Visual Arts

• CFA AR 580: History of Graphic Design
  A survey of graphic design history from the time of Gutenberg until the present. Emphasis is placed on the growth of graphic design as a communicative, expressive, and artistic medium. Lectures are accompanied by slides, and there are required assignments and examinations throughout the semester. In addition, each student prepares a written and illustrated report on a subject of his or her choice related to graphic design history. 4 cr, 1st semester.
• CFA AR 581: Web Design
  This course will immerse you in the process of planning and designing web sites. The course is structured within the same methodology that is used by most Internet strategy and web design firms. We will focus on the tasks and deliverables associated with each phase of the process - from project definition to site structure to visual design. Throughout the course, we will also discuss, review and experience/learn the fundamentals of all the tools associated with the planning, designing and launching of a web site including Adobe’s Creative Suite, MindJet’s MindManager and more. This class does not teach programming. 4cr, 1st and 2nd semester.
• CFA AR 681: Web Design
  This course addresses the principles, problems, and applications of website design. Web page design tools utilizing HTML text editors and visual design programs such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe ImageReady, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Macromedia Flash MX are introduced. Emphasis is placed on design concepts, site architecture, navigation, interactivity, animation, and bandwidth to create a published World Wide Web site. Open to undergraduate and graduate graphic design students. This class does not teach programming. 2 or 4 cr.
• CFA AR 747: Advanced Printmaking
  Printmaking workshop for intensive professional study of printmaking processes. Emphasis on development of individual methods and projects.
• CFA AR 748: Advanced Printmaking
  Prereq: CFA AR 451, 452, or equivalent. Open to graduate students and qualified undergraduates with consent of instuctor. Printmaking workshop for intensive professional study of printmaking processes. Emphasis on development of individual methods and projects. 4 cr, each semester.
• CFA AR 767: Art Education: Clinical Practicum
  Open to students with faculty approval. Students are placed in cooperating instructional sites under the supervision of a cooperating practitioner or a mentor and the University faculty. 400 clock hours. 4 cr, each semester.
• CFA AR 861: Seminar: Clinical Art Education
  Taken in conjunction with CFA AR 767. Examination of historical, sociological, philosophical, and psychological issues relevant to determining goals in art education. 2 cr, each semester.
• CFA AR 864: Teaching Art in Grades Pre K-8
  Primarily for graduate students and experienced professionals. The course aims to help students evolve a personal philosophy of teaching and offers an analytical study of fundamental artistic concepts and ideas along with procedures for selecting and translating knowledge into forms that support children's learning. Special topics include the evolution of artistic-aesthetic capacities relative to linguistic, cognitive, social, and emotional growth and development; consideration of contemporary goals, practices, and ideas in art education; lesson planning sequencing and classroom management including the integration of community resources. Substantial field-based experience included. 4 cr, 1st semester. Requires off-campus site visits.
• CFA AR 865: Art Curriculum Planning
  Study of contemporary techniques for implementation of goals in planning curricula and programs of study for all levels Pre-K-8 and 5-12. Includes consideration of scope and sequence in relation to stages of development, and community and individual needs. A substantial terminal written project required. 4 cr, 2nd semester.
• CFA AR 866: Teaching Art in Grades 5-12
  Primarily for graduate students and experienced teachers. Philosophy and goals for preadolescent through adolescent art education, based on values in art and cognitive-affective development in children. Includes lesson planning, management, communication, relation to academic skills, and the use of community resources in relation to the ages, individual backgrounds, and special needs of children. Substantial field-based experiences are included. 4 cr, 2nd semester. Requires off-campus site visits.
• CFA AR 961: Directed Study: Art Education
  Prereq: matriculation in art education graduate program. Thesis preparation, research methods, and discussion of proposed graduate projects or theses. Individual session with thesis readers alternates with group sessions. Independent study may be undertaken or assigned. Variable cr, each semester.
• CFA AR 962: Directed Study: Art Education
  Prereq: matriculation in art education graduate program. Thesis preparation, research methods, and discussion of proposed graduate projects or theses. Individual session with thesis readers alternates with group sessions. Independent study may be undertaken or assigned. Variable cr, each semester.

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