Current version - Indiana University South Bend

3323 IU SOUTH BEND COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
FINA-A 343
FINA-A 390
FINA-A 399
FINA-A 400
FINA-A 407
FINA-A 408
FINA-A 409
American Art (3 cr.)
A survey of American art from the colonial
period to the beginning of abstraction in
1945. Emphasis on painting and theory of
the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
MUSEUM STUDIES I: METHODS, HISTORY,
ISSUES (3 cr.)
Introduction to basic workings of an art
museum: the history of museums, collection
management, cataloging of objects.
ART, AESTHETICS, AND CREATIVITY (3 cr.)
Explores, in an interdisciplinary way,
culture, cultural artifacts, and the role
of art in the formation and expression
of a particular culture. An historical
perspective on the intellectual tradition
reveals both change and deeper
continuities in the social and spiritual
values underlying the making of art.
Issues of practice of the craft receives
greater emphasis at this level. Variable
topics course. Meets general-education
common core II-D requirement. Required
for Bachelor of Fine Arts majors.
Senior Seminar (4 cr.)
P: Junior/senior status. Open discussion of
art movements and the theories surrounding
them in the post-World War II period.
TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF
ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM (3 cr.)
This variable-title course explores
more specialized topics in the history of
architecture and urbanism in combined
lectures, seminar, and class presentation
format. Topics may vary widely including
Greek temples, medieval cathedrals, the
American home, the skyscraper, or the
work of a particular architect.
art history internship (1-4 cr.)
An internship within a museum or
cultural organization where the student
is participating in curatorial, education,
or administrative art history-related
responsibilities. Application for an art
history internship includes a formal
proposal and documentation from the
host institution on the nature of the
activity to be performed by the student.
capstone course (3 cr.)
The capstone focuses the critical
and analytical skills applied to visual
knowledge during the student’s academic
career to provide a culmination and
assessment of these skills. Visual arts
seniors investigate ideas about art and
artists in preparation for the Bachelor
FINA-A 420
FINA-A 427
FINA-A 470
FINA-A 477
FINA-A 490
of Fine Arts exhibit and to refine
the intellectual tools of independent
exploration. Required for senior Bachelor
of Fine Arts students.
UPPER-LEVEL SEMINAR IN ART HISTORY
(3 cr.)
This course is to investigate the literature of
a specific topic in art history and highlight
the methodology of this investigation.
Seminars are exploratory in nature and
topics vary from year to year.
theories of color (3 cr.)
Lectures, seminar discussions, and
personal investigation provide a basic
introduction on the physiology of color,
on the complex and varied history of color
theory, and the use of color by artists
from antiquity to the present. Seminar
readings expand exploration while
student projects focus on one aspect of
color theory.
Problems in Art History (1-8 cr.)
P: Six credit hours of art history, junior/
senior status, consent of instructor.
Independent research in art history. Open
only to juniors and seniors by consent of
instructor.
History of Photography (3 cr.)
P: FINA-A 101, FINA-A 102. The course
surveys the developments of photography
from 1839 to the present in Europe and
the United States.
TOPICS IN ART HISTORY (3 cr.)
P: Junior/senior status, consent of
instructor. An advanced seminar which
varies in subject from year to year. Topics
include: The Apocalypse in Western Art,
Art and Pornography, Art Criticism,
Women in the History of Art.
FINA-F 100 Fundamental Studio–Drawing (3 cr.)
An introduction to representational
drawing. Stresses basic visual awareness,
seeing, and representing threedimensional
reality on a two-dimensional
surface. Exercises address the handling
of placement, scale, space, volume, light,
and formal articulation. A variety of
drawing materials is introduced.
FINA-F 101 Fundamental Studio–3D (3 cr.)
An introduction to three-dimensional
form and composition. Projects range
from traditional modeling and casting to
concepts of abstract, three-dimensional
structures in various materials.
P = Prerequisite, R = Recommended, C = Concomitant, VT = Variable Title
I = fall semester, II = spring semester, S = summer session(s)