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2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Art
  

  • A 100 Art Topics: Various

    An introduction to select themes, processes and concepts in art and visual literacy for non-art majors. Topics will rotate, providing specific focus on theory, experience with art mediums, or influences from the past on current practices and issues.
    May be repeated twice for credit, if content is different (up to 4 credits may be applied to LACC).
    Credits: 2
    Diversity: May meet requirement, see class schedule


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  • A 120 Foundations of Digital Art & Design

    Introduction to the use of personal computers in art and visual communications. Emphasis on aesthetics and creative expression in computer generated images and layouts created with industry-standard software and a variety of input devices. Students will use current computer-imaging software to create original art in a variety of final output formats.
    Credits: 4


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  • A 220 Introduction to Typography

    Project-oriented studio course introducing typographical forms and the role of type in visual design and communication. Learn typographic terminology and techniques for effective use of type. Create design projects in which aesthetic considerations and page structures support content. Introduction to additive color theory, process color, page construction software, and printing processes.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: A 115  and A 130  


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  • A 308 History of Graphic Design

    This survey course will examine the history of graphic design. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize and describe major designers, their work, and specific design trends and movements. Illustration, advertising, and other media will be discussed as they relate to the field of Graphic Design.
    Credits: 4
    Writing Intensive: May meet requirement, see class schedule


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  • A 314 Intermediate 2D Design International

    Intermediate study of design theory with studio practice for international students. Students will practice articulating art and design vocabulary and will demonstrate understanding of how the elements and principles of design can be used to visually communicate ideas. Emphasis on learning about studio practice in the United States, and preparing for success in the art and design program.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor


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  • A 318 Gallery Internship

    Introduction to matting, framing and hanging artwork. Professional ethics, visual artists’ legal rights and responsibilities, artwork documentation and gallery exhibition will be covered. Practical work hours contracted for each student in on- or off-campus exhibit spaces; number of gallery work hours required dependent upon the amount of credits taken in a single term. Gives students practical experience necessary for gallery related employment.
    May be repeated for credit.
    Credits: 1-4
    Prerequisite: A 115  and upper division standing


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  • A 322 Graphic Design: Contemporary Issues

    Exploration of professional design issues, including creating visual and verbal systems for a project with multiple presentation outcomes, executing projects professionally as a team, designing appropriately for audience and client, awareness and presentation of your role in the design process and your contribution to the design solution.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: A 321 


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  • A 323 Interactive Media: Web Structure and Communication

    This project-based course examines cultural and aesthetic aspects of the World Wide Web. Students respond to course information by designing websites and hypermedia art. Focuses on visual layout, information architecture, interface design, and graphic artwork for the Internet. Includes software instruction and experience with technology connected to course goals.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: A 220 , A 262  and A 320  (may be taken concurrently)


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  • A 326 Video & Animation I

    Students create video and animation projects. Course emphasizes design process, conceptual development, critical thinking, cinematography, editing, sound, motion graphics and visual effects. Engages communication through narrative storytelling as well as experimental practices. Builds skills with equipment and software.
    Credits: 4


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  • A 329 Print Design: Systems & Techniques

    Advanced print design problems with focus on prepress, production methods, packaging, and identity systems. Work with professional design issues including creating visual and verbal systems for a project with multiple presentation outcomes, executing projects professionally, preparing projects to go to press, designing appropriately for audience and client, the designer’s role in these relationships.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: A 321  


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  • A 331 Intermediate Drawing

    Part of a series of intermediate level drawing courses. Traditional and contemporary drawing methods and concepts will be covered including: figure drawing, observational drawing, conceptual expression, abstraction, contemporary practices and issues. Research projects and/or presentations
    May be repeated for credit.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: A 130  and A 230  


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  • A 350 Intermediate Ceramics

    Part of a series of intermediate-level ceramic studio experiences, this course focuses on hand-building methods of ceramic techniques that includes relief-carving, large-scale ceramics and the human form in clay, as well as surface treatment research in low firing techniques.
    May be repeated for credit.
    Credits: 4


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  • A 352 Intermediate Ceramics

    Part of a series of intermediate-level ceramic studio experiences, this course focuses on hand-building methods of ceramic techniques that includes architectural ceramics and the vessel as sculptural reference as well as surface treatment research in high-fire kiln techniques.
    May be repeated for credit.
    Credits: 4


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  • A 391 Intermediate Sculpture

    Part of a series of intermediate level Sculpture studio experiences, this term focuses on exploring the relationships of ideas to materials and construction techniques. Students will be encouraged to increase creative freedom and develop artistic research by an expanded knowledge of materials.
    May be repeated for credit.
    Credits: 4


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  • A 404 Art History: Non-Western Art

    An introductory study of visual expression in cultural contexts that are representative of non-Western traditions. Writing intensive and diversity course.
    May be repeated for credit, if content is different.
    Credits: 4
    Diversity: May meet requirement, see class schedule
    Writing Intensive: May meet requirement, see class schedule


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  • A 405 Art History: Gender in Art

    A study of gender as subject, and a study of gender issues for artists in the history of western art from the Renaissance to the present. Aesthetic social discourse as it relates to changing perspectives on the role of gender in art will be examined.
    Credits: 4
    Diversity: May meet requirement, see class schedule
    Writing Intensive: May meet requirement, see class schedule


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  • A 410 Critique & Seminar

    Interdisciplinary critique and discussion course for BFA students. This course provides a forum for discussing contemporary studio practice, methods and ideas. Cross-departmental critique and discussion will address issues of context, audience, and methods relating to contemporary practice and individual expression.
    May be repeated three times to fulfill B.F.A. requirements.
    Credits: 2
    Prerequisite: Acceptance to the BFA program or consent of instructor


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  • A 412 Practicum

    Practical work experience credit that may be used in the B.A./B.S. degrees in art or visual communication design, or in the B.F.A. as service learning. For B.F.A. service learning, the practicum should take place off-campus in an arts or cultural organization. Examples include (but not limited to) the Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Cultural Trust and the Salem Art Association. Students will be contracted for 30 hours per credit. The student will perform duties outlined by the workplace mentor or supervisor to complete an assigned task or project.
    May be repeated for credit.
    Eligible for the RP grade option.
    Credits: 1-6
    Prerequisite: Upper division standing


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  • A 419 Professional Concerns

    A survey of professional practice in the visual arts. Career preparation for positions in the arts, business practices, and portfolio development for presentation. Capstone art experience includes written materials specific to the art profession and an oral presentation of each student’s artwork.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: A 120 , and senior standing


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  • A 422 Print Design: Presentation and Contemporary Issues

    Students will build awareness of current designers and what it means to be a graphic designer today. Students will analyze, conduct research, and expand upon previously completed work, as well as continue with new design projects. Discussions and projects will explore solutions beyond traditional print and screen applications.
    May be repeated once for credit.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: A 329  


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  • A 429 Portfolio & Professional Preparation

    Preparation for professional practice in visual communication design. Career strategies, professional ethics, business practices, and preparation for portfolio presentation. Capstone experience for visual communication design students includes oral presentation of each student’s portfolio.

     
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: A 322  or A 324  or A 327  and upper division standing


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  • A 430 Advanced Drawing

    An advanced level drawing course. Focuses on a unique set of drawing techniques and topics from a rotating list: color media, non-objective drawing; alternative media, serial images, advanced figure drawing, documentation and presentation of works on paper; contemporary practices and issues. Critical writing, gallery visits.
    May be repeated for credit.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: A 130  and A 230  


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  • A 445 B.F.A. Thesis Project: Visual Communication Design

    Advanced research, concept development and art/design production in visual communication design disciplines. Course requirements are contracted with the instructor.
    May be repeated three times to fulfill B.F.A. requirements.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: Acceptance to the B.F.A. program and consent of instructor


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  • A 490 Advanced Sculpture

    Part of a series of Advanced level Sculpture studio experiences. This term focuses on creating a spatial experience within the objects. Students are encouraged to explore beyond traditional art exhibition sites in order to understand how the artist defines, uses, occupies, and interpret the space when making a three-dimensional work of art or performance.
    May be repeated for credit.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: A 116  or consent of instructor


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  • A 491 Advanced Sculpture

    Part of a series of Advanced level Sculpture studio experiences. This term focuses on finding or inventing new ways of working or fastening materials and objects toward developing a more sophisticated body of work through more specific investigation and research.
    May be repeated for credit.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: A 116  or consent of instructor


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  • A 492 Advanced Sculpture

    Part of a series of Advanced level Sculpture studio experiences, this term focuses on expanding on traditional sculptural practices students will embrace new techniques and media. Students are allowed to develop work that engages in the temporal, spatial, and contextual parameters of sculpture based upon research practice.
    May be repeated for credit.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: A 116  or consent of the instructor


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  • A 603 Thesis or Field Study

    A culminating experience for the degree candidate consisting of a practical application of his/her graduate studies to his/her professional needs. This culmination might result in a field study project related to improving the quality of art education in his school, an experimental study, an historical study or other type of in-depth study which meets the candidate’s specific objectives.
    Eligible for the RP grade option.
    Credits: 6


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Anthropology
  
 

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