2010-2011 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

ART 4253 Painting III Intermediate
This course concludes the more complex series of studio experiences based on problems designed to acquaint the
student with the possibilities of various painting media and approaches to painting. Students are encouraged to explore
and develop a personal direction for their work.
ART 4254 Printmaking III Advanced
This course completes the final more complex series of printmaking learning experiences. Students in this course will
apply more highly developed printmaking procedures in relief, intaglio, lithography, serigraphy, and experimental
forms. The course will give the student a more sophisticated understanding of the possibilities of the printmaking
media. Individual solutions are encouraged after basic technical procedure has been learned.
ART 4255 Sculpture III Advanced
In this course students complete a more advanced understanding of the many three-dimensional design problems
associated with sculpture. Students will continue their exploration of various media in a variety of approaches including
additive, subtractive, manipulative, and casting techniques.
ART 4282, 4283, 4284 Apprenticeship I, II and III: Advanced Studio
Prerequisite: Advanced Studio Art (Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, or Water Media) course at
either 3000 or 4000 level.
The HBU Art Apprenticeship Program is an art studio concentration for individual art students who are accepted on an
individual basis to do academic work in an apprentice capacity with one of the artist-in-residence members of the
faculty. The students will be accepted into the program by invitation from the department chairman upon a review of
the student‘s portfolio and academic records by the department‘s artists-in-residence. Upon acceptance into the
program the student will work toward individual semester hours designated as Apprenticeship credit hours.
ART 4285 Experimental Painting
Prerequisite: ART 2233 or 2243 or 2253; plus ART 3233 or 3243 or 3253
Directed study of a minimum of thirty hours for each hour of credit. Topics and projects are selected based on student
interest and need. Open to Art majors only.
ART 4292 Senior Seminar: Studio
Prerequisite: See Note 9 under ―Undergraduate Degree Requirements‖.
This course provides a format for the production of a body of art works in a studio setting. The student will go through
a process in which s/he presents a written document presenting the proposal for the body of works, the process by
which the works are to be made or produced, and the aesthetic ideas which are the basis of the works. Part of the
research includes meeting with the entire Art faculty for the purpose of enriching the possibilities for the chosen media.
The final grade will be determined by a jury of the entire Art faculty.
ART 4293 Senior Seminar: Portfolio
Prerequisites: ART 4292 and Note 9 under ―Undergraduate Degree Requirements‖.
A continuation of ART 4292, during this course the student will build a body of work based upon the complexity and
application of historical sources presented in Studio I. Students will successfully present their work in an official Senior
Seminar exhibition, and a portfolio of a visual presentation of photographs, a personal vita, and a written description of
the body of works is to be combined into a complete professional styled format. The final grade will be determined by a
jury of the entire Art faculty.
BIOCHEMISTRY-MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
BCMB 3375 Human Genetics
Prerequisite: BIOL 3301, 3444
This course will introduce students to the basic concepts of human genetics and its molecular and clinical implications.
Topics include the chromosomal, molecular, and biochemical basis of disease, prenatal diagnosis, and genetic
counseling. (Also offered as BIOL 3375.)
BCMB 3414 Microbiology
Prerequisites: BIOL 2454, 2455, and 3301.
This course is a general survey of the microorganisms and includes the morphology, physiology, and control of the
organisms most important to humans. The microbiology of soil, food, water, and disease will be considered. This
course includes one semester hour credit for laboratory sessions. (Also offered as BIOL 3414.)
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