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| ART 510 Case Studies in Art Therapy I (3) |
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Through the analyses of written cases of key practitioners of art therapy, relevant information is discussed and absorbed into one's own methods for writing and presenting case studies. Pre-requisites: ART 250 Introduction to Art Therapy and PSYC 110 Introduction to Psychology.
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| ART514 Intercultural Art (3) |
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This course presents an overview of the historical and cultural impact of migrations, conquests, encounters and other forms of cross-cultural fertilization on artistic developments in Asia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. This course traces the emergence of non-Western artistic traditions.
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| ART 520 Creative Art in the Elementary School (3) |
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This course develops an understanding of teaching art and its procedures in the area of curriculum, materials, and art appreciation. Children's perceptual and creative development is covered. Pre-requisite: Permission of Chairperson.
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| ART 530 Art in the Secondary School (3) |
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This course is designed to introduce the future art teacher to the responsibilities and function of the educator in the contemporary secondary school. Emphasis is placed on the effective structuring of subject matter and the development of analytical skills in determining course content. The course encourages the cultivation of diagnostic skills in the identification of students' perceptual, artistic and aesthetic problems. The historical development of art education and the interactive role of the teacher, student, school and community are also discussed. Pre-requisite: Permission of Chairperson.
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| ART 606 The History of Modern Art (3) |
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This course offers a study of the fine arts from 1800 to the early twentieth century, exploring the relationship of the fine arts to the philosophic, historical, and cultural movements of the period.
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| ART 607 Art of Diverse Cultures (3) |
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This course explores a comparative analysis of multiple artistic traditions and their contemporary manifestations in art and art history. Using the thread of art, various international and multicultural developments interweave to provide a rich tapestry of human creativity in the visual arts representing world cultures from Alaska to Zambia.
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| ART 608 Contemporary Art Seminar (3) |
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This seminar is a theory course that gives the student an understanding of the current theory, practice, and discourse in art. This course presents the systematic and practical application of a wide variety of art historical and theoretical concepts in fine art. Through readings, discussions, field trips, papers, and student presentations of individual research, the student becomes conversant with the defining issues that have shaped contemporary art. Stress is placed on the student's development of a diverse and global view of the key issues and trends in art theory and studio practice since World War II.
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| ART 609 Development of Spatial Illusion (3) |
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Through lecture, discussion, and text analysis, the student develops an historical understanding of the changing visual/spatial meaning in the historical development of painting and drawing.
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| ART 613 Artgenesis: Multiple Intelligence and the Arts (3) |
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Artgenesis is an in-depth two week exploration of the relationship of the arts to Multiple Intelligences Theory and to student learning. Teachers learn to create, develop, and implement curricula based on the Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Emphasis is on building personal creative skills and applying this knowledge to professional teaching practice. This is an intensive course of study which involves the design of curriculum models and learning units grounded in the fundamentals of Multiple Intelligences and illuminates the five points of effective lesson preparation. Teachers enhance their skill in designing lesson plans that integrate the arts with New Jersey State Standards.
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| ART 612 Aesthetic and Critical Perspectives in Art (3) |
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This course examines the theoretical study of aesthetics and criticism concerning philosophical problems of describing, analyzing, interpreting and evaluating art. The purposes, approaches, and methods of art criticism and aesthetics are considered, as well as their contemporary and historical sources, forms, and effects.
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| ART 616 Advertising Design 1 (3) |
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This course offers a study of modern visual communication through studio projects in lettering, layout, typography, use of photography and illustration, including exploring and executing solutions to problems encountered in advertising as well as conception, design and execution of ads for magazines, newspapers, direct marketing and other media.
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| ART 617 Advanced Advertising Design (3) |
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This is an advanced course to further develop skills in advertising design. The student designs an entire promotion campaign for a single product by researching the market including conceiving, designing and executing ads, packaging, displays, billboards, and commercials, resulting in a professional portfolio.
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| ART 635 Jewelry I (3) |
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This individualized course provides the opportunity to explore the technical and design problems involved in making jewelry as an art form.
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| ART 637 Photography I (3) |
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This course is designed to give an overview of the medium of photography. Students are instructed in the use of the 35mm camera, black & white film processing, printing from negatives, and other technical matters. The significance and meaning photographs have as personally expressive, communicative media objects are explored.
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| ART 638 Advanced Photography (3) |
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This course is designed to reinforce and expand the information and ideas covered in Photo I and to give personal direction to the efforts of the student to evolve as an image maker in the photographic medium. Technical choices and presentation of images are discussed in relation to the student's ideas and concerns, augmented by reading assignments in photographic theory.
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| ART 641 Life Drawing (3) |
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Drawing is enhanced in this course by the ability to communicate ideas based upon a thorough understanding of the human body.
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| ART 652 Electronic Works (3) |
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The compositional problems of image making which entail the organization of design elements into cohesive structures are manipulated by the use of the computer using drawing software.
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| ART 654 Experimental Painting (3) |
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Students research alternative solutions to the problems and concerns of the paint medium.
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| ART 656 Conceptual Expression (3) |
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The focus of this course is on creating formal painting installations which may explore a variety of concepts as ideas for painting, as well as experimenting with the symbolic development of expressive representation in paint.
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| ART 660 Master Thesis Seminar I (3) |
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This seminar is an aesthetic, critical, and artistic investigation in which the student begins either: a master's exhibition thesis (MFA or MA) or a masters research thesis (MA). The thesis is developed under the supervision of the course instructor and the student's mentor. The student develops and edits an outline, bibliography, and summary of objectives for the written document. Fifty percent of the studio work planned for the exhibition is completed by the end of the course.
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| ART 661 Master Thesis Seminar II (3) |
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In this seminar the student continues the aesthetic, critical, and artistic investigation which culminates in either a master's exhibition thesis (MFA or MA) or a master's research thesis (MA). The thesis is developed under the supervision of faculty and the student's mentor, and is verbally defended by the student at the final, oral review. This course focuses on finishing the written document which accompanies the exhibition or serves independently (MA only) as the culminating activity of the degree program. Prerequisite: ART 660 Master Thesis Seminar I
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| ART 662 Preparation of Art for Printing (3) |
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This is a studio course designed to explore the materials, tools, methods, and vocabulary of pre-press production. While this course begins with an understanding of traditional paste-up mechanical production, its emphasis is on computer production. Students will learn to prepare their design projects for output from disk at a service bureau. Topics include: working with color systems, separation, and proofing systems; preparing halftones; masking; trapping; and output options as well as paper selection, plate making, and the various printing methods.
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| ART 663 Typography/Desktop Publishing (3) |
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This course covers typography as a means of communication and design, as well as basic document construction. It teaches students how to choose typefaces that work together and plan an effective design with text and images. Students acquire knowledge through hands-on design projects incorporating the learning of typesetting techniques, using style sheets and master pages, and setting up a personal library.
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| ART 668 Advanced Jewelry (3) |
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This advanced study in jewelry is intended to provide an opportunity to enhance skills, further explore fabrication, casting, anodizing and enameling techniques, as well as creative approaches to technical and aesthetic uses of unusual materials, research into historical methods, and designs and marketing strategies.
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| ART 669 Metalsmithing I (3) |
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This course includes metalsmithing, the art of three dimensional metal forming, studio work, slide lectures, design and technical research, and demonstrations and experience in forging, raising, key seam construction, sinking, stretching, casting, finishing, etc. These components provide students with the technical means for designing and constructing aesthetically pleasing and functional hollowware such as vessels and flatware.
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| ART 670 Advanced Metalsmithing (3) |
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This is an advanced course in metalsmithing emphasizing aesthetic, functional, and technical dimensions of designing and forging fine, hand-crafted hollow-ware. Historical and cultural approaches to metalwork will be reviewed in the context of developing individual approaches to metalware design. Pre-requisite: ART669 Metalsmithing I.
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| ART 701 Master Critique I (3) |
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This is an applied theory course which utilizes historical and theoretical concepts. Students' artwork is discussed weekly in group or individual sessions. Emphasizing conceptual understanding and its application to art making, these discussions give students experience in participating in art discourse and promote in them an attitude of investigation and inquiry. Interacting in group critiques encourages students to develop their capacity for integration of personal responses, art historical information, and art critical concepts into verbal commentary about their studio work. Students are encouraged to place their work in a cultural and historical context and to relate their work to the art of student peers, as well as current art world trends and movements. Corequisite: ART711 Studio I.
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| ART 702 Master Critique II (3) |
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This is an applied theory course which utilizes historical and theoretical concepts. Students' artwork is discussed weekly in group or individual sessions. Emphasizing conceptual understanding and its application to art making, these discussions give students experience in participating in art discourse and promote in them an attitude of investigation and inquiry. Interacting in group critiques encourages students to develop their capacity for integration of personal responses, art historical information, and art critical concepts into verbal commentary about their studio work. Students are encouraged to place their work in a cultural and historical context and to relate their work to the art of student peers, as well as current art world trends and movements. Prerequisite: ART 701 Master Critique I. Corequisite: ART712 Studio II.
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| ART 703 Master Critique III (3) |
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This is an applied theory course which utilizes historical and theoretical concepts. Students' artwork is discussed weekly in group or individual sessions. Emphasizing conceptual understanding and its application to art making, these discussions give students experience in participating in art discourse and promote in them an attitude of investigation and inquiry. Interacting in group critiques encourages students to develop their capacity for integration of personal responses, art historical information, and art critical concepts into verbal commentary about their studio work. Students are encouraged to place their work in a cultural and historical context and to relate their work to the art of student peers, as well as current art world trends and movements. Prequisite: ART 702 Master Critique II. Corequisite: ART713 Studio III.
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| ART 704 Master Critique IV (3) |
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This is an applied theory course which utilizes historical and theoretical concepts. Students' artwork is discussed weekly in group or individual sessions. Emphasizing conceptual understanding and its application to art making, these discussions give students experience in participating in art discourse and promote in them an attitude of investigation and inquiry. Interacting in group critiques encourages students to develop their capacity for integration of personal responses, art historical information, and art critical concepts into verbal commentary about their studio work. Students are encouraged to place their work in a cultural and historical context and to relate their work to the art of student peers, as well as current art world trends and movements. Prequisite: ART703 Master Critique III. Corequisite: ART714 Studio IV.
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| ART 711 Studio I (3) |
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In this course the student is directed toward an exhibition thesis project that is unique to the student, that fires the imagination, and that galvanizes the student to commitment and work. The student consults with her/his faculty mentor on the development of a personal vision. Corequisite: ART701 Master Critique I.
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| ART 712 Studio II (3) |
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In this course the student is engaged in research and experimentation in an effort to find the best possible way to manifest his/her personal vision. The student continues to work with her/his faculty mentor on the development of that vision as evidenced by the conceptual, technical and aesthetic approach to the work. Corequisite: Prequisite: ART711 Studio I. ART702 Master Critique II.
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| ART 713 Studio III (3) |
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In this course the student is engaged in clarifying both theoretically and technically the elements of his/her personal vision. The refinement of materials and resolution of execution is accomplished. The student continues to work with the faculty mentor on the fulfillment and resolution of the exhibition thesis. Prerequisite: ART712 Studio II. Corequisite: ART703 Master Critique III.
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| ART 714 Studio IV (3) |
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In this course the student completes the exhibition thesis, presents it, and defines it. The student continues to work with the faculty mentor on the finalization of the exhibition thesis. Prerequisite: ART713 Studio III. Corequisite: ART704 Master Critique IV.
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