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ART100 Fine Arts Colloquium - 1 credit
A Pass/No Pass lab course designed to directly introduce students to some of the Twin Cities arts communities. Students will interact with professional and amateur artists and activities from a variety of fine and performing arts disciplines. Learning will be assessed through written expression and limited oral communication.
ART101 Approaching Art (7 weeks) - 2 credits
This seven-week course lays the foundation for approaching visual art by introducing fundamental aspects of the nature of art and art making. The course will investigate four areas which are key to appreciating art. These four units will include the importance perceptual skills, the nature of the creative process, the place of art in its cultural context, and the role and processes of abstraction. The course will involve looking at art, reading, writing and speaking about art using acquired vocabulary and knowledge.
ART102 2D Design (7 weeks) - 2 credits
This seven-week course introduces the foundation design elements and principles for two-dimensional design. Compositional problems are introduced and solved in a studio setting. In addition basic two-dimensional media are introduced and explored during the different units of the course of study.
ART103 3D Design (7 weeks) - 2 credits
This seven-week course introduces the foundation design elements and principles for three-dimensional design. Compositional problems are introduced and solved in a studio setting. In addition basic three-dimensional media are introduced and explored during the different units of the course of study.
ART111 Drawing I - 3 credits
This introductory studio course is designed to familiarize beginning students with fundamental techniques and concepts of drawing. In that basic skill building is the core of this course it is a very approachable class for non-art majors. Although some history of drawing will be presented learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review. (Prerequisite: ART101 or consent of instructor)
ART121 Painting and Color Theory - 3 credits
This introductory course is designed to familiarize beginning students with the fundamental techniques and concepts of oil painting. Color theory will be emphasized along side of traditional painting genre. In that basic skill building is the core of this course it is a very approachable class for non-art majors. Although some history of painting will be presented learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review. (Prerequisite: ART111 or consent of instructor)
ART141 Photography I - 3 credits
This introductory course is designed to familiarize beginning students with the fundamental techniques and concepts of black and white photography. Basic photographic skills are taught through demonstration and assigned projects. Emphasis is on basic camera and darkroom techniques. In that basic skill building is the core of this course it is a very approachable class for non-art majors. Although some history of photography will be presented learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review. (Prerequisites: ART101, ART102 or consent of instructor)
ART151 Sculpture I - 3 credits
This introductory studio course is designed to familiarize beginning students with the fundamental techniques and concepts of contemporary sculpture. Both additive and reductive sculpture will be explored as students are introduced to both traditional and non-traditional sculpture media. Students will also investigate the relationship of drawing to the sculptural process. Although some 19th and 20th C. sculpture history will be presented, learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review. (Prerequisites: ART101, ART103 or consent of instructor)
ART161 Ceramics I - 3 credits
This introductory studio course is designed to familiarize beginning students with the fundamental techniques and concepts of contemporary ceramic art. Students will see and also investigate sculptural and vessel forms in clay, along with the relationship of drawing to the creative process. Although significant clay art history and technology will be taught, learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review.
ART202 Digital Design I - 3 credits
This introductory course is designed to familiarize beginning students with the fundamental techniques and concepts of design using computer technology as the primary medium. Students will build on drawing and composition skills to create designs with a variety of design software programs. Although technological and ethical issues in the field will be addressed, learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review. (Prerequisites: ART102, ART111 or consent of instructor)
ART203 Digital Design II - 3 credits
This course is designed to expand students' facility in using the computer to solve more complex problems. Students will build on drawing, composition and computer skills to create designs with a variety of design software programs. Students will be encouraged to develop a personal voice with the computer. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review. (Prerequisite: ART202 or consent of instructor)
ART211 Figure Drawing - 2 credits
This course is designed to familiarize beginning students with anatomy and the figure as a subject matter vital in an artist's vocabulary. Students will build on drawing and composition skills to create designs with a variety of drawing media. Although the history of figurative art will be explored, learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review. (Prerequisites: ART102, ART111 or consent of instructor)
ART221 Painting II - 2 credits
This is an intermediate level course designed to stimulate and further develop an interest in painting methods and techniques for personal expression. Students are encouraged to create and solve specific problems in painting. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review and also class participation. (Prerequisite: ART121 or consent of instructor)
ART231 Relief Printmaking I - 3 credits
This introductory course is designed to familiarize beginning students with the fundamental techniques and concepts of relief and intaglio printmaking. Students will build on drawing and composition skills to create editions of linoleum cuts, woodblock prints and intaglio prints. Although some history of painting will be presented learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review. (Prerequisites: ART102, ART111 or consent of instructor)
ART232 Screen Printmaking - 3 credits
This introductory course is designed to familiarize beginning students with the fundamental techniques and concepts of screen printmaking. Students will build on drawing and composition skills to create editions of screen prints. Although some history of screen printmaking and lithography will be presented, learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review
ART233 Intaglio Printmaking - 3 credits
This course is designed to familiarize beginning students with the fundamental techniques and concepts of intaglio printmaking. Students will build on drawing, composition, and other art skills to create editions of intaglio prints. Techniques covered will include etching, dry point, aquatint, collagraph, monoprinting and photo-polymer plates. Although some history of printmaking will be presented, learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review. (Prerequisites: ART102 and ART111 or consent of instructor)
ART241 Photography II - 2 credits
This course expands students' knowledge of the use of the 35mm camera and black and white darkroom processing and printing. Students learn to control film exposure and development in order to make consistently good prints. Photographic theory is introduced. Students will fully explore their ideas through shooting a lot of film. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio development and review, as well as class participation. (Prerequisite: ART141 or consent of instructor)
ART251 Sculpture II - 2 credits
This is an intermediate level course designed to stimulate and further develop interest in sculptural methods and techniques for personal expression. Media exploration and contemporary aesthetic issues such as environmental sculpture or installation are introduced, as students are encouraged to create and solve problems in sculpture in specific areas of the discipline. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio development and review. (Prerequisite: ART151 or consent of instructor)
ART261 Ceramics II - 2 credits
This intermediate course is designed to advance students' knowledge of the techniques and concepts of contemporary ceramic art. Students will investigate both sculptural and vessel forms in clay with special emphasis given to exploration of a wide variety of surface treatments. Students will develop substantial knowledge of glaze technologies. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review, along with class participation. (Prerequisite: ART161 or consent of instructor)
ART271 Art of Mexico - 3 credits
This course is intended to provide a survey of the history of Mexican art. It is arranged in three parts starting with pre-conquest indigenous cultures, which will be the majority of the course emphasis. It will also include the Colonial Period and Revolutionary Art. Special emphasis is placed on relating the art to the cultural contexts from which it came. Influences such as religion and political histories are investigated in their relationship to the art. (Prerequisite: ART101 or consent of instructor)
ART272 Art of Asia - 3 credits
This course is intended to provide a survey of the history of Asian art. It is arranged in three parts starting with India and South East Asia, then moving to China and finishing with Korea and Japan. Special emphasis is placed on relating the art to the cultural contexts from which it came. Influences such as religion, trade and political histories are investigated in their relationship to the art. (Prerequisite: ART101 or consent of instructor)
ART273 Ethnographic Art - 3 credits
This course is intended to provide a survey of non-western, world art. It is arranged in multiple units, which will sample ethnographic art from across the world. Cultures from West Africa, the Near East and the Far East, indigenous cultures from the Americas and Oceanic cultures will be surveyed. Special emphasis is placed on relating the art to the cultural contexts from which it came. Influences such as religion and political histories are investigated in their relationship to the art. (Prerequisite: ART101 or consent of instructor)
ART301 Community Arts - 4 credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the variety of forms community arts programs have taken and are taking across the country. Facets of community arts programs such as legal aspects, funding issues, cooperation and collaboration, as well as aesthetic issues will be explored. Many fine and performing arts genre will be addressed and specific programs will be referenced and researched. Guest presenters from the Twin Cities will play a large part in this course.
ART311 Drawing III - 2 credits
This course is designed to establish personal style in a variety of drawing media. Traditional subjects like the still life and the figure will be investigated along with creative and divergent situations used for expression. Significant emphasis will be placed on developing skills in formal and iconographic criticism. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio development and review. (Prerequisite: ART211 or consent of instructor)
ART321 Painting III - 2 credits
This course is designed to encourage the individual stylistic development of advanced painting students. Students may explore new painting media and/or figurative painting while applying previously learned techniques in creating complete artistic expressions/compositions. Students will be encouraged to work in series. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio development and review. (Prerequisite: ART221 or consent of instructor)
ART331 Mixed Media Graphics - 3 Credits
This course is designed to familiarize intermediate students with alternative and advanced graphics techniques, in particular photographic and digital applications for printmaking, as well as digital prints and non-silver photography. Contemporary issues and themes in graphics will be discussed. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review. (Prerequisites: ART102, ART111, and one of the following: ART141, 202, 231, 232, 233, or permission)
ART341 Photography III - 2 credits
This course is designed to establish personal style in photography. Traditional treatment of the medium will be investigated along with creative and divergent photographic expressions. Computer applications in photography will be introduced and explored. Significant emphasis will be placed on developing skills in formal and iconographic criticism. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio development and review. (Prerequisite: ART241 or consent of instructor)
ART357 Art in Secondary Education - 2 credits
This course guides prospective junior and senior high school art teachers in understanding the spirit of art teaching and equips them with knowledge and skills necessary for successful teaching. Students will be involved in practical problems of school art both in the classroom and outside the classroom. The course deals with aesthetics, critical program evaluation, research, history and skill building and idea awareness in Discipline Based Art Education. (Prerequisite: acceptance in education program or consent of instructor)
ART358 Advanced Art Education - 2 credits
This course aims to enable future art teachers to relate the general concepts of art education to specific teaching theories. Past and contemporary theories of art education are studied. In addition, historical approaches to art education are presented, as are a variety of artists' philosophies on the nature of art. (Prerequisite: ED447 or consent of instructor)
ART361 Ceramics III - 2 credits
This course provides an in depth study of the techniques and concepts of clay as an art medium. Students build on previous ceramics experience to work in series as a way of developing sophistication in their clay work. Advanced glaze technology, firing options and construction techniques constitute the course content. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio development and review. (Prerequisite: ART261 or consent of instructor)
ART370 Mexican Art and Culture - 2 credits
This course introduces the student to Mexican art and culture through study and experience in Mexico The social, political and historic context of Mexican culture is emphasized. Required pre-trip and post-trip involvement and observation and discussion carry most of the course content. Students must also complete a project following up on the experiential learning.
ART371 Survey of Western Art I - 3 credits
This course is a survey of the history of Western Art including pre-history and starting with the ancient near east through the early Christian era. It is arranged in chronological order and places special emphasis on cultural developments, which influenced the artistic styles. Influences such as religion or politics are addressed as drawing, painting, sculpture and some architecture is presented. (Prerequisite: ART101 or consent of instructor)
ART372 Survey of Western Art II - 3 credits
This course is a survey of the history of Western Art from the early Christian era through the 18th century. It is arranged in chronological order and places special emphasis on cultural developments, which influenced the artistic styles. Influences such as religion or politics are addressed as drawing, painting, sculpture and some architecture is presented. [Prerequisite: ART101 or consent of instructor (ART371 recommended)]
ART373 Survey of Western Art III - 3 credits
This course is a survey of the history of Western Art from the 19th through the 20th century. It is arranged in chronological order and places special emphasis on cultural developments, which influenced the artistic styles. Influences such as religion or politics are addressed as drawing, painting, sculpture and some architecture is presented. [Prerequisite: ART101 or consent of instructor (ART371 and ART372 recommended)]
ART481 Topics in Art: __________ - 2 credits
This teacher directed course will center on advanced and narrowly defined studio or art historical investigations to be announced. The course's focus may introduce unfamiliar or unusual media, or subjects, or provide very advanced level knowledge of a familiar discipline. (Prerequisites: ART101 and consent of instructor)
ART489 Mentored Study - 1-4 credits
This opportunity encourages the student to establish advanced study in an art medium with an internship within the institution in any desired discipline. The mentor relationship will be a guided experience, which encourages the student toward mastery of a studio or historical discipline. Assessment will be through contractual arrangement with the guiding mentor. (Prerequisite: advanced work completed in the field desired)
ART498 Community Arts Internship - 4-16 credits
This opportunity is specifically required for a Community Arts major or minor. It establishes advanced field study in the discipline with an internship setting outside the campus context. The nature of the internship will be arranged by the student in consultation with the campus supervisor and assessment will be through contractual arrangement with the supervisor and off-campus mentor. This may be done through HECUA. (Prerequisites: ART301 and consent of instructor)
ART499 Senior Seminar - 1 credit
This course serves as the senior capstone experience for art and art education majors. The course will follow a research format to facilitate appropriate scholarly activity to fulfill this requirement. It consists of the production of a solo show of the student's work created during the student's tenure at Concordia University. This will involve not only the production of the work, but all the preparation necessary in organizing, mounting and carrying an art exhibit through to completion. (Prerequisites: senior status and consent of instructor).
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