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2014-2015 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]
Courses
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Overview Course Renumbering Course Search Course Prefix Key
Overview
The course catalogue contains information on all active courses offered by the University including: title, course number, credits, contact hours, prerequisites, offering college, priority enrollment, repeatability, and restrictions. Courses listed in the catalogue are not offered every semester. To access a listing of course sections being offered during a particular term refer to the Course Section Offerings page on the Office of the Registrar website.
Course Renumbering
Commencing with the 2013-14 academic year the University began a multi-year course renumbering.
Renumbered Course List
- Division of Liberal Arts
Many courses within the Division of Liberal Arts commencing with the Summer and Fall 2014 terms will be offered under new course numbers. Courses impacted by this change now include a reference to either the new course number or the new subject code. For example “LACR 101 (FYWT*111)” where the number in parenthesis is the new course number. Students registering for Summer 2014 coursework and beyond will do so using the new course numbers.
Course Search
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FAPR 300 History of the Print College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
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 an art history elective, liberal arts elective, or free elective requirement.
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FAPR 301 Printmaking Workshop College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course concentrates on contemporary printmaking practices. Focus will be on the exploration of a variety of printmaking applications. Students should take at least one area of printmaking and challenge the potential for art making with that medium. Drawings are expected as a way of generating and developing ideas.
Open to Printmaking majors only.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: FAPR*301, PR*333, PR*333, FAPR*301
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FAPR 302 Printmaking Workshop College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
An investigation into the combination of previously studied printmaking media including, but not confined to: relief, intaglio, screenprinting, lithography, and photo & digital imaging. Students are encouraged to investigate unorthodox uses of materials and techniques through the creation of two-dimensional and three-dimensional work.
Prerequisites FAPR*201 and FAPR*204
Priority enrollment to Printmaking majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 303 Print Study Seminar I College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 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 and rare books from the museum collection. Masters of the 15th through the 18th centuries are introduced and researched. Various print processes that parallel the material covered in the course will be researched in the printmaking studios.
Open to Printmaking majors only. Requires completion of 45 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 304 Book Arts: Concept and Structure College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
An opportunity to explore the integration of type and relief image in unique and editioned book structures. Hands-on experience in dealing with composition (metal) type and computer typesetting is on an intermediate level. Relief printing, photopolymer plates, color reduction printing, and related traditional and contemporary methods of multiple image making are pursued. Special emphasis on development of a personal visual language.
Priority enrollment for IFA majors & Book Arts minors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FAPR 305 Lithography College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
All of the basic techniques of drawing, imagemaking and printing skills that are necessary to produce hand-pulled lithographs from stones and plates are taught. An emphasis is placed on visual expression and development of ideas through group discussions and critiques.
Priority enrollment to IFA majors, Printmaking minors and Printmaking concentrations.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 314 Advanced Non-Silver College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Opportunity for continued development of images and skills in combinations of non-silver processes. Introduction of palladium printing and the use of the Scitex Image Setter in the Imaging Lab.
Prerequisites FAPR*214
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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FAPR 321 Advanced Lithography College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Students will further investigate and develop image-making, through lithography. In this course students will be encouraged to use lithography in dynamic and unexpected ways. Students at this advanced level in fine arts should expect to focus attention on concept, content and formal concerns and to research historic and contemporary litho prints and practices. The skills learned will include, large format stone printing, multicolor separation and registration, and offset litho techniques. They will have the opportunity to perfect their technical skills thereby producing printed works of greater scope and complexity consistent with their interests and experience.
Prerequisites FAPR*305
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 325 Book Arts: Structures College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Historical book forms serve as models and as a departure point for innovative new work. Among the new structures presented are accordion bindings and variations, pop-ups, carousel books, tunnel books, and box structures. Students are encouraged to explore new applications and to experiment by combining images and text with book structures. Prior bookbinding experience is suggested. May serve as a follow-up course for FAPR 233. Priority enrollment to Printmaking majors and Book Arts minors.
Priority enrollment to Printmaking majors and minors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 326 Advanced Screenprinting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Students will further investigate and develop image-making, through screenprinting. In this course students will be encouraged to use screenprinting in dynamic and unexpected ways. Students at this advanced level in fine arts should expect to focus attention on concept, content, and formal concerns and to research historic and contemporary screenprints and practices. They will have the opportunity to perfect their technical skills thereby producing printed works of greater scope and complexity consistent with their interests and experience.
Prerequisites FAPR*206
Open to Printmaking majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 327 Advanced Etching College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Students will further investigate and develop image-making, through intaglio printmaking. In this course students will be encouraged to use intaglio in dynamic ways. Students at this advanced level in fine arts should expect to focus attention on concept, content, and formal concerns and to research historic and contemporary intaglio prints and practices. The skills learned will include, relief etching, multicolor separation and registration, stencil techniques, a la poupee, and chine colle. They will have the opportunity to perfect their technical skills thereby producing printed works of greater scope and complexity consistent with their interests and experience.
Prerequisites FAPR*241
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 328 Advanced Relief College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Students will further investigate and develop image-making, through relief printmaking. In this course students will be encouraged to use relief in dynamic and unexpected ways. Students at this advanced level in fine arts should expect to focus attention on concept, content, and formal concerns and to research historic and contemporary relief prints and practices. The skills learned will include, large format carving and printing, multicolor separation and registration, and photographic relief techniques. They will have the opportunity to perfect their technical skills thereby producing printed works of greater scope and complexity consistent with their interests and experience.
Prerequisites FAPR*201
Open to Printmaking majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 336 Advanced Book Arts: Concepts and Structures College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Because Artists’ Books function as an “alternative space”, one can examine contemporary, historical, and independent approaches to the printed page and how it represents itself in ways different to painting, sculpture or film. Students will continue to explore the potential of letterpress and other printmaking processes while considering the books structure as an integral part of the process. Emphasis will be on edition work, one of a kind and collaborative book works. Consideration is placed on pace and development of information, in relation to the viewers’ hand. Manipulating word and image in unconventional ways as inventive departures from existing means of describing reality.
Prerequisites FAPR*304
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 401 Printmaking Workshop II College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Students continue to develop their ideas, images, and technique while establishing their direction and personal original expression. The workshop atmosphere permits a comfortable handling of all procedures and printmaking processes. Students are expected to participate in a group exhibition.
Prerequisites FAPR*305
Open to Printmaking and Multidisciplinary majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 402 Thesis Workshop College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Offers the student the opportunity to develop a body of work in preparation for portfolio and exhibition presentation. An emphasis is placed on the development of ideas and content in the individual students work, which is supported by a series of individual and group critiques by faculty and visiting artists. The student is expected to participate in group exhibitions as well as a solo exhibition and to present a professional portfolio of work.
Prerequisites FAPR*201, FAPR*204, and FAPR*305
Open to Printmaking majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 403 Print Study Seminar II College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
The historical and conceptual context of prints, portfolios and book arts of the 19th and 20th centuries are studied at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Written and printed expression of the ideas and processes involved are integrated into this course of study.
Open to Printmaking majors only. Requires completion of 45 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPR 411 Digital Printmaking College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This course offers the students an opportunity for continued investigation within the various printmaking processes. Photoshop is introduced with an emphasis on using the computer as an imagemaking tool within the context of printmaking. The emphasis is on the integration of idea and process. Graduate students may register for this course under GRPR 633.
Priority enrollment for IFA majors & Book Arts minors.
Computer Literacy Required
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FAPR 434 Book Production College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
400 level undergraduate course
This advanced course focuses on the development and production of a printed book or portfolio of works: design and formatting of a publication including the investigation of sequence, page design, and binding possibilities; hands-on experience in the preparation of images for press production, pre-press techniques; and assisting the Master Printer in the printing. All work is produced in the Borowsky Center for Publication Arts, the University’s offset lithography facility. Students may choose to collaborate on projects or work independently.
Open to majors in the College of Art, Media, and Design only. Requires completion of 45 credits
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FAPR 490 Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
300 level undergraduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
Restricted to Undergraduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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FAPT 101 Introduction to Painting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
An introduction to the decisions, general methods, and problems pertaining to the act of painting. Students are introduced to oil painting with both still life and figure subject matter. Technical instruction is given to allow the student to focus on the broad imagery possibilities in painting. This class introduces and encourages the student in the use of oil and acrylic. We work from setups and models and, when weather permits, landscapes.
Priority enrollment to CAMD Core Studies Students
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 201 Painting Materials, Processes and Concepts College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course in studio painting is designed to immerse students in the practice, language, and history of painting. This class aims to meet the expectations of its students by working toward the goals of personal expression and cultural address. Assignments are designed and serve to challenge students to discover possibilities that expand their knowledge, imagination, and technical abilities. The course structure provides two primary functions; one cultivating the craft of painting, developing a technical and formal vocabulary; secondly, painting serves as an idiom for experimentation and innovative testing of perceptual and conceptual problems. Yet another general objective is for students to translate subjective experience into objective form to provide a gift” experience to those encountering the work.”
Priority enrollment for IFA majors and Painting & Drawing minors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FAPT 202 Sophomore Painting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A continuation of the practices and purposes of FAPT 201.
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 203 Media/Techniques College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A studio course of instruction and demonstration in the variety of traditional technical approaches to the handling of paint media, including the preparations of grounds and supports. Media options could include oil, acrylic, encaustic, casein, gouache, gold-leafing, fresco, and egg tempera. This course is unique in its focus solely on physical processes not concept or image development.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or FNDP*151 & FNDP*161
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: FA*222B, FAPT*203, FA*235
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FAPT 211 Drawing: Form and Space College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An introduction to the issues of drawing, including perception, analysis, invention, and experimentation. A variety of thematic ideas, structural possibilities, and imaginative interpretations are explored. Students are exposed to a wide spectrum of precedents in the history of drawing and are encouraged to enlarge their working definitions of how form and space can by effectively expressed.
Priority enrollment for IFA majors and Painting & Drawing minors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FAPT 214 Abstract Drawing College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An assignment-critique format, which examines the nature of abstraction in the context of drawing disciplines. Options in media, tools, methods, and formats are considered in relation to the purposes of a given project. In general, abstraction calls for an appreciation of the intrinsic properties of the materials used in a work, the formal characteristics of toolmarkings, and the significance of pictorial structures.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or FNDP*111
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
This course is equated with the following courses: FAPT*214, PT*226, PT*226
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FAPT 221 Painting Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A general study of painting subjects, such as the still life, landscape, the city, the human figure, and its environs. This course usually includes a subtitle, such as Figure in the Landscape, which defines the thematic basis for the studio projects.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or FNDP*111 & FNDP*121
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FAPT 234 Pictorial Elements College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Projects assignments will explore the potential of form-making through focused study of the abstract elements of line, shape, color, tone, and texture.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or FNDP*111
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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FAPT 235 Earthspace College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course explores the dynamic forces of nature and their impact on the Earth, including weather activity such as wind, rain, lightning, formation of clouds, tornados, hurricanes, tidal waves, and other dramatic events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, mudslides, blizzards, dust storms, drought, erosion. Projects are undertaken through imagination, experimentation, as well as through use of both anecdotal and scientific resources and are developed by means of both drawing and painting tools and media.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or Completion of Foundation
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 237 Representational Painting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A studio course addressing the traditional and contemporary concepts and approaches to representational images. Emphasis is placed on the relation between content and form. Exploration in color, space, texture, shape, composition, and style are evaluated in the context of intention, aspects of recognition, and precedent. Paintings are generated out of direct observation of nature and human models as well as from the student’s own resources. Projects may focus on contemporary prototypes (paintings since 1945), specific domains such as American Portraiture, or paradigms from the entire lineage of East/West traditions of representational art.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or FNDP*111
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FAPT 238 Abstract Painting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The genesis of abstraction can be nature, an idea, or an emotion. An abstract painting is one in which the pictorial form is primarily a product of invention and imagination. It may or may not reflect a reality outside itself. Assignments investigate a range of concepts, sources, and procedures.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or FNDP*111
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 243 Collage/Assemblage: the Constructed Image College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Studio projects are assigned that promote the development of images through the aggregation of fragments. Collage as a principle of construction examines compositional notions of unity and harmony and can involve the interaction of diverse and incongruous materials, methods, styles, and/or images.
Priority enrollment for IFA majors, Painting & Drawing minors, and students with Painting concentration in Illustration.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FAPT 301 Concepts in Painting: Window, Mirror, Device College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Students maintain individual spaces in the Junior Studio where they can develop a more professional working routine. They are expected to show increasing personal initiative and direction. Regular critiques on both an individual and group basis connect the student to the values of the past and the present, stimulate interest in the major questions of our time, and provide resources for progress. This course embraces a plurality of ideas about painting and, linked with the goals of FACR 301, advocates a spirit of experimentation and research.
Prerequisites FAPT*201
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FAPT 302 Junior Painting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Continuation of FAPT 301.
Prerequisites FAPT*201, FAPT*202, or equivalent
Priority enrollment to Painting/Drawing and Multidisciplinary majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 303 Color Studies College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Studio group projects and independent projects consider the purposes and effects of color organization, color perception, and color theory. Color is approached as emotive, symbolic, descriptive, and structural.
Prerequisites FAPT*202
Priority enrollment to Painting/Drawing majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
This course is equated with the following courses: FAPT*303, PT*241, PT*340, GRPT*303
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FAPT 306 Junior Seminar College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
A discussion format aimed at investigating and understanding the content of, the motivations for, and the influences on contemporary painting. Emphasis is on exploring the theories, questions, and issues that create the intellectual content for contemporary artists. Students are given reading assignments as preparation for the seminar dialogue. Selected texts include artists’ documents, critical writings, and classic essays covering such areas as aesthetic principles, political and cultural realities, and psychological perspectives. Class sessions emphasize group discussions based on viewing slides, PowerPoint presentations and other appropriate visual material, reading assignments, and various written and oral forms of student presentations.
Prerequisites FAPT*202
Open to Painting/Drawing majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 307 Junior Drawing College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course will be a continuation of information and experiences encountered in FAPT 211: Drawing Form and Space and the introduction of more sophisticated concepts in pictorial art. Drawing will be considered as a preparatory form-making act in the painting process and as expression in its own right.
Prerequisites FAPT*211, FAPT*212, FAPR*205, or equivalent
Priority enrollment to Painting/Drawing majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 308 Junior Drawing College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course will be a continuation of information and experiences encountered in FAPT 211: Drawing Form and Space and the introduction of more sophisticated concepts in pictorial art. Drawing will be considered as a preparatory form-making act in the painting process and as expression in its own right.
Prerequisites FAPT*211, FAPT*212, FAPR*205, or equivalent
Priority enrollment to Painting/Drawing majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: FAPT*308,FAPT*304, FAPT*304,FAPT*308
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FAPT 401 Senior Painting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 - 4.5 credits 135.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Critical commentary centers on four areas of concern: 1. The character of the work: its formal properties, its physical properties, aspects of intelligibility. 2. Intention - the investigation of motives and choices. 3. Context: ways that a work relates to a larger body of work, both generic and stylistic. 4. Quality: approaches to questions of value. There are individual critiques each week and periodic group critiques, sometimes involving the participation of a visiting artist.
Prerequisites FAPT*302
Open to Fine Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: FAPT*401, PT*402A, FAPT*401, FAPT*401, FAPT*401
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FAPT 402 Senior Painting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
6 credits 180.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
The Painting major formulates a senior thesis project. Working with senior faculty who read and critique early drafts, the student develops a formal written thesis and a body of artwork to be presented at the end of the term to a review panel. This panel is comprised of Studio faculty, Liberal Arts faculty, and student peers.
Prerequisites FAPT*302
Open to Painting/Drawing majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: PT*402, FAPT*402, PT*402B
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FAPT 403 Drawing References College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Advanced drawing projects focus on the relation between a given work and its references and resources. Emphasis is on understanding the nature of references or resource material and the manner in which references or resources influence the outcome of a work. This studio/critique course aims at enhancing students’ ability to connect their personal and subjective interests to the larger context of nature, history, and culture.
Prerequisites FAPT*307 FAPT*308 FAPR*301 or FASC*301
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 404 Drawing References College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Continuation of FAPT 403.
Prerequisites FAPT*307 FAPT*308 FAPR*301 or FASC*301
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: FAPT*404, FA*424, FA*426, GRPT*404
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FAPT 406 Advanced Studio Practice College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This course aims to meet the expectations of its students in working towards the goals of personal development and cultural participation. Advanced Studio Practice is a studio course defined by its independent work. Three instructors conduct individual studio critiques, meeting each senior on a weekly basis. Criteria for excellence center on the following areas of focus: 1. The character of the work-its physical and formal properties, and aspects of intelligibility; 2. Intention-the investigation and assessment of motives and choices; 3. Context-ways that a work reflects a larger framework, both contemporary and historic; 4. Quality-approaches to questions of value; 5. Industry-a consistent and sustained dedication to art practice. The students second semester concludes with a solo thesis exhibition by each senior, a written thesis paper, and a five-member faculty and peer review individualized for each senior.
Prerequisites FAPT*301
Open to Fine Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FAPT 490 Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 9 credits undefined hours
300 level undergraduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
Restricted to Undergraduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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FASC 101 1st Year Sculpture-Mixed Media College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
An introduction to sculptural thinking and methods using a variety of materials and processes, including modeling and fabrication. Form-making options are undertaken that are especially suited to acquaint beginning students with the diversity of sculptural activity.
Priority enrollment to CAMD Core Studies Students Restricted to Undergraduate students. Only open to students that have not completed 45 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 201 Sculpture I College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Emphasizes the fundamental and formal aspects of sculpture. Projects are assigned to help the student experience and understand the unique expressive values of mass, space, plane, line, balance, rhythm, scale, movement, and time transformation. This course also serves to introduce the student to a variety of materials and techniques. Assigned projects, group critiques and slide lectures.
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 202 Sculpture I College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Emphasizes the fundamental and formal aspects of sculpture. Projects are assigned to help the student experience and understand the unique expressive values of mass, space, plane, line, balance, rhythm, scale, movement, and time transformation. This course also serves to introduce the student to a variety of materials and techniques. Assigned projects, group critiques, and slide lectures.
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 203 Introduction to Figure Modeling College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Modeling from life for the beginner, stressing direct observation, eye-hand coordination, and depth discrimination. Both perceptual and conceptual skills are developed and fundamental studio practices are taught, such as armature construction, clay utilization, and modeling techniques. Works are fired in clay or cast in plaster.
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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FASC 204 Intro to Sculpture-Fabrication, Wood, Welding & Found Objects College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This class is an introduction to the expansive practice of contemporary sculpture. Students will develop proficiency in fabrication techniques with steel and wood as well as create works using non-traditional media and processes. Material selection, material’s contribution to form and the acquisition of basic woodworking and welding skills serve the basis for more advanced sculpture courses. Students will have the opportunity to explore issues of scale and space by creating larger works. Visual analysis, problem solving and critical thinking skills are developed through group critiques, seminars and one on one meetings with faculty.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FASC 211 Structure of the Figure College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Anatomic and morphological analysis of male and female bodies for artists through a three-dimensional constructional method. Proportions, anatomic structure, surface topology, morphological variation, and the body in movement are covered. Directed toward two-dimensional artists as well as sculptors. The means by which the body’s salient features can be recognized from any viewpoint in any pose is stressed.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or Completion of Foundation
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FASC 212 Structure of the Figure College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Focus shifts second semester to important, small body parts specifically, the head/neck, forearm/hand and foot. Life-scale skeletal structures are modeled directly in pigmented wax on which all muscle layers are applied. Lectures include skeletal structure, joint construction and limitations of movement, muscular function and form, and superficial structures. Class is divided into two halves - lecture and studio.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or Completion of Foundation
Priority enrollment to Sculpture and Multidisciplinary majors.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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FASC 221 Introduction to Sculpture Projects College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An open studio oriented toward helping the development of individual initiative. Stress on how ideas are transformed into sculptural statements through aesthetic reasoning and the internal logic of a sculpture’s color, material, and physical construction.
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 222 Introduction to Sculpture Projects College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An open studio oriented toward helping the development of individual initiative. Stress on how ideas are transformed into sculptural statements through aesthetic reasoning and the internal logic of a sculpture’s color, material, and physical construction.
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 231 Molding and Casting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Covers processes and techniques utilizing plaster, rubber, plastics, clays, and wax for making hard and flexible molds and for casting sculpture in durable materials. Provides a thorough foundation in foundry practices, including wax preparation, investing, pouring bronze or aluminum, chasing, finishing, and patinating finished metal casts.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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FASC 242 Intro to Sculpture-Modeling & Carving Concepts College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Students will explore the potential of form making through processes of modeling and carving. Materials such as plaster, wax, clay, resins, wood, foam and stone will be investigated and used in traditional and nontraditional ways. Perceptual modeling, object making and the creation of abstract works will reveal the communicative power of form and develop visual acuity. Students will learn the histories of these processes and discover how they are applied to contemporary sculpture practice and invent possible future applications. Visual analysis, problem solving and critical thinking skills are developed through group critiques, seminars and one on one meetings with faculty.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 300 Jr. Sculpture I College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course is designed to help each student begin to understand his own aesthetic proclivities, and to place these within an art historical context. The emotional, intellectual, philosophical, and historical implications of various movements in art history are explored in order to begin to understand their relationship to the personal artistic development of each student within the history of sculpture. An emphasis is placed on the development of ideas and content in the individual student’s work, which is supported by a series of individual and group critiques by faculty and visiting artists. Weekly class meetings will include slide talks related to current assignments, films, discussions, and field trips to exhibitions around the Philadelphia area. This will be followed by personal conferences with the instructor.
Prerequisites FASC*201 or FASC*202
Priority enrollment to Sculpture and Multidisciplinary majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 301 Jr. Sculpture II College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course is designed to help each student begin to understand his own aesthetic proclivities, and to place these within an art historical context. The emotional, intellectual, philosophical, and historical implications of various movements in art history are explored in order to begin to understand their relationship to the personal artistic development of each student within the history of sculpture. An emphasis is placed on the development of ideas and content in the individual student’s work, which is supported by a series of individual and group critiques by faculty and visiting artists. Weekly class meetings will include slide talks related to current assignments, films, discussions, and field trips to exhibitions around the Philadelphia area. This will be followed by personal conferences with the instructor.
Prerequisites FASC*201 or FASC*202
Priority enrollment to Sculpture and Multidisciplinary majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 303 Sculpture and the Body College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Using the body as a reference point, site and metaphor for creating sculpture, students will explore concepts relating to anatomy and the body biological (the five senses, the nervous system, proportions), the body social (intervention, relational aesthetics), persona and identity. Students will explore sculptural approaches to the body, such as body extensions, works that encompass the five senses, tools, and imaginative prosthetics.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FASC 331 Carving College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Introduces the student to carving, one of the basic methods of forming sculpture. Students learn to prepare, maintain, and use the tools of the carver. They are introduced to the characteristics of suitable carving materials. Emphasis is placed on the exploration of the formal and expressive potentials of carved sculpture.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or Completion of Foundation
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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FASC 363 Medallic Sculpture College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
The Medallic Arts have a long history beginning with monetary coins in the ancient world, developing through Renaissance medals into a vital and international art form that now includes small free-standing sculpture. The link between all of these is not only size, but the need for the work to have a specific communicative function, while at the same time exploring the contemporary sculptural issues. This is a studio course with a lecture component to give the student a history of the discipline. Projects are designed to challenge the student conceptually and to introduce forms and techniques such as bas relief, carving, mold making casting and fabricating, all on a small scale. There will be annual opportunities to exhibit the finished sculpture internationally.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or Completion of Foundation
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FASC 364 Installation -Immersive Environments College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Students will create installations that explore issues of spacemaking, site specificity, public sculpture, interactivity, public space vs. private space and viewer participation. Finished works will incorporate sound, video, and mixed media. The history of installation and interactive work will be discussed through a series of lectures and video presentations that examine the art historical, social, cultural, and psychological concerns from which these art forms are derived. Visual analysis, problem solving, and critical thinking skills are developed through group critiques, seminars and one on one meetings with faculty.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FASC 401 Sculpture III College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Terms like site-specific, monumental, genre, narrative, emblematic, environmental, etc., reflect the cluster of types of sculptural imagery. This studio-criticism course is concerned with the ideational and technical issues raised by various types of sculptural imagery that are assigned in turn. The relationship that sculptures have with the context they exist in and the purpose they serve is stressed.
Prerequisites FASC*301
Open to Sculpture & Multidisciplinary majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 402 Sculpture III College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Terms like site-specific, monumental, genre, narrative, emblematic, environmental, etc., reflect the cluster of types of sculptural imagery. This studio-criticism course is concerned with the ideational and technical issues raised by various types of sculptural imagery that are assigned in turn. The relationship that sculptures have with the context they exist in and the purpose they serve is stressed.
Prerequisites FASC*401
Priority enrollment to Sculpture and Multidisciplinary majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 403 Advanced Sculpture-Personal Vision, Historical Perspectives College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Advanced Sculpture students will develop the self-generating habits of studio technique, research and methodology that will lay the groundwork for refining an independent body of work for a thesis exhibition in the senior year. Students will gain an understanding of the intellectual, philosophical, political, and historical implications of various movements in art history in order to connect these ideas to their own creative practice within the field of contemporary sculpture.
Prerequisites Any 200 or 300 level FASC course
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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FASC 411 Advanced Figure Modeling College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
For students seriously involved with the figure, this course provides an atelier to continue figure modeling on increasingly advanced levels and a context to help formulate a personal figurative sculptural idiom. Works are sculptured at various scales, including life size, and independent projects are undertaken in consultation with the faculty. Critiques involving the meaning and sculptural significance of the works are an integral part of the ongoing class activity.
Prerequisites FASC*211, FASC*212, or FASC*203
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 421 Advanced Projects College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Provides a studio context where maturing self-initiated areas of concentration in sculpture can be developed to fruition on an advanced level. Whatever the direction, a critical emphasis is placed through both open and devised assignments on how materials and forms compatible to personal statements are found. Graduate students may register for this course under GRSC 621.
Prerequisites FASC*221 or FASC*222
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FASC 422 Advanced Projects College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Provides a studio context where maturing self-initiated areas of concentration in sculpture can be developed to fruition on an advanced level. Whatever the direction, a critical emphasis is placed through both open and devised assignments on how materials and forms compatible to personal statements are found. Graduate students may register for this course under GRSC 621.
Prerequisites FASC*221 or FASC*222
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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FASC 433 Metals College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Forming metal sculpture has contributed much to the history of sculpture, particularly in the present, where the idiom has become as familiar as carving and modeling. Concurrently offering both basic and advanced technical instruction in welding and forging, using both ferrous and non-ferrous metals, this course is concerned with both the technical and aesthetic aspects of metal sculpture.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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FASC 440 Sculpture Since 1945 College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 22.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Lectures, discussions, projects concerning various artists, movements, concepts, philosophies, and critical theories influencing contemporary art with an emphasis on sculpture. Focus on the currents since 1945.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or Completion of Foundation
Priority enrollment to Fine Arts majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: FASC*440, SC*251, SC*251
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FASC 490 Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
300 level undergraduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
Restricted to Undergraduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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FIDE 101 Introduction to Film Design and Production College of Art, Media & Design School of Film
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
This course introduces students in the Film Design and Production program to the creative and artistic techniques used by production designers working in Film. The course familiarizes students with the development and history of film-based art and production design roles, including those of Production Designer, Art Director, and film designers in Costume, Set, Lighting, and Sound.
Registration priority for Film Design & Production majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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FIDE 102 Design Analysis in Screenwriting College of Art, Media & Design School of Film
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
This course teaches students to analyze screenplays from the perspective of various designers, including Art Directors, and Set, Costume, Lighting, and Sound Designers. Students will examine the techniques and methods designers have employed historically to assess the creative art and production design opportunities afforded by film scripts. Students will study how production designers have interpreted screenplays over time and will compare movie remakes to identify the underpinnings for the practical and conceptual choices production designers have made. Screenings, readings, script analyses, discussions, writing assignments and examination of primary production design materials (notes, sketches, storyboards) will provide a critical framework for students to understand the aesthetic, technical, historical, and theoretical issues that arise when designers and filmmakers interpret and realize scripts.
Registration priority for Film Design & Production majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill an art history elective, liberal arts elective, or free elective requirement.
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FMST 201 Cinema Arts Studies I Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An introduction to the forms of film and media criticism and to the various schools of film theory and analysis that have emerged from the beginings of cinema to the present.
Prerequisites FYWT*112 or FYWT*101;
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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FMST 203 The Rise of Media Culture Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An exploration of those political, economic, philosophical, and aesthetic developments, from the 19th century forward, that have proven key in the emergence and development of cinema and related media arts.
Prerequisites FYWT*112 or FYWT*101;
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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FMST 210 Images of Vietnam Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Examination of U.S. military and political involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II to the fall of Saigon and beyond, with a focus on representations of that involvement in literature and film.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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FMST 211 The American West in Film, Fiction, & Fact Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Examination of the role of the West in the American imagination and in American national identity, including the social, economic, and political factors that led to the exploration and settlement of the region. Films and novels have long posited a mythical West that contrasts sharply with the historical reality. This mythic West continues to influence American views of the country’s history and culture.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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FMST 212 Vampires & Monsters in Literature & Film Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Study of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and related works of literature and their enduring influence on cinema.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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FMST 213 Science Fiction in Literature & Film Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Examination of 20th century classics in science fiction, such as Fahrenheit 451, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Slaughterhouse 5, attending both to formal convention and historical context.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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FMST 214 Detective Film and Fiction Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An examination of the genre known as hard-boiled detective fiction as it developed in literature and then was extended by feature films. Among the authors to be considered are Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross MacDonald; among the films are ‘The Maltese Falcon,’ ‘The Big Sleep,’ and ‘The Long Goodbye.’
Prerequisites FYWT*112 or FYWT*101;
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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FMST 215 The Quay Brothers Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Examination and interpretation of one of the most complex and hermetic bodies of work in cinema, that of Stephen and Timothy Quay. Includes study of works by the writers Bruno Schulz, Robert Walser, and Adolfo Bioy Casares which have inspired the Quays’ approach to cinema.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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FMST 216 Eisenstein Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Close study of the cinematic oeuvre of Sergei Eisenstein, attending both to formal aspects of the work and its historical context.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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FMST 220 Women Filmmakers/Provocateurs Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course examines several women filmmakers noted for their provocative approaches to screening sexual images, broaching political topics, and experimenting with cinematic form. We will consider the questions and themes they engage, the controversies they provoke, and the styles they employ across their respective work, in relation to one another and to dominant cinematic conventions and normative ideas about gender and sexuality. Filmmakers to be studied represent a variety of historical periods, nationalities, and film traditions, including classical and contemporary Hollywood, avant-garde cinema, independent film, and international art cinema. Filmmakers to be discussed include Chantal Akerman, Dorothy Arzner, Kathryn Bigelow, Catherine Breillat, Jane Campion, Vera Chytilová, Claire Denis, Su Friedrich, Kelly Reichardt, and Agnès Varda.
Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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FMST 251 History of Narrative Cinema I Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The first of a two-semester historical survey of narrative film from the United States and around the world, in which various schools, styles, and genres are studied chronologically. The sequence in its entirety traces the development of narrative film from the beginning of cinema around 1845 to the early 1940s. Twice-weekly screenings.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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FMST 252 History of Narrative Cinema II Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The second of a two-semester historical survey of narrative film from the United States and around the world, in which various schools, styles, and genres are studied chronologically. The sequence in its entirety traces the development of narrative film from the beginning of cinema around 1845 up to the early 1940s. Twice-weekly screenings.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill an art history elective, liberal arts elective, or free elective requirement.
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FMST 253 History of Television Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course offers an overview of television history, examining the development of its pervasive impact since its inception through its ability to educate and entertain. Course materials include video screenings, analytical and critical readings, and class discussion.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill an art history elective, liberal arts elective, or free elective requirement.
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FMST 301 Cinema Arts Studies II Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
An examination of recent developments in cinema and related arts forms and their aesthetic, commercial, and cultural effects.
Prerequisites FMST*201
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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FMST 401 Film & Media Studies Thesis I Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
The first half of a year-long sequence in which students select, research and write their senior capstone thesis in Film & Media Studies.
Prerequisites FMST*301
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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FMST 402 Film & Media Studies Thesis II Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
The second half of a year-long course in which Film and Media Studies majors research and write their final thesis.
Prerequisites FMST*401
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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FRCH 101 French I Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Students study the basic elements of French grammar through conversation and drills derived from readings of easy modern prose and from a cultural reader.
Prerequisites FYWT*112 or FYWT*101;
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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FRCH 102 French II Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
The second semester of a year-long introductory course in French. Students build on skills in grammar and conversation developed in LALL 801 through conversation and drills derived from readings in modern prose.
Prerequisites FRCH*101;
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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FYWT 008 English as Second Language Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 90.0 hours
REM level undergraduate course
FYWT 008 prepares students for whom English is a second language to produce the kinds of writing and presentations expected of them on the college level, and to improve their reading and critical thinking skills. This course focuses on prose techniques. Students will learn to respond in writing and speaking to readings and to the work of other students. The workshop format engages students in collaborative learning activities. Enrollment is based on performance on the English Placement Exam, the Michigan Placement Test, and TOEFL scores. Students will receive a grade, but this course does not count toward graduation. Successful completion of this course will permit the students to enter FYWT 009, FYWT 100, or FYWT 111, depending on the teacher’s recommendation, in the following semester.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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FYWT 009 Fundamentals of Composition I Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 90.0 hours
REM level undergraduate course
FYWT 009 develops students’ critical reading and writing skills so that they may employ the writing processes expected at the college level. The emphasis is on reading comprehension and writing processes (analyzing, applying, and evaluating), as well as on the technical aspects of writing, specifically essay structure, paragraph construction, grammar, punctuation and spelling. As this course is six hours per week, one-to-one time with the instructor is built into the class, so students can work on individual reading and writing issues. By the end of this course, successful students will: 1. Develop critical reading and writing skills: describing, summarizing, evaluating, and interpreting. 2. Compose a thesis and support it in the body of the essay in well-structured paragraphs. 3. Analyze sources (locate the author’s thesis and evidence). 4. Apply source material through quotation, paraphrase, and summary. 5. Understand how to avoid intentional or unintentional plagiarism. 6. Access source material in the stacks of the library. 7. Recognize and edit patterns of grammatical error (sentence fragments, run-on sentences, subject-verb agreement, verb tense, punctuation, and spelling) to write clear sentences. Enrollment is based on performance on the English Placement Exam and SAT/ACT scores. This course does not count toward graduation. Successful completion will permit students to enter FYWT 100 or FYWT 111, depending on the teacher’s recommendation, in the following semester.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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FYWT 100 Fundamentals of Composition II Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 90.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
In FYWT 100 the emphasis is on the reading and writing processes that lead to argumentation, as well as on the technical aspects of writing, specifically essay structure, paragraph construction, grammar, punctuation and spelling. Students practice critical reading and writing skills in order to develop academic essays: describing, summarizing, analyzing, applying, and synthesizing. They are introduced to the library’s holdings and taught to access and assess source material. As this course is six hours per week, one-to-one time with the instructor is built into the class, so students can work on individual reading and writing issues. By the end of this course, successful students will: 1. Demonstrate the critical reading and writing skills needed to construct academic essays – describing, summarizing, analyzing, applying, and synthesizing. 2. Compose a question-based research paper (about four pages in length) and support a thesis in the body of the essay in properly structured paragraphs. Apply source material avoiding intentional or unintentional plagiarism through direct quotation and paraphrase, and cite in MLA format (in-text citations and bibliography) Synthesize source material to support a deductive argument 3. Assess scholarly sources (locate the author’s thesis, evaluate evidence, and weigh credibility). 4. Access source material through the library holdings: reference section, on-line databases, stacks, and in-library periodicals. 5. Recognize and edit patterns of grammatical error (sentence fragments, run-on sentences, subject-verb agreement, verb tense, punctuation, and spelling) to write clear sentences. Enrollment is based on performance on the English Placement Exam and SAT/ACT scores. Successful completion of FYWT 008 or FYWT 009 may be required as a result of the English Placement Exam. This course substitutes for FYWT 111 and successful completion of this course will permit students to enter FYWT 101 or FYWT 112, depending on the teacher’s recommendation, in the following semester.
Completion of FYWT*008 if required by English placement exam. Completion of FYWT*009 if required by English placement exam.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: FYWT*111, FYWT*100, LACR*100, LACR*101
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FYWT 101 Fundamentals of Composition III Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 90.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
A continuation of FYWT 100, FYWT 101 is the second part of a year-long course that builds on and develops the writing and reading processes that lead to argumentation. During this term an inquiry-based research paper is the focus, as well as the grammatical and structural elements of writing college-level essays. The independent research project allows students to utilize the critical reading and writing skills introduced in 100 or 111 - describing, summarizing, analyzing, applying and synthesizing - to develop a scholarly argument. To illustrate the importance of context in the process of research, a curriculum that is focused around a chosen theme is examined. Students continue to access and assess the source material available from the library. As this course is six hours per week, one-to-one time with the instructor is built into the class, so students can work on individual reading and writing issues.
Prerequisites FYWT*100;
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: HU*110B,FYWT*112,FYWT*101,LACR*103,LACR*102,LACR*103,LACR*102, FYWT*112,HU*110B,FYWT*101,LACR*103,LACR*102,LACR*103,LACR*102
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FYWT 111 First-Year Writing I Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
FYWT 111 is the first part of a year-long writing, reading and research course that teaches the fundamental aspects of the responsible student-scholar. The emphasis is on the reading and writing processes that lead to argumentation, as well as on the technical aspects of writing, specifically essay structure, paragraph construction, grammar, punctuation and spelling. Students practice critical reading and writing skills to develop academic essays: describing, summarizing, analyzing, applying and synthesizing. They are introduced to the library’s holdings and taught to access and assess source material. By the end of this course, successful students will: 1. Demonstrate the critical reading and writing skills needed to construct academic essays describing, summarizing, analyzing, applying, and synthesizing. 2. Compose a question-based research paper (about four pages in length) and support a thesis in the body of the essay in properly structured paragraphs. *Apply source material avoiding intentional or intentional plagiarism through direct quotation and paraphrase and cite in MLA format (in-text citations and bibliography). *Synthesize source material to support a deductive argument. 3. Assess scholarly sources (locate the authors thesis, evaluate evidence, and weigh credibility). 4. Access source material through the library holdings: reference section, on-line databases, stacks, and in-library periodicals. 5. Recognize and edit patterns of grammatical error (sentence fragments, run-on sentences, subject-verb agreement, verb tense, punctuation, and spelling) to write clear sentences. Enrollment is based on performance on the English Placement Exam and SAT/ACT scores. Successful completion of FYWT 008 or FYWT 009 may be required as a result of the English Placement Exam.
Completion of FYWT*008 if required by English placement exam. Completion of FYWT*009 if required by English placement exam. Requires enrollment in an undergraduate degree program.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: FYWT*111,HU*110A,LACR*101, FYWT*111,FYWT*100,LACR*100,LACR*101
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FYWT 112 First-Year Writing II Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
A continuation of FYWT 111, FYWT 112 is the second part of a year-long course that builds on and develops the writing and reading processes that lead to argumentation. During this term an inquiry-based research paper is the focus, as well as grammatical and structural elements of writing college-level essays. The independent research project allows students to utilize the critical reading and writing skills introduced in 111-describing, summarizing, analyzing, applying, and synthesizing-to develop a scholarly argument. To illustrate the importance of context in the process of research, a curriculum that is focused around a chosen theme is examined. Students continue to access and assess the source material available from the library.
Prerequisites FYWT*111 or FYWT*100;
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: HU*110B,FYWT*112,FYWT*101,LACR*103,LACR*102,LACR*103,LACR*102, FYWT*112,HU*110B,FYWT*101,LACR*103,LACR*102,LACR*103,LACR*102
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GDES 101 1st Year Graphic Design Proj. College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
An elective course introducing the Foundation student to the profession of graphic design and its working processes. The classwork begins with directed formal studies and leads to an introductory communication project. Emphasis on the craftsmanship and working methods of the students as well as the breadth and depth of the student’s individual investigative process. Studio lecture/demonstrations focus upon professional case studies to supplement the course assignments. This course offers the student the opportunity to measure his or her suitability to the Graphic Design major.
Priority enrollment to CAMD Core Studies Students
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 201 Design Systems College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An intensive laboratory where the formal aspects of composition, organic and geometric form, color, symbolic drawing, craftsmanship, and the processes of conceptualizing are investigated. All of the assignments are founded on directed goals and playful investigation to train the student in the areas of selection, set theory, and visual logic.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or MMDI*101 & MMDI*102 or Completion of Foundation
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 202 Design Systems College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An intensive laboratory where the formal aspects of composition, organic and geometric form, color, symbolic drawing, craftsmanship, and the processes of conceptualizing are investigated. All of the assignments are founded on directed goals and playful investigation to train the student in the areas of selection, set theory, and visual logic.
Prerequisites GDES*201
Open to majors in the College of Art, Media, and Design only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 203 Letterform Design College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The analysis and development of letterforms. The norms of weight, proportion, character width, and alphabetic relationships are developed perceptually, by hand. This course stresses the inherent optical relationships that exist in the construction of typefaces derived from the Latin alphabet.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or MMDI*101 & MMDI*102 or Completion of Foundation
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 205 Visual Perception and the Language of Form College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Students will investigate and develop an understanding of the perceptual and formal aspects of composition, organic and geometric form, color, symbolic drawing, craftsmanship, both hand craftsmanship and digital craftsmanship. The course will progress from experiments in visual perception to the beginning stages of constructing meaning through image manipulation, contextual analysis, and reinvention. A comparative and iterative process of investigation is stressed.
Requires completion of 15 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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