CORE
Area of Study
All students studying the Department of Art & Design devote their first year to a basic art program. Incoming freshmen complete two art history and four studio art courses: Art History Survey I and II, Drawing, Core Studio I (2D Design) and II (3D Design) , and 4D Design (time-based art practices).
This foundation of study provides all students with a base level introduction and hands-on exposure to design concepts and techniques needed for advanced studies in all areas within the department. The studio courses build skills in the elements and principles of art, problem solving, and oral and written communications. Models of art from the 20th Century are used extensively to prepare the student for more advanced study and to give a stronger sense of contemporary art movements.
B.A. Studio Art Education Minor
Projects and activities revolve around the following:
- Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving
- Process and Experimentation
- Principles and Elements of Design
- Research and Analysis CORE Connect is a program that threads through all Core classes
Each semester a single theme is chosen and introduced in all Core course through relevant lectures, workshops, articles, and resources. At the end of the semester Core Connect culminates in an exhibition that reflects the semester's theme.
Courses
Drawing
Students are exposed to both abstract and representational modes of drawing as they develop their abilities to visualize and organize their thoughts and translate the world around them. Students work with the landscape, still life, the figure, and other content with a wide variety of mediums and modes of mark making that range from traditional to the experimental.
Core Studio I / 2D Design
This studio based course introduces incoming students to a broad range of contemporary forms of art making relative to surface based media. It's curricula incorporates visual and critical thinking with formal and the experimental projects. Students are exposed to a wide variety of historical and contemporary models of artistic production, participate in the CORE Connect thematic programming, and learn how to utilize research methods that will be essential to their future studies and artistic practice.
Core Studio II / 3D DESIGN
The second in the series, CORE Studio II introduces incoming students to a broad range of contemporary forms of art making relative to 3D form giving. It's curricula incorporates visual and critical thinking with formal and the experimental projects. Students are exposed to a wide variety of historical and contemporary models of artistic production, participate in the CORE Connect thematic programming, and learn how to utilize research methods that will be essential to their future studies and artistic practice.
4D Design / SPACE AND TIME
This course will introduce Art and Design students to the aspects and elements of 4D Design. Students will become familiar with attributes of time and movement, narrative ordering, editing processes, sound and image relations, and objective analysis. They will gain knowledge of specific knowledge of applications and tools that are related to both analog and digital forms of art making. The course will primarily consist of hands-on experimentation supplemented by slide lectures, demonstrations and readings.
Faculty
