Foundations
Foundations is the underpinning preparation for all majors in the Department of Visual Arts. The intent of Foundations is to provide beginning art students with the fundamental skills, knowledge, and experience necessary to continue an education that will help them realize their aspirations in the visual arts.
The Foundations curriculum enriches the studio experience by incorporating related issues and activities such as critical thinking, writing and verbal articulation skills, and research and documentation. Involvement in these activities inside and outside the classroom will lend context and relevance to the art making process, as well as enhance students' awareness of themselves, the world, and how they choose to embrace it.
Foundations Courses Effective Fall 2009
ART 131 Basic Drawing
This course will focus on establishing a fundamental knowledge of drawing through materials and techniques emphasizing practice from observation, perception, memory, and imagination.
COREQ: ART 132
ART 132 Two-Dimensional Studies in the Visual Arts
This course is an introduction to making art that is two-dimensional through an investigation of basic skills, concepts, terminology, and processes. This exploration of the visual elements and principles will provide the foundation for subsequent studio course work and the development of artistic practice.
ART 133 Three-Dimensional Studies in the Visual Arts
Introduction and investigation of elements, concepts, materials and processes associated with three-dimensional art making. This exploration of form and space will provide the foundation for subsequent studio course work and the development of artistic practice.
ART 134 Four-Dimensional Studies & Color Theory
This course is an introduction and investigation of the forms, qualities and characteristics of four-dimensional art and color theory. This exploration of time, perception and interactivity will provide the foundation for subsequent studio course work and the development of artistic practice.