101 New Majors Colloquium (1:1:0) Required of all AVT majors. May be taken prior to declaring the major or during the first semester as a declared AVT major. Provides a common core experience of contemporary perspectives on the broad range of professional career options open to studio art majors. Lectures address practical concerns but emphasize social, ethical, and philosophical aspects of visual arts professions.
103 Introduction to the Artist’s Studio (3:1:2) For nonmajors only. Through projects, readings, class critiques, visuals, and field trips, students explore materials, techniques, concepts, and processes essential to understanding the language of visual arts and the artist’s role. Develops imaginative thinking and sensitivity to visual environment.
104 Studio Fundamentals I (4:2:4) Explores elements and principles of two-dimensional design, establishment of visual vocabulary, and critical analysis that supports conceptual development. Studio projects build fundamental knowledge, skills, understanding of precedents, and contemporary practices in visual arts.
105 Studio Fundamentals II (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 104 or permission of instructor. Explores elements and principles of three-dimensional design, establishment of visual vocabulary, critical analysis that supports conceptual development. Studio projects explore form and composition, time-based media, materials, precedents, and contemporary practices in visual arts.
180 Computers in the Creative Arts (3:1:2) Introduces computing from artist’s perspective. Emphasizes computer use for artistic creation and research. Overview of hardware, software, operating systems, peripherals, two-dimensional graphics, and web design.
204 Visual Thinking (3:3:0) Explores the ways contemporary artists use principles of design and perception to challenge how we see our world physiologically, psychologically, or socially. Examples drawn from film, photography, new media art, and other contemporary artistic media.
206 Color (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 104 or permission of instructor. Color theory and principles of color interaction, including additive, subtractive, and partitive color experience, study of harmony, contrast, focus, space, opacity, transparency, temperature and value in both wet and dry media, and related applications of color technology.
215 Typography (4:2:4) Prerequisites: AVT 104 and 180, or permission of instructor. Introduction to history and use of type. Reading and projects develop awareness of type as a linguistic and visual communication tool. Introduces typographic design elements, including color, hierarchy, integration with imagery, structure, and content.
222 Drawing I (4:2:4) Introduction to fundamentals of drawing, with emphasis on observational study and the effective and expressive use of line, mass, value, perspective, and formal composition. AVT majors encouraged to take AVT 222 with AVT 104.
232 Painting I (4:2:4) Introduction to the basic methods and principles of painting with a focus on observation, paint application, formal composition, color mixing, and the articulation of form.
243 Printmaking I (4:2:4) Introduction to basics of hand printing. Emphasis on translation and transferal of images, tools, equipment, and technical skills for making a well-defined print. Presentations and field trips focus on aesthetic concerns of making multiple images.
252 Photography I (4:2:4) Introduces basic principles and aesthetics of photography, 35-mm camera operation, and darkroom practices, including film processing and print development.
253 Introduction to Digital Photography (4:2:4) Introduction to the digital camera as a tool for electronic photographic image making. Students will be introduced to principles and aesthetics of digital photography and also learn basic image-editing skills in a computer environment.
262 Sculpture I (4:2:4) Projects in sculpture with emphasis on contemporary theory and issues, the development of individual concepts, and the exploration of materials, tools, and processes. Faculty demonstrations, lectures, gallery and museum visits, and regular student work critiques.
272 Interdisciplinary Arts (4:4:2) Introduces contemporary interdisciplinary art practice through readings and studio projects in performance and installation. Provides students with opportunities to deepen understanding of conceptual art, nontraditional media practices, and collaborative practice in visual arts.
280 Introduction to Digital Arts (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 104 and 180, or permission of instructor. Investigates ways in which contemporary artists employ tools of digital culture. Students create meaningful works of art that demonstrate conceptual awareness and technical skill.
300 Artsbus Attendance (0:0:0) Students travel to New York or other destinations aboard the AVT Artsbus to attend faculty-selected exhibitions. AVT majors must satisfactorily complete course once for each semester they are enrolled as majors, up to five times. Repeatable up to three times per semester. Graded S/NC (satisfactory/no credit).
301 Visual Voices Colloquium (1:1:0) Students attend AVT Visual Voices lecture series during the semester and complete assignments related to the topics covered. AVT majors must accumulate at least 3 credits in this colloquium to graduate. May be repeated each semester up to a total of 8 credits.
305 Creative Processes (3:3:0) Study of the creative process in general, with emphasis on the inspiration, working methods, and final creations of various artists. Students explore their own creative processes through journal keeping, collaborative exercises, and projects.
307 Aesthetics (3:3:0) Interdisciplinary course examines broad range of contemporary art and culture to engage an expansive conception of aesthetic experience. Students engage with historical and contemporary aesthetic theories, build heightened aesthetic sensibility, and explore their personal aesthetic.
309 Art as Social Action (3:3:0) Interdisciplinary exploration of work by citizen-artists whose art making engages the social world. Students learn about the history of socially engaged art making and experiment with individual and collaborative projects addressing social issues.
311 Graphic Design Methods and Principles (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 215 or permission of instructor. Emphasis on developing design solutions requiring demographic, historical, and/or cultural research. Course strengthens design and typography skills, introduces conceptual problem solving, audience considerations, and broad-based tools designers use to develop effective visual communication solutions.
313 Editorial Design (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 311 or permission of instructor. Development and production of long-form design projects (magazines, newspapers, catalogs, and other serial and/or multipage publications). Emphasis on narrative, consistency, structure, clarity. Addresses information design issues, and reinforces conceptual skills and integration of imagery and text.
318 History of Graphic Design (3:3:0) Survey of design history. Looks at print and web design as both a reaction to and shaper of the broader culture (including other fine and applied arts) through the study of major movements and designers.
323 Drawing II (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 222 or permission of instructor. Students develop observational, sketching, and rendering skills. Introduction to a range of materials, methods, formal concepts, drawing in series, and critique vocabulary.
324 Figure Drawing (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 222 or permission of the instructor. Drawing with an emphasis on the observational study of the human body. Human anatomy and proportion are examined through a series of methodological approaches, including gesture, contour, mass, and modeling.
326 Nontraditional Approaches to Drawing (4:2:4) Prerequisites: AVT 222 or permission of instructor. This course encourages students to challenge some traditional approaches to drawing by creating innovative works that combine familiar drawing techniques with a variety of materials, approaches, and unusual formats.
333 Painting II (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 232 or permission of instructor. Course focuses on the development of formal and technical skills, with an emphasis on paint application, color interaction, and support building and preparation. Concepts, methodologies, and approaches relevant to contemporary painting are introduced.
336 Experimental Painting (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 232 or permission of instructor. Using contemporary painting practices as starting place, students explore a variety of experimental and conceptual approaches to painting.
337 Figurative Painting (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 232 or permission of instructor. Working primarily with live models, students explore the human form as the main subject for a variety of visual and expressive inquiries.
343 Printmaking II (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 243 or permission of instructor. An introduction to relief, screenprint, and intaglio printing, including the study of historical antecedents and their relevancy to contemporary printmaking. Students learn reductive and additive techniques in preparing printing surfaces.
345 Artists’ Books as Visual Language (4:2:4) Prerequisites: AVT 180 or permission of instructor. Introduces the artist’s book as both physical structure and creative association of words and images. Students learn techniques of bookmaking, binding, and traditional and digital printmaking to produce an artist-made book with narrative and sequential elements.
346 Digital Printmaking (4:2:4) Prerequisites: AVT 180 or permission of the instructor. A beginning course in hand printing digitally processed images. Projects focus on electronic means of creating and manipulating imagery. Students achieve skills in multiple steps and incremental development required in making prints.
353 Photography II (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 252 or permission of instructor. Continuation of Photography I, with further investigation into the aesthetics of photography through experimentation with new films, developers, papers, and development of a portfolio of photographic images.
354 Digital Photo (4:2:4) Prerequisites: AVT 252 and 180, or permission of the instructor. A computer-intensive class in which students create digital images from the viewpoint of a photographic artist. Emphasis on digital photo techniques, including making digital negatives, concept development, and visual aesthetics.
356 Studio Lighting I (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 353 or permission of instructor. Introduces theory, concepts, and applications of photographic studio lighting using both artificial and natural light sources with an emphasis on the ability to control and manipulate light.
363 Sculpture II (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 262 or permission of instructor. Expands on the principles and processes introduced in Sculpture I, developing a higher level of technical competence and critical sophistication. Lectures, independent student research, and gallery and museum visits required. Vigorous critiques.
370 Entrepreneurship in the Arts (4:2:4) Combined lecture and studio course in developing entrepreneurial skills in arts. Special focus on developing communication skills and planning strategies, as well as on nurturing skills that enable students to creatively solve problems and think about opportunities.
371 Visual Perception and the Arts (3:3:0) Review of major approaches to the study of visual perception. Topics include analysis of picture perception, visual thinking, the relationship between symbolic and nonsymbolic thinking and representation, and how pathologies of vision affect art production.
372 Hip Hop Culture (3:3:0) Examines hip hop as an art form within a continuum of cultural expression. Explores multilayered social, political, and aesthetic aspects of hip hop, historical causes and precedents, and contemporary derivatives and implications.
373 Performance Studio (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 272 or permission of instructor. Studio course focused on theory and practice of collaborative performance art. Detailed analysis of creation and production processes from interdisciplinary perspective in conjunction with practical training in multimedia technologies, body sculpture, and theater of images.
374 Sound and Vision (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 180 or 280, or permission of instructor. Explores the function and use of sound in conjunction with time-based media and installation. Students learn digital tools for selection, editing, processing, and integration of sound and music (postproduction) into video, animation, and installation projects.
376 Live Movies (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 272 or permission of instructor. Advanced performance studio emphasizing cinematic forms and multimedia technologies. Also covers sound design, scenic design and materials, production planning, and interdisciplinary approaches to narrative and content in performance. Students collaborate on production projects.
377 Cyberpunk (4:6:0) Traces the ways that cinema, music, fiction, cultural theory, visual art, television, theater, and performance have embraced and been shaped by cyberpunk and cyberculture. Includes readings, writings, discussion, screenings, guest speakers, and research projects.
378 The African American Experience in the Performing Arts (3:3:0) Through lectures, slides, audio recordings, videos, and films, students examine African American contributions to cultural fabric of American forms and institutions. Artistic contributions examined in aesthetic, political, historical, and social contexts.
382 Digital Art and Animation (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 280 or permission of instructor. Introduces conceptual, technical, and aesthetic practices of two-dimensional computer animation. Students learn to animate hand-drawn and computer-generated images. Students work to develop and create an imaginative and meaningful short animation with sound.
383 Three-Dimensional Digital Art (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 382 or AVT 390, or permission of instructor. Students create thoughtful and imaginative, three-dimensional scenes with scaled objects, surface textures, lights, and shadows. These scenes serve as environments for short animations. Emphasis on idea generation, contemporary practices, visual aesthetics, and technique.
390 Digital Media and Video Art (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 280 or permission of the instructor. Integrates study of contemporary art theory, montage theory, and artistic practices with application to new media and technology. Special focus on video, visual digital, video art, sound design, and the sociopolitical implications of digital work.
392 Gallery Practices (4:2:4) Prerequisite: 3 credits of AVT or ARTH, junior standing, or permission of instructor. Introduction to practices of the contemporary art gallery, including curatorship, exhibition planning and installation, care and proper handling of artwork, technology in the gallery, collaborating with outside curators, documentation, budget, publicity, and educational and docent activities.
393 Field Experience in the Arts (1–6:0:0) Prerequisite: junior standing and permission of instructor and academic advisor. Introductory working and learning experience with an organization or individual in the arts, or as a teaching assistant. Placement documentation to include 45 hours of work per credit. May be repeated for credit for maximum 6 credits.
394 Honors Seminar (1:1:0) Prerequisite: by invitation to qualified honors students. Offers highly motivated students opportunities to interact with art world professionals through field trips, research, critiques, and creative assignments. Students accrue credits toward graduation with AVT honors. Repeatable for up to 8 credits.
395 Writing for Artists (3:3:0) Prerequisite: ENGL 302 or permission of instructor. Practical writing seminar in which students practice typical writing needs of creative professionals, including artist’s statements, grant proposals, and reviews, while also exploring ways in which artists have used writing, books, and language in art making.
396 Introduction to Art Teaching and Learning (3:3:0) Prerequisites: junior standing, completion of ENGL 302, and completion of at least 20 credits of AVT course work (including AVT 307); or permission of art education advisor. Prior to enrollment, students must complete art education inquiry form. Explores art-teaching profession through readings, discussion, hands-on activities, and visits to diverse area public schools. Students discover a variety of ways that art is taught and evaluated to meet multiple educational needs of today’s PK–12 students.
399 Special Topics in Art and Visual Technology (1–6: 1–6:0–6) Explores topical studies in AVT including theoretical and critical aspects of art or studio production. Topics and credit vary with instructor. May be repeated when taken under different topics.
414 Corporate Design and Branding (4:2:4) Prerequisites: AVT 252 or 253, AVT 311, and AVT 395, or permission of instructor. Fundamentals of branding and identity design. Topics include logo development, product packaging, marketing and advertising collaterals, web branding, and broadcast advertising development. Special attention is given to the creation of a graphics standards guide.
415 Web Design and Usability (4:2:4) Prerequisites: AVT 252 or 253, AVT 311, and AVT 395 or permission of instructor. Introduces students to web design, usability, and the use of popular applications for static, interactive, and motion-based web development.
419 Topics in Graphic Design (1–6:1–6:0–6) Prerequisites: AVT 311 and AVT 313 or 414. Rotating subjects give students a deep look into and appreciation of a specific topic in design practice. Topics and credit vary with instructor. May be repeated when taken under different topics.
422 Drawing III (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 323 or permission of instructor. Builds on intermediate drawing skills, emphasizing individual exploration and expressive techniques. Along with rigorous observational study, students work from a variety of sources to develop a broad understanding of visual solutions within contemporary art practice.
423 Drawing IV (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 422 or permission of instructor. Students learn and practice advanced drawing skills and techniques in a variety of media and formats. Emphasis on development of content, personal sources, techniques, presentation strategies, and methods of analysis through critique.
432 Painting III (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 333 or permission of instructor. Intermediate course with an emphasis on developing personal content, concepts, painting strategies, and a practical understanding of contemporary ideas in painting.
433 Painting IV (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 432 or permission of instructor. In this capstone course, students engage in a self-directed studio practice through the development of content, personal sources, techniques, presentation strategies, and methods of analysis through critique.
434 Painting V (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 433 or permission of instructor. Students work rigorously and independently, advancing individual studio practice through in-depth dialogue with faculty and formal group critiques. Emphasis on individual decision making, personal initiative, and critical vocabularies.
435 Painting VI (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 434 or permission of instructor. Advanced directed research in painting. Employing rigorous concepts, presentation strategies, and in-depth critique, students develop independent projects into a cohesive body of work.
442 Printmaking III (4:2:4) Prerequisites: AVT 343 or permission of the instructor. An intermediate print media course with an emphasis on a wider variety of tools and concepts that investigate photo-based imagery and advance personal narrative.
443 Printmaking IV (4:2:4) Prerequisites: AVT 442 or permission of the instructor. An advanced print media course that uses hand-drawn, digital, and photo-based imagery. Students explore traditional and new printmaking techniques in a series of related prints and explore their relevancy to contemporary printmaking.
444 Printmaking V (4:2:4) Prerequisites: AVT 443 or permission of the instructor. Advanced print media course incorporating three-dimensional applications of hand printmaking. Students develop concepts in digital printmaking, book making, sculptural prints, and installation works. Explores issues in contemporary printmaking through critical discussions, reading, and writing assignments.
445 Printmaking VI (4:2:4) Prerequisites: AVT 444 or permission of the instructor. Students produce a body of print media work reflecting their interests, including the broader context of social, cultural, and contemporary issues. Students engage in collaborative studio practices and independent projects to integrate multiple visual technologies.
452 Advanced Photographic Printing I (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 353 or permission of instructor. Advanced darkroom course with emphasis on fine art and craft of black-and-white photographic print. Students produce a personal portfolio based on technical instruction, contemporary photographic approaches, and critical discussions.
453 Advanced Photographic Printing II (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 452 or permission of instructor. Intensive continuation of AVT 452. Students produce a photographic portfolio based on technique, content, personal expression, photographic criticism, and knowledge of contemporary trends. Includes critical discussions, and reading and writing assignments.
454 Alternative Photo Processes (4:2:4) Prerequisites: AVT 353 or permission of instructor. Introduction to 19th century and nontraditional photographic processes including cyanotype, van dyke, gum bichromate, liquid emulsion, and image transfer. Exploration and discussion of photography’s influences, application, and use in other mediums.
455 Advanced Digital Photo (4:2:4) Prerequisites: AVT 354 or permission of instructor. Continuation of 354 Digital Photo with further exploration into digital techniques and personal expression. The semester is spent developing and creating a portfolio of photographic images.
456 Large Format Photography (4:2:4) Prerequisites: AVT 353 or permission of instructor. An introduction to basic concepts, controls, and exposure theories of large format photography. Students develop an aesthetic knowledge of the view camera’s potential working with 4” x 5” view cameras in the studio and field.
457 Documentary Photography (4:2:4) Prerequisites: AVT 452 or permission of instructor. Introduces documentary photography: techniques, history, choices, and ideas necessary to create meaningful photo essays that incorporate a personal, committed, in-depth approach to seeing and depicting lives and situations.
458 Advanced Studio Lighting (4:2:4) Prerequisites: AVT 356 or permission of instructor. The advanced study of photographic studio lighting concepts using electronic strobes and power packs with emphasis placed on constructing studio materials, metering techniques, staging complex sets, and on-location photography.
459 About Photography: Practice and Research (4:2:4) Prerequisites: one course from AVT 452–458 or permission of instructor. A combined studio and lecture course investigating photography’s history, critical theory, philosophy, and practice. Lectures, discussions, readings, and projects
focus on a medium that has enormously influenced art and culture.
462 Sculpture III (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 363 or permission of instructor. Advanced studio course for continued individual, conceptual, and critical development in sculpture. Biweekly seminar, independent research, museum and gallery visits, vigorous individual and group critiques, required documentation, and portfolio preparation supporting studio projects.
463 Sculpture IV (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 462 or permission of instructor. Intensive studio course for advanced sculpture students to further individual, conceptual, and critical development. Students produce a body of work based on technical exploration, critical discussion, reading, and writing.
464 Sculpture V (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 463 or permission of instructor. Advanced studio course for rigorous and independent production of sculpture. Weekly topical seminar, vigorous critiques, museum and gallery visits, professional documentation, and research resulting in a body of work to be exhibited.
465 Sculpture VI (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 464 or permission of instructor. Continuation of advanced work in AVT 465. Students work rigorously and independently, gaining insights into personal process and direction through one-
on-one critical dialogue with faculty and formal group critiques. Emphasizes individual decision making and personal initiative.
472 Critical Theory in the Visual Arts (3:3:0) Prerequisite: ARTH 374 or permission of instructor. Examination of currents in theory and criticism that inform contemporary practice and critical analysis in the visual arts.
473 Advanced Performance Studio (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 373 or permission of instructor. Advanced laboratory for performance. Emphases include new technologies and their applications, multimedia scriptwriting and storyboarding, and the creation of audiovisual performance. Students participate in collaborative production.
482 Advanced Two-Dimensional Digital Art (4:2:4) Prerequisites: AVT 280 or permission of instructor. In-depth look at advanced digital imaging techniques and contemporary practices. Students are required to create a portfolio of large-format high-resolution digital prints and further develop visual critical analysis skills through active participation in
critiques.
483 Internet Art (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 382 or AVT 390, or permission of instructor. Investigates Internet as space for making art while detailing a selection of tools, concepts, issues, and history pertaining to Internet art.
487 Advanced Digital Media (4:2:4) Prerequisite: AVT 382 or AVT 390, or permission of instructor. Integrates media art techniques, including rotoscoping, stop motion, layer compositing, hand drawing, and experimental animation, with digital video editing and DVD authoring. Special focus on intersection of traditional techniques, installation, and contemporary media art theory.
489 Internship in Art and Visual Technology (1–6:0:0) Prerequisite: senior standing, completion of 12 concentration credits, and permission of instructor. Unpaid professional-level work experience in a professional organization or with an individual artist, related to the student’s concentration and career plans. Placement documentation to include 45 hours of work per credit. May be repeated for credit for maximum 12 credits.
491 Independent Study in Art and Visual Technology (1–6:0:0), (1–6:0:0) Prerequisite: senior standing, completion of 12 concentration credits, and permission of instructor. Opportunity for development of advanced skills and concepts in a field of interest. Study proposal must be approved by instructor prior to registration. Project documentation to include 45 hours of work per credit. May be repeated for credit for maximum 24 credits.
493 Teaching Visual Thinking Through Media, PK–12 (3:3:0) Prerequisite: AVT 396 or permission of art education advisor. Investigates range and appropriateness of media and materials that encourage creative expression in the art classroom for PK–12 students, and expands the artist-teacher’s visual repertoire. Incorporates art history, criticism and aesthetics, as well as language arts and other content areas that challenge students’ artistic growth and human development.
494 Teaching Critical Response to Art, PK–12 (3:3:0) Prerequisite: AVT 396 or permission of art education advisor. Develops visual literacy and critical-thinking skills for application to the PK–12 classroom by examining diverse theoretical models and applying strategies to expand knowledge about art and artifacts. Includes intensive writing, readings, discussions, museum work, research and Internet skills, and studio work.
497 Senior Project (4:2:4) Prerequisites: senior art and visual technology major, completion of 12 concentration credits, and completion of or concurrent enrollment in all required general education courses. Capstone course in which students develop and present a cohesive body of work along with written materials and documentation. Students participate in critiques with visiting artists or AVT faculty and in workshops supporting professional goals.
498 Senior Design Project (4:2:4) Prerequisites: senior art and visual technology major, completion of AVT 311, 313, and 414, and completion of or concurrent enrollment in all required general education courses. Capstone course in which students develop and present a design project exploring the possibilities of personal or professional expression. Students participate in critiques with visiting artists or AVT faculty and in workshops supporting professional goals.
522, 523 Drawing V, VI (4:2:4), (4:2:4) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program or permission of instructor for AVT 522; AVT 522; or permission of instructor for 523. Drawing on an advanced level, emphasizing individual decision-making and personal initiative.
596 Independent Study (1–6:1–6:0) Prerequisite: BA or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Independent reading and research on specific project under department faculty member’s direction. Written reports required. May be repeated for credit.
599 Special Topics in Art and Visual Technology (1–6: 1–3:0–6) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program, or permission of instructor. Exploration of topical studies in AVT, including theoretical and critical aspects of art or studio production. Topics and credit vary with instructor. May be repeated when taken under different topics.
600 Research Methodologies (3:3:0) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program, or permission of instructor. Graduate seminar focusing on development of independent research project in student’s area of emphasis. Explores principal methods of researching and documenting art and arts practice. Along with traditional methods of library research, emphasizes new processes of examination and investigation through the use of computer-aided research systems.
605 Issues and Research in Art Education (3:3:0) Prerequisite: admission to the MAT program and permission of instructor. Readings and projects explore historical and contemporary ideas, issues, philosophies, pedagogy, and research in art education. Investigates teachers’ use of research-oriented questions and data to explore classroom issues and improve teaching and learning.
610 Graduate Seminar (1–4:0:0) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program, or permission of instructor. Seminar course required of all AVT graduate students four times during course of study. Students present their work or the work of contemporary artists for discussion and peer and faculty critiques. Special focus on developing public communication and presentation skills on contemporary issues in the arts. Repeatable for 4 credits.
615 Technology for Art Teachers (3:3:0) Prerequisite: admission to the MAT program and permission of instructor. Addresses use of technology in PK–12 art classroom. Focuses on research, presentation and instruction, and image creation. Students develop technology-enhanced teaching units for different grade levels and explore related issues, including copyright, plagiarism, and appropriation.
616 Networked Art Practice (5:2:6) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program, or permission of instructor. Studio, lecture course investigating art as networked activity. Particular attention focused on Internet as context for creation, distribution, and patronage of art.
620 Theory, Criticism and the Visual Arts (3:3:0) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program, or permission of instructor. Cross-disciplinary graduate seminar focusing on key theories and themes that have informed 20th- and 21st-century arts practice. Explores theory and criticism in a variety of contexts, from popular to scholarly, and considers the role of artists as thinkers and writers.
622 Advanced Drawing (4:2:4) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program, or permission of instructor. Advanced directed research in drawing with continued development of individual aesthetic. Study of historical and philosophical precedents integral.
632 Graduate Painting I (5:2:6) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program, or permission of instructor. Entering students are expected to be competent painters, with technical proficiency, a disciplined process, and a directed personal vision. Students work rigorously and independently toward the understanding and mastery of techniques, methods, and concepts relevant to formal expression of personal content. Students expected to participate in critical discourse with supervising faculty. Achievement measured by faculty review board at midsemester and term’s end.
633 Graduate Painting II (5:2:6) Prerequisite: AVT 632, or permission of instructor. Building on research and practices established in Graduate Painting I, students continue to develop strategies for the expression of personal vision and style. Progress tracked and assessed through periodic one-on-one critical discussions with supervising faculty. Achievement measured by faculty review board at midsemester and term’s end.
634 Advanced Graduate Painting (5:2:6) Prerequisite: AVT 633, or permission of instructor. Working independently on a cohesive body of work, students must demonstrate a thorough understanding and mastery of techniques, methods, and concepts relevant to their own practices, and be able to discuss their work within the context of historical and contemporary art practices. Progress tracked and assessed through periodic one-on-one critical discussions with supervising faculty. Achievement measured by faculty review board at midsemester and term’s end.
642, 643 Graduate Printmaking I, II (5:2:6), (5:2:6) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program, or permission of instructor. Directed research and practice in printmaking focuses on individualized development of content and technique. Explores intellectual and expressive aspects of printmaking process.
644 Advanced Graduate Printmaking (5:2:6) Prerequisite: AVT 643, or permission of instructor. Intensive course of creative exploration in print media that furthers students’ independence through production of individualized body of work reflecting interests within the broader contexts of contemporary social, technological, and cultural issues. Students also engage in collaborative studio practices to integrate visual technologies in their work. These may include digital imaging, drawing, graphic design, painting, performance, photography, and sculpture.
652 Graduate Photography I (5:2:6) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program, or permission of instructor. Critical theory and directed practice in photography focusing on development of a personal voice and working method through intellectual activity and creative work. Emphasizes ability to explore concepts, develop skills, and evolve as a communicator of ideas and photographic artist.
653 Graduate Photography II (5:2:6) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program, or permission of instructor. Continuum of Graduate Photography I, an intensive critique class concentrating on the development of creative work with emphasis on articulating responses to others’ work, the cultural climate. and issues involved in one’s own work as it progresses. Weekly classes share equal time with critical theory and hands-on studio work. Includes readings, visiting artists and lecturers, and field trips.
654 Advanced Graduate Photography (5:2:6) Prerequisite: AVT 653, or permission of instructor. Advanced graduate photography course. Intensive critique class concentrating on the development of creative work with emphasis on articulating responses to others’ work, the cultural climate, and issues involved in one’s own work as it progresses. Weekly classes share equal time with critical theory and hands-on studio work. Includes readings, visiting artists and lecturers, and field trips.
662 Graduate Sculpture I (5:2:6) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program, or permission of instructor. Intensive studio course that furthers student independence through production of a body of work reflecting interests, including a broader context of social, cultural, and contemporary issues. Emphasizes self-evaluation, critical discussion, reading, and writing.
663 Graduate Sculpture II (5:2:6) Prerequisite: AVT 662 or permission of instructor. Intensive studio course that furthers student independence through production of a body of work reflecting interests, including a broader context of social, cultural, and contemporary issues. Emphasizes self-evaluation, critical discussion, reading, and writing.
664 Advanced Graduate Sculpture (5:2:6) Prerequisite: AVT 663 or permission of instructor. Emphasizes individual creative production and development, with periodic exposure of student’s work and ideas to the critical attention of the AVT teaching faculty and other graduate students. Writing and reading components.
667 Two-Dimensional Art Making: Form, Theme, and Context (4:2:4) Prerequisite: admission to the MAT program and permission of the instructor based on a portfolio review. Through studio work and research on basic and innovative drawing strategies, students explore expressive visual qualities, composition, and color. Students develop professional portfolios that incorporate meaningful themes and contexts for developing visual literacy in PK–12.
668 Three-Dimensional Art Making across Cultures (4:2:4) Prerequisite: admission to the MAT program and permission of the instructor. Explores the diversity of art forms in world cultures and work of traditional and contemporary artists. Students learn basic three-dimensional art-making techniques, including ceramics and fibers, and learn to design three-dimensional art instruction for PK–12 levels.
670 Teaching Practicum (3:3:0 or 6:6:0) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program or permission of instructor. Supervised classroom teaching practicum in Mason’s undergraduate program or community college program. May be repeated for total 6 credits.
672 Performance Studio I (5:2:6) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program or permission of instructor. Introductory studio course looking at performance as a visual art practice and focusing on time, space and the body. Emphasizes artist as performer. Students study the work of performance practitioners, make short performance pieces, document and exhibit their work, and go to galleries and performances locally and in New York. Substantial research project required.
673 Performance Studio II (5:2:6) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program or permission of instructor. In-depth studio course focusing on collaborative practice of performance art. Analyzes creation and production processes from an interdisciplinary perspective in conjunction with practical training in multimedia performance, complemented by screenings, readings, guest artists, and field trips.
674 Advanced Performance Studio (5:2:6) Prerequisite: AVT 673 or permission of instructor. Advanced laboratory for creating and producing performance art. Emphasizes new technologies and their applications, multimedia scriptwriting and storyboarding, and the creation of audiovisual performance. Students work independently and also contribute to collaborative production.
675 Advanced Performance Topics (5:6:2) Prerequisite: AVT 673 or permission of instructor. Opportunity for advanced study in interdisciplinary arts topics including African American experience in the performing arts, cyberpunk, global motion, interarts figures, live movies, writing and performance. May be repeated for maximum 15 credits when taken under different topics.
676 Sound and Music for Video and Animation (5:2:6) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program or permission of instructor. Combined lecture and studio course focusing on selection, editing, processing, and integration of sound and music (postproduction) into video and animation. Studies time, frequency, and amplitude domain and processing. Students postproduce sound and music for 15-minute film or animation due at semester end.
678 Interface and CD-ROM Design (5:2:6) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program or permission of instructor. Combined lecture and studio course in multimedia interface and CD-ROM design. Focuses on exporting traditional visual and aural artistic aesthetic to the computer environment within a multimedia context. Assigned class readings augmented and supported by presentations of various digital interfaces and CD-ROM examples. Discusses commercial, entertainment, and educational titles, as well as CD-ROM experimental art works. Studio time divided between AVT labs and area multimedia facilities. Students conceive, design, and develop two CD-ROM or Kiosk Interfaces due at midterm, and complete a dual platform CD-ROM project due at semester end.
682 The Art of 2D Animation (5:2:6) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program or permission of instructor. Designed to broaden range of visually expressive time-based media from cell animation and stop motion animation to rotoscoping and two-dimensional digital animation. Emphasizes idea generation, concept development, and visual aesthetics.
684 Two-Dimensional Digital Art (5:2:6) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program or permission of instructor. Overview of two-dimensional computer-imaging applications in the arts, including painting, printmaking, mixed media, illustration, video, and animation. Lectures combine technical and aesthetic material, including image processing for artists and color reproduction. Emphasis on developing advanced studio portfolio.
685 Video Art (5:2:6) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program or permission of instructor. Explores video as medium that is transforming art and is transformed by art. Emphasizes developing an approach to personal narrative, creative skills and construction of meaning, as well as on acquiring technical skills.
686 Three-Dimensional Digital Art (5:2:6) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program or permission of instructor. Teaches how to create realistic, three-dimensional scenes with scaled objects, surface textures, lights, and shadows. Emphasizes idea generation, concept development, visual aesthetics, and technical abilities. Students required to render a portfolio of high-resolution images.
687 Advanced Digital Media (5:2:6) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program or permission of instructor. Advanced course in digital media, including layer compositing, digital video editing, rotoscoping, and cell animation. Emphasizes integrating traditional techniques with software applications; and publishing projects to CD-ROM, DV tape, DVD, and Internet.
688 Digital Animation (5:2:6) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program or permission of instructor. Study of digital two-dimensional and three-dimensional animation practices. Introduces lighting, camera movement, object motion, timing, and texture mapping as students plan
and produce a short animation. Emphasizes idea generation, concept development, visual aesthetics, and technical
abilities.
691 Elementary Art Education (3:3:1) Prerequisite: admission to the MAT program and permission of instructor. Concepts and methods in early childhood and elementary art education. Students spend three hours per week in class and one hour per week of required field experience in public schools and other educational settings.
692 Secondary Art Education (3:3:1) Prerequisite: AVT 691 or permission of instructor. Concepts and methods in secondary art education. Students spend three hours per week in class, and one hour per week of required field experience in the public schools and other educational settings.
693 Apprenticeship (3:3:0 or 6:6:0) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program or permission of instructor. Apprenticeship at a local business conforming to students’ interests in visual information technologies. May be repeated for total 6 credits.
695 Internship in Art Education (Student Teaching) (6:0:0) Prerequisite: completion of all other MAT program requirements. Corequisite: AVT 696. Full-time internship in which students teach in elementary and secondary schools with guidance from cooperating mentor teachers. College supervisors make periodic site visits to observe, assess, and evaluate progress.
696 Seminar for Student Teachers (1:2:0) Corequisite: AVT 695. Weekly professional seminar focused on needs and concerns of student teachers. Covers issues as they emerge in practice, and concludes with an “Art of Teaching Art” exhibit of work by students of preservice teachers.
796, 798, 799 Directed Project, Directed Reading, Thesis (1–9:0:0), (3:0:0), (1–3:0:0) Prerequisite: admission to AVT graduate program or permission of instructor. Three courses comprising the MFA comprehensive experience for AVT students. Involves a study of historical basis for studio project, independent creative production suitable for public viewing, and written thesis documenting evolution of the creative problem and exploring the intention, purpose, and relative success of the finished production.