permits Honors Scholars to independently explore their scholarly and creative interests under the direction of a Faculty Tutor at their own pace and intensity and provides the opportunity to create professional relationships between students and accomplished scholars, artists, designers and performers in their fields. In addition to the Faculty Tutor, Scholars will work with a Professional Mentor from their field. During the first semester of the Honors Thesis Tutorial and Colloquium scholars work one-on-one with a Faculty Tutor from their program to develop a proposal for their Honors Thesis. Senior Honors Scholars will convene as a group in colloquia conducted by the Honors Program Director four times throughout the term to discuss issues related to their work and present their work as it progresses toward a completed and approved thesis proposal. During the second semester of the Honors Thesis Tutorial and Colloquium students continue to work one-on-one with their Faculty Tutor and with a Professional Mentor to develop their thesis into a tangible, concrete creative expression to be publicly presented, performed, exhibited and critiqued at the end of the term. Again, senior Honors Scholars will convene as a group in colloquia four times throughout the term to discuss issues related to their work and present their work as it progresses toward their completed project. The Honors Thesis Tutorial and Colloquia have three central goals: 1) to create close tutorial relationships between University Faculty and Honors Scholars; 2) to challenge Scholars intellectually and creatively through their work with Faculty Tutors and Professional Mentors; and 3) to strengthen Scholars’ abilities in conducting independent research with the realization of the depth of understanding that is required to form a solid foundation from which to create. The Tutorial and Colloquium are designed to foster scholarly insight and debate and to nurture the intellectual passions of students and faculty alike.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
Permission is required to register for this course.
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HUMS 210 The Quest for True Self in the Arts Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course explores the attempts of the artist to achieve true or authentic selfhood through art. The point of departure is the contention that true self is not simply given with existence but must be won, and can be lost. This problem has been variously expressed, for example in Paul Tillich’s assertion: Man’s predicament is the situation of the estrangement of man from his true being. The struggle of the artist to grapple with this contradiction in some of its fundamental forms will be the focus of the course. Among the issues to be explored are: whether artistic creation, even at the highest level, is able to mitigate or resolve the inherent estrangement of the self; the conflict between the need for solitude in order to create and the consequent loneliness that many artist experience; the intrusion of love and domestic demands on artistic creativity; the question of whether ethical values or aesthetic values take precedence when the two conflict; and the struggle for the true selfhood in circumstances of political oppression or tyranny.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
Priority enrollment for students who have not yet completed the HUMS/LACR*210 LA Core requirement.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
This course is equated with the following courses: HUMS*210, HUMS*211, HUMS*212, HUMS*213, HUMS*214, HUMS*215, HUMS*216, HUMS*217, HUMS*218, HUMS*219, HUMS*220, HUMS*221, HUMS*222, HUMS*223, HUMS*224, HUMS*225, HUMS*226, HUMS*227, HUMS*228, HUMS*229
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HUMS 211 Us Vs. Them Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The course explores the results of encounters and confrontations between the Western World and other cultures through reading of historical and literary texts. Herodotus’ perspective on the Greek and the Persians, Tacitus’ appraisal of Roman and Germanic diversity, Polo’s observation of the Mongol empire, De las Casas’ dissenting voice on the Spanish ‘Conquista’ of the Americas, the nineteenth century European exploitation of Congo and the complex relationship between French colonists and natives in twentieth century Algeria, all are experiences that define western identity. Despite the overwhelming sense of western superiority displayed by most of the writers, we also hear voices of self doubt. At least there is among some of them of uneasy acceptance of the present status of affairs. In brief, this course aims to show that meeting the others became a provoking experience and a mirror of the western self in the positive and negative.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
This course is equated with the following courses: HUMS*210, HUMS*211, HUMS*212, HUMS*213, HUMS*214, HUMS*215, HUMS*216, HUMS*217, HUMS*218, HUMS*219, HUMS*220, HUMS*221, HUMS*222, HUMS*223, HUMS*224, HUMS*225, HUMS*226, HUMS*227, HUMS*228, HUMS*229
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HUMS 213 Holy War Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The notion of Holy War is present in many cultures around the world and inspired a great deal of fighting among various religious and political factions throughout human history. The aim of this course is to examine the connection between religion and violence in the context of religious, philosophical, historical and literary works of Eastern and Western civilizations.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: HUMS*210, HUMS*211, HUMS*212, HUMS*213, HUMS*214, HUMS*215, HUMS*216, HUMS*217, HUMS*218, HUMS*219, HUMS*220, HUMS*221, HUMS*222, HUMS*223, HUMS*224, HUMS*225, HUMS*226, HUMS*227, HUMS*228, HUMS*229
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HUMS 214 Rule Brittannia Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
In one of Great Britain’s unofficial national anthems, ‘Rule Britannia,’ the lyrics proclaim, ‘The nations, not so blest as thee, /Must in their turn to tyrants fall, /While thou shalt flourish, shalt flourish great and free, /the dread and envy of them all.’ Whether it was its navy, its political philosophy, or its civil service, for a long period of time the sun never set on the British Empire. Our course, Rule Britannia, examines the progress and decline of imperial Britain from the end of the eighteenth century to the near conclusion of the twentieth century. The ebb and flow of this investigation covers a vast expanse of accounts of conquest, settlement, collaboration, resistance, enrichment, and rejection.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: HUMS*210, HUMS*211, HUMS*212, HUMS*213, HUMS*214, HUMS*215, HUMS*216, HUMS*217, HUMS*218, HUMS*219, HUMS*220, HUMS*221, HUMS*222, HUMS*223, HUMS*224, HUMS*225, HUMS*226, HUMS*227, HUMS*228, HUMS*229
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HUMS 216 The Good Life Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
How does a person live his or her life? What goals does he or she aspire to achieve? And what norms is he or she guided by in pursuit of those goals? What, in short, is the ‘good life?’ This course will examine three different versions of the good life from Western social and cultural history to see what they are, how they differ, and whether they have anything to teach us about living our lives today. We begin with classical virtue in the culture of ancient Greece and Rome where we will examine works of philosophy and tragedy. We then move to the Christian revolution in conceptions of virtue evidenced in scripture, epic poetry, and painting. We conclude with the modern era and the rise of bourgeois or middle-class conceptions of virtue in autobiography and the novel.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: HUMS*210, HUMS*211, HUMS*212, HUMS*213, HUMS*214, HUMS*215, HUMS*216, HUMS*217, HUMS*218, HUMS*219, HUMS*220, HUMS*221, HUMS*222, HUMS*223, HUMS*224, HUMS*225, HUMS*226, HUMS*227, HUMS*228, HUMS*229
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HUMS 217 The Search for Wisdom: Philosophy As a Way of Life Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course sets out from the Ancient Greek idea that philosophy is first of all the search for wisdom, or how to lead the best life possible. The course’s primary focus is how a varuiety of thinkers, from the 16th century to recent times, have attempted to recover the idea that philosophy is first a quest for a practical wisdom, or a way of life. After looking at a few ancient precedentsm the course concentrates on Montaigne, Deccartes, Goethe, Thoreau, Nietzsche, James, Wittgenstein, and Weill.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: HUMS*210, HUMS*211, HUMS*212, HUMS*213, HUMS*214, HUMS*215, HUMS*216, HUMS*217, HUMS*218, HUMS*219, HUMS*220, HUMS*221, HUMS*222, HUMS*223, HUMS*224, HUMS*225, HUMS*226, HUMS*227, HUMS*228, HUMS*229
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HUMS 218 Family in Literature & Art Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An in-depth treatment of the dynamics of family relationships as represented in key works of fiction, photography, film, and painting. Emphasis is not only in the depiction of interpersonal relations but also on the landscape and environment against which characters stand.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: HUMS*210, HUMS*211, HUMS*212, HUMS*213, HUMS*214, HUMS*215, HUMS*216, HUMS*217, HUMS*218, HUMS*219, HUMS*220, HUMS*221, HUMS*222, HUMS*223, HUMS*224, HUMS*225, HUMS*226, HUMS*227, HUMS*228, HUMS*229
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HUMS 219 Revolutionary and Evolutionary Themes in Word and Image in 18th-20th Century Europe and the Americas Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The course will consider politically motivated works of literature and art from the 18th century to the present created by revolutionary thinkers, writers, and fine artists who have sought, through word and image, to redefine their government and/or their culture. During the initial period in which a topic is to be discussed, students will be given a general review of the historical events which incited the writers/artists into action. Students will then read and discuss the given assignments in order to place them in their historical context, and consider at the same time the images created by artists working in their particular media to effect and illustrate the particular revolutionary societal changes under discussion.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: HUMS*210, HUMS*211, HUMS*212, HUMS*213, HUMS*214, HUMS*215, HUMS*216, HUMS*217, HUMS*218, HUMS*219, HUMS*220, HUMS*221, HUMS*222, HUMS*223, HUMS*224, HUMS*225, HUMS*226, HUMS*227, HUMS*228, HUMS*229
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HUMS 221 Afterlife Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The concept of an afterlife, that there is an immortal future, has been central in Western thought. By understanding different conceptions of what happens to us after we die, we also explore cultural reflections about ethics, identity, tragedy, repentance, forgiveness, and the nature of good and evil.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: HUMS*210, HUMS*211, HUMS*212, HUMS*213, HUMS*214, HUMS*215, HUMS*216, HUMS*217, HUMS*218, HUMS*219, HUMS*220, HUMS*221, HUMS*222, HUMS*223, HUMS*224, HUMS*225, HUMS*226, HUMS*227, HUMS*228, HUMS*229
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HUMS 222 War and the Hero Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
War and the Hero will focus on writers and visual artists who have dealt with war and the figure of the hero. Students will explore the ways in which war narratives reflect the values of a culture and sound major questions about excellence, innocence and guilt, the role and use of superior power and force, the coherence of society and its ethical precepts. Not simply illustrations, the visual arts complicate the narratives and provide their own testimony to the ways in which representations of combat influence attitudes toward war.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: HUMS*210, HUMS*211, HUMS*212, HUMS*213, HUMS*214, HUMS*215, HUMS*216, HUMS*217, HUMS*218, HUMS*219, HUMS*220, HUMS*221, HUMS*222, HUMS*223, HUMS*224, HUMS*225, HUMS*226, HUMS*227, HUMS*228, HUMS*229
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HUMS 224 Envisioning Nature Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
In this course, we will explore selected ways in which nature has been defined in literature and the arts, and how in turn concepts of Nature have defined mankind. We will analyze readings and sources from a range of disciplines (literature, visual art, music, dance, and film), approaches and cultures, presented in thematic units, with selected examples from antiquity to the present time, constituting a broad historical framework. Interpretations of the concept of Nature will include viewing nature as animistic, as sacred, as a divine order, as a mechanistic universe, a transcendent force, as a commodity, and as an entity essential to life but exploited. It has been said, ‘Men have always had to choose between their subjection to Nature or the subjection of Nature to the Self.’ We will examine how this choice evolved, evaluate expressions of this choice as it approaches a crisis point, and explore how creative expression can explore and even transcend this dichotomy.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: HUMS*210, HUMS*211, HUMS*212, HUMS*213, HUMS*214, HUMS*215, HUMS*216, HUMS*217, HUMS*218, HUMS*219, HUMS*220, HUMS*221, HUMS*222, HUMS*223, HUMS*224, HUMS*225, HUMS*226, HUMS*227, HUMS*228, HUMS*229
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HUMS 227 Love, Power, and Justice Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The course will examine the relationship between love, power, and justice in interpersonal as well as social-political relations. Should love demand justice, or set aside the demands of justice through forgiveness? Must love, as Jesus said, ‘turn the other cheek’ when treated unjustly? Can turning the other cheek be unjust? Can revenge be just? Can love, in its attempt to achieve justice, make use of power, even violent power, without destroying itself as love?
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: HUMS*210, HUMS*211, HUMS*212, HUMS*213, HUMS*214, HUMS*215, HUMS*216, HUMS*217, HUMS*218, HUMS*219, HUMS*220, HUMS*221, HUMS*222, HUMS*223, HUMS*224, HUMS*225, HUMS*226, HUMS*227, HUMS*228, HUMS*229
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IDES 101 1st Year Industrial Design College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
This course introduces first-year students to the issues surrounding the profession and highlights its importance in informing culture and shaping the way we live. Students are exposed to the fundamental skills required to support the process of concept ideation, design development, and presentation of products and furniture. These fundamentals are introduced through in-class exercises, lectures by visiting professionals, and direct involvement in relevant activities within the Industrial Design Department itself.
Priority enrollment to CAMD Core Studies Students Only open to students that have not completed 45 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 201 Studio: Mechanics & Ideation College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A project based hands-on studio to develop conceptual and practical understanding of design and three-dimensional problem-solving processes with a focus on ideation and concept development. This studio may be taught in a collaborative manner, with two instructors conducting projects individually or as a team in order to provide focused instruction and integrated experiences covering a wide range of subjects including the tools, processes, and languages of design. Emphasis is on the development of three-dimensional model-making skills, problem solving and creative thinking, and their application to mechanical problems of design.
Open to Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 202 Studio: Behavior & Research College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A project based hands-on studio to develop conceptual and practical understanding of design and three-dimensional problem-solving processes with a focus on research to inform design process. This studio is taught in a collaborative manner, with two instructors conducting projects individually or as a team in order to provide focused instruction and integrated experiences covering a wide range of subjects including the tools, processes, and languages of design. Emphasis is on early exploratory research including the observation of human behavior, concept development, concept validation and iterative process.
Open to Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 219 Expressing Design Concepts, 2D College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A hands-on studio to acquire essential skills to support the process of design with emphasis on two-dimensional skills. It may be taught in a collaborative manner, with the instructors conducting projects individually or as a team. Topics include the tools, processes, and languages of conceptual drawing, rendering, and detailing using both traditional media and the computer. Students learn to apply these techniques to design problems addressed in IDES 201: Mechanics and Ideation.
Corequisite Course(s): IDES*201
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 220 Selected Topics in Industrial 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 Industrial Design issues.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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IDES 222 Techniques College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A hands-on studio to acquire essential skills to support the process of design with emphasis on three-dimensional skills. It may be taught in a collaborative manner, with the instructors conducting projects individually or as a team. Topics include the tools, processes, and languages of 3D sketch models, prototyping, and model making using various shop tools, processes, and techniques. Students learn to apply these techniques to design problems addressed in IDES 201: Studio-Mechanics & Ideation.
Prerequisites IDES*221
Corequisite Course(s): IDES*202
Open to Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 231 Design Issues Seminar College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course is designed to assist the student to develop an understanding of the major issues for design in modern society. Discussions range from issues such as the ecological responsibility of designers to the contributions of individual designers and design organizations throughout the history of the discipline. Assignments include research and demonstration projects that explore ideas and illuminate ethical, practical, and moral issues with which designers should be concerned. Students prepare information and present their views on issues through written, oral, and visual means.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or Completion of Foundation
Open to Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 232 Materials & Processes Seminar College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A writing-intensive course introducing the student to the nature of materials used in industrial products and the various processes by which they are formed. Films, lectures, and field trips familiarize students with wood, metal, and plastic materials as well as processes such as injection molding, laser cutting, and stereolithography. Emphasis is placed on the study of material characteristics and the appropriate use of forming methods. Introduction to technical information, specification writing, and professional communications. Graduate students may register for this course under GRID 614.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or Completion of Foundation
Open to Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 241 Expressing Design Concepts, 3D College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This hands-on techniques studio advances essential 3D design communication skills to support the design process within The UArts School of Design. Building upon basic shop safety + tool use begun in the CORE Studies Program, students learn to apply physical making techniques towards more complex design challenges using analogue and basic digital methods in a shop context. 3D techniques exercises are focused on successfully expressing design 3D concepts using appropriate methods to support design problems addressed in the project studios of students’ majors. Topics include: shop safety and tool use, machine processes, conceptual model-making, and design specific 3D visual communication using both traditional media and basic graphic visualization software. This shop-based learning experience provides an intermediate level of tool instruction and material transformation approaches integrating a wide range of physical processes to express 3D creative concepts.
Requires completion of 24 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 242 Materials & Processes of Digital Prototyping
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 243 Advanced Visualization College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 301 Studio: People & Mechanics College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Following a year of basic design process, methods, and vocabulary introduction, this project based hands-on studio focuses on addressing more advanced design process and project opportunities. Emphasis is on user centered design explorations which may emphasize human factors, materials or interaction.
Prerequisites IDES*201 or IDES*202
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 302 Studio: Engaging Clients College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
A project based hands-on studio that engages advanced design methods on real world project opportunities. Emphasis is on collaborative design process with various community groups and/or industry-sponsored projects.
Prerequisites IDES*301
Open to Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 321 Junior Techniques I College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Assists the student in developing graphic communication skills using computational media and applying these skills to both two- and three-dimensional images and presentations. The student is taught to conceptualize, develop, detail, present, and communicate design ideas through graphic design, computer imaging, three-dimensional computer modeling, basic animation, and interactive design presentation. The first semester focuses on integrating graphic software and the development of printed presentations. The second semester focuses on the development of interactive digital presentations.
Prerequisites IDES*221 or IDES*222
Corequisite Course(s): IDES*301
Open to Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 322 Junior Techniques II College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Assists the student in developing graphic communication skills using computational media and applying these skills to both two- and three-dimensional images and presentations. The student is taught to conceptualize, develop, detail, present, and communicate design ideas through graphic design, computer imaging, three-dimensional computer modeling, basic animation, and interactive design presentation. The first semester focuses on integrating graphic software and the development of printed presentations. The second semester focuses on the development of interactive digital presentations.
Prerequisites IDES*321
Corequisite Course(s): IDES*302
Open to Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 331 Human Factors Seminar College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
The object of this research-intensive course is to develop an ability to apply technology effectively to meet human needs through the study of human engineering principles for the design of products and equipment. Human anatomy, anthropometrics and motion, and strength of body components are considered as are sensory systems, human perception, and sensitivities. Lectures are complemented by laboratory experiments designed to teach students methods of testing and evaluating their own product design concepts in human terms. Concepts of scientific writing and reporting are demonstrated through the documentation of coursework.
Prerequisites IDES*301, IDES*232, IDES*321, and IDES*332
Open to Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 332 Design Semantics Seminar College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This seminar addresses design as a languaging process of social interaction. Semantic principles and design vocabulary are introduced through lectures, weekly readings, discussions, and exercises. Students work on individual as well as team-based projects to increase their competence in translating these ideas, concepts, and principles into design practices, applying replicable design methods towards proposing particular products whose meanings matter and whose use is dominated by facets of human understanding.
Prerequisites IDES*202, IDES*222, and IDES*231
Open to Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 333 Digital Form College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Prerequisites IDES*202, IDES*222, and IDES*231
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 334 Design Communications College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Prerequisites IDES*202, IDES*222, and IDES*231
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 336 Design and Digital Media College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 337 Product Design Methods College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Prerequisites IDES*202, IDES*222, and IDES*231
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 371 Architectonics College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
An elective course intended as a multidisciplinary forum for the investigation, appreciation, and design of architectural space, structures, and systems. Using in-class exercises as a laboratory for creative and collaborative exchange, students learn alternative design processes, design vocabulary, user-centered experience and design. This course develops concepts and analytical studies of objects/spaces through various 2D and 3D drawing/modeling techniques and culminates in an actual built/altered environment. Graduate students may register for this course under GRID 624.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 401 Studio 5: Projects Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
These studio courses focus on decisive and responsible positions in formulating new design directions. Building upon past learning, projects sharpen fundamental skills of sketching (2D & 3D), design drawing, computer modeling, prototyping and conceptual diagramming. Students are encouraged through critical discourse and research on historical and contemporary material of cultural shifts to formulate their own ideology. Project proposals forward questions such as social context, ergonomics, and ecological consequences. Students are expected to identify local stakeholders (industry, users, designers, etc.) and ask them to be topic advisors as appropriate. First-semester projects are dedicated to three fast-paced, highly theoretical, predefined topics. The next semester is devoted to further development of one of these projects. This final semester-long project works toward project closure and pragmatic articulation, ready to be shown both inside and outside an academic context.
Prerequisites IDES*302, IDES*322, IDES*331, and IDES*332
Open to Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 402 Studio 5: Projects Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
These studio courses focus on decisive and responsible positions in formulating new design directions. Building upon past learning, projects sharpen fundamental skills of sketching (2D & 3D), design drawing, computer modeling, prototyping and conceptual diagramming. Students are encouraged through critical discourse and research on historical and contemporary material of cultural shifts to formulate their own ideology. Project proposals forward questions such as social context, ergonomics, and ecological consequences. Students are expected to identify local stakeholders (industry, users, designers, etc.) and ask them to be topic advisors as appropriate. First-semester projects are dedicated to three fast-paced, highly theoretical, predefined topics. The next semester is devoted to further development of one of these projects. This final semester-long project works toward project closure and pragmatic articulation, ready to be shown both inside and outside an academic context.
Prerequisites IDES*401
Open to Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 421 Professional Communications College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Refines the students’ written, verbal, and visual presentation skills and assists them in developing communication materials for their senior capstone and industry-sponsored projects. Intensive group critique of individual presentations prepared outside of class. Students develop self-promotion, presentation, and correspondence materials utilizing contemporary technologies.
Prerequisites IDES*321
Corequisite Course(s): IDES*401
Open to Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 422 Professional Practice College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Refines the students’ written, verbal, and visual presentation skills and assists them in developing communication materials for their senior theses and industry-sponsored projects. Intensive group critique of individual presentations prepared outside of class. Students develop self-promotion, presentation, and correspondence materials utilizing service bureaus and contemporary technologies such as digital files, fax, and the World Wide Web to prepare and transmit this information.
Prerequisites IDES*421
Corequisite Course(s): IDES*402
Open to Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 431 Design Theory Seminar College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
In this industrial design seminar, students investigate design philosophies, issues, and pedagogy, from a historic as well as contemporary international design context. Students study various definitions of design, explore design theories and issues, and consider theoretical relationships with other applied arts.
Prerequisites IDES*302, IDES*322, IDES*331, and IDES*332
Corequisite Course(s): IDES*401, IDES*421, IDES*432
Open to Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 432 Design Practice Seminar College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Exposes the student to various modes of design practice through discussion, lectures, and research. The following subjects are addressed: 1. Running a practice, 2. Legalities and contracts, 3. Publications/exhibitions, 4. Client interaction, 5. Job search, recruiters and directories, 6. Portfolios, 7. Networking (etiquette and strategy), 8. Work structure (internship, freelance, in-house etc.). and 9. Entrepreneurial and alternative practices. Visitors and field trips represent a broad spectrum of the design community including design shop owners, design curators from galleries or museums, industrial design entrepreneurs, and copyright lawyers.
Open to Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 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 is not repeatable 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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IDES 501 Business Planning and Practices
3 credits 45.0 hours
500 level undergraduate course
Based on the principles of human-center design, this course introduces students in the arts and media to the principles of business - idea development, marketing, finances, and presentation skills - and develops competencies in strategic thinking problem solving, goal setting, time management, presentation skills, business writing, and financial literacy. Over the course of the semester students research, develop and prototype their ideas forming them into viable ventures. The course also introduces students to the various organizational structures used in business - small and large, start-up and established. The course culminates with public presentations and judging with the best proposals being eligible for a venture grant or participation in a summer incubator program.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 506 Cognitive Science of Interaction Design College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 45.0 hours
500 level undergraduate course
The goal of this course is to address complexity of interaction between human beings and designed systems, environments or objects. This includes a wide range of practical applications - from designing or iPhone apps and interactive installations to designing of “smart clothes” and neural interfaces. In the first part of the course students will be introduced to basic concepts and vocabulary of the fields of cognitive science and psychology relating to interaction design. The main topics covered in the course will be cognitive science research findings related to information input and processing theory, perception and cognition, information appliances and interface design. In the second part of the course students will apply their knowledge of cognitive science concepts and human-centered design theory to specific projects assigned to them in collaboration with the main design studio and their personal interest.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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IDES 508 Design Research and Synthesis College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 45.0 hours
500 level undergraduate course
This course is focused on design research as it applies in a human-centered design context. Through readings, presentations, and discussions students learn to distinguish and articulate different research strategies, review methods and ways of making sense of data collected. Making sense of complexity by doing and devising actions based on abductive thinking produce meaningful argument that support decision making and iterative design development. Special emphasis is placed on ethnography, communication theory, and interventions in organizational systems and cultures.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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ILUS 102 Introduction to Illustration College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
3 credits 90.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
This is an introductory course to the Illustration field. Students will develop fundamental illustration skills and become familiar with major areas within the industry, such as advertising, book, editorial and entertainment design. Students will explore a variety of media and techniques while acquiring approaches to communication-based problem solving skills using research methods to create and communicate their ideas. Both concept and execution are emphasized. Guest illustrators will present work that demonstrates the possibilities of illustrative thinking, image making, and application.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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ILUS 103 Imaging Workshop College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
3 credits 90.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
This course will ground the student in the use of computer based drawing, painting and imaging applications as a means of personal expression. This will start with traditional work brought into the computer via the scanner and digital camera. It will move on to manners of using traditional and digital work in complimentary fashion, and then on to entirely digital methods of image making. The goal is for the student to feel comfortable with and capable of creating digital imagery as a means of creatively solving visual problems. As such, the projects will be based in processes of conceptualization and image making that can be applied to future artistic pursuits. The software focus will primarily be Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, Adobe Illustrator, and other applications may be incorporated.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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ILUS 201 Illustration I: Pictorial Foundation College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Introduction to drawing, value, line, perspective, composition and other picture-making skills as they relate to illustration. Objective visual perception, clarity in drawing and technical facility is stressed. This course is also an introduction to conceptual strategies available to the visual artist, the critical link between text and image, and the creative approaches for giving visual form to abstract concepts and ideas. Issues covered and developed in this course are the basis for critical visual thinking and image making in future communication assignments.
Priority enrollment to Illustration majors and Figurative Illustration minors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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ILUS 203 Illustration II: Illustration Methods College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course covers the development of narrative imagery, pictorial illusion, color and space, and their combined potential for communication. Procedures focus on developing visual awareness, a dependable work process, more personal imagery and conceptual directions. Various media and technical procedures are explored such as oil, acrylic and watercolor paints, and other traditional and digital media as well. Research strategies and reference serve as source material for pictorial development. Assignments and lectures focus on the requirements of creative thinking, successful image making and applied illustration.
Prerequisites ILUS*201
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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ILUS 211 Figure Anatomy College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course will fully investigate the human form through an in-depth study of skeletal and muscular systems. Its objective is a comprehensive understanding of structural issues that will enable proficient usage of the figure from both reference and imagination. There will also be a thorough analysis of critical drawing concerns that are essential in the depiction of proportion, form, space and movement. Projects both in and out of class will focus on the development of anatomical understanding while also engaging pictorial, compositional and conceptual concerns.
Priority enrollment to Illustration majors and Figurative Illustration minors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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ILUS 213 Responsive Drawing College of Art, Media & Design CAMD College-wide
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The goal of this course is to enrich each student’s understanding of drawing’s potential for visually investigating the world in which they live and as a result, they will develop more effectively as unique visual communicators. Transitioning from ILUS 211 Figure Anatomy and dynamically responding to a variety of problems both in and outside the classroom, students will develop new techniques, vocabularies and strategies that will greatly enhance their abilities to become illustrators with personal vision. From imaginative concept development to concise short hand description of live environments to powerfully describing figurative narratives, all involve sophisticated processes and drawing confidence. A variety of mediums, formats and objectives will be utilized as well as working from life in class.
Prerequisites ILUS*211
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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