Approved Courses
The following list includes undergraduate courses that have been approved as of June 2010. Courses added after that date do not appear in this list. Courses eliminated after that date may still appear. Not every course is offered regularly. Students should consult the Schedule of Classes at www.testudo.umd.edu to ascertain which courses are actually offered during a given semester.
COURSE NUMBERING SYSTEM
| Number |
|
Eligibility |
| 000-099 |
|
Non-credit course |
| 100-199 |
|
Primarily freshman course |
| 200-299 |
|
Primarily sophomore course |
| 300-399 |
|
Junior, senior course not acceptable for credit toward graduate degrees |
| 386-387 |
|
Campus-wide internship courses; refer to information describing Experiential Learning |
| 400-499 |
|
Junior, senior course acceptable for credit toward some graduate degree |
| 500-599 |
|
Professional School course (Dentistry, Architecture, Law, Medicine) or post-baccalaureate course |
| 600-899 |
|
Course restricted to graduate students |
| 799 |
|
Master Thesis credit |
| 899 |
|
Doctoral Dissertation credit |
Use the search box below to view the approved courses.
Courses in "ARTT-Art Studio"
ARTT - Art Studio
ARTT 100 Two-Dimensional Design Fundamentals (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week.
Principles and elements of two-dimensional design. Introduction to
visual communication.
ARTT 110 Elements of Drawing I (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Formerly: ARTS110.
Fundamental concepts, media, and processes of drawing. Emphasis on
observation and representation in combination with individual
expression. Subject matter includes still life, human figure, nature,
the built environment, and conceptual projects.
ARTT 150 Introduction to Art Theory (3)
Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week.
Fundamental concepts of global, philosophic, and critical art theory
examined through various historic and contemporary texts, and the
analysis of works of art.
ARTT 169 Special Topics in Study Abroad I (1-6)
Repeatable to 15 credits if content differs.
Special topics course taken as part of an approved study abroad program.
ARTT 200 Three-Dimensional Art Fundamentals (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT100 and ARTT110.
Fundamental concepts of three-dimensional form and space examined
through the manipulation and organization of various materials.
ARTT 208 Intermediate Special Topics in Art (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT200 and ARTT110.
Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Development of student's work on an intermediate studio level within
the context of a special topic.
ARTT 210 Elements of Drawing II (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT110.
Continuation of ARTT110 with additional emphasis on color, figure
drawing, and contemporary issues.
ARTT 255 Introduction to Digital Art and Design Processes (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Credit only granted for: ARTT255 or
ARTT354. Formerly: ARTT354.
Introduction to basic software and principles of digital imaging, and
how they are applied to art and design. Topics covered: Digital image
construction and manipulation, Vector-Based digital techniques layout,
typography, etc), time-based digital techniques (video and audio
composition and manipulation), and basic interactivity (web-design).
Digital media used to explore visual principles established in ARTT100.
ARTT 269 Special Topics in Study Abroad II (1-6)
Repeatable to 15 credits if content differs.
Special topics course taken as part of an approved study abroad program.
ARTT 320 Elements of Painting (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT200, ARTT210, and
ARTT150; or permission of ARHU-Art department.
Concepts and fundamental processes of oil and/or acrylic painting.
ARTT 330 Elements of Sculpture: Metal Casting (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT200, ARTT210, and
ARTT150; or permission of ARHU-Art department.
Sculptural concepts and fundamental processes related to metal casting.
ARTT 331 Elements of Sculpture: Steel (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT200, ARTT210, and
ARTT150; or permission of ARHU-Art department.
Sculptural concepts and fundamental processes related to steel
fabrication; torch cutting, welding, hot forging, and finishing.
ARTT 332 Elements of Sculpture: Stone (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT200, ARTT210, and
ARTT150; or permission of ARHU-Art department.
Sculptural concepts and fundamental processes using stone and related
materials.
ARTT 333 Elements of Sculpture: Wood and Mixed Media (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT200, ARTT210, and
ARTT150; or permission of ARHU-Art department.
Sculptural concepts and fundamental processes using wood and mixed
media.
ARTT 334 Elements of Sculpture: Assembled Form and Material (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT200, ARTT210, and
ARTT150; or permission of ARHU-Art department.
Examines concepts and fundamental processes through a variety of
materials, basic techniques and processes related to building,
fabrication, and installation.
ARTT 340 Elements of Printmaking: Intaglio (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT200, ARTT210, and
ARTT150; or permission of ARHU-Art department.
Concepts and fundamental processes related to etching, aquatint, and
drypoint.
ARTT 341 Elements of Printmaking: Woodcut and Relief (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT200, ARTT210, and
ARTT150; or permission of ARHU-Art department.
Concepts and fundamental processes related to woodcuts, linocuts, and
other relief printing media.
ARTT 343 Elements of Printmaking: Screen Printing (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT200, ARTT210, and
ARTT150; or permission of ARHU-Art department.
Concepts and fundamental processes related to silkscreen printing.
ARTT 344 Elements of Printmaking: Lithography (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT200, ARTT210, and
ARTT150; or permission of ARHU-Art department.
Concepts and fundamental processes related to drawing, preparing, and
printing images on lithograph stones or plates.
ARTT 353 Elements of Photography (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT200, ARTT210, and
ARTT150; or permission of ARHU-Art department.
Introduction to black-and-white photography. Basic technical and
aesthetic vocabulary, camera mechanics and darkroom techniques.
Introduction to the photographic message and meaning in both fine art
and design concept.
ARTT 355 Intermediate Graphic Design Principles (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Credit only granted for: ARTT350 or
ARTT355. Formerly: ARTT350.
Investigation of basic concepts, history, techniques, and materials used
by professional graphic designers, focusing on typography. Explores
various aspects of design related to typography through examination and
production of many types of finished work.
ARTT 356 Graphic Design Processes (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Credit only granted for: ARTT351 or
ARTT356. Formerly: ARTT351.
Explores computer graphics and visual communcation principles in a
time-based context. Examination of fundamental design principles through
digital projects that involve photo manipulation, digital illustration,
layout, animation, and web design.
ARTT 357 Interactive Design (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ARTT355 and ARTT356.
In-depth exploration of interactive design and website construction.
Emphasis on concept-driven and community-based projects using variety
of interactive software programs.
ARTT 360 African American Art Theory: Exploration/Expression of Identity (3)
Prerequisite: ARTT150. Credit only granted for: ARTT360 or HONR279C.
Examines how African American artists have used their work to represent,
reinvent, and subvert racial identity. By examining changes in modes of
expression, formal concerns, and pictorial themes, it will explore the
impact of black aesthetics in American art.
ARTT 361 Design Literacy: Decoding Our Visual Culture (3)
Prerequisite: ARTT355 and ARTT356. Credit only granted for: ARTT361 or
ARTT489L. Formerly: ARTT489L.
Holistic presentation of design history and theory from pre-history to
present. Covers primarily visual communication design and includes the
interrelationship of interior-, furniture-, industrial-, fashion-design,
and architecture.
ARTT 369 Special Topics in Study Abroad III (1-6)
Repeatable to 15 credits if content differs.
Special topics course taken as part of an approved study abroad program.
ARTT 370 Elements of Digital Media (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ARTT150, ARTT200,
ARTT210, and ARTT255.
Exploration of image creation and manipulation, interactivity, and
linkages between digital audio and video. Emphasis on issues in
contemporary digital art.
ARTT 386 Experiential Learning (3-6)
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-Art department. Restriction: Junior
standing or higher.
ARTT 389 Department of Art Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-Art
department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Individual contractual agreement with faculty/mentor. Individualized
assistantship in the teaching of a specified department course offering.
Must have previously received an "A" grade for the class to be
assisting.
ARTT 399 Department of Art Research Assistantship (1-3)
Nine hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-Art
department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Individual contractual agreement with faculty/mentor. Individualized
experiential learning developed in relation to art-related research
issues.
ARTT 409 Study Abroad Special Topics IV (1-6)
Repeatable to 15 credits if content differs.
Special topics course taken as part of an approved study abroad program.
ARTT 418 Advanced Drawing Studio (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT200, ARTT210, and
ARTT150; and Must have completed one 300-level studio course. Or
permission of ARHU-Art department. Repeatable to 12 credits.
Multi-level drawing studio emphasizing advanced concepts and processes
related to drawing; emphasis on contemporary art issues and individual
directions.
ARTT 428 Advanced Painting Studio (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT320. Repeatable to
12 credits.
Multi-level painting studio emphasizing advanced concepts and processes
related to oil and acrylic painting; emphasis on contemporary art
issues and individual directions in chosen media.
ARTT 438 Advanced Sculpture Studio (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Must have completed one
300-level sculpture course; and permission of ARHU-Art department.
Repeatable to 12 credits.
Multi-level sculpture studio; continuation of media-specific sculpture
courses with emphasis on contemporary art issues and individual
directions in chosen media.
ARTT 448 Advanced Printmaking Studio (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Must have one 300-level
printmaking course; and permission of ARHU-Art department. Repeatable to
12 credits.
Multi-level printmaking studio; continuation of media-specific
printmaking courses with emphasis on contemporary art issues and
individual directions in chosen media.
ARTT 449 Advanced Photography Studio (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT353. Repeatable to
12 credits if content differs.
Advanced photographic processes and theory. Emphasis on contemporary art
issues and individual directions.
ARTT 454 Advanced Graphic Design Principles: Design in Society (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ARTT355 and ARTT356.
Focus on social responsibility and community activism. History and
theory of propaganda and advocacy-based design. Students explore current
design practices, work individually, and collaborate in teams with
non-profits or other clients with community-based or socio-cultural
agendas. Research and writing-intensive course.
ARTT 455 Three Dimensional Graphic Design (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Credit only granted for: ARTT352 or
ARTT455. Formerly: ARTT352.
Continued exploration of advanced graphic design practices with primary
emphasis on 3-D object and packaging design. Includes research, course
reading discussion, oral presentations, and specific project assignments
which will require a proficient level of hand-skills (craft) and
computer skills.
ARTT 456 Motion Design (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT355, ARTT356,
ARTT357, or permission of department.
Explores computer graphics and visual communication principles in a
time-based context. Examination of fundamental design principles through
digital projects that involve photo manipulation, digital illustration,
layout, animation, and web design.
ARTT 457 Advanced Interactive Design (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT357.
Advanced concepts and technieques of interactive design and interactive
software. Examination of corporate, client-based, and public
service-based interactive graphic design. Emphasis on web-based
interactive design structures.
ARTT 458 Graphic Design Portfolio (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ARTT454. Repeatable to 9
credits if content differs.
Creation of a comprehensive professional portfolio. Curriculum includes
portfolio preparation and presentation, contracts, copyright issues,
interviewing skills, resume and cover-letter writing, design briefs and
proposals, and freelance business issues. Portfolio presentation
includes basics of book arts.
ARTT 459 Advanced Graphic Design Studio (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Repeatable to 9 credits if content
differs.
Student-run design firm working with non-profits and other
organizations. Organizations act as clients; the students as a creative
firm. Under guidance and supervision of faculty, students learn
first-hand about working with clients, working within a budget, working
with printers and press runs, and working under real deadlines.
ARTT 460 Seminar in Art Theory (3)
Restriction: Senior standing.
Exploration of relationship between content and processes of art in a
contemporary multi-cultural context.
ARTT 461 Readings in Art Theory (3)
Restriction: Senior standing; or permission of ARHU-Art department.
Reading and critical analysis in contemporary art.
ARTT 463 Principles and Theory: African-American Art (3)
Formerly: ARTH474.
Principles basic to the establishment of aesthetic theories common to
an ethnic or minority art examined through the works of art by
Americans of African ancestry.
ARTT 464 Theories of Contemporary Global Artmaking (3)
Restriction: Junior standing or higher; or permission of ARHU-Art
department. Credit only granted for: ARTT464 or ARTT664.
Theories of contemporary global artmaking. Examination of global
contemporary art. Influence of colonization, availability of material,
and development of images, objects, and ideas.
ARTT 468 Seminar on the Interrelationship Between Art and Art Theory (3)
Restriction: Junior standing or higher; or permission of ARHU-Art
department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
The relationship between a student's work and the theoretical context
of contemporary art.
ARTT 469 Professional Practice (3)
Restriction: Senior standing; or permission of ARHU-Art department.
Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Formerly: ARTT462.
Business aspects of being an artist, with an emphasis on starting and
maintaining a professional career.
ARTT 479 Advanced Digital Media Studio (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Repeatable to 12 credits if content
differs.
Variable multi-level studio emphasizing advanced concepts and processes
related to time-based, projection, installation, interactive, and
audio/visual integrated digital art. Emphasis on contemporary art issues
and individual directions.
ARTT 480H Honors Seminar (3)
Prerequisites: Acceptance into Department Honors Program, completion of
ARTT300 - 400H and 418H electives, and permission of department.
Team-taught seminar focusing on relationship between student's work and
the theoretical context of contemporary art.
ARTT 481 Advanced Specialization Seminar (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: permission of
department.
Seminar combines contemporary art theory, criticism, professional
practice and career preparation in relation to students works from all
areas of specialization.
ARTT 487 Capstone for Citation in Interdisciplinary Multimedia and Technology (1)
Prerequisite: At least nine credits with the citation.
Independent study: a paper or website synthesizing the various citation
learning experiences.
ARTT 488 Advanced Special Topics in Graphic Design (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Repeatable to 6 credits if content
differs.
Variable topics in Graphic Design theory and practice.
ARTT 489 Advanced Special Topics in Art (3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-Art
department. Repeatable to 12 credits if content differs.
Development of student's work on an advanced studio level within the
context of a special topic.
ARTT 498 Directed Studies in Studio Art (1-3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-Art
department. Repeatable to 12 credits if content differs.
Advanced independent work in Studio Art. Meeting with faculty and studio
time arranged.
ARTT 499 Directed Studies in Graphic Design (1-3)
Six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-Art
department. Repeatable to 12 credits if content differs.
Advanced independent studies in Graphic Design. Meetings with faculty
and studio time arranged.
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