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2019-20 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

 
 

American Sign Language
  

  • ASL 101 - Introductory American Sign Language I

    4 credits
     

    Introduction to ASL emphasizing the development of expressive skills, receptive skills, and cultural awareness. Primary focus on the student’s active use of the ASL. Course includes visual readiness skills, ASL vocabulary, Deaf culture, and ASL grammar.

     
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ASL 102 - Introductory American Sign Language II

    4 credits
    Introduction to ASL emphasizing the development of expressive skills, receptive skills, and cultural awareness. Primary focus on the student’s active use of the ASL. Course includes visual readiness skills, ASL vocabulary, Deaf culture, and ASL grammar. Prerequisite(s): ASL 101  with a C- or better.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ASL 103 - Introductory American Sign Language III

    4 credits
    Introduction to ASL emphasizing the development of expressive skills, receptive skills, and cultural awareness. Primary focus on the student’s active use of the ASL. Course includes visual readiness skills, ASL vocabulary, Deaf culture, and ASL grammar. Prerequisite(s): ASL 102  with a C- or better.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ASL 201 - Intermediate American Sign Language I

    4 credits
    Review, expansion, and refinement of first year ASL skills and knowledge. Includes expressive skill, grammar and vocabulary and Deaf Culture. Prerequisite(s): ASL 103  with a C- or better.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ASL 202 - Intermediate American Sign Language II

    4 credits
    Review, expansion, and refinement of first year ASL skills and knowledge. Includes expressive skill, grammar and vocabulary and Deaf Culture. Prerequisite(s): ASL 201  with a C- or better.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ASL 203 - Intermediate American Sign Language III

    4 credits
    Review, expansion, and refinement of first year ASL skills and knowledge. Includes expressive skill, grammar and vocabulary and Deaf Culture. Prerequisite(s): ASL 202  with a C- or better.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.

Art
  

  • ART 133 - Introduction to Drawing

    4 credits
    Introduces drawing techniques as used in developing imagery from observation and the imagination. Includes drawing from a nude model.  Approved for University Studies Explorations - Strand E.

     
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 199 - Special Studies

    1 to 18 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 209 - Sophomore Studio Topics

    4 credits
    Explores new concepts and approaches to studio practice through research, experience, and discussion. Topics draw from contemporary creative arts practices as well as theoretical and historical sources to stimulate dialogue and innovation in the studio.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 210 - Introduction to Printmaking

    4 credits
    Introduces an array of printmaking techniques using contemporary non-toxic processes. Readings and lectures explore the history and theory of printmaking and its current applications.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 240 - Introduction to Photography

    4 credits
    Introduces possibilities of contemporary photographic expression, from the snapshot to experimental processes. Explores fundamental properties of lens-based imagery, while developing conceptual problem-solving skills and deepening aesthetic sensibilities. Covers basic digital and film camera functions, file management, image manipulation and printing, film exposure, and photographic printing processes.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 255 - Introduction to Ceramics

    4 credits
    Introduces fundamental ceramics techniques and concepts. Provides exposure to the design, construction, glazing, and firing of ceramic work. Surveys the history of ceramics and issues in contemporary ceramics.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 290 - Introduction to Painting

    4 credits
    Introduces techniques and concepts of painting as an art form. Topics explore traditional as well as contemporary approaches to painting as an expressive and conceptual medium. Introduces the relationship of design, imagery, and materials to meaning and expression.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 291 - Introduction to Sculpture

    4 credits
    Introduces sculptural and 3D fabrication processes to build forms in a variety of media. Develops an understanding of design and critical thinking to explore how form and material come together to create meaning. Studio work is supported by readings, critiques, and presentations on a range of approaches to sculpture and fabrication.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 309 - Studio Topics

    4 credits
    Explores new concepts and approaches to studio practice through research, experience, and discussion. Topics draw from contemporary creative arts practices as well as theoretical and historical sources to stimulate dialogue and innovation in the studio. Repeatable for up to 16 credits.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 310 - Printmaking Methods

    1-4 credits
    Continues the exploration and application of printmaking techniques in contemporary art. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. Prerequisite(s): ART 210  
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 322 - Writing the Artist Narrative

    1-4 credits
    Students will work intensively on telling their stories in order to showcase their work to different audiences for different purposes, including curators, gallery managers, graduate schools, and granting agencies. Any combination of ART/EMDA 322 is repeatable for a maximum of 8 credits. (Cross-listed with EMDA 322  .
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 327 - Figurative Painting and Drawing Methods

    1-4 credits
    Intermediate course in which students work from the live model. Students may use a variety of media. Emphasis is on exploring responses to the human figure in the studio environment.  Students should have experience in basic drawing methods. Requires previous college coursework in drawing. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. Prerequisite(s): ART 101  or ART 104  or ART 133 .
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 332 - Representational Drawing Methods

    1-4 credits
    Focuses on developing drawing techniques and observational skills as a basis for the drawing of real and imaginary subjects. May include working with nude models, still life, and interior or exterior environments. Students apply basic study of anatomy, proportion, and perspective. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. Prerequisite(s): ART 101  or ART 104  or ART 133 .
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 333 - Drawing Methods

    1-4 credits
    Building upon basic drawing skills, explores and experiments with the concepts and techniques of drawing media as an art form. Topics span historical as well as contemporary approaches to drawing and include examinations of conceptually based drawing in addition to representational models. May include drawing nude models. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. Prerequisite(s): ART 101  or ART 104  or ART 133 .
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 340 - Photography Methods

    1-4 credits
    Explores a variety of photographic methods, concepts, and techniques. Topics may include single and serial image-making, lighting, camera filters, color, text and narrative, and the synthesis of process and idea. Discusses major trends in contemporary photography. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. Prerequisite(s): ART 240 .
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 349 - Comic and Picture Book Methods

    1-4 credits
    Studio introduction to creating comics and picture books. Explores concepts of visual narrative, character, book design, and story development, as well as traditional and digital illustration techniques. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 358 - Spatial Studies Methods

    1-4 credits
    Explores the relationship of artistic ideas through a variety of three-dimensional spatial techniques. Topics may include creating objects with wood, clay, metal, plaster, and resins as well as working with found objects, sound, movement, and performance. Repeatable for a maximum of 24 credits. Prerequisite(s): ART 255  or ART 291 .
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 363 - Digital Performance Methods

    1-4 credits
    Students research and create interdisciplinary performances using contemporary technologies. Topics include live cinema, electronic music, dance and technology, intermedia theater, and digitally-mediated performance art. Students develop projects independently and collaboratively that explore emerging practices resulting in end-of-term performances. Students from diverse arts backgrounds (art, film, music, theater, dance, etc.) are encouraged to enroll. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 364 - Robotic Art Methods

    1-4 credits
    Students learn to incorporate hardware and software technologies into a wide variety of contemporary arts practice, resulting in original works of kinetic art, interactive installation, and robotic performance. Contextualized through readings and analysis of contemporary practices, students explore electrical and mechanical systems, microcontroller programming, sensors and actuators. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. Prerequisite(s): EMDA 203  or CS 200  or CS 256 .
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 365 - Sound Art and Experimental Music Methods

    1-4 credits
    Focuses on the theory, history, and practice of sound in the arts. Lectures, readings, and listening assignments on the history of sound art and experimental music. Advanced instruction in tools and techniques of audio recording, processing, and editing. Students compose projects utilizing a wide range of software and hardware techniques. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. Prerequisite(s): EMDA 204 .
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 375 - Studio Practice and Critique

    2-4 credits
    Guided artist practice in any studio art medium with emphasis on each student’s individually driven application of concept, materials, process, and form into articulate and meaningful works of art. Course work includes significant amounts of individual studio work, as well as class readings, research, and group critiques.  Repeatable for up to 16 credits.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 380 - Contemporary Drawing and Painting Methods

    1-4 credits
    Introduces contemporary methods and materials used in drawing and painting, emphasizing a synthesis of form and content with individual development and expression. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. Prerequisite(s): ART 101  or ART 104  or ART 133  or ART 290 .
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 389 - Painting Methods

    1-4 credits
    Explores techniques and concepts of painting in a variety of media. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. Prerequisite(s): ART 101  or ART 104  or ART 133 .
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 395 - Installation and Site-Specific Art Methods

    1-4 credits
    Focuses on installation and site-specific art and the dialogue between artist and space. Includes working with gallery space, architectural space, exterior and landscape spaces. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. Prerequisite(s): ART 255  or ART 291 .
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 399 - Special Studies

    1 to 18 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 401 - Research

    1 to 8 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 403 - Thesis

    1 to 8 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 405 - Reading and Conference

    1 to 8 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 407 - Seminar

    1 to 4 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 409 - Practicum

    1 to 16 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 424 - Art Process, Theory, and Practicum in Art Education

    4 credits
    Addresses theory and application of best practices in art education through the active development and presentation of a contemporary art education curriculum. Reflection, critical thinking, and engagement with concepts of meaning-making are integral to the content of this coursework. Does not count as a studio elective for art majors. Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or above.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 429 - Issues in Art Education

    4 credits
    Covers current topics of relevance to the field of art education. Topics include visual culture, contemporary methods of constructing meaning through art-making, aesthetic inquiry, and engagement with museum education methods. Does not count as a studio elective for art majors. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 461 - Programming for Artists

    1 to 4 credits
    Explores fundamental concepts of computer programming and electronics within the context of contemporary arts practice. Through lectures and hands-on projects, students learn to build algorithmic and interactive works utilizing images, video, sound, and robotics. Students develop projects using Max (a visual programming language for interactive art, music, and multimedia) and Arduino (a text-based programming language for robotics). Prerequisite(s): EMDA 203 . Junior standing or above. (Cross-listed with EMDA 461  ).
    * This course was formerly offered under a different number; students who took the following course(s) will not receive additional credit unless the course is stated to be repeatable in the description above: ART 361.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 462 - Emerging Media Workshop

    4 credits
    Students develop collaborative and/or individual art-centered projects that research and integrate a wide range of contemporary technology. Topics will vary each term and may include: video, sound, interactivity, robotics, kinetic systems, programming, digital performance, digital fabrication, and data-driven art.  Repeatable for up to 12 credits. Prerequisite(s): EMDA 350  or ART 309 . (Cross-listed with EMDA 462 .)
    Graded (A-F) only.
  

  • ART 480 - BFA Thesis and Critique

    1-4 credits
    Writing and researching the BFA thesis through writing workshops, small group and individual critiques. Repeatable for up to 12 credits.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 498 - Senior Studio/Capstone

    4 credits
    Advanced course in studio art. Directs students toward self-sufficiency in research, ideation, project proposal development and execution, documentation and statement writing.   Students develop project proposals, artists statements, and documentation of their creative work culminating in a senior exhibition or presentation. Repeatable for 12 credits. Prerequisite(s): 12 credits of 300-level art courses.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 501 - Research

    1 to 8 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable. Must be eligible to take graduate level coursework.
    Graded (A-F) only
  

  • ART 503 - Thesis

    1 to 8 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable. Must be eligible to take graduate level coursework.
    Graded (A-F) only
  

  • ART 505 - Reading and Conference

    1 to 8 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable.
    Graded (A-F) only
  

  • ART 507 - Seminar

    1 to 4 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable. Must be eligible to take graduate level coursework.
    Graded (A-F) only
  

  • ART 509 - Practicum

    1 to 16 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. Must be eligible to take graduate level coursework.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ART 524 - Art Process, Theory, and Practicum in Art Education

    4 credits
    Addresses theory and application of best practices in art education through the active development and presentation of a contemporary art education curriculum. Reflection, critical thinking, and engagement with concepts of meaning-making are integral to the content of this coursework. Does not count as a studio elective for art majors. Prerequisite(s): Must be eligible to take graduate level coursework.
    Graded (A-F) only.
  

  • ART 526 - Graduate Studies in Art

    1 to 4 credits
    Independent advanced studio work offered through special registration. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. Prerequisite(s): Instructor consent. Must be eligible to take graduate level coursework.
    Graded (A-F) only
  

  • ART 529 - Issues in Art Education

    4 credits
    Covers current topics of relevance to the field of art education. Topics include visual culture, contemporary methods of constructing meaning through art-making, aesthetic inquiry, and engagement with museum education methods. Does not count as a studio elective for art majors. Prerequisite(s): Must be eligible to take graduate level coursework.
    Graded (A-F) only.

Creative Activities
  

  • ARTC 199 - Special Studies

    1 to 4 credits
    ARTC courses supplement the range of material and creative experiences available to all majors. ARTC courses are not counted toward art major degree requirements. Credits to be arranged. May not be repeated for additional credit.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.

Art History
  

  • ARTH 199 - Special Studies

    1 to 18 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 204 - History of Art: Prehistory through Medieval

    4 credits
    Historical survey of the visual arts of Western and Non-Western cultures from the prehistoric to medieval periods. Examines selected artworks in relation to their historical and cultural contexts and introduces students to fundamental themes, terms, and methods used in the analysis of art and visual culture. Approved for University Studies (Explorations Strand E–Humanities).
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 205 - History of Art: Early Modern

    4 credits
    Historical survey of the visual arts of Western and Non-Western cultures from the Early Modern era (c. 1400-1800). Examines selected artworks in relation to their historical and cultural contexts and introduces students to fundamental themes, terms, and methods used in the analysis of art and visual culture of this period. Approved for University Studies (Explorations Strand E-Humanities).
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 206 - History of Art: Nineteenth Century to Contemporary

    4 credits
    Historical survey of the visual arts of Western and Non-Western cultures from the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries. Examines selected artworks in relation to their historical and cultural contexts and introduces students to fundamental themes, terms, and methods used in the analysis of art and visual culture from this period. Approved for University Studies (Explorations Strand E-Humanities).
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 311 - Art and Music of the Twentieth Century to Present

    4 credits
    Offers an interdisciplinary survey of the visual arts and music from the twentieth century to the present. Examines the intersections, cross-influences, and significant archetypes of visual art and music. Topics include modernism, postmodernism, primitivism, minimalism, futurism, and popular culture. Approved for University Studies (Integration - Strand J). Prerequisite(s): Completion of all lower division University Studies requirements. (Cross-listed with MUS 311 .)
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 330 - Art, Culture, and Technology

    4 credits
    Examines the impact of twentieth-century technological, social, and historical change on our conceptions of art and culture. Using readings from cross-disciplinary sources, students explore the origins, evolution, and proliferation of new media and communications technologies, including photography, film, television, computers, and the Internet. Approved for University Studies (Integration - Strand H). Prerequisite(s): Completion of all lower division University Studies requirements
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 342 - History of Collaborative Art and Social Practice

    4 credits
    Examines the ethical, social, political, and aesthetic debates regarding collaboration in contemporary artistic practice. Students learn about the history of collaboration in modern and contemporary art and address the relationship between artists and their audience and participants in terms of power, ethics, economics, and aesthetics. Approved for University Studies Integration - Strand I.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 343 - Globalization and Contemporary Art

    4 credits
    Introduces students to recent theories and practices of contemporary art in a global context. Examines the changing relationship of Western artists to the rest of the world, questions of nationalism, internationalism, and post-nationalism as categories of art historical inquiry, issues of ethnic and cultural difference, and theories of display and exhibition in a variety of local and international contexts. Students examine topics such as: art’s relationship to the global market, the role of national, ethnic, or racial identity in artistic production, and the impact of digital media on cultural globalization. Students identify some of the primary institutions and mechanisms of the “global art world” and focus on several key geographical regions in which contemporary artists engage with globalizing processes. Students gain knowledge of significant artists and texts and critically evaluate the challenges such artists pose to founding assumptions about artistic and art historical practice. Approved for University Studies Integration - Strand J.
    Graded (A-F) only
  

  • ARTH 344 - Art, Culture, and Politics

    4 credits
    Students examine the arts as an agent of social, culture, and political change during the twentieth century. Explores art from a social history perspective and traces how it intersects with the broader social dynamics of specific historical periods ranging from the radicalism of the early avant-garde to the postmodern era. Approved for University Studies (Integration - Strand J). Prerequisite(s): Completion of all lower division University Studies requirements
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 345 - Activist Artists and Work in the Community

    4 credits
    Explores and defines activism and the roles artists play in instigating change and igniting community involvement. Examines the history and evolution of activism through cross-disciplinary sources. Culminates in a final project where students are expected to develop an activist or community-based project. May be applied to the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies minor. Approved for University Studies (Integration - Strand I). Prerequisite(s): Completion of all lower division University Studies requirements.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 346 - Art and Sustainability

    4 credits
    Examines the cultural dimension of sustainability with an emphasis on visual culture.  Themes will include: modernity and its impact on our environment, Ecological Art (land art, environmental art, ecological art), and fostering change - art as a catalyst in fostering sustainable practices locally and globally. Approved for University Studies Integration (Strand I).
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 347 - Medicine: Historical Perspectives in Art and Culture

    4 credits
    Examines the history and evolution of practice, inventions and belief systems in the field of medicine through the lens of art and visual culture.  Themes will include: science vs. divination, euthanasia, disease, anatomy, medical teaching, surgery and other firsts, mental illness, and alternative practices.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 350 - Art Theory and Critical Issues

    4 credits
    Introduces major theories and critical issues influencing contemporary art and artists. Prerequisite(s): ARTH 204  or ARTH 205  or ARTH 206 .
    * This course was formerly offered under a different number; students who took the following course(s) will not receive additional credit unless the course is stated to be repeatable in the description above: ARTH 260.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 360 - History of American Art

    4 credits
    Explores major works and trends in architecture, painting, sculpture, and related arts from the colonial period to the present, with emphasis on American adaptations and indigenous American contributions. Approved for University Studies (Integration). Prerequisite(s): Completion of all lower division University Studies requirements.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 399 - Special Studies

    1 to 18 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 401 - Research

    1 to 4 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 403 - Thesis

    1 to 4 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 405 - Reading and Conference

    1 to 4 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 407 - Seminar

    1 to 4 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 409 - Practicum

    1 to 4 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 445 - Early Modern Art

    4 credits
    Examines major artistic trends and theories from the early nineteenth century through World War I. Emphasizes the social dynamics that led to the foundations of modernism. Prerequisite(s): ARTH 206 . Junior standing or above.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 446 - Contemporary Art: 1945-Present

    4 credits
    Intensive study of the major trends, media, and critical theories in art since 1945. Presents methods and techniques of research and writing for the discipline of art history. Prerequisite(s): ARTH 204  , ARTH 205  , ARTH 206  and USEM 103  or WR 121  and WR 122  . Junior standing or above.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 450 - Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Art

    4 credits
    Explores artists of different races, genders, and ethnicities and considers issues of representation reflected in their art. Examines censorship, public art, and other contemporary art topics from legal, political, and cultural perspectives. May be applied to the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies minor. Approved for University Studies (Integration - Strand J). Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 501 - Research

    1 to 4 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable.
    Graded (A-F) only
  

  • ARTH 503 - Thesis

    1 to 4 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable.
    Graded (A-F) only
  

  • ARTH 505 - Reading and Conference

    1 to 4 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable.
    Graded (A-F) only
  

  • ARTH 507 - Seminar

    1 to 4 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable.
    Graded (A-F) only
  

  • ARTH 509 - Practicum

    1 to 4 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • ARTH 531 - Italian Renaissance Art

    4 credits
    Intensive study of the origin and development of Renaissance art in Italy. ARTH 205 recommended. Approved for University Studies (Integration).
    Graded (A-F) only
  

  • ARTH 545 - Early Modern Art

    4 credits
    Examines major artistic trends and theories from the early nineteenth century through World War I. Emphasizes the social dynamics that led to the foundations of modernism. Prerequisite(s): ARTH 206  
    Graded (A-F) only
  

  • ARTH 546 - Contemporary Art: 1945-Present

    4 credits
    Intensive study of the major trends, media, and critical theories in art since 1945. Prerequisite(s): ARTH 206  
    Graded (A-F) only
  

  • ARTH 550 - Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Art

    4 credits
    Explores artists of different races, genders, and ethnicities and considers issues of representation reflected in their art. Examines censorship, public art, and other contemporary art topics from legal, political, and cultural perspectives. Approved for University Studies (integration).
    Graded (A-F) only

Business Administration
  

  • BA 100 - Orientation to the School of Business

    1 credit
    Presents an overview of business principles. Identifies and demonstrates the points at which students will gain particular knowledge during their business education. Introduces the School of Business concentrations, core class topics and objectives, writing and presentation standards, the business plan capstone, and the faculty. Required business core course to be taken in the freshman year.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • BA 110 - Business, Government, and Society

    4 credits
    Surveys the interrelationships between business, government, and society and how they affect individuals and managers. Explores how societal conditions are continually altered by historical forces reshaping the economic, cultural, political, technological, and ecological terrain on which individuals and managers operate, as well as the force of the stakeholders, who are increasingly challenging traditional ideas about organizational ethics and social responsibility. Approved for University Studies (Explorations).
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • BA 131 - Business Computer Applications

    4 credits
    Introduces students to basic computer concepts, software applications, and hardware processing. Students acquire basic competency by using microcomputer applications in operating environments, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software. Instruction methods include lecture, demonstration, and hands-on application. Required business core course to be taken in the freshman year.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • BA 199 - Special Studies

    1 to 18 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • BA 208 - Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism

    4 credits
    Provides an overview of the hospitality and tourism industry. Students are introduced to the size, scope, and impact of hospitality and tourism. Each of the major segments of the industry is explored, including lodging, restaurants and beverages, cruising, clubs, gaming, theme parks, meetings, conventions, and special events. Current trends in hospitality are also discussed.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • BA 211 - Financial Accounting

    4 credits
    Part one of two classes that examine the uses of fundamental accounting information for both internal and external economic decision making. Students consider financial and managerial accounting concepts from the perspectives of owners, managers, creditors, and investors.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • BA 213 - Managerial Accounting

    4 credits
    Part two of two that examine the uses of fundamental accounting information for both internal and external economic decision making. Students consider financial and managerial accounting concepts from the perspectives of owners, managers, creditors, and investors. Prerequisite(s): BA 211 .
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • BA 217 - Entry Level Business Internship

    1-4 credits
    Provides an opportunity to apply academic concepts in real-world work settings, including for-profit, nonprofit, and government organizations (arranged through the School of Business Internship Coordinator). Advisor approval is required if course is taken for elective credit. (For BA 217, 1 credit represents 30 hours in the workplace.) Prerequisite(s): USEM 103  and Sophomore standing or above.
    Graded Pass/No Pass only.
  

  • BA 218 - Personal Finance

    4 credits
    Provides students with opportunities to develop skills for solving real world financial problems. Real world topics covered include: goal setting, earning income, money management, spending and borrowing, as well as saving and investing. Students design personal and household budgets; simulate use of checking and saving accounts; and devise loan and credit card management plans; evaluate insurance and tax planning needs. This course provides a foundational understanding for making informed personal financial decisions. Approved for University Studies (Explorations Strand F–Social Science).
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • BA 226 - Business Law

    4 credits
    Examines the fundamental subject areas of tort liabilities (both intentional torts and the tort of negligence), contracts, intellectual property law and miscellaneous legal topics. Examines the impact of the same on risk management, cyberlaw and business planning. Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or above.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • BA 230 - Wine Appreciation

    2 credits
    Provides an overview of the world of wine. Examines the relationship between winery, distributorship, and the retail-restaurant world as it applies to today’s ever-changing market. Compares and contrasts wine methodology, viticultural practices, and winery/retail/restaurant management. Explores guidelines for working in the wine industry on every level, including wineries, wine distribution, and retail-restaurant businesses with in-depth consideration of the needs of the Northwest region. Includes guest speakers and class presentations. Students must be twenty-one years old by the first day of class.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • BA 282 - Applied Business Statistics

    4 credits
    Covers statistical techniques and concepts used in analyzing collected data or predicting future business outcomes. Stresses an understanding and application of hypothesis testing, regression, time series, chi square, and other nonparametric techniques. The case method is used to apply statistical techniques to business data incorporating computer analysis. Prerequisite(s): MTH 243 .
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • BA 285 - Advanced Business Applications: Excel

    4 credits
    Covers all aspects of Microsoft Excel, including in-depth knowledge of  entering formulas, working with functions, formats, styles, and templates; creating and modifying charts; using Excel as a database; creating pivot tables; recording macros; and using auditing and collaborative tools.  The course also affords the opportunity to be Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certified, a certification recognized worldwide and serves as an industry benchmark of one’s literacy and proficiency in Excel.
    * This course was formerly offered under a different number; students who took the following course(s) will not receive additional credit unless the course is stated to be repeatable in the description above: BA 383.
    Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.
  

  • BA 291 - Introduction to Viticulture

    2 credits
    Seminar course designed to introduce students to the world history and geography of grapes and their production. Emphasis is given to understanding the types of varieties of grapes, their general biology and physiology, and the environmental factors required to grow grapes including climate, geology, soil, and landscapes. In addition, the course covers basic aspects of vine growth development and training, trellis systems, and vineyard management. Intended for the student taking the Wine Business Certificate, but will appeal to anyone interested in wine.
  

  • BA 292 - Introduction to Wine Production

    2 credits
    Seminar course designed to introduce students to the science of winemaking, including history and geographical distribution of wine production, types of grape varieties and wine styles, and the influence of climate and soil. The student acquires knowledge on the basics of fermentation of wine, handling, storage and bottling methods, and the general legal framework for wine production. Intended for the student taking the Wine Business Certificate, but will appeal to anyone interested in wine.
  

  • BA 293 - Introduction to Wine Business

    2 credits
    Seminar course designed to help students develop an appreciation of the realities of wine production as a business and come to understand the steps required for getting from the vineyard and into the consumer’s glass. The student acquires a general background on wine business principles and strategies applicable to the growing of grapes and the making, distribution, and marketing of wine. Additional topics include organizational, human resource, family business and financial management, government regulation, and social responsibility. Intended for the student taking the Wine Business Certificate, but will appeal to anyone interested in wine.
  

  • BA 294 - Introduction to Wine Sensory Evaluation

    2 credits
    Seminar course designed to introduce students to wine sensory evaluation, including different wine types and styles; sensory distinctions, sensory testing techniques; identification of wine traits and food and wine combinations. Sensory evaluation of representative wines is done. A course fee will apply and students must be at least 18 years of age. Intended for the student taking the Wine Business Certificate, but will appeal to anyone interested in wine.
 

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