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2021-2022 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]

Courses

The University Catalogue includes a listing of all active courses; course sections are not offered every term.
 
  

  • PHOT 430 Contemporary Issues in Photography



    3 credits 67.5 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Through the analysis and study of contemporary art practices, this course addresses select theories and critical ideas framing the world in which the photographic image exists. Connections are made between concepts and approaches relevant to 21st century artistic practice with an emphasis on philosophy, art history, art criticism, and cultural studies. Exploration of the art market and current trends facilitate an understanding of the contemporary climate not only in the art world at large, but also specific to the student artist. Coursework investigates aesthetics and the history of art movements, as well as new media and visual popular culture through critical writing, research and presentation, and curatorial approaches to photographic expression.

    Prerequisites PHOT*330

    Priority enrollment to Photography majors; Photography and Studio Photography minors. Fine Arts and Fine Arts majors with Photo concentration are also granted priority enrollment.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PHOT 450 Photography Practicum



    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This professional course provides students with real world experience as a companion to our Professional Practice course. A faculty led course, students partner with an area company, moving through each step in a professional relationship - from contract, to estimates, to final product and submission of images. Unlike an internship, in this course students are the photographers rather than the assistants and the professor functions as a mediator.

    Corequisite Course(s): PHOT*451

    Priority enrollment to Photography majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PHOT 451 Professional Practices



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Study of the practice of professional photography, with attention to various career opportunities, portfolio presentation, business practices, professional ethics, photographic law, intellectual property in the age of digital duplication, and personal objectives. A variety of professional guests visit the course.

    Prerequisites PHOT*320

    Open to Photo majors; Photo and Studio Photo minors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PHOT 452 Professional Practices



    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Study of the practice of professional photography, with attention to various career opportunities, portfolio presentation, business practices, professional ethics, photographic law, intellectual property in the age of digital duplication, and personal objectives. A variety of professional guests visit the course.

    Prerequisites PHOT*320

    Open to Photo majors; Photo and Studio Photo minors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PHOT 490 Independent Study



    1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
    400 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.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PHOT 499 Photography Internship



    1 - 3 credits undefined hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Internships provide opportunity for practical experience, expansion of professional skills, and enable students to test career choices. Internships may include assisting in professional photography studios, working for galleries, assisting independent photographers among others.

    Prerequisites PHOT*210

    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
    Pass/fail grading only.
    This course is equated with the following courses: PHOT*499, MAPH*499, PHOT*499
  

  • PHOT 690 Photography Graduate Independent Study



    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.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PHOT 699 Topics: Photography



    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.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  

  • PMED 582 Arab Music Ensemble Course



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    The course explores a number of Arabic songs, each symbolically connected to a different region or particular country with a focus on the areas of Arabic Choir, Arab Instrumental Ensemble and Arab Percussion. With the songs rooted in different regions, students will be exposed to and become attuned to various Arabic dialects. Despite differences in origins and dialects, the abundance of shared musical aesthetics that contribute to the trans-national mobility and reception of these songs within the broader Pan-Arab context. This course will trace and examine concepts such as quarter-tones and classical Arab rhythms. Upon learning these songs, this course includes practical application through performing to public audiences. Educators in choir and instrumentals portions of the ensemble learn Arab music theory (maqamat), heterophony, classical Arab instrumentation, types of ensembles, genres, modal systems, rhythmic patterns, and traditional Arab composition. Educators in beginner percussion will learn the fundamental sounds of Arab percussion, classic Arab rhythms, instrument names, and percussion notation. Educators in advanced percussion will build on those fundamentals by learning more complex and technically difficult aspects of Arab percussion.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course may not be audited.
  

  • PMED 692 Teaching with Popular Music in the Elementary General Music Classroom



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    500 level graduate course

    This course introduces music educators to the rich opportunities afforded by using popular
    music in the elementary music classroom. Through readings, teachers will become familiar with the
    theoretical discussions surrounding popular music in present-day music education discourse. With a
    focus on topics such as comprehensive musicianship, digital composition, and critical
    listening, the course will expose educators to a wide variety of inclusionary practices and will
    give teachers the tools to begin constructing their own music curriculum centered on popular
    music. This course is offered online, and will have weekly online meeting sessions as outlined
    by the professor of the course.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PMED 695 Using Music Technology in the Elementary General Music Classroom



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Integrating technology into the general music classroom can seem daunting. With the introduction of interactive whiteboards, iPads, 1:1 programs, and more, it is challenging for an elementary teacher to learn and utilize the given technology into the music classroom. This course offers a variety of approaches and strategies for using existing and emerging innovative technologies with your elementary-level students. We will focus on applications that could work in a one-computer classroom, a classroom with access to iPads or Chromebooks, and 1:1 classrooms, where each student has a device. With creativity and practical application as a focus, course participants will use, apply and develop lessons that can immediately be integrated into any daily curriculum.
  

  • PMED 727 Technology for Musical Creativity



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    700 level graduate course

    It has never been easier or more fun for your students to compose, improvise, arrange, and
    produce music related projects than with today’s technology. In this class you will experience
    technology tools (web and mobile apps, software, keyboards, recording gear, etc.), project ideas,
    pedagogical models, and assessment tools for unlocking your student’s creativity. Built around
    eight teacher-tested principles, this course will give you some great ideas for fostering
    creativity with your students including podcasts, loop-based compositions, sound effect stories,
    radio commercials, video scoring, notated compositions that can’t miss, and much more. The
    primary focus will be on classroom music (general music, music theory, music production) at all
    levels, but with some applications for instrumental and vocal music. This course is
    perfect for teachers looking for fresh ways to use the technology tools they already have, and
    for those looking for solid reasons to move towards developing the use of technology in their
    programs. Other than familiarity with using a personal computer, no specialized software/
    hardware knowledge is needed.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PMED 761 Music Production Using ProTools



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    700 level graduate course

    This course will focus on recording and producing music with Pro Tools, the industry-standard
    professional music production software. Participants will record audio with microphones,
    MIDI from the electronic keyboard, and make extensive use of software instruments. This
    course is designed for the elementary and secondary music educator interested in making
    professional sounding recordings of his/her ensembles and integrating music production into
    the music curriculum. Basic computer literacy is required for this course.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PNTG 101 Introduction to Painting



    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.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PNTG 201 Painting Materials and Processes



    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.”

    Prerequisites COMP*102, COMP*102D, COMP*102E, COMP*112, or COMP*112H

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PNTG 211 Drawing Into Painting



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Drawing is a record of immediacy, movement, and gesture employed in the construction of image, space, and surface. Historically, it has shared an intimate connection to painting, as a means for translation, transformation and the development of the primacy of line and mark through material. Students will examine the relationship of drawing to painting, and explore a variety of drawing methodologies within formal, conceptual, and experimental processes of painting. Looking closely at historical, Modern and contemporary precedents, students will develop thematic ideas, structural ideas, and imaginative interpretations through the mechanisms of drawing into painting.

    Prerequisites COMP*102, COMP*102D, COMP*102E, COMP*112, or COMP*112H

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PNTG 212 Drawing Studies



    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This studio course explores Drawing as a contemporary practice. Students will be exposed to a range of drawing methodologies that expand beyond its traditional role as preparatory source material. Studio practices include both open-ended invention, and the reinterpretation of source material; found, observed, created or imagined.

    Requires completion of 30 credits.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PNTG 227 Figure Painting



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Painting projects are designed to develop awareness of the many issues to be considered in creating forms that represent the human being. Working from the live models as well as from other visual sources, including photography and fine-art masterworks, students investigate conceptual and stylistic possibilities in depicting the human figure. Concerns for gesture, weight, color, proportion, scale, apparel, portraiture, space and light, composition, and narration can all be circumstances in which the human figure is the center of interest.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PNTG 233 Landscape Painting



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Students in this course will examine possible ways of seeing and interpreting the components of the landscape through paint and mark making. Procedures can include working from on-site experience, memory, and other research information.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PNTG 234 Pictorial Elements



    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.

    Requires completion of 30 credits.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PNTG 237 Representational Painting



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    A studio course examining concepts and approaches to representational images. Emphasis is placed on the relation between content, form, and the expanded field of painting. Works may be generated from direct observation, photographic sources as well as from the student’s own resources.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PNTG 238 Abstract Painting



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined 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 COMP*102, COMP*102D, COMP*102E, COMP*112, or COMP*112H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PNTG 243 Collage/Assemblage



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined 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.

    Prerequisites COMP*102, COMP*102D, COMP*102E, COMP*112, or COMP*112H

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PNTG 301 Concepts in Painting



    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 PNTG*201

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PNTG 302 Painting Strategies



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This studio based painting course is intended to immerse students in advanced material research
    and problem solving. Assignments are designed to address specific traditional and contemporary
    painting strategies. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship between research, form, and
    content while furthering the development of a personal vocabulary and direction.

    Prerequisites PNTG*201

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PNTG 406 Advanced Studio Practice



    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 PNTG*301

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PNTG 490 Independent Study



    1.5 - 9 credits undefined hours
    400 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.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PNTG 690 Graduate Independent Study



    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.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PNTG 699 Topics: Painting



    1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  

  • PRES 602 Michener Art Museum Harry Betoia Mid-Century Design-Teacher Resources for The Classroom



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Harry Bertoia, born in Italy, created well-known tonal sounding sculptures and designed furniture for Knoll, Inc. His studies began in printmaking and metalworking, which informed his work throughout his career. He designed, among other pieces, the Bertoia Diamond Chair series, which became part of the mid-century modern furniture movement. From 1953 to 1978, Bertoia created over 50 large public commissions, engaged by such architects as Eero Saarinen, Henry Dreyfuss, Roche & Dinkeloo, Minoru Yamasaki, Edward Durell Stone and I. M. Pei. In this course, participants study Bertoia’s work and consider the impact of modern craft and design through an exhibition of his work at the James A. Michener Art Museum and studying other mid-century works that reflect the changing aesthetics of the modern age. Participants explores methods to engage students with object study and brings cross-disciplinary projects to a range of subject areas.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRES 604 Barnes Summer Teacher Institute



    2 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This intensive three-day, two-credit course is offered in partnership with The Barnes Foundation and explores a wide array of artists and their environments, art materials and the artistic process, and invites K–12 educators across all subjects to explore the art form and Dr. Barnes’s approach to collecting, composition, and display to achieve their own curricular goals. Includes admission to the Barnes collection and special exhibits.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRES 605 Visual Arts as a Source for Teaching (VAST) at Philadelphia Museum of Art



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Each summer the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Division of Education offers K-12 teachers of all subject areas the chance to renew their spirit of inquiry through VAST: Visual Arts as a Source for Teaching. This program allows teachers to immerse themselves in the museum’s collections and its use as a resource in the classroom, with themes changing each summer. The collections serve as the starting point for lively experiences that stress an interdisciplinary and multicultural approach in looking at and teaching from works of art. Participants take part in lectures, demonstrations, small group discussions, behind-the-scenes meetings with museum curators, writing workshops and field trips to build skills and strategies for teaching humanities-based curriculum. PK-12 teachers across subject areas immerse themselves in the Museum’s collections and explore the special nature of art and its use as a resource in their classrooms during this week-long seminar. Reinvigorate your creative spirit, connect with like-minded colleagues, and refresh your classroom teaching with new ideas.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRES 608 Philadelphia History Through Architecture



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    In this course, architecture is a means to understand Philadelphia’s history from colonial town to industrial powerhouse, into today’s major American urban center. By examining Philadelphia’s built environment from the earliest buildings along the Delaware River to the present makeover of the Center City skyline, an overview of the city’s past is discovered in a visual form that engages teachers and students. Many important architectural styles, buildings, movements and architects are discussed, including the vernacular style evidenced in the Philadelphia row house, buildings of national significance such as the Fairmount Water Works and Eastern State Penitentiary, the redevelopment of Society Hill and Old City in the 20th century, and the importance of parks in Philadelphia’s landscape. Study the contributions of recognized Philadelphia architects such as John Haviland, William Strickland, Frank Furness and Louis Kahn. In addition to lectures, visits sites including Gloria Dei (Old Swede’s Church), Christ Church, the Fairmount Water Works, Eastern State Penitentiary, the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society (PSFS) building and the Athenaeum of Philadelphia-the repository for the history of Philadelphia’s buildings and architects in the region. Through lectures, site visits and walking tours, participants become familiar with Philadelphia history as well as the cultural and sociological significance of works viewed. This course is appropriate for to K-12 teachers in all subject areas. Course content, in addition to exposure to primary source materials, assist teachers in developing engaging classroom experiences that meet academic standards related to historical analysis, sociology, visual literacy and more.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRES 610 Driving Creativity: Developing Original Ideas



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    When two worlds intersect, the meeting and merging of different ideas can lead to new insights and creations. By drawing inspiration from points-of-view other than our own, it can push us past our own boundaries. Art is the convergence of many of these intersections and perspectives and it can also inspire our minds to think in divergent ways. The Philadelphia Museum of Art invites K-12 teachers to use art as the spark to break us out of our everyday thought patterns, connect the unexpected, and explore myriad points of view. By practicing these skills, we can train our minds to develop original ideas.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRES 620 From the Streets to Their Seats: Integ



    2 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Art can be an expressive tool to discuss social issues important to students and their community. The themes of The Summer Teacher Institute will focus on how to integrate art into the classroom by exploring the Barnes Foundation’s largely European 19th and early 20th century collection with a contemporary and multicultural lens. Teachers will be immersed in the objective method of founder, Dr. Albert C. Barnes, and learn teaching strategies to bring back to the classroom that help students develop their visual literacy skills. Teachers will also meet artists that communicate ideas of social justice as well as take a walking tour of public art to see how sculpture and murals impact the community. Teachers will experience the special exhibition: Mohamed Bourouissa: Urban Riders, to see how one artist interacts with the community to create artwork. The program includes gallery lectures, discussions, and hands-on art making activities. Teachers will take home lesson plan ideas and educational resources that integrate art across the curriculum into content areas such as: English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRES 680 PMA Featured Exhbition: The Surrealists -Teacher’s Resource



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    In partnership with the featured special exhibitions on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this course is one of a continuing series that uses primary museum resources to better understand artworks in cultural and historical context as well as influence. Participants will study works using an art historical and literary perspective, as well as social and cultural significance. Course content is developed with the Education Department at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, featuring speakers who discuss the exhibition in depth, plus additional lectures relating to the Museum’s permanent collection. With studio demonstrations and hands-on workshops designed for classroom use, participants create and develop a series of activities and lesson plans for application into a range of subject areas and grade levels. The temporary exhibition The Surrealists provides an account of Surrealism as told through the Museum’s unique collection of great masterpieces and lesser-known works of the movement, the exhibition will highlight the inspired minds and imaginations of the most celebrated Surrealists-including Salvador Dal

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRES 681 PMA Featured Exhibition: the Arts of Asia-Korea, China, Japan



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    In partnership with the featured special exhibitions on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this course is one of a continuing series that uses museum primary sources to better understand artworks in cultural and historical context as well as their influence. Participants study works using an art history perspective, as well as social and cultural significance. Course content is developed with the Education Department at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, featuring speakers who discuss the exhibition in depth, plus additional lectures relating to the Museum’s permanent collection. With studio demonstrations and hands-on workshops designed for classroom use, participants create and develop a series of activities and lesson plans for application into a range of subject areas and grade levels. The exhibition Art of the Joseon Dynasty is the first full-scale survey in the United States to be devoted to art of the celebrated Joseon Dynasty (13921910), a period that spanned half a millennium and profoundly shaped the culture and identity of Korea today. Comprised of more than 150 works drawn primarily from the National Museum of Korea’s collection and supplemented by objects from public and private collections in Korea and the United States, this exhibition offers a rare opportunity for American audiences to see some of these artistic masterpieces. In this course, explore the history behind the Korean masterpieces viewed in the context of Asia’s artistic identity and cultural legacy. Further understanding is offered through the examination and comparison of Korean aesthetics with those of China and Japan. A variety of themes — courtly life, society, ancestral rites, Confucianism and Buddhism, the philosophy of the dynasty and the cultural dynamics that shaped life during this time — will be explored. Scrolls, ceramics, textiles, woodblock prints as well as other precious and defining objects will inspire studio activities for teachers across the curriculum.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRES 682 PMA Featured Exhibition- Paul Strand: Photography and Film for the Twentieth Century - Teacher Resources for the Classroom



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Featuring the work of Paul Strand (1890-1976), a critical figure in the history of modern art, photography and filmmaking, this course studies his work in the context of culture, art and history of the early 20th century; particularly as he helped establish photography as an art form. Strand’s work and that of his contemporary artists in the Alfred Stieglitz Circle shows photography’s pivotal role as a means of understanding and describing the modern world. Using the latest exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Paul Strand: Photography and Film for the Twentieth Century, participants study Strand’s most important projects from the 1910s through the 1960s, including his breakthrough trials in abstraction and candid street portraits, natural and machine forms, and extended explorations during his travels. The course also features works by Strand’s fellow artists from the Stieglitz circle (Georgia O’Keeffe, John Marin, and Arthur Dove), screenings of films, lectures on the history of photography, and a selection of archival materials. Course content is cross-curricular with projects applicable to all grade levels and subjects; course includes lectures and demonstrations to provide context and understanding.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRES 683 PMA Featured Exhibition - Ink & Gold: Art of the Kano - Teacher Resources for The Classroom



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Our museum-based courses help teachers in all subject areas learn how to use artifacts to engage students in learning across the curriculum. This course studies the artistry of the esteemed Kano painters, the most enduring and influential school of painting in Japanese history. Established by Kano Masanobu in the 15th century, the lineage created and upheld standards of artistic excellence in Japan for nearly 500 years. The exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which presents more than 120 works of art with a focus on large-scale, gold leaf folding screens and ink paintings, hanging scrolls and folding fans, is the first outside Japan (and the first anywhere since 1979) to so fully examine the Kano painters’ legacy. Course content is cross-curricular with hands-on cultural projects applicable to all grade levels and subjects; course includes lectures and demonstrations to provide context and understanding.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRES 684 PMA Featured Exhibition - Discovering the Impressionists: Paul Durand - Ruel and the New Painting - Teacher Projects for the Classroom



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Our museum-based courses help teachers in all subject areas learn how to use artifacts to engage students in learning across the curriculum. Focusing on the importance of Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922), a vital figure in the rise of Impressionism, this class explores the development of Impressionism - its struggles, successes and eventual recognition - and reveals Durand-Ruel’s role in the movement. Paul Durand-Ruel was a practical, ambitious and visionary Parisian art dealer who championed this new style of painting. The extraordinary quality of the Impressionist paintings that were once part of the gallery’s stock is a testament to the dealer’s deep personal relationships with now-celebrated artists. Participants learn directly from works in the exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art to study this time period and this style in order to explore themes of culture, history and aesthetics. Course content is cross-curricular with projects applicable to all grade levels and subjects; course includes lectures and demonstrations to provide context and understanding.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRES 685 PMA Featured Exhibition - Still Life, Landscape and Portraiture - Teacher Resources for the Classroom



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course will draw upon the time-honored, traditional themes of still life, landscape and portraiture and their origins within the diverse history of art. The exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, presents a formidable, comprehensive survey of American still life in three decades and will provide much of the course study. Titled Audubon to Warhol: The Art of American Still Life, this exhibit will feature 120 oil paintings, watercolors and works in other media representing the finest accomplishments in the still life genre from its beginnings in the early 1800’s and travel to the Pop Art era of the 1960’s. Iconic artists such as Georgia O’Keefe, Andy Warhol, Horace Pippin, Charles Sheeler, Charles Demuth, Arthur B. Carles as well as Joseph Stella and Roy Lichtenstein will be regarded for their contributions to their respective eras. In addition, the course will consider still life, as well as landscape and portraiture, to reflect on interpretations of American identity, history and culture throughout time. Participants will learn the differences, along with similarities, of the variations on these traditional themes - along with their relationship to European and other important world influences. Visits include the Barnes Foundation, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and other relevant sites. Course content is cross-curricular applicable to all grade levels and subjects; course includes lectures and demonstrations to provide context and understanding.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRES 686 PMA Featured Exhibition - International Pop - Teacher Resources for the Classroom



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Utilizing the ‘International Pop’ exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art as a source for inspiration and enterprise, this course will explore the dynamic two- and three-dimensional bold and thought-provoking imagery that constitutes pop art in its different iterations. Work from the United States to western and eastern Europe, Latin America, and Japan will be discussed. Key artists of the movement will be explored within the context of the social and political issues of the era. Lectures, paired with museum visits, will familiarize educators with the artists and artwork, as well as provide them with strategies for incorporating the topic into their curriculum. Educators will also complete a hands-on studio activity that explores the themes and media incorporated in pop art and will serve as the basis for a hands-on project to be developed for students in their own classrooms.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRES 687 PMA Featured Exhibition - Work on What You Love: Bruce Mau Rethinking Design- Teacher Resources for the Classroom



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Utilizing the Bruce Mau Rethinking Design exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art as a point of inspiration and departure, this course will explore the role that design thinking, innovation, and goal setting play in creating a contemporary learning environment. Using relevant examples from history, literature, and the work of Bruce Mau, the course will explore the relationship between an educator’s process and a designer’s process. Students will gain first-hand experience with the design process and apply it to the development of an original lesson plan that advance their mission as educators.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRES 688 Integrating Museum Resources Into the Classroom



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    How do we effectively and routinely bring museum resources into our classrooms? This course offers educators a broad understanding of how to locate and use museum resources as lesson planning tools, to guide inquiry-based learning and curriculum development. With >35,000 museums in the US alone offering vast open educational resources (OER) for teachers to use in their classrooms, we will explore and analyze OER to enhance lesson planning and engage students with collections both at the museum and remotely. With visits to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Barnes Foundation, and the Institute of Contemporary Art to explore and extend the online experience into the physical space. We will draw in the galleries, and apply our collective online and in-person museum experiences into curriculum planning for the classroom. Open to K-12 teachers in all subject areas.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRES 689 The Art and Culture of Mexico: Modernism



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course is organized around the most comprehensive exhibition of Mexican Modernism to be seen in the United States in more than seven decades. PAINT THE REVOLUTION: MEXICAN MODERNISM, 1910-1050. Appearing at the Philadephia Museum of Art, the exhibit will highlight masterpieces by Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueriros-known as TRES GRANDES (The Greats) of Mexican mural painting. Their work will be seen in the illuminating context of a vibrant, complex Mexican art world, embodied by the achievements of many reknowed figure such as Frida Kahlo, Rufino Tamayo, and many of their contemporaries. A range of images will provide source material for study: paintings, prints, photographs, books, broadsheets and folk art objects. Students will acquire a broad, historical and social perspective of of Mexico’s cultural identity through the presentations, workshops and discussions offered in through this distinctive educational experience.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRES 690 PMA Featured Exhibition: American Modernism



    3 credits 42.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Artists in the first half of the 20th century created a bold new visual language to capture the
    essence of modern American life. This course is organized around the wide-ranging PMA exhibition
    that re-frames examples of American Modernism in the collection, with an emphasis on painting,
    sculpture, prints, drawings, and photographs. The exhibition features internationally acclaimed
    artists who are affiliated with photographer and gallerist Alfred Stieglitz, including Georgia
    O’Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, and Arthur Dove, along with others who made significant contributions to
    the art of their day. Educators will receive the PMA catalog that is published in conjunction with
    the exhibition as a source material for study. Educators across all subjects and grade levels
    will gain a broad historical and social perspective of American Modernism through
    collaborative presentation, peer workshops, and conversations offered through this distinctive
    educational experience.

    Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRNT 101 Introduction to Printmaking



    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    This is an introductory overview of printmaking processes. The course may include intaglio, drypoint, relief, screenprinting, monotype, and paper lithography. Emphasis is on the development of a personal voice and technical skill, within the capabilities of various processes. Students will experience the wide possibilities of expressive form inherent in printmaking and in the production of multiples.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 141 1st Year Screenprinting



    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    An introduction to and investigation of various stencil methods, based on three primary types of screen stencils: cut paper, blockout/resist, and photo emulsion, using water-based inks on both paper and fabric. Emphasis is on the acquisition of personal expression and technical skills, within the capabilities of screen-printed opaque and transparent colors, and the use of editions in a collaborative class image exchange. Additionally, the various media unique to printmaking are shown and discussed, to introduce the beginning student to the wide possibilities of expression inherent in printmaking.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 202 Relief/Monotype



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Introduction to the graphic and expressive qualities of woodcut, linoleum, and collograph
    processes printed in monochrome and color. Monoprinting with direct drawing and painting on
    Plexiglas and metal plate are also explored.

    Requires completion of 30 credits.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PRNT 205 Drawing/Works on Paper



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This class offers an opportunity for idea development, visual perception, and the organization of experience into compositions. Primary emphasis is on developing visual expression, skill in using various materials, and growth of critical evaluative abilities through group discussions and critiques. Forms of drawing, collage, print media techniques, and other experimental mark making are explored in the investigation of concepts such as marking time, mapping, the display of data, the record of an event, material, body extension, a score. Students are encouraged to combine media.

    Priority enrollment for Fine Art majors.
    Requires completion of 30 credits.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 206 Screenprinting Expanded



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    The graphic qualities of expression in screenprinting are presented through historic and contemporary examples and demonstration of the methods. Various stencil processes from direct-drawn to photographic and computer-generated are explored in water-based opaque and transparent inks. Emphasis is placed on the understanding of the qualities of these methods and the development of personal ideas.

    Requires completion of 30 credits.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 210 The Printed Multiple



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This class explores the flexibility the printed multiple plays in both the iterative process and format decisions within a studio practice. Students will learn techniques in screen printing and relief printing. These media will provide a point to create printed multiples from which to explore potentials in imagemaking, time based and 3 dimensional formats and interactive contexts.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 212 Screenprinting



    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Introduction and investigation of stencil methods in screenprinting with water-based inks. Idea development and acquisition of visual skills in expression in color, line, and form through drawn, photographic, or computer-generated stencil processes.

    Requires completion of 30 credits.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 214 Nonsilver Printmaking Process



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Students are introduced to the basic techniques of nonsilver by building images in color with layers of brushed-on light-sensitive emulsion. Light-resists can range from photogram objects to drawings and paintings to film or paper negatives. Processes covered are Vandyke brown, cyanotype, and gum bichromate.

    Requires completion of 30 credits.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 216 Printmaking Studio Techniques



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    A studio course of instruction and demonstration in a variety of traditional and contemporary technical approaches to the handling of printmaking media. Media options could include screenprinting, intaglio, lithography, relief and/or monotype. This course will largely focus on physical processes but will also include discussion of concept and image development through printmaking techniques and the use of multiples in studio practice.

    Requires completion of 30 credits.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PRNT 231 Papermaking



    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Through slide lectures and demonstrations, this studio course introduces students to all aspects of traditional Western and Japanese papermaking techniques including pulp preparation, sheet formation, pressing, and drying sheets. Students learn refined, professional methods as well as explore the creative versatility of pulp. Classes include: casting three-dimensional objects and bowls, building subtle relief images in colored pulp, and painting with pulp. Various fibers explored throughout the semester include garden vegetables and indigenous plants.

    Requires completion of 30 credits.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course is equated with the following courses: FAPR*231,PR*207, FAPR*231,PR*207
  

  • PRNT 242 Etching Studio



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    The graphic qualities of expression in etching/intaglio are presented through historic and contemporary
    examples and demonstration of the methods. Handwork on metal plate includes drawn drypoint,
    etching, and tonal processes. Emphasis is placed on the understanding of the qualities
    of these methods and the development of personal ideas.

    Requires completion of 30 credits.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 300 History of the Print



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Students meet at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the Print Study room to discuss and study original prints, illustrations, and rare books from the museum collection. Masters of the 15th through the 18th centuries are introduced and researched, as well as prints and printed illustration work from the 19th and 20th century. The print is addressed not only in the context of art history but also in terms of its relevancy to the cultural, religious and political climate of its original time.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a discipline history elective, critical studies elective, or general elective requirement.
  

  • PRNT 305 Lithography



    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.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 306 Lithography



    1.5- 3 credits undefined 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.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PRNT 310 Installation/Public Intervention



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Students will explore the potential that print media and other paper-based media have to offer in working in the format of installation and public intervention art. Spacemaking, site specificity, and scale and complexity, will be addressed as well as interactivity and public vs private space. Interdisciplinary pieces that include video, audio and performance will be encouraged.

    Priority enrollment for students majoring in Fine Arts with a program emphasis in Expanded Drawing + Print Media.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 314 Advanced Non-Silver



    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 PRNT*214

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PRNT 316 Word & Image in Visual Culture



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This course will explore the intersection of visual and verbal communication via the written word, its interaction with images, and their combined impact within visual culture. Students will learn about the relationship between text and image through class lectures, studio work, individual research and collaborative projects. By analyzing and understanding how text and image combine to create meaning, students develop new strategies for making that will enhance their artistic, conceptual, critical and analytical skills.

    Requires completion of 30 credits.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 321 Advanced Lithography



    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 PRNT*305

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PRNT 326 Advanced Screenprinting



    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 PRNT*206

    Open to Printmaking majors only.
    This course may be completed 2 times credit.
  

  • PRNT 327 Advanced Etching



    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 PRNT*241

    This course may be completed 2 times credit.
  

  • PRNT 328 Advanced Relief



    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 PRNT*201

    Open to Printmaking majors only.
    This course may be completed 2 times credit.
  

  • PRNT 410 Advanced Drawing & Print Media



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    A course through which students can further explore the relationship between content and material/ process/format in order to develop a unique visual vocabulary. Possible explorations might include 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional works, installation, video, animation, book arts and public interventions.

    Prerequisites PRNT*210

    Priority enrollment for students majoring in Fine Arts with a program emphasis in Expanded Drawing + Print Media.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 411 Digital Printmaking



    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.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PRNT 453 Print Media



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Print Media is an advanced course through which students can further research and explore the use of printmaking processes in order to develop and express their individual concepts, images, and technical expertise. Projects will permit students to gravitate toward media in which they have previous experience while also encouraging experimentation with less familiar printmaking techniques, finding the process best suited to their imagery. The workshop atmosphere permits a comfortable handling of all procedures and print processes. Students will be able to use print media such as (but not limited to) screenprinting, lithography, relief, intaglio, laser cut and digital printing. They might also add hand drawing, and photo based imagery. Possible explorations might include 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional works, installation, video, animation and performance. Students will be given an opportunity to investigate the work of recent and current artists and movements that incorporate the use of multiples through print media.

    Prerequisites One course from subject PRNT, from level 200, 300, or 400.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
    This course is equated with the following courses: FAPR*453, PRNT*453
  

  • PRNT 490 Independent Study



    1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
    400 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.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRNT 614 Advanced Non-Silver



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    600 level graduate 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.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PRNT 633 Digital Printmaking



    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.
  

  • PRNT 651 The History & Craft of Handmade Paper



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course instructs students in the history and practice of hand papermaking: the historical study of paper composition; conservation techniques; and the study of fibers and papers best suited for printing. This course will also further elevate student knowledge in the field of conservation and its associated professional practices. Participants will gain knowledge in the history, conservation, and artistic relevance of paper, including the review of historic and contemporary applications of hand papermaking. The primary focus of this course is the technical application and production of pulp fiber, as well as the production of handmade paper for various applications. The format focuses on technical demonstrations to familiarize students with the actions and formal languages employed in the production of handmade paper. Students will gain historic knowledge of papermaking as both a craft and as a practice. Additionally, they will develop a working knowledge of papermaking practices and problem solving skills, including fiber preparation and sheet formation. The understanding of centuries-old methods and its chemistry are essential in the discussion of paper as an artistic medium. Through weekly readings, both Western and Eastern craft will be reviewed addressing the history of paper, quality, and conservation issues.

    Priority enrollment to graduate Book Arts majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 653 Print Media



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course is an introduction to and an exploration of basic printmaking techniques intrinsic to the production of books and prints-relief & monotype; intaglio and collograph; and serigraphy. Projects will be assigned allowing each student to gravitate toward media which is best suited to express their own individual concepts while being encouraged to fully experiment with those less familiar. Emphasis is on both print processes and conceptual development.

    Priority enrollment to graduate Book Arts majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 654 Letterpress



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course will present the mechanics of letterpress printing, in union with basic elements of typographic design, utilizing traditional and nontraditional printing techniques. Students will learn hand setting and printing from metal type on a Vandercook proof press, and printing text and illustration from photopolymer plates, both in relation to edition printing. Press operation and maintenance will be covered, as well as imposition, various inking methods, and proper impression.

    Priority enrollment to graduate Book Arts majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 671 The Digital Province



    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course will cover the specific digital platforms, hardware, and software for creating imagery and text in relation to printmaking and pre-press operation processes. These include: digital printing, preparing digital files for photo polymer or offset plate output; using a laser cutter for creating watermark stencils or pressure printing stencils; and digital book production. Programs covered include the professional design software: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Photoshop. Assignments will be based around the use of specific techniques, or in collaboration, to fully realize a project.

    Priority enrollment to graduate Book Arts majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 672 On Paper: Collaborations in Print & Pulp



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course offers further development in exploring handpapermaking as a conceptual medium- building upon the instruction provided in GRPR 601 the History and Craft of Paper. Students will explore the medium as a means for creating conceptually based work in unison with printmaking techniques and book binding techniques acquired thus far in the program. One portion of the course will involve a collaboration and edition with a professional artist.

    Priority enrollment to graduate Book Arts majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 673 The Visual Voice: Image, Language & Typography



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course will focus on the development of each student’s independent visual voice in applied, investigative and experimental elements of design, book arts and printmaking in association with creative writing. Projects will focus on exploring the relationship between text and image and an integration of the fine and design arts. The ability to augment language proficiency on both verbal and written levels will be stressed. The grid and essential design elements will be covered in order to institute an understanding of typographic canons. Additionally, students will create their own typeface. A myriad of writing exercises will complement major projects completed over the semester. Supplemental writing workshops will be organized throughout the semester.

    Priority enrollment to graduate Book Arts majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PRNT 690 Graduate Independent Study



    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.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • PRNT 699 Topics: Printmaking



    1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  

  • PRNT 704 The Atelier



    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    700 level graduate course

    Students will explore the mediums of papermaking and print as a means for creating conceptually based work in unison with printmaking techniques and book binding techniques to successfully complete a series of workshops scheduled over the semester. These workshops provide additional insight into the craft of the medium.

    Prerequisites PRNT*651, PRNT*653, PRNT*672 and PRNT*716

    Priority enrollment to graduate Book Arts majors.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • PRNT 716 Expanded Print Media



    3 credits 90.0 hours
    700 level graduate course

    This course will provide further exploration of techniques not covered in the Print Media course, including experimental and nontraditional techniques and photo based processes tailored to each student’s individual voice. Sculptural prints and installation works will also be explored through site-specific projects as well as the collaborative possibilities of the digital with printmaking processes.

    Prerequisites PRNT*653

    Open to graduate Book Arts majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • PSYC 201 Child & Adolescent Psychology



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course is developmentally oriented and focuses on Erikson’s psychosocial stages
    of life from birth to adolescence. Major topics include pregnancy, the birth process,
    and the physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development of the child. Family
    life and parent-child relationships are also examined, with particular attention given
    to the impact of our social institutions upon parents and children.

    Priority enrollment for students with Art Therapy Concentration
    or for students pursuing the Five year BFA/MAT program.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.

    This course is equated with the following courses: LASS*871, PSYC*201
  

  • PSYC 202 Adult Psychology



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course provides an overview of adult stages of psychological development throughout early, middle and late adulthood. An eclectic variety of perspectives citing psychoanalytic, cognitive, and humanistic orientations are considered.

    Priority enrollment to Art Therapy concentration.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • PSYC 203 Personality & Creativity



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Through readings of works of major theorists on the nature of personality and on creativity,
    the course poses two major questions: What do major theorists have to say about the
    human personality?; and What do major theorists have to say about what it means to be a creative
    person? There are a number of ways of answering these questions and it is not the purpose
    of the course to choose the ‘best’ answer, but rather, to put the student in a better
    position to make his or her own decision.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • PSYC 300 Social Psychology



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    A survey of major social problems today and an analysis of society’s resistance to implementing the necessary painful solutions. Students study the current status of major social institutions and their increasing failure to meet and satisfy human needs. Some of the other areas that are studied are mental health and mental illness, human values, love and marriage, dreams, and preventative programs.

    Prerequisites PSYC*201 or PSYC*202

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • PSYC 302 Psychopathology



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This course introduces cultural and historical perspectives, causal factors, and treatments for psychopathology across the lifespan. We will explore a wide range of understandings of diverse psychological experiences and difficulties in adults and children, including those related to stress, panic, anxiety, mood as well as substance, eating, and cognitive and personality disorders, for example. We will consider contexts and methodologies for understanding psychopathology, including the following: psychodynamic and social theories, cognitive influences, and biological factors.

    Priority enrollment to Art Therapy concentration.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • PSYC 303 Educational Psychology



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    An introduction to educational psychology for potential educators. The basic principles of learning theory and education are presented and critically examined. Using a psychosocial orientation, the developmental stages of the human life cycle are explored, as well as the needs of a variety of special populations, e.g., those with learning disabilities or physical disabilities. Considerable attention is given to increasing awareness and understanding of communication, group dynamics, and organizational behavior.

    Prerequisites PSYC*201 or PSYC*202

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • PSYC 310 Theories of Personality



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Introduces the study of personality and how patterns of behavior, interaction, perception, and response are understood by a broad variety of theorists. Questions of nature vs. nurture, whether the past impacts the present, and what defines mental health are discussed. Psychodynamic, cognitive, humanistic, and behavioral approaches are compared and contrasted.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • PSYC 398 PSYC: Selected Topics



    1 - 3 credits undefined hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This course invites you to explore a special topic in psychology. At its core, this class engages big questions about science, a body of knowledge has been established and then continually extended, refined, and revised. The ultimate goal of this course: inspiring curiosity about the world around us and introducing quantitative and qualitative methods of understanding that world.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • PSYC 598 PSYC: Selected Topics



    1 - 3 credits undefined hours
    500 level graduate course

    This course invites you to explore a special topic in psychology. At its core, this class engages big questions about science, a body of knowledge has been established and then continually extended, refined, and revised. The ultimate goal of this course: inspiring curiosity about the world around us and introducing quantitative and qualitative methods of understanding that world.

    Prerequisites PSYC course or current graduate student status.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • RELI 232 World Religions



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    An exploration of world religious traditions originating in Africa, America, China, India, Japan, and the Middle East. Religions are studied in their historical and cultural context, including their development into various forms over the years and in different places, and their beliefs regarding the cosmos, society, the self, and good vs. evil.

    Prerequisites COMP*102, COMP*102D, COMP*102E, COMP*112, or COMP*112H

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • RELI 398 Selected Topics



    1 - 3 credits undefined hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This course invites you to explore a religious topic. At its core, this class engages big questions about religions and complex systems of belief. We will approach course topics as tools for making connections between critical perspectives on religion in ways that can inform your art-making.

    Prerequisites COMP*102, COMP*102D, COMP*102E, COMP*112, or COMP*112H

    Priority enrollment for students with a minor in Philosophy + Religion
    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • SCIE 212 Sleep, Dreams, and Art



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Humans spend one third of their lives sleeping. The single unifying experience of the sleep state: the experience of dreams. Dreams are as old as our species, but have eluded systematic investigation until recently through modern advances in our understanding of cognitive processes and sleep’s underlying neuro-cellular components. This course offers an introduction to the neurobiology of sleep to examine our evolving understanding of the brain and how dreams influence and inspire artistic expression.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
  

  • SCIE 218 SCIE: Special Topics



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course invites you to explore a scientific topic. At its core, this class engages big questions about science, a body of knowledge has been established and then continually extended, refined, and revised. The ultimate goal of this course: inspiring curiosity about the world around us and introducing quantitative and qualitative methods of understanding that world.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.

    This course is equated with the following courses: SIFT*1XX, SIFT*111, SIFT*108, SIFT*110, LACR*220, LACR*228, LACR*230, SIFT*101, SIFT*107, SIFT*109, LACR*229, LACR*229, LACR*221, LACR*227, LACR*229, LACR*229, LACR*229, LACR*22X, LACR*221, SIFT*102, SIFT*103, SIFT*104, LACR*224, SIFT*105, SIFT*106, LACR*226, LACR*227, LACR*222, LACR*223, LACR*224, LACR*225, LACR*226, SIFT*101, SIFT*102, SIFT*103, SIFT*104, SIFT*109, SIFT*105, SIFT*108, SIFT*109, SIFT*110, SIFT*111, SIFT*112
  

  • SCIE 218H SCIE Special Topics: Honors



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course invites you to explore a scientific topic. At its core, this class engages big questions about science, a body of knowledge has been established and then continually extended, refined, and revised. The ultimate goal of this course: inspiring curiosity about the world around us and introducing quantitative and qualitative methods of understanding that world.

    This section is only open to University Honors Scholars.
    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • SCIE 219 Observing Humans



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    What can we learn about who we are from observing others? How can people watching teach us about human behavior? This course takes a project-based approach to examining the scientific method and asking us what we learn about humans when we turn a science-based lens to observing them.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.

    This course is equated with the following courses: SIFT*111, SIFT*101, LACR*221, SIFT*102, SIFT*103, SIFT*104, LACR*224, SIFT*105, SIFT*106, LACR*226, SIFT*107, LACR*227, SIFT*108, SIFT*109, LACR*229, LACR*229, LACR*229, LACR*229, LACR*22X, SIFT*110, LACR*220, LACR*221, LACR*222, LACR*223, LACR*224, LACR*225, LACR*226, LACR*227, LACR*228, LACR*229, LACR*230
  

  • SCIE 221 Observing Children



    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course is a multidisciplinary social science class centered on fieldwork with children. Utilizing ethnographic methods, students will observe, record, and analyze children’s behavior in ways that connect with course readings. Classics in psychology, sociology, and anthropology, for example, will serve as critical backdrops for your observations through a science-based lens.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.

    This course is equated with the following courses: SIFT*111, SIFT*101, LACR*221, SIFT*102, SIFT*103, SIFT*104, LACR*224, SIFT*105, SIFT*106, LACR*226, SIFT*107, LACR*227, SIFT*108, SIFT*109, LACR*229, LACR*229, LACR*229, LACR*229, LACR*22X, SIFT*110, LACR*220, LACR*221, LACR*222, LACR*223, LACR*224, LACR*225, LACR*226, LACR*227, LACR*228, LACR*229, LACR*230
  

  • SCIE 398 SCIE: Selected Topics



    1 - 3 credits undefined hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This course invites you to explore a special topic in science. At its core, this class engages big questions about science, a body of knowledge has been established and then continually extended, refined, and revised. The ultimate goal of this course: inspiring curiosity about the world around us and introducing quantitative and qualitative methods of understanding that world.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
 

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