UC Davis General Catalog, 2006-2008 - General Catalog - UC Davis
UC Davis General Catalog, 2006-2008 - General Catalog - UC Davis
UC Davis General Catalog, 2006-2008 - General Catalog - UC Davis
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150 Art Studio<br />
110. Photography I (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 3, 4, or<br />
consent of instructor. Photography as an art form.<br />
Experiments with camera and light sensitive materials.—I,<br />
II, III. (I, II, III.)<br />
111. Photography II (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 110 or consent<br />
of instructor. Art of camera and light sensitive materials:<br />
tonal control, multiple exposure, synthetic negatives,<br />
etc. May be repeated once for credit with<br />
consent of instructor.—I, II. (II.)<br />
113. Interdisciplinarity (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: one course in Art History<br />
or Art Studio. Focus on the uses of two or more<br />
art forms to make a unique art work; also, ideas of<br />
collaboration and reconfigured and integrated forms<br />
as new methods of expression that do not solely<br />
depend on unique authorship.—III. (II, III.)<br />
114. Identity and Technology (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: one course in Art History<br />
or Art Studio. The notion of “self,” “portraiture”<br />
and “identity” as it is defined in an electronic world<br />
in which media alters perceptions of belief as individuals<br />
and society. Hands-on projects plus theoretical<br />
analysis of media.—II. (II.)<br />
116. Video Practice and Theory (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: 12 units of lower division<br />
art studio classes. Production techniques of<br />
video, including shooting, editing, lighting, sound<br />
and effects. A conceptual framework for video-art<br />
techniques.—III. (II.)<br />
117. Experimental Documentary (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing.<br />
Study of the documentary form with particular<br />
attention to hybrid forms of film, video and computer<br />
genres. May be repeated once for credit with consent<br />
of instructor when topic differs.—III. (III.)<br />
121. Reinterpreting Landscape (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours; lecture/discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite:<br />
course 2 or Nature and Culture 100 or<br />
consent of instructor. Interpretation of landscape<br />
through painting, drawing and related media, with<br />
emphasis on the integration of historical, cultural,<br />
natural and artistic contexts. Course includes field<br />
work culminating in an independent project. Not<br />
offered every year.—III.<br />
125. Printmaking: Relief (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 3, 4, 5, or<br />
consent of instructor. Woodcut, linocut, metal-plate<br />
relief and experimental uses of other materials.<br />
126. Printmaking: Intaglio (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 3, 4, 5, or<br />
consent of instructor. Metal plate etching, aquatint,<br />
hard- and soft-ground, burin engraving and related<br />
methods. May be repeated once for credit with consent<br />
of instructor.—I, III. (II.)<br />
127. Printmaking: Lithography (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 3, 4, 5, or<br />
consent of instructor. Stone and metal-plate lithography<br />
and other planographic methods. May be<br />
repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.—<br />
II. (I.)<br />
128. Printmaking: Serigraphy (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 3, 4, 5, or<br />
consent of instructor. Silk screen and related stencil<br />
methods. May be repeated once for credit with consent<br />
of instructor.<br />
129. Intermedia Printmaking (4)<br />
Studio—8 hours; independent study—1 hour. Prerequisite:<br />
course 125, 126, 127, or 128. Development<br />
of intermedia printmaking; advanced modes in<br />
each of relief/serigraphy/intaglio/surface, as well<br />
as adding serigraphy and digitized imagery. Student<br />
will produce prints in several methods including<br />
multiplate prints. Offered in alternate years.—III. (III.)<br />
132A. The Tradition of Modernism (4)<br />
Lecture—3 hours; discussion/laboratory—1 hour.<br />
Prerequisite: one of course 30, or Art History 183A,<br />
183B, 183C or 184. The emergence of modernism<br />
in painting and sculpture, from the early twentieth<br />
century to the 1940s. Critical examination of the<br />
emergence of modernism, the ideologies it supported,<br />
and the exclusions it practiced. Offered in<br />
alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.<br />
132B. The Theory of Modernism (4)<br />
Lecture—3 hours; discussion/laboratory—1 hour.<br />
Prerequisite: course 132A. Re-examination of materials<br />
of Modernist art through a set of critical analytical<br />
tools which will help in understanding what<br />
cultural and ideological beliefs these art forms sustained.<br />
Offered in alternate years. GE credit:<br />
ArtHum, Div, Wrt.<br />
138. The Artist’s Book (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 5, and 7;<br />
course 110, 125, 126, 127, or 128. Creation of<br />
visual art work in the form of a unique artist’s book<br />
structure, in an edition of three. Examples of historical<br />
and contemporary artist’s books. A variety of<br />
media will be explored, including photography,<br />
printmaking, sculpture, and painting/drawing. May<br />
be repeated two times for credit when topic differs.<br />
141. Sculpture: Material Explorations (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 5. Primary<br />
application and exploration of a single sculptural<br />
material. Examination of its properties, qualities and<br />
characteristics for three-dimensional expression.<br />
May be repeated twice for credit in different subject<br />
area with consent of instructor.—I. (I.)<br />
142. Sculpture: Ceramics I (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 2, 3, 4 and 5,<br />
or consent of instructor. Introduction to ceramic forms<br />
and processes.—I, II. (I.)<br />
143. Sculpture: Ceramics II (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 142 or consent<br />
of instructor. Introduction to color, as well as glazing<br />
and use of kiln. May be repeated once for credit<br />
with consent of instructor.—II. (II.)<br />
144. Sculpture: Figure Modeling (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 3, 4, 5, or<br />
consent of instructor. Sculpture in various media<br />
using the human figure as subject. May be repeated<br />
once for credit with consent of instructor.<br />
145. Sculpture: Concepts (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 5 or consent of<br />
instructor. Investigation through the creation of sculpture<br />
of the relationship of idea to form and material.<br />
May be repeated once for credit in different subject<br />
area with consent of instructor.—I, III. (III.)<br />
146. Sculpture: Ceramics III (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 141, 143,<br />
144, or 145. Advanced form and color. Clay sculpture<br />
in relief and round. May be repeated once for<br />
credit with consent of instructor.—III. (III.)<br />
147. Theory and Criticism of Photography<br />
(4)<br />
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 2<br />
or 5 and one art lecture course. Development of<br />
camera vision, ideas, and aesthetics and their relationship<br />
to the fine arts from 1839 to the present. GE<br />
credit: ArtHum, Wrt.<br />
148. Theory and Criticism: Painting and<br />
Sculpture (4)<br />
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 2<br />
or 5, and one art lecture course. Study of forms and<br />
symbols in historic and contemporary masterpieces.<br />
GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.—(I.)<br />
149. Introduction to Critical Theory (4)<br />
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:<br />
two of Art History 1B, 1C, or 183F. An overview of<br />
20th century critical theories of culture and their relation<br />
to visual art and mass media culture. GE credit:<br />
ArtHum, Div, Wrt.<br />
150. Theory and Criticism of Electronic<br />
Media (4)<br />
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course<br />
116 or 117. The history of electronic media, stressing<br />
both critique, application and relationship to art<br />
practice. Analysis of the conceptual biases of electronic<br />
media as an artistic mode of expression. GE<br />
credit: ArtHum, Wrt.—II. (I.)<br />
151. Intermediate Sculpture (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 5. Builds on<br />
the basic skills and concepts covered in Art 5. Individualized<br />
explorations through multiple projects in<br />
a variety of media and techniques. Contemporary<br />
art theory and its relationship to the studio practice.<br />
May be repeated two times for credit when topic differs.—I,<br />
II, III. (I, II, III.)<br />
152. Sculpture: Special Topics (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 5 and 151.<br />
Special topics related to sculpture and contemporary<br />
art practice. Multiple projects in a variety of media.<br />
May be repeated two times for credit when topic differs.—I,<br />
II, III. (I, II, III.)<br />
153. Metals (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 5 and 152.<br />
Technical and theoretical aspects of the use of metals<br />
in contemporary art practice. Students will produce<br />
primary works which demonstrate the evolution of a<br />
concept and process. May be repeated three times<br />
for credit when topic differs. Restricted enrollment.—<br />
I, II, III. (I, II, III.)<br />
154. Site-Specific Public Art (4)<br />
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 5 and 151.<br />
Place- and site- specificity in contemporary sculpture.<br />
Students will work collaboratively and individually to<br />
conceive of and fabricate sculpture in a public<br />
space. May be repeated two times for credit when<br />
topic differs. Hill, Bills<br />
171. Mexican and Chicano Mural<br />
Workshop (4)<br />
Studio—8 hours; independent study—1 hour. Prerequisite:<br />
Chicana/o Studies 70 and/or written consent<br />
of instructor. The Mural: a collective art process<br />
that empowers students and people through design<br />
and execution of mural paintings in the tradition of<br />
the Mexican Mural Movement; introduces materials<br />
and techniques. May be repeated once for credit.<br />
(Same course as Chicana/o Studies 171.)—III. (III.)<br />
192. Internship (2-12)<br />
Internship. Supervised program of internships in artists’<br />
studios and at professional art institutions such<br />
as museums, galleries, and art archives including<br />
collections of slides and photographs. May be<br />
repeated for credit for a total of 12 units. (P/NP<br />
grading only.)<br />
193. Seminar in Art Practice (4)<br />
Discussion/laboratory—8 hours; variable—4 hours.<br />
Prerequisite: courses 2 and 3; upper division standing:<br />
taking or having taken courses in upper division<br />
drawing, painting, and sculpture. Work (painting,<br />
sculpture, drawing, etc.) done for group discussion<br />
and criticism, as well as group discussion of contemporary<br />
topics in the visual arts. May be repeated<br />
once for credit.<br />
198. Directed Group Study (1-5)<br />
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading<br />
only.)<br />
199. Special Study for Advanced<br />
Undergraduates (1-5)<br />
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading<br />
only.)<br />
Graduate Courses<br />
290. Seminar (4)<br />
Seminar—3 hours. Original works produced for<br />
group discussion and criticism; associated topics of<br />
a contemporary and historical nature. May be<br />
repeated for credit.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)<br />
291. Seminar: Critical Evaluation (1)<br />
Seminar—1 hour. May be repeated for credit. (S/U<br />
grading only.)—II. (II.)<br />
292. Seminar: Comprehensive Qualifying<br />
(1)<br />
Seminar—1 hour. Further critical evaluation of the<br />
student’s work to determine his eligibility to begin the<br />
Comprehensive Project. May be repeated for credit.<br />
(S/U grading only.)—(I.)<br />
299. Individual Study (1-6)<br />
(S/U grading only.)<br />
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2007-<strong>2008</strong> offering in parentheses<br />
<strong>General</strong> Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience