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photography by working with a variety
of visual approaches and media.
Prerequisites: SA 161 Photography I
SA 168
Time, Movement, and Narrative
3 credits (CS)
Students explore concepts of time
based art and design to create works in
media ranging from video, animation,
multimedia, audio and performance.
Students create both narrative and nonnarrative
video and time based
structures, with emphasis on the
development of students‘ ideas, visual
and narrative skills. This class stresses
the development of visual expression,
self-expression, and ideation/concept
building, using techniques and
strategies that include storyboarding,
scriptwriting, proposal and
design/creative brief writing. Students
will work collaboratively and
individually in creating original works
in digital video, and other time-based
media, including options such as hand
drawn and frame animation, video
installation, performance, sound, and
sculptural elements. Students research
the work of contemporary and recent
video, performative, animation artists,
and motion designers in order to place
their work in the context of
contemporary international practice in
multiple disciplines.
SA 211
Figure Drawing
3 credits (CS)
Figure Drawing is a second year
drawing course emphasizing the human
figure. The nude model is used as a
vehicle for learning about
foreshortening, proportion, and varied
drawing media. Simultaneously,
students explore historic, conceptual
and expressive aspects of the human
figure in art. For advanced work in
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figure drawing, this course can be
"stacked" (taken multiple times by
taking Research Topics in the Visual
Arts FA371/372/471 or 472).
(Offered fall term)
Prerequisite: SA 112 Drawing II or
permission of the instructor
SA 231
Printmaking
3 credits (CS)
Students are exposed to various
printmaking techniques such as:
intaglio, relief, and a range of
experimental applications. Knowledge
of these media enable students to
experience new drawing techniques and
to gain an understanding of the art of
multiples. For advanced work in
printmaking, this course can be
"stacked‖ (taken multiple times by
taking Research Topics in the Visual
Arts FA371/372/471 or 472).
SA 241
Ceramics
3 credits (CS)
Students are introduced to the basic
methods of preparing and forming clay,
so as to develop an understanding of
clay as a sculptural and functional
medium. They are exposed to pinch,
coil and slab methods, as well as wheel
throwing, decorating and glazing. For
advanced work in ceramics, this course
can be "stacked‖ (taken multiple times
by taking Research Topics in the Visual
Arts FA371/372/471 or 472).
(Offered fall and spring terms)
SA 242
Sculpture: Glass/Mixed Media
3 credits (CS)
Using a variety of sculpture
techniques, students explore the
essential characteristics of threedimensional
form through projects
that address scale, space, multiples,