Stephen F. Austin State University

100.

Drawing I (ARTS 1316) - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours assigned independent study per week. Fundamentals of drawing in various media. Fall, spring.

101.

Drawing II (ARTS 1317) - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours assigned independent study per week. Intermediate problems in drawing with an introduction to the figure. Prerequisite: ART 100 or equivalent. Fall, spring.

110.

Two-D Design (ARTS 1311) - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours assigned independent study per week. Exploratory studies in color and design. Fall, spring.

130.

Three-D Design (ARTS 1312) - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours independent study per week. Study of design principles that apply to three-dimensional materials. Fall, spring.

210.

Introduction to Painting (ARTS 2316) - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours assigned independent study per week. Basic techniques and approaches to painting. Prerequisites: ART 100, 110. Fall, spring.

212.

Art Film/Video Production - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours assigned independent study per week. Basic techniques of art film/video production. Fall, spring.

217.

Introduction to Photographic Processes (ARTS 2356) - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours assigned independent study per week. Introduction to photographic processes and techniques for both commercial and fine art applications. Prerequisites: ART 100, 110 or consent of instructor.

220.

Printmaking I (ARTS 2333) - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours assigned independent study per week. Exploratory studies in the use of basic media and techniques for printmaking. Prerequisites: ART 100, 110. Fall, spring.

230.

Sculpture I (ARTS 2326) - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours assigned independent study per week. Exploratory studies in sculpture. Fall, spring.

240.

Art Metal and Jewelry I (ARTS 2341) - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours independent study per week. Fabrication and casting techniques in art metal and jewelry. Fall, spring.

250.

Ceramics I (ARTS 2346) - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours assigned independent study per week. Introductory study of clay as an artistic medium. Fall, spring.

261.

Digital Media I (ARTS 2348) - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours independent study per week. Use of the computer as an art tool, an introduction to the Macintosh computer and basic drawing and painting programs. Prerequisite: ART 100, 110 or approval of instructor. Fall, spring.

270.

Advertising Design I - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours assigned independent study per week. Design fundamentals as applied to advertising layout and production. Prerequisites: ART 100, 110. Fall, spring.

280.

Art Appreciation (ARTS 1301) - For the non-art major, focusing on Western cultural history through the visual arts. Fall, spring, summer. Approved for general education requirement.

281.

Art History Survey I (ARTS 1303) - Western Art from prehistory to 1400 A.D. Approved for general education requirement. Fall, Spring.

282.

Art History Survey II (ARTS 1304) - Western Art from 1400 to 1900. Approved for general education requirement. Fall, spring.

311.

Watercolor - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours independent study per week. Expressive development and practice in watercolor media. Levels A, B, C. Prerequisites: ART 100, 110.

312.

Photographic Lighting - Lighting techniques and equipment for studio and field use. Prerequisites: ART 100, 110 or consent of the instructor.

315.

Color Theory and Practice - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours independent study per week. Practice, theory and study of color in art, media and design. Levels A, B. Prerequisite: ART 110.

317.

Digital Photography - Three semester hours, six hours studio, three hours assigned independent study per week. Advanced work in digital photographic processes. Prerequisite: ART 217.

390.

Exploring Art: Scope and Sequence - Theory and practice of the art of children. Prerequisites: six semester hours of art or related background studies in education. Fall, spring.

395.

Art Development I - Three semester hours, one-hour lecture, five lab hours per week. Art production, theory, history and criticism with applications using elementary-level materials and processes. Co-requisite with ART 395L. Lecture and laboratory grades computed into one grade; same grade recorded for both lecture and lab.

400.

Drawing III - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours independent study per week. Advanced problems in figure drawing. Levels A-F. Prerequisites: ART 100, 101. Fall, spring.

401.

Expressive Drawing - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours independent study per week. Emphasis given to the creative process and to drawing as an expression. Levels A-F. Prerequisite: ART 100, 101, 110. Spring.

410.

Advanced Painting - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours independent study per week. Advanced concepts and methods in painting. Levels A-F. Prerequisite: nine semester hours of art including ART 210. Fall, spring.

412.

Advanced Art Film/Video Production - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours assigned independent study per week. Pre-production, production, post-production film/video techniques. Aesthetic, technical professional approach to film/video. Levels A-G. Prerequisite: ART 212. Fall, spring.

413.

Feature Production I - Three semester hours credit. A summer production class where a feature film/video is shot using professional techniques. Class meets Monday through Saturday. Levels A-D. Prerequisite: Art 212 and consent of instructor. Summer.

414.

Feature Production II - Three semester hours credit. A summer production class where a feature film/video is shot using professional techniques. Class meets Monday through Saturday. Levels A-D. Prerequisite: Art 212 and consent of instructor. Summer.

417.

Advanced Photographic Processes - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours assigned independent study per week. Advanced work in photographic processes and techniques for both commercial and fine art applications. Levels A-F. Prerequisites: ART 100, 110, 217 or consent of instructor.

418.

Color Photography - Three semester hours, six hours lab, and six hours independent study per week. Advanced work in color photographic processes. Both traditional darkroom and digital processes are explored. Levels A, B. Prerequisite: ART 217.

419.

Alternative Process Photography - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours assigned independent study per week. Advanced work in alternative photographic processes, concepts, and techniques and how they apply within a fine art context. Both film and digital processes are utilized. Prerequisite: ART 217.

420.

Printmaking II - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours assigned independent study per week. Advanced techniques and practice in the use of printmaking processes. Levels A-F. Prerequisite: ART 220. Fall, spring.

425.

Book Art Studies - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours assigned independent study per week. Studies in design, theory and production of books as art. Levels A-D. Prerequisite: ART 220 or consent of instructor.

430.

Sculpture II - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours independent study per week. Advanced sculpture including foundry studio. Levels A-F. Prerequisite: ART 230. Fall, spring.

431.

Advanced Sculpture: Casting - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours independent study per week. Advanced sculpture including foundry studio. Levels A-F. Prerequisite: ART 230. Fall, spring.

432.

Advanced Sculpture: Installation - Three semester hours, six hours studio, three hours assigned independent study per week. Advanced work in sculpture. Exploring various approaches in installation art. Levels A, B, C, D. Prerequisites: ART 230. Fall.

440.

Art Metal and Jewelry II - Three semester hours, six hours studio, and six hours independent study per week. Casting and fabrication techniques in art metal and jewelry. Levels A-F. Prerequisite: ART 240. Fall, spring.

445.

Northern Renaissance Art - European art north of the Alps from 1300 to 1600. Prerequisites: nine hours of art, including ART 281, 282 or the equivalent in history.

447.

Imaging the Body - Investigation of art and artists who have treated the nude and clothed body, body art and body self-image. Prerequisites: nine hours of art including ART 281, 282 and 480 or the equivalent in history.

450.

Ceramics II - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours independent study per week. Advanced study of clay as an artistic medium. Levels A-F. Prerequisite: ART 250. Fall, spring.

461.

Digital Media II - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours independent study per week. Computer techniques for the fine arts; advanced programs for graphic design, printmaking, drawing, painting, animation and photography. Levels A-F. Prerequisite: ART 261.

462.

Digital Media: Interactive Arts - Three semester hours, six hours studio, three hours assigned independent study per week. Advanced work in interactive media. Exploring Web-based and other forms of interactive digital processes. Levels A-B. Prerequisite: ART 261. Fall.

470.

Advertising Design II - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours independent study per week. Techniques for advertising art. Levels A-F. Prerequisite: ART 110, 270. Fall, spring.

471.

Typography - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours independent study per week. Studio class for the study, practice and theory of designing with type in advertising and graphic design. Level A,B. Prerequisite: Art 270 or permission of instructor.

472.

Illustration - Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours of independent study per week. Study and practice of illustration techniques and methods for graphic design application. Prerequisites: ART 100, 110, 270.

479.

Ad Design III - AAF campaign. Three semester hours, six hours studio, six hours independent study per week. Creative advertising campaign research, strategy and execution for the American Advertising Federation National Student Advertising Competition. Levels A, B, C. Permission of instructor.

480.

Modern Art - Examination of modern art from post-impressionism to pop art. Prerequisites: ART 281, 282, or the equivalent in history or modern languages. Fall, spring.

481.

Abstract Expressionism to Postmodern Art - Investigation of developments in the visual arts and art theory from 1945 to the present. Prerequisites: ART 281, 282 and 480 or consent of instructor. Spring, alternate years.

482.

Studies in the History of Photography, the Print and Related Media - Investigation of specific topics in photographic and related media, including such topics as “Photography and Modern Art,” “The Printed Image and the Book” and “From Printed Image to Digital Display.” Repeatable A, B, C. Prerequisites: ART 281, 282, or consent of instructor.

483.

Greek and Roman Art - Ancient Greek and Roman art from the Geometric period to Constantine. Prerequisites: ART 281, 282 or the equivalent in history of philosophy.

484.

Nineteenth-Century European Art - European art from 1750 to 1900, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism and Impressionism. Prerequisites: ART 281, 282 or the equivalent in history or modern languages.

485.

Italian Renaissance Art - Italian art from 1300 to 1600. Prerequisites: nine hours in art including ART 281, 282 or the equivalent in history.

486.

Baroque Art - European art from 1600 to 1750. Prerequisites: nine hours in art including ART 281, 282, or the equivalent in history.

487.

American Art - Art of the United States from the Colonial period to 1960. Emphasis on the 20th century. Prerequisites: ART 281, 282 or consent of instructor.

488.

Mexican Art - Development of art in Mexico and related Latin American countries. Prerequisites: nine hours art history or equivalent in history or Modern Languages.

489.

World Traditions in Art - Three semester hours. Study the arts outside the canon of Western civilization, including works of pre-literate people as well as contemporary outsiders in their cultural milieu. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Spring, odd numbered years. Repeatable A, B, C.

490.

Art Development II - Three semester hours, one-hour lecture, five hours lab per week. Art production, theory, history and criticism with application using intermediate-level materials and processes. Prerequisites: ART 100, 110.

491.

Special Problems in Art - Independent studies in selected areas of art. May be repeated in differing topics with approval of department chair and instructor. Prerequisites: 18 hours of art. Fall, spring, summer.

492.

Professional Practices - Three semester hours. This course is designed to immerse art students in practical and theoretical issues related to their future professional life.

495.

Senior Essay - One semester hour, three hours independent study per week. Research and writing of an individual study in the field of art history. Must be taken in the first semester of the senior year. Prerequisite: six hours advanced Art History and approval of essay director.

496.

B.F.A. Exhibition - No semester hours credit. Exit exhibition of selected artwork made by the student. Required for the B.F.A. in Studio Art. Prerequisite: senior standing.

497.

Art Topics - Explores special topics in studio art or in art history. Can be repeated in different topics A, B, C, D. Prerequisites: 18 hours of art.

499.

Art Development III - Three semester hours, one-hour lecture, five hours lab per week. Art production, theory, history, and criticism with application using advanced-level materials and processes. Prerequisites: nine hours of art.