Course Descriptions
Studio Arts
ART 150
Introduction to Studio Arts
3 Semester Hours Open to non-Studio Arts majors only.
Exploration of the materials, techniques, and inspiration of the artist in the media of drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and two- and three-dimensional design.
ART 151
Introduction to Drawing and Printmaking 3 Semester Hours Open to non-Studio Arts majors only.
Development of basic drawing skills in various media and the exploration of printmaking techniques.
ART 153
Drawing I 3 Semester Hours An introduction to drawing and the development of visual awareness. Experimentation and exploration of technique developed through a variety of subject matter. Varied media, including pencil, charcoal, ink, and conte.
ART 154
Drawing II: Figure Drawing 3 Semester Hours Development of technique and principles used in Drawing I, ART 153, with emphasis placed on working from the figure and anatomy.
Prerequisite: ART 153.
ART 160
Two-Dimensional Design 3 Semester Hours Examination of the basic elements of two-dimensional design emphasizing the conceptual process and utilizing various media and techniques.
ART 182
Programming for Creative Applications 3 Semester Hours
Emphasis on programming as an art form and as a tool for creative applications. Introduction to computer programming within the context of art and design. Concepts and skills taught enhance student ability to excel in future courses about Internet, animation, interactive media, and game design. Weekly exercises balance concept and technique to reveal potential of computer as medium and tool.
Lecture, lab, workshop.
ART 200
Figure Drawing Workshop I
1 Semester Hour
A studio workshop for art and animation majors with emphasis placed on working from the figure and anatomy.
May be repeated once for degree credit.
Prerequisites: ART 153 and 154, or consent of instructor.
ART 201
Figure Drawing Workshop II
1 Semester Hour
Continuation of a studio workshop for art and animation majors with emphasis placed on working from the figure and anatomy.
May be repeated once for degree credit.
Prerequisites: ART 153 and 154, or consent of instructor.
ART 250
Visual Arts for the Elementary Teacher
3 Semester Hours
Designed to develop the visual arts for the Liberal Studies student. Emphasizes media, techniques, art history, and studio art fundamentals. Students will complete a teaching portfolio. Participation in the ArtSmart Program is required.
Liberal Studies majors only.
ART 255
Field Experience in Art
0 Semester Hours
Designed for students interested in secondary art education. Explores practical applications of teaching through planned observation, reflection, and group discussions appropriate for future secondary art teachers. Twenty (20) hours of field observation in a secondary public school art classroom is required.
Art Education Emphasis majors only.
Consent of the Director of Secondary Teacher Preparation of Art required.
ART 257
Painting I
3 Semester Hours
Study of basic theoretical methods and techniques as applied to both representation and abstraction. Acrylic paints will be utilized.
Prerequisite: ART 153, 160, or consent of instructor.
ART 260
Computer Graphics I
3 Semester Hours
Introduction to principles and practices of electronic imaging as they apply to graphics, art, and design.
Recommended: ART 160.
ART 275
Three-Dimensional Design
3 Semester Hours
Examination of the basic elements of three-dimensional design emphasizing the conceptual process and utilizing various media.
Prerequisite: ART 160 or consent of instructor.
ART 276
Ceramic Sculpture
3 Semester Hours
Examination of ceramics as a sculptural medium. Students will explore technical and conceptual processes of ceramics.
While clay is the focus, other materials will be utilized.
ART 278
Ceramics I
3 Semester Hours
Basic techniques of hand building and throwing on the potter’s wheel integrated with aesthetic exploration through various projects.
ART 280
Photography I
3 Semester Hours
The course focuses on photography as a medium of personal and artistic expression. Students learn camera, darkroom, and presentation fundamentals, and consider aesthetic and technical issues. Students must supply their own 35mm SLR camera.
ART 285
Introduction to Printmaking
3 Semester Hours
Introduction to the basic printmaking and transfer processes, using monoprinting, linocuts, woodcuts, drypoints, water etchings, and collagraphs. Both black and white and multicolor images will be produced.
Recommended: ART 151, 153, and 160.
ART 290
Multimedia Survey
3 Semester Hours
Critical and historical examination of multimedia arts through research, discussions, and presentations.
ART 298
Special Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
ART 299
Independent Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
ART 300
Figure Workshop I
1 Semester Hour
A studio workshop for art and animation majors with emphasis placed on working from the figure and anatomy.
May be repeated once for degree credit.
Prerequisites: ART 153 and 154, or consent of instructor.
ART 301
Figure Workshop II
1 Semester Hour
Continuation of a studio workshop for art and animation majors with emphasis placed on working from the figure and anatomy.
May be repeated once for degree credit.
Prerequisites: ART 153 and 154, or consent of instructor.
ART 302
Design Concept to Form
3 Semester Hours
Design as a visual problem-solving process is explored. Emphasis is placed on the creative processes of design and the visual presentation of design research, the design concept, and the final design. This will include visualization techniques and book binding.
Prerequisites: ART 160 and 260.
ART 303
Experimental Typography
3 Semester Hours
The conceptual aspects of typography as both image and form are explored in print, environmental, and time-based media.
Storytelling using typography is emphasized.
Prerequisite: ART 368 or consent of instructor or Multimedia Emphasis major.
ART 304
Image Making
3 Semester Hours
The creation of original imagery is explored using a combination of digital and analog drawing, collage and montage methods. The communicative potential of the image is emphasized through the interplay of context, connotation, and denotation.
Prerequisites: ART 160 and 260.
Recommended: ART 368.
ART 305
ARTsmart Community Service Program
0 Semester Hours
ARTsmart is the community service program of the Department of Art and Art History. The mission of ARTsmart is to provide underserved youth an education in the visual arts. LMU Art and Art History students work in teams to develop and teach lessons that incorporate formal art issues, art history, visual culture, social justice issues, and standardsbased education to students in a neighboring K-8 school. Students from a variety of art disciplines are encouraged to volunteer.
ART 350
Visual Thinking
3 Semester Hours
This course promotes concept development and creative thinking. Visual problem solving and projects will be based on a concern for how each person examines and explores, ultimately interprets and recreates the world around them.
ART 355
Experiencing Art and Social Justice
3 Semester Hours
This course is divided into two components: studio arts and service learning. In the studio component, students will create art to explore the relationship between art and social justice. Studio projects include mixed media sculpture, painting, and installation. The students participate in the ARTsmart service-learning program, developing and teaching lessons that emphasize the use of art to incite social change. ARTsmart service time is incorporated into the class hours.
ART 356
Painting II
3 Semester Hours
A continuation of theoretical methods and techniques used in Painting I, ART 257. Emphasis is on color, materials, and individual concept development. A variety of media will be utilized.
Prerequisites: ART 153, 160, and 257, or consent of instructor.
ART 358
Painting III
3 Semester Hours
A continuation of Painting II, ART 356. Emphasis is on color, materials, and individual concept development. May be repeated for degree credit with consent of instructor.
Prerequisite: ART 356 or consent of instructor.
ART 359
Mural Painting
3 Semester Hours
Emphasis on student collaboration in the process and execution of large-scale paintings and public mural projects.
May be repeated for degree credit with consent of instructor.
ART 360
Graphic Design I
3 Semester Hours
An introduction to the basic principles of visual design as they are applied to communication problems involving a message and an audience. Students develop conceptual and problem solving skills to create graphic form for a range of content.
Prerequisites: ART 160, 260, and 368.
Recommended: ARHS 360.
ART 362
Creative Direction
3 Semester Hours
The application of design principles and advertising concepts in the development of conceptual campaigns involving a message and an audience.
Prerequisites: ART 302, 360, and 368.
ART 363
3D Digital Toolbox
3 Semeser Hours
Survey of concepts and processes utilized in the production of artworks with 3D digital software applications. Study of computer techniques integrating digital processing into the creative process.
May be repeated for degree credit.
Prerequisites: ART 160 and 260.
ART 364
Digital Illustration
3 Semester Hours
The integration of illustration practices, design principles, and conceptual problem solving procedures in the creation of illustrations for editorial designs, book jackets, and advertising. Illustrations are computer assisted or computer generated in black and white and in color.
May be repeated for degree credit.
Prerequisites: ART 153, 160, and 260.
ART 365
Illustration
3 Semester Hours
The integration of illustration practices, design principles, and conceptual problem-solving procedures in the creation of illustrations for editorial designs, book jackets, and advertising art. Illustrations are conceived of by conventional means.
May be repeated for degree credit.
Prerequisites: ART 153, 160, and 260; Junior standing.
ART 366
Multimedia Computer Arts
3 Semester Hours
Explorations of interactive computer multimedia technologies with emphasis on the development of personal artistic expression. May be repeated twice for degree credit.
Prerequisite: ART 260.
ART 367
Online Computer Arts
3 Semester Hours
An emphasis on a working expertise in graphics, art, design, and aesthetics as they apply to interactive web authoring. This course will also utilize interactive linkages to a larger virtual arts community.
May be repeated for degree credit.
Prerequisites: ART 160 and 260.
ART 368
Typography I
3 Semester Hours
An introduction to the fundamentals of typography. Emphasis is on developing typographic literacy in terms of history, type classification, nomenclature, letterform anatomy, hierarchy, visual structure, as well as how type works as a compositional element in textual communication.
Prerequisites: ART 160 and 260.
ART 369
Design for Print
3 Semester Hours
A practical introduction to the preparation of graphic design for printing. Both the technological and aesthetic challenges of getting ink onto paper are explored through communication design projects.
Prerequisites: ART 160 and 260.
Recommended: ART 368.
ART 370
Beginning Wheel Throwing
3 Semester Hours
Introduction to throwing, glazing, and fi ring at several temperature levels with the aim of developing skills to enhance the student’s artistic voice in the contemporary clay context.
ART 371
Advanced Wheel Throwing
1-3 Semester Hours
Advanced work with wheel thrown forms with the aim of developing a thematic body of creative work in clay.
May be repeated for degree credit.
Prerequisite: ART 370.
ART 372
Jewelry I
3 Semester Hours
A basic jewelry course with an emphasis on creative design and various techniques including fabrication, soldering, forging, wax working, and casting. Also includes bezel stone setting.
ART 373
Jewelry II
3 Semester Hours
Advanced jewelry making with an emphasis on creative design and exploration of various techniques such as fabrication, casting, rolling mill texturing, hydraulic press forming, enameling processes, and the setting of faceted stones. Also an introduction to larger scale, sculptural design.
Prerequisite: ART 372.
ART 374
Motion Graphics
3 Semester Hours
Advanced multimedia-oriented design concepts of the “on-screen” motion graphics and interactive presentations of images, text, motion, and sound.
May be repeated for degree credit.
Prerequisites: ART 160 and 260.
ART 375
Figure Sculpture
3 Semester Hours
Modeling of the human figure with an emphasis on anatomy, leading to the extension of the figure as image.
May be repeated for degree credit with consent of instructor.
ART 376
Sculpture Workshop
3 Semester Hours
Advanced exploration of sculptural problems, techniques, and concepts using a variety ofmaterials.
May be repeated for degree credit with consent of instructor.
Prerequisite: ART 275 or consent of instructor.
ART 378
Drawing and Clay
3 Semester Hours
Emphasis on the surface treatment of ceramic work incorporating drawing, painting, and printmaking techniques.
May be repeated for degree credit with consent of instructor.
ART 380
Photography II
3 Semester Hours
Exploration of advanced concepts of photography as applied to the further development of personal expression. Students learn medium and large format photography, studio lighting, and some digital imaging.
Prerequisite: ART 280.
ART 382
Digital Photography
3 Semester Hours
An emphasis on a working expertise in digital imaging, technologies utilizing Adobe Photoshop for image creation, manipulation, with input and output to various media.
May be repeated for degree credit.
Prerequisite: ART 260 or consent of instructor.
Recommended: ART 280.
ART 383
Advanced Multimedia
3 Semester Hours
Advanced investigation in one or more areas of multimedia production based upon research, mentorship, and practical experience that culminates in a final project.
Prerequisites: ART 363 or 374 and ART 366 or 367, or consent of instructor.
ART 385
Relief Printmaking
3 Semester Hours
Exploration of relief printing, photo-etching, and monotype processes. Graphic image making will be pursued through multiprintings. Personal visual development, technical skill, and conceptual development will be emphasized.
Recommended: ART 151 or 285, or consent of instructor.
ART 386
Etching Printmaking
3 Semester Hours
Process using etching, aquatint, and other incising techniques on metal plates. Emphasis on black and white images with an introduction to multicolor printing.
May be repeated for degree credit.
Recommended: ART 151, 280, 285.
ART 387
Silkscreen Printmaking
3 Semester Hours
Introduction to the use of serigraphy to create posters and fine art prints. Handcut, handpainted, and photographic techniques will be used. The emphasis is on the development of personal expression in the creation of multicolor prints.
May be repeated for degree credit.
Recommended: ART 160 and 280.
ART 388
Screen Printing
3 Semester Hours
Introduction to the use of silkscreening to communicate a message. Basic screening techniques will be used, including using handcut, photographic, and computer-generated images. Water-based textile and plastisol inks will be used. Emphasis will be on producing multicolor prints on T-shirts and posters.
May be repeated for degree credit.
Recommended: ART 160, 260, and 280.
ART 396
Professional Practices in Graphic Design
3 Semester Hours
An examination of the career possibilities within the creative landscape of contemporary design. The design internship and portfolio development are emphasized. Participation in the LMU AIGA student chapter is recommended.
Prerequisites: ART 160, 260, and 368.
Recommended: Concurrent enrollment in ART 360.
ART 397
Professional Practices in Fine Arts
3 Semester Hours
Examination of the current state of the studio arts and various career options through research, discussions, and guest speakers. Includes development and presentation of a professional portfolio and resume.
Art major or consent of instructor required; Junior standing required.
ART 398
Special Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
ART 399
Independent Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
ART 400
Figure Workshop I
1 Semester Hour
A studio workshop for art and animation majors with emphasis placed on working from
the figure and anatomy.
May be repeated once for degree credit.
Prerequisites: ART 153 and 154, or consent of instructor.
ART 401
Figure Workshop II
1 Semester Hour
Continuation of a studio workshop for art and animation majors with emphasis placed on working from the figure and anatomy. May be repeated once for degree credit.
Prerequisites: ART 153 and 154, or consent of instructor.
ART 453
Drawing III: Formal Issues
3 Semester Hours
This course explores traditional and contemporary issues in drawing. Using a variety of media, content, space, color, value, and form are examined.
May be repeated for degree credit with consent of instructor.
Prerequisites: ART 153 and 154, or consent of instructor.
ART 454
Drawing IV: Figure Composition
3 Semester Hours
This course promotes concept development and psychological possibilities inherent in the human form. Using a variety of media, it explores anatomical structure and imaginative composition.
May be repeated for degree credit with consent of instructor.
Prerequisites: ART 153 and 154, or consent of instructor.
ART 455
Methods in Teaching Secondary Art
3 Semester Hours
This methodology seminar is designed to provide opportunities for prospective secondary art educators to critically examine the theoretical, historical, psychological, sociological, and practical applications of art education. Projects will involve the development, implementation, and assessment of a successful and socially responsible art education curriculum. Students will compile course material into a professional teaching resource portfolio.
Prerequisites: ART 255 and Junior standing.
Art Education Emphasis majors only.
ART 460
Graphic Design II
3 Semester Hours
Graphic Design II builds on the fundamental design principles introduced in ART 360, Graphic Design I. Portfolio-oriented projects cover the gamut of print to electronic media.
Prerequisites: ART 302, 303, 360, 368, and 369.
Recommended: ARHS 360 and ART 468.
ART 468
Typography II
3 Semester Hours
Typography II extends the fundamental concepts introduced in ART 368, Typography I. Projects emphasize the application of typographic principles to multiple levels of text in both print and electronic media.
Prerequisite: ART 368.
Recommended: ART 369 and ARHS 360.
ART 478
Ceramics Workshop
3 Semester Hours
Design problems with ceramic materials incorporating wheel-thrown and hand building techniques. Development of a personal style in addition to advanced firing techniques.
May be repeated for degree credit with consent of instructor.
Prerequisite: ART 278 or consent of instructor.
ART 480
Color Photography
3 Semester Hours
Exploration of general color principles and lab procedures with an emphasis on developing a long-term personal project. Students learn color printing, medium format photography, and digital imaging.
Prerequisite: ART 280.
ART 485
Advanced Printmaking
1-3 Semester Hours
Continuation and more advanced work in relief, etching, or silkscreen techniques. May be repeated for degree credit with consent of instructor.
Prerequisite: ART 385 or 386 or 387.
ART 490
Senior Design Thesis
3 Semester Hours
The Senior Thesis in Design provides the opportunity to explore design as a liberal arts activity through focused studies around the design disciplines, or the application of design to a specific subject or area of interest. Students independently address topic areas within a creative design project resulting in a body of work (aside from the professional portfolio). The topic(s) should address one or more of the following issues: the societal impact of design; design as a process for innovation; the historic and contemporary contexts of design; design as an experiential medium.
Prerequisites: ART 302, 303, 360, 368, 369, and 460 or 468.
Senior standing required.
Recommended: ARHS 360.
ART 494
Multimedia Internship
3 Semester Hours
Professional experience in multimedia. Art majors only.
Consent of instructor required.
ART 495
Advanced Studio Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
Pre-professional directed study in studio art. May be repeated for degree credit three times.
Permission of instructor and Department Chairperson required.
ART 497
Senior Thesis in Fine Arts
1-3 Semester Hours
This course continues for Fine Arts emphasis students the professional development experience of ART 397, Senior Seminar. The curriculum includes all aspects of exhibition design, promotion, and artwork presentation.
Required for Fine Arts Emphasis majors.
Prerequisites: ART 397 and Art Major Fine Arts Emphasis, or consent of instructor.
ART 498
Special Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
ART 499
Independent Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
Senior standing required.
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