Cleveland Institute of Art 2017–18 Catalog 2 3 Table of Contents
4 Accreditation 5 Message from the President 6 About CIA 7 History 9 Section 1: 2017–18 Academic Calendar 13 Section 2: Overview: Curriculum 23 Section 3: Admissions + Financial Aid 31 Section 4: Financial Matters 35 Section 5: Academic Policies, Procedures, and Services 49 Section 6: Support Services 55 Section 7: Student Life 59 Section 8: Degree Requirements 77 Section 9: Course Catalog 149 Section 10: Faculty Listing 153 Section 11: Administration and Board of Directors
Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this Cleveland Institute of Art Catalog; however, the Catalog is not a contract but rather a guide for the convenience of students. The Cleveland Institute of Art reserves the right to change or withdraw courses; to change the fees, rules, and calendar for admission, registration, instruction and graduation; and to change any of its policies or other provisions listed in the Catalog at any time.
3 Accreditation
Cleveland Institute of Art is an independent college of art and design committed to leadership and vision in all forms of visual arts education. Since 1882, we have been an educational cornerstone in Cleveland, Ohio, and have won widespread acclaim for the quality of our programs and achievements of our alumni. Students are encouraged to explore their vision and develop their skills through an interdisciplinary curriculum.
Accreditation Cleveland Institute of Art is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), and the State of Ohio. CIA is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD), a consortium of America’s specialized art and design colleges.
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4 Message from the President
Dear Students:
You bring the artistic talent, the passion and the commitment to learning and growing. CIA provides accomplished faculty members, excellent facilities, well-designed courses, a whole menu of services, and good-sense policies designed to ensure that you receive the best possible education.
In this catalog you’ll learn about the resources that are here for you. Please read through it now and keep it as a reference. It is the product of countless hours of labor by many dedicated faculty and staff members whose focus is your success. Take time also to look through our website, at cia.edu, and learn even more about our people and our programs.
As you discover the richness CIA has to offer, I will appreciate the creative, innovative, courageous, and ambitious artists and designers that you are becoming.
Best,
Grafton J. Nunes President + CEO, Cleveland Institute of Art
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5 About CIA
Institutional Statement The Cleveland Institute of Art strives to nurture the intellectual, artistic, and professional development of students and community members through rigorous visual arts and design education, and in so doing to advance culture, community, and global quality of life.
Our success is derived from a pursuit of excellence, the fostering of community, a holistic approach to education, a culture of accountability, and freedom of inquiry.
Vision To advance culture, community, and global quality of life.
Mission To nurture the intellectual, artistic, and professional development of students and community members through rigorous visual arts and design education.
Values Excellence: To pursue academic rigor and leadership.
Community: To foster internal and external collaboration, cooperation, and communication.
Holism: To offer a comprehensive personal academic experience.
Accountability: To follow best practices in the management of human, financial, and the earth’s resources.
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6 History
Cleveland Institute of Art continues to build on an internationally recognized heritage of excellence and innovation that dates back to 1882. That year the school was chartered as the Western Reserve School of Design for Women. The school’s original name reflects the forward-thinking views of founder Sarah Kimball, who opened her home for the first class meetings, attended by just one teacher and one student. Five years after its opening, there was already a young man attending. By 1891, the co-educational school was renamed the Cleveland School of Art and blossomed under the influence of a dedicated and talented faculty, whose prize- winning art and award-winning commercial designs are known collectively, even today, as the “Cleveland School.”
Over time the school’s success prompted changes in facilities—from Mrs. Kimball’s sitting room to the attic of the Cleveland City Hall Annex, to the Horace Kelley mansion on present-day E. 55th Street. In 1905 the Cleveland School of Art built a brick Italianate building in University Circle (razed as part of a 1960s site redevelopment), which boasted a grand exhibition gallery predating the Cleveland Museum of Art by a decade.
In 1946, the state of Ohio authorized the college to confer the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. In 1948 the college became officially known as the Cleveland Institute of Art, and in 1956, classes moved into a new building on East Boulevard, named for George Gund, who served as CIA Board President for 24 years.
The college purchased a former Ford Model T automobile assembly plant in 1981 and renovated it for classroom and studio space. The building, which had been added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, was named the Joseph McCullough Center for the Visual Arts (JMC), after CIA’s former president of 33 years. The JMC went through another renovation in 2010 and in late 2014, the college finished construction of a new George Gund Building, adjoined to the JMC, and a block away from CIA’s new Table of Contents Uptown Residence Hall.
7 8 Section 1: 2017–18 Academic Calendar
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9 Fall 2017 August 21–25 In-person tuition payment/registration for Fall semester. 21–Sep 1 Course drop-add period. Schedule changes. 24 New student move-in. 25–26 New student orientation. 28 Fall semester begins. 28–Sep 1 Late registration: $350 late fee assessed.
September 4 Labor Day. Institute holiday. No classes. Buildings closed. 22 Course proposals for new courses due to Curriculum Committee. 22 Spring 2017 incomplete grade revisions due to Registrar’s Office.
October 9 Course evaluations go live for 7-week courses. 13 SPRING 2018 COURSE SCHEDULE INFORMATION DUE. 17 Major Application Presentations for first-year students. 20 Mid-term grades due. 20–24 CWRU dining halls closed after lunch Fri Oct 21. Reopen for dinner Tue Oct 25.
November 3 Last day to withdraw from a course, Fall 2017. 6–10 Advising for Spring 2018 course prescheduling 13 Online scheduling opens to seniors for Spring 2018 course prescheduling. 18 Contingency make-up day for school closings. 22 No classes. Offices open. 23–24 Thanksgiving recess. Institute holiday. No classes. Buildings closed. 27 Course evaluations go live for full-semester courses.
December 4–8 Liberal Arts exams/mid-year crits for BFA candidates. Schedule to be determined. 11–15 Final studio critiques. 15 Final grades for weekday classes due by 5pm in Registrar’s Office. 16 Fall semester ends. Residence hall closes. Holiday recess begins. 23–Jan 1 Institute Winter Break. Buildings closed.
10 Spring 2018 January 8–12 In-person tuition payment/registration for Spring semester. 8–19 Course drop-add period. Schedule changes. 14 Returning students move into residence hall. 15 Martin Luther King Day. Institute holiday. Buildings closed. 16 Spring semester begins. 16–19 Late registration: $350 late fee assessed. 29 Course evaluations go live for 5-week courses.
February 9 Fall 2017 incomplete grade revisions due to Registrar’s Office 9 Proposals for new courses due to Curriculum Committee 12 Course evaluations go live for 7-week courses.
March 5 FALL 2018 COURSE SCHEDULE INFORMATION DUE. 5 Affairs and Registrar’s Offices. 9 Mid-term grades due. 10 Residence hall closes for spring break. 12–16 Spring recess. No classes. Offices open. 18 Residence hall opens at noon. 19–23 Portfolio Review Week for Major Application. 30 Last day to withdraw from a course, Spring 2018
April 2–6 Advising for Fall 2018 course prescheduling. 7 Contingency make-up day for school closings. 9 Online scheduling opens to seniors for fall 2018 course prescheduling. 21 Contingency make-up day for school closings. 23 Course evaluations go live for full-semester courses. 27 Last day of regular classes, studio and liberal arts. 30–May 4 Academic Exam/Studio Critique Week. Schedule to be determined.
May 7–11 BFA Reviews + Exhibitions. 12 Spring semester ends. Residence hall closes for summer. 14 Final grades for graduating students due. 18 Final grades for all students due. Date TBA Commencement rehearsal. Date TBA Commencement, noon, at The Cleveland Museum of Art. 21 Final studio clean out. 28 Memorial Day. Institute holiday. Buildings closed.
July 4 Independence Day. Institute holiday. Buildings closed.
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12 Section 2: Overview: Curriculum
Cores + Connections: The Academic Mission
Bird’s-Eye View of the Curriculum
Engaged Practice
Foundation Studio
Liberal Arts Studies
Professional Practices
Major Programs
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13 I. Cores + Connections: II. Bird’s Eye View of The Academic Mission the Curriculum III. Engaged Practice What sets the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) The BFA Degree What may best set CIA apart from other apart from other colleges is our academic The Cleveland Institute of Art grants the art schools across the country is its mission, Cores + Connections, in which Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree. A BFA commitment to Engaged Practice (EP). core values, faculty, curriculum and other degree is the standard undergraduate Activating the intersection between Cores + learning resources all power extensive degree for students seeking a professional Connections, the school’s academic connections for all students to enter into education in art. The BFA degree differs mission, Engaged Practice is an area of professionally engaged practices in the real from a Bachelor of Arts degree in that a study in which students have an opportunity world—and in so doing, develop skills and much higher proportion of the program to learn through experience by working on personal attributes such as collaboration, consists of a practical studio component. real projects with external partners or communication, and professionalism well in clients, or in the public sphere—all before advance of graduation. 15 Majors graduation. These EP experiences may be In its BFA degree program, CIA further through courses, internships, and/or Strengthen your core distinguishes itself by offering 15 majors in through a project which you initiate yourself, The word “core” comes from the Latin word craft, design, integrated media, and visual such as through your BFA thesis and for “heart.” In the heart of your academic art. If you’re interested in teaching, we also exhibition in your senior year. program at CIA, you will develop your core offer a 4+1 master’s degree program in Art strengths through: Education, in partnership with our neighbor, CIA has a long history of Engaged Practices nn mentorship from world-class faculty Case Western Reserve University. in art and design, in mutual collaboration nn cutting-edge curriculum with our vast network of partners in the nn academic and studio rigor General Education or Core real world—at last count, well over 200! nn abundant access to extensive state-of- Curriculum Our faculty have developed most of these the-art facilities Central to the mission of any college or partnerships over many years of their own university, and true here at CIA, a general professional activity in both the creative Connect to the real world education or core curriculum provides a set economy and in the business, nonprofit, Made possible by CIA’s tremendous of courses required of all undergraduate and governmental sectors. network of professional connections and students, reflecting the standards and educational partnerships, you will put your expectations for the professional BFA These opportunities to put your classroom core strengths to work through externally degree. At CIA, this includes: and studio knowledge and skills to work in engaged practices in art and design, nn Foundation studio the real world are where the rubber meets including: nn Liberal Arts studies the road. That is, it is through these nn hands-on learning beyond the nn Professional Practices engaged experiences that students can classroom nn Engaged Practice in art and design most effectively develop and practice what nn bona fide projects with real-world nn BFA thesis exhibition are now commonly called 21st century partners “Super Skills”—creativity, critical thinking, nn collaborating on creative solutions to The courses offered across these five core collaboration, and communication—skills real community needs areas are decidedly not a hoop to jump that are in high demand if you want to be nn asserting your artistic voice in the through before getting to your major or effective in your career and make a public sphere your degree. On the contrary, this suite meaningful difference in this new millennium. of common course requirements not only Build a better future – helps you prepare for and deepen your In fact, CIA believes these skills are so for yourself and for the world understanding of your major discipline, but critical to your success in building better This unparalleled combination of core also develop professional writing skills, futures—for yourself and for the world—we strengths and connections to real-world oral communications, interpersonal skills, have further distinguished ourselves from engaged practice best prepares you for the leadership capacity, cultural awareness other art and design schools across the 21st century skills you’ll need to make a real and understanding, and empathy—all country by committing the resources for an difference—creativity, critical thinking, skills and attributes that we know are Engaged Practice graduation requirement collaboration and communication. going to be critical to your ability to build a across all academic departments. successful future in the 21st century and participate with a creative, critical voice in For more information on both the Engaged an increasingly complex world. Practice graduation requirement and on where to find EP course descriptions, refer to Section 8: Degree Requirements, p. 60.
14 IV. Foundation Program Share in a collective setting V. Liberal Arts Studies Newly admitted students begin in our Be prepared for lively debates and the At the Cleveland Institute of Art, we cultivate Foundation program, a year-long camaraderie that develops as you and the intellectual development of our students introduction to forms, methods, media, and your peers work together in studio. as they move through each of their degree concepts crucial to your future academic We balance fundamental approaches with programs. In order to create, you need not and professional success. You will emerge experimentation to develop your aesthetic only art and design skills, but also the ideas from the program on technically equal sensibilities. The Foundation experience behind them. So, woven throughout each footing with your peers—ready to fosters a learning environment that is semester at CIA are courses in the concentrate on the study and practice of responsive to your aspirations, as well as to humanities and social sciences—art history, art and design. innovations in the world of art and design. English, philosophy, anthropology, and For example, our unique Charette courses, psychology. Liberal Arts course offerings Laying the groundwork for which focus on the themes Self + Other are distributed across four subject areas: your future Voices and Community + Collaboration, nn Art/Craft/Design History + Theory Our Foundation curriculum offers an not only help distinguish CIA from other art nn Humanities + Cultural Studies intensive exploration of color, form, design, schools across the country, but they begin nn Literature, Language + Composition and creative problem solving. You will to prepare you for professionally engaged nn Science + Natural Studies begin with core courses in drawing, design, practice in art and design in the “real world.” color, and digital studies that acquaint you The Three C’s: with composition, drawing principles, and As part of all of these experiences Culture, Creativity, Connection 2D, 3D and 4D materials and processes. throughout your Foundation year, you A singular feature of the Institute’s Liberal As you work on studio projects, you will will become immersed in the country’s Arts curriculum is our approach to studying investigate visual dynamics, creative richest concentration of arts, cultural and a subject by connecting it to other processes, and issues that inform educational resources in University Circle. disciplines in our program. For example, in contemporary art, design and culture. Our classes regularly explore the permanent your Foundation year at CIA, you may read collections of the Cleveland Museum of about ancient and medieval philosophy and To help you transition from Foundation Art, the exhibits of the Cleveland Museum culture in English class while taking Ancient studies into our majors, you also will take of Natural History, or the rainforest of the and Medieval History of Art. This carefully an elective class. The elective courses Cleveland Botanical Garden. With Case curated educational experience creates a offers an opportunity to explore various Western Reserve University, University comprehensive perspective on a subject disciplines in the art, craft, design and Hospitals and the Cleveland Clinic located that will give you a broad sense of the integrated media areas while helping you a quick walk along Euclid Avenue we trajectory of world history itself. make an informed choice about your major tap into unmatched science and health and future career path. care resources that boost our curriculum, Our Liberal Arts curriculum is designed to including the think[box] at CWRU, the develop your understanding of world At CIA, all students must apply to and be largest university-based maker space and cultures—both past and present—and to accepted into one of our major areas of innovation center in the world. discover the importance of these ideas study before they can proceed to the to the growth of your artistic life. second year of enrollment. This competitive For a complete listing of Foundation year application process occurs in the spring course requirements, see Section 8: Degree Coursework centers on the ideas of culture semester of your Foundation year. Requirements, page 60. as a generator of creative ideas and of Throughout the fall semester, advisors and For a complete listing of Foundation course students as makers within their cultures. faculty will offer a series of workshops descriptions, please see Section 9: Course At CIA you will graduate with a breadth of about the major application process, Catalog, beginning on page 79. knowledge that is the hallmark of the guidance to help you develop your portfolio, baccalaureate degree. and information about CIA’s majors and various career paths. For more information about the Major Application Process, see Section 8: Degree Requirements, page 45.
15 Foster the expression of ideas VI. Professional Practices VII. Major Programs Research, reading and composition are All students also take a course in What follows is an overview of each of CIA’s crucial to the development of your own Professional Practices, which provides an 15 major programs, organized alphabetically. artistic ideas. By completing rigorous overview of the environment surrounding assignments in analytical essays and the business of art and design, and the For a complete listing of degree research papers, you will become a practice of the individual. A core lecture requirements by major, see Section 8: stronger writer, able to convey your point of series covers self-promotion, networking, Degree Requirements, beginning on page view in tandem with understanding diverse ethics, intellectual property, contracts, 60. For a complete listing of course perspectives. For those who excel in these professional development. Students select descriptions for each major and learning areas, you may choose to add concentrated among specialized sections of the course, cluster, please see Section 9: Course Liberal Arts coursework to your studies. based upon their major. Catalog, beginning on page 79. Complete a Visual Culture Emphasis to enjoy extensive training in art history, theory, For more information on which section of and criticism. Or opt for a Creative Writing the course is required by each major, please Concentration if you want a career refer to the degree audit sheets for each advantage in fields like illustration or film major, contained in Section 8: Degree (or if you just love to write). Requirements, beginning on page 60. For a complete course description, please see For information on Liberal Arts course the course heading, Professional Practices requirements, the Visual Culture Emphasis, + Engaged Learning in Section 9: Course and the Creative Writing Concentration, Catalog, beginning on page 97. refer to Section 8: Degree Requirements, page 60. For a complete listing of Liberal Arts course descriptions, please see Section 9: Course Catalog, beginning on page 79, and search alphabetically for the four subject headings listed on the previous page, or follow the selectable Liberal Arts Studies links throughout this catalog.
16 Animation Biomedical Art Ceramics Animation is a medium that breathes life One of only a few undergraduate degrees of In the Ceramics program at CIA we build on into concept through movement. As an its kind in the United States, our Biomedical the long-standing tradition of ceramic art by Animation student you’ll discover how the Art program combines applied art, science, teaching both the art and science of its two dialogue of an otherwise stagnant image or and technology to create visual education major traditions: works of sculpture and object changes and evolves when put to materials on scientific and medical topics. works of utility. We expose students to the motion. rich history and contemporary potential of Merging tradition with ceramics as a vehicle for expression of Study the craft of storytelling new technology personal ideas and concepts. As a student in our program, you will create Based on the traditional field of scientific narrative and experimental animation that and medical illustration, our curriculum Develop a wide range of techniques bring both characters and environments to incorporates leading-edge digital media As a Ceramics major you will study all life. Our integrated curriculum focuses on techniques, interactivity, and animation. aspects of ceramic work, including sequential narrative storytelling, conceptual As a Biomedical Art major, we blend your traditional techniques such as hand building development, storyboarding, methods of artistic talent with knowledge of natural and pottery wheel throwing, clay and glaze animation, framing and staging, animatics, science, a biomedical intellect, and strong making, glazing techniques, and loading layers, and motion studies. You will work visual communication skills. You will learn and firing gas, electric, and wood-fired kilns. with innovative production technologies in: about illustration, information design, You will expand your conceptual ideas with nn 2D and 3D digital media and animation; 3D modeling, and animation through the use of 3D modeling, industrial mold- nn film; video production; conventional and digital methods. With a making techniques, and ideation. nn and stop-motion animation. flexible course of study, you can take courses in: Be part of a community To enhance your skills in character nn Computer imaging and animation The Ceramics department offers an development and set design, you will study nn Editorial illustration interactive, open studio environment in the development of: nn Instructional design and multimedia which we encourage collaboration and nn personality in motion; nn Medical sculpture communication among students, peers and nn lighting of small-scale digital nn Surgical and natural science professors. Our curriculum extends to the environments; entire Craft + Design faculty, who are all nn sound related to motion and sync; Benefit from a wealth of resources practicing, professional artists. nn and the broad scope of tactile sculpture Our dedicated, highly trained faculty is one media. of our greatest assets. Each instructor in the We stress conceptualization, technology, Biomedical Art major is a Board Certified entrepreneurship, and career development In addition, we emphasize presentation Medical Illustrator—which requires a written throughout the Ceramics and Craft + and public speaking skills, which help exam and practicum as well as continued Design programs. prepare you for pitching your ideas and education in current biomedical, business, directing a team. and artistic practices. In addition to their expertise, our faculty have established great connections with the region’s extraordinary medical, scientific, and cultural communities. Our professional partnerships with Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, and the Cleveland Clinic, as well as the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and Cleveland Botanical Garden will provide you with amazing exhibition opportunities and medical illustration projects.
17 Drawing Game Design Glass As a Drawing major, you will explore As a major in our Game Design program, During the past half century, the studio traditional and unconventional materials, you will acquire skills in 3D modeling, glass movement of the 1960s has bridged tools, and techniques to define your animation, programming, visual design, the gap between individual artists and aesthetic identity as well as challenge your interactive storytelling, audio and game craftsmen creating handmade functional artistic vision and resourcefulness. production. In addition, your coursework glass objects to making one-of-a-kind will examine theory and context of video sculptures. This melding of personal An integrated visual arts curriculum game culture and digital media. expression with the business of being a As part of the Visual Arts (VA) community, working artist has led to the exponential our program in Drawing provides students Prepare for an exciting career growth in private, artist-owned studios, with a broad education in the visual arts Our curriculum emphasizes presentation community studios, and glass programs in while strengthening their conceptual skills such as writing, storyboarding, motion, universities including our BFA degree knowledge of the drawing discipline. and directing—all essential for a successful program at CIA. job in game design. You also will perform Through this integrated curriculum, you will game-specific and player-focused research Train in advanced glass techniques be introduced to historical and cultural and study special effects. As a student in the Glass department, you frameworks of drawing, the individual studio will train in four main methodologies: practice of drawing, style and aesthetics, As a Game Design major, you will: nn Working hot glass which comprises and the idea of communication through nn Improve your character development glass blowing and off-hand, molten drawing. You will master a visual vocabulary abilities glass processes and learn to draw from observation, nn Master the use of rule design, play nn Working cold glass including cutting, ideation, and experimental processes. mechanics, and social game interaction fabricating, grinding, sandblasting, nn Integrate visual, audio, tactile, and engraving, polishing, gluing and the Supportive, collaborative environment textual elements into a total game incorporation of other materials and Our Drawing faculty use a multi-disciplinary experience component approach to teaching, pulling from other nn Create both linear and non-linear media nn Working glass in a kiln environment visual art fields, such as printmaking, by applying post-production techniques which includes casting, slumping, painting, sculpture and time-based work. fusing, silkscreening, and powder Additionally, students will attend lectures by Additionally, you will learn how to create drawing and work individually with artists visiting 3D modeling digital visualizations that nn Working glass in the flame shop, which campus throughout the year. use organic and inorganic modeling, comprises using a torch to manipulate construction of compound objects, 3D glass rods and tubing In addition, you will be tutored in creating a primitive construction and modeling, and professional portfolio, developing grant- resolution and tessellation of 3D objects After you survey the basic methods during writing skills, and proper etiquette for and formats. your introductory classes, you will explore successfully approaching dealers, curators, various techniques and concepts before and collectors. You also will gain an A team-oriented culture performing your own independent study understanding of how to set up your own Collaboration is a vital aspect of the studio and research individually tailored to your professional studio in our professional experience at CIA. As a Game Design major, developing voice, You will do all of this practices program. you will be part of our digital arts community under the guidance of our devoted Glass and take courses with students from other faculty, whose commitment to the art form Each spring, you will have an opportunity majors. This ongoing exchange between has earned them international recognition to visit professional galleries and exhibitions students with differing perspectives and as leading contributors to the medium. in New York City, such as the Whitney techniques helps build team skills integral to Biennial and The Armory Show. brainstorming, character design, narrative ideas, production, and presenting and critiquing project outcomes.
Moreover, you will be mentored by our extremely talented faculty. Accomplished experts in digital media and game design, they will help you build connections and network with other professionals in the field.
18 Graphic Design Illustration Industrial Design As our methods of communication become Entertain, enlighten and inspire Our Industrial Design program consistently increasingly mobile, we rely more and more As an Illustration major, you will experience ranks as one of the top programs in the on design to communicate in creative and an intensive exploration of figurative and country. In fact, we are known for producing engaging ways. Our Graphic Design object-based drawing from both graduates who work at the top of their field, curriculum incorporates the dramatic observation and imagination, using both solving real-world problems and becoming changes that are transforming the graphic analog and digital approaches. In addition successful entrepreneurs. Our alumni design industry and the increasing to learning the history of illustration, we design consumer electronics, apparel, importance of clear visual communication. challenge you to master your critical and housewares, furniture, toys, automobiles, conceptual thinking, research, problem- medical devices and many other products. Examine a wide array of solving, and presentation skills, all of which Many of these designers become leaders design processes will help you to discover your personal within their organizations, helping to As a Graphic Design major, you will explore vision and sense of storytelling. develop cutting-edge products and both innovative and traditional methods of strategies, while managing teams that graphic design—including typography, Industry professionals will guide you transform the way people work and interact. print and web design, package design, and through market-based projects that are as You use products designed by our signage. You will be introduced to forms, engaging as they are varied: picture books, graduates every day. methods, conventional and experimental graphic novels, greeting cards, licensing, types of media, and concepts crucial to editorial and advertising– along with blue Build a foundation for a lifelong career creative development, self. expression, and sky concept art, visual development and Our rigorous curriculum centers on effective visual communication. character design for entertainment such as research, conceptualization, and refinement, animated feature film, TV and video games. with a focus on critical thinking and applied While we rely on the latest technology to innovation. This approach provides you with build technical skills, our coursework allows By the time you are ready to graduate, you a strong understanding of the creative you to explore and grow beyond these will be versed in the markets and business process, market forces, manufacturing, technologies. Your study will include: of illustration and positioned to become sustainability, and business practices. As an nn Editorial and publication design contributors and leaders in the industry. Not Industrial Design major, you will develop nn Event and exhibition design only will you be able to help bring a client’s skills in visual communication, form nn Interactive and motion graphics vision to life, but as creative entrepreneurs, development and presentation, as well as nn Print, marketing and advertising design you will be prepared to research, invent and strengthen your knowledge of ergonomics, nn Production techniques pitch your own stories and intellectual manufacturing, and marketing. You also will properties to the marketplace. study drawing, modeling, and computer- aided design, which are critical to developing and communicating ideas. Our goal is to balance your growth in fundamental knowledge and skills with your individual areas of interest.
Gain real-world experience in the classroom Collaboration is an integral part of our program, and our faculty use solution- driven methods to teach broad design concepts and problems, and learn how to critically evaluate and refine solutions. You will work with students from other colleges, and other CIA programs, and with professionals from international companies, who will expose you to real-world challenges. Each spring, you will participate in CIA’s annual Spring Design Show. This exhibition of student work will allow you to refine your presentation skills, gain first-hand exposure to industry practices, and network with professional designers.
19 Interior Architecture Jewelry + Metals Painting Our Interior Architecture program As a Jewelry + Metals major, you will study Our department of Painting has a long emphasizes commercial, retail, architectural, and build a thorough understanding of and illustrious history of producing and spatial design. As a student, you will contemporary jewelry, metal work, and successful artists. As a Painting major, study design processes, sensitivity and design to develop the knowledge, skills, you will acquire a broad knowledge of knowledge of material specification, and and character to become a successful artist the visual arts and in-depth knowledge of ethical problem solving. You also will learn and designer. painting as a studio practice. presentation skills, including traditional rendering, computer-aided design (CAD), Innovative, interdisciplinary curriculum Prepare for life as a professional artist and 3D modeling. The Jewelry + Metals coursework begins At the core of our coursework is an with the fundamentals, techniques, and understanding of what it takes to be a A real-world classroom materials for jewelry and object making. professional artist. With this goal in mind, Partnering with regional design firms is one The curriculum offers an exceptional we provide our students with a solid of our program’s greatest strengths. These breadth of opportunities to learn about foundation in technical and problem- relationships provide Interior Architecture materials, design, and technologies: solving skills, art criticism and theory, and majors with exciting assignments, such as nn Computer-aided design (CAD) contemporary practices in the visual arts. designing trade shows, restaurants, health nn 3D modeling and 3D printing care centers, auto dealerships, and nn Electroforming and plating As a Painting major, you will experience a museum, exhibition and showroom spaces. nn Forming and fabrication wide range of approaches from abstract nn Lost-wax casting and figural painting to alternative media and Additionally, you will participate in materials nn Precious metals installation. Your work will be guided by our workshops offered by leading furniture and nn Stone setting faculty of professional artists through materials manufacturers. Each spring, you nn Material studies + mixed media individual and group studio critiques, will participate in CIA’s annual Spring nn Traditional machining tools workshops, seminars, and special topics Design Show. This exhibition of student courses. In addition, a series of special work will allow you to refine presentation And you will study contemporary attitudes events such as exhibitions, artist visits, and skills, gain first-hand exposure to industry towards jewelry, the history of the field, scholar programs will present you with the practices, and network with professional wearables, and objects of material cultural, issues, challenges, and practices you can designers. You will gain a perspective of the as well as the artists, designers, industries, expect to face during your professional life. industry through lectures and symposia by and their exemplary work. award-winning designers, visits to top You will be tutored in creating a professional design firms in the region, and internships. Practice makes successful artists portfolio, developing grant-writing skills, and To grow as an artist, you will develop new proper etiquette for successfully These experiential learning opportunities will skills, increase your knowledge, and approaching dealers, curators, and strengthen your communication skills, broaden your experiences. Jewelry + collectors. You will learn how to set up your demonstrate industry expectations, and Metals majors accomplish these goals own professional studio in our Professional improve your understanding of designer- through a range of experiences that include Practices program. client relations. They also create a learning studio and research assignments, atmosphere of collaboration, innovation, presentations, exhibitions, interactions with Work in an exciting, collaborative and community. visiting artists, and field trips. Throughout atmosphere each year, majors are encouraged to submit As part of the Visual Arts community, you work to exhibitions and competitions will share in an integrated curriculum including the CIA Student Independent studying other disciplines within the Exhibition, the CIA Spring Show, Society of community. North American Goldsmiths competitions (SNAG), and many others. Each spring, you have the opportunity to visit professional galleries and exhibitions in New York City, such as the Whitney Biennial and The Armory Show.
20 Printmaking Photography + Video Sculpture + Expanded Media Printmaking is an approach to image CIA offers a unique program for the In Sculpture + Expanded Media, students making that embraces, utilizes, and Photography major to pursue focused explore how to use object-making, challenges technology from traditional studies with a concentration in Video or installation, time-based tools, performance, approaches of printing to online distribution Photographic arts. This program coursework and digital technologies to create innovative of digital products. As a print student you is designed to provide a rich and varied new works. Conceptual development is can push and explore with your drawing, knowledge of techniques and aesthetics combined with hands-on exploration of photographic, and mark-making skills. essential to photography, video and digital materials, fabrication techniques, and You’ll develop a broad base of knowledge cinema through lectures and demonstration, emerging practices in order to support of various print mediums, including relief, assignments, critiques, and group or students to produce work relevant to their intaglio, lithography, screen printing, as well one-on-one discussion with instructors and personal vision. as contemporary digital approaches. visiting artists. Courses in the department are a blend Develop essential skills for Develop a range of photographic of theory and practice. Students are the workplace and video skills encouraged to develop approaches to Within Printmaking, you’ll have access to Photography majors work with an array of making work that are transdisciplinary and etching and lithography presses, as well as photographic and video imaging tools and explore how to work with audiences and book arts, letterpress, and screenprint equipment that includes digital and film communities. In the curriculum, students facilities. As you grow in the major, so too cameras for both still and moving imagery, are encouraged to explore the creative will your ability to produce distinct enlargers and darkroom equipment, optical potential of material, space, interactive impressions and multiples, from hand- scanners, archival and large-format inkjet and time-based forms. Students will printed limited editions to unlimited digital printers, professional studio and lighting explore both traditional, appropriated and prints. Through our studio courses you’ll gear. Courses engage the student in all experimental processes to making art. develop a comprehensive approach to phases of the photographic workflow from understanding, defining, making, and image capture, lighting and editing, to In the program, students will develop a questioning your practice of printmaking. image processing, enhancement, set of constructive and technical skills by You’ll work with a committed group of manipulation, and use of special effects and working in such areas as wood, textile and faculty who are practicing artists widely alternative photo imaging processes. metal fabrication, mold-making, assembling, respected for their knowledge and Crucial too is the student’s exploration of sewing and construction. Students are achievements, including a master printer. media for image output, presentation encouraged to further explore content in They will work with you to hone your skills options and professional standards for time-based art, installation, hybrid media, and define your personal direction. You will photographic and digital media archiving. 3D modeling, and other forms. be supported in creating a professional portfolio, developing grant-writing skills, A supportive, interactive environment Students are encouraged to develop and proper etiquette for successfully As a Photography + Video major, you’ll learn technical skill, concept development, an approaching dealers, curators and to develop a distinct vision, to communicate understanding of emerging forms and collectors. In addition, you will gain an effectively, while immersed in a creative, genres, and to explore contemporary ideas understanding of how to set up a collaborative surrounding. Students benefit and forms in order to develop a practice professional studio in our Professional from the expertise of a diverse, professional, that integrates past forms with the vision Practices program. and committed faculty. Coursework of the future. designed to expand intellectual discovery, Enjoy a synergistic atmosphere creative practice, and technical proficiency On the annual visual arts trip to New York Printmaking majors share in an integrated provides invaluable tools for a professional City, you’ll experience first-hand curriculum that provides a broad knowledge career engaged in the photographic arts. professional galleries and exhibitions in the visual arts while strengthening such as the Whitney Biennial and in-depth conceptual knowledge of the Photography majors are encouraged to The Armory Show. Printmaking discipline. You’ll have participate in exchange programs, opportunities to travel to professional international mobility studies, and pursue conferences and Cleveland’s rich network internships in both fine arts and commercial of printmaking artist studios. On the annual venues such as photographic studios, visual arts trip to New York City, you’ll museums and galleries, video production experience first-hand professional galleries and digital filmmaking industries. We invite and exhibitions such as the Whitney professional artists, critics, writers, Biennial and The Armory Show. collectors, curators, and museum and gallery directors to meet with students and critique portfolios.
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The Cleveland Institute of Art offers 15 majors, your own dedicated studio space, and direct access to your professors through a 9:1 student-to-faculty ratio. We bring in artists and exhibitions from around the world and connect you with local and national businesses. And you’ll live, work, and learn in University Circle, an internationally recognized cultural hub.
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23 First-time freshmen International Students Admissions Application Process The Institute is especially pleased to receive 1. Complete the application. You may applications from international students apply online (preferred), or fill out an as we believe you contribute greatly to the First-time freshmen students application form and mail it to our school community. We admit first-time (candidates with no prior Admissions office. college experience) freshmen into degree- As an international student, we recognize seeking status in the fall semester only. 2. Attach the $40 application fee. your concerns about adjusting to cultural, Payable online, or make checks or social, and environmental changes. We strongly encourage you to follow money orders payable to the Therefore, our Office of Student Affairs and application deadlines to ensure admission Cleveland Institute of Art. International Programs staff will help you to CIA and eligibility for the highest amounts adapt to life at CIA and serve as a hub of of merit scholarships and institutional 3. Complete a personal statement, helpful information for you. financial aid. However, you may submit an in which you describe your purpose for application for admission any time before attending a college of art and design, If your native language is not English, the first day of classes on a “rolling basis” what led you to this decision, and why you must demonstrate proof of English and will be considered, provided space is you have chosen to apply to CIA. You language proficiency in addition to available. may either fill out the personal statement satisfying all admissions requirements. prompt outlined in the application form As an international student, you also are As a first-time Foundation candidate, you or include a typed statement. If you send required to submit an International Student will be considered automatically for merit- a typed statement, please sign the Supplemental form and a Certification of based scholarships as long as all of your bottom of the personal statement form Finances form with your application. application materials have been submitted in the application. by March 1. 4. Arrange to have your high school/ Your application should include: college transcript(s) sent to the nn $40 application fee Office of Admissions. nn Personal statement outlining your reason for applying 5. Forward a letter of recommendation nn Official high school/college transcripts to CIA. If you are a high school student, nn Letter of recommendation, preferably we suggest this letter be from an art from an art teacher or counselor teacher. We will also accept this letter nn Official SAT or ACT test scores from a counselor or someone who nn Portfolio of artwork understands your desire to pursue an art education.
6. Request that SAT or ACT test results be sent to CIA. Our identification numbers are SAT-1152 and ACT-3243.
7. Submit your portfolio of artwork. Work can be submitted online or on disc; your CIA admissions counselor will provide details about submitting online. Your portfolio should consist of no fewer than 12 and no more than 20 pieces of work. Please carefully follow our portfolio guidelines, found at: cia.edu/portfolio.
8. Send all application materials to: Office of Admissions Cleveland Institute of Art 11610 Euclid Avenue Cleveland OH 44106
24 International student application Transfer Students 2. If you are an international transfer process Students who have attended accredited student and English is not your native International students should adhere to the two- and four-year colleges or universities, language, you must demonstrate same admission procedures, deadlines, and post-secondary professional schools proof of English language proficiency and portfolio guidelines as first-year are encouraged to apply as transfer with one of the following: freshmen or transfer applicants. students. Transfer students applying nn TOEFL (Test of English as a International applicants also must adhere for the fall semester will be reviewed for Foreign Language) score of at least: to the additional guidelines below: scholarships beginning May 1 and will 550 PBT (paper-based test), be considered as long as their complete 213 CBT (computer-based test), or 1. Download and complete an applications are received by June 15. 79 IBT (Internet-based test) International Student Supplemental Students intending to transfer in the spring nn IELTS (International English Language Application form. semester will be reviewed for scholarships Testing System ) band score of 6.0 beginning November 15 and will be or higher 2. Download and complete a considered until January 1. nn SAT or ACT test scores Certification of Finances form. nn Completion of Level 112 ESL Your application should include: coursework 3. If English is not your native language, nn $40 application fee demonstrate proof of English nn Personal statement outlining your *International students with TOEFL scores language proficiency with one of reason for applying lower than those listed above may be the following: nn Official high school/college transcripts admitted conditionally, and will be required nn TOEFL (Test of English as a nn Letter of recommendation, preferably to take additional ESL coursework or Foreign Language) score of at least: from an art teacher or counselor tutoring in order to improve their English 550 PBT (paper-based test), nn Official SAT or ACT test scores skills during their time at CIA. Conditions 213 CBT (computer-based test), or nn Portfolio of artwork for admission of these students will be 79 IBT (Internet-based test) made on a case-by-case basis. nn IELTS (International English Language Transfer Student Application Process 3. One letter of recommendation. Testing System ) band score of 6.0 Transfer candidates are accepted at The letter preferably should come from or higher CIA based upon artistic and academic a faculty member or counselor who nn SAT or ACT test scores qualifications as well as available space. knows your artistic and academic work nn Completion of Level 112 ESL Transfer applicants also should adhere to well and understands your desire to coursework the additional guidelines below: become a working artist.
*International students with TOEFL scores 1. Submit official transcripts from all 4. Submit your portfolio. In addition to lower than those listed above may be colleges, universities, and post- our portfolio guidelines, please make admitted conditionally, and will be required secondary schools attended. sure to provide the specific elements to take additional ESL coursework or nn If you have completed fewer than 24 required of transfer students, found at: tutoring in order to improve their English college credits, you will also need to cia.edu/portfolio. skills during their time at CIA. Conditions for submit official high school transcripts. admission of these students will be made on nn If you have completed more than 24 5. Send all application materials to: a case by case basis. hours or attended a regionally Office of Admissions accredited college or university full time Cleveland Institute of Art 4. Send all application materials to: for a year, you do not need to send your 11610 Euclid Avenue Office of Admissions high school transcripts. Cleveland OH 44106 Cleveland Institute of Art nn If you have completed fewer than 12 11610 Euclid Avenue college credits, please also request your Cleveland OH 44106 SAT or ACT test results are sent to CIA. Our identification numbers are SAT-1152 If you have any questions about our and ACT-3243. application process, please contact our Office of Admissions.
25 U.S. Veterans Special Admissions Students Pre-College Program The Cleveland Institute of Art encourages At CIA, we recognize that you may have CIA’s annual summer Pre-College Program U.S. veterans to apply. unique circumstances, and we are open is open to all students who will be entering to exploring your options as a potential their sophomore, junior, or senior year of Yellow Ribbon program candidate. Depending on qualifications, high school. These two 2-week long We are participants in the Yellow Ribbon such as an aptitude for art, we will accept residential programs are designed to reflect GI Education Enhancement Program applications from: the life of an art student attending a college (Yellow Ribbon Program) and are fully nn Home-schooled students of art and design. Students who approved. At CIA through the Yellow Ribbon nn Non-degree seeking students successfully complete this program earn Program provision of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, nn Part-time students three undergraduate credits per course eligible U.S. veterans and their dependents nn Re-admissions students (i.e., students from the Cleveland Institute of Art. may qualify for an opportunity to receive who withdrew or took a leave of fully funded tuition. absence from CIA) For more information, visit nn Probationary admissions students cia.edu/precollege. Program benefits (i.e., any applicant judged generally Between the GI Bill, CIA’s contribution, admissible, despite academic or and a matching contribution from the U.S. English deficiencies) Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), our nn Vocational rehabilitation students Yellow Ribbon Program benefits cover four full years of tuition for qualifying students. We are proud to offer the largest benefits Returning Students of any Ohio art school, and one of the best Students wishing to return to CIA after a among America’s specialized art and design leave of absence or withdrawal must colleges (AICAD). complete a returning student application. Generally, a portfolio review is not required How the program works unless the student seeks advanced Signed into law in 2009, the Post-9/11 placement. GI Bill pays for in-state public tuition and fees for eligible U.S. veterans, service Students who applied to CIA within the members, reservists, and National Guard last three years but never enrolled must members, and it may be transferable under complete a reactivation application. certain circumstances to a spouse or dependent. The Yellow Ribbon Program Students who are interested in taking supplements the GI Bill by allowing private classes at CIA but do not wish to pursue a or out-of-state schools with higher tuition to degree must complete a non-degree contribute additional funds that are matched student application. by the VA. The Post-9/11 GI Bill offers the most comprehensive education benefit All other students should follow our package since the original 1944 GI Bill, standard admission procedures and criteria. which funded education or training for For guidance on how to assemble your 7.8 million World War II veterans. application materials, we suggest contacting one of our CIA admissions counselors.
26 Financial Aid Application Dependency Status Financial Aid Process If federal guidelines determine that you If you are a new applicant for admission to are financially dependent on your parents, CIA, we encourage you to apply for you must include parent information when We understand that paying for college is admission to CIA early. Once a student you file the FAFSA. You are considered to complicated. At the Cleveland Institute of applies for admission and is accepted to be dependent unless you are one of the Art, we pride ourselves in offering a CIA and submits a 2018-19 FAFSA at fafsa following: personal touch to a potentially confusing .gov, a review to determine financial aid nn 24 years of age as of January 1 process. We are ready to clarify tricky eligibility occurs based on the data nn Married topics, answer questions, discuss any submitted on the 2018-19 FAFSA. nn A graduate or professional student concerns regarding your ability to afford nn Responsible for a legal dependent CIA, or consider special financial situations. The first step in applying for financial aid is other than a spouse to create a Federal Student Aid ID nn On active duty or a veteran of the The Office of Financial Aid is committed to (FSA ID) username and password. You (or U.S. Armed Forces helping you find ways to close the gap both you and one of you parents if you nn At any time since you were age 13, both between the cost of attending the Institute are a dependent student) must have a FSA parents were deceased, and you were and your ability to fund your education. ID username and password. You will in foster care or you were a dependent We will work with you to craft a personalized use this FSA ID username and password to or ward of the court financial aid package that combines any complete the FAFSA each year while nn Determined at any time after July 2014 available Institute-sponsored aid, federal you are a college student. It is also used for to be an unaccompanied youth who aid, scholarships, loans, work-study other government financial aidrelated was homeless or self-supporting and at programs, and more. websites (studentloans.gov and nslds. risk of being homeless as determined ed.gov.). by your high school or district homeless As you begin to make important choices, liaison; the director of an emergency keep in mind: An impressive 94.8 To create your FSA ID, you will need: shelter or transitional housing program percent of CIA students receive nn Your Social Security Number; funded by the U.S. Department of financial assistance. nn You full name (the name must match Housing and Urban Development; or your name on your Social Security the director of a runaway or homeless card); youth basic center or transitional living nn Your date of birth. program.
Visit fsaid.ed.gov to create (or retrieve) your In unique instances, you may be able to FSA ID. An FSA ID can only be demonstrate that you are independent. associated with one email address. Thus For your dependency override appeal to be parents and children cannot share an considered for independent student status, email address. Do not share your FSA ID you must provide specific documentation with anyone. of these circumstances. In such a case, we recommend you meet with a financial The next step is to complete the 2018-19 aid counselor to discuss your situation. FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) at fafsa.gov beginning October 1, 2017. CIA’s FAFSA Code is 003982. Students who have not completed the 2018-2019 FAFSA by the priority deadlines noted in the chart below will not be considered for such programs as Federal Work-Study and CIA Grants.
If you completed the 2017-2018 FAFSA, you should be eligible to complete the 2018- 2019 Renewal FAFSA. The Renewal FAFSA is much easier, faster, and more accurate to complete as many of the fields are already populated with data from the 2017- 2018 FAFSA.
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Admissions FAFSA Priority Admissions and Priority Deposit Application Priority Deadline2 Financial Aid Deadline 3 Deadline 1 Notification On or About
Early Action 1 December 1 December 15 January 15 May 1
Early Action 2 January 1 February 1 February 15 May 1
Regular Decision March 1 March 15 December 1 May 1
Spring Transfer November 15 November 15 Rolling December 1
Fall Transfer June 1 June 1 Rolling August 1
1 CIA’s application fee is waived for candidates who apply before the deadline. Candidates who apply after the deadline will be considered on a rolling basis.
2 Students who wish full consideration for CIA merit and need-based aid should submit their FAFSA by the priority deadline listed. Students will be awarded Federal Work Study based on a fund s available basis with preference given to students who meet the priority deadline.
3 Enrollment deposits received after the Priority Deposit Deadline will only be accepted on a space-available basis.
28 Estimated Family Contribution CIA’s Office of Financial Aid in order to Cost of Attendance Once your FAFSA is processed by the complete the verification process. You and The Cost of Attendance (COA) is the Department of Education, you will receive your parents can order a tax transcript from combination of direct and indirect costs an email with a link to your Student Aid the IRS by calling 800.908.9946. associated with attending college. It is Report which has your Expected Family used with the calculated Estimated Family Contribution (EFC). Your EFC is based on a Special Circumstances Contribution (EFC) from the data reported standard formula established by Congress, In some instances, you may request a on the FAFSA to determine financial aid and is used as a measure of your family’s re-evaluation of your financial aid eligibility. eligibility. You may receive financial aid, financial strength. including student loans, up to the total Examples of special circumstances include: Cost of Attendance. Financial aid disbursed We award financial aid after reviewing nn unusual medical expenses, loss of to your account in excess of your direct eligibility by subtracting your expected employment, loss of taxable or costs will be refunded to you. family contribution (EFC) from your Cost of non-taxable income; Attendance, or COA. The direct and indirect nn private tuition expenses for primary Direct Costs costs of your education comprise your or secondary schooling; Each semester, all students are provided COA. Once your financial aid eligibility is nn expenses for a parent attending their billing and registration materials at determined, we will create a personalized college that are not reimbursed; their myCIA student email account. financial aid package and send you an nn change in parent’s marital status; These costs include tuition based on award letter. nn unusual dependent care expenses; full-time enrollment and also mandatory nn death of a parent; institutional fees including lab fees, FAFSA Verification nn divorce or legal separation; technology fees, health service fees, In some cases, your FAFSA may be nn natural disaster expenses student activity fees, and an orientation selected by the U.S. Department of not covered by insurance. fee (Fall semester only). These expenses Education or by CIA for a process called To request a re-evaluation of your financial are posted every spring for the upcoming verification, in which the answers submitted aid eligibility due to a special circumstance, academic year at cia.edu/tuition. on your FAFSA will be compared against submit a Special Circumstance Form. requested tax forms and other Obtain this form at cia.edu/forms-resources Additionally, students who choose to documentation to ensure accuracy. Your live on campus (in our residence hall or financial aid award will remain “estimated” apartments) will also have room and board and in a “pending” status until verification expenses. These fees are posted every is completed. Students selected for spring on cia.edu/tuition. verification will be sent a verification form which must be completed and returned to Indirect Costs the Office of Financial Aid. Books and supplies, transportation, and personal expenses are costs that each IRS Data Retrieval Tool student will incur. However, these costs Use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool if you are (expenses) are associated with attending able to do so. This tool is the easiest and CIA but are not billed through CIA. They most accurate way to provide federal tax are included in the Cost of Attendance. return information for your 2018–19 FAFSA. Students who live off campus in an In a few simple steps, you will be able to apartment or other type of rental unit view your tax return information and import and commute to CIA, or students who data from it to your 2018–19 FAFSA. commute from their parent’s or relative’s home also have food and other expenses. In order to use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool, An estimate of these costs are also included you need to electronically submit your in the Cost of Attendance. federal tax returns. Note: If you do not use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool to provide tax View Cost of Attendance numbers for return information on your 2018–19 FAFSA, your individual enrollment status (incoming your chances of being selected for student, returning student) and residential verification are increased. If you are selected status (commuter, on-campus housing, for verification, submitting copies of the IRS off-campus housing) at cia.edu/admissions/ 1040 forms is no longer permitted. If you’re tuition-fees/cost-of-attendance. selected for verification and you do file a paper tax return, you’ll be required to order a tax transcript from the IRS and submit it to
29 Disbursement of Financial Aid Scholarships portion of the CIA merit scholarship for Financial aid awards will not be disbursed or The Cleveland Institute of Art offers many which they are no longer eligible. The CIA posted to your student account until the merit-based scholarships. Scholarships funds awarded will be less than the original Office of Financial Aid receives your signed are awarded through our academic amount of the CIA merit scholarship. Financial Aid award letter confirming departments, the Office of Admissions, acceptance of the award. You can also and the Office of Financial Aid. Some Please note: in all instances where, following accept your financial aid awards online sophomores, juniors, and seniors receive a warning, probation, or suspension status, using NetPartner at netpartner.cia.edu. more than one scholarship. Scholarships students are able to achieve the requisite do not need to be repaid. cumulative GPA for their CIA merit Disbursement will be made to your student scholarship (and they have not exceeded account after the start of each semester CIA merit-based scholarships awarded the allotted timeframe for CIA merit when your financial aid file is complete. to incoming students are based on merit scholarship eligibility), their CIA merit For your financial aid file to be considered (a student’s grades, class rank); test scores; scholarship will be fully reinstated and the complete, you must submit all required and talent and artistic ability, demonstrated CIA funds will be revoked. requested forms to the Office of Financial through your portfolio. Newly admitted Aid, and be registered for classes. Please freshmen and transfer students are Department scholarships and awards follow the instructions and paperwork automatically considered for CIA merit- During the spring semester, individual included with your billing statement to based scholarships when their application academic departments award scholarships deduct all awards from your account for admission and other admission to students currently enrolled at CIA. balance. documents are reviewed. No separate Award winners typically are chosen by scholarship application is required. faculty from each department. Winners are Bill Payment announced at the CIA Awards Ceremony For questions pertaining to your billing CIA merit-based scholarships awarded held every spring semester. statement or about making payments, include: please contact the Office of Student nn Full-tuition CIA Cleveland Metropolitan Some academic departments offer Accounts by calling 216.421.7318. School District and CIA New Bridge scholarships that are both merit and need- Scholarships based. To be considered for department nn CIA Gund Family Scholarships scholarships which are either merit, merit (ranging from $10,000 to $23,000) and need, or need-only students must nn CIA Dean’s Scholarships submit their FAFSA by March 1. (ranging from $6,500 to $11,500). Students are only eligible for any type of CIA Scholarship recipients must be enrolled financial assistance for four years. full-time. CIA merit-based scholarships are renewable, provided recipients maintain the CIA Financial Aid Office minimum cumulative grade point average Promise (GPA) as outlined in each scholarship We promise to assist you in achieving your recipient’s scholarship award letter. educational goals by providing guidance and support in paying for your education. Students who fail to maintain the required Through teamwork, we will promote cumulative grade point average (GPA) for professional and technical enhancements their CIA merit scholarship will be placed on in an effort to be timely and accurate in a warning, probation, or suspended status. the administration of financial aid. Each Students with a warning or probation status employee in the Office of Financial Aid is are still eligible for their CIA merit held to the highest ethical principles as scholarship for the subsequent semester, defined by our code of conduct. despite their not having met the minimum required cumulative GPA. They will be notified in writing of their status and of the GPA target that they need to achieve in the subsequent semester in order to retain their scholarship. Students placed on reduction status are no longer eligible for their CIA merit scholarship. These students are evaluated on a case-by-case basis to Table of Contents receive funds from CIA to help offset a
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31 Student Accounts Withdrawals Eligiblity and Standards of Student accounts are maintained by the See the academic withdrawal policy Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Student Accounts Office, located in the on page 36 of this document. for Need-based Financial Aid Room 106. Payments for supplies or items To receive financial aid from federal, state purchased on campus, tickets for student Residence Hall Contracts and institutional aid programs at the events, and other activities on campus are If you live in the residence hall or an Cleveland Institute of Art, you must make also taken at the Student Accounts Office. on-campus apartment, your contract is reasonable academic progress toward your binding for the entire year. If you terminate degree. This includes maintaining at least a Payment of tuition and fees is due at the your contract after the June 15 deadline for 2.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA) time of registration. An updated schedule reservations for the following year, or and completing 67% of the classes of all tuition and fees is located at withdraw from CIA after the first semester, attempted each year. cia.edu/tuition you are liable for and will forfeit the $150 room deposit, and will also be charged an Additionally, you must earn your degree A “hold” on the release of grades or early termination fee of $500. within 150% of the standard time to earn a transcripts is placed on any student’s BFA degree at CIA. For example, the account that shows an unpaid tuition If you take a leave of absence, study standard time to earn a Bachelor of Fine balance or unpaid debts to any Institute abroad, or are separated from the Institute Arts degree at CIA is eight semesters; 150% department or CWRU department from during a semester, you will not be charged of that time frame would be 12 semesters which CIA students or the Institute receives the early termination fee but will be charged (six academic years). To remain eligible for services that are unpaid at the end of for housing based on the Institute payment/ federal aid, you must earn your BFA within each semester. For detailed information reimbursement schedule. You will also six years (includes years attended at other on tuition and fee payments or questions forfeit the $150 deposit. schools). Please note: CIA merit and about your account, please see the need-based aid is limited to up to eight Student Accounts Administrator. Financial Aid semesters (less for transfer students). Submitting the FAFSA States like Ohio, Pennsylvania and others You may also participate in a plan to spread See the Financial Aid Application also limit their funding to eight semesters. your tuition and fee payments throughout information on page 27 of this catalog. the year. See details on this option at Students who fail to maintain the required tuitionpaymentplan.com. Links to all Office of Financial Aid forms cumulative grade point average (GPA) for and helpful information on the types grants, their CIA merit scholarship will be placed on Refunds loans, work-study, etc. are found at: a warning, probation, or reduction status. Full-time and part-time students who cia.edu/financialaid. Students with a warning or probation status withdraw from individual courses (not a are still eligible for their CIA merit complete withdrawal from the Institute) will Notification of Financial Aid Package scholarship for the subsequent semester, not receive a prorated refund for that Financial aid awards will not be posted to despite their not having met the minimum course(s). Full-time tuition covers a credit your account until all forms, signatures, required cumulative GPA. They will be load from 12 to 18 credits. certifications and the verification process notified in writing of their status and of the are complete. GPA target that they need to achieve in the You should contact the Office of Financial subsequent semester in order to retain their Aid before you withdraw from a course. Be attentive to deadlines and forms that scholarship. Students placed on a reduction Since the number of credits you earn each need your signature. Be sure to submit status are no longer eligible for their CIA semester affects your progress toward your them to the Office of Financial Aid on time. merit scholarship. These students are degree, withdrawing from a course has an evaluated on a case-by-case basis to effect on your financial aid standing. receive funds from CIA to help offset a Withdrawal from a course may also require portion of the CIA merit scholarship for that you refund aid received to either CIA or which they are no longer eligible. The CIA another funding source, so consultation funds awarded will be less than the original with the Office of Financial Aid is highly amount of the CIA merit scholarship. recommended. Please note: in all instances where, following If you anticipate a refund check for any a warning, probation, or reduction status, reason, contact the Student Accounts students are able to achieve the requisite Office. cumulative GPA for their CIA merit scholarship (and they have not exceeded the allotted timeframe for CIA merit scholarship eligibility), their CIA merit
32 scholarship will be fully reinstated and the Federal Work-Study Program (FWS) CIA funds will be revoked. FWS is a campus-based, federally funded program that provides aid awarded to Disbursement of Funds and Bill students who have demonstrated need as Payment determined by the FAFSA. Funding from Awards on your Financial Aid Award letter this award must be earned through will not disburse and post to your student employment and is payable by monthly account until the Office of Financial Aid direct deposit. It cannot be deducted from receives a signed award letter accepting the the student’s billing statement. award(s) or you have accepted your awards online through NetPartner. You must also Most work-study jobs are on campus, but complete all required paperwork and other there are some off-campus jobs that qualify forms, including the Master Promissory for work-study. It is your responsibility to Note (MPN) and Entrance Counseling for apply for on-campus or off-campus Federal Direct loan(s) available at: work-study jobs. Work-study jobs are studentloans.gov. You (and a parent if you posted online in CollegeCentral. Contact the are a dependent student) will need your CIA Career Center for more information FAFSA PIN number to sign into the website. about CollegeCentral.
If you were awarded a Federal Perkins Loan If you secure a FWS job, you must complete you must complete your Perkins Loan and submit a W-4 form and an I-9 form Promissory Note at: signmyloan.com after before working. A copy of a photo ID and a the fall term begins. Social Security card are required. A birth certificate or passport can be substituted. Disbursement of aid to your student These documents must be originals. account occurs after the start of each Paychecks are deposited directly into your semester when your financial aid file is bank account, so a voided check from your complete. The financial aid file is complete bank must also be provided. when all required forms: nn have been completed accurately, Part-time Employment nn submitted to and have been processed Part-time jobs on campus as well as by the Office of Financial Aid, freelance projects are also available. nn and you are registered for classes. Freelance, internship, summer, and other opportunities are posted on the Private loans do not appear on your CollegeCentral. This online site is Student Account billing statement maintained by the CIA Career Center. You as “preliminary aid,” and will appear on your may obtain your login and password billing statement only after the funds are information to access CollegeCentral from received from the lender (bank) and posted the Career Center, located in room 120. to your account. Please follow the instructions included with your billing statement to ensure that you have deducted all of your awards (including loans) from your account balance.
Billing statements are created are obtained through each student’s myCIA account. After logging into your myCIA account, click on the Business Affairs tab; under the “For Students” section, click on “View Your Account Information.” Questions pertaining to your billing statement or about making payments should be directed to the Office of Student Accounts, located in room 106, phone number 216.421.7318.
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35 Non-Discrimination Policy Assessment looks at student work as part Statement and The Cleveland Institute of Art is committed of the evaluation of the Institute’s education to providing a learning, working, and living program. Policies environment that promotes personal Assessment in no way affects student integrity, civility, and mutual respect, and is grades, and there is no way to prepare for free of discrimination. assessment tests or reviews. The faculty Statement on Freedom of uses this information to evaluate the Artistic Expression In accordance with the provisions set forth courses they teach and their curricula, and CIA believes in freedom of artistic by Title IX of the Education Act of 1972 (and to make any changes indicated by the expression. Artistic freedom is vital to both its amendments), Section 504 of the assessment information. the cultural and political health of our Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the society. It is essential to a democracy that Civil Rights Act of 1968 (and its Course Expectations values and protects the rights of the amendments), and other federal regulations, Course Syllabi individual to espouse his or her beliefs. The Cleveland Institute of Art does not At the beginning of each course, students Institute’s responsibility for and dedication discriminate on the basis of race, color, receive a syllabus that contains attendance to securing the conditions in which freedom creed, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual policies, the course description, schedule of of artistic expression can flourish extends to orientation, age, or disabilities in topics to be covered, assignments, all forms of artistic expression, including fine employment practices, administration of expected outcomes, grading guidelines, arts, design, literature, and performance. educational policies, admission, scholarship behavioral expectations, materials needed, and loan programs, and other college- and other information about the faculty The opportunity to display or perform works administered programs and activities. member and course that provide a full of art at CIA is made available through picture of the course and its requirements. several academic processes and Physical Challenges The syllabus may be distributed by paper or procedures in which faculty members, The Institute’s buildings and facilities are electronically and will be conveyed during students, and other duly appointed equipped to accommodate students, the first meeting of the class. Students individuals exercise their best professional faculty, staff, and visitors with physical should expect that faculty will conduct their judgment. Among these procedures are disabilities. However, CIA is not a barrier- class in accordance with the published selection of gallery shows by the Gallery free campus. Students with special needs course information. In addition, the Office of Committee; selection of artwork for student or concerns should contact the Office of Academic Affairs maintains a file of all shows by selected appointed outside jurors; Academic Services. Visitors should contact course syllabi. and performances/presentations as part of the Facilities Management and Safety Office. approved curricula. Such authorized Course Attendance displays or performances, no matter how Assessment Students are expected to attend all unpopular the work might be, must be The Cleveland Institute of Art, like other sessions of the classes in which they are unhindered and free from coercion. colleges and universities, is required by its registered and to attend all associated Members of the CIA community and guests accrediting associations to evaluate the lecture programs and meetings. Progress must reflect in their actions a respect for the success of its curriculum on a regular basis; as an artist depends not only on completion right to communicate ideas artistically, and this process is called “assessment.” During of assignments but also on full participation refrain from any act that would cause that a student’s time at the Institute, they will in dialogue with studio and academic right to be abridged. At the same time, the participate in a variety of assessment classes. Each faculty member is required to Institute recognizes that the right of artists activities. Students will likely encounter their take, and to maintain records of, class to exhibit or perform does not preclude the first assessment activity during new student attendance. right of others to take exception to particular orientation, and the BFA exhibition will be works of art. However, this latter right must their last assessment point as a student. Students who expect to miss classes or be exercised in ways that do not prevent a There are other times in students’ college activities due to religious observances work of art from being seen and must not careers (and as CIA graduates) when they should speak with their faculty members involve any form of intimidation, defacement, will be part of the Institute’s ongoing well before the expected absence. Students or physical violence. assessment program. Student participation are responsible for the missed work, and it in assessment activities will be very helpful is up to the faculty member to determine The Cleveland Institute of Art rejects the in ensuring that CIA’s programs and how they will “count” that absence. claim of any outside individual or agency of services meet current needs and those of the right to dictate the appropriateness or future students. acceptability of the display or performance of any work of art in its facilities or as part of its educational programs. Three weeks of class absences may result
36 in failure. Four weeks of absences will Coursework and Assignments Course Credit result in failure. Students must notify their Course work (including in-class projects, Credit Definition and Accumulation faculty member if they will miss a class, and homework, and written assignments) is All credit-bearing courses offered by the Academic Services if they will miss more assigned by instructors in relation to the Cleveland Institute of Art are offered on a than one class. If a student has a problem requirements and learning objectives for semester credit hour basis. The fall and with missed classes, they should meet with each specific course. Course work spring semesters are each 16 weeks in an Academic Services staff member to completed for one instructor’s class may duration, including 15 weeks of instruction discuss options. not be submitted for credit for another and one week of studio critiques/final instructor’s class unless approval has been examinations. In the spring semester, an Individual faculty members may require granted in writing by all instructors involved. additional week of academic activity is written documentation of a student’s illness Instructors may approve such a written added after critique/examination week to or injury. Note that University Health request based on the following accommodate the BFA reviews and Services (UHS) does not provide considerations: exhibitions. Three-credit studio courses documentation for class excuses. Under 1. The proposed project is interdisciplinary meet once a week for a five-hour clock day. certain circumstances, UHS will provide in nature and concept, and actively Students spend at least six-to-eight hours written verification of the date of a visit to seeks to work across instructional in outside work each week for each studio their office. A student who is hospitalized or areas in order to integrate a range of course taken. Three-credit liberal arts has an extended illness is asked to give media, forms, and/or techniques; classes meet twice a week for a total of 2.5 HIPPA permission to a specific advisor in hours a week. Students are expected to Academic Services so they can 2. The scope of the proposed project is spend two hours in preparation for each communicate with UHS and the hospital ambitious and will satisfy learning liberal arts class hour each week. For regarding the student’s illness and assist as objectives and requirements in internships, three semester hours are needed. Students should contact their different but complementary ways earned for a minimum of 120 hours on the instructor(s) as soon as possible after an for each class; job. For information on specific courses or unavoidable absence. An unexcused 3. The objectives and requirements must guidance on scheduling, contact Academic absence from a final critique or exam will be clarified in writing by the student Services. result in automatic failure of the course. and all instructors involved; Students are required to notify a staff 4. The student understands that such Completion of the Institute’s degree member in the Office of Academic Services a project will be evaluated separately requirements in four years assumes that a prior to missing a final exam or critique. by each instructor involved; student consistently carries the normal 5. The student must also define how and credit load of 15–18 credits per semester. Appropriate Dress for Comfort and where the different and Students with a GPA of 3.5 or above may Safety complementary aspects of their schedule more than 18 credit hours in a Due to the nature of the work at CIA, proposed project fulfill separate semester, and will be charged the per credit how students dress each day may vary. requirements for each class. This will rate for the number of credits taken over 18. Appropriateness of attire is best determined define the grading criteria for individual They must see an academic advisor to get by the kind of work involved. For health instructors to assign separate grades permission to register for more than 18 and safety reasons, shirts and footwear for the larger project. credits. are required. Class Trips The number of credits accumulated toward Faculty may conduct instruction-related the BFA degree is evaluated regularly by the trips or tours that require students to travel Registrar’s Office. Students showing credit away from the Institute and be absent from deficiencies on their records are notified in scheduled class times for courses other writing prior to course selection for the next than the one for which the excursion is term and must meet with an academic intended. Students must notify all faculty advisor. It is the student’s responsibility to whose courses will be missed. In addition, maintain standard progress toward the all students must sign an approved release degree and keep track of curriculum form, in advance of the trip, that declares requirements. Degree audits are available that they will not make a claim against the online through myCIA. Institute or its personnel/representatives for injury or damage sustained while on the trip. Release forms should be returned to the faculty member leading the trip before the event. All CIA policies are in effect during sponsored excursions away from campus.
37 Credit by Portfolio Review (CPR) Transfer Credit Credit for college courses taken before The intent of the Credit by Portfolio Review Credit for college courses taken before enrollment at CIA is evaluated at the time of (CPR) process is to allow students an enrollment at CIA is evaluated at the time of admission to CIA and accepted credits opportunity to have a body of work admission to CIA and accepted credits become part of the CIA academic record. completed outside of scheduled course become part of the CIA academic record. If you wish to take a course at another requirements reviewed for possible credit college and apply the credit toward your within the CIA curriculum. It is NOT College Board Advanced Placement (AP) CIA degree, you must have the course designed to enable students to avoid taking credit will be awarded as follows: approved by CIA prior to registering at the a required CIA course or to achieve credit nn Liberal Arts Credit (including Art History): alternate school. Start the approval process for a course that they have failed or for A minimum schore of 3 is required for 3 at the Registrar’s Office. If the course which an “Incomplete” has turned to an “F.” liberal arts credits. description has been previously approved, Students interested in CPR should contact nn Studio credit: A minimum score of 4 on the Registrar will give you a Transient Academic Services for information and the the AP examination is required for 3 Student Form which will indicate approval of CPR form. studio credits. Credits are applied the course by CIA and can be presented to toward one studio elective in the the college where you take the course. If the The Chair of the appropriate major will student’s major program of study. AP course must be reviewed by CIA faculty conduct the review and provide written studio credits are never applied toward before it can be approved, you may be documentation of the outcome. If credit is first-year Foundation requirements. required to obtain a syllabus or other awarded, the Registrar will notify the information about the course for faculty student of the application of this credit to International Baccalaureate (IB) credit will review. Once the approval is made, you will the program of study and completion of be awarded as follows: obtain the Transient Student Form and can degree requirements. Students may not nn Credit will be considered only for bring it to the other college you attend. request a review under this process for the subjects taken at the higher level. same course more than once. nn Liberal Arts Credit (including Art History): The evaluation and approval of a course for A minimum score of 4 is required for 3 credit is the responsibility of a faculty Applications for CPR for transfer students liberal arts credits. member from the appropriate major or must be made within the first semester of nn Studio Credit: A minimum score of 6 is discipline. If the course is acceptable as a enrollment at CIA. Work already used to required for 3 studio credits. Credits are substitute for a CIA requirement, then the gain credit for another course or by other applied toward one studio elective in the reviewing faculty member indicates the means may not be used to gain credit student’s major program of study. IB acceptability and how the course credit through CPR. studio credits are never applied toward will be applied toward the student’s first-year Foundation requirements. degree program. All Foundation requirements must be completed before students will be allowed Courses taken through Post-Secondary Actual evaluation of transfer credit requires to begin the final year’s coursework Option will be awarded as follows: that an official transcript be received from associated with preparation for the BFA nn Liberal Arts Credit: A final grade of C the college where the course was taken, culminating project. Thus it is critical that if must be achieved in an appropriate and that the grade achieved is a “C” (2.0 on students wish to apply for CPR for any liberal arts-related course. a 4 point scale) or better. The Registrar is Foundation course, they complete this nn The course and grade achieved must responsible for determining if the transcript process before finishing the third year of the appear on an official college transcript. is official, and for recording the credit degree program. Credit will not be issued with only the toward the degree requirements upon high school transcript. The official recommendation of the faculty. An inventory A fee of $100 per credit awarded will be college transcript must be presented to of approved courses is maintained in the charged for the Credit by Portfolio Review CIA’s Registrar’s Office for evaluation. Registrar’s office. process. nn Studio Credit: Unless the studio course is taken at a member school of the For currently enrolled students, CIA will Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art consider transfer credit toward liberal arts and Design (AICAD), in most instances, courses from any accredited institution in credit will be considered only through the U.S. that has been passed with a “C” or portfolio review by the appropriate CIA better (“Pass” or “Satisfactory” grades will faculty of the work completed in the not transfer) and fulfills a degree post-secondary studio course, no matter requirement (per faculty approval) at CIA. what final grade is achieved. Current students may gain studio or liberal arts credit for courses taken at a NASAD- accredited college if the grade is a “C” or
38 better, and the course is pre-approved and The Foundation Program Enrollment and Registration fulfills a degree requirement at CIA. Contact The Foundation (FND) program is designed Enrollment Status the Office of Academic Services for a list of as a basis for advanced study in every Students who have been admitted to study NASAD-accredited programs. major through studio and liberal arts toward the BFA degree are considered courses. Transfer students meet with an “matriculated” students. Individuals in the Exceptions to any of the above methods of advisor and plan a timeline for completion process of meeting admission requirements securing transfer credit must be approved of all Foundation coursework. and those whose objective is not a degree by faculty. The Registrar’s Office is the are classified as “special,” or “non- starting point for this process. Official All students must complete Foundation matriculated.” transcripts for all courses taken external to studio requirements by the end of the CIA must be sent directly to the Registrar’s third year. Those deficient in Foundation Students may enroll as full-time (minimum of Office before transfer credit can be applied studio courses will not be permitted to 12 credit hours per semester), part-time to your record. begin the senior year thesis/BFA (fewer than 12 credit hours in a semester), preparation course(s). or on a special non-degree basis. Any Course Substitution or Waiver desire to change enrollment status should For a variety of reasons, students may wish be discussed with an advisor in the Office of to request a course substitution or waiver of Academic Services. A change from full-time a specific requirement within their program to part-time or non-degree status may of study. A course substitution means that a affect eligibility for scholarships and/or course not specified within the program of financial aid. study is approved in place of a degree requirement. A course waiver means that Certification of Enrollment students do not need to take a specific The Registrar is responsible for certification course but must complete another class of enrollment and verification of degrees carrying the same amount of credit. In both awarded. Documentation needed to prove instances, students need to submit a enrollment status is available at the written petition and be approved by both Registrar’s Office. Requests require two to the department chair of the appropriate three days for processing. department and the Vice President for Faculty Affairs + Chief Academic Officer. Registration Additional information and petitions are Registration at CIA has three components: available in Academic Services. course prescheduling, tuition payment, and completion of required paperwork. These Academic Variance components must be completed each For specific reasons, you may ask to take a semester before students will be considered lighter course load or change/substitute enrolled in each semester at CIA. Failure to courses within your required program of complete these requirements by the end of study. You must submit a course waiver/ the registration period (first week of classes) substitution form with the signature results in students not being permitted to approval of your department chair and the enroll late and cannot attend classes. Vice President of Academic Affairs and submit the form to the Office of Academic All students must register regardless of the Affairs. If you are a first-year student, your financial aid being received or anticipated. request will be reviewed by the Director of Students may not attend classes until their Academic Services. Course substitution financial obligations to CIA have been forms are available from the Registrar or satisfied. Academic Services.
Course prescheduling for the upcoming semester for continuing students occurs in April for fall semester and November for spring semester. Advisors and faculty are available to assist in course prescheduling. prescheduling courses means that the tuition bill and other registration materials will be available to students on myCIA.
39 Students who have reserved courses and before taking that action. No refunds Withdrawal and are in good standing may use their CIA or additional charges will be incurred if Leave of Absence library card between semesters. students remain within 12–18 credit hours. Official Withdrawal See the refund timeline and policy below. When a student withdraws from any college, the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) New students who are attending college for Students may withdraw from a course has very strict rules that the financial aid the first time (including those who took through the tenth week of the semester. office must follow to determine the amount college-level courses before graduating Course withdrawal forms must be of funding that the student “earns” as of the from high school) receive their course completed and are available from the date of his/her withdrawal. Funds that are schedules during the month before their first Registrar and Academic Services. not earned must be returned to the USDOE semester at CIA begins. Those with transfer The form must be signed by the course and other sources of funding. These rules credit, AP, IB, CLEP, or other college-level instructor, the Registrar, and an academic require that the college determine the last coursework should consult with an advisor advisor. Withdrawal after the tenth week date the student attended classes. At CIA, in Academic Services during the summer to will not be permitted unless there are the date of withdrawal is the last date the determine if any adjustments should be extenuating circumstances. If the course student attended class as reported by made to their first semester schedule of withdrawal takes place after the mid-term faculty to the Director of Academic Services. classes. Scheduling for first-year students is grades are recorded, a “W” will appear on Students who withdraw from all courses done by the Registrar, with any transfer the transcript, and the mid-term grade will and leave any CIA-operated residence will credits awarded taken into consideration. be recorded. be charged for tuition, applicable fees, and room based on the following schedule: Students who enter CIA as transfer If the course from which a student nn 10% of tuition, applicable fees, and room students will have their transcript(s) and withdraws is required in their curriculum, charges will be billed if the withdrawal portfolio evaluated by the Registrar, the the course must be repeated. Withdrawing date (last date student attended class) is Foundation chair, and the chair of the major from a course may affect current or future during the first or second weeks of the department (if placement beyond the first scholarship and/or financial aid eligibility. semester. year is sought) for determination of transfer The student should contact a financial aid nn 50% of tuition, applicable fees, and credits and year placement. Transfer counselor for guidance on this point. room charges will be billed if the students placed beyond the first year will withdrawal date (last date student meet with an advisor in Academic Services attended class) is during the third or prior to the start of the semester of entry to fourth weeks of the semester. determine their first schedule of courses. nn 75% of tuition, applicable fees, and room charges will be billed if the withdrawal Adding, dropping, or withdrawing date (last date student attended class) is from a course during the fifth through eighth weeks of During in-person registration week and the semester. the first five days of each term, students nn 100% of tuition, applicable fees, and may add or drop courses. Courses added room charges will be billed if the during this period are simply added to the withdrawal date (last date student semester’s course load. Students who wish attended class) is after the eighth week to take more than 18 credits in a semester of the semester. must see an advisor. Dropped courses will nn Meal and/or CaseCash charges will be not appear on the transcript. Courses from calculated by Case Western Reserve which students withdraw between the end University. of the drop/add period and the end of the withdrawal period appear on the transcript The date of withdrawal is provided to as a “W”; withdrawals after the specified the Office of Financial Aid to determine period (see the Academic Calendar) will the percentage of the term the student appear as an “F.” Students may drop from completed. Based on the date the student or add a course during the appropriate last attended class, the Financial Aid office period using myCIA. Either of these is required by the USDOE to determine how activities must be initiated by the student. many days of the semester passed when It is student’s responsibility to be sure the student stopped attending class. that they are meeting their graduation This number is divided into the number of requirements. Those who are unsure about days in the semester in which the student dropping or withdrawing from a course are was attending to determine the percentage highly encouraged to meet with an advisor of the semester that the student completed.
40 If the withdrawal occurs after 60% of the charged 100% of tuition, fees, room, and Leave of Absence term has elapsed, no return of federal funds board (meals and/or CaseCash) regardless A Leave of Absence (LOA) is defined as an is required. of when the student stopped attending absence from CIA of one semester or less. classes. Students in good academic and financial If less than 60% of the semester has standing may request an LOA and are elapsed at the date of withdrawal, the Office Involuntary Withdrawal In instances required to meet with an advisor in of Financial Aid calculates the return of where students may be unable to function Academic Services to complete the funds using a federally-prescribed formula. academically, or their physical or emotional process. In some cases, stipulations may Funds will be returned in the following order: health may endanger themselves or be applied for their return to CIA. Students nn Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans others, CIA reserves the right to separate on a Leave of Absence should contact nn Federal Direct Subsidized Loans them from the Institute so they may seek Academic Services to arrange for nn Perkins Loans appropriate care. readmission. nn PLUS Loans In all cases of withdrawal, stipulations may Members of the U.S. armed forces receiving If funds remain after repaying all loan be applied for readmission. These may military benefits who are called to active amounts, the remaining funds are repaid include, for instance, coursework at another duty will be granted an LOA for the duration to the Pell Grant and Supplemental institution, or documentation from a medical of their active service. They should contact Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG) professional of readiness to resume a full Academic Services when ready to resume programs. If funds remain after repaying all course of study. their studies. federal loan and grant funds, the remaining funds are repaid to state aid programs, Students interested in returning to CIA are Academic implications of a withdrawal private programs, and any CIA-funded required to complete a formal application or a leave of absence sources of financial aid. for readmission; the form is available on In cases where students take an LOA or the Admissions website. Students who are withdraw before the withdrawal deadline Students and their families should be aware reinstated will be expected to follow the (end of week 10 of the semester), their that the requirement to return federal, state, curriculum in place at the time of their return. courses will appear on the transcript with a or CIA-funded assistance might result in a “W” grade designation. There will be no balance due to the Institute. The student academic credit earned. and/or their family is responsible for paying any balance resulting from the return In cases where a student takes an LOA or of federal, state, private, or CIA-funded withdraws after the withdrawal deadline assistance. (end of week 10 of the semester), their courses will appear on the transcript with Questions about refund calculations “F” grades. Any exception to this policy based upon withdrawal from CIA should would occur when a “late withdrawal” is be referred to the Office of Student approved by the Vice President of Faculty Accounts. Any balance due resulting from Affairs + Chief Academic Officer following a the recalculation of tuition and fees and the successful student petition. Such reduction of aid is due and payable in full. withdrawals are approved only in A revised tuition statement will be sent to exceptional cases. the student once costs and aid are adjusted. Payment options are available. Withdrawal from CIA does not relieve their financial responsibility to the Institute.
Course Withdrawal Because tuition is normally assessed on a comprehensive basis of full-time status, no refunds are issued when a student withdraws from one or more courses while remaining enrolled at CIA.
Unofficial Withdrawal results when a student stops attending classes without official notification to Academic Services. Unofficially withdrawn students will be
41 Readmission Independent Study Faculty members must be approved to Students who were in good standing when Students with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or teach the proposed subject by the Vice they withdrew from the Institute and have higher are eligible to propose a semester- President for Faculty Affairs + Chief been gone for more than one semester, or long independent study course, equivalent Academic Officer. attended another college that is not a to three credits of a liberal arts or studio CIA-affiliated program, may apply for elective. Normally, independent study Cross-Registration readmission by completing the Application courses are available to enable students to Courses not offered at CIA or not available for Returning Students, available online from pursue a topic of interest that is not at a suitable time may be available at the Admissions Office. Students who wish available in the curriculum. There is a limit of another college in the Cleveland area. to be considered for advanced studio one three-credit independent study per CIA has agreements with local colleges that placement based on work completed at semester; a maximum of six credits of enable matriculated, full-time students in another college, or who withdrew from CIA independent study are permitted in any good standing to take one course during before starting their major are required to major program. In certain circumstances, each fall and/or spring semester at any one contact the Admissions Office to arrange a due to the proposed project scope, a 1.5 of these colleges as part of their full-time portfolio review. Transfer credit toward credit independent study may be load (minimum of 12 credits at CIA and a liberal arts requirements will be considered appropriate, and the accompanying course maximum of 18 total credits including upon submission of an official transcript expectations will be adjusted accordingly. credits at the other college) at no additional from the college where the coursework was Independent study credits are graded and cost. Permission is granted by the college taken. cannot be taken on a Pass/Fail basis. offering the course on a space-available basis. Credits are transferrable to CIA if they Students who were academically dismissed In accordance with accrediting agency meet CIA degree requirements and have a from CIA may apply for reinstatement if guidelines for coursework, the following grade of “C” or better. Credit is transferred they have successfully completed the expectations are in place with respect to but grades for these courses are not requirements included in their dismissal time commitments for independent study: calculated into the CIA GPA. See the letter. These may include, for example, Registrar for cross-registration procedures. coursework completed at another institution Studio credit: One semester hour of credit To date, CIA has agreements with Case or documentation from a medical is earned for a minimum of 1.667 contact Western Reserve University, John Carroll professional of readiness to resume a full hours (100 minutes) of classroom University, Cleveland Institute of Music, course of study. Students should first instruction and 2.0–2.667 (120–160 Cleveland State University, and Cuyahoga contact the Director of Academic Services, minutes) of outside classroom preparation Community College (all three campuses). who will advise them about the readmission per week. process, and then submit the Application Off-campus Study for Returning Students. Liberal Arts credit: One semester hour of Off-campus experiences are normally credit is earned for a minimum of 50 recommended during sophomore or junior The deadline to apply for readmission for minutes of classroom instruction and 40 years, or during the summers following the fall semester is July 15, and December 1 minutes of outside classroom preparation these same years. for the spring semester. per week. Eligibility: To be eligible for off-campus Normally for a three-credit experience, study, students are required to be in good students should expect to meet with their academic standing at the time of application faculty sponsor for the equivalent of one and have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5. hour weekly throughout the entire semester. They must also be in good social standing Students should initiate the independent with the Institute, with no outstanding study process by meeting with an advisor in judicial sanctions. Finally, they may have no Academic Services. Proposals must then outstanding Incomplete grades at the time be approved by a faculty sponsor, the of application or departure for off-campus department chair of the area where the study. credit will be applied, and the Vice President for Faculty Affairs + Chief Academic Officer. AICAD Mobility program: An approved proposal is submitted to the CIA is a member of the Association of Registrar so it can be added to students’ Independent Colleges of Art and Design course schedule. (AICAD) and participates in the AICAD Mobility program. Students approved by the Faculty sponsors of independent study host college may spend a semester or courses will mentor students throughout the academic year at another AICAD institution. semester and evaluate their coursework. While on Mobility, students pay tuition to
42 CIA (and can use their financial aid awards been approved before enrollment and/or Grade Value Credit Value and any applicable CIA merit scholarship). earned a grade below “C” will not be Value for GPA A list of all AICAD members and the majors considered for transfer toward the CIA A 4.0 3.0 12.0 offered can be found at aicad.org. Further degree. A- 3.7 3.0 11.1 information and an application may be B+ 3.3 3.0 9.9 B 3.0 3.0 9.0 obtained from Academic Services. Grades B- 2.7 3.0 8.1 Letter Grades C+ 2.3 3.0 6.9 C 2.0 3.0 6.0 Study Abroad Letter grades are a means by which faculty C- 1.7 3.0 5 .1 Students who wish to take courses at a members communicate their professional D+ 1.3 3.0 3.9 D 1.0 3.0 3.0 college or university outside the U.S. may assessment of students’ work. The primary D- .7 3.0 2.1 do so over a summer, semester, or a year. purpose of assigning grades is to provide a F 0 3.0 0 realistic standard of reference by which CIA has agreements with several art and students can measure their progress while Mid-term Grades design colleges outside the U.S. All enrolled at CIA. CIA records mid-term grades for each class. students may participate in programs These grades are available to students offered by other U.S. colleges/universities, Grades are reported twice each semester: online through myCIA, and used for or enroll directly in an overseas college/ mid-term grades after the first eight weeks, advising purposes by both faculty and university. In some cases, students will pay and final grades at the close of the term. academic advisors. They are not calculated tuition directly to the other institution, while The mid-term grade is a preliminary in the GPA, nor are they included as part of for others an exchange will be made where indication of progress to date. the student’s permanent transcript. a student from an overseas school will enroll at CIA while a CIA student attends Semester and cumulative grade point “Incomplete” Grade their college. In these exchanges, CIA averages are reviewed by Academic An “Incomplete” grade should be requested students pay the Institute’s tuition to CIA, Services each term to determine each only for serious extenuating circumstances, and can utilize their CIA financial aid student’s academic status. Each transcript not simply for failure to complete course package. Tuition and fees associated with includes the semester Grade Point Average requirements on time. direct enrollment at another college, either a (GPA) and the cumulative GPA. Letter U.S.-affiliated program or an independent grades have the following meaning: Requests for “Incomplete” grades must be college/university, will vary greatly. student-initiated by means of completing an Availability of U.S. financial aid will depend A, A-: Work of consistently outstanding Incomplete Grade Request Form available on approval of the overseas college to quality, which displays originality, and often from the Registrar’s Office. Instructors may receive U.S. financial aid funds. Generally, goes beyond course requirements; not issue an “Incomplete” grade without CIA scholarships and grants cannot be students’ request or permission. used to pay costs of direct enrollment at B+, B, B-: Work of consistently good another college. quality, demonstrating a high level of In circumstances in which students are proficiency, knowledge, and skills in all unable to be present on campus, the For information about opportunities, costs, aspects of the course; Director of Academic Services or the course approval, and to begin the study Registrar may request an “Incomplete” abroad process, contact the International C+, C, C-: Satisfactory work that meets grade from an instructor on the student’s Activities Advisor or the Dean of Student the requirements of the course and behalf, but only if the student has first Affairs. conforms to the standards for graduation. communicated their agreement to the Per the minimum grade policy (below), “Incomplete.” Mid-term Incomplete grades Summer Study Options a C– or lower grade in a course are permitted at the discretion of faculty Summer study opportunities are available required for the major will not be members without the student’s request or through many programs throughout the U.S. accepted toward the degree, and the permission. and overseas. Information on these and all course must be repeated. opportunities may be obtained through the Students on Academic Probation are not Office of Academic Services. D+, D, D-: Work deficient in concept or permitted to request Incomplete grades execution but acceptable for course credit from any of their instructors. Students who wish to take a summer in all courses with the exception of courses course(s) at another college with the intent required for the major; Incomplete grade revisions are due by the of transferring that course to your CIA end of the fourth week of the semester degree, must contact the Registrar’s Office, F: Work unacceptable for course credit and following that in which the Incomplete grade identify the course, and have it reviewed does not meet the standards for graduation. was issued. Incomplete grades not revised and approved before taking the course. by the deadline will revert to failures. Courses at other institutions that have not Requests for extensions for Incomplete
43 grades will not be permitted. Policy on Minimum Grade in Grading Errors Incomplete grades could affect financial Studio Major Courses: Grade revisions are only permitted to aid for the following academic semester. Consistent with CIA’s long-standing correct errors. They cannot be given for For financial aid purposes, the sooner tradition of excellence in all levels of art additional work submitted. If a student the Incomplete grade is revised, the sooner and design education, effective Fall 2014, believes that there was an error in a grade the financial aid award can be adjusted or all students must earn a minimum grade awarded, they must contact the faculty finalized. of “C” in all studio and core courses member who awarded the grade and the required by the major in which they are faculty must complete an “Error in Grading” If, at the time a student requests an enrolled. This minimum requirement does form, available to faculty from the Registrar. Incomplete grade, the faculty determine not pertain to Liberal Arts, Foundation, or The completed form must be signed by the that the student has missed too much class studio elective courses taken in another faculty member’s department chair. The time such that the course cannot be major. Any student earning a “C-” or lower grade correction must be recorded by the successfully completed by the end of the in a major requirement will be required to end of the semester following the term in end of the fourth week of the following repeat that course at CIA and attain a “C” which the course was taken. semester, an Incomplete may not be or better grade. permitted. If the request is made within the Auditing a Course (AU grade) prescribed period for course withdrawal Course Repeat Students who wish audit (to take a course without penalty, the student will be advised Students who receive an “F” grade may for no credit) will be charged tuition and to withdraw from the course. If the request repeat the same course at CIA. The original fees at the same rate as charged if it were is made after the prescribed period for grade will remain on the record for the taken for credit. A course registered as an course withdrawal has passed, the grade semester in which it was earned, but it will audit cannot be changed to credit after the will be assigned in accordance with the not be included in the GPA. The repeated eighth week of the semester. Similarly, a work completed. In either case, students course and the new grade will be recorded course registered for credit cannot be will be advised of the next opportunity to in the semester in which it was repeated. changed to audit after the eighth week of repeat the course. If a course is repeated more than once, only the semester. the grade achieved in the first attempt will Depending on the course, there may be a be eliminated from the GPA calculation. Academic Grievances fee assessed for access to facilities or if A student who wishes to register a materials are required for completion of the Students who receive a “C-” or lower grade complaint about course instruction or an course. in a required major or core studio class evaluation of their performance in a class must repeat the course at CIA to achieve should first discuss their concern with the Faculty are responsible for informing the the required minimum “C” grade and earn faculty member involved. If the matter Registrar of grade revisions. credit for the course. The higher of the two cannot be resolved in this discussion, the grades will be computed in the student’s student should meet with the Director of Grades Excluded from the GPA. Courses repeated for this requirement Academic Services for advice or to arrange Calculation of the CIA Grade Point are eligible for financial aid funding. Note mediation between the student and the Average (GPA): that if a course is failed at CIA and repeated faculty member. In the event of a dispute nn Grade of “W” due to withdrawal after elsewhere, the credit (upon approval) will over evaluation of performance in a course, the drop/add period; transfer toward the CIA degree. The actual the Director may seek consultation with the nn “Incomplete” grade; value of the grade earned elsewhere is not chair of the department or the Dean of nn “Audit,” “Satisfactory,” or “Pass” grades; included in the calculation of the GPA at CIA Student Affairs to achieve a resolution. nn Grades received in courses that however, and the original “F” grade is not were transferred to CIA from another removed from calculation of the GPA. college toward the CIA degree (see Transfer Credit); Students may repeat a course that they nn “F” grades in courses that were repeated passed for a higher grade. Both grades will and satisfactorily passed. be shown on the transcript, but only the higher of the two grades will be calculated in the GPA. Credit toward graduation for a repeated course may be counted only once. Federal financial aid regulations disallow funding for repeated courses that have been passed; therefore students must carry a minimum of 12 credits of unrepeated courses during the semester in which they repeat a passed course.
44 Academic Standing and Maintenance of Matriculation/ Academic Processes Dismissal Policy Continuation of Thesis Major Application Process Standards of Academic Performance: Students who finish course requirements Students who begin CIA as first-year In order to remain in good academic but need to continue to work on their BFA students enter the major application standing, students must earn a thesis using CIA facilities or in consultation process during the spring semester of their minimum semester GPA of 2.0 and a with CIA faculty and are not registered for first year. They cannot be fully accepted into cumulative GPA of 2.0. any courses at CIA are required to remit a a major unless they have completed, have nn Students who do not achieve a Non-Enrolled Candidate fee. This fee credit for, or are enrolled in the required semester GPA of at least 2.0 will be continues the student’s association with Foundation courses. Students will not be placed on Academic Probation. They will CIA and enables use of CIA facilities and allowed to register for their final year (BFA be required to meet regularly with an access to CIA faculty while not enrolled thesis preparation) until all required adviser and adhere to a learning but working toward completion of the Foundation course requirements are contract. Students on Academic BFA thesis. The Non-Enrolled Candidate satisfied. Probation may not request an fee is listed on the fee schedule at Incomplete grade in any of their courses. cia.edu/tuition. Continuation of work on To prepare for major application, students nn Students who do not achieve a the BFA thesis without registration as a are encouraged to meet with the cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 are full-time (12 credit minimum) student may department chair, faculty, and students in subject to dismissal. Likewise, students have implications for scheduling of the the major to which they intend to apply. whose semester GPA is below 2.0 for student’s loan repayments. Contact the Department presentations and open two consecutive semesters are also Financial Aid Office for further information. houses before and during the major subject to dismissall. selection period offer an opportunity to nn Students who earn a GPA of 1.00 or less learn more about each major. Many in their first semester of enrollment departments also have open studio times will be dismissed from the Institute. when non-majors can observe and Further, students who earn a GPA participate in major-related studio activities. between 1.1 and 1.9 in their first semester of enrollment are subject to Advising is also available for students who dismissal. need assistance in selecting a major. In the major application, students will be asked to Appeal of Dismissal indicate their first, second, and third choice Students who are dismissed and who of major. believe there are extenuating circumstances affecting their academic standing may Acceptance into a major is dependent on appeal to the Vice President of Faculty portfolio review, academic preparation, and Affairs and Chief Academic Officer, whose an informational interview with faculty of the decision will be final. Appeals must be in major. Notification of major acceptance is writing and be received by the Vice made in writing by Academic Services. President in accordance with the following Completion of Foundation courses does deadlines: June 15 (for fall readmission) not guarantee acceptance into a major. and January 3 (for spring readmission). Students who are not accepted into their It is highly recommended that students first choice major, or who are accepted on consult with the Director of Academic probation, should contact Academic Services before filing an appeal. Services for assistance.
Readmission Following Academic Dismissal Students who were academically dismissed from CIA may apply for readmission if they have successfully met the stipulations detailed within their dismissal letter. These may include, for instance, coursework at another institution or documentation from a medical professional of readiness to resume a full course of study. Questions about any of these requirements should be directed to the Director of Academic Services.
45 Double Majors Financial aid and scholarship Degree Requirements To double major, students must apply to, implications: Candidates for the BFA degree from and be accepted by both majors. Federal Title IV financial aid programs are Cleveland Institute of Art are required to Completing both programs may take longer intended to assist students in completing have completed between 126 and 135 than four years, depending on the their first bachelor’s degree. If a student semester credit hours, depending on their combination of majors. Extending beyond completes the requirements for one major, major field of study. Approximately one-third four years may have financial implications. applies to graduate and is certified by the of these credits are in liberal arts or general Registrar as having been awarded that studies, with the balance in studio areas A minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA is degree, they will have fulfilled the intent of (including major studio courses). Individual required at the time the student declares the Title IV programs and will no longer be departments (majors) may have specific a double major. eligible for any need-based funding from course requirements among the liberal arts government sources. In this case, the or studio electives. Requirements to Pursuing degree requirements: student will be able to continue enrollment complete a degree in each major can be Students must start the process by at CIA to complete the second major, but obtained from Academic Services and in notifying Academic Services of their intent will not be eligible for any financial aid grants this catalog, Section 8. to double major. An advisor will discuss with from governmental sources (see below). them the process and provide an overview Unless there is a special circumstance that In addition to meeting credit and curriculum of how the two majors will fit together. warrants it, or the student expects to requirements, degree candidates are also self-finance continuing enrollment for the required to present a BFA thesis exhibition If, following this initial meeting, students second major, they should not apply for for evaluation by faculty and peers. choose to continue with the double major graduation until requirements for BOTH Students are eligible to present their BFA process: majors have been completed. if they have nine or fewer credits nn Academic Services will create a outstanding toward their BFA degree. To combined program of study for them. Federal and State financial aid (including qualify for graduation, students must have nn Department chairs of both majors will loans) for which the student is eligible will at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA in their major approve the program of study, which continue provided they maintain eligibility in studio courses, and an overall GPA of 2.0. will be a binding document of student’s all ways required (financial and academic) academic requirements. as long as the student has not been Students are informed of their credit nn Department chairs of both majors will certified as having completed and standings regularly throughout their course sign the Declaration of Double Major graduated from one of the majors. of study, and their status in available online form that accompanies the program of at myCIA. If it is projected that the student study. As the student nears the completion of at will have nine or fewer credits outstanding nn Student will submit the signed least one of the majors, they are strongly toward degree completion at the end of the Declaration of Double Major form and encouraged to meet with a Financial Aid fourth year, the BFA review will be program of study to the Registrar, who counselor to remind them that the student scheduled. Note that any student who is will make official record of the action. is pursuing a double major, are nearing projected to be short any number of credits nn If a student decides to discontinue their completion of one major, and discuss what by the end of their fourth year (the semester double major at any point, they will need the best action would be as the student in which the BFA review will take place) will to meet with an advisor in Academic plans to complete the second major. be ineligible for consideration for the Services and complete a Declaration of Cleveland Institute of Art President’s Single Major (from Double Major) form. Change of Major Traveling Scholarships. Students who wish to change their major Applying for degree certification: are required to file a Change of Major Students with credit deficiencies may opt to Students with a double major should Request Form with the Registrar. They must postpone their BFA review until the consult with the department chairs of both also submit a portfolio of their work to the deficiencies are completed so they can be majors, the Registrar, and a Financial Aid chair of the department to which they wish eligible to participate in the President’s Counselor before applying for degree to transfer. The Change of Major Request Traveling Scholarship competition and the certification. There are financial aid Form may be obtained from Academic Commencement ceremony. implications if a student is certified as Services. graduated from one major and returns to complete the second major. In most Changing majors may have financial aid instances, students should apply for implications, so students are encouraged to concurrent graduation from both majors. discuss with Academic Services and the Office of Financial Aid.
46 Graduation and Commencement Student Records student is claimed as a dependent for Students who will complete all degree Family Educational Rights and income tax purposes. At the discretion of requirements by the end of the spring Privacy Act (FERPA) the Institute, information regarding abuse of semester of their last year at CIA and have In accordance with the Family Educational alcohol or drugs not prescribed by a satisfied all outstanding obligations to the Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 physician may be reported to parents if the Institute, are eligible to participate in the (and amended in 2008) (http://www2.ed. student is less than 21 years of age. Commencement ceremony. CIA holds its gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html) Information considered as “directory” Commencement ceremony in May. While a students may inspect and challenge school information may also be released without student may complete degree requirements educational records maintained in their the student’s prior written consent unless at the end of the fall semester, there is no name. The CIA FERPA policy defines a they notify the Institute in writing, by the end ceremony in December. student as a person who attends or has of the fourth week of classes, that the attended the Institute. Educational records student does not wish to have the During prescheduling for their final fall are defined as any record in any medium information released. semester, students should complete the maintained by the Institute which is directly Application for Graduation, available online related to a student except for the following: The following is text from the Federal FERPA through myCIA. Completion of this form nn personal records kept by a staff member website and indicates the expansion of notifies the Registrar to include the student that are not accessible to other persons; information that can be shared in the in all communication concerning nn records created and maintained by the interest of student health and safety: preparation for graduation. Institute’s operations or security offices for law enforcement purposes; “…Although FERPA does not permit Students with more than three nn employment records where employment disclosures of personally identifiable outstanding credits at the end of their is not contingent on the fact that the information on a routine, non-emergency final year and those who have not presented individual is a student; basis, the final regulations afford greater their BFA Exhibition will not be permitted to nn records maintained by a physician, flexibility and deference to administrators so participate in the commencement psychiatrist, psychologist, or other that they can bring appropriate resources to ceremony. recognized professional used only for bear when there is a threat to the health or treatment of a student, safety of students. Section 99.36 in the final All students eligible for graduation are nn and alumni records containing regulations makes clear that educational charged a graduation fee as part of their information after the student is no longer agencies and institutions may disclose tuition and fees in their last semester of in attendance which does not relate to information from education records to enrollment. This fee covers various the person as a student. appropriate parties, including parents, Commencement expenses, including but whose knowledge of the information is not limited to cap and gown purchase, and Students may inspect and review their necessary to protect the health or safety of printing of diplomas, announcements, educational records upon written request to a student or another individual if there is a tickets, and programs. Measurements the Registrar or the appropriate records significant and articulable threat to the for caps and gowns and confirmation of custodian. There will be no fee charged for health or safety of a student or other names for diplomas are taken by the photocopying a reasonable number of individual, considering the totality of the Registrar’s Office during course records. The Institute has the right to refuse circumstances. prescheduling for the spring semester. access to a student’s own records under Caps and gowns are distributed during the following circumstances: The final regulations clarify that under Commencement rehearsal. Graduation nn the student has an unpaid financial §§ 99.5 and 99.36 an educational agency announcements and tickets to the obligation to any Institute office or or institution may disclose information to an Commencement ceremony are distributed department; eligible student’s parents in a health or by the Registrar’s Office to the graduating nn the student owes overdue materials or safety emergency, regardless of whether students approximately one month before equipment to the library or other Institute the student is a dependent for Federal graduation. office or department; income tax purposes, and may disclose nn there is an unresolved disciplinary action information to parents under any Any student with an outstanding account against the student; or circumstances if the eligible student is a balance with any department or office will nn the educational record requested is dependent for Federal income tax purpose… not receive their diploma until all obligations an exam or set of standardized test have been satisfied. Graduates with a tuition questions. The Institute’s complete FERPA policy is balance or unreturned library materials will available from the Registrar’s office, and is not be allowed to participate in The Institute reserves the right to release a distributed annually to all enrolled students. Commencement ceremonies. student’s educational records without their Students may change their FERPA written consent to school officials who have designations at any time. a legitimate educational interest in the records, and to a student’s parents if the
47 Transcripts Change of Address or Name Transcripts must be requested in writing A change of address (permanent or college) and must include the student’s signature. or phone number must be filed with the A Transcript Request Form is accessible at Registrar. Receipt of financial aid materials cia.edu/registrar. and other important correspondence from CIA will depend on the Institute having the Written requests may be mailed or faxed to student’s correct contact information. Some the Registrar’s office (fax: 216.754.3385). information is sent by email, using only the Email requests will only be accepted as a official CIA email address. written attachment that includes the student’s signature. Transcripts are issued If a name has changed, students should if the student’s accounts are in good provide the Registrar with a copy of the standing with all administrative offices and marriage certificate or a copy of a court institutional departments. Transcripts for document that indicates that the name has currently enrolled, degree-seeking students been legally changed. are free-of-charge. Transcripts for former students, alumni, and continuing education Students who wish to be known on campus students carry a fee of $5 per transcript. by a “preferred” name may indicate that Allow one week for transcript processing. name to the Registrar. The preferred name Requests for a “rush” transcript (mailed will be used on internal documents (e.g. within 24 hours) require an additional fee of class rosters), but the legal name will be $15 (plus the cost of Express Mail if that used in all external correspondence and service is requested). Transcript fees apply records (e.g. financial aid) if the name is not whether the transcript is official or unofficial. legally changed.
Students bear full responsibility for any consequences resulting from their failure to report promptly a new address or a name change.
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49 Academic Support Services New students with documented disabilities fourth-year students who have both Academic Advising should register with LSS through the experience with writing at the college level The Office of Academic Services, located summer StART online program. They will and training in various aspects of how to in room 120, provides academic advising then arrange for a consultation with LSS tutor writing. Faculty and staff supervise the on a walk-in basis and by appointment. staff prior to the Fall Orientation, at which students and work directly with students Students have the opportunity to meet with time appropriate accommodations will be who need help. A member of Learning an academic advisor about curriculum established. Continuing students should Support Services also assists students in planning, course selection, and other contact LSS staff as soon as they complete the Center. The Center also provides academic decisions. Students who are their course prescheduling each semester services in the residence hall; times are deficient with respect to course credits or so as to provide sufficient time for posted each semester. on academic probation will be required to accommodations to be reviewed and meet with an academic advisor before arranged. Career Center prescheduling courses for the The Career Center is dedicated to providing next semester. Students with documented learning students and alumni with the necessary disabilities are accommodated by tools, resources, and strategies that will Students are expected to read and specialized support materials, including assist them in identifying and reaching their understand the academic policies explained the following: personal career goals. For a full description in this Catalog and the Student Handbook nn Text-to-speech software; of the Career Center’s services, go to and to accept ultimate responsibility for the nn Voice recognition software; cia.edu/careercenter. Services include: decisions they make. In no case will a nn Brain-mapping software; and degree requirement be waived or an nn Audio books. nn One-on-one career advising exception granted because individuals nn Assistance with resumé and profess ignorance of regulations or assert Students registered with LSS can also cover letter writing that an advisor or another authority did not receive, as appropriate: nn Coaching on interview techniques inform them of academic policies or nn extended testing time; and job search skills procedures. Students are encouraged to nn oral exams or exams administered in nn Connections to alumni for career meet with an academic advisor whenever controlled surroundings; and exploration and information they have a question or concern, and they nn note-taking assistance nn Assistance in obtaining credit or are expected to review in a timely manner non-credit-bearing internships materials and notices sent to them. Further, the Writing + Learning Center, nn On-campus recruiting program which is available to all students who need nn Lifelong access to services to assist Learning Support Services assistance with writing, also serves as the in career transition Learning Support Services provides main hub for specialized software for accommodations and academic support students with documented learning College Central services that ensure equal access to disabilities. This comprehensive online system offers programs, facilities, and services for listings of opportunities including campus students with documented learning, Writing + Learning Center work-study jobs, internships, freelance, psychological, and/or physical disabilities. Staff of the Writing + Learning Center can competitions, and full-time career positions. In addition, staff members offer study skills assist you with the following: The system allows students and alumni to and time management workshops, provide nn generating ideas and developing upload a resumé and portfolio so that ongoing advising, and arrange for tutoring brainstorming strategies to get started potential employers can view their work and for liberal arts courses. on an assignment; and contact them for possible employment. nn organizing ideas, crafting a thesis collegecentral.com/cia Students who request services due to a statement, restructuring an essay, diagnosed disability must provide relevant clarifying and expanding key points, It is strongly recommended that students and current documentation before following citation guidelines, refining who are looking into freelancing use a accommodations can be provided. grammar and word choices, etc. contract when arranging for the job. The LSS staff works with students and Guidance on creating a contract is available. their faculty members to determine You can use the Center’s resources reasonable accommodations to meet the throughout your CIA career, from developing The Career Center lists on-campus and documented needs. Accommodations your first essays to polishing your BFA approved off-campus work-study jobs, and are reviewed each semester. thesis. Appointments are not necessary, but assists students in completing the forms if the Center staff are busy, you may be that are required before students can qualify asked to wait for help or return at another for employment. time. Most sessions last about 30 minutes. The Center is staffed by second, third, and
50 Internships Personal Support Services Health Services An internship is a work-related learning Personal Advising All full-time students are required to pay a experience that provides students or recent The college years mark a time when Health Services fee (see cia.edu/tuition). graduates with an opportunity to gain students may face new challenges and This fee entitles students to both health care important knowledge, experience, and skills undergo significant personal and social and professional counseling services in a particular field. Internships can be paid changes that can affect their academic through Case Western Reserve University or unpaid, part- or full-time, credit- or performance, career plans, personal life, or (CWRU). non-credit-bearing. relationships. Understanding and adjusting to these challenges and changes is not The CWRU University Health Services The Career Center can assist students always easy, and students often seek help (UHS) at 2145 Adelbert Road provides in their searches for internships. It’s from others. If students are experiencing comprehensive care for Institute students. recommended that the search be started concerns that are affecting their ability to For a complete list of services, see at least one semester before the student keep up with classes or maintain a good students.case.edu/health. wants to begin the experience. International social balance, help is available from the students are eligible for internships, and Student Affairs staff. Students are welcome CWRU also has a medical insurance plan must meet with the International Student to stop by and discuss their concerns or just available for students who do not have other Advisor to obtain work approval before talk. If additional assistance is needed, or if insurance coverage (students.case.edu/ beginning a job off-campus. All students these professionals feel that they don’t have medicalplan). The charge for this plan is must meet the eligibility requirements of the expertise to meet the student’s needs, automatically added to each CIA student’s class standing and GPA before they can they will refer the student to University account unless proof of other health begin an internship. Contact the Experiential Counseling Services (UCS). CIA staff will insurance coverage is provided at the time Learning Specialist for details. accompany students to UCS if requested. of payment of each semester’s bill. If proof is provided, the charge is withdrawn. A credit-bearing internship is part of the University Counseling Services (UCS) is academic program, and must offer a located in 220 Sears Building in the quad All new students are required to complete learning component which advances the area of Case Western Reserve University medical and immunization histories through student’s skills in their field. It is a formal (CWRU). A counselor is available 24/7 at an online system. Information on this collaboration among the student, employer, 216.368.5872. First-time appointments are process is included with summer orientation CIA faculty, and the Experiential Learning scheduled for about 60 minutes to give time materials. Medical histories are kept on file Specialist. Particulars about how an for the student to explore their concerns, at UHS as a basis for meeting future experience can qualify for academic credit, thoughts, and feelings with a counselor. medical needs. Fulfilling the requirements the number of credits possible, charges These appointments are usually scheduled listed on the medical and immunization for earned credit, and how to set up a within 14 days of the initial request. history forms prior to enrollment is credit-bearing internship are found at Students with immediate needs are seen necessary to file claims against insurance. cia.edu/careercenter. ASAP for a 30-minute assessment meeting. Consultation for emergency situations is UHS is now using an online process to A non-credit-bearing internship is less available without an appointment. update the health history. Information on formal, but the Career Center encourages this process and login procedures are sent interns and employers to follow the general UCS is staffed by psychologists, social to new students before they enroll. credit-bearing internship guidelines to workers, and consulting psychiatrists who students.case.edu/health maximize the success of the experience. specialize in working with college students. The Experiential Learning Specialist is Workshops, seminars, and groups are available to address issues concerning the offered each semester on topics such as specifics of an internship. anxiety management, drug/alcohol education, women’s issues, stress The Career Center exercises reasonable management, and eating disorders. precautions to qualify all internship The cost of most services is included in opportunities, and strongly advises students the mandatory health services fee; to research and screen potential employers some specialty services may require an carefully. Students are welcome to check additional fee. with the Career Center about any employer with which they are not familiar.
51 Veterans’ Benefits International Students Information Technology CIA is approved for Veterans’ Administration The Institute is approved by the U.S. Support (VA) educational benefits and is a “Yellow Department of State to issue documentation CIA’s Information Technology department Ribbon” school. VA enrollment certifications that will enable non-immigrant students to supports technology in the learning for benefits are processed through the secure an F-1 student visa. Questions and environment, including computer labs. Registrar. CIA has a maximum enrollment problems regarding immigration matters Students are responsible for using the limit of ten Yellow Ribbon students each of other international student concerns technology resources on campus in an academic year. New students must be should be directed to the International appropriate manner. The rules and accepted for admission to the BFA program Student Advisor. regulations concerning use of computing and have made an Admissions deposit, resources on campus and the or continuing students must preschedule F-1 students are responsible for ensuring consequences of misuse, including classes for the next semester before that they maintain valid status while enrolled illegal file sharing, are detailed in the CIA enrollment certifications will be forwarded at CIA. Advising concerning academic Student Handbook. to the VA. course loads, travel outside the U.S., employment during and after enrollment All full- and part-time students receive a Certification processing to the VA begins in at CIA, and other visa issues is available CIA email account. Students are expected July for the fall semester and in December from the International Activities Advisor. to use their CIA email in all correspondence for the spring semester. Post-9/11 and All students on an F-1 visa must report to with administrative staff and faculty, and to Yellow Ribbon tuition benefits are sent the Dean of Student Affairs at least once retrieve broadcasts and notifications about directly to CIA and are applied toward the each semester. events, deadlines, activities, and student’s tuition and fees. Benefits to emergencies on campus. Messages from students attending under Chp. 35 are sent International students participate in many CIA will not be sent to other email directly to the student. Benefits are normally activities and are leaders in several student addresses. Failure to read a message in a issued 4–6 weeks after certifications are organizations. The international student timely manner does not absolve students received by the VA. orientation helps students become part of from being responsible for knowing the the CIA community, and the International content of or following the instructions or Students must be certified for VA benefits Club (whose members consist of students timelines indicated in a message. by the Registrar in each semester in which from other countries as well as the U.S.) they are enrolled. Questions regarding VA plans festivals, celebrations, and Students should go to the “Technology” tab benefits should be directed to the Registrar “adventures” throughout the year. at my.cia.edu to find information on software by email ([email protected]) or by phone discounts, links to instructions on how to set (216.421.7321). [email protected] up CIA email, access to equipment available to check out, and other student systems.
The myCIA portal includes access to CIA’s emergency alert system e2Campus, via the alerts tab. All students are automatically enrolled in e2Campus using their CIA email address, but can add their contact points by adding additional email addresses, text, and voice numbers to receive emergency messages.
Requests for technology support can be submitted to [email protected].
52 Digital Output Center Cleveland Institute of Art available to answer questions and provide The Digital Output Center (DOC) specializes Gund Library personalized assistance. in fine art reproduction and display graphics “Helpful, Awesome, Amazing, Friendly, for artists and designers. It was created by Magical” are some of the expressions used The Gund Library participates in a local artists for artists, and is dedicated to to describe the Gund Library with its consortium that includes all of the libraries producing work that matches the creative collections and services developed of Case Western Reserve University as well vision of its clients. With our expert staff specifically for visual artists, designers, and as the Cleveland Institute of Music and the providing guidance and assistance to craftspeople. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and students in understanding file preparation, Archives. CIA shares an online catalog with color management, and media choices, the The library contains: these libraries, and students may borrow DOC is as much a learning experience as it nn Over 51,000 books, exhibition catalogs, materials from these partner libraries. is a production facility. and bound journals; nn more than 150,000 ebooks; The Gund Library also participates in Patrons can rest assured that their work is nn subscriptions to magazines that provide OhioLINK, a statewide consortium of 121 being printed according to industry insight to current topics in art and Ohio academic libraries owning nearly 50 standards and methods used by artists, design; million items. Institute students may use the museums, and design firms, to produce nn access to over 5 million digital images OhioLINK online catalog to request their own digitally printed material. Archival for study and download; materials from any member library to be prints produced at up to 2400 dpi provide nn sound recordings, videos, DVDs, and delivered, within a few days and at no stunning color and image quality on a wide access to over 25,000 streaming video charge, to the CIA library for their use. variety of papers, films, canvas, and fabrics. titles; Through OhioLINK, Institute students have This service is provided at the cost of nn access to online databases and full text access to over 100 multi-disciplinary digital production to CIA students, faculty and resources covering every imaginable databases and thousands of e-books, staff, and is a wonderful resource for area of study; digital images, videos, and digital music producing and presenting digital work of nn and an extensive collection of over 1,770 files. all types. artists’ books (books made by artists as works of art). Lastly, Cleveland is a very library-rich The status of submitted jobs can be community with award-winning public tracked and managed at papercut.cia.edu, In addition, the library has a pop-up book libraries. The Institute is located within and work can be submitted online at collection, a board game collection, and walking distance of the specialized libraries my.cia.edu/doc. the Institute’s archives. of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Botanical Garden, Digital Equipment Checkout The library supports the Institute’s Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and The Cleveland Institute of Art Equipment accredited degree programs, with a special the Western Reserve Historical Society. Checkout is the campus resource for all focus on providing materials for studio- Cleveland Public Library and Cuyahoga digital art and photo-video needs. intensive instruction, and is international in County Public Library both have nearby We have $300,000+ worth of equipment, scope. The library documents the major branches and provide additional resources. including laptops and ipads, Wacom tablets participants, events, and trends of and Cintiqs, and high-end DSLR cameras international contemporary art, design, In 2015, the Gund Library moved into a and 4k Video equipment, available, photography, craft, and new media; spectacular new facility, centrally located on library-style, for students to borrow for includes theory and technical information as the first floor of the Institute’s consolidated their creative work and assignments. well as visual resources; and makes campus. The library is attractive, functional, available a variety of professional, legal, and and filled with art; it has plenty of study The Checkout also offers training on business information for artists. tables and lounge seating, two group study equipment and other educational resources, rooms, as well as computers, scanners, and as well as workstudy and student work The library’s collection of contemporary art printers. opportunities and training. publications ranks with the best American college libraries, and its artists’ books To learn more visit the Equipment Checkout collection is nationally recognized. at my.cia.edu/checkout. The librarians provide instruction on how to do research, select and search databases cite sources, and evaluate websites and information sources, as well as how to locate and borrow materials in other area libraries. Library staff members are always
53 Supporting Student Enrichment Galleries at CIA Gund Library Cinematheque The mission of the Reinberger Galleries is to The library is a specialized library for visual Founded in 1986, the Cleveland Institute of serve the Cleveland Institute of Art in artists and supports the Institute’s Art Cinematheque presents new and classic exhibiting and fostering the understanding accredited degree programs, with a focus motion pictures—foreign films, independent of the finest modern and contemporary art on providing materials for studio-intensive movies, thematic film series, touring at the highest possible scholarly standards. instruction. As such, the library is crucial for retrospectives, second-run films, and special The programs of Reinberger students wanting to keep abreast of guests—50 weekends of the year in the Galleries adhere to the overall mission of the developments and trends in their area Peter B. Lewis Auditorium. Institute, embracing its values of academic of study. Beyond classroom and studio Approximately 250 different feature films (or excellence, social justice, and freedom of support, the library provides pleasure full-length programs of short films) are expression. reading materials, comfortable study areas, shown every year (over 450 separate and a group study room. Visit screenings). Many offerings are local The gallery is dedicated to creating cia.edu/library. premieres. Movies are projected from exhibitions that illuminate and reinforce 35mm film and DCP. The New York Times contemporary art, including new media, Public Events has called the Cinematheque “one of the animation, installation and performance, Throughout the year, we host a wide variety country’s best repertory movie theatres.” video, drawing and painting, sculpture, of events that celebrate the diversity of design and craft. The gallery recognizes visual art. You’re invited to join us. For more Though Cinematheque screenings are open that the enhancement of the aesthetic information, visit cia.edu. to the general public (attracting thousands experience is essential to fostering of moviegoers every year) and require an understanding of works of art. admission fee, CIA students can attend any Cinematheque presentation for the Ancillary programs furthering its aesthetic discounted member price simply by role, such as artist lectures, panel showing their CIA ID at the box office. discussions, gallery tours, films, and People age 25 and under pay the same. internships have been part of the gallery’s mission since the early 1990s. The Cinematheque publishes a bi-monthly film schedule. You can also find The gallery seeks to enrich educational, Cinematheque listings online at cultural and artistic communities regionally, cia.edu/cinematheque. nationally and internationally through short-term artist residencies, newly Continuing Education commissioned works of art, and institutional Our office of Continuing Education + collaborations while being accessible Community Outreach (CECO) offers art and to a public that ranges from scholars to design classes for adults and children young children. throughout the year. Pay-as-you-go For more information, visit life drawing classes are available to the cia.edu/exhibitions. community throughout the year as well. We offer professional enrichment opportunities for art educators through BASIC teacher workshops and graduate- level classes. CECO coordinates a summer pre-college program for high school students who want to experience life as an art student. In addition, CECO is the Cuyahoga County regional host of the Scholastic Art+Writing Competition. For more information, visit cia.edu/continuinged.
54 Section 7: Student Life
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55 Housing Recreational Facilities Kulas Ticket Program On-Campus Housing On-campus residents can use the fitness How about a little culture in your life? The Uptown Residence Hall is located facilities in the residence hall. Other The Kulas Ticket Fund, supported through on Euclid Avenue, within view of the members of the CIA community can join a grant from the Kulas Foundation, allows CIA campus, MOCA and the Uptown a facility in the area for recreation. students to attend performances from the development. All unmarried, first-time Cleveland Orchestra, Broadway plays, and college students who are under 20 years You can purchase a semester or annual opera for free. Look for advertisements of age are required to live in the residence membership at CWRU’s physical fitness of when tickets will be available posted hall for the first full academic year. Students facilities near campus. (studentaffairs.case. throughout campus. with parents or guardians within Cuyahoga edu/athletics/facilities/membership.html). County are considered to be within The Sam Emerson Physical Education For more information contact the Student commutable distance to the Institute. Building, located at 10900 Euclid Avenue, Life Office at 216.421.7430. Students new to the Institute who are 20 includes a swimming pool, two weight years of age or older are not given priority rooms, squash and racquetball courts, Student Organizations to live in on-campus housing. If students fencing and wrestling rooms, a rifle range, Student Leadership Council (SLC) in either of these categories desire to live a large gymnasium and the Athletic Office. Make a difference on campus! Join on campus, they will be put on a waiting Facilities for track, basketball, baseball, Student Leadership Council! Comprised list according to the date of their housing volleyball, tennis and intramural sports are of representatives from academic deposit. If there is housing available after also available. departments, student groups, and other mid-July, those on the wait list will be concerned students, SLC meets once assigned housing. All students living in Another option popular with students (a a month to discuss issues they face on the residence hall are required to join the month-to-month membership available) is campus. They then serve as a bridge Case Western Reserve University meal 1-2-1 Fitness, located on Adelbert Street on between the student body and the faculty plan (a variety of meal plans are available). the CWRU campus (onetoone.case.edu). and staff. Students on the meal plan also receive a cash amount (CaseCash) which enables Activities All recognized student groups receive them to use the cash on their ID card in Student Activities funding through Student Leadership area restaurants and shops. After Looking for something to do on campus? Council for their individual events. Student completion of their first year of study, The Office of Student Life + Housing offers Leadership Council also sponsors trips students may choose to live in our campus a variety of events and programs for you to to cities such as New York, Chicago and apartments, or choose their own living take advantage of. Do you like Lazer Tag? Washington DC. arrangements within the community. We play alongside Star Wars characters. If you want to laugh, we host comedy Student Clubs Any post-first-year student who wishes to nights, hypnotists, and Kararoke. If you There are a variety of organizations and live in a CIA apartment will enter a lottery are into tradition, we have that too. For clubs at CIA. Many others exist at CWRU in the Spring. The number of apartments over 60 years, CIA students have planned and are open to students at both CIA and varies each year, and the availability of CIA- the Student Independent Exhibition (SIE) CIM (Cleveland Institute of Music). If you’re operated apartments is not guaranteed. and the student Halloween party. Our interested in starting a club or organization end-of-the-year event, the Pink Pig, is also that does not yet exist, contact Student Off-Campus Housing something that you will not want to miss. Life + Housing to get a club application If you are not required to live in the form and find out more about the process. residence hall and want to live off-campus, Please see the Student Life + Housing Only approved student groups receive Student Life + Housing maintains a list of Office for all the offerings. funding from SLC to support their activities. available apartments near the campus and Depending on the membership, clubs may provides a “roommate wanted” board to Athletic Activities be more or less active each year. Check assist you in finding a CIA roommate(s). Need to get out of the studio and stretch with Student Life about your interests. In addition, Student Life +Housing holds those legs? Are you a high school athlete several workshops to assist students in the looking to relive the glory days? Stop by Community Service Club transition from living on-campus to the Office of Student Life + Housing for Students at CIA love to serve the moving off-campus. information on how to play intramurals at community. The Community Service Club CIA. In conjunction with CWRU, sports provides opportunities for service in the Information and forms concerning on- and ranging from ultimate Frisbee to flag football University Circle neighborhood and in the off-campus housing can be found at are at your fingertips. greater Cleveland community. Some of cia.edu/housing. the past activities include Blood Mobiles, Greater Cleveland AIDS walk, Trunk or Treat at Halloween, the Kaboom Playground
56 build, and making dinner for the residents of Glass Club the Hope Lodge. The Community Service If you are into potlucks and molten hot glass Club also hosts an Alternative Spring Break (at the same time!), then this group is for service trip where students do a week’s you. Glass Club not only comes together worth of service in another community… to talk about their work, but brings in guest say New Orleans? Yep…they’ve been there. artists to talk to students about different techniques in glassblowing. Best part: you CIA Activities Board (CAB) do not have to be a major to enjoy the fun. Need a lift? Jump on the CAB wagon and help plan or just participate in great acts Amnesty International like comedians, illusionists, musicians, Amnesty’s global mission is rooted in a as well as activities like Star Wars Lazer fundamental commitment to the rights, Tag, the annual t-shirt design contest, dignity, and well-being of every person. and dodgeball tournament. CAB is also Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, responsible for the planning of great Amnesty’s more than 1.8 million members CIA traditions like the Halloween Party worldwide fight to uphold the ideals and Pink Pig. enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. GLBT and Friends Whether you are a GLBT (gay, lesbian, Fiber Club bisexual or transgendered) student or an This group is very active in the Cleveland ally, this group works to support GLBT Community and is open to all majors. students, while educating the campus In 2009, they worked with MetroHealth about GLBT issues. Hospital to create additions to the AIDS quilt that are now on display with the rest of Student Holiday Art Sale Committee the pieces of their legendary piece of art. Want to make some money? The Student This group brings in guest artists to talk to Holiday Sale in early December is an annual students about different techniques and event where for $10 you can rent a table their careers. In addition to speakers, they and sell your work. Students from a variety take several trips and attend conferences. of departments come together to sell merchandise the weekend before final Photo Club crits in Fall semester. CLICK! Photo club is a group that discusses the field of photography and critiques each Artists for Christ other’s work, brings in guest artists to talk to Artists for Christ is a student group that students (majors or not), and sponsors trips gathers weekly to bring together Christian to see shows in the area and other cities like art students. The purpose of Artists for Chicago and New York. Christ is to promote the spiritual life of CIA students by providing opportunities for Student Independent Exhibition (SIE) Christian spiritual growth through worship, Over 60 years old, the Student Independent fellowship, training and service. AFC is a Exhibition is a time-honored tradition local gathering of the Campus Crusade for and one of the exhibitions featured in the Christ. Ask about their PB+Js! Institute’s Reinberger Galleries each year. The exhibition is sponsored by the Student International Club Leadership Council and offers students the The International Club provides campus opportunity to introduce their work to the events, programming, and an opportunity public for viewing and/or sale. Show rules, for students from around the world to share jury selection, publicity, exhibition design their culture while buildign friendships. and installation and the opening reception Opportunities to visit cultural sites and enjoy are organized and coordinated by students. activities in Cleveland are planned each All majors are encouraged to submit work semester. for exhibition consideration.
57 Supporting Student Enrichment Galleries at CIA Gund Library Cinematheque The mission of the Reinberger Galleries The Gund library is a special library for Founded in 1986, the Cleveland Institute is to serve the Cleveland Institute of Art in visual artists and supports the Institute’s of Art Cinematheque presents new and exhibiting and fostering the understanding accredited degree programs, with a focus classic motion pictures—foreign films, of the finest modern and contemporary on providing materials for studio-intensive independent movies, thematic film series, art at the highest possible scholarly instruction. As such, the library is crucial touring retrospectives, second-run films, standards. The programs of Reinberger for students wanting to keep abreast of and special guests—50 weekends of the Galleries adhere to the overall mission of the developments and trends in their area year in the Peter B. Lewis. Approximately Institute, embracing its values of academic of study. Beyond classroom and studio 250 different feature films excellence, social justice, and freedom of support, the library provides pleasure (or full-length programs of short films) expression. reading materials, comfortable study areas, are shown every year (over 450 separate and a group study room. Visit cia.edu/ screenings). Many offerings are local The gallery is dedicated to creating library. premieres. Movies are projected from exhibitions that illuminate and reinforce 35mm film and DCP. The New York Times contemporary art, including new media, Public Events has called the Cinematheque “one of the animation, installation and performance, Throughout the year, we host a wide variety country’s best repertory movie theatres.” video, drawing and painting, sculpture, of events that celebrate the diversity of design and craft. The gallery recognizes visual art. You’re invited to join us. For more Though Cinematheque screenings are open that the enhancement of the aesthetic information, visit cia.edu. to the general public (attracting thousands experience is essential to fostering of moviegoers every year) and require an understanding of works of art. admission fee, CIA students can attend any Cinematheque presentation for the Ancillary programs furthering its aesthetic discounted member price simply by role, such as artist lectures, panel showing their CIA ID at the box office. discussions, gallery tours, films, and internships have been part of the gallery’s The Cinematheque publishes a bi- mission since the early 1990s. monthly film schedule. You can also find Cinematheque listings online at The gallery seeks to enrich educational, cia.edu/cinematheque. cultural and artistic communities regionally, nationally and internationally through Continuing Education short-term artist residencies, newly Our office of Continuing Education + commissioned works of art, and institutional Community Outreach (CECO) offers art collaborations while being accessible and design classes for adults and children to a public that ranges from scholars to throughout the year. Pay-as-you-go young children. life drawing classes are available to the community throughout the year as well. We offer professional enrichment opportunities for art educators through BASIC teacher workshops and graduate- level classes. CECO coordinates a summer pre-college program for high school students who want to experience life as an art student. In addition, CECO is the Cuyahoga County regional host of the Scholastic Art+Writing Competition. For more information, visit cia.edu/continuinged.
58 Section 8: Degree Requirements
Overview of BFA Degree Requirements
First-Year Foundation and Liberal Arts Requirement
Engaged Practice Graduation Requirement
Liberal Arts Concentration and Emphasis
BY MAJOR: Industrial Design
Animation Interior Architecture
Biomedical Art Jewelry + Metals
Ceramics Painting
Drawing Photography + Video: Photography Track Game Design Photography + Video: Glass Video Track
Graphic Design Printmaking
Illustration Sculpture + Expanded Media
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59 I. Overview of BFA II. First-Year Foundation III. Engaged Practice Degree Requirements and Liberal Arts Graduation Requirement The BFA Degree. The Cleveland Institute of All students must complete Foundation Definition Art grants the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) studio requirements by the end of the Engaged Practice (EP) is a 3-credit degree. A BFA degree is the standard third academic year. Those deficient in requirement of the BFA degree program undergraduate degree for students seeking Foundation studio courses will not be through which students have an opportunity a professional education in art. The BFA permitted to begin the senior year thesis/ to learn through experience by working degree differs from a Bachelor of Arts BFA preparation course(s). on projects with external partners or degree in that a much higher proportion of clients, or in the public sphere. These the program consists of a practical studio Fall Semester Credits experiences provide a distinctive element component. FND103D Digital Color to the baccalaureate education at CIA, (half-semester course) 1.5 developing skills and personal attributes At CIA, the BFA degree requires completion FND103M Material Color such as collaboration, communication, of between 120 and 135 semester credit (half-semester course) 1.5 and professionalism well in advance of hours depending on your major field of FND107 Design I 3 graduation. study, see major audit sheets beginning on FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 page 62. Approximately 1/3 of these credits FND117 Drawing I 3 Effective Fall 2016, beginning with incoming are in Liberal Arts, with approximately 2/3 in FND140A Charette: Collaboration + first-year students of the Class of 2020, studio courses. Community (half-semester course) 1.5 all undergraduate students are required FND140B Charette: Self + Other to complete a minimum of three (3) Common Requirements. Voices (half-semester course) 1.5 credit hours of Engaged Practice prior to To be able to graduate, all students must ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 graduation, through: fulfill common requirements in: LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: nn An EP-designated course at the 200, nn Foundation Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 300, or 400 level nn Liberal Arts Total Fall Credit Hours 18 nn A qualifying internship in the sophomore, nn Professional Practices junior or senior year, or: nn Engaged Practice nn Alternate pathways, for example, a Spring Semester Credits nn BFA Thesis Exhibition student-initiated or BFA project FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND108 Design II 3 Emphases and Concentrations. Engaged Practice courses, internships and FND118 Drawing II 3 Also included in this section is information alternate pathways are those that provide all FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 related to the completion of Concentrations of the following requirements: ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 (additional 12 semester credits) or nn A structured learning experience LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Emphases (additional 18 semester credits) nn A project with an external partner or Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 that students may elect to complete in client, or in the public sphere Total Spring Credit Hours 18 Liberal Arts areas of study. CIA does nn A project that is informed by the not currently offer minors in Liberal Arts curriculum of the college, i.e., art, or studio disciplines. For information on design, humanities, or the social completion of a double studio major, see sciences page 46. nn Faculty guidance and mentorship nn A critical reflection component What follows are specific course listings and related information to fulfill all of Courses the above requirements. See pages This graduation requirement may be 46-47 for additional information on satisfied by a course within a student’s degree requirements for graduation and required core curriculum, within a student’s commencement. major, or through an elective course. The course may be a studio or Liberal Arts course. Major programs, departments or the Professional Practices and Engaged Learning (PPEL) hub may offer designated Engaged Practice courses. Only 200-, 300- and 400-level courses may fulfill the 3-credit hour EP graduation requirement. Although EP-designated courses in Foundation or first-year Liberal Arts do not fulfill the EP
60 graduation requirement, they will be noted IV. Liberal Arts Concentration on the student transcript. EP-designated and Emphasis courses carry the notation (EP) after the Creative Writing Concentration course title. Some EP-designated courses (12 credits) are included in the annual Catalog, but for If you are an artist or designer who also a complete and updated listing , please writes stories, graphic novels, and poems, consult each semester’s course schedule of our Creative Writing Concentration can offerings. keep you on track to grow as a creative writer—while you become a stronger visual Internships communicator. Or if you are planning Qualifying internships may be offered a career in illustration, graphic fiction, through the Career Center, major game design, or film, and need the career departments, or the Engaged Practice hub. advantage of excellent writing skills, this Only qualifying internships that are taken Concentration allows you to work on your for credit in the sophomore, junior and writing while you pursue your studio degree. senior years may fulfill the EP graduation requirement. For more information, contact The Creative Writing Concentration is your faculty advisor, your department chair, comprised of 12 total credit hours (four and/or the Career Center, see page 50. courses), taken in the Liberal Arts. As a final requirement of the Concentration, you’ll Alternate Pathways create a body of written work. Other pathways to fulfill the requirement are For more information, consult your approved on a case-by-case basis, such Academic Advisor. as a qualifying student independent project or the BFA thesis project. Sophomore, Visual Culture Emphasis (18 credits) junior or senior students must apply for This course of study will provide you with EP credit by the pre-scheduling deadline the skills to articulate your understanding for the semester they plan to undertake of theory and history of visual culture and these experiences. For more information on incorporate those perceptions into your own how to apply, consult the Registrar or the studio work. In the Visual Culture Emphasis Academic Director, Cores + Connections. you’ll study 18 credits of designated Liberal Arts classes in addition to the Foundation Credits and Transcript Liberal Arts requirements. You’ll become a While the EP graduation requirement stronger writer and communicator as these is 3 credit hours, students may elect to studies help you reflect on how art and complete additional EP credits, as desired. design are informed by concept, theory, and All Engaged Practice credit is reflected history. on student transcripts, documenting that students have completed qualifying, Areas of study include new media and film; professionally engaged experiences with non-Western and folk art; contemporary external partners or clients. issues in art and design; art criticism; popular and mass culture; philosophy and The EP graduation requirement is a aesthetics; and critical theory and methods component of Cores + Connections, of analysis. CIA’s academic mission in which For more information, consult your core values of world-class faculty Academic Advisor. mentorship, academic rigor, cutting edge curriculum, and state-of-the-art facilities, all power extensive connections for student engagement in experiential learning beyond the classroom and real-world professional projects with external partners. Cores + Connections embeds many and diverse opportunities across the curriculum for students to explore different forms of engaged learning and practice.
61 Animation (ANIM)
Foundation Fall Credits Foundation Spring Credits FND103D Digital Color 1.5 FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND103M Material Color 1.5 FND108 Design II 3 FND107 Design I 3 FND118 Drawing II 3 FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 FND117 Drawing I 3 ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 FND140A Charette: LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Collaboration + Community 1.5 Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 FND140B Charette: Self + Other Voices 1.5 Total Credit Hours 18 ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 Point of major application LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 Total Credit Hours 18
* The following liberal arts distribution Sophomore Fall Credits Sophomore Spring Credits elective categories must be completed for ANIM209 Intro to Animation 3 ANIM201 Concept Development 3 graduation: ANIM220 Drawing for Animation 3 ANIM307A Intro to 3D Animation ANIM345 Intro 3D Modeling 3 (prereq: Intro 3D Modeling) 3 1 Art/Craft/Design History or Theory ILL367 Storyboarding + Sequential Art 3 ANIM231 Acting + Directing 3 Elective ACD203 Art History III: 1945–Present 3 GDS200 Graphic Design For Animation 3 1 Non-Western or Cross-Cultural Art/Craft/ Total Credit Hours 15 ACD486 Media Arts + Visual Culture Design History or Theory Elective (post-1960s elective) 3 1 Advanced Writing-Intensive Elective: Liberal Arts Elective * 3 LLC318 Screenwriting Total Credit Hours 18 1 Humanities or Lit/Language/Comp Elective 1 Social or Natural Science Elective 1 Open Liberal Arts Elective Junior Fall Credits Junior Spring Credits ANIM310 Motion Graphics 3 ANIM308 Advanced 3D Animation 3 Note: An optional 3-credit summer ANIM350 Community Projects: ANIM400 2D/3D Compositing 3 internship to be taken either during the Animation Production 3 ANIM240 Experimental Animation 3 summer between Sophomore and Junior ANIM347 Digital 3D Open Studio Elective 3 year or between Junior or Senior year. Txtr, Light + Rendering 3 LLC203 Writing + Inquiry III: Open Studio Elective or Narrative Forms (if not taken Fall) Note: A 3-credit Engaged Practice ANIM Special Topics 3 or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 experience is required for graduation. LLC203 Writing + Inquiry III: Narrative Total Credit Hours 15 Please see page 60 for more info. Forms or Liberal Arts Elective 3 Total Credit Hours 15
Senior Fall Credits Senior Spring Credits ANIM401 BFA Preparation 3 IME402 BFA Thesis + Exhibition 3 IME412 Narrative Production I 3 ANIM420 Animation Open Studio Elective 3 Portfolio Reel + Shorts 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 PPEL398 Professional Practices 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 18 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 15
62 Biomedical Art (BMA)
Foundation Fall Credits Foundation Spring Credits FND103D Digital Color 1.5 FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND103M Material Color 1.5 FND108 Design II 3 FND107 Design I 3 FND118 Drawing II 3 FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 FND117 Drawing I 3 ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 FND140A Charette: LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Collaboration + Community 1.5 Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 FND140B Charette: Self + Other Voices 1.5 Total Credit Hours 18 ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 Point of major application LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 Total Credit Hours 18
Note: Optional 0-credit Audit Summer Sophomore Fall Credits Sophomore Spring Credits Internship to be taken either during the GDS200 Graphic Design for Non-Majors 3 BMA250 Anatomy for the Artist 3 summer between Sophomore and Junior BMA253 Natural Science + Zoological BMA254 Intro to Digital Biomed Illustration 3 year or between Junior and Senior year. Illustration 3 BMA264 Digital Color: BMA260 Line: Information Visualization 3 Style+Representation in Science 3 Note: A 3-credit Engaged Practice BMA114 Principles of Biology (CWRU) 3 BMA106 Human Biology (CSU) 3 experience is required for graduation. ACD203 Art History III: 1945–Present 3 Post-1960s Art + Design History Elective Please see page 60 for more info. Total Credit Hours 15 (from selected list) 3 Total Credit Hours 15
Junior Fall Credits Junior Spring Credits BMA345 Intro to 3D Modeling 3 ANIM307A Intro to 3D Animation 3 BMA353 BMA: Advanced Media Concepts 3 Open Studio Elective 3 BMA359 BMA: Interactive Narratives 3 BMA354 BMA: Advanced Problems, BMA Special Topics: BMA356 Forensic Concepts + Media 3 Modeling or Open Studio Elective 3 BMA Special Topics: BMA407 Micro LLC Advanced Writing Intensive Elective Narratives or Open Studio Elective 3 or LLC203 Writing + Inquiry III: BMA117 Anatomy + Physiology II (CWRU) 3 Narrative Forms 3 Total Credit Hours 15 BMA116 Anatomy + Physiology I (CWRU) 3 Total Credit Hours 18
Senior Fall Credits Senior Spring Credits BMA405 BMA BFA Thesis Research 3 IME402 BFA Statement + Exhibition 3 BMA Special Topics Course BMA470 Cellular + Molecular Illustration 3 or Open Studio Elective 3 Open Studio Elective 3 BMA352 Surgical Illustration + Media 3 Open Studio Elective 3 LLC213X Writing for the Sciences 3 PPEL398 Professional Practices ** 3 Open Upper-Level Natural Science or Total Credit Hours 15 Medical Science Elective (CWRU) ** (Jr./Spring or Sr./Fall) approved by chair 3 Total Credit Hours 15
63 Ceramics (CER)
Foundation Fall Credits Foundation Spring Credits FND103D Digital Color 1.5 FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND103M Material Color 1.5 FND108 Design II 3 FND107 Design I 3 FND118 Drawing II 3 FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 FND117 Drawing I 3 ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 FND140A Charette: LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Collaboration + Community 1.5 Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 FND140B Charette: Self + Other Voices 1.5 Total Credit Hours 18 ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 Point of major application LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 Total Credit Hours 18
* The following liberal arts distribution Sophomore Fall Credits Sophomore Spring Credits elective categories must be completed for CDE200 Core 1: Creative Process + CDE201 Core 2: Language of Materials 3 graduation: Material Studies 3 CER242M Ceramics Major Day/ CER210 Intro Ceramics 3 Special Projects 3 1 Art/Craft/Design History or Theory CER241M Ceramics Major Day/ Studio Elective 3 Elective: Special Projects 3 Post-1960s Art + Design History Elective ACD376X American Craft History or ACD203 Art History III: 1945–Present 3 (from selected list) 3 ACD462 Des + Craft in Modern Culture LLC203 Writing + Inquiry III: Narrative LLC203 Writing + Inquiry III: 1 Non-Western or Cross-Cultural Forms or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Narrative Forms(if not taken in fall) Art/Craft/Design History or Theory Elective Total Credit Hours 15 or Liberal Arts Elective* 3 1 Advanced Writing-Intensive Elective Total Credit Hours 15 (from selected list) 1 Humanities or Literature/Language/ Junior Fall Credits Junior Spring Credits Composition Elective CDE 300 Core 3: Digital Surface + CDE301 Core 4: Digital Modeling + 1 Social or Natural Science Elective Image (EP) 3 Making 3 1 Open Liberal Arts Electives CER341M Ceramics Major Day/ CER342M Ceramics Major Day/ Special Projects 3 Special Projects 3 One semester of Wheelworking and one Open Studio Elective 3 Open Studio Elective 3 semester of Moldmaking + Multiples Liberal Arts Elective* 3 Liberal Arts Elective* 3 required for graduation. GEN398 Professional Practices 3 Liberal Arts Elective* 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15 Note: A 3-credit Engaged Practice experience is required for graduation. Senior Fall Credits Senior Spring Credits Please see page 60 for more info. CDE400 Core 5: BFA Research + CDE401 Core 6: BFA Statement + Thesis 3 Exhibition 3 CER441M Ceramics Major Day/ CER442M Ceramics Major Day/ Special Projects 3 Special Projects 3 Any CDE Studio Course 3 Any CDE Studio Course 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Liberal Arts Elective* 3 Liberal Arts Elective* 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15
64 Drawing (DRG)
Foundation Fall Credits Foundation Spring Credits FND103D Digital Color 1.5 FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND103M Material Color 1.5 FND108 Design II 3 FND107 Design I 3 FND118 Drawing II 3 FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 FND117 Drawing I 3 ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 FND140A Charette: LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Collaboration + Community 1.5 Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 FND140B Charette: Self + Other Voices 1.5 Total Credit Hours 18 ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 Point of major application LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 Total Credit Hours 18
* The following liberal arts distribution Sophomore Fall Credits Sophomore Spring Credits elective categories must be completed for VAT200 Image + Form 3 DRG216M 100 Drawings 3 graduation: DRG215M Illusionism: Intro to Drawing 3 VAT202 Image + Form II: Studio Elective 3 Reproducibility: 2D or 3D 3 1 Art/Craft/Design History or Theory ACD203 Art History III: 1945–Present 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Elective LLC203 Writing + Inquiry III: Narrative ACD305 Visual Culture + Manufacture 1 Non-Western or Cross-Cultural Art/Craft/ Forms or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 of Meaning (post-1960’s elective) 3 Design History or Theory Elective Total Credit Hours 15 LLC203 Writing + Inquiry III: 1 Advanced Writing-Intensive Elective: Narrative Forms (if not taken fall) LLC373W Art of the Personal Essay or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 1 Humanities or Literature/Language/ Total Credit Hours 15 Compostion Elective 1 Social or Natural Science Elective Junior Fall Credits Junior Spring Credits 3 Open Liberal Arts Electives DRG321M Drawing Beyond Observation 3 DRG360 Systems Drawing 3 VAT327 Hybrid Approaches to VAT400 The Role of Artist as Producer 3 18 credits can be taken in one Junior Drawing + Painting: Digital Media 3 Open Studio Elective 3 semester only. VAT Studio Elective (outside of major) 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 LLC373W Art of the Personal Essay * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Note: A 3-credit Engaged Practice Liberal Arts Elective * 3 PPEL398 Professional Practices 3 experience is required for graduation. Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 18 Please see page 60 for more info.
Senior Fall Credits Senior Spring Credits DRG415M Drawing Major Day: DRG416M Drawing Major Day 3 Drawing in Context 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Open Studio Elective 3 VAT Studio Elective (outside of major) 3 VAT300 Aesthetics, Style+Content 3 VAT493 BFA: Statement + Exhibition 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15
65 Game Design (GAME)
Foundation Fall Credits Foundation Spring Credits FND103D Digital Color 1.5 FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND103M Material Color 1.5 FND108 Design II 3 FND107 Design I 3 FND118 Drawing II 3 FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 FND117 Drawing I 3 ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 FND140A Charette: LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Collaboration + Community 1.5 Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 FND140B Charette: Self + Other Voices 1.5 Total Credit Hours 18 ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 Point of major application LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 Total Credit Hours 18
* The following liberal arts distribution Sophomore Fall Credits Sophomore Spring Credits elective categories must be completed GAME215 Intro to Game Design 3 GAME216 Intro to Video Games 3 for graduation: ANIM209 Animation I 3 ANIM201 Concept Development 3 GDS200 Graphic Design for Non-Majors 3 ANIM220 Drawing for Animation 3 1 Art/Craft/Design History or Theory ACD203 Art History III: 1945–Present 3 GAME345 Intro to 3D Modeling 3 Elective LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: ACD486 Media Arts+Visual Culture 1 Non-Western or Cross-Cultural Art/ Narrative Forms or (post-1960s elective) 3 Craft/Design History or Theory Elective Liberal Arts Elective * 3 LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Narrative Forms 1 Advanced Writing-Intensive Elective: Total Credit Hours 15 (if not taken Fall) LLC318 Screenwriting or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 1 Humanities or Lit/Language/Comp Total Credit Hours 18 Elective: 1 Social or Natural Science Elective or Junior Fall Credits Junior Spring Credits CWRU General Studies Course GAME318 Level Design 3 GAME321 Game Media Production II 3 1 Open Liberal Arts Elective or CWRU GAME320 Game Media Production I 3 GAME322 Introduction to General Studies Course: ANIM307A Introduction to 3D Animation 3 Game Development 3 IME211 Sound Design 3 GAME347 Digital Texture+Lighting 3 Note: An optional 3-credit summer Liberal Arts Elective 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 internship to be taken either during the PPEL398 Professional Practices 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 summer between Sophomore and Junior Total Credit Hours 18 Total Credit Hours 15 year or between Junior or Senior year.
Note: A 3-credit Engaged Practice experience is required for graduation. Please see page 60 for more info. Senior Fall Credits Senior Spring Credits GAME401 BFA Preparation 3 IME402 BFA Statement + Exhibition 3 GAME420 Game Media Production III 3 GAME421 Game Media Production IV 3 GAME430 Special VFX/Simulation + GAME408 Serious Game Design Virtual Reality 3 or Open Studio Elective 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Social/Natural Science Liberal Arts Elective Liberal Arts Elective * 3 or CWRU General Studies Course * 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15
66 Glass (GLS)
Foundation Fall Credits Foundation Spring Credits FND103D Digital Color 1.5 FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND103M Material Color 1.5 FND108 Design II 3 FND107 Design I 3 FND118 Drawing II 3 FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 FND117 Drawing I 3 ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 FND140A Charette: LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Collaboration + Community 1.5 Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 FND140B Charette: Self + Other Voices 1.5 Total Credit Hours 18 ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 Point of major application LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 Total Credit Hours 18
* The following liberal arts distribution Sophomore Fall Credits Sophomore Spring Credits elective categories must be completed CDE200 Core 1: Creative Process + CDE201 Core 2: Language of Materials 3 for graduation: Materials Studies 3 GLS244 Glass Major Day 3 GLS243 Intro Glass 3 Studio Elective 3 1 Art/Craft/Design History or Theory GLS243M Glass Major Day 3 Post-1960s Art+Design History Elective Elective: ACD376X American Craft ACD203 Art History III: 1945–Present 3 (from selected list) 3 History or ACD462 Des + Craft in Modern LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Narrative Forms LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Culture or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Narrative Forms (if not taken fall) 1 Non-Western or Cross-Cultural Art/Craft/ Total Credit Hours 15 or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Design History or Theory Elective Total Credit Hours 15 1 Advanced Writing-Intensive Elective (from selected list) 1 Humanities or Literature/Language/ Junior Fall Credits Junior Spring Credits Composition Elective CDE300 Core 3: Digital Surface + CDE301 Core 4: Digital Modeling + 1 Social or Natural Science Elective Image (EP) 3 Making 3 1 Open Liberal Arts Elective GLS343M Glass Major Day 3 GLS344M Glass Major Day 3 Studio Elective 3 Studio Elective 3 Note: A 3-credit Engaged Practice Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 experience is required for graduation. PPEL398 Professional Practices 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Please see page 60 for more info. Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15
Senior Fall Credits Senior Spring Credits CDE400 Core 5: BFA Research + CDE401 Core 6: BFA Statement + Thesis 3 Exhibition 3 GLS443M Glass Major Day 3 GLS444M Glass Major Day 3 Any CDE Studio Course 3 Any CDE Studio Course 3 Studio Elective 3 Studio Elective 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15
67 Graphic Design (GDS)
Foundation Fall Credits Foundation Spring Credits FND103D Digital Color 1.5 FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND103M Material Color 1.5 FND108 Design II 3 FND107 Design I 3 FND118 Drawing II 3 FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 FND117 Drawing I 3 ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 FND140A Charette: LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Collaboration + Community 1.5 Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 FND140B Charette: Self + Other Voices 1.5 Total Credit Hours 18 ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 Point of major application LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 Total Credit Hours 18
* The following liberal arts distribution Sophomore Fall Credits Sophomore Spring Credits elective categories must be completed GDS265 Design for Communication I 3 GDS266 Design for Communication II 3 for graduation: GDS203 Typography I 3 GDS204 Typography II 3 PHV301 Digital Photo Imaging I 3 GDS238 Graphics for Design 3 1 Art/Craft/Design History or Theory ACD203 Art History III: 1945–Present 3 Post-1960s Art+Design History Elective Elective LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Narrative Forms (from selected list) 3 1 Non-Western or Cross-Cultural Art/Craft/ or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Design History or Theory Elective Total Credit Hours 15 Narrative Forms (if not taken fall) 1 Advanced Writing-Intensive Elective or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 (from selected list) Total Credit Hours 15 1 Humanities or Lit/Language/Comp Elective 1 Social or Natural Science Elective Junior Fall Credits Junior Spring Credits 2 Open Liberal Arts Electives GDS365 Design for Communication: GDS366 Des for Commun: Adv Studio II ** 3 Adv Studio I 3 Digital Photo Imaging II ** These two studio classes are required GDS367 Contemporary Marketing ** 3 or Open Studio Elective 3 unless student has designed an GDS360 Production Seminar 3 Open Studio Elective 3 alternative track with the approval of the GDS305 Web Design/Interactive I 3 GDS320 User Experience/ department chair. Liberal Arts Elective * 3 User Interface Design 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 PPEL398 Professional Practices *** 3 *** Professional Practices may be taken in Total Credit Hours 18 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 senior year. Total Credit Hours 18
Note: A 3-credit Engaged Practice experience is required for graduation. Please see page 60 for more info. Senior Fall Credits Senior Spring Credits GDS465 Graphic Design: BFA Thesis 3 GDS466 Graphic Design: BFA Seminar 3 Internship (take junior or senior year) 3 Internship (take junior or senior year) 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15
68 Illustration (ILL)
Foundation Fall Credits Foundation Spring Credits FND103D Digital Color 1.5 FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND103M Material Color 1.5 FND108 Design II 3 FND107 Design I 3 FND118 Drawing II 3 FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 FND117 Drawing I 3 ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 FND140A Charette: LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Collaboration + Community 1.5 Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 FND140B Charette: Self + Other Voices 1.5 Total Credit Hours 18 ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 Point of major application LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 Total Credit Hours 18
* The following liberal arts distribution Sophomore Fall Credits Sophomore Spring Credits elective categories must be completed ANIM201 Concept Development 3 GDS200 Graphic Design for Non-Majors 3 for graduation: ILL263 Fundamentals of Illustration 3 ILL264 Principles of Illustration 3 ILL260 Layout Rendering Techniques 3 ILL265 Character Design+Development 3 1 Art/Craft/Design History or Theory ACD203 Art History III: 1945–Present 3 Post-1960s Art+Design History Elective Elective LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Narrative Forms (from selected list) 3 1 Non-Western or Cross-Cultural Art/ or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Craft/Design History or Theory Elective Total Credit Hours 15 Narrative Forms (if not taken fall) 1 Advanced Writing-Intensive Elective or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 (from selected list) Total Credit Hours 15 1 Humanities or Literature/Language/ Compostion Elective 1 Social or Natural Science Elective Junior Fall Credits Junior Spring Credits 1 Open Liberal Arts Electives ILL363 Illustration for Publication 3 ILL364 Illustration II 3 ILL370 Professional Standards in Illustration ILL367 Storyboarding+Sequential Art 3 Note: Optional 3-credit summer or ILL389 Community Projects: ILL389 Community Projects: internship to be taken either during the Illustration+Production Workshop 3 Illustration+Production Workshop summer between Sophomore and Junior ILL371 Visual Concepts in Illustration 3 (if not taken fall) or year or between Junior and Senior year. Illustration Special Topics ILL370 Professional Standards in Illust 3 or Open Studio Elective 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Note: A 3-credit Engaged Practice Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 experience is required for graduation. Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15 Please see page 60 for more info.
Senior Fall Credits Senior Spring Credits ILL463A BFA Preparation 3 IME402 BFA Statement+Exhibition 3 ILL463B Advanced Illustration ILL464B Illustration Final Project: Studio Projects 3 Illustration Portfolio/Visual Essay 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 PPEL398 Professional Practices 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15
69 Industrial Design (IND)
Foundation Fall Credits Foundation Spring Credits FND103D Digital Color 1.5 FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND103M Material Color 1.5 FND108 Design II 3 FND107 Design I 3 FND118 Drawing II 3 FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 FND117 Drawing I 3 ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 FND140A Charette: LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Collaboration + Community 1.5 Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 FND140B Charette: Self + Other Voices 1.5 Total Credit Hours 18 ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 Point of major application LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 Total Credit Hours 18
* The following liberal arts distribution Sophomore Fall Credits Sophomore Spring Credits elective categories must be completed for IND235 Industrial Design 3 IND236 Industrial Design 3 graduation: GDS237 Graphics for Design 3 GDS238 Graphics for Design 3 IND285 Communication Skills 3 IND240 Materials+Processes 1.5 1 Art/Craft/Design History or Theory IND239 Materials+Processes 1.5 IND280 Ergonomics 3 Elective Open Studio Elective 3 IND286 Communication Skills 3 1 Non-Western or Cross-Cultural Art/Craft/ ACD203 Art History III: 1945–Present 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Design History or Theory Elective Total Credit Hours 16.5 Total Credit Hours 16.5 1 Advanced Writing-Intensive Elective (from selected list) 1 Social or Natural Science Elective: IND280 Ergonomics 2 Open Liberal Arts Electives: Junior Fall Credits Junior Spring Credits 1)IND239 Materials + Processes; IND303 ID: 3D Modeling 3 IND304 ID: 3D Modeling 3 2)IND375 Marketing + Design IND335 Industrial Design 3 IND336B Industrial Design 3 IND375 Marketing+Design 3 IND336C Industrial Design 3 Note: A 3-credit Engaged Practice Open Studio Elective 3 PPEL398 Professional Practices 3 experience is required for graduation. Post-1960s Art+Design History Elective Open Studio Elective 3 Please see page 60 for more info. (from selected list) 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15
Senior Fall Credits Senior Spring Credits IND403 ID: 3D Modeling 3 IND404 ID: 3D Modeling 3 IND435B Industrial Design 3 IND436 Industrial Design IND435C Industrial Design 3 (BFA Statement/Exhibition) 3 LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Open Studio Elective 3 Narrative Forms 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15
70 Industrial Design (IND): Transportation Track
Foundation Fall Credits Foundation Spring Credits FND103D Digital Color 1.5 FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND103M Material Color 1.5 FND108 Design II 3 FND107 Design I 3 FND118 Drawing II 3 FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 FND117 Drawing I 3 ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 FND140A Charette: LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Collaboration + Community 1.5 Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 FND140B Charette: Self + Other Voices 1.5 Total Credit Hours 18 ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 Point of major application LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 Total Credit Hours 18
* The following liberal arts distribution Sophomore Fall Credits Sophomore Spring Credits elective categories must be completed for GDS237 Graphics for Design 3 GDS238 Graphics for Design 3 graduation: IND235 Industrial Design 3 IND236 Industrial Design 3 IND239 Materials+Processes 1.5 IND240 Materials+Processes 1.5 1 Art/Craft/Design History or Theory IND250T Transportation Design 1.1 3 IND280 Ergonomics 3 Elective Open Studio Elective or: IND251T Transportation Design 1.2 3 1 Non-Western or Cross-Cultural Art/Craft/ IND285 Communication Skills 3 IND288T Communication Skills: Transp 3 Design History or Theory Elective ACD203 Art History III: 1945–Present 3 Total Credit Hours 16.5 1 Advanced Writing-Intensive Elective Total Credit Hours 16.5 (from selected list) 1 Social or Natural Science Elective: IND280 Ergonomics 2 Open Liberal Arts Electives: Junior Fall Credits Junior Spring Credits 1)IND239 Materials + Processes; IND303 ID: 3D Modeling 3 IND304 ID: 3D Modeling 3 2)IND375 Marketing + Design IND350T Transportation Design 2.1 3 IND351T Transportation Design 2.2 3 IND352T Auto Design Language 1.1 3 IND353T Auto Design Language 1.2 3 Note: A 3-credit Engaged Practice IND335 Industrial Design 3 PPEL398 Professional Practices 3 experience is required for graduation. IND375 Marketing+Design 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Please see page 60 for more info. Post-1960s Art+Design History Elective Total Credit Hours 15 (from selected list) 3 Total Credit Hours 18
Senior Fall Credits Senior Spring Credits IND450T Transportation Design 3.1 3 IND451T Transportation Design 3.2: IND452T Auto Design Language 2.1 3 BFA Statement + Exhibition 3 IND454T 3D Modeling for Transp 1.1 3 IND453T Auto Design Language 2.2 3 LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: IND455T 3D Modeling for Transp 1.2 3 Narrative Forms 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15
71 Interior Architecture (INTA)
Foundation Fall Credits Foundation Spring Credits FND103D Digital Color 1.5 FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND103M Material Color 1.5 FND108 Design II 3 FND107 Design I 3 FND118 Drawing II 3 FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 FND117 Drawing I 3 ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 FND140A Charette: LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Collaboration + Community 1.5 Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 FND140B Charette: Self + Other Voices 1.5 Total Credit Hours 18 ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 Point of major application LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 Total Credit Hours 18
* The following liberal arts distribution Sophomore Fall Credits Sophomore Spring Credits elective categories must be completed for INTA231A Space+Planning Fundamentals 3 INTA232A Retail, Restaurant+Store Dgn 3 graduation: INTA231B Architectural Drawing + INTA232B Materials, Research + 1 Art/Craft/Design History or Theory Documentation 3 Space Planning 3 Elective INTA285 INTA Communication Skills 3 INTA286 INTA Communication Skills II 3 1 Non-Western or Cross-Cultural Art/Craft/ ACD203 Art History III: 1945–Present 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Design History or Theory Elective LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Narrative Forms Post-1960s Art+Design History Elective 1 Advanced Writing-Intensive Elective or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 (from selected list) 3 1 Humanities or Literature/Language/ Total Credit Hours 15 LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Compostion Elective Narrative Forms (if not taken fall) 1 Social or Natural Science Elective or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 2 Open Liberal Arts Electives Total Credit Hours 18
18 credits can be taken in one Junior Junior Fall Credits Junior Spring Credits semester only. INTA331 Interior Architecture: INTA332 Retail Design+Brand Design 3 Intermediate Problems 3 GDS238 Graphics for Design 3 Note: A 3-credit Engaged Practice INTA333 INTA Autocad 3 INTA390X Sustainability: experience is required for graduation. GDS237 Graphics for Design 3 LEED + Detailing 3 Please see page 60 for more info. INTA385 Architecture+Commun Skills 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 PPEL398 Professional Practices 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 18 Total Credit Hours 18
Senior Fall Credits Senior Spring Credits INTA431A Interior Architecture: INTA432A Interior Architecture: Senior Thesis Problem 6 BFA Survey 3 INTA431B Interior Architecture: INTA432B Interior Architecture: Senior Thesis Problem 3 Advanced Problems 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Studio Elective 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Studio Elective 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 15
72 Jewelry+Metals (MET)
Foundation Fall Credits Foundation Spring Credits FND103D Digital Color 1.5 FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND103M Material Color 1.5 FND108 Design II 3 FND107 Design I 3 FND118 Drawing II 3 FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 FND117 Drawing I 3 ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 FND140A Charette: LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Collaboration + Community 1.5 Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 FND140B Charette: Self + Other Voices 1.5 Total Credit Hours 18 ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 Point of major application LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 Total Credit Hours 18
* The following liberal arts distribution Sophomore Fall Credits Sophomore Spring Credits elective categories must be completed for CDE200 Core 1: Creative Process + CDE201 Core 2: Language of Materials 3 graduation: Material Studies 3 Jewelry+ Metals Major Day 3 1 Art/Craft/Design History or Theory MET249 Intro Jewelry + Metals 3 Studio Elective 3 Elective: ACD376X American Craft History Jewelry+ Metals Major Day 3 Post-1960s Art+Design History Elective or ACD462 Des + Craft in Modern Culture ACD203 Art History III: 1945–Present 3 (from selected list) 3 1 Non-Western or Cross-Cultural Art/Craft/ LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Narrative Forms LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Design History or Theory Elective or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Narrative Forms (if not taken fall) 1 Advanced Writing-Intensive Elective Total Credit Hours 15 or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 (from selected list) Total Credit Hours 15 1 Humanities or Literature/Language/ Composition Elective 1 Social or Natural Science Elective Junior Fall Credits Junior Spring Credits 1 Open Liberal Arts Elective CDE300 Core 3: Digital Surface + CDE301 Core 4: Digital Modeling + Image (EP) 3 Making 3 Note: A 3-credit Engaged Practice Jewelry+ Metals Major Day 3 Jewelry+ Metals Major Day 3 experience is required for graduation. Studio Elective 3 Studio Elective 3 Please see page 60 for more info. Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 PPEL398 Professional Practices 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15
Senior Fall Credits Senior Spring Credits CDE400 Core 5: BFA Research + CDE401 Core 6: BFA Statement + Thesis 3 Exhibition 3 Jewelry+ Metals Major Day 3 Jewelry+ Metals Major Day 3 Any CDE Studio Course 3 Any CDE Studio Course 3 Studio Elective 3 Studio Elective 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15
73 Painting (PTG)
Foundation Fall Credits Foundation Spring Credits FND103D Digital Color 1.5 FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND103M Material Color 1.5 FND108 Design II 3 FND107 Design I 3 FND118 Drawing II 3 FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 FND117 Drawing I 3 ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 FND140A Charette: LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Collaboration + Community 1.5 Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 FND140B Charette: Self + Other Voices 1.5 Total Credit Hours 18 ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 Point of major application LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 Total Credit Hours 18
* The following liberal arts distribution Sophomore Fall Credits Sophomore Spring Credits elective categories must be completed for VAT200 Image+Form 3 VAT202 Image+Form II: graduation: PTG221 Intro to Painting History Reproducibility: 2D or 3D 3 (1828–Present) 3 PTG232 Painting Beyond Observation 3 1 Art/Craft/Design History or Theory Studio Elective 3 Studio Elective ** 3 Elective ACD203 Art History III: 1945–Present 3 ACD305 Visual Culture+Manufacture 1 Non-Western or Cross-Cultural Art/Craft/ LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Narrative Forms of Meaning (post-1960s elective) 3 Design History or Theory Elective or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: 1 Advanced Writing-Intensive Elective: Total Credit Hours 15 Narrative Forms (if not taken fall) LLC373W Art of the Personal Essay or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 1 Humanities or Literature/Language/ Total Credit Hours 15 Compostion Elective: 1 Social or Natural Science Elective Junior Fall Credits Junior Spring Credits 3 Open Liberal Arts Electives PTG333 Painting After The Photograph 3 PTG335 Constructing Narratives 3 Studio Elective ** 3 Studio Elective ** 3 ** One digital studio elective (Digital Photo VAT Studio Elective (outside of major) 3 VAT400 The Role of Artist as Producer 3 Imaging or other digital elective) is required LLC373W Art of the Personal Essay * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 for graduation Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 15 PPEL398 Professional Practices 3 18 credits can be taken in one Junior Total Credit Hours 18 semester only.
Note: A 3-credit Engaged Practice experience is required for graduation. Please see page 60 for more info. Senior Fall Credits Senior Spring Credits PTG421M Senior Studio: BFA Research 3 PTG 422M Painting Seminar 3 VAT300 Aesthetics, Style+Content 3 VAT Studio Elective (outside of major) 3 Studio Elective ** 3 VAT493 BFA: Statement + Exhibition 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Studio Elective ** 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15
74 Photography (PHV)
Foundation Fall Credits Foundation Spring Credits FND103D Digital Color 1.5 FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND103M Material Color 1.5 FND108 Design II 3 FND107 Design I 3 FND118 Drawing II 3 FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 FND117 Drawing I 3 ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 FND140A Charette: LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Collaboration + Community 1.5 Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 FND140B Charette: Self + Other Voices 1.5 Total Credit Hours 18 ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 Point of major application LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 Total Credit Hours 18
1 Two PHV studio elevtives required for Sophomore Fall Credits Sophomore Spring Credits graduation. Senior year PHV elective can PHV267 Photo Major 2.1: PHV268 Photo Major 2.2: be taken Fall or Spring. Narrative Structures 3 Sophomore Seminar 3 PHV295 Photo I: Intro to Photography 3 PHV270 Fine Art of Silver Print 3 * The following liberal arts distribution ACD348 History of Photo 3 PHV292 Studio Lighting 3 elective categories must be completed for ACD203 Art History III: 1945–Present 3 PHV201M Photo 2: Digital Imaging 3 graduation: LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Post-1960s Art+Design History Elective Narrative Forms or (from selected list) 3 1 Art/Craft/Design History or Theory Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Elective: ACD348 History of Photo Total Credit Hours 15 1 Non-Western or Cross-Cultural Art/Craft/ Design History or Theory Elective 1 Advanced Writing-Intensive Elective Junior Fall Credits Junior Spring Credits (from selected list) PHV325 Photo Major 3.1: PHV330 Photo Major 3.2: 1 Humanities or Literature/Language/ Contemporary Color 3 Visual Thinking 3 Compostion Elective PHV395 Photo 3: PHV350 Photo Archive, Book+Portfolio 3 1 Social or Natural Science Elective Advanced Digital Projects 3 PHV or Open Studio Elective or Internship 3 1 Open Liberal Arts Electives GDS200 Graphic Design for Non-Majors 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 PHV Studio Elective 1 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Note: Optional 3-credit Summer Internship LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Total Credit Hours 15 to be taken either during the summer Narrative Forms or between Sophomore and Junior year or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 between Junior and Senior year. Total Credit Hours 15
Note: A 3-credit Engaged Practice experience is required for graduation. Senior Fall Credits Senior Spring Credits see page 60 Please for more info. PHV297 Video/Digital Cinema I: IME402 BFA Statement+Exhibition 3 Screen Grammar 3 PHV or Open Studio Elective 1 3 PHV495M BFA Thesis/Research 3 Open Studio Elective 3 PHV or Open Studio Elective 1 3 Open Studio Elective or Internship 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 PPEL398 Professional Practices 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15
75 Photography: Video Track
Foundation Fall Credits Foundation Spring Credits FND103D Digital Color 1.5 FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND103M Material Color 1.5 FND108 Design II 3 FND107 Design I 3 FND118 Drawing II 3 FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 FND117 Drawing I 3 ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 FND140A Charette: LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Collaboration + Community 1.5 Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 FND140B Charette: Self + Other Voices 1.5 Total Credit Hours 18 ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 Point of major application LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 Total Credit Hours 18
1 At least two PHV studio electivves Sophomore Fall Credits Sophomore Spring Credits required for graduation. PHV267 Photo Major 2.1: PHV268 Photo Major 2.2: Narrative Structures 3 Sophomore Seminar 3 * The following liberal arts distribution PHV295 Photo 1: Intro to Photography 3 PHV292 Studio Lighting 3 elective categories must be completed for ACD348 History of Photo 3 PHV201M Photo 2: Digital Imaging 3 graduation: ACD203 Art History III: 1945–Present 3 PHV297 Video/Digital Cinema I: Video Track Courses LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Narrative Forms Screen Grammar 3 or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Post-1960s Art+Design History Elective 1 Art/Craft/Design History or Theory Total Credit Hours 15 (from selected list) 3 Elective: ACD348 History of Photo Total Credit Hours 15 1 Non-Western or Cross-Cultural Art/Craft/ Design History or Theory Elective 1 Advanced Writing-Intensive Elective Junior Fall Credits Junior Spring Credits (from selected list) PHV325 Photo Major 3.1: PHV330 Photo Major 3.2: Visual Thinking 3 1 Humanities or Literature/Language/ Contemporary Color 3 PHV341 Documentary Video 3 Compostion Elective PHV397 Video/Digital Cinema II 3 PHV or Open Studio Elective or Internship 3 1 Social or Natural Science Elective GDS200 Graphic Design for Non-Majors 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 1 Open Liberal Arts Electives IME211 Sound Design 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Narrative Forms Total Credit Hours 15 Note: Optional 3-credit Summer Internship or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 to be taken either during the summer Total Credit Hours 15 between Sophomore and Junior year or between Junior and Senior year.
Note: A 3-credit Engaged Practice experience is required for graduation. Senior Fall Credits Senior Spring Credits Please see page 60 for more info. PHV495M Photo Major 4.1: IME402 BFA Statement+Exhibition 3 BFA Thesis/Research 3 PHV442 Adv. Video+Digital ANIM310 Motion Graphics 3 Cinema Projects 3 PHV or Open Studio Elective PHV or Open Studio Elective or Internship 1 3 or Internship 1 3 PPEL398 Professional Practices 3 Open Studio Elective or Internship 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15
76 Printmaking (PRI)
Foundation Fall Credits Foundation Spring Credits FND103D Digital Color 1.5 FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND103M Material Color 1.5 FND108 Design II 3 FND107 Design I 3 FND118 Drawing II 3 FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 FND117 Drawing I 3 ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 FND140A Charette: LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Collaboration + Community 1.5 Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 FND140B Charette: Self + Other Voices 1.5 Total Credit Hours 18 ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 Point of major application LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 Total Credit Hours 18
* The following liberal arts distribution Sophomore Fall Credits Sophomore Spring Credits elective categories must be completed for VAT200 Image+Form I 3 VAT202 Image+Form II: graduation: PRI200 Print: Image Construction I: Reproducibility: 2D or 3D 3 Line+Sequence 3 PRI201 Print: Image Construction II: 1 Art/Craft/Design History or Theory Studio Elective*** 3 Form+Color 3 Elective ACD203 Art History III: 1945–Present 3 Studio Elective*** 3 1 Non-Western or Cross-Cultural Art/Craft/ LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Narrative ACD305 Visual Culture+Manufacture Design History or Theory Elective Forms or Liberal Arts Elective* 3 of Meaning (post-1960s elective) 3 1 Advanced Writing-Intensive Elective: Total Credit Hours 15 LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Narrative Forms LLC373W Art of the Personal Essay (if not taken fall) or Liberal Arts Elect* 3 1 Humanities or Literature/Language/ Total Credit Hours 15 Compostion Elective 1 Social or Natural Science Elective Junior Fall Credits Junior Spring Credits 3 Open Liberal Arts Electives PRI377 The Liberated Print: (Multiple/One) PRI376 Expanded Print: Investigation of Alternative Methods 3 New Media+Imaging 3 **18 credits can be taken in one Junior VAT327 Hybrid Approaches to Drawing + Studio Elective*** 3 semester only. Painting: Digital Media 3 VAT400 The Role of Artist as Producer 3 VAT Studio Elective (outside the major) 3 PPEL398 Professional Practices 3 ***One semester of PRI232-332-432 The LLC373W Art of the Personal Essay * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Artist’s Book Now: Narrative + Form is Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 required for graduation. May be completed Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15 as a studio elective in sophomore, junior, or senior year.
Note: A 3-credit Engaged Practice experience is required for graduation. Senior Fall Credits Senior Spring Credits Please see page 60 for more info. PRI450 Printmaking: Advanced Topics 3 PRI440 Propaganda, Media, VAT300 Aesthetics, Style+Content 3 Dissemination 3 Studio Elective*** 3 VAT Studio Elective (outside of major) 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 VAT493 BFA: Statement+Exhibition 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 15
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Foundation Fall Credits Foundation Spring Credits FND103D Digital Color 1.5 FND104 Digital Synthesis 3 FND103M Material Color 1.5 FND108 Design II 3 FND107 Design I 3 FND118 Drawing II 3 FND107L Design Woodshop Lab 0 FND130 Environmental Studio Elective 3 FND117 Drawing I 3 ACD104 Art History II: 18th C–1945 3 FND140A Charette: LLC102 Writing + Inquiry II: Collaboration + Community 1.5 Research + Intellectual Traditions 3 FND140B Charette: Self + Other Voices 1.5 Total Credit Hours 18 ACD103 Art History I: Ancient-18th C: 3 Point of major application LLC101 Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemp Ideas 3 Total Credit Hours 18
* The following liberal arts distribution Sophomore Fall Credits Sophomore Spring Credits elective categories must be completed VAT200 Image+Form I 3 VAT202 Image+Form II: for graduation: SEM232 Intro to Sculpture Fabrication 3 Reproducibility: 2D or 3D 3 SEM236 Time-Based Strategies 3 SEM231 Intro Sculpture+Exp Media 3 1 Art/Craft/Design History or Theory ACD203 Art History III: 1945–Present 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Elective LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: Narrative Forms Post-1960s Art History Elective 1 Non-Western or Cross-Cultural Art/Craft/ or Liberal Arts Elective * 3 (from selected list) 3 Design History or Theory Elective Total Credit Hours 15 LLC203 Writing+Inquiry III: 1 Advanced Writing-Intensive Elective: Narrative Forms (if not taken fall) LLC373W Art of the Personal Essay or Liberal Arts Elective* 3 1 Humanities or Literature/Language/ Total Credit Hours 15 Composition Elective 1 Social or Natural Science Elective Junior Fall Credits Junior Spring Credits 3 Open Liberal Arts Electives SEM333 Topics in Sculpture+Exp Media 3 VAT400 The Role of Artist as Producer 3 SEM Studio Elective ** 3 SEM Studio Elective ** 3 **SEM Faculty Advisement required Open Studio Elective 3 Open Studio Elective 3 LLC373W Art of the Personal Essay * 3 PPEL398 Professional Practices 3 Note: A 3-credit Engaged Practice Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 experience is required for graduation. Total Credit Hours 15 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Please see page 60 for more info. Total Credit Hours 18
Senior Fall Credits Senior Spring Credits SEM429 SEM: BFA Research 3 SEM430 SEM: BFA Research+Exhibition 3 VAT300 Aesthetics, Style+Content 3 VAT493 BFA: Statement+Exhibition 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Open Studio Elective 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Liberal Arts Elective * 3 Total Credit Hours 15 Total Credit Hours 15
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79 Course Catalog Art/Craft/Design History + Theory
Cinematic Time after 1960 assigned readings are drawn from the Art/Craft/Design ACD 320X scholarship of art history, literature, What does a cinematic image of time look anthropology and history. We examine History + Theory like? Why did this question suddenly seem works by U.S. artists of African descent pressing after the Second World War? and others who engage aspects of African Art + Design History I: How has cinematic time been explored by American life and culture. Visual Culture Ancient-18th Century filmmakers and artists in the past 50 years? Emphasis course. 3 credits. ACD 103 What possibilities does this exploration Intended to introduce students to art history open up? These questions will guide our History of Photography Survey through the study of major art concepts, investigation of cinematic time since 1960. ACD 348 theories, and historical events from the We will consider a wide range of films and This is a photo historical survey course. ancient Greek and Roman periods to moving image media in which time takes on Lectures are presented on leading Europe of the Enlightenment. The approach strange qualities—where the emphasis is photographers throughout the history of is both chronological and thematic. on what is happening in the image, rather photography from its earliest beginnings to Offered fall. 3 credits. than on what has happened or will happen the present within a context of cultural, art in the next shot. $25 course fee required. historical, social and political trends. Art + Design History II: 3 credits. Students develop skills in critical thinking, 18th Century-1945 writing and research through lectures, ACD 104 Social Cinemas: group discussions, reading and writing Covers major movements and ideas in Politics of Representation assignments along with the production of a European and American art and design and Engagement comprehensive research paper. Required of history to the mid-20th century. Students ACD 322 Photography Majors. ACD or open liberal are provided with a firm grounding in the Social is a term used to describe all kinds of arts elective. Offered fall. Visual Culture debates and theories of modernity and art and media today including social media, Emphasis course. 3 credits. modernism in art. Prerequisite ACD 103. social practice, and activist media directed Offered spring. 3 credits. toward “social change.” This course An Introduction to African Art examines film and video work that demands ACD 358 Art + Design History III: we think carefully about how the social is This art history course provides an 1945-Present defined and represented as an idea, an introduction to the visual art traditions of ACD 203 experience, and a world (or worlds). We will sub-Saharan Africa from ancient cultures to Examines influential artists and related begin by considering Jean Vigo’s call for a the present. Lectures and readings are concepts of art and design from around new “social cinema” in the 1930s. We’ll drawn from art historical scholarship as well WWII through the first decade of the new consider how experimental and avant-garde as from other disciplines (anthropology, millennium. Discussions focus especially film functioned as a means for organizing archaeology, visual culture studies) that on critical distinctions and meanings of social worlds and expressing social critique. provide a sense of the social, political and modern, postmodern, and contemporary We’ll ask what Stan VanDerBeek might have religious contexts within which the art was art, design, and visual culture. Prerequisites meant when he described the rise of a “new created and used. The study of African art ACD 103 and 104. Offered fall. 3 credits. social media consciousness” in 1974. And from a Western perspective presents finally we’ll look at how contemporary questions that are covered in class: Visual Culture and the filmmakers and video artists respond to the When and under what circumstances did Manufacture of Meaning way the Internet has changed our “Africa” as a concept emerge? Did Africans ACD 305 relationships to one another and to the consider their works “art” in the same This course will introduce students to events that shape our sense of how the sense that Westerners use that term? critical theories and methods of analysis larger social world is structured and defined. How did Western museums acquire African for interpreting contemporary visual art May be applied as an art history elective, art and how does that inform the way we and culture. Topics include: formalism Post-1960s art history elective, or understand African works? In what ways and stylistic analysis; semiotics and humanities/cultural studies elective. Visual did colonialism, the spread of Islam and structuralism; Marxist theory; biography; Culture Emphasis course. 3 credits. Christianity, pan-Africanism and post- psychoanalytic theory; feminist analysis colonial movements affect artistic and gender studies; postcolonial theory; African American Art production? How do we understand poststructuralism, and postmodernity. ACD 334 modernism in an African context? Fulfills Select interpretive frameworks employed in This course covers African American art non-Western or cross-cultural art history the “manufacture of meaning” will be from the late 1700s to the present requirement. Visual Culture Emphasis situated historically and discussed fully and emphasizing the formal qualities of art as course. 3 credits. critically, using seminal writings. Required well as the social and cultural contexts for Visual Culture Emphasis. 3 credits. within which it was created. Lectures and
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Exhibition Theory and the content of this course will be generally has meant the same thing. Culture of Display divided into pre-Modern, Modern, and Why do some critics and theorists embrace ACD 363X Contemporary eras in which art and visual this term while others find it inadequate, a While fundamental theories of exhibition culture will be discussed with geographic bad fit, something in need of qualification design are applicable to exhibiting art in a perspectives. As the semester progresses, or replacement? What corrections and variety of public and private places, there some additional readings and films may be critiques have these writers offered? are considerations of philosophy and assigned. Each student is encouraged to How do their observations change the methodology that are unique to this field. find examples learned in this course and way we see film technique and our own This course is designed to give students apply them to his/her intellectual unexamined assumptions about how film preparing for careers in the arts an development. Visual Culture Emphasis makes the world available to each of us understanding of those philosophies and course. 3 credits. as viewers? May be applied to fulfill the exposure to the practical techniques that non-Western art history requirement. have been proven useful by people in the Art of East Asia $25 course fee required. 3 credits. field. The required text book title suggest ACD 373X that the course will focus on contemporary This lecture/discussion-style course American Crafts History visual display strategies but consistent will explore the art and visual culture of ACD 376 applications will be made to explore gallery East Asia, focusing on Japan and China. This course will necessarily focus on and museum standards. Visual Culture Political, religious, social, and visual aspects American crafts. However, an effort will be Emphasis course. 3 credits. of the art will be stressed in class. In order made to incorporate other expressions to understand art and civilization of these (especially non-Western) into the mix too. Art of China two countries, we will look at art objects For example, there are readings in Adamson ACD 365 from ancient archeological objects, to on the Scandinavian slöjd system, Bauhaus The primary goal of this course is to explore medieval architecture, to modern and aesthetics, the Japanese concept of mingei, the art and culture of China (including contemporary art. Subjects such as women the Indian notion of svadharma, the Mande mainland China and Taiwan). Political, artists, performing arts and animation will blacksmiths of West Africa, and subversive religious, social, and visual aspects of the be also discussed in this course. Visual (feminist) stitchery, in addition to writings by art will be stressed in class. In order to Culture Emphasis course. Fulfills non- Anni Albers, Karl Marx, Frank Lloyd Wright, understand Chinese art and civilization, Western art history requirement. 3 credits. Ellen Gates Starr, George Nakashima, we will look at art objects from terra-cotta Carole Tulloch, Garth Clark, and many more. pottery of the Neolithic period, bronze World Cinemas Visual Culture Emphasis course. 3 credits. vessels, Buddhist murals and sculptures ACD 374X of the Tang era, literati paintings and Writing on film aesthetics in 1930, a year Issues in 20th and 21st Century imperial tastes of medieval China up to marked by global financial crisis and Art: Research, Engagement + contemporary art. Subjects such as women mounting political conflict, Béla Balázs did Politics in Contemporary Art artists and performing arts will be also not feel it was possible to speak of the ACD 380X discussed in this course. As the semester “people of the world.” But if that day were This joint course between CIA and CWRU progresses, some additional readings may ever to arrive, he predicted, film would be will revolve around the main issues and be assigned. Visual Culture Emphasis there “ready and waiting to provide the questions of late 20th and 21st century art, course. 3 credits. universal spirit with its corresponding namely: technique of expression.” Today we talk nn What is Contemporary? Possible Asian Art Survey about how technology has altered the definitions and conceptual revisions. ACD 372 world, making it feel smaller and infinitely nn Theory versus Praxis, or a more This course serves as a “survey” or a expanded at the same time. But can we combined Art + Research model? window for the art of multiple cultures. still say film holds the promise of universal nn Art as a thinking process | Thinking This lecture/exercise/discussion-style expression? If not, what does it promise as a creative process (following the course explores the art and visual culture of now? What, in other words, do film’s contemporary, and truly trans-historical Asia, focusing on India, Japan and China. techniques of expression correspond to in model: “art as research” and “research Political, religious, social, and visual aspects our contemporary world? In this course, we as art”) of the art will be stressed in class. In order will spend time looking carefully at nn The dynamic inter-relationship of to understand the art and civilization of cinematic technique in films produced all different media, and fields of study these three countries, we will look at art over the world during the course of the (as in installation art, and Krauss’s objects ranging from ancient archeological medium’s history. At the same time we will “post-medium condition”). finds, medieval architecture to modern and also look carefully at the ideas and fantasies nn The anxiety of interdisciplinarity (an contemporary art. Subjects such as women that animate “world cinema” as a label for inquiry and examination of the efforts, as artists, performing arts and animation will certain kind of films without taking for well as the resistance, towards such also be discussed in this course. The granted that this phrase always means or approach).
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Artists, for the most part, no longer define Japanese Visual Culture: Where Race and Representation in themselves as medium-specific, but Modernity Meets Tradition Contemporary Art and Culture primarily as visual artists and researchers. ACD 386X ACD 420 Fluidity among media is currently explored This course will explore all aspects of This seminar-style course considers in a philosophical and artistic positioning Japan’s visual culture, island by island, the relationship between race and that regards indeterminacy, uncertainty, theme by theme. Special attention will be representation in visual art and culture and even ambiguity as positive and devoted to Japan’s major cities, and the during the last three decades using productive values. Inter/Cross/Trans/Multi most important cultural sites, including contemporary methods including multi- are, therefore, welcomed prefixes and temples, shrines, gardens, and parks. We culturism and postcolonial theory. defining elements of an artistic discourse will discuss the history of Japan, traditional We will discuss and analyze examples of that aims at moving beyond established Japanese culture, and current Japanese contemporary art as well as popular culture categories. Interdisciplinarity involves the pop culture. Student assignments will focus drawn from advertisements, animation, film, combining of two or more disciplines into on the history of Japanese illustration, the internet, installation and performance one activity, and it entails creating including ukiyo-e, manga, and anime. The art, sculpture, photography, television and something new by crossing or thinking course lectures will introduce these topics, video. The focus will be on American culture, across boundaries. This might generate a as well as present an examination of all but discussions will also include the cultural sense of anxiety, which reflects the traditional Japanese art forms, from temple contexts of Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, territorialization quite prevalent in academic architecture to the tea ceremony. 3 credits. and Latin America. In addition to the and artistic arenas. More than specifically or primary focus on the representation of race, strictly answering these main questions, the Art, Craft, Design History questions of class, sexuality, and gender course will attempt to open channels for Emphasis: Senior Research will also be considered. Questions to be exchange, debate, and discussion, raising Paper addressed include: Is race largely a awareness about the most relevant and ACD 415 biological or cultural phenomenon? How pressing issues in the 21st Century art. Research paper required of seniors are “white” and “mixed-race” understood 3 credits. pursuing the Visual Culture Emphasis. as racial categories? How have artists of Not open as an elective. Offered spring. different races dealt with racial identity and Changing Views: Pass/fail. 3 credits. representation? Do popular media such as Perspectives on African Art commercial advertisements and music ACD 385X Issues in Design: Theory and videos convey prevailing notions of racial Through lectures, readings, and discussions, Culture of Design stereotypes? Visual Culture Emphasis this seminar will explore important ACD 416 course. 3 credits. developments in the history of the reception, What exactly is the “culture” of design? study, and photography of African art, from We will explore the interdisciplinary aspects Neo-Expressionism/Neo-Geo the 15th century to present day. An analysis of contemporary design practice and theory ACD 442 of a number of key publications by in relationship to the complexities of culture This course will explore neo-expressionism, pioneering scholars in the field will illustrate and society, especially with respect to neo-geo and postmodern art (painting, the multiple approaches that have been urban environments. We will move from sculpture, performance, photography) of developed to gain insight into Africa’s conventional considerations of the history Germany, Italy, England, and the United artistic heritage. Special attention will be of modern and postmodern art and design, States from 1971 to the present. We will devoted to the dialogue between to a broader contemporary understanding survey two major developments in art anthropological and art-historical of design with respect to globalization, making and cultural theory taking place perspectives on the arts of Africa. This consumerism, technological change, in Europe and America. The first is art as seminar will also address the politics and sustainability, infrastructure, city planning, anti-modern (neo-expressionism)— ethics of the acquisition and representation urban design and alternative trends. Visual a return to history, to representation, to of African art, as well as the methodological Culture Emphasis course. 3 credits. narrative, to the figure, and of the artist/self. challenges connected to their formal and The second is art after “the death of the stylistic diversity, and issues of artistic author” (postmodernism)—or the end of production and patronage. 3 credits. the individual “author”/artist (as the unique source of meaning of art) and the birth of the reader/viewer. In analyzing these developments, the course will survey the work of a number of artists. Visual Culture Emphasis course. 3 credits.
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Modernism in The Body: Tradition, Design and Craft in Latin American Art Transformation, Transgression Modern Culture ACD 443X ACD 458 ACD 462 Whether one considers constructivist This seminar-style course will explore one This course is an introduction to graphic and sculpture, architectural design, photography, of the most important themes of 20th- three-dimensional design from the Industrial painting, printmaking, or decorative arts, century visual art: the body (male and Revolution to the present. We will examine much of the 20th Century art production in female). We will discuss a complex range modern and contemporary artists, styles, Latin America countries is best understood of ideas and values associated with the and objects across the design and craft in terms of the struggle to assimilate, nude (and naked) body as it has been disciplines, including finely crafted furniture redefine, and/or resist styles and concepts re-presented in 20th c. photography; and other objects designed for public and of “modernism.” In this course we will painting; sculpture/installation; performance private spaces (architectural details and consider how twentieth-century Latin and body art; and video. While the “great ornamentation, wallpaper, textiles, lamps, American art and artists have been tradition” of the nude will be introduced, the kitchenware, etc.); decorative objects such interpreted vis-a-vis trends in Europe and course will focus on art produced since as ceramics, metalwork, and glass; objects the United States, paying particular the 1950s (from the late modern to the of mass production and consumer culture attention to how issues of cultural and postmodern era). Among other topics, (cars, trains, cameras, corporate and economic exploitation created unique types we will study the visual body as a residential furnishings, electronic goods, of personal and national identity. In addition representational site for the self; for erotic etc.); art posters, private press books to analyzing the works of such well-known desire; for the political position of women; and illustrations, and innovative forms artists as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, David and for formal experimentation. We will look of communication graphics. Special Alfaro Siqueiros, Jose Clemente Orozco, at art that presents bodies which are very consideration will be given to the social and Wifredo Lam, and Oscar Niemeyer, classes much outside tradition: i.e., bodies that cultural meanings of objects, issues related will be arranged thematically to better are sick, decaying, dying, dead, aging, to the design and craft fields as professional explore developments in various media obese, androgynous, deformed, etc. occupations, and the art historical and and to draw distinctions among the arts Topics and terms of analysis will include: theoretical relationships of the various of various countries, especially Mexico, the traditional nude; feminist critiques of design and craft disciplines beyond medium Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Brazil. Visual sexism; voyeurism; “exploitation,” (material) specific concerns. Visual Culture Culture Emphasis course. 3 credits. “obscenity,” and censorship; objectification Emphasis course. 3 credits. (gaze theory) sexuality; the nude self- Advertising and portrait and portrait; parody and quotation; Consumer Culture the female nude and modernism; Kenneth ACD 448 Clark’s nude-naked (ideal-real) dichotomy; This course will examine advertisements in identity and performance; and formal the print media with respect to various aestheticizing of the body. Visual Culture elements, including: economic and social Emphasis course. 3 credits. class; race; ethnic identity; age; gender; and sexuality. The course begins with an introduction to the method of analysis called semiotics, the techniques of which will be used to determine how advertisements convey their messages and how they address themselves to particular consumers. In addition to the elements outlined above, we will discuss several recent controversial issues. While this course will not center on a history of advertising, it will treat the historical place of print advertising in capitalist consumer culture. Interventionist tactics by various artists that attempt to subvert the economic and ideological function of ads will also be examined. Visual Culture Emphasis course. 3 credits.
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Conceptual Art Media Arts & Visual Culture: ACD 483X Interactive Zones This theme-based art history course is ACD 487 designed to give students an in-depth, What is “interactivity”? A recent publication semester-long investigation into the art is titled Total Interaction, but what does movements and ideas that informed that mean? In this course we will look Conceptual Art’s development in the closely at the history, theory, and practice 1960s and 1970s as well as its impact on of the interactive as a facet of contemporary contemporary art making in the decades art, design, and media culture. We will that followed. This course will cover, but not explore thematic zones or territories of the be limited to, the so-called heyday of interactive both real and imagined, Conceptual Art in the 1960s and 1970s, a including: cybernetic systems, sci-fi and focus on which would otherwise reinforce popular culture, visionary design, interactive the traditional modernist art historical animations and massive multi-player framework that defined styles in part by games, convergent technology, responsive limiting them to a specific time period. environments, and “AI” (artificial intelligence). Significant time in the class will be devoted A previous course in modern and to investigating examples of conceptually- contemporary art or visual culture is informed art created in the 1980s, 1990s assumed for all participants. Visual Culture and the early 21st century, underscoring the Emphasis course. 3 credits. impact of Conceptual Art’s legacy for art, craft and design today. The course will investigate the philosophies that informed conceptual art that allowed artists to problematize the conditions and encounters with art; the conventions of its visuality, and the circumstances of its production. Visual Culture Emphasis course. 3 credits.
Media Arts and Visual Culture: Installation ACD 486 This course investigates the emergence, prominence and impact of the installation as a new medium in contemporary art. “Media arts” or “new media” include but are not limited to video and experimental film, performance, interactive art, digital media, and especially the installation, which itself embraces a wide range of media. We will focus on the growth of the installation from “environments” in the 1960s into a distinct artistic medium used widely since the 1980s. We will discuss the work of many recognized artists and some less familiar artists from around the world as well as corresponding theories of media within the broader field of visual culture. Using a wide range of installations as examples, particular attention will be given to the implications that new media, especially digital media, have for the creative process and the critical social issues that they raise. Visual Culture Emphasis course. 3 credits.
84 Course Catalog Animation
Acting + Directing Advanced 3D Animation Animation ANIM 231 ANIM 308-408 Acting + Directing is an intense production Prerequisites: Intro to 3D Modeling and Concept Development I course designed for aspiring art directors, Intro 3D Animation. ANIM 201-301 screenwriters, and actors who wish to A core requirement to learn digital painting purse a career in film and/or animation. Motion Graphics in motion, scene design, character The course requires both performance ANIM 310 development, technical direction, and and cinematic practice. Directors will An advanced project-based course whose related pipeline standards for developing create and produce short scenes taking goal is to create finished broadcast- or animated stories, shorts, films, and on the full responsibility of creating clear web-ready animation or motion graphics animated cinematography. This course communication using the audio/visual pieces. Emphasis will be on learning After examines the media production language of cinema and focusing on the Effects. This course covers contemporary requirements for animation in applied developing and execution of performance issues in motion graphics and broadcast professional studios. This course serves to on screen. Beyond just holding the design. In this class, students will visualize, develop the animator’s core mechanics and responsibility of successful execution of a develop, and realize various creative vocabulary in the broad areas of animation project, directors will also switch roles with solutions for tasks in 2D and 2.5D animation integrated workflow (story conception, the actor, working from the other side of projects. Concept development, visual storyboarding, animatics, motion studies, the lens to better understand the acting storytelling, montage theory, typography, character flow and design, scene, set, and process and what kind of specific direction sound design, and principles and meanings props [look artists], technical direction, and an actor needs to perform according to of movement will be explores. Ultimately, summary of post-production flow) to meet another director’s vision. Open elective. the student will be expected to produce two industry expectations and professional 3 credits. complete pieces. 3 credits output. Offered spring. 3 credits. Experimental Animation Intro to 3D Modeling Intro to Animation ANIM 240 ANIM 345 ANIM 209 This course will introduce students to the The course is designed to cover concepts in The goal of this class is to gain a basic history and experimental techniques used digital 3D organic and device model understanding of the fundamentals of in the animation industry. Students will construction, whereby the virtual models movement, timing and rhythm and how learn how to bring stories to life through designed are rendered and composited for they convey mood and character, even in stop-motion, charcoal drawings and 2D illustration purposes to solve specific the most abstract sense. Animation is mixed-media animation. Students will learn conceptual problems. The subject matter the artificial movement of an otherwise how to build sets, rig puppets, and use within the Game Design curriculum reflects static object. By moving that object technology such as the green screen, the development of characters, game incrementally—whether by position, color, lighting studio and cameras. This course environments and specific assets for game shape, size, etc., we can create movement. serves as a great introduction to non- development. Students outside the Game By synching that movement to sound, we traditional animation for students who are Design Major, are required to work with emphasize the movement and create further interested in bringing physical materials to subjects appropriate to their major field of depth and meaning. Required materials: a life. Offered spring. 3 credits. study for concept development and for long 7200 rpm hard drive. Offered fall. 3 credits. term portfolio objectives. Projects include Intro 3D Animation: Character concepts and workflow for constructing a Drawing for Animation ANIM 307A virtual 3D surface by: (1) defining the visual ANIM 220 This is an introductory course in 3D problem within a concept sketch in An essential course for anyone who is animation as an art form, with an intensive pre-production, (2) utilizing specific interested in visual storytelling. This course focus on of the use and development introductory modeling methods to build the will teach students how to draw ideas, characters in animation. Successful 3D illustration components, (3) the use of actions, and gestures that effectively animation breathes life into motion with basic lighting and rendered materials, (4) communicate a story. Students will draw clear communication of thought, emotion, export methods into Adobe Photoshop for from live models in costumes, animals in narrative or experience. Any moving object augmentation, finishing and final illustration motion, and create characters that capture is a “character” in film or animation. We will techniques and layout. Projects require the storytelling poses. An emphasis will be hold regular discussions and workshops on student to gain and improve upon placed on exaggeration, silhouetting, line of how the dialogue of an otherwise stagnant conceptual skills, problem-solving in action, balance, and gesture—all of which object changes and evolves when put to specific media situations (digital 2D & 3D) are needed to communicate a character’s motion. Methods of instruction will consist and technical proficiency at an introductory attitude and story. This course is highly of lectures, demonstrations, artist research, level in 3D modeling. 3 credits. recommended for animators and illustrators. studio assignments, in-class lab time, and Offered fall. 3 credits. group critiques. 3 credits.
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3D Texture, Mapping, Digital 2D/3D Compositing for Narrative Production I Lighting Animation ANIM 412 ANIM 347 ANIM 400 Students learn how to fully develop a This course is designed to cover concepts The course is designed to instruct students narrative based concept for production. in digital application of texture maps for in the process and concepts of integrating In this class, students will: 1. develop their 3D game models rendered in a real-time 2D and 3D images from multiple digital ideas, 2. write a script based on those 3D game engine. Optimization of textures sources into a single, seamless whole ideas, 3. deconstruct their script in order to maps, and materials,. Poly count limits, composite. The course will be examining fully understand their proposed piece, 4. and how to “bake” extremely high levels of tools, techniques and concepts which help rewrite their script, 5. produce, review and detail into low detail models capable of to augment and compose digital space for edit storyboards, and finally, 6. produce, being rendered in real-time, and the benefits sequences of images (still images, review and edit an animatic based on their of using “Levels of Detail” with static, and animations & video). Digital compositing is storyboards. This is a project-based dynamic lighting concepts, design, and the manipulated combination of at least learning experience designed to help optimization. The use of toggle-able lighting, 2 or more sources of images to produce students develop narrative based work, and attachment of lighting to game assets and integrated result. The course will use and will be especially helpful for seniors and players. The importance of creating the process of compositing to demonstrate doing BFA project development. Offered fall. immersive environments, capable of being the following advanced concepts and 3 credits. walked through, and/or viewed from techniques: digital compositing concepts, multiple, often unspecified angles of view. motion graphics integration, post Animation Portfolio Reel & Projects include concept integration into production special effects, matte painting/ Shorts technical production workflow for masking, basic 2D rotoscoping and ANIM 420 describing, and optimizing digital 3D animation of different composited layers, This course is a requirement for Animation surfaces for rendering in a real-time game depth and 2D space composites, students but also recommended for any engine; creating immersive environments 3D generated render passes, lighting and student interested in the entertainment that express mood, and narrative through color correction for image synthesis and industry. Students will build and present a the materials, and lighting. Projects require rendering with correct frame rate and professional portfolio while learning career the student to continually improve upon aspect ratios. The fundamental concepts, search and interviewing skills. Students will conceptual problem solving, time principles and practices of time based have the opportunity to create animated management strategies, communication/ digital compositing and rendering in order shorts and refine their best work. Each presentation and technical skills. 3 credits. to establish a common aesthetic and student will leave this course with a technical language necessary to develop professional portfolio and a demo reel in Animation: Internship (EP) quality professional visual communications. their area of expertise. Required for ANIM 399-499 Based primarily in the software program Animation majors. Offered spring. 3 credits. Elective credit can be given on a case-by- Adobe After Effects, students will immerse case basis for student internships themselves in the making of integrated 2D developed through the Career Center office, works that are driven by medical/scientific, with advance permission of instructor and socially, culturally and research connected department chair. narratives. Offered spring. 3 credits.
BFA Research + Preparation ANIM 401 This course is structured to support the individual in shaping her/his own project and the production of all elements of the BFA Thesis, strong conceptual skills developed through a professional planning and a good researched idea are core to this process. Offered fall. 3 credits.
86 Course Catalog Biomedical Art
smell), and the cardiovascular system. understanding and use of figure anatomy Biomedical Art Prerequisites: BMA114. Cross-registration within their work. Reflecting the at CWRU required. Offered fall. 3 credits. interdisciplinary nature of biomedical art, Principles of Chemistry the course will have two complementary BMA 105 Human Anatomy + Physiology II components. These components reflect a Atomic structure; thermochemistry; BMA 117 multidisciplinary approach to muscular periodicity, bonding, and molecular This course is the second course in a anatomy and figure drawing. Study in this structure; intermolecular forces; properties two-semester sequence that covers most area is designed to provide the student with of solids, liquids, gases and solutions. systems of the human body and covers a good grasp of muscular anatomy as it If you are a CIA BMA student wanting to respiratory system, endocrine system, strongly relates to drawing the figure and its take advanced Biology/Anatomy at CWRU, digestive system, lymphatic system, proportions. This course will provide the you will need this course as an additional immune system, urinary system, acid-base student the opportunity to interpret anatomy prerequisite to gain access to specific regulation, and reproductive systems. knowledge by working directly from the upper-level electives. See prerequisite notes Prerequisite: BMA116. Cross-registration at model and human cadaver from CWRU for each course. 3 credits. CWRU required. Offered spring. 3 credits. Anatomy Department. This course is designed to provide the student with a Principles of Biology I Biomedical Art Graphics solid basic understanding of muscular BMA 114 BMA 203-303 anatomy as it relates to surface anatomy, This course will be a lecture style course. A This course serves as an introduction to proportion and movement of the human basic biology course designed for the biomedical graphic instructional design figure. The course incorporates lectures on non-major. Topics include: molecules of life, and production. The course will utilize anatomy, figure proportion and drawing cell structure, respiration and Adobe Illustrator to create vector-based techniques linked to direct and accurate photosynthesis, molecular genetics and instructional illustrations and design observation of the figure model and cadaver gene technology, heredity and human elements (text and image) within a context model. Offered spring. 3 credits. genetics, population genetics and evolution, for specific audiences. Emphasis will be on diversity of life, and function of ecosystems. illustration combined with design principles, Intro to Cellular + Molecular Course includes some applications of typography, and composition resulting in Biological Systems biological principles to agricultural, medical, prepress and print ready media. The use BMA 251 and environmental concerns. 3 credits. of Adobe InDesign to create layout for This course will emphasize an instructional and sequential page graphics understanding of living organisms at the Principles of Biology II will be utilized in the process of production. cellular level from a molecular viewpoint. BMA 115 3 credits. Topics to be covered will include: unity and This course will be a lecture style course. diversity of living things, evolutionary This course is the second course in a two Genes & Evolution relatedness, cells, tissues and organelles, semester sequence that covers most BMA 214 life as a biochemical process, molecular systems of the human body and covers First in a series of three courses required of building blocks of life, gene structure and homeostasis, membrane structure and the biology major. Topics include: Biological function, uses of model organisms and function, membrane transport, tissue types, molecules with a focus on DNA and RNA; molecular experimental methods. The the integumentary system, neurons and Basics of cell structure with a focus on the topics to be covered are relevant to current nerves, the central nervous system, the nucleus and chromosomes; Cell cycle, practices in biotechnology, medicine and peripheral nervous system, special senses mitosis, and meiosis; Molecular genetics, agriculture and these connections will be (vision, hearing and equilibrium, taste, viruses, and gene technology; Classical and highlighted. Cross-registration at CWRU smell), and the cardiovascular system. microbial genetics; Population genetics and required. 3 credits. Prerequisites: BMA114. 3 credits. evolution; Diversity resulting from evolution. Cross-registration at CWRU required. Natural Science + Zoological Human Anatomy + Physiology I Prerequisites: BMA105 (CWRU CHEM105). Illustration (EP) BMA 116 3 credits. BMA 253 This course is the first course in a two- This course is designed to develop strong semester sequence that covers most Anatomy for the Artist observational skills, and integrate traditional systems of the human body and covers BMA 250 and digital media within the scope of homeostasis, membrane structure and This course is required for sophomore monochromatic production. The goal will function, membrane transport, tissue types, Biomedical Art majors and is also open to be to convey an aesthetically powerful the integumentary system, neurons and elective students on a space-available basis illustration, which effectively provides a nerves, the central nervous system, the for studio or liberal arts Social + Natural solution for a specific visual communication peripheral nervous system, special senses Science (SNS) credit. The course is problem. The student will learn a vocabulary (vision, hearing and equilibrium, taste, designed to strengthen the students’ for expressing pertinent natural science
87 Course Catalog Biomedical Art
and medical art concepts in relation to Both traditional forms of media (graphite, education access points. Lectures will technique, design, composition, object pen/ink, charcoal pencil etc) and digital cover concepts and presentations of the accuracy/integrity and context. Students forms of line (vector ink, vector paint, and history of educational display, museum arts, outside the major of Biomedical Art will be raster ink, raster paint) will be utilized to and how traditional media intersects with required to apply the concepts and explore subjects in plant science, animal contemporary digital media, to inform and techniques taught in class to observational science, general biology, and micro and educate specific audiences at public subjects pertinent to their major of study. macro processes and human systems. institutions of culture/knowledge. Course The emphasis will be tonal and line base Gesture, quick sketching in line, preliminary work will be hands-on practice of methods in various media, including line concepts, to sequential narrative in line, techniques and concepts presented in graphite, ink, black/white color pencil, and fully rendered line projects will be lecture; discussion of readings; and critique carbon dust, and introductory digital central outcomes in the course. All of student projects. This class will involve illustration techniques in Adobe Photoshop. non-majors are encouraged to enroll; the both ideation and proposal development, The rendering concepts learned will course is specifically design as course as well as producing 1-2 educational media provide a solid foundation for subsequent support for Illustration, Drawing, and installations in collaboration with the semesters and be integrated further into Animation majors. The subject matter for curators and staff at The Cleveland the broader scope and applications in non-majors will NOT be science-based but Museum of Natural History, Cleveland Biomedical Art. Offered fall. 3 credits. editorial, experimental, and sequential Botanical Gardens, and Cleveland narrative. Offered fall. 3 credits. Metroparks Zoo. The course will also Intro to Digital Biomedical incorporate field trips and guest lecturers to Illustration Digital Color: Style + supplement the knowledge and practiced BMA 254 Representation in Science gained from studio practice. Projects will This course serves as a continuation of the BMA 264 involve working with diverse materials, first iteration Natural Science & Zoological This course is required for sophomore media, and electronic media. 3 credits. Illustration course. In this section, the Biomedical Art majors and is open as an student will continue to focus on natural elective on a space-available basis to all Serious Game Design: science and anatomically based concepts students interested in techniques and Theory + Applications and subject matter, dealing specifically with concepts in traditional and digital color BMA 308-BMA 408 human biology/anatomy and body systems. media. The course will focus on principles This course introduces the fundamentals of Utilizing knowledge from Human Biology II of color theory, light on form, line, texture, serious, or educational, game development. and anatomical references, the student will aesthetic impact, and accuracy of content The course materials and projects will help continue to develop keen observational in the illustration of scientific information students understand how and why games skills and apply those concepts through and editorial content. Through research, can be used for learning in the fields of digital methods. Students outside the major planning, and the application of medical health, medicine, science and games for will learn techniques in digital illustration and and scientific knowledge, the students use social change. The course exposes concepts in visual communication to for color to effectively communicate conceptual students to examples of the current work editorial and narrative based projects. and observational problems. Assignments and research in game design mechanics, The core media will be centered in Digital focus on the creative use of color to express game learning mechanics and assessment Illustration methods and concepts in specific communication objectives to a mechanics, which are integral to monochromatic tone. The integration of range of audiences. This course development of successful educational digital media will be used in unique ways to supplements the integration of traditional games. Students will be exposed to explore the boundaries of medium and and digital illustration techniques for non industry-specific serious games (games for convention in modern production. Digital majors, focused on editorial, and narrative- learning, corporate training, news games, illustration skills in Adobe Photoshop and based course work. Offered spring. games for health, science, exer-games, Illustrator will be learned and augmented 3 credits. military games, and games for social through traditional scanned work. The change.) These examples along with rendering concepts learned will provide a Educational Media Installation specific lecture topics and materials, will solid foundation for subsequent semesters BMA 306B-BMA 406B allow the student to understand how to and be integrated further into the broader develop their own serious game projects This Educational Media Installation class scope of the biomedical art major. Offered by learning specific research methods for serves as an introduction to and the spring. 3 credits. understanding content, players and exploration of media installation and engagement strategies. 3 credits. exhibition design techniques; including how Line: Information Visualization physical media, and virtual interactive and BMA 260 Veterinary Illustration linear media can be applied to educational This course serves as a comprehensive BMA 340 and informational settings including investigation of line to communicate This course will define selected taxonomic museums, cultural institutions and public simplistic to complex informational systems. groups of the animal kingdom and how they
88 Course Catalog Biomedical Art
correlate anatomically in a veterinary goals to communicate a message and/or developing skills and knowledge necessary environment. Drawing assignments will educate and instruct the viewer. The for effective visual communication of apply techniques to depict anatomic detail student will use the concept of narrative to biomedical concepts and subject matter of various types of animals, particularly tell animated short stories of the body, such as human anatomy, veterinary/zoology those common in veterinary fields, such as environment and/or natural science through subjects, body systems and natural science equestrian, canine, feline, aves. Emphasis the medium of 3D digital animation software. subject matter. The focus will be on on basic anatomy, comparative anatomy, Within the course, strong conceptual skills developing advanced visual storytelling behavior and movement are key elements are emphasized and developed through skills. Students will learn to take complex to describe and illustrate an accurate image professional production techniques, information presented by specific as applied to a specific veterinary topic. workflow and time-based linear media. biomedical art subject matter and Using appropriate media, students will Successful animation breathes life into selectively simplify it to solve visual complete several veterinary projects motion with clear communication of thought, communication problems effectively. addressing topics found in both veterinary emotion, narrative or experience. Any Students will work exclusively in digital (professional level) and lay audience moving object is a “character” in film or media will to develop practical competence applications. Alternating Fall Semester. 3 animation. We will hold regular discussions in the rendering methodologies and learn credits. and workshops on how the dialogue of an the conventions of modern production. otherwise stagnant object changes and When appropriate, project-based learning 3D Bioforms: evolves when put to motion. Methods of and client relationships will be incorporated Intro to 3D Modeling instruction will consist of lectures, into the course for specific assignments and BMA 345 demonstrations, art and scientific research, exercises. The course is also used for The course is designed to cover concepts studio assignments, in-class lab time, and non-majors to develop strong skills in digital in digital 3D organic and device model group critiques. The principles of 3D space illustration/drawing techniques (Adobe construction, whereby the virtual models and motion/timing will be used as the Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign). designed are rendered and composited for foundation for understanding how to Students outside the Biomedical Art major 2D illustration purposes to solve specific communicate a message through animation. will not be required to produce illustrations conceptual problems. The subject matter Learning the ideas of simplistic object, based on biomedical content, but instead within the Game Design curriculum reflects environment and body motion accuracy/ will focus on developing visually illustrated the development of characters, game timing will be taught in 3D and students will narrative projects, of equal complexity, environments and specific assets for game be expected to create simple to complex pertinent to their own areas of interest. development. Students outside the Game animations (based on level and individual Offered fall. 3 credits. Design Major are required to work with progress.) The computer will be explored subjects appropriate to their major field of like other art media and will serve as a tool Advanced Problems, study for concept development and for long for creation. This course is designed to Concepts + Media (EP) term portfolio objectives. Projects include benefit all majors and non-majors who have BMA 354 concepts and workflow for constructing a had a prerequisite course in 3D modeling. In this course the student will continue virtual 3D surface by: (1) defining the visual 3 credits. investigating complex concepts and problem within a concept sketch in techniques in Biomedical media and apply pre-production, (2) utilizing specific Human Anatomy them to advanced visual communication introductory modeling methods to build the BMA 346C problems. The focus will be on developing 3D illustration components, (3) the use of Gross anatomy of the human body. conceptual visual storytelling skills (first in basic lighting and rendered materials, (4) Two lectures and one laboratory sketch form/storyboarding for client export methods into Adobe Photoshop for demonstration per week. Prerequisite: proofing, then rendered digitally for final art). augmentation, finishing and final illustration BIOL 216 or BIOL 251. Cross-registration Students will learn to take complex techniques and layout. Projects require at CWRU required. 3 credits. information presented by biomedical the student to gain and improve upon subject matter and simplify it to solve visual conceptual skills, problem solving in Advanced Media Concepts communication problems effectively for the specific media situations (digital 2D & 3D) BMA 353 target audience. Advanced digital illustration and technical proficiency at an introductory This course serves as the first iteration of techniques in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, level in 3D modeling. 3 credits. media concepts and problems courses in and the integration of Flash will be used as Biomedical Art, and builds on observational the basis to solve illustration problems. Intro to 3D Animation and other skills acquired from preceding Students outside the major will learn BMA 346 Biomedical Methods courses. The course techniques and concepts in visual This course serves as an introductory focuses on digital illustration and drawing communication for editorial and narrative- platform to investigate and discover object, techniques which help to explore editorial, based projects. Offered spring. 3 credits. environment, human and natural science narrative and educational communication 3D animation to create a narrative with problems. The scope of the course entails Forensic Imaging/Modeling
89 Course Catalog Biomedical Art
BMA 356-456 environment, human and natural science 2D institution). Any major seeking to register for This course is an introduction to forensic animation, in addition to basic interface the Biomedical Art Internship must seek modeling and reconstruction methods and design, to create a narrative with goals to prior approval by the chair of the concepts, which brings materials developed communicate a message and/or educate Biomedical Art Department. The internship in the medical and forensic industry to the and instruct the viewer. The student will use will be graded in accordance with CIA sculpture lab. Materials such as clay, plaster, the concept of narrative to tell animated grading standards, and professional review alginate used in body casting, silicone short stories of the body, environment and/ with the client providing the opportunity. molding materials, polyurethanes, and clear or natural science through the use of casting materials will be used in projects current web-based and animation Applied Portfolio and that reconstruct facial and human body technologies. Visuals for the interactive are Professional Strategies elements from skull and environmental to be created in Adobe Illustrator and/or BMA 404 clues. The course will utilize specimens Photoshop. Within the course, strong The course will help the student develop from the Cleveland Museum of Natural conceptual skills are emphasized and applied portfolios in offline and online media, History, and possible visits to local developed through professional production demo reels, and print-related materials forensic agencies for additional hands-on techniques, workflow and time-based linear relating to professional packages applications. Experimentation and media. The principles of 2D animation and (resumes, cover letters, business cards, integration of sculpture methods to produce interface design will be used as the etc.) Students will learn real-world business body and facial reconstructions will be foundation for understanding how to approaches for art and culturally-based explored. The course is open to all majors communicate a message. Learning the professionals within community networks. and non-majors as an elective; no previous ideas of simplistic object, environment and The understanding of contracts, copyright, experience necessary. Alternating Fall motion accuracy/timing will be taught in 2D budgeting and marketing and presentation Semester. 3 credits. and students will be expected to create concepts as applied to commercial-based simple to complex animations (based on work and freelance opportunities will be Animal Behavior level and individual progress.) This course is explored. The course is designed to BMA 358 designed to benefit all majors and help the student navigate the professional Ultimately the success or failure (i.e., life or nonmajors with required pre-requisites. 3 areas of art and integrated media, while death) of any individual animal is determined credits. gaining critical insight into art practice and by its behavior. The ability to locate and leadership in the business environment. capture food, avoid being food, acquiring Cellular + Molecular Illustration 3 credits. and defending territory, and successfully BMA 370X-470X passing your genes to the next generation, This course will focus on the current BFA Thesis Research are all dependent on complex interactions techniques for visualizing and illustrating the BMA 405 between an animal’s design, environment cellular structure and molecules that make This course is designed to act as a and behavior. This course will be an up living organisms: phospholipid bilayers, summative experience for the student. integrative approach emphasizing chemical exchange, carbohydrates, lipids, The final BFA thesis project will be defined experimental studies of animal behavior. proteins, nucleic acids, etc. The ability to by the student and will work with a level of You will be introduced to state-of-the-art accurately represent cellular and molecular professional collaboration. The approaches to the study of animal behavior, structures has become critical with recent requirements for the BFA thesis will be to including neural and hormonal mechanisms, solve and effectively visually communicate a genetic and developmental mechanisms, advances in microbiology, biotechnology, medical or scientific problem. Integration of and ecological and evolutionary approaches. genetics, and pharmacology. You will learn outside resources, research effective We will learn to critique examples of current how to locate 3D molecular model files on collaborator/expert communication, scientific papers, and learn how to conduct the Internet and manipulate these models professional practices, presentation (oral observations and experiments with real on the computer. Working from conceptual and written) and documentation of the animals. We will feature guest appearances drawings, you will use these files to render process of the specific yearlong project by the Curator of Research from the (and possibly animate) molecules in 2D will be expected to determine successful Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, and visits to using Photoshop and/or Illustrator and in BFA candidacy. The choice of media and working animal behavior research labs at 3D using a modeling application (such as concept will be evaluated on its CWRU. Group discussions and writing will 3D Studio Max). 3 credits. appropriateness for communicating the be emphasized. Cross-registration at message and solving the thesis problem. CWRU required. 3 credits. Biomedical Art: Internship (EP) The project visualization will be student BMA 399-499 driven; content needs will be determined by Interactive Narratives This course is designed as a 3 credit the student and the research/collaboration. BMA 359 professional internship in the area of The emphasis in this course will be on the This course serves as an introductory biomedical art; and in association with an conceptual development of the content platform to investigate and discover object, industry-specific job (client, company or accuracy/relevance and its realization
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through the design process. The process will fully address research, expert collaboration, target audience, time spent, visual communication problem and successful execution of completed production. The goal will be effective visual communication with a strong, aesthetic, fully considered project, which integrates several layers of media. The final work will have the following: nn A two sentence (maximum) Thesis Statement, nn a designed/written proposal, nn research paper, nn business-oriented documentation, nn a digital presentation to explain the work, nn artist statement/project scope statement, nn and the final project depicting the solution for the BFA Exhibition. Offered fall. 3 credits.
Micro + Macroscopic Narrative Cultures BMA 407 The course is designed to utilize the Biomedical Art major upper-level science requirements at CWRU/CSU (in microbiology, genetics, histology, ecology and/or animal anatomy) to design and create visualizations based in microscopic and macroscopic imaging with the use of contemporary media techniques (animation, interactivity, digital illustration techniques). The course serves as an upper-level experimental practice in applied biomedical art industries, whereby specific projects are devoted to showing mechanisms of action (M.O.A.) of specific micro and macro systems. The course is open to Biomedical Art majors and non-majors with specific studio focus in the areas of art, science and technology with permission from the instructor. Offered fall. 3 credits.
Human Gross Anatomy ANAT 411 A comprehensive Gross Human Anatomy course entailing full cadaver dissection. Lecture and Lab, CWRU cross registration. Spring semester. 6 credits.
91 Course Catalog Craft + Design
Core 3: Digital Surface + Image Core 5: BFA Research + Thesis Craft + Design CDE 300 CDE 400 The third year of the Craft + Design core Core 5 is a hybrid seminar/studio course Core 1: Creative Process + explores the integration of digital for seniors with a focus on investigation, Material Studies technologies, imaging three-dimensional growth and verbal intelligibility. Each student CDE 200 modeling, new materials and processes, develops their own criteria for a thesis Students focus on the creative process and and the connections with ceramics, glass, and portfolio of work through research, material studies across the craft majors. and jewelry and metals. The fall semester exploration, and experimentation in various From inspiration to the production of brings a focus to the application and materials and media. The seminar includes multiples, each student explores design and integration of 2D digital imaging on surfaces discussions, presentations, readings, and making through their respective mediums and forms in clay, enamel, glass, and metal. writing assignments, which vary to as well as other materials. Sophomores in Projects build on the foundation skillset and recognize the direction of the group and the Craft + Design environment address encourage the use of digital technology for formal issues and conceptual challenges. common themes while working in their the development of image, pattern, and The subject, research, and writing for the respective major: Ceramics, Glass, and texture. Students utilize and develop their thesis are developed during the first Jewelry + Metals. The course affords the skills with imaging software and explore semester with the final thesis due before integration of skills and knowledge from how it translates into the various materials the BFA exhibition and critique. The course Foundation including drawing, design, color, and surfaces. Offered fall. Fulfills Engaged includes field trips to museums, galleries, digital synthesis, and collaboration, with the Practice requirement. 3 credits. and artist studio visits to expose students to practices related to the full scope of the historical and contemporary artwork and Craft + Design major programs. Offered fall. Core 4: Digital Modeling + practice. The mid-year review at the end of 3 credits. Making the fall semester is an environment-wide CDE 301 presentation and progress review, which Core 2: Language of Materials Craft + Design Core 4 explores the also prepares students for the oral defense CDE 201 integration of computer-aided design (CAD) of the BFA exhibition in the spring. Required The second course in the core explores across the craft disciplines. Building on the of all graduating Craft + Design majors. commonalities and differences in the Core 3 course, this course addresses a Offered fall. Open to electives. 3 credits. “language of materials.” Emphasis is placed range of new materials and technologies on visual and conceptual aspects of toward innovative applications across the Core 6: BFA Statement + materials, and material process. This range of Craft; new skills and knowledge Exhibition makes for interesting investigations and from 3D modeling to computer-aided CDE 401 explorations within and across mediums. manufacturing; and rapid prototyping. A hybrid seminar/studio course that builds Historically materials and processes are Projects integrate design and output on the research and thesis work developed connected with the evolution of function, experiences toward exploration of new in Core 5. Research, exploration, and and meaning. The class will explore inherent materials, patterns, molds, templates, experimentation culminate with the physical properties that may bring content models, and objects. The seminar/studio presentation of the statement and the and depth to ideas borne of the medium course includes weekly seminar BFA exhibition. The seminar includes itself. Students continue the process of discussions, presentations, and reviews discussions, presentations, readings, and research and ideation using these as well as dedicated work in the studios, writing assignments, which vary to common themes, and explore through labs, and major spaces. Laptops are recognize the direction of the group and experimentation. Each student’s individual recommended but not required. Offered formal issues and conceptual challenges. voice begins to emerge. Fundamental spring. 3 credits. The subject, research, and writing for the techniques will be explored and practiced, thesis and BFA statement are further stressing the practice of the maker. developed during the spring semester with Idea-books/sketchbooks will continue to be the statement and body of work completed worked on as an important part of the for the BFA exhibition and review. The creative process. Offered spring. 3 credits. course includes field trips and artist studio visits to offer the students critical, historical, and contemporary points of reflection. The course also addresses the planning and preparation toward career goals including goals statements, resume review, and digital presentations by each senior. Required of all graduating Craft + Design majors. Offered spring. Open to electives. 3 credits.
92 Course Catalog Ceramics
Ceramics: Major Day/Special Ceramics: Ceramics Projects Majolica, The Painted Pot CER 242M-342M-442M CER 247-347-447 Ceramics: Image, Pattern + Students will work on self-proposed This course will explore the use of the Surface in Clay projects, which explore content, meaning painted image and pattern through the CER 202-302-402 and material in two and three dimensions. tin- glazed Majolica earthenware tradition. This class will concentrate on the integration Conceptual and critical thinking will be This is a brightly colored glazing technique of form and surface using drawing, painting, addressed in weekly “Work in Progress steeped in the ceramic history of the Middle pattern and mark making on ceramics. We Reviews.” Lectures will address historical East, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands. will use ceramic materials, print processes, and contemporary work in art, design and Wheel-based and handbuilt fabrication will decals and digital imagery on both two and ceramics. Previous clay work required. be taught along with over-glaze brush three dimensional clay objects. We will 3 credits. techniques. Students will investigate research historical and current ceramic personal iconography and its connection to works and the technology of image making Ceramics: form, volume and content. Some clay on clay to invent a personal narrative. Advanced Handbuilding experience is useful. Open to all. 3 credits. Required of all Ceramic Majors. Open to all. CER 243-343-443 Prerequisite: Some clay working experience This course will explore basic and advanced Ceramics: is suggested. 3 credits. hand-building techniques to explore Multiples/Moldmaking individual investigation of clay for personal CER 248-348-448 Ceramics: The Potter’s Wheel/ ideation and concepts. We will make glazes, The class will be engaged with the concepts Utility + Production fire kilns, and explore ceramic history. of multiples in the making of contemporary CER 240-340-440 We will cover all types of work from utility functional, sculptural and design works. Wheel-based vessels and sculptural forms to sculpture and its relationship to site and Mold making; such as drain cast, press will be explored in this class. The potter’s place. The class will research and test molds and other production techniques will wheel is an important tool for artists and various ceramic materials, clay bodies and be utilized along with the use of 3D designers who want to create compositional surface treatments. Open to all. 3 credits. modeling. when necessary. There will be forms using multiple parts. Glaze making, lectures that address technical issues and glazing, and kiln firing will be incorporated Ceramics: artworks made of clay, both historical and into this course. Lectures on historical and Alchemy of Fire + Clay contemporary. Required of all majors. contemporary ceramic works will be CER 244-344-444 Open to all. 3 credits. included to further help student create a Students will explore and experiment with personal direction. Some wheel work ancient and contemporary firing techniques Ceramics: Raw Materials suggested. Required of all Ceramic majors. such as raku, pit firing, sawdust and saggar CER 249-349-449 Open to all. 3 credits. firing. Ceramic history of the vessel and This course will combine ceramic fabrication sculpture traditions will be covered. Work skills with an emphasis on clay body Ceramics: Major Day/Special will be fabricated using the wheel and formulation and glaze testing and Projects handbuilding techniques. The class will development. Students will learn press CER 241M-341M-441M work on drawing and image making using molding, tile making, and handbuilding Students will work on self-proposed these primeval traditions to create their skills along with clay and glazes for multiple projects, which explore content, meaning own personal idiom and concepts. Open to uses and temperatures. Class will include and material in two and three dimensions. all. 3 credits. lectures, lab work, and instruction in firing Conceptual and critical thinking will be gas and electric kilns. Lectures will address addressed in weekly “Work in Progress Ceramics: The Narrative Vessel historical and contemporary ceramic works, Reviews.” Lectures will address historical CER 246-346-446 along with technical issues. Required of all and contemporary work in art, design and The focus of this class will be the ceramic Ceramic majors. Open to all. 3 credits. ceramics. Previous clay work required. object as a vehicle for two and three- 3 credits. dimensional expression. We will introduce Ceramics: Architectonic Clay + the potter’s wheel, handbuilding/forming Ceramic Sculpture techniques along with glazing and surface CER 250-350-450 treatments. Kiln firing will be introduced, This course will focus on creating works of including gas and electric kilns. We will ceramic sculpture and ceramic works that discuss artworks made from clay in the will be presented on the wall, floor or used past, present and future. This class is as an architectural element or ornament open to all: take as preparation for other such as public and domestic art projects course work in the Ceramics Department. and tile projects. We will cover basic 3 credits. ceramic fabrication to include: large-scale
93 Course Catalog Ceramics work in clay; the use of ceramic materials Ceramics Vessel Utility and construction techniques to create CER 253-353-453 sculpture; tile making; press molding; use This course will investigate the historical and of the extruder; glazing and firing of gas contemporary forms of the ceramic vessel/ and electric kilns. Lectures will include pot. The dual nature of works that function, historical and contemporary works. Projects as receptacles for meaning and narrative as will include architecture-based work for well as domestic work for the table or domestic and public formats, experimental presentation will be researched. unfired solutions and two-dimensional Construction techniques to be covered will pattern and design work, ceramic surface include hand building and the potter’s development, and all ceramic traditions, wheel along with a variety of surface which address subject matter outside of treatments and firing methods. Open to all. domestic utility. Clay is an easily accessible 3 credits. material that makes it ideal for creating both figurative and abstract works in any scale. Ceramics: Surface + Form The course will include some research and CER 255-355-455 testing of sculpture bodies and surfaces. Students will work on assigned and Course requirements: Some clay working self-proposed projects which explore the experience (high school, college level, or ceramic surface in relationship to two and equivalent). See Ceramics: 241, 341, 441: three-dimensional form. Concepts and Introduction to three-dimensional plastic critical theory will be addressed. Lectures media. 3 credits. will discuss historical and contemporary art and design history. Previous clay working Ceramics: Nature/Structure experience required. 3 credits CER 251-351-451 In this class we will be looking to nature for Ceramics: inspiration. The natural world and its infinite Monumental Ceramics structures, patterns, and phenomena are CER 260X-360X-460X an inexhaustible source for visual artists. We will explore the fabrication of large We will make use of this vast resource, scale, hand-built structures and vessels. bringing traces of what can be discovered Ceramic history, surface considerations and and integrated into our clay work. Both form non-traditional finishing techniques will be and surface will be studied and utilized and utilized. The class will address drawing and we will learn to fire a variety of kilns. There mark making in relation to mass and will be lectures on contemporary and volume. Clay in various forms, fired and historical art and design in clay. Required of unfired, will be investigated to problem all Ceramic majors. Open to all. 3 credits. solve and create large-scale clay tiles, relief work, murals, multiples and installations. Ceramics: Table for Two: Some previous clay experience is required. Evolving Rituals of Food Open to all. 3 credits. CER 252-352-452 We will focus on the human experience of Ceramics: Internship (EP) eating, and the rituals and modes of CER 399-499 communication involving community, food Elective credit can be given on a case-by- and drink. The potter’s wheel will be our case basis for student internships primary means of fabrication for the developed through the Career Center office, creation of objects, parts and multiples. with advance permission of instructor and Glaze formulation, surface techniques and department chair. firing of kilns will be incorporated in this class. Required of all Ceramic majors. Open to all. 3 credits.
94 Course Catalog Drawing
Figure Drawing Drawing: Style Context Drawing DRG 225-226/325-326/425-426 DRG 323-423 Students will develop an individual Students explore diverse disciplines in, and Illusionism: Intro to Drawing approach to the figure through relevant develop a wide range of, visual linguistics DRG 215M historical and contemporary systems of and technical skills. Traditional and Advancing the illusionistic rendering skills representation. This course emphasizes an unconventional mediums and materials are developed in the first year, students will be innovative approach to drawing using the explored and verified through application. introduced to a variety of theories related to figure as a vehicle and primary focus for An infinite range of resource information is sight and perception. Students will develop metaphoric or literal interpretations, utilized from direct observation, photo skills with several traditional mediums and and as a site for conceptual inquiry. documentation, and introspective insights. materials as well as experiment with Diverse combinations of traditional and Projects are student driven with an concepts of scale, color, and mark-making. unconventional mediums will be introduced. emphasis on working with the student to Required for sophomore Drawing majors. Individual reviews of work in progress and develop their ideas through research, Cross-listed with VAT. Offered fall. 3 group critiques are an integral part of the exploration, and experimentation with credits. studio concentration. Museum, gallery different drawing media. Using critique as a excursions, and visiting artists are regularly format for class interaction, work will be 100 Drawings scheduled to enlighten student pursuits. presented for both formal and interpretive DRG 216M 3 credits. analysis during several stages in its In creating 100 drawings within a single production. Museum and gallery excursions semester, students will move through Drawing: Images: Series, and visiting artists are regularly scheduled many forms of drawing, from direct Episodes + Time to expose students to historical and observation to work from photographic DRG 27X-37X-47X contemporary artwork and practice. sources, from abstraction to the Through the many permutations of the 3 credits. idiosyncratic. Assignments are sequenced discipline such as drawing as narrative, to encourage experimentation and play with drawing as process, and drawing as Systems Drawing a wide range of drawing materials and animation, the concept of the sequential DRG 360-460 methods. At the conclusion of the course, will be explored. The course will include This course will investigate the means by students will have begun to develop their readings, in-class discussion and critiques, which various systems of drawing and own point of view, style, and approach to as well as an examination of the practices of representation function as methods of drawing. Required for sophomore Drawing diverse artists including William Kentridge, communication. How do historical, cultural majors. Offered spring. 3 credits. Matthew Ritchie, Judith Bernstein, William and social contexts frame an artist’s ability Anastasi, and Marjane Satrapi. Assignments to send messages through their work? Drawing as Image, Process, will be given that address various methods And, like in a game of telephone, in any and Plan of describing time through the medium. system of communication it is inevitable DRG 21X-31X-41X This course is open to all majors an is that potential problems may occur— Initial projects of the course will focus on the cross-listed with Visual Arts. 3 credits. misunderstandings, errors, and falsehoods. construction of a drawing utilizing a variety Can these be absorbed into the content of of sources including: observation, historical Drawing Beyond Observation the work? Illusionistic, abstract, allegorical, reference, photographs, digital images, and DRG 221-321M-421 diagrammatic, mathematical and the imagination. Discussion will focus on This course will explore strategies for idiosyncratic systems of drawing and contextualizing the drawing as object, representation beyond direct perception, representation will be investigated through locating it through the study of pertinent moving past the use of the traditional this course, through studio practice, theory and history. In further projects still life, landscape, or model as subject. readings, critique and in-class discussion. students will consider the drawing as part of How can a drawing describe the world that Required of all junior Drawing majors. a larger process in developing 2D images is beyond the range of our common visual 3 credits. through a variety of media. Important to this observations? Different approaches to discussion will be concerns of composition, drawing, including free-association, scale, and media and their relationship to metaphor, and mapping are explored to concept and content. Students will then help define and circumvent personal research artists who have utilized drawing barriers. Required for junior Drawing majors. as a planning tool for film, sculpture, and Offered fall. 3 credits. other media. The focus of these projects will be on how the drawing aids the artist in conceptualizing a form in space and time. 3 credits.
95 Course Catalog Ceramics
3-Dimensional Drawing: Drawing Thesis The Psychology of Space DRG 430 DRG 38X-39X Building on understandings of narrative, Through a theoretical understanding of systems and context, students will work drawing as mapping, students will be towards the creation of a final BFA thesis. asked to deal with problems of three- Through working in the studio, students will dimensionality in relationship to movement build a coherent understanding of the and time through space. Of particular process, content, and context for their interest will be concerns of mapping, spatial artwork, as drawing. Students will produce location and relative positioning and the works in response to topics, and through ideas of fourth dimensionality or the critique, readings, and discussion come to “hidden.” Students will be asked to consider an understanding of how they function in ideas of trace, residue, and rhizomatic or their own work. Required of all senior non-linear vs. linear progressions. drawing majors and open as an elective Questions will include: How does the with the prerequisite of Illusionism or student navigate both three-dimensional through permission of instructor or and conceptual spaces? How can space Drawing chair. 3 credits. be explored, mapped, and studied both as a physical location and a spatial event. 3 credits.
Drawing: Internship (EP) DRG 399-499 Elective credit can be given on a case-by- case basis for student internships developed through the Career Center office, with advance permission of instructor and department chair.
Drawing Major Day: Drawing in Context DRG 415M What provides the context for a contemporary drawing? Is it the graphic novel or a classical form of figurative representation? Does it find its place in the space of the gallery or on the street? Students will explore the ways in which form and style contribute to the content of their work. Projects are student driven with an emphasis on working with each student to develop his or her ideas through research, exploration, and experimentation. Museum and gallery excursions and visiting artists are regularly scheduled to expose students to historical and contemporary artwork and practice. Required for senior Drawing majors. 3 credits.
96 Course Catalog Professional Practices + Engaged Learning (PPEL)
S.E.A. Change: Environment, Art + Engaged Professional projectFIND (EP) Practice (EP) PPEL 200X.02/300X.02/ PPEL 210X-310X-410X Practices 400X.02 (Fall) How can artists and designers engage PPEL 201X.02/301X.02/ the natural environment to expand + Engaged 401X.02 (Spring) their studio practices? Students from As artists and designers, how do we any major will work collaboratively with CIA Learning (PPEL) engage complex social issues? Under faculty and a park naturalist-artist in this the direction of a faculty member, this interdisciplinary studio elective, located at S.E.A. Change: year-long, field-based practicum (1.5 cr. per Look About Lodge in Cleveland Metroparks’ Drawn to Care (EP) semester) engages student artists and South Chagrin Reservation. The bulk of the PPEL 200X.01/300X.01/ designers with community partners and course experiences, exploration, and inquiry 400X.01 (Fall) individuals exploring and addressing the take place “in the field,” and also includes PPEL 201X.01/301X.01/ issues of displaced people, while significant public interaction. 401X.01 (Spring) responding creatively and critically through How can portraiture affect both a the lens of placemaking. Students spend What can artists do to help people patient’s wellbeing and an artist’s 2-3 hours per week in the field working to powerfully reconnect to nature through art, connection to others? Supervised by a understand the experience and context of in a day and age when we have become out faculty member, this field-based practicum displaced people and the organizations that of tune with the environment? and seminar course provides interested, serve this population. With those “Interpretation” is relaying information to an qualified students from all majors an experiences and understandings of the audience in a way that is meaningful, opportunity to engage as artists “in context, students are then expected to relevant, and provocative. Who is the residence” in a Cleveland Clinic treatment produce work of various types, scales and audience? What creative and artistic unit. Students spend 2–5 hours per week at various locations. Student projects are solutions will enhance an interpretive nature on-site, drawing and/or painting portraits of shaped and calibrated by factors such as program or environmental topic in a way to patients, in material and/or digital media. students’ creative interests, art and design better reach that audience? Equipment is provided on-site. Students skills, and own perspectives, as well as by also meet periodically in seminar on the community partners’ input and Students will create these artistic solutions campus, and maintain a reflection blog/ collaboration. Student schedules out in the based on each student’s choice of nature portfolio. Both patient scheduling and field will be customized in concert with the and environmental topics, informed by their seminar meeting time will be customized to instructor. Students will also meet weekly field investigations as well as by each student’s overall class schedule. The periodically in seminar on campus, and continuing observations in a microhabitat. end of the project year may include a maintain a reflection blog/portfolio. Seminar Students may choose to work in the media culminating exhibit of all work produced in meeting time will be customized to each of their major, or explore other disciplines, the course, and includes the gifting of the student’s overall class schedule. and will also be exposed to specific original work and framed prints back to the Transportation will be coordinated in concert materials and processes. Students will patients. Students are responsible for their with the needs of the course. Open studio assist in conducting two public art-nature own transportation. Open studio elective. elective. Prerequisite: Discussion with workshops, as well as present their work in NOTE: Students enrolled in the course will instructor. 1.5 credits/semester. Fall and a culminating public open house. be required to produce documentation of Spring enrollment required for 3 credits. immunizations and have a BCI and FBI Appropriate dress for seasonal weather and background check, under the guidance of outdoor hiking is expected. Students are the instructor. Prerequisite: Discussion with responsible for their own transportation or instructor and portrait portfolio. May be carpooling. Open studio elective. 3 credits. taken for 1.5 or 3 credits/semester. If taken for 1.5 credits, then Fall and Spring (EP) – indicates a course that may enrollment required for 3 credits. fulfill, or help fulfill, the 3-credit hour Engaged Practice graduation requirement see page 60.
97 Course Catalog Professional Practices + Engaged Learning (PPEL)
Hybridity (EP) Professional Practices Engaged Practice PPEL 333X PPEL 398 Internship (EP) Offered as an interdisciplinary seminar/ This course provides the student an PPEL 399-499 studio, Hybridity is designed to provide overview of the environment surrounding To fulfill the Engaged Practice (EP) opportunities to discuss and explore the business of art and design, and the graduation requirement see page 60, emerging frontiers shared by art and practice of the individual. A core lecture qualifying internships may be offered engineering, from new materials and series covers self-promotion, networking, through the Career Center or major technologies, to collaboration and design ethics, intellectual property, contracts, departments, or the Professional Practices thinking. Students from the Cleveland professional development, and guidance by + Engaged Learning hub. Only qualifying Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve practicing professionals. Students must internships that are taken for credit in the University School of Engineering work select one of the breakout sections. sophomore, junior and senior years may together to discuss, reveal, and explore nn Industry section supports student fulfill the EP graduation requirement. For ways of thinking and working, through this preparation to become an integral more information, contact your faculty seminar and project-based studio. The part of a commercial organization by advisor, your department chair, and/or the influence of collaboration and the hybrid on providing an understanding of corporate Career Center. research, creativity, ideation, design, methods and practices. innovation, and making will be explored. nn Entrepreneurship section transports Putting Artists in the the student through the key decisions Classroom: Introduction to New technologies and materials provide an required to establish a successful art/ Art Education (EP) exciting range of possibilities for prototypes, design business. PPEL 400-400A models, molds, and parts toward a wide nn Studio to Gallery section focuses on the As artists, how can we give back to our range of “making.” This course addresses complexities of a professional artist’s communities through K-12 education in the concepts, practices, and technologies studio practice by examining interactions the arts? This field-based practicum and of contemporary hybrid activity as with gallery directors, museum curators, seminar course provides students from any interactions between art and engineering, preparators, conservators, and major with an introduction to the world of and includes work at the think[box] and the marketing professionals. Art Education. Students are placed in studios of CIA, and service bureaus. A This course is required for all academic schools in the Cleveland area, and work series of short essays complete the hybrid. majors and encouraged for students in their with a cooperating teacher or professional Prerequisite: Discussion with instructor. junior year of study. Offered fall and spring. mentor there, providing first-hand teaching 3 credits. 3 credits. experience in the studio arts. Through the course, students are taught the principles and practices of Art Education and curriculum/ lesson planning to be used during their teaching experience. Students also learn to document their students’ work and may curate public exhibitions of the work. Students are responsible for their own transportation. Open studio or Liberal Arts elective. NOTE: Students enrolled in the course will be required to have a BCI and FBI background check, under the guidance of the instructor. Prerequisite: Discussion with instructor. 3 credits.
(EP) – indicates a course that may fulfill, or help fulfill, the 3-credit hour Engaged Practice graduation requirement see page 60.
98 Course Catalog Foundation
Digital Synthesis drawing and digital skills are fundamental Foundation FND 104 for communicating ideas and are reinforced Explores crucial and far-reaching concepts in Design 1. Offered fall. 3 credits. Digital Color associated with digital art and technology FND 103D as these concepts interface with Design Lab This one-half semester course introduces foundational concepts of aesthetics and FND 107L color in additive synthesis (light). The course visual communications. Digital synthesis Design Lab class introduces woodshop explores color theory, perception, and explores: the assembly and creation of safety and basic skills in machinery use. application, through a series of fundamental imagery from different source materials; Students learn the fundamental color investigations offering opportunities time-based images using various characteristics of wood as a versatile for multiple compositional solutions and the approaches to animation; the structure and medium, as well as appropriate development of digital skills. In tandem with logic of narrative storytelling with digital construction methods for particular its companion course, Material Color, video; and the structure and logic of applications. Offered fall and spring. students pursue a personal color sensibility, interactivity through the creation of work 0 credits. in preparation for any art or design field. where the structure, sequence and Course structure consists of introductory outcome is influenced by the participation of concept lectures, technical instruction, lab the viewer. Design II time with guidance and group critique of FND 108 finished assignments. Offered fall.1.5 Course structure consists of introductory This course builds on the experiences of credits. concept lectures, technical instruction, Design 1, with compositional and lab time with guidance and group critique conceptual problems being explored fully in Material Color of finished assignments. Prerequisites: three dimensions. Form, mass, volume, FND 103M FND103D Digital Color. Offered spring. spatial interactions, material qualities, and This one-half semester course introduces 3 credits. physical forces are key factors. Students color in subtractive synthesis (pigment). continue to learn to perceive and control This course explores color theory, Design I visual relationships within the design perception, and application, through a FND 107 structures they make. The aesthetic and series of three fundamental color In this fundamental visual composition conceptual potential of materials and investigations offering opportunities for course, students learn the primary elements processes (craft) are also vital aspects of multiple compositional solutions and the and principles of visual language, and are this studio course. Creative processes of development of material skills. In tandem introduced to a range of formal and problem solving through research, with its companion course, Digital Color, conceptual problems which become investigation and ideation, together with an students pursue a personal color sensibility, increasingly complex as the course attitude of discovery, are required for all in preparation for any art or design field. progresses. Students are challenged to concept and project explorations. Ideational Course structure consists of introductory explore core design principles of visual drawing, model making, material studies, concept lectures, technical instruction, organization in unique and challenging and prototypes contribute to developing studio time with guidance, and group ways, and to gain the ability to problem ideas to a high and thoughtful level. Various critique of finished assignments. Offered fall. solve through ideation processes, group methods and approaches to giving form 1.5 credits. dialogue, perceptual refinement and skill (such as additive, subtractive, assemblage management. Developing analytical skills and joinery) are challenges for every and the ability to effectively engage in an concept explored. Design 2 projects have ongoing process of critique are also core the potential to be explored as sculpture, components of the course. functional design, or even as hybrid. Students are challenged to follow their Design 1 involves the planning and passions and gain experience in self- organization of the parts within a whole, directing project outcomes. Prerequisites: through a sense of experimentation, risk FND107 Design I. Offered spring. 3 credits. taking and discovery. This course focuses primarily on two-dimensional forms but also gradually introduces three-dimensional forms. Material exploration and the development of strong manual skills in regard to visual acuity and craft sensitivity are a key aspect of every assignment. Knowledge and skills gained in concurrent Foundation program areas such as color,
99 Course Catalog Foundation
Drawing I Foundation Elective: Foundation Elective: FND 117 Animation + Illustration: Game Design + Biomedical Art: Primary goals of Drawing 1 focus on core Visual Storytelling Game for Change: Fun, Play & drawing concepts; basic methods, tools FND 130A Reward and materials; and an introduction into the This course introduces students to FND 130G language of mark making. Composition and techniques and terminology used in the This course is an introduction to both Game visual analysis are emphasized through animation and illustration industry. Design and Biomedical Art, and how these drawing from observation, including Coursework will include projects such as two areas of specialization can intersect to perspective theories as they relate to character design, layout and storyboarding create meaningful games. Games which objects and environments. Students utilize with an emphasis on developing can help players change and engage in a observational information to develop a observation skills along with enhancing world beyond reality. Coursework will broad range of manual and perceptual skills technical and rendering abilities. Students explore concepts and techniques in game and to develop an ability to translate the will design for publication while learning to design and biomedical art, which will three-dimensional world into two explore, communicate and evaluate basic emphasize level design, game character art, dimensions. Students are challenged to concepts, which are essential in the real-time animation and integration of develop a strong drawing practice through development of critical thinking and illustrated images in games. Students will in-class work, out-of-class assignments, problem solving skills in the applied arts. learn how to develop the narrative of their and in ongoing drawing/sketch books. Offered spring. 1.5 credits. game and learn strategies to engage Offered fall. 3 credits. players in the content of the game. Foundation Elective: A combination of different media will be Drawing II Crafts: Ideas, Objects, explored to allow students interested in FND 118 Traditions either game design or biomedical art to Drawing 2 continues to build on basic FND 130C develop a common vocabulary through drawing concepts, methods, and materials This course offers students a hands-on their specific subject interest and individual that were introduced in the previous studio experience in three major studios projects. Offered spring. 1.5 credits. semester. Emphasis for Drawing 2 is on the with six of CIA’s most experienced faculty. human figure, with observational drawing Through a variety of materials and Foundation Elective: from the live model in the classroom, and processes used in the Ceramics, Glass, Photography + Video: Still & weekly out-of-class drawing assignments and Jewelry + Metals department, Moving Images: Optics, Form which explore various figurative concepts. students can examine the potential for FND 130P Special attention is given to composition, two-dimensional image, three-dimensional This course is an introduction to visual analysis, and expression through form, and the cultural importance of craft. photographic “seeing” in close examination drawing from observation, including During this class you will be introduced to of the dynamic intersection between still perspective theories as they relate to and familiarize yourself with each of these and moving images. Coursework objects and environments. The language of disciplines while gaining valuable hands-on investigates the aesthetic form and visual mark making is also introduced in a range skills in diverse materials and design language of optical imaging and perception of drawing media. Students develop a approaches. Offered spring. 3 credits. historically, and in contemporary context. personal approach through the use of Students learn to question, explore, drawing/sketchbooks. Students are Foundation Elective: communicate and evaluate basic challenged to incorporate skills and theories Design photographic concepts, essential in the into resolved drawings; to think critically FND 130D development of critical thinking skills that regarding the content and process of This course offers an introduction to are applicable to many disciplines. Students drawing; to develop confidence when Graphic Design, Industrial Design, and considering a major in photography + video experimenting with new media; and to Interior Architecture for first-year students are encouraged to take this session. develop vocabulary in order to be an active, interested in learning more about these Offered spring. 1.5 credits. informed participant in class discussions majors. An emphasis will be placed on and critiques. Prerequisites: FND117 fundamentals of all three disciplines with a Drawing I. Offered spring. 3 credits. focus on beneficial intellectual processes and skills. Weekly projects are structured around key design concepts and individual interests. Regular demonstrations, lectures and formal reviews will encourage individuals to develop basic design, verbalization and visual presentation skills. Offered spring. 3 credits.
100 Course Catalog Foundation
Foundation Elective: Charrette: Visual Arts: Contemporary Self & Other Voices Art Practice FND 140B FND 130V This one-half semester course is framed by Basic concepts and skills relating to the theme of Self and other Voices. As an contemporary art practices in image exploration of one’s self in relation to culture making, exploring aspects of visual literacy and society, the course facilitates increased and the process of criticism. You’ll focus on self-knowledge and helps students uncover the vocabulary directly relevant to the field their views of “other.” Students and of image making within the contemporary instructor work collaboratively to define and art context. Students will explore: explore “other voices,” cultivate connections nn How to turn intuitions into subjects with those other voices, and develop nn The role of experimentation and risk creative responses. Through sustained taking in art making exploration of one theme, the Charrette nn Traditional and non-traditional materials, gives priority to the development of skills for processes and forms critical and creative thinking, experiential nn How to formulate critical judgment learning, problem solving, and collaboration. nn The relation between ideation and Through materials exploration, making realization processes, and critique, the Charrette Offered spring. 3 credits. forges links with the visual, tactile, and manual skill sets being taught in other Charrette: Foundation classes. Each student’s effort, Collaboration + Community progress, and work will contribute to a FND 140A project developed over seven weeks, to This one-half semester course is framed by include both a Charrette documentation log the theme of Community and Collaboration. and a 2D, 3D, and/or 4D form. Offered fall. Students and instructor work collaboratively 1.5 credits. to define and explore “community” as local place and learning environment. They identify and activate connections among charrette members and their specified community in order to develop a consensual creative response. Through sustained exploration of one theme, the Charrette emphasizes the development of skills for critical and creative thinking, experiential learning, problem-solving, and collaboration. Through materials exploration, making processes, and critique, the Charrette forges links with the visual, tactile and manual skill sets taught in other Foundation classes. Each student’s effort, progress, and work will contribute to a collaborative project developed over seven weeks, to include both a Charrette documentation log as well as a collaborative 2D, 3D, or 4D form. Offered fall. 1.5 credits.
101 Course Catalog Game Design
game producers, developers, artists, These examples along with specific lecture Game Design programmers, and designers. You will topics and materials, will allow the student learn to brainstorm, design documentation, to understand how to continue to develop Intro Game Design assemble resources, create assets, their own game projects by learning specific GAME 215 implement the game design, and manage research methods for understanding Introduction to Game Design take students their individual tasks and collective project. content, players and engagement strategies. on an exploration of gaming theory and its The course introduces students to the This course does not require programming practice through the development of contemporary challenges posed by the skill or experience per se; however it is physical games. Investigation includes ever-changing technologies used to make understood that the student usage of Unity game metaphor, story, game mechanics, and deliver video games on today’s (in the Game Development SP2014 course,) and chance factors. Students will also sophisticated hardware. This course will and/or UDK may be used for projects with analyze games and gameplay including the bring together an interdisciplinary group of limitations on coded interactions and time aesthetics of games and the design of their advanced undergraduate students to focus constraints. If you wish to create a digital instructions. In this project-based course on the design and development of a game but do not have technical experience students will produce fully implemented complete, fully functioning computer game to achieve the full results, you will be board games and card games. Offered fall. prototype. The student teams are given required to show an animation of the game 3 credits. complete autonomy to design their own concept and prototype in action, with fully functional games from their original narrative, character/environmental style, Introduction to Video Games brainstormed concept and research to a GUI, HUD, scoring, mechanics, level design, GAME 216 playable finished prototype, i.e., from the and instructional prompts. Alternately, you Game design allows artists to create initial idea through to the designed game may choose to work on a non-digital game, meaningful play and interactive experiences. brand. The student teams will experience which notes a similar level of complexity. This introductory course explores games the entire game development cycle as they Please note that this course welcomes both through the development and creation of execute their projects. An excerpt of digital and non-digital games, but that the 2D video games. The course aims to example responsibilities include (but not requirements and milestones for each type provide a critical vocabulary and historical limited to): creating a game idea, writing a of game will be somewhat different and context for analyzing games and gaming story, developing the artwork, designing require the development of design-related theory and focuses on the skills and characters, implementing music and sound documentation, assets and research. techniques necessary to incorporate effects, programming and testing the game, Offered spring. 3 credits. game design into an ongoing art practice. and documenting the entire project with a Offered spring. 3 credits. formal “Design Document” and Introduction to Game demonstration with oral presentation. Development Game Testing + Level Design Offered fall. 3 credits. GAME 322 GAME 318 The course is designed to teach students Game Testing and Level Design will be Game Media Production II about the various elements of game covered as player elements, the game play GAME 321 development. Students will work to utilize experience, creating world levels, creating This course serves as a continuation of the modern tools to develop 2D/3D graphical the game interface and creating the fundamentals and theory application of assets into an interactive game engine atmosphere. In addition, students will game development. The course materials through the use of programming. learn how to create Game Content for and projects will help students understand A focus will be applied to skill learning commercial game engines and learn how how to further develop game concepts, while additional topics and theory will be to set up origination skills for commercial mechanics, interaction design, and covered to provide a well-rounded game engines. Students will learn how to prototype the game through the use of experience. 3 credits. create texturing mapping, brushes, light animation and simple interactivity. The maps etc. Offered fall. 3 credits. course will require students to work Introduction to 3D Modeling individually to design game narratives, GAME 345 Game Media Production I (EP) concepts, design documents (art assets, The course is designed to cover concepts GAME 320 technical assets and sounds assets) and in digital 3D organic and device model The course is a project-driven course jointly demonstrate the playability of the prototype construction, whereby the virtual models offered between Cleveland Institute of Art game. The course exposes students to designed are rendered and composited for and Case Western Reserve University. examples of the current work and research 2D illustration purposes to solve specific Students will form production teams and in game theory and narrative design, which conceptual problems. The subject matter collaborate, using their talents and expertise are integral to development of successful within the Game Design curriculum reflects to develop a working prototype computer polished games. Students will be exposed the development of characters, game game, having an interactive and immersive to industry-specific games with the environments and specific assets for game experience. Students will take on roles of requirement to test, analyze and review. development. Students outside the Game
102 Course Catalog Game Design
Design Major are required to work with Game Design: Internship (EP) Serious Game Design: subjects appropriate to their major field of GAME 399-499 Theory + Application study for concept development and for Elective credit can be given on a case-by- GAME 408 long-term portfolio objectives. Projects case basis for an internship developed by This course introduces the fundamentals of include concepts and workflow for the student through the Career Center serious or educational game development. constructing a virtual 3D surface by: (1) office with advance permission of the The course materials and projects will help defining the visual problem within a concept department chair. students understand how and why games sketch in pre-production, (2) utilizing can be used for learning in the fields of specific introductory modeling methods to BFA Research + Preparation health, medicine, science and games for build the 3D illustration components, (3) the GAME 401 social change. The course exposes use of basic lighting and rendered materials, This course is designed to act as a students to examples of the current work (4) export methods into Adobe Photoshop summative experience for the student. and research in game design mechanics, for augmentation, finishing and final The final BFA thesis project will be defined game learning mechanics, and assessment illustration techniques and layout. Projects by the student and work with a level of mechanics, which are integral to require the student to gain and improve professional collaboration. The development of successful educational upon conceptual skills, problem solving in requirements for the BFA thesis will be to games. Students will be exposed to specific media situations (digital 2D + 3D) solve and effectively visually communicate a industry-specific serious games (games for and technical proficiency at an introductory comprehensive game design prototype. learning, corporate training, news games, level in 3D modeling. 3 credits. Integration of outside resources, research games for health, science, exer-games, effective collaborator/expert communication, military games, and games for social 3D Texture, Mapping, Digital professional practices, presentation (oral change.) These examples along with Lighting and written) and documentation of the specific lecture topics and materials, will GAME 347 process of the specific year-long project will allow the student to understand how to This course is designed to cover concepts be expected to determine successful develop their own serious game projects by in digital application of texture maps for BFA candidacy. The choice of media and learning specific research methods for 3D game models rendered in a real-time concept will be evaluated on its understanding content, players and 3D game engine. Optimization of textures appropriateness for communicating the engagement strategies. 3 credits. maps, and materials. Poly count limits, and message and solving the thesis problem how to “bake” extremely high levels of detail appropriate to game design and Game Media Production III into low detail models capable of being development. The project visualization will GAME 420 rendered in real-time, and the benefits of be student driven; content needs will be The course is a project-driven course jointly using “Levels of Detail” with static, and determined by the student and the research offered between Cleveland Institute of Art dynamic lighting concepts, design, and into content and industry expectations for and Case Western Reserve University. optimization. The use of toggle-able lighting, successful game design. The emphasis in Students will form production teams and and attachment of lighting to game assets this course will be on the conceptual collaborate, using their talents and expertise and players. The importance of creating development of the content accuracy/ to develop a working prototype computer immersive environments, capable of being relevance and its realization through the game, having an interactive and immersive walked through, and/or viewed from design process. The process will fully experience. Students will take on roles of multiple, often unspecified angles of view. address research, integration of content, game producers, developers, artists, Projects include concept integration into game theory application, target audience, programmers, and designers. You will learn technical production workflow for aesthetic and artistic merits, time tracking to brainstorm, design documentation, describing, and optimizing digital 3D and scheduling, and ultimately a successful assemble resources, create assets, surfaces for rendering in a real-time game execution of completed prototype. The final implement the game design, and manage engine; creating immersive environments work will have the following: their individual tasks and collective project. that express mood; and narrative through nn a two-sentence (maximum) thesis The course introduces students to the the materials and lighting. Projects require statement, contemporary challenges posed by the the student to continually improve upon nn a design document process book, ever-changing technologies used to make conceptual problem solving, time nn research paper, and deliver video games on today’s management strategies, communication, nn business-oriented estimates and budget sophisticated hardware. The course will presentation and technical skills. 3 credits. planning for exhibition and materials, bring together an interdisciplinary group of nn digital presentation to explain the advanced undergraduate students to focus work, artist statement/project scope on the design and development of a statement, and the final project depicting complete, fully functioning computer game the solution for the BFA Exhibition as a prototype. The student teams are given prototype game design. complete autonomy to design their own Offered fall. 3 credits. fully functional games from their original
103 Course Catalog Game Design brainstormed concept and research to a Special VFX/Simulation + playable finished prototype, i.e., from the Virtual Reality initial idea through to the designed game GAME 430 brand. The student teams will experience This course explores various aspects of the entire game development cycle as they special effects/simulation and virtual reality execute their projects. An excerpt of in game design and multimedia. The course example responsibilities include (but not aims to provide a critical vocabulary and limited to): creating a game idea, writing a historical context of the cutting edge of story, developing the artwork, designing input and output technologies and their characters, implementing music and sound application as well as the underlying biology effects, programming and testing the game, and psychology. Students will learn how and documenting the entire project with a to create robust and immersive experiences formal “Design Document” and by combining the elements of graphics, demonstration with oral presentation. animation, video, and audio using leading Offered fall. 3 credits. industry software. Students will complete various assignments and create projects Game Media Production IV that demonstrate their understanding of GAME 421 Special VFX, Simulation & Virtual Reality. The course is designed to act as a Offered fall. 3 credits. summative experience, designed to focus student attention on the continuing production development of your BFA thesis game project. Advisement, lectures and demonstrations to help troubleshoot, solve, and increase understanding of the game development and programming process will support student project outcomes. Game industry standards of debugging, game testing, risk assessment, and troubleshooting design issues through production development will be key for student understanding while developing their final game thesis project. The game project visualization and concept will be student driven; content needs to be determined by the student and research/ collaboration with all faculty committee advisors. The choice of game concept, style, mechanics, re-playability and overall design/development will be evaluated in the course and in the final BFA thesis exhibition and defense. This course serves to help the student with continued game production through advisement with faculty and appropriate demonstrations and game theory lectures as it relates to the appropriateness of the student games being developed. The faculty retains the right to supplement the course with additional readings, exams, and project exercises to increase understanding and awareness of game industry standards and preparedness. Offered spring. 3 credits.
104 Course Catalog Graphic Design
Typography II Graphics for Design Graphic Design GDS 204 GDS 237-238 Through the use of studied, well designed This course is designed to teach graphic Graphic Design for Non-Majors and competently executed design solutions, presentation skills for non-majors in the first GDS 200 we will emphasize the effective and semester, and to help students create an This course is designed to teach the basics sensitive use of typeforms in complex and effective professional presentation package of graphic and communication design to sustained communication projects. The in the second. The first semester focuses non-Graphic Design majors. Students will attributes of rhythm, proportion, hierarchy, on developing an understanding of key be introduced to the key graphic elements and progression will be investigated, graphic elements, including; grid, type and of hierarchy, grid, typography, and emphasized, and practiced to produce hierarchy. The second semester focuses on organizing principles of design. While quality professional solutions. Projects are students using these elements to develop students learn these basics, they will also carried out in varying degrees of execution their personal portfolios and professional be introduced to the concepts of User including sketchbook roughs, presentation presentation packages. The emphasis of Focus and User Experience design. The sketches, laser comprehensives, and the entire course is to teach effective visual assignments are geared to help the finished art. Thoughtful experimentation presentation skills. All assignments are students develop strategic thinking skills as with the software and imaging equipment geared to help the students develop they hone their graphic communication is encouraged to extend and challenge overall presentation abilities, while building skills. 3 credits. the process. The course objectives will a basic understanding the keys elements be pursued through assigned projects, of graphic and communication design. Typography I explanations, demonstrations, and group Offered fall. 3 credits. GDS 203 critiques. Prerequisite: GDS203 Typography This is one of the two central classes in the I or equivalent. Offered spring. 3 credits. Design for Communication I first year of study in Graphic Design (EP) (alongside Design for Communication I). Graphic User Interface: GDS 265 In the first semester, students become Information Architecture This is one of the two central classes in the familiar with the broader discipline of the GDS 206-306-406 first year of study in Graphic Design field through the construction of abstract In the Information Age, the presentation of (alongside Typography). In the first semester, design concepts, layout, symbols, and information is of special importance. students become familiar with the broader sequential systems. Conceptual thinking Information surrounds us at every moment: discipline of the field through the and the integration of typography with the phone bill, the weather forecast, global construction of abstract design concepts, imagery are explored throughout the course. warming reports, the list of your friends on layout, symbols, and sequential systems. In the second semester, students Facebook...all of this information must be Conceptual thinking and the integration of investigate projects that follow the various organized in some fashion to make it typography with imagery are explored sub-fields of the profession; projects include meaningful. This course will focus on how throughout the course. In the second identity, web/interactive, information and designers and artists can effectively semester, students investigate projects wayfinding. Students will be assigned represent information in a visual format. that follow the various sub-fields of the multiple projects throughout the year. Special emphasis will be placed on how profession; projects include identity, web/ Each project begins with a lecture and information is used to persuade or affect us. interactive, information and wayfinding. demonstration of techniques. Each week, Concepts explored will include informational Students will be assigned multiple projects students practice presentation to the larger systems and graphics developed for throughout the year. Each project begins group in formal and informal critique and physical and electronic media. Students will with a lecture and demonstration of brainstorming sessions. Faculty will work architect informational systems in a medium techniques. Each week, students practice one-on-one with students to answer of their choice (online, print, painting, etc). presentation to the larger group in formal questions and assist in the process. 3 credits. and informal critique and brainstorming Reviews will be held at key points during sessions. Faculty will work one-on-one with each project. Offered fall. 3 credits. Limited Edition students to answer questions and assist in Portfolio Publication the process. Reviews will be held at key GDS 207-307-407 points during each project. Offered fall. This course revolves around creation of 3 credits. a well designed, beautifully executed, printed and bound “leave behind” portfolio. Experimentation with production tools and facilities is encouraged to expand and challenge the process. Course objectives will be pursued through explanations, demonstrations, and critiques. 3 credits.
105 Course Catalog Graphic Design
Design for Communication II Hand Made Book Graphic Design: GDS 266 GDS 309-409 Advanced Studio (EP) This is one of the two central classes in the This course will encompass an introduction GDS 365 first year of study in Graphic Design to bookbinding tools and techniques. This is the core class for the second year (alongside Typography). In this course, A hands-on approach to the school’s (junior) of study in the major. The class students investigate projects that follow the production facilities, giving students the works on client-based projects. All students various sub-fields of the profession; projects opportunity to work with the potentials and work on the projects; all students present to include identity, web/interactive, information limitations of the reproduction process. clients; and one design is chosen to be and wayfinding. Students will be assigned Responsible experimentation with realized. During the course, iterations and multiple projects throughout the year. production tools and facilities is encouraged presentation skills are stressed as students Each project begins with a lecture and to expand and challenge the process. The learn how to navigate the crucial demonstration of techniques. Each week, course objectives will be pursued through relationship with the client. Students work students practice presentation to the larger explanations, demonstrations, and critiques. within realistic industry deadlines and group in formal and informal critique and Prerequisites: None. GDS203 Typography I adhere to specific current production brainstorming sessions. Faculty will work and GDS265 Design for Communication I requirements. Students will realize a number one on one with students to answer are strongly recommended. Offered fall and of presentations for clients throughout the questions and assist in the process. spring. 3 credits. year. They practice and realize both Reviews will be held at key points during hard-copy and digital presentations. each project. Prerequisite: GDS265 Design Publication Design Research, empathy, and design skills are for Communication I or permission of GDS 35X-45x stressed. Prerequisites: GDS203 instructor. Offered spring. 3 credits. This course covers contemporary issues in Typography I and GDS265 Design for publication design. The aesthetic of type Communication I are strongly Web Design/Interactive I & II and image remains the most widespread recommended. Offered fall. 3 credits. GDS 305-305B media for graphic designers. Aspects of the Through this course, students will learn how printed word and image will be investigated Graphic Design: to use different software tools to design, and considered in this class by focusing on Advanced Studio (EP) implement, and produce a Graphic User the process by which ideas are developed, GDS 366 Interface. Our efforts will be mostly conceived, written, edited, and ultimately This is the core class for the second year concentrated on creating web/internet/ presented. Publication design will explore (junior) of study in the major. The class interactive projects, as these will allow for projects that will include exercises focused works on client-based projects. All students the exercise of ideas and tools across the on working within a team, within budgets, work on the projects, all students present to entire design spectrum. Students will have a with other professionals, and with key clients, and one design is chosen to be grasp of the essential technology used for vendors. The sequence of the idea is realized. During the course, iterations and web applications: the Hyper-Text Markup stressed, including how these ideas are presentation skills are stressed as students Language (including HTML 5) and presented and revealed through a variety of learn how to navigate the crucial Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). You will be publishing media. 3 credits. relationship with the client. Students work introduced to several techniques that will within realistic industry deadlines and allow you to begin making interactive Production Seminar adhere to specific current production applications, which include PHP, JQuery GDS 360 requirements. Students will realize a number and Javascript, as well as looking at user This required course begins with one simple of presentations for clients throughout the experience and design of apps for smart question: What do you want to make? year. They practice and realize both phone and tablets. The course will also The rest of the course is devoted to learning hard-copy and digital presentations. include an introduction to designing and how to “make things” in the vast array of Research, empathy, and design skills are creating Epub formats. Prerequisite: facilities open to today’s designers. The stressed. Prerequisites: GDS203 GDS265 Design for Communication I process of making things is approached Typography I and GDS265 Design for or permission of instructor. Offered fall. from a practical side (understanding Communication I. Offered spring. 3 credits. 3 credits. materials and digital tools) and a theoretical side (social responsibility and sustainability). Students learn to form successful teams to define and produce projects. Prerequisites: Design for Communication and Typography or permission of the instructor. Offered fall. 3 credits.
106 Course Catalog Graphic Design
Contemporary Marketing + Art Direct (EP) GDS 367 Focuses on using graphic design and visualization skills to communicate ideas in print and in new media. Heavy emphasis on conceptualization. Classroom discussions along with critiques set up to mimic actual creative department environment. Offered fall. 3 credits.
Graphic Design: Internship (EP) GDS 399-499 Elective credit can be given on a case-by- case basis for an internship developed by the student through the Career Center Office with advance permission of the department chair.
Graphic Design: BFA Thesis GDS 465 This is the core class for the senior year of study in the major. The class meets weekly for presentations and to develop research skills and strategic practice. This is the research and idea phase of the BFA thesis presented in the spring. Presentation, research, and ideation skills are stressed. Offered fall. 3 credits.
Graphic Design: BFA Statement + Exhibition GDS 466 This is the second half of core class for the senior year of study in the major. This is the realization phase of the BFA thesis presented at the end of the semester. Prerequisite: Students must be working toward a BFA in one of the Design Environment departments. Other students may be admitted with permission of the instructor. Offered spring. 3 credits.
107 Course Catalog General Studies
General Studies
College 101 GEN 101 An introduction to the U.S. college experience for international students. Offered fall. 1.5 credits.
108 Course Catalog Glass
Glass Forming Survey: Glass Major Day Glass An Introduction GLS 244M-344M-444M GLS 243 Required of all Glass majors. Assignments Advanced Glass Concepts: Introduction to fundamental techniques of will be given at 200 and 300; independently Casting glass working: blowing vessels based on guided study at 400 level. Research in GLS 240-340-440 the sphere; fusion/casting and annealing developing concepts using glass as a This course aims at advancing students’ theory. Cutting, grinding, polishing, and medium for expression, includes work on knowledge and techniques in creative and general cold fabrication. Concepts and production practices, one-of-a-kind vessel intellectual ways as well as fostering new ideas for using glass in/as sculpture. Safety making to the use of glass to complete conceptual schemes. Students will be in the studio. Enrollment priority to sculptural ideas. Assignments will build introduced to such methods as sand beginners in Glass. Required of incoming individual student’s voice. Team approach casting, Pate-de-verre, cold working and 2nd-year Glass majors. No Previous emphasized in hot shop, building on and kiln casting in the course of pursuing their experience necessary, course fee required. from basic working fundamentals. Majors sculptural goals. In the meantime, students May be repeated. 3 credits. learn and are assigned responsibilities in will also practice applying problem-solving studio operation. Safety in the studio. skills to making art. By the end of this Intro/Intermediate Hot Beginning and advanced practice in course, students will have a thorough Glassblowing & Forming alternative methods for forming include knowledge and understanding of general Processes casting, mold construction, cold joining, kiln forming and acquire more advanced GLS 243H-343H-443H and cold glass techniques. Students will be casting techniques. Ultimately, with this Emphasis on starting with glass as a involved with practical experience in technical basis, the course will inspire molten liquid. Practice in traditional and applying to shows and exhibiting works. students to shape and realize an individual nontraditional blowing techniques. Enrollment priority to Glass majors, visual voice. Hot glass will be possibly Colored glass application and use of various advanced electives with one semester of conducted as complement. Open to all hand tools and torches. Hot glass skill hot glass. Course fee required. 3 credits. students with one semester of glass. development at your level. Theory and use Course fee required. Prerequisite: One of annealing kilns, safety in the studio. Intro Warm Glass + semester of Glass. 3 credits. Open to any skill level. Course fee required. Lampworking Processes 3 credits. GLS 255-355-455 Advance Glass Concepts: This course will introduce students to the Hot Sculpting Glass: Major Day possibilities of glass working through an GLS 242-342-442 GLS 243M-343M-443M investigation of the techniques, tools, With emphasis on Hot Sculpting and Required of all Glass majors. Assignments equipment and materials involved in student’s own voice, concepts using glass will be given at 200 and 300; independently flame working and kiln working processes. as a media for expression will be developed. guided study at 400 level. Research in Warm glass refers to glass processes Advancing skills in alternative methods for developing concepts using glass as a conducted with heat, but at temperatures forming. Technique is a goal. General studio medium for expression, includes work on under 1500 degrees (casting, fusing, operation. Safety in the studio. Enrollment production practices, one-of-a-kind vessel slumping). Students will learn to problem priority to majors and intermediate, making to the use of glass to complete solve glass construction both at the torch advanced electives first. Assignments given sculptural ideas. Assignments will build and in the kiln. This class will allow students at an advanced. May be repeated. Course individual student’s voice. Team approach to familiarize themselves with glass as a fee required. Prerequisite: One semester of emphasized in hot shop, building on and material, while allowing each student to Hot Glass. 3 credits. from basic working fundamentals. Majors explore their own artistic voice within the learn and are assigned responsibilities in medium. Students will learn to safely studio operation. Safety in the studio. manipulate and sculpt molten glass at the Beginning and advanced practice in torch. The kiln-working aspect of the course alternative methods for forming include will explore moldmaking and kiln operations casting, mold construction, cold joining, to manipulate glass into two- and three- and cold glass techniques. Students will be dimensional glass objects. Course fee involved with practical experience in required. 3 credits. applying to shows and exhibiting works. Enrollment priority to Glass majors, advanced electives with one semester of hot glass. Course fee required. 3 credits.
109 Course Catalog Glass
Glass: Concept, Theory + Practice GLS 343-443 Assignments given at all levels 300 and above. Includes research and development of concepts using glass as a media for expression. Practice in hot glass working, further advancing fundamentals of blowing off-hand to more advanced techniques surface decoration of vessels and use of hot glass for sculptural ideas. Cold joining using special adhesives; and in cold glass, cutting, grinding and finishing techniques. Emphasis on hot glass in the fall; casting and cold glass in the spring. Safety and general studio operation. Enrollment priority to Glass majors, intermediate and advanced electives first. Course fee required. 3 credits.
Advanced Hot Glass: Concept, Theory + Practice GLS 343A-443A Assignments given at all levels; independent projects at 400. Includes research and development of concepts using glass as a media for expression. Practice in advanced hot glass working further building on fundamentals of blowing off-hand to more advanced techniques surface decoration of vessels and use of hot glass for sculptural ideas. Advanced methods for forming may include hot casting, mold blowing, using multiples; cold joining using special adhesives; and cold glass, cutting grinding and finishing techniques. Emphasis on hot glass. Safety and general studio operation. For Glass majors and advanced electives. Course fee required. May be repeated. Prerequisites: One semester of hot glass. 3 credits.
Glass: Internship (EP) GLS 399-499 Elective credit can be given on a case-by- case basis for an internship developed by student through the Career Center office, with advance permission of instructor and department chair.
110 Course Catalog Humanities/Cultural Studies
Nature Poetry Cinematic Time after 1960 Humanities/ Before + After Darwin HCS 320X HCS 301X What does a cinematic image of time look Cultural Studies In a notebook entry dated in the 1940s, like? Why did this question suddenly seem Robert Frost wrote, “You have to be careful pressing after the Second World War? How Creativity + Taoism with the word natural—with all words in fact. has cinematic time been explored by HCS 300 You have to play the words close to the filmmakers and artists in the past 50 years? This interdisciplinary course explores the realities.” So what are the “realities” of the What possibilities does this exploration ground from which, in the Chinese Taoist natural world? Given that human beings are, open up? We will consider a wide range of philosophic view, all great creativity springs. after Darwin, connected to all living things, films and moving image media in which time The purpose is two-fold: first, to investigate can we ever get far enough outside of takes on strange qualities—where the and achieve an understanding of the Taoist ourselves to understand the “real,” concrete emphasis is on what is happening in the world view through readings of primary world of nature? Or are we human beings image, rather than on what has happened texts such as the Tao Te Ching and the simply creating, through language, a or will happen in the next shot. $25 course Chuangtzu, and selected works from the symbolic world and calling it nature? Is the fee required. 3 credits. Ch’an (Zen) tradition. Second, we proceed act of constructing a world using language to examine Taoist and Ch’an perceptions as in order to understand ourselves and other Social Cinemas: applied to and affect the creation of the art things what makes us natural—is at the root Politics of Representation object in traditional China, primarily of what we call “human nature”? and Engagement represented by selections from Chinese In exploring those questions, this seminar HCS 322 poetry. Appropriate attention will also be will look at poetry before and after Darwin “Social” is a term used to describe all kinds paid to intended relationships between in an attempt to understand what effects of art and media today including social painting and poetry, occurring when poems natural science has had on poetic media, social practice, and activist media are inscribed directly on paintings to create depictions of the natural world from the directed toward “social change.” This an aesthetic whole. Here the notion that 1830s to the 1930s. The focus of the course course examines film and video work that “visual” and “literary” experiences are will tilt toward poetic renderings of the demands we think carefully about how the somehow mutually exclusive will be natural world after Darwin, and in particular social is defined and represented as an challenged. We read such poets as T’so the most well-known American “nature poet” idea, an experience, and a world (or worlds). Ch’ien, Wang Wei, Su Tung-p’o and Han of the 20th century, Robert Frost. Frost We will begin by considering Jean Vigo’s Shan, and we look at paintings by such grappled with many scientific ideas, both in call for a new “social cinema” in the 1930s. artists as Mu Ch’i, Mi Fei, Shih T’ao and Ni and out of his poetry, and turned around We’ll consider how experimental and Tsan. Students are encouraged to connect the question of how science has affected avant-garde film functioned as a means for and contrast Taoist assumptions and poetry to ask, how does poetry help us organizing social worlds and expressing themes with their own knowledge and understand science? May be applied as a social critique. We’ll ask what Stan experiences as developing artists. May be Humanities/Cultural Studies elective or as a VanDerBeek might have meant when he applied as Creative Writing Concentration writing-intensive elective. 3 credits. described the rise of a “new social media course. 3 credits. consciousness” in 1974. And finally we’ll Survey of Contemporary Music look at how contemporary filmmakers and HCS 309 video artists respond to the way the Internet This course will give an overview of has changed our relationships to one avant-garde music written in the 20th (and another and to the events that shape our 21st) centuries, with particular emphasis on sense of how the larger social world is the relationships between music and the structured and defined. May be applied as visual arts. Discussions in class will focus an art history elective, Post-1960s art on composers whose work helped define history elective, or humanities/cultural contemporary music while creating studies elective. Visual Culture Emphasis aesthetic parallels to the visual arts. course. 3 credits. Emphasis will be placed on listening to avant-garde and experimental music, and students will be expected to attend several recitals of contemporary music and write about their experiences. Students will also have to complete reading and listening assignments on a regular basis. May be applied as Visual Culture Emphasis course. 3 credits.
111 Course Catalog Glass
Avant Garde Film selected Asian cultures and, through World Cinemas HCS 325 perspectives gained, to reflect upon our HCS 374X Film, the quintessential art form of the 20th own. 3 credits. Writing on film aesthetics in 1930, a year century, added time and relativity to the marked by global financial crisis and artist’s palette. This course examines the Ways of Thought: mounting political conflict, Béla Balázs did abstract and non-narrative tradition: films Confucianism Tao Zen not feel it was possible to speak of the that focus on manipulation of form, motion, HCS 367 “people of the world.” But if that day were and the collage-like collision of images in This course is an introduction to systems ever to arrive, he predicted, film would be time (montage). Topics include early Soviet of belief and action in China and Japan. there “ready and waiting to provide the formalists, Dadaist and Surrealist films of It begins with a critical cross-cultural universal spirit with its corresponding the 1920s and 1930s, and American comparison of Confucianism, Taoism and technique of expression.” Today we talk underground films of the 1960s and 1970s. Ch’an Buddhism in China and Zen about how technology has altered the Students keep a journal of their impressions Buddhism in Japan, concluding with a world, making it feel smaller and infinitely of each film shown. Course fee required. comparison between two representative expanded at the same time. But can we May be applied as Visual Culture Emphasis systems, one Eastern and one Western. still say film holds the promise of universal course. 3 credits. The aim of this course is two-fold: to explore expression? If not, what does it promise traditional philosophical, religious and now? What, in other words, do film’s Japanese Expressions psychological perceptions that have techniques of expression correspond to in HCS 328 influenced life (ideal and otherwise) in China our contemporary world? This course is an introduction to the culture and Japan, and to provide a basis for of Japan as it is revealed in the Japanese understanding selected Asian cultures and, In this course, we will spend time looking literary and religious tradition and in modern through perspectives gained, to reflect carefully at cinematic technique in films literary and cinematic expression. Readings upon our own. 3 credits. produced all over the world during the will include selections from early Japanese course of the medium’s history. At the same myth and poetry, the diary and early John Cage: His Life, time we will also look carefully at the ideas novel forms, and the literary and aesthetic Work + Influence and fantasies that animate “world cinema” response to influence from China. HCS 367X as a label for certain kind of films without Appropriate attention will be paid to Noh A course on the life and influence of John taking for granted that this phrase always drama and haiku poetry, writings in the Cage. The class will detail his history and means or has meant the same thing. samurai tradition, a modern novel and a delve into his musical and artistic output, Why do some critics and theorists embrace Japanese film. The purpose of this course ideas, and influence on the creative arts this term while others find it inadequate, a is not to survey the whole of the Japanese today. Significant discussion will be given bad fit, something in need of qualification or experience, but rather to read and view on his philosophies, aesthetics, innovations, replacement? What corrections and representative examples of Japanese and teachings. The course will also focus critiques have these writers offered? How expression with understanding and delight. on Cage’s connections to the visual arts, do their observations change the way we May be applied as Creative Writing and how this connection impacted him see film technique and our own unexamined Concentration course. 3 credits. artistically, while pushing him to formulate assumptions about how film makes the ideas that in turn were a significant and world available to each of us as viewers? Ways of Thought: continuous influence on the visual arts $25 course fee required. May be applied as Hinduism + Buddhism community. The class will also touch on Visual Culture Emphasis course. 3 credits. HCS 366 how Cage was able to make a living on This two-semester course begins with an the fringes of a capitalist society while Censorship, Art + the Law introduction to similarities and differences maintaining the values of anarchy and hard HCS 386 between Eastern and Western systems of work. Regular reading, writing, and listening This course will cover the history of belief and action. It proceeds with a critical assignments will be given in class, and censorship in America. We will begin with cross-cultural comparison of Hinduism, students will be expected to create works of the language of the First Amendment. We Indian and Chinese schools of Buddhism, art or musical compositions which embody will then study the evolution of the definition Taoism in China, and Zen Buddhism in the legacy of John Cage, while pushing the of obscenity starting with the Comstack Japan. It concludes with a comparison boundaries of their own artistic processes. Laws and moving through the current between two representative systems, one Visual Culture Emphasis course. 3 credits. Supreme Court test for determining whether Eastern and one Western. The aim of this an expression is obscene. We will look at course is two-fold: to explore traditional the laws surrounding child pornography as philosophical, religious, and psychological well as hate speech and art that incites perceptions that have influenced life (ideal violence. For each of these categories of and otherwise) in India, China and Japan, expression, we will discuss anecdotal and to provide a basis for understanding applications of the First Amendment using
112 Course Catalog Glass
artists such as Mapplethorpe, Serrano, From the Front Row: Sound Art + New Media Ligon, Zimmerman, Scott, Diana and Finley. Cinema + Critical Writing HCS 411 While the primary focus of the class will HCS 389 A course on how visual artists (and some be on government action, we will also look Does writing about a film mean something composers) use sound in their works. at examples of self censorship by the different from writing other things? What is Works discussed in class will include “stand entertainment industry and public galleries. cinematic representation? Cinema is a alone” works of sound art, musique Finally, we will finish with an overview of the cultural phenomenon, but what do we concrete, sound sculptures, installation Patriot Act, its current applications and its mean when we say such a thing? works (using sound as a main component), implications for our future freedom of Is film a language? What is critical theory? radio art, film, and internet-based works. expression. The question underlying all The aim of the seminar is to encourage Students will be expected to identify of the historical context, anecdotal undergraduate students interested in differing qualities of sound, and there will be applications and the current law is why cinema to develop better written and verbal regular listening and reading assignments do we censor? Are there ever legitimate skills within the context of a broader field of for each class. Students will also be given justifications for censorship and if so, how cinema studies. Students will debate the written assignments, and will have to do we, as a society, draw those lines? essence of cinema and acquire a compose a work of sound art or sound In addressing these issues, we will study in framework for understanding its formal sculpture as a final project. May be applied depth the feminist anti-pornography qualities. In the process, they will learn to as Visual Culture Emphasis course. movement, excerpts from Susan Sontag’s experience film as a visual language, 3 credits. On Photography, and the outcry over music explore its similarities to other arts, and lyrics post-Columbine. 3 credits. analyze its relation to critical dialogue. From the Front Row: Cinema and An Approach to CIA: Our Creative Continuum Critical Writing is divided into three sections HCS 388X or thematic discussions with each section Students will acquire a working knowledge intended to follow one another to provide a of the history of the Cleveland Institute of cumulative sense of the field of study. Some Art—with an emphasis on the diversity of cross-reference is required to initiate debate accomplishment among both historical and and discussion. May be applied as Creative current CIA faculty and alumni—and will Writing Concentration course. 3 credits. consider whether, and if so, how this information supports their own developing Topics in 20th-C US History artistic identity and their membership in the HCS 390X CIA community, a “creative continuum” As the title suggests, this is an entry-level now spanning over 130 years (since 1882). survey course in modern American history, Understanding the history of our school will covering the period roughly from the end involve some amount of attention to the of Reconstruction to the late 20th century. history of Cleveland (especially post-1860) In this course we will follow a chronological and its location in Northeast Ohio, as well continuum. We will emphasize political, as the school’s proximity to the Cleveland economic, cultural and social history. We Museum of Art and other cultural will look at those in positions of power and institutions, once the school came to those groups in society trying to acquire University Circle in 1905. The impact of rights and power. In 15 weeks, we will be major 20th-century events like the World progressing from the period of steam Wars and the Great Depression on the engines and the American frontier to rock n’ school and its community will also be roll and the Apollo moon landing—a vast considered. May be applied as Creative amount of material. The choice of what to Writing Concentration course. 3 credits. include and what to leave out is entirely subjective, and class feedback on those decisions is encouraged. Issues of international importance will be discussed, in some cases in depth, but the main emphasis of the course will be on the domestic transformation. 3 credits.
113 Course Catalog Illustration
comprehensive sense of what role an Storyboarding + Sequential Art Illustration illustrator plays when dealing in the ILL 367 solutions of design/illustration problems. This course covers the areas of sequencing Layout Rendering Techniques Students will also acquire an understanding and storyboard development. This is a ILL 260 of style and techniques used by illustrators growing field within the traditional print This course is concerned with introducing to solve these problems they may confront illustration discipline. New techniques, ideas, students to techniques and materials used in the future as professionals. Offered and concepts will be threads throughout by professional illustrators. The emphasis spring. 3 credits. the class as students explore character will be on developing critical observation development, lighting, perspective, and skills along with enhancing technical and Character Design + background concept development. Offered rendering abilities to a professional level. Development spring. 3 credits. Also, purpose and application of techniques ILL 265 for layout presentation, as well as refining This course will concentrate on the Professional Standards in finished art for reproduction. Emphasis will character creation process, focusing on Illustration be on drawing, painting and other tactile all aspects of character concept and ILL 370 techniques, as well as digital rendering development. Students will learn to Introduction for junior students in dealing techniques for the preparation of finished art understand character types, body language with professional standards set by the for the final application of artwork created. and production techniques. In the fast- illustration marketplace. Concentration on Offered fall. 3 credits. growing gaming and animation industry, the preparation of artwork to meet the the ability to create characters is essential. demands required for successful Fundamentals of Illustration Graphic novels/comics, children’s books, application for client needs. Students will ILL 263 and advertising also rely heavily on an gain an appreciation for deadlines, client To prepare illustration students to become illustrator’s ability to create characters that expectations and business practices in working professionals by providing them meet client demands/needs and make collaboration of real-world scenarios. with the necessary skills and knowledge to them part of a cohesive world. Offered Offered fall and spring. 3 credits. advance through the courses provided at spring. 3 credits. the Institute to develop a professional level Visual Concepts in Illustration of performance for future employment. Illustration for Publication ILL 371 The department of Illustration emphasizes ILL 363 This course encourages students to the understanding of contemporary themes This course will focus on applications of develop a confident knowledge of design and concepts as a basis for nurturing the digital and tactile processes, materials, in illustration, the thinking process, and student’s ability to translate this acquired and techniques from concept development production techniques necessary to thematic vocabulary into inventive visual through final reproduction. Offered fall. compete in the field of applied arts and solutions. The main objective is to motivate 3 credits. prepare illustration students to become the student’s visual awareness to a working professionals within the marketing professional level. For them to be aware Illustration II communications community. It will motivate that illustration is an applied art, a business, ILL 364 the student’s visual awareness, teaching to satisfy the client needs, and should be This course will prepare illustration students the student to conceptualize, design, and executed in a professional business manner to become working professionals within the execute on a professional level. Students by experiencing classroom assignments marketing communications community. It become familiar with techniques used in prepared in a job-like situation. Offered fall. will motivate the student’s visual awareness, editorial illustrations, book illustrations, 3 credits. teaching the student to conceptualize, advertising illustrations, as well as many design, and execute on a professional level. others using an extensive range of materials. Principles of Illustration Students learn to produce quality Students learn to produce quality ILL 264 illustrations and to be responsible for the illustrations and to be responsible for the This course assures the student the conceptual aspects of a project whenever conceptual aspects of a project whenever opportunity to develop a saleable skill, necessary. This course encourages necessary. Offered fall. 3 credits. perform in a professional manner and students to develop a confident knowledge demonstrate good attitude and work habits of design in illustration, the thinking process, that meet client needs and deadlines. and production techniques necessary to Encounter a strong emphasis on different compete in the field of applied arts. techniques, methods, styles and types of Prerequisite: ILL 263 Fundamentals of illustration that will further provide Illustration. Offered spring. 3 credits. advancement towards future employment. Students will be introduced to past- and present-day illustrators to get a
114 Course Catalog Illustration
Community Projects: Illustration: BFA Preparation Illustration + Production ILL 463A Workshop (EP) An independently initiated illustration thesis ILL 389 project is defined in a statement detailing Students will illustrate and provide art and the nature and purpose of the project, production services for individual clients as medium, and procedural timetable. well as for organizations in a professional A year-long project is created displaying studio setting. The course emphasizes the the technical competence, solution-based student’s development of problem solving, ideas, responsibility to professional meeting client demands, communication standards, self-reliance, determination skills, organization and effective time and perseverance learned throughout management, proper preparation of a student’s years of education. Offered fall. artwork for reproduction, teamwork 3 credits. and collaboration—all specific to the marketplace as an introduction to real-life Illustration: Advanced challenges. Offered fall and spring. Illustration Studio Projects 3 credits. ILL 463B Students are required to begin thinking of Community Projects their upcoming BFA thesis project over the ILL 390 summer. On the first day of class students Students will illustrate and provide art and will be expected to present their thesis’ production services for individual clients as central idea and have first iterations for well as for organizations in a professional visual expression of that idea. The studio setting. The course emphasizes the beginning of the thesis project consists of student’s development of problem-solving, research, discussion and tightening up of meeting client demands, communication the central idea. Offered fall. 3 credits. skills, organization and effective time management, proper preparation of Illustration: Final Project: artwork for reproduction, teamwork Illustration Portfolio and collaboration—all specific to the ILL 464B marketplace as an introduction to real-life The illustration department emphasizes challenges. Required of junior Illustration the understanding of contemporary themes majors. Open to electives with instructor’s and concepts as a basis for nurturing the permission. Offered fall and spring. student’s ability to translate this acquired 3 credits. thematic vocabulary into inventive visual solutions. The main objective is to motivate Illustration: Internship (EP) student’s visual awareness to a professional ILL 399-499 level to meet marketplace needs. Offered Elective credit can be given on a case-by- spring. 3 credits. case basis for an internship developed by the student through the Career Center office with advance permission of the department chair.
115 Course Catalog Integrated Media
Integrated Media
Sound Design Fundamentals IME 211 This course will focus on the fundamentals of sound design and foley which relate to the film, television, animation, video games and the entertainment industry. Students will learn how to record, edit, and mix sounds while learning how to use microphones, software, and the recording studio. In this course, we will record and edit sound effects, voiceover work and music to be used in projects that support or enhance moving images. Required of Game Design majors and Photography majors in the Video track. Open elective. 3 credits.
BFA Thesis + Exhibition IME 402 This course provides a platform for senior Animation, Biomedical Art, Game Design, Illustration, and Photography + Video majors who are BFA candidates. The course is structured to support the individual in shaping her/his project and the production of all elements of the BFA thesis. Strong conceptual skills developed through professional planning and research are core to this process. Offered spring. 3 credits.
116 Course Catalog Industrial Design
Materials + Processes Regular formal reviews will enable Industrial Design IND 239 individuals to develop verbal and visual This course provides an overview of presentation skills, and formal lectures will Intro to 2D to 3D Digital contemporary manufacturing methods used be balanced against one-on-one in-studio Processing in industry, in addition to the material instruction. Professional designers, both IND 202X selections used to support them. Lectures staff level and management, in addition to This class is highly recommended to will provide an overview of the generally guests with specialized industry expertise sophomore ID students but is open for accepted design practices for selected will visit throughout the semester. Series of anyone but with little or no knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials, six courses required of Transportation Track ALIAS and physical model creation. along with a framework to make cost-based students. Offered fall and spring. Each Emphasis will be placed in converting decisions for selecting a specific process. course in the series carries 3 credits. traditional sketch media into physically Each student is required to disassemble accurate 2D designs. Software used will be and evaluate the manufacturing methods Ergonomics + Design primarily Autodesk ALIAS but also used in an electro-mechanical consumer IND 280 Sketchbook Designer and Adobe Illustrator device, and attend factory visits. Each class This course focuses on the process of will be used as source data. 1.5 credits. will include lectures and exercises, and will designing for human use. Anthropometrics, be supplemented with assigned readings task analysis, user experience, research Industrial Design 1.1 and regular performance opportunities. and safety are explored. Course content is IND 235 Offered sophomore fall. 1.5 credits. aligned with projects in Industrial Design 1.2. This course will focus on basic processes Each class will include lectures and and principles of industrial design and Materials + Processes exercises, and will be supplemented with product development. An emphasis will be IND 240 assigned readings and regular performance placed on user-centered problem solving, Continuation of fall semester. This course opportunities. Offered sophomore spring. and methods for achieving innovative provides an overview of contemporary 3 credits. results. Multiple semester projects are manufacturing methods used in industry, in structured around key design concepts and addition to the material selections used to Communication Skills individual career interests. Projects are support them. Lectures will provide an IND 285 structured to reinforce research, concept overview of the generally accepted design This course will focus on the development generation and refinement, resulting in practices for selected manufacturing of effective visual communication for solutions that address functional and processes and materials, along with a product design. An emphasis will be placed aesthetic issues. Regular formal reviews framework to make cost-based decisions on exploring and communicating ideas with enable individuals to develop verbal for selecting a specific process. Each through manual sketching, rendering, and visual presentation skills, and formal student is required to disassemble and orthographic drawing, modeling and verbal/ lectures will be balanced against one-on- evaluate the manufacturing methods used visual presentation. Studio time will include one in-studio instruction. Offered in an electro-mechanical consumer device, demos, one-day assignments, work time sophomore fall. 3 credits. and attend factory visits. Each class will and one-on-one instruction. Coursework is include lectures and exercises, and will be designed to align with projects in Industrial Industrial Design 1.2 supplemented with assigned readings and Design 1.1. Offered sophomore fall. IND 236 regular performance opportunities. Offered 3 credits. This course is an extension of Industrial sophomore spring. 1.5 credits. Design 1.1, with a focus on advanced Communication Skills industrial design and product development Transportation Design (EP) IND 286 processes and principles. Emphasis will be IND 250T-251T/350T-351T/450T- This course is an extension of the Fall placed on in-depth analysis and synthesis, 451T Communication Skills and will focus on in addition to market-driven exploration. This series of courses exposes students to the development of effective visual One semester project will focus on problem the basic knowledge, skills and qualities communication for product design. An solving based on systematic ergonomic that are important for a career in emphasis will be placed on exploring and testing, while the other is a sponsored transportation design. CIA faculty and communicating ideas through sketching, project that involves interaction with design, practicing transportation designers will rendering, orthographic drawing, modeling marketing and engineering professionals. demonstrate methods for creating context, and verbal/visual presentation. Digital Regular formal reviews will enable inspiring designs, ideation through communication tools and techniques will be individuals to develop verbal and visual sketching/rendering and verbal and visual introduced, including the use of digital presentation skills, and formal lectures will communication. Specific project themes drawing tablets. Studio time will include be balanced against one-on-one in-studio will be driven by industry sponsors while demos, one-day assignments, work time instruction. Prerequisite: Industrial Design deliverables will be determined by the and one-on-one instruction. Coursework is 1.1. Offered sophomore spring. 3 credits. individual aptitude and experience. designed to align with projects in Industrial
117 Course Catalog Industrial Design
Design 1.2 Prerequisite: Communications student-driven projects intended to develop marketing professionals. Regular formal Skills 1.1. Offered sophomore spring. practical application strategies and skills. reviews will enable individuals to develop 3 credits. Junior standing is required for registration of verbal and visual presentation skills, and this class. Offered junior fall. 3 credits. formal lectures will be balanced against Communication Skills: one-on-one in-studio instruction. Transportation 1.1 3D Modeling 1.2 Prerequisite: Industrial Design 2.1. Offered IND 287T IND 304 junior spring. 3 credits. This course will focus on the development This course is a continuation of the fall 3D of effective visual communication for Modeling (IND 303) course with an Industrial Design 2.2 (EP) transportation design. An emphasis will be emphasis on an expanded knowledge of IND 336C placed on exploring and communicating surface modeling techniques. An emphasis This course is an extension of Industrial ideas through sketching, rendering, will be placed on surface continuity and Design 2.1, with a focus on strategic orthographic drawing, modeling and verbal/ transition, in addition to exploration of aspects of design. Further emphasis will be visual presentation. Digital communication organic forms. Students will acquaint placed on research, concept generation tools and techniques will be introduced, themselves with the process of preparing and refinement focused on problem solving. including the use of digital drawing tablets. and exporting files for output. Rapid Semester projects will focus on design in Studio time will include demos, one-day prototyping will be introduced with and the context of business objectives and a assignments, work time and one-on-one opportunity to create physical parts using broader product development environment. instruction. Coursework is designed to an on-site three-dimensional printer. Project work will involve teamwork and align with projects in Transportation Design. Additional methods and resources for rapid direct interaction with outside design and Required of sophomore Transportation prototyping will also be introduced. marketing professionals. Regular formal Track students. Offered fall. 3 credits. Prerequisite: 3D Modeling 1.1. Offered junior reviews with enable individuals to develop spring. 3 credits. verbal and visual presentation skills, and Communication Skills: formal lectures will be balanced against Transportation 1.2 Industrial Design 2.1 one-on-one in-studio instruction. IND288T IND 335 Prerequisite: Industrial Design 2.1. Offered This course is an extension of Fall This course will focus on in-depth design junior spring. 3 credits. Communication Skills and will focus on exploration, placing an emphasis on the development of effective visual high-level research, innovative concept Automotive Design communication for transportation design. generation and refinement focused on Language 1.1 An emphasis will be placed on exploring problem solving and manufacturability. IND 352T and communicating ideas through Semester projects will focus on Automotive Design Language is an essential sketching, rendering, orthographic drawing, sustainability and furniture, the latter project knowledge and skill for transportation modeling and verbal/visual presentation. requiring a full-size functional prototype. designers to translate brand literacy, value Digital communication tools and techniques Project themes are intended to cover key and design quality into the appearance of a will be introduced, including the use of critical information, while tailoring material to vehicle. In the first semester of a year-long digital drawing tablets. Studio time will individual interests. Regular formal reviews sequence, students will learn how to include demos, one-day assignments, will enable individuals to develop verbal develop techniques to explore new design work time and one-on-one instruction. and visual presentation skills, and formal language both in exterior and interior. Coursework is designed to align with lectures will be balanced against one-on- Learn how to transform structural inspiration projects in Transportation Design. one in-studio instruction Prerequisite: into design. Course phases were set to Prerequisite: Communications Skills 1.1. Industrial Design 1.2. Offered junior fall. help students build up understanding and Required of sophomore Transportation 3 credits. skills step-by-step, from proportion, to Track students. Offered spring. 3 credits. vehicle architecture, to detail refinement Industrial Design 2.2 (EP) and material/color trim. Students will place 3D Modeling 1.1 IND 336B emphasis on developing automotive- IND 303 This course is an extension of Industrial related form-giving methods and design This course focuses on introducing students Design 2.1, with a focus on strategic communication through sketching, to 3D digital modeling for the industrial aspects of design. Further emphasis will be rendering, physical modeling and verbal/ design profession. It employs a surface placed on research, concept generation visual presentation. Studio time will include modeling approach using Autodesk Alias and refinement focused on problem solving. formal lectures, demos, one-day software to create multiple class-driven Semester projects will focus on design in assignments, work time and one-on-one projects. Study consists of a lecture demo the context of business objectives and a instruction. Required of junior Transportation format in a computer lab environment. broader product development environment. Track students. Offered fall. 3 credits. In-class work will emphasize key modeling Project work will involve teamwork and concepts and will be supplemented with direct interaction with outside design and
118 Course Catalog Industrial Design
Automotive Design 3D Modeling 2.1 industrial design training and approval of Language 1.2 IND 403 the course faculty. Prerequisite for non- IND 353T This advanced digital modeling course Industrial Design majors: approval of the This is the second semester of Automotive offers the option to continue with surface course faculty. Offered fall and spring. Design Language Foundation. In this modeling using Autodesk ALIAS Automotive 3 credits. semester, students will learn how to use (for automotive design) or Solid Works for right design language to promote the main those interested in gaining exposure to solid theme, how to integrate function into form modeling (for product design). The ALIAS Industrial Design 3.1 languages and how to develop design option will include advanced methods for IND 435B details. Course phases were set to help exterior surfacing, while the Solid Works This course focuses on the semester-long students build up understanding and skills option will focus on the user interface and thesis project. Individuals will define the step-by-step, from proportion and vehicle basic solid modeling procedures. project theme and work with faculty to architecture, to detail refinement and Prerequisite: 3D Modeling 1.2. Offered identify key problems and opportunities. material/color trim. Students will place senior fall. 3 credits. In-depth research will inform concept emphasis on developing automotive- development, ultimately resulting in a related form-giving methods and design 3D Modeling 2.2 refined solution that considers functional communication through sketching, IND 404 needs, aesthetics and manufacturing. rendering, physical modeling and verbal/ This is a continuation of the fall 3D Modeling Additionally, individuals are expected to visual presentation. Studio time will include course (IND403) with an option to continue create compelling visual, verbal and written formal lectures, demos, one-day Autodesk ALIAS Automotive (for automotive presentations that create context for the assignments, work time and one-on-one design) or Solid Works (for product design). project and effectively communicate the instruction. Required of junior Transportation The Autodesk ALIAS Automotive option will validity of the project and outcomes. Track students. Offered spring. 3 credits. focus on advanced rendering techniques In order to gain exposure in the design for automotive design presentations, community, individuals will be required to Marketing + Design including Key Shot animation and rendering submit their final design to a design IND 375 procedures. Projects will culminate in competition. Formal reviews will be This course exposes students to the fully modeled exterior or interior design balanced against weekly one-on-one studio relationship between design and marketing, presented as a finished animation of discussion. Prerequisite: Industrial Design specifically addressing social/ethical student’s own design. The Solid Works 2.2. Offered senior fall. 3 credits. responsibility, research, strategic marketing, option will focus on surface modeling branding, distribution, advertising and techniques and the differences and Industrial Design 3.1 pricing. Each class will include lectures and advantages of combining solids with IND 435C exercises, and will be supplemented with surface modeling techniques. Areas of This course focuses on the semester-long assigned readings and regular performance study will include surfacing tools loft and thesis project. Individuals will define the opportunities. Individuals will be required to boundary and continuity options for project theme and work with faculty to develop a marketing plan for a product curvature and 3D sketching. Advanced identify key problems and opportunities. created in the Industrial Design studio. rendering techniques will be explored. In-depth research will inform concept Offered junior fall. 3 credits. Prerequisite: 3D Modeling 2.1. Offers senior development, ultimately resulting in a spring. 3 credits. refined solution that considers functional ID: Internship (EP) needs, aesthetics and manufacturing. IND 399-499 Design Center (EP) Additionally, individuals are expected to Elective credit can be given on a case-by- IND 417 create compelling visual, verbal and written case basis for an internship developed by This course functions as a professional presentations that create context for the student through the Career Center office, design studio, placing an emphasis on project and effectively communicate the with advance permission of instructor and client-based projects and interdisciplinary validity of the project and outcomes. department chair. teamwork. All companies/organizations In order to gain exposure in the design who are participating in the course make a community, individuals will be required to financial commitment to CIA and intern submit their final design to a design team members are compensated. competition. Formal reviews will be Compensation varies, but is based on the balanced against weekly one-on-one studio project budget, time commitment and discussion. Prerequisite: Industrial Design individual contributions. The faculty, who 2.2. Offered senior fall. 3 credits. will oversee the process, deliverables and schedule for each project, will determine studio responsibilities. Prerequisites for Industrial Design majors: one year of
119 Course Catalog Industrial Design
Industrial Design 3.2 communication through sketching, IND 436 rendering, physical modeling and verbal/ This course will focus on planning and visual presentation. Studio time will include preparation and execution of work for three formal lectures. demos, one-day primary milestones, including employment assignments, work time and one-on-one search, BFA and Spring Show. Individuals instruction. Required of senior will be responsible for determining what Transportation Track students. Offered work will be accomplished based on career spring. 3 credits. objectives and for an overall work schedule which will serve as a guide for the semester. 3D Modeling for Faculty will be available in studio to provide Transportation 1.1 advice on organization, project work, IND 454T portfolio development and networking. This course is the first in a two-course Offered senior spring. 3 credits. sequence focused on 3D Modeling for transportation design. It is essential for Advanced Automotive transportation designs students to develop Design Language 2.1 and translate 2D design concepts into IND 452T accurate 3D models. This course is In the first semester of Advanced intended to provide a foundation in 3D Automotive Design Language course, modeling specific to the transportation students will learn how to develop design industry. Students will learn the basic language based on brand literacy, how to modeling strategies and techniques use form languages to communicate focused on vehicle interiors. Studio lab functional ideas and how to develop new time will include lectures, demos, in-class design language based on observation of exercises, outside projects and one-on-one trends. Course phases were set to help instruction. Required of senior students build up understanding and skills Transportation Track students. Offered fall. step-by-step from proportion, to vehicle 3 credits. architecture, to detail refinement and material/color trim. Students will place 3D Modeling for emphasis on developing automotive- Transportation 1.2 related form-giving methods and design IND 455T communication through sketching, This course is the second in a two-course rendering, physical modeling and verbal/ sequence focused on 3D Modeling for visual presentation. Studio time will include transportation design. Instruction is focused formal lectures, demos, one-day on advanced 3D modeling specific to the assignments, work time and one-on-one transportation industry. Students will learn instruction. Required of senior modeling strategies and techniques Transportation Track students. Offered fall. focused on vehicle exteriors. Studio lab 3 credits. time will include lectures, demos, in-class exercises, outside projects and one-on-one Advanced Automotive instruction. Required of senior Design Language 2.2 Transportation Track students. Offered IND 453T spring. 3 credits. In the second semester of Advanced Automotive Design Language course, students will learn how to develop high quality vehicle design by balancing proportion, function, aesthetic, brand language and trends. Course phases were set to help students build up understanding and skills step by step from proportion, vehicle architecture to detail refinement and material/color trim. Students will place emphasis on developing automotive- related form-giving methods and design
120 Course Catalog Interior Architecture
Materials, Research + Retail Design + Brand Design Interior Space Planning (EP) (EP) INTA 232B INTA 332 Architecture Space planning projects based on special Course includes brand-focused projects programming and research including including a retail design project hosted at Space & Planning furniture design, finishes and furnishings, client location with the final presentation to Fundamentals material presentations from the their design team and an advance design INTA 231A manufacturing industry and field trips. problem with industry interaction or This course will cover the basic concepts of Students will participate in formal critiques competition with a potential summer space planning and documentation, floor using presentation methods and skills. Final internship. Mandatory for all junior Interior planning and elevations material selection, project is group collaboration. Mandatory Design majors. Open elective, sophomore sample and presentation boards, space for all sophomore Interior Architecture and above. Prerequisite for Interior and lighting relationships, furniture and majors. Open elective, sophomore and Architecture majors: INTA232A and mechanical layouts, flow and movement. above. Offered spring. 3 credits. INTA331. No prerequisites for electives. Open elective, sophomore and above. Offered spring. 3 credits. Offered fall. 3 credits. INTA Communication Skills 1 INTA 285 Interior Architecture: AutoCAD Architectural Drawing + The basics of perspective drawing are INTA 333 Documentation taught in twelve assignment modules A series of modules covering the basics of INTA 231B covering all forms of measured perspective AutoCAD with a final project. Mandatory for This course is an introduction to hand drawing. The final design project will include all junior Interior Architecture majors. Open drafting and documentation including drawing and renderings as a requirement. elective, sophomore and above. Offered fall. drawing, lettering and historic referencing Mandatory for all sophomore Interior 3 credits. as well as ADA topics, historic vernacular, Architecture majors. Open elective, and space planning. Field trips may be sophomore and above. Offered fall. Architecture + Communication included. Mandatory for all sophomore 3 credits. Skills Interior Architecture majors. Open elective, INTA 385 sophomore and above. Offered fall. INTA Communication Skills 2 Advanced-level drawing and rendering, 3 credits. INTA 286 focusing on traditional and digital media. Intermediate-level drawing and rendering, Mandatory for all junior Interior Architecture Retail, Restaurant + Store including perspective drawing from majors. Open elective, sophomore and Design several viewpoints, rendering techniques above. Prerequisites: INTA285 and INTA286 INTA 232A in several styles media and design projects required for Interior Architecture majors. Course includes several retail design throughout course. Mandatory for all No prerequisites for elective students. problems covering various problem-solving sophomore Interior Architecture majors. Offered fall. 3 credits. methods including: retail fixture/specialty Open elective, sophomore and above. retail project working with a local Cleveland- Prerequisites for Interior Architecture Sustainability: LEED + Detailing based company and retail storefront design. majors: INTA285. No prerequisites for INTA 390X Students will participate in formal critiques electives. Offered spring. 3 credits. This course introduces students to LEED using presentation methods and skills. and Sustainable practices preparing Mandatory for all sophomore Interior INTA: Intermediate Problems students for the LEED certification process. Architecture majors. Open elective, (EP) In the second half of the course students sophomore and above. Offered spring. INTA 331 will learn to detail their designs in 3 credits. Intermediate level retail and space design preparation for fabrication/implementation including various conceptual and visual while taking into consideration ethical and projects increasing in detail and complexity, sustainable fabrication methods and such as building exteriors, exhibit, and material selections. Open elective, museum design as well as local community sophomore and above, no prerequisites project. Introduction of fabrication methods. required. Required for all junior Interior Industry professional input at various Architecture majors. Offered spring. critiques. Mandatory for all junior Interior 3 credits. Architecture majors. Open to all juniors and seniors. Prerequisite: INTA 232A. Offered fall. 3 credits.
121 Course Catalog Interior Architecture
Interior Architecture: Internship Interior Architecture: (EP) Advanced Problems (EP) INTA 399-499 INTA 432B Elective to Interior Architecture juniors who A senior0level advanced design problem have an internship opportunity with the will be assigned to the students with a final approval from the department chair. review with an industry professional. Prerequisites: All sophomore and junior Interior Architecture: major studio courses must be completed. Senior Thesis Problem Senior students from outside the INTA 431A department may petition to enroll in the A semester-long self-defined intense course with major department chair’s problem, involving a research document, approval. Offered spring. 3 credits. several advisors, and two major presentations. The final presentation is given in a gallery environment and is open to the general public. The thesis encompasses all aspects of the student’s previous course work and is their most thorough project. Mandatory for all senior Interior Architecture majors. Senior students outside Interior Architecture may petition to take this course with department chair approval. Offered fall. 6 credits for Interior Architecture majors; 3 credits for electives.
Interior Architecture: Senior Thesis Problem INTA 431B A semester-long self-defined intense problem, involving a research document, several advisors, and two major presentations. The final presentation is given in a gallery environment and is open to the general public. The thesis encompasses all aspects of the student previous course work and is their most thorough project. Mandatory for all Senior Interior Architecture majors. Senior Students outside Interior Architecture may petition to take this course with Department Head approval. Offered fall. 6 credits for Interior Architecture majors; 3 credits for electives.
Interior Architecture: BFA Survey INTA 432A Final Preparation for Senior BFA. Faculty work with seniors to prepare and plan their final BFA exhibition and presentation for spring. Preparation for career search and interviewing skills will be a part of the course. Prerequisites: All sophomore and junior major studio courses must be completed. Offered spring. 3 credits.
122 Course Catalog Literature, Language + Composition
Writing for the Art + Design Hybrid Writing Literature, Career LLC 206WX LLC 204W Sophomore-level writing seminar focusing Language + This course offers students the opportunity on intergenre hybrid writing, with an to develop strong writing skills for the types emphasis on the New Narrative movement, Composition of writing involved in art and design careers. open to all students, of special interest to The first and biggest part of this course is students interested in writing adventurously Writing & Inquiry I: devoted to these career-related forms and and creatively about their chosen art and Basic Composition + is predicated on an exploration of the design forms. The method of instruction for Contemporary Ideas relationship between the rhetorical and the this class will combine short lectures with LLC 101 design arts. The culminating project for this class discussion, workshops, and in-class A composition-intensive course that section of the course, therefore, will be a writing experiments. The class will be emphasizes basic composition skills, portfolio containing the final versions of structured around the idea of creative while introducing basic research and each of the writing assignments, designed research, and will potentially involve documentation skills. Along with cultivating to showcase visually the collected written research days utilizing the museum or the the concomitant skills in critical reading works, and thus also to demonstrate the library. Peer feedback sessions and a final and thinking, this course also introduces extent to which the student has pursued the short critical paper are designed to assist an explicitly theoretical approach to relationship between rhetoric and design. students in developing a constructive, contemporary culture. Twenty pages of Each student’s portfolio will contain the original vocabulary to critically assess both student expository writing will be required. types of career documents relevant to her/ their own creative work and that of others. Offered fall. 3 credits. his own particular emphases or goals within (H/CS) CWC). the art/design fields represented by the Writing & Inquiry II: Research + particular group of students in the class. A Autobiographical Narratives Intellectual Traditions later, smaller part of the course will explore LLC 207W LLC 102 the theories and argument strategies of art This course consists of six first-person An intermediate writing and research critical essays and reviews as models for accounts, which highlight the socio- course based in readings on the western the students’ own assignments in critical historical and psychological significance of intellectual and cultural heritage and their writing. These assignments will include one the autobiographical narrative in the black global contexts. The course will emphasize art or design exhibition review and one experience. The autobiographical mode is the basic research skills involved in both critical essay on an art or design subject one of the predominant forms of literary academic writing and studio processes. selected by the student for the relevance of expression in black literature, dating back to Twenty pages of student expository writing its subject to his/her own studio work. the “slave narrative” of the 18th century, just will be required. Prerequisite: LLC 101. Class work will focus on writing, tutorials, as it is in the hands of African artists a Offered spring. 3 credits. and peer editing/critique, allowing students prominent literary form that is characterized ample opportunity to become comfortable by its predominantly collective and Writing & Inquiry III: with, and even accomplished in, the kinds communal narrative voice. The course will Narrative Forms of writing necessary for self-presentation focus on the interface between individual LLC 203 and critical engagement in visual arts life-story and collective (social) history. This course continues to build students’ careers. Fulfills Humanities/Cultural Studies It will also consider in the postmodernist skills in writing, research, critical thinking, distribution requirement. Creative Writing sense the thin line between fiction and and argument, while introducing a survey of Concentration course. 3 credits. history (art and life), while exploring narrative forms and critical methods based individual consciousness as an art of in narratology to be used in the analysis and Arts Journalism rhetorical self-definition and subjectivity. understanding of narrative. Offered fall and LLC 205W The last two books include two generational spring. Prerequisite: LLC 101. 3 credits. In this elective course, students will study responses to womanist issues, and both of various forms and stages of writing about them problematize the autobiographical art for publication. In addition to reading art-form. There are six videos primarily to and discussing effective examples of provide socio-historical background to the published writings on art, students will course. The videos, as visual texts, are also produce a total of 20 pages of writing meant to create a critical interface with the throughout the semester in the form of six literary socio-constructs, with a view to reviews, interviews, profiles, and feature stimulating your deep insights into the stories. Students will alternately function as course. Fulfills Humanities/Cultural Studies writers and editors as they produce written distribution requirement. Creative Writing work that is expressly conceived and Concentration course. 3 credits. shaped for publication. 3 credits.
123 Course Catalog Literature, Language + Composition
Science Fiction + Fantasy and workshopping poems written in class. Nature Poetry LLC 210W The final project will entail creating a Before + After Darwin The genre (or sub-genre) of science fiction chapbook of poems written during the LLC 301X may, on one level, be seen as a variety of semester. Fulfills Humanities/Cultural In a notebook entry dated in the 1940s, Romanticism, as an extended collective Studies distribution requirement. Creative Robert Frost wrote, “You have to be careful response to features of modernity, Writing Concentration course. Writing- with the word natural—with all words in fact. specifically scientific discoveries and intensive course. 3 credits. You have to play the words close to the innovations, as well as elements of the realities.” So what are the “realities” of the Industrial and technological revolutions. Writing about Material Culture natural world? Given that human beings are, Science fiction, in its astonishing number of LLC 212W after Darwin, connected to all living things, permutations, has filled a vast canvas of How is the material world understood in can we ever get far enough outside of imaginative possibility, discovering a range human culture? What do “things” mean— ourselves to understand the “real,” concrete of responses and forms that range from and why? Students will investigate various world of nature? Or are we human beings the dystopian, pessimistic, even nihilistic, disciplinary approaches to material culture, simply creating, through language, a to the utopian. We hear and see, in the through Freudian, semiotic, sociological, symbolic world and calling it nature? Is the voices and imaginations of different science Marxist, and archaeological studies. act of constructing a world using language fiction writers and artists, warnings and Interdisciplinary approaches will be in order to understand ourselves and celebrations, but at the bottom, emphasized. In addition, the course will other things what makes us natural—is at questionings of what it means to be human illuminate our personal attachments, the the root of what we call “human nature”? and of what kinds of possibilities may lay hidden history of things, our experience of In exploring those questions, this seminar before us. Science fiction is also a material consciousness (as artists and will look at poetry before and after Darwin remarkably popular genre; it’s vitally designers), and the scholarly “packaging” in an attempt to understand what effects manifested in books, television shows, of objects in support of cultural/art history. natural science has had on poetic films, toys, games. In this class we will 3 credits. depictions of the natural world from the investigate some of the space(s), both 1830s to the 1930s. The focus of the course literal and metaphorical, that science fiction Writing for the Sciences will tilt toward poetic renderings of the (and popular ideas of science) offer to the LLC 213W natural world after Darwin, and in particular imagination. The course’s center, however, This course introduces the basic written the most well-known American “nature poet” is the students’ own writing and their own discourse forms of the sciences. It gives an of the 20th century, Robert Frost. Frost ideas, and will be conducted in workshop overview and rationale of scientific reports grappled with many scientific ideas, both in format, with relatively brief lectures by the describing the results of original research. and out of his poetry, and turned around instructor presenting relevant literary, It provides students with an opportunity to the question of how science has affected historical, theoretical and biographical develop competency in the discourse poetry to ask, how does poetry help us backgrounds and contexts. During the model that has evolved over centuries of understand science? May be applied as a semester, students will present two to scientific practice. Students will learn the Humanities/Cultural Studies elective or as a three original works-in-progress (either specific lexical, grammatical, and stylistic writing-intensive elective. 3 credits. creative or critical) to the class, distributing conventions that comprise the accepted photocopies of their work a week in written format, in addition to the Spies advance to the members of the class and components of a scientific report; i.e., the LLC 309X to the instructor. 3 credits. Introduction (including the Literature In this seminar we will discuss spying in its Review), the Methods, the Results many manifestations including the reasons Poetry Writing Workshop (including their display and documentation), and justifications offered for spying; the LLC 211W the Discussion, and the References. different types of spying; the means by This class will focus on the creation, revision, The term project for each student will be which spying is conducted; and whether oral and visual presentation of poems. focused on the preparation of a full written or not spying is a necessary evil. We will Because good writing requires deep report of that student’s individual inquiry use a variety of texts in the class, non-fiction reading, we’ll also be reading and into an area of scientific research relevant to historical works as well as fictional works. responding to poems from an anthology their particular studio work and/or interests. Through a variety of media including film, throughout the semester. Students will be Class meetings will center on discussion of hypertext, popular culture essays, fiction, required to keep a journal that responds to readings, research, and on class critique of and radio programs, we will explore the anthology poems in the form of imitation written drafts that students prepare as they fascination with spies and what spies poems, commentary, letters to the poets, or work toward the final versions of their represent culturally and historically. illustrations. Class time will be spent doing reports. Offered yearly. Open only to BMA Our object is that by the end of the writing and revision exercises, small-group seniors; juniors may request written semester we will be better readers of texts work, discussing poems from the anthology, permission from instructor. Fulfills writing and more knowledgeable about issues of playing with various aspects of poetry, intensive requirement. 3 credits. identity, deception, and information
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gathering. Fulfills Humanities/Cultural Contemporary African + black experience. It will therefore look into Studies distribution requirement. Creative African-American Literature how all these writers combine a keen Writing Concentration course. 3 credits. LLC 359 historical sense with a discerning aesthetic Today a good deal of third-world literature in sensibility to explore afresh in a Screenwriting particular expressed in many vital respects postmodernist sense the intriguing black LLC 318 postmodern historical awareness of the experience with deep intellectual reflections. What is a spec script, a slugline, a smash paramountcy of the power relations hidden It will also examine how in relation to their cut? What’s the difference between behind political, economic and social individual subject-matters they all artistically montage and a series of shots, and why institutions and structures both nationally problematize the aesthetic and does the screenwriter need to know? and internationally. With particular emphasis philosophical questions about the thin line One script page averages how many on political economy, this course will between fact and fiction, historical veracity minutes of onscreen film time? In addition to examine how this literature re-contextualizes and imaginative truth, and art and artifice. the demands of just plain good storytelling, such critical sociological questions as: Our class selection will consist of four writing for film entails expressing everything What’s traditionalism? What’s books published between 1984 and 2003. about the story visually, which gives visual modernization? African-American texts A number of videos will be shown for visual artists an advantage in adapting to the highlight African-American socio-economic elucidation of the books’ underlying demands of the form. It is the screenwriter’s challenges today, dating back to concerns. Fulfills Humanities/Cultural job to put all of the sights, sounds and Emancipation/Reconstruction, alongside Studies distribution requirement. Creative speeches on the page, while still leaving their efforts at socio-cultural self-definitions. Writing Concentration course. 3 credits. room for interpretation by the filmmakers. Fulfills Humanities/Cultural Studies In this course we will discuss the elements distribution requirement. Creative Writing Literature of Americas of good storytelling, study the screenplays Concentration course. 3 credits. LLC 388 of Pulp Fiction and Chocolat, and write a This course will survey the concurrent but short screenplay formatted to conform to Art of the Personal Essay separate developments of the literary industry standards. Fulfills Humanities/ LLC 373W traditions of North and South America. Cultural Studies distribution requirement. In this workshop course we will work on Taking Columbus’ arrival on Hispaniola as Creative Writing Concentration course. developing an understanding of the our point of anchor, we will work backward 3 credits. personal essay as a distinct yet flexible to the Pre-Columbian original narrative nonfictional genre, one possessing its own forms, and forward through the written On the Same Page characteristics and contours that distinguish records of the complex colonial contexts of LLC 351X it from other literary forms. You will also the literary art in both Americas. We will also This course will allow students to develop work in this course on the craft of writing trace the divergent results of the influences the skills and understanding necessary for and revising your own personal essays. of European literature, following in each literacy in our information-saturated times. To these ends, we will be reading a number case the developments of such directions Facilitated by growth in electronic of works that demonstrate the essay’s as we can identify in the prose and poetry technologies, more and more types of protean adaptability. Texts will be drawn of the colonial and postcolonial periods of written texts, in both print and online media, from Phillip Lopate’s anthology The Art of each America. Reading widely and also have fused with images and other graphics. the Personal Essay, as well as from other closely, we will consider how best to trace Literature producers and consumers of sources, including selected blogs, the parallel emergence of these national these emerging hybrid texts will need nonfictional texts by visual artists, as well as literatures, seeking in a juxtaposed study awareness of and competence in the the online compilation Quotidiana. (H/CS) what common literary and extra-literary complex communicative strategies that they (CWC) 3 credits. antecedents and shaping forces the texts in engage. While this course offers valuable both traditions may reveal. We will also knowledge to any developing artist, it is Jazz: Contemporary African- inquire into the nature of the distinctions particularly suitable for students studying in American Writers that must be made between these traditions, the visual communications majors; i.e., LLC 374X and into the impact the differences between Graphic Design, Illustration, Biomedical Art, This course will deal with a very select these literatures may have on the Photography + Video. Fulfills Humanities/ number of contemporary female and male understanding of what we mean by the Cultural Studies distribution requirement. African-American writers who have won phrase “American literature.” Fulfills Creative Writing Concentration course. outstanding awards from various national Humanities/Cultural Studies distribution 3 credits. literary awards to The Nobel Prize. The requirement. Creative Writing Concentration selected authors are Toni Morrison, Patricia course. 3 credits. Raybon, John Edward Wideman and Edward P. Jones. The central drift of this course will be concerned with today’s multifarious significance of the complex
125 Course Catalog Literature, Language + Composition
Children’s Literature fiction. Fulfills Humanities/Cultural Studies attendant sense of religion manifested LLC 390X distribution requirement. Creative Writing particularly through the Black Church. The Many adults feel they are familiar with the Concentration course. 3 credits. subtext of this course is to see if traditional classic children’s books covered in this life, an example of which is traditional Africa, course, but actually know only sanitized Creative Writing still has any value for the technological versions, most produced for the movie LLC 393 world of today. Fulfills Humanities/Cultural screen. This class will examine the original This course will give students the Studies distribution requirement. Creative texts of several well-known titles as opportunity to explore the three essential Writing Concentration course. 3 credits. literature and the fascinating and sometimes genres of creative writing in a practicum disturbing stories behind them. Critical setting. Study and practice will center on Creative Writing Concentration: reading, thought, research and writing on basic analytic methods for reading and Body of Work these texts will be among the key skills basic inventive methods for writing short LLC 415 covered. Students will read extensively and fiction, poetry, and dramatic narratives. Required of seniors pursuing the Creative discuss what they have read in class, create Course assignments will include exercises Writing Concentration. Not open as an and deliver peer-evaluated presentations, in writing the short story, including the short elective. Fall and spring semesters required. and write a semester research paper related graphic narrative; various poetic forms such 1.5 credits each semester. to the topics of the course. Students will as the sonnet, the villanelle, and the free view several related films during the verse poem; and variants of the short Creative Writing Concentration: semester as well. 3 credits. dramatic narrative such as the screen Body of Work Continuation treatment, the story board, and the short LLC 415C Dialogue + Story film script. Creative Writing can be taken to Required of seniors pursuing the Creative LLC 391 satisfy either required Junior/Senior Writing Concentration. Not open as an In this course, we concentrate first on Writing-Intensive credit or Open Elective elective. Fall and spring semesters required. writing dialogues, looking at the ways in Liberal Arts credit. It will allow students who 1.5 credits each semester. which conversation establishes character, are planning visual arts careers involving creates and resolves conflict, and advances writing to develop the basic critical and Graphic Narratives plot. We’ll see how these dialogues “play” writing performance skills necessary for LLC 419 first when we stage them, and then we put their professional advancement. Students Are you fascinated by the graphic novel (or them back on the page and wrap stories who may be considering the Creative nonfiction)? In this class, we will investigate around them. In-class, team-writing Writing Concentration program are strongly a variety of ways that texts and images exercises are designed to jumpstart your urged to take this course during their (specifically illustrations and photographs) ideas and provide working material. We’ll sophomore year. Fulfills Humanities/Cultural interact to tell stories: how the visual and also take a look at excerpts from narratives Studies distribution requirement. Creative the verbal engage and catalyze each other, by master storytellers, experiment with Writing Concentration course. 3 credits. how they can reflect and inflect, reinforce, re-telling the story just through dialogue, strengthen and gesture to each other in and see how these artistic choices inevitably Intro to African and African- compelling, powerful and meaningful ways. shape the content itself. 3 credits. American Literature To this end, the class will examine and LLC 411 practice different methods used in telling Fiction Writing This course will focus on traditional Africa both personal and fictional stories. The LLC 392 up to the threshold of the European course will also involve working at Fiction is the sustained application of the colonization of the continent. The African understanding different ways that graphic literary artist’s imagination to the texts as a whole offer a brief introduction to narratives have been, and may be, observation of life, and writing it well traditional African thoughts and ways of life theorized. Assignments will include critical requires a vision of what’s true in the story and also to the growing incursion of responses to our readings and a creative before it ever reaches the page. Fiction colonialism. The course highlights the project involving an integration of writing Writing provides the student with the paramountcy of kinship care, communal life, and visual media. Primary readings are likely opportunity to write short fiction, discuss and individual fulfillment in harmony with to include, but are not limited to, work by: technique, study master storytellers, and society. It also stresses a social thinking Art Spiegelman, Marjane Satrapi, Alan critique one another’s work. Some weekly underlain by a collective unconscious of the Moore, Craig Thompson, and others. Films topics in writing technique take up the inseparableness of the living and the dead, we watch may include Spirited Away, The issues of narrative structure, clear meaning, the physical and the metaphysical. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, and turning story into plot, scene content and African-American texts taken together Rashomon. Fulfills Humanities/Cultural scene break, dialogue, conflict and tension, highlight, notably from Harlem Renaissance, Studies distribution requirement. Creative the power of point of view, the revelation of significant stages of the African-American Writing Concentration course or Visual character, and rewriting. Over the course of cultural-literary expressions of their Culture Emphasis course. 3 credits. the term, students work on three pieces of socio-historical experience and an
126 Course Catalog Literature, Language + Composition
Woman’s Words Narrative Art + Mythic Patterns + LLC 424 in African and African- The purpose of this course is two-fold: first, This course is designed to outline the American Literature to determine, through intensive readings in contributions of women to the origins and LLC 471 translation from the work of representative development of the novel genre in English This course will focus on the various poets, what characterizes Chinese poetic and American literature from 1688 to the artistic ways African and African-American achievement and, second to articulate our present time. It will focus on discovery of writers create a narrative interlock of mythic own informed response to these poems. the relationships between the earliest and contemporary materials to formulate in Primary emphasis will be placed on the lyric women’s literary production and the postcolonial and postmodernist terms an mode as it develops from its origins in the literature written by the women of this essentialist condition of their people’s Book of Songs (compiled c. 600BCE) moment. It will inquire into the areas of race experience, while a number of them explore through its golden age in the T’ang and and social class as they are directly relevant the interface of classical and African myths Sung dynasties. Continuing attention will be to (or feature as tropes within) the literature for an informed global vision. Their works paid to the tension between public and comprising our reading list. It also are largely structured with images and private commitment expressed by poets introduces some of the basic theoretical symbols endowed with dynamic moral and who choose between, attempt to resolve, or questions that feminist scholarship has spiritual significance. They problematize transcend these commitments. Topics for raised in connection with women’s writing the African thinking underlain by the special consideration include the classical during these periods. Through selected inseparableness of the natural world and Chinese language as a vehicle for poetic readings, research, and critical discussion, the supernatural realm, the human and the expression and Chinese calligraphy as an members of this class will become familiar divine, the animate and the inanimate, just exercise in dynamic proportions, the with modern women’s literature, its social/ as this inseparableness also aesthetically technical requirements of two major lyric historical contexts, and some of the feminist underlies the relationship between the forms, nature as a source of both inspiration critical approaches through which it has naturalistic and the abstract in both African and poetic metaphor, and the didactic and been considered. Fulfills Humanities/ visual art and Harlem Renaissance. There is individualist traditions of Chinese literary Cultural Studies distribution requirement. in postcolonial African literature, and in criticism. Fulfills Humanities/Cultural Studies Creative Writing Concentration course. many ‘Third World’ countries, a new distribution requirement. Creative Writing 3 credits. narrative artform which can be called Concentration course. 3 credits. ‘animist realism.’ It is critically regarded as Culture, Conflict, and contesting the dominant protocol of Syncretism conventional (Western) realist narrative LLC 441 which is predicated on knowability and This course is primarily concerned with linearity. We will also look at how the the dialectic of multiculturality and interface between oral art (free text) and multidimensionality. Africans under written art (fixed text) mediates between colonialism, like most of the Third World at fiction and history in this new form of one time or the other, were confronted with narrative realism. And there will be an ample the overwhelming encroachment of number of videos for visual elucidation. European/Western/Christian ways of life Fulfills Humanities/Cultural Studies and thought alien to them. Yet Africa still distribution requirement. Creative Writing struggles up till today to preserve its Concentration course. 3 credits. integrity, its intrinsic identity, notably in the form of neotraditionalism. This vortex of cultural interplay in Africa has led to socio-cultural phenomenon described as deracination or “the crisis in the soul” (Achebe) or “triple heritage/cultural accommodation” (Ali Mazrui). In postmodernist terms, it has led to syncretism. The course will also explore analogies from the multidimensional art, mainly from the interchange between visual and literary arts. Fulfills Humanities/Cultural Studies distribution requirement. Creative Writing Concentration course. 3 credits.
127 Course Catalog Jewelry + Metals
Beginning enameling skills required for Enamel in the Public Realm Jewelry + three-dimensional forms will be covered. MET 250-350-450 3 credits. The use of enamel for public, community- Metals based, collaborative, or interactive art is the The Printed Image in Enamel focus of this course. Demonstrations will Jewelry + Metals: Fabrication MET 248-348-448 support beginning- to advanced-level MET 206-306-406 The focus of this course will be on the use students and will vary based on needs to Emphasis in the studio is placed on of the printed image with the medium of complete individual projects. The emphasis fabrication techniques, from pattern work to enamel. Photographs, photocopies and for beginning students will be on the use of cold connection, soldering on larger scale digitally produced and enhanced images enamel on the two-dimensional surface. and hollow construction. Independent work will be transferred to the medium through Students with metal forming experience is encouraged. Visiting artists, field trips, acid etching, silk-screening, decals and may explore three-dimensional forms in and slide presentations supplement the photographic transfers. The emphasis will combination with enamel. 3 credits. class. Open to sophomore Jewelry + Metals be on the use of enamel on the two- majors and all electives. Prerequisites: dimensional surface, although those with Jewelry + Metals: Mechanisms MET249 Introduction to Jewelry + Metals. metal forming experience may explore MET 251-351-451 3 credits. three-dimensional forms in combination Throughout the history of jewelry and with the processes above. 3 credits. metalwork, mechanisms have served Enamel: Image, Surface, Relief physical, aesthetic, and conceptual MET 245 Intro to Jewelry + Metals functions, from movement to closure, Fused glass (enamel) to metal is the focus MET 249 ornament to interaction. This course is of this course. Drawing and painting skills Work in this studio involves the field of designed as a project-based curriculum to will transcend graphite, paper, oil and jewelry and metalsmithing, its history, offer experiences to learn to design and canvas to molten glass on metal. contemporary issues and activities, and the make mechanisms, catches, latches, and Transparent, opaque, liquid and dry use and understanding of materials and hinges for movement and closure of jewelry enamels will be introduced. Experimental to processes. As a medium, metal presents and objects, as well as linkage systems, traditional processes in the medium will be more variables and potential than any other findings for jewelry, and mechanical objects. covered. Photographic and digitally material. It can serve to produce sound, Each student has the opportunity to produced images are options for resists for light, heat, motion, to present color, texture complete technical exercises, samples, and the acid etching process. The linear aspects and form, to store and release energy, finished work for your portfolio. Slides, of cloisonné will be considered through the and provide strength and durability, all of demonstrations and samples supplement fusion of formed silver and copper wires which increase the options in your work. the course. Open to sophomore Jewelry + into the enamel surface. 3 credits. An introduction to the field of jewelry and Metals majors and all electives. Prerequisite: metals includes the foundation techniques, MET249 Introduction to Jewelry + Metals. Multiples in Enamel skills, and technologies necessary to create 3 credits. MET 246-346-446 jewelry and objects of material culture. This course will focus on the use of enamel The course includes extensive presentations, Jewelry + Metals: Advanced through the use of multiples: series, limited demonstrations, technical exercises and Projects edition and production. Beginning- through assignments, discussions, and critiques. MET 253-353-453 advanced-level students will explore the Throughout the semester we explore the The course is designed to examine concepts medium through these models of studio use of metal as a medium for artistic and technologies of the field, and pursue production. Processes covered will be expression. A strong emphasis is placed on work of individual direction. Various those easily adapted to working in multiples your ability to address and apply design advanced studio practices and techniques and not exclude any techniques. ENA245 principles, aesthetic considerations, and will supplement the course to challenge Enamel: Image, Surface, Relief. 3 credits. conceptual content to achieve a visual conceptual growth, facilitate design, and statement. Required of first semester present new means of fabrication. Subjects Three-Dimensional Forms in Jewelry + Metals majors. Open to all are presented to direct students to conduct Enamel electives. Offered fall. 3 credits. research and examine their own position. MET 247-347-447 The course includes demonstrations and The emphasis of this course will be presentations to support individual applications of enamel on the three- directions. Ongoing discussions and dimensional form. Enamel used in functional, readings are an integral part of the course. decorative, jewelry or sculptural context Open to sophomore Jewelry + Metals may be explored. Metal forming and majors and electives with instructor’s fabrication techniques that apply specifically permission. 3 credits. to the use of enamel will be introduced.
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Jewelry + Metals: Jewelry Jewelry + Metals: Modeling the course. Demonstrations will be provided Concepts MET 256-356-456 as needed. Open to sophomore Jewelry + MET 254-354-454 Modeling explores the changing role of 3D Metals majors and all electives. No previous Why is jewelry worn? How is jewelry worn? modeling and 3D printing in art and design. metalworking skills are needed. 3 credits. This course will focus on the motivations A rapidly expanding range of technologies behind why we make jewelry, and how and materials provides new and exciting Jewelry + Metals: Surface jewelry functions in our contemporary possibilities for models, molds, and parts MET 258-358-458 culture, and others. The question of the for jewelry and object making. The course This course explores various techniques for boundaries of what defines jewelry, and the will address and apply concepts and affecting and embellishing the surface of exploration of concepts guide the work. technologies of 3D modeling, CAD/CAM + non-ferrous metals. An emphasis on Self-initiated projects and assignments RP (computer aided design/computer aided technical exercises throughout the semester relating to jewelry concepts are presented manufacturing + rapid prototyping), 3D runs concurrently with self directed work. throughout the semester. Readings, printing, and fabrication processes. Experimentation is encouraged and research, and dialogue are an integral part Through a project-based curriculum, the students complete the course with finished of the class. Slides and actual contemporary course will challenge each student to apply works. Slides, videos, demonstrations, and historic pieces supplement the course. these technologies to create work that samples and actual pieces supplement the Open to sophomore Jewelry + Metals remains unique to their individual vision. course. Open to sophomore Jewelry + majors and all electives. 3 credits. 3D modeling and rendering with Rhino, and Metals majors and all electives. Prerequisite: output to the CNC (computer numerical MET249 Introduction to Jewelry + Metals. Jewelry + Metals: control) milling machine, Solidscape 3D wax 3 credits. Art + Machine printer, FDM fused deposition modeling– MET 255-355-455 3D printing) and printing through service Jewelry + Metals: An intermediate- and advanced-level course bureaus provide new opportunities in the Forming + Fabrication designed to provide new opportunities to presentation and creation of new work. MET 259-359-459 discuss and explore the historical and Readings, essays, and discussion offer the This course is designed to develop skills in contemporary role of tools, machines, and integrated seminar experience. Visiting forming nonferrous metal through the technology in art and design. New artists, field trips, and presentations various metalsmithing processes of raising, technologies and materials provide an supplement the activity in the department. stretching, seaming, snarling, crimping, and exciting range of possibilities in models, Open to sophomore Jewelry + Metals pitch work used to create volumetric forms molds, and parts for jewelry and object majors. Recommended as an elective for for functional and nonfunctional objects as making. The course will address the Craft + Design majors, sculpture, ID, Interior well as jewelry. Problems are presented to practices, concepts and technologies of Architecture, biomedical art, and others challenge all levels of students, recognize tool making, machine tool processes, 3D with 3D modeling interest. 3 credits. the direction of the group and include modeling and 3D printing. Students develop singular object-driven problems, along with and apply new skill sets to develop and Jewelry + Metals: discussion of formal and conceptual issues. create work of individual direction. The Recycling + Renovation Presentations, visiting artists, slides, and course includes 3D modeling, rendering, MET 257-357-457 actual objects supplement the course. and output to the department’s two This course is more relevant in the world Open to sophomore Jewelry + Metals devices— computer numerical control today than ever before. We explore the majors and all electives. 3 credits. (CNC) milling machine and the Solidscape concepts of recycling and up-cycling as 3D “wax printer,” as well as the Institute’s means of design development and Jewelry + Metals: Color FDM (fused deposition modeling–3D printer) expression through artwork. Discarded MET 260-360-460 and service bureaus. Readings, essays, materials, and used or found objects that The use of color in jewelry and metals and discussion offer the integrated have been previously created to serve some presents great possibilities. This course will seminar experience. Visiting artists, a field other purpose will be reused to create work. explore a range of approaches to the use of trip to a service bureau, and presentations Students will also revisit ideas through color and colored materials in the creation supplement the course. Open to existing objects within our culture and of jewelry, functional objects, and small sophomore Jewelry + Metals majors and all re-address an individual’s previous work. sculpture. Beyond the classic greens and electives. 3 credits. Formats of the work in this course may take browns, we will develop and apply chemical the shape of jewelry, wearables, or objects. patinas to produce a range of effects in Students must come prepared during the colors and patterns. In aluminum, the semester with found objects, thrift store or electro-chemical process of anodization flea market finds, thrown away materials allows pigment dyes to be deposited in the and be willing to alter them. Research and surface of the metal. Plastics will be concept development are part of the weekly presented to allow for fabrication with stock dialog. Slides and samples will supplement materials, casting of resins and polymers,
129 Course Catalog Jewelry + Metals and laminations. Other pigments such as throughout the semester. Reading, research, Jewelry + Metals: Flatware colored-pencils, paints, and powder coating and critiques are an integral part of the MET 266-366-466 are also addressed. Extensive samples and class. Slides, images, and actual works Flatware is an exploration of utensils for slides supplement the course. Open to supplement the course. Open to preparing, serving, and eating food. sophomore Jewelry + Metals majors and all sophomore Jewelry + Metals majors and Emphasis is placed on function, related electives. 3 credits. all electives. 3 credits. concepts, and use of materials. Independent work is encouraged. This is an intermediate- Jewelry + Metals: Jewelry + Metals: Production and advanced-level course designed to Ceremony + Ritual MET 264-364-464 challenge students’ conceptual and design MET 261-361-461 Jewelry and object production is a skills. The exploration of advanced studio Consider the importance of the objects we complex and demanding avenue that can processes will be encouraged to help use in specialized events, ceremonies, and be navigated by many strategies. We facilitate the projects’ design and fabrication. our daily rituals. How does ceremony and explore a full range of production design, Problems are presented to challenge all ritual fit into the context of the 21st century concepts, and technologies with a focus levels of students. Visiting artists, field trips, and our society? We explore historic and on wearable jewelry and functional objects. and slide presentations supplement the worldwide references to ceremonial and We address research, trends and concepts, class. Open to sophomore Jewelry + Metals ritual objects through slide presentations, ideation, design and redesign, production majors all electives. Prerequisite: MET249 videos, and actual works. Students create techniques and technologies, marketing, Introduction to Jewelry + Metals. 3 credits. objects based on individual exploration and presentation, packaging, time management, interest relevant to the subject. Additional pricing, and artist/gallery relationships. Jewelry + Metals: independent work is also required. Open to Challenges include short- and long-term Casting + Modeling sophomore Jewelry + Metals majors and all projects based on demonstrations, MET 267-367-467 electives. 3 credits. research, and readings. The course is Casting and Modeling is a hybrid course supplemented with presentations, examples designed to address the connection of Jewelry + Metals: Settings of actual works, and visiting artists who modeling and casting. As a basic MET 262-362-462 make their living as production artists/ technology in the jewelry and metals field, This course will examine the subject and designers. Ultimately you will conceptualize, casting provides the opportunity to explore techniques of settings. Exploration of basic design, and create one or more lines. The complex form, surface and texture, dynamic stone setting procedures are addressed. course includes preparation for shows and change of plane and line, and everything The ‘stones’ being set during the course of galleries, and participation in the Student from organic to geometric aesthetic. the semester will be precious or semi- Art Sale in December. Open to sophomore Modeling ranges from carving, sculpting, precious gems, minerals, found or Jewelry + Metals majors and all electives. fabrication, and direct casting of organic handmade objects created from a variety of One course in Jewelry + Metals objects and materials, to CAD models and materials. Individual investigations result in recommended. 3 credits. molds made in the department through several pieces of jewelry or objects created machining and 3D printing. Students as they are addressed by assignments in Jewelry + Metals: experience three different casting methods: the class. The course addresses multiple Settings–Advanced + Basic gravity, centrifugal, and vacuum, all of which sources for gems, and includes assistance MET 265-365-465 provide unique opportunities to create with acquisitions. Demonstrations, samples This course extends the subject as well as jewelry, objects, and small sculpture. and a visiting artist will supplement the the processes of setting by revisiting some Jewelry and metalworking techniques are course. Open to sophomore Jewelry + of the basics and presenting more presented to complement the current level Metals majors, intermediate and advanced advanced setting techniques including and experience of the group. Independent electives. Prerequisite: MET249 Introduction bead, reverse, flush, and tension. Basic- work is encouraged. Readings, essays, and to Jewelry + Metals. 3 credits. level techniques and materials are presented discussion offer the integrated seminar for novices. Individual investigations result experience. Visiting artists, historical and Jewelry + Metals: in several pieces of jewelry or objects. contemporary examples, field trips, and Alternative Materials The course addresses multiple sources for presentations supplement the class. Open MET 263-363-463 gems and includes assistance with to sophomore Jewelry + Metals majors and The limitless possibilities of materials are acquisitions. Demonstrations, samples and all electives. 3 credits. investigated and applied to create wearable a visiting artist supplement the course. objects. These materials are explored for Open to sophomore Jewelry + Metals their conceptual potential and the capacity majors all electives. Prerequisite: MET262 they hold as related to design elements for Jewelry + Metals: Settings 3 credits. production. Students reinterpret and remake materials. Self-directed work and projects relating to the topic are presented
130 Course Catalog Jewelry + Metals
Jewelry + Metals: Casting Jewelry + Metals: Pewter Advanced Enamel Processes MET 268-368-468 MET 270-370-470 MET 352-452 As a basic technique in the jewelry and Pewter is a material that lies somewhere This course will focus on advanced and metals field, casting provides the between metal and clay. It is an extremely experimental processes with enamel. opportunity to explore complex and versatile metal, beautiful for functional Processes may include but are not limited dynamic form, surface and texture, the objects, jewelry, and sculpture. Pewter to: torchfiring, electroforming, grissaille, organic and geometric language. affords dynamic, intuitive, and direct work in plique-a-jour, enameling on silver and gold. Technologies and materials from ancient to metal. The course includes pattern making, Advanced students are expected to the cutting edge provide new and exciting fabrication, casting, slumping, forging, continue their exploration of the medium, possibilities for models, molds, parts. spinning, and other forming methods. focusing on enamel techniques not covered The course will address concepts and Additional materials and techniques from in the beginning course. Students are technologies of basic waxwork and model self-directed applications to advanced encouraged to explore three-dimensional making, CAD/CAM, and casting processes studio technologies, including CAD for formats and large-scale applications at the to challenge students to apply new pattern making and design will supplement same time as mastering their skills in the techniques and technologies to create work the course to provide new challenges, processes previously learned. Seniors are that remains unique to their direction. From facilitate design, and present new means generally working independently on fundamental wax carving and found objects of fabrication. Readings, essays, and research and production of work for their to 3D modeling and output to the discussion offer the integrated seminar BFA exhibit. Technical demonstrations will Solidscape–3D wax printer and the CNC experience. Projects recognize the direction be based on the skill level of the students milling machine, the course will cultivate of the group and include singular object- enrolled each semester. Prerequisite: new skills and opportunities for the creation driven problems, formal issues, and ENA245 Enamel: Image, Surface, Relief. of new work. Vacuum, centrifugal, gravity, conceptual challenges. Open to sophomore 3 credits. and rubber mold casting are addressed to Jewelry + Metals majors and all electives. provide a range of opportunities for tangible 3 credits. Jewelry + Metals: Internship objects. A wide variety of metals, plastic (EP) resins, and rubber provide endless Fashion-Jewelry-Accessories MET 399-499 possibilities. Readings, essays, and MET 271-371-471 Majors are encouraged to have an discussion offer the integrated seminar Fashion has the power to transcend the internship in the jewelry, metals, and related experience. Visiting artists, field trips, and mundane, to offer new and novel fields. They may carry up to 3 elective presentations will supplement the activity experiences, to transform the wearer, to credits. Majors have interned with Liz in the department. Open to sophomore empower and provoke, and to reflect Claiborne, Juicy Couture, Kraftmaid, Nine Jewelry + Metals majors and all electives. and record the times in which we live. West, Albert Paley Studios, Thomas Mann, 3 credits. As artists and designers we live in a culture Heather B. Moore, and others. Available to of unprecedented access to information, junior Jewelry + Metals majors. 3 credits. new ideas, materials, and technologies. Fashion-Jewelry-Accessories is designed to focus on the changing landscape of art and design, where we will examine history, concepts, design practices, materials and technologies toward fashion jewelry and accessories. Varied materials and techniques from self-directed exploration to advanced studio technologies will supplement the course to challenge conceptual growth, facilitate design, and present new means of fabrication. “Challenges” are presented to afford students the opportunity to conduct research and explore their own directions. Readings, essays, and discussion offer the integrated seminar experience. The course includes visiting artists/designers, a field trip, presentations, and demonstrations to support individual directions. Open to sophomore Jewelry + Metals majors and all electives. 3 credits.
131 Course Catalog Photography + Video
composed for the camera and document PHV 295 Photo I: Intro to Photography; Photography + installations that exist outside of the studio PHV 292 Fundamentals of Studio Lighting, environment, with an emphasis on the or Instructor signature. 3 credits. Video genre’s relationship to historical and contemporary theatre. Workshops include Acting + Directing Digital Photo Imaging I for cameras, studio lighting, basic electricity PHV 231-331-431 Non-Majors and carpentry, with an emphasis on Acting + Directing is an intense production PHV 201-301-401 scenery design. Students will plan and course designed for aspiring art directors, This course is an introduction to the create small-scale models of stage designs; screenwriters, and actors who wish to technical and aesthetic fundamentals of scale up these designs, and document their purse a career in film and/or animation. digital photographic imaging for creative design. This course is designed for the The course requires both performance application. Students use the computer to photography major and any students and cinematic practice. Directors will modify, manipulate, or to enhance working in installation or industrial design create and produce short scenes taking photographic images. Emphasis is placed but is open to all majors. This course is on the full responsibility of creating clear on consideration of the hardware and cross-listed with Visual Arts. Open Studio communication using the audio/visual software tools required for successfully Elective. Prerequisite: PHV 295 Photo I: language of cinema and focusing on the capturing, manipulating, and exporting Introduction to Photography or instructor’s developing, and execution of, performance images, as well as an understanding of signature. 3 credits. on screen. Beyond just holding the the technical issues involved in each step of responsibility of successful execution of a the production process. Students gain The Contemporary Portrait (EP) project, directors will also switch roles proficiency in the use of Adobe Photoshop PHV 228-328-428 with the actor, working from the other side CC, Adobe Bridge, Camera Raw and This course is an exploration of of the lens to better understand the acting Lightroom and are made aware of the contemporary approaches to portraiture process and what kind of specific direction creative options this software facilitates. and its relation to the historical an actor needs to perform according to Open Studio elective. Prerequisites: photographic portrait. Analysis of both another director’s vision. Recommended FND103D Digital Color and FND104 Digital simple and complex photographic for Photography-Video Track students. Synthesis or instructor signature. 3 credits. identities and real and invented realities are Cross-listed with Animation. Open elective. investigated. Photographic assignments, 3 credits. Contemporary Color readings and discussions lead to a better Photography: Theory + Practice understanding of the student’s individual Landscape Photography PHV 225-325-425 approach to the portrait and their unique PHV 232X-332X-432X This course is designed to investigate the relationship with the subject. Practical This course will provide an exploration of contemporary applications of color in applications of Photographic portraiture will historical and contemporary approaches to photography while developing a working also be discussed. Prerequisites: PHV 295 landscape photography. Students will gain knowledge of color theory in relationship Photo I: Intro to Photography; PHV 292 a better understanding of their approach to to photographic practice. The course Fundamentals of Studio Lighting, or landscape photography within the broader includes a wide range of color-based Instructor signature. Open studio elective. context of contemporary art and society. techniques and an exploration of subtractive 3 credits. Included in this course are visual and and additive color as they pertain to digital written investigations of the aesthetic, social, and chemical photographic processes. Publication Photography (EP) cultural and environmental philosophies The interaction between light, pigmentation, PHV 229-329-429 relating to the landscape. Open studio and photographic materials will also be This course introduces students to elective. Recommended for Photography covered and realized in production of an careers as photographers in the advertising majors. Prerequisite: PHV295 Photo 1: Intro in-depth color technical notebook. Required and editorial fields. Students will learn to Photography. 3 credits. for photography majors in the photo track. approaches for meeting the expectations Open Elective. 3 credits. of art directors and photo editors while Introduction to Photojournalism providing creative input of their own. PHV 235-335-435 Installation + Constructed Emphasis is placed on networking, This course investigates photojournalism’s Objects negotiating, understanding and producing history and significance in contemporary PHV 226-326-426 contracts and invoices, as well as building culture. Concepts covered include This course is a special topic course a professional portfolio and developing vocabulary and components of visual designed to cover the design, construction professional marketing strategies. Field trips expression, avenues for dissemination, and lighting of installations, stage sets, will be taken to professional photography and issues of communication through and performance spaces. Students will studios and businesses. Assignments are publication. Investigation techniques investigate contemporary applications designed to simulate practical work and editorial practices are explored. and approaches to subjects specifically experiences. Open elective. Prerequisites: An introduction to photojournalistic
132 Course Catalog Photography + Video
techniques and tools, is included in the Cinematography: Photo Major 2.2: course work. Open Studio Elective. 16mm Filmmaking Sophomore Seminar Prerequisites: Ph 295 Photo I: Intro to PHV 261 PHV 268 Photography or instructor signature. This course is an introduction to the craft This course serves as an introduction to the 3 credits. of filmmaking and appreciation of film as rigors of studio practice, fundamentals of a pioneering medium of communication, critical theory and development of an Experimental Film + Video Art entertainment, and art. The course individualized and cohesive portfolio. This PHV 240-340-440 introduces technical and aesthetic course engages the student in research, This is an advanced video course, fundamentals of 16mm filmmaking where writing, creative content, and project investigating the scope of symbolic and students work on individual and group development. Students gain an ability to improvisatory cinematic storytelling. projects. Students learn the camera, visualize and verbally articulate their ideas, Students will explore unconventional support systems, lighting techniques, understanding the semantics of visual methods of video acquisition, manipulation, metering systems and sound recording. communication, augmented through a processing, editing and display. Students Students are introduced to equipment used schedule of directed readings and range of will be able to delve into media hybrids, for production and post-production. critique strategies. This active and rather than established narrative forms, Coursework includes visualization, immersed practice positions the student’s underscoring metaphorical poetic styles pre-production planning, operation of work in relation to the larger arena of that inform the structure of the work. equipment, and group collaboration. historical and contemporary art in a social Emphasis is on the development of acute Students are exposed to the major context. Required of sophomore Photo observational skills and innovative movements in film history and important majors. Offered spring. 3 credits. visualization techniques and encourages aesthetic approaches to film art. Students divergent thinking and cognitive flexibility. execute several exercises in 16mm film. The Fine Art of Silver Print This course is for students who have a They are responsible to purchase and PHV 270-370-470 sustained interest in using video and process a minimum of three 100ft rolls This is an advanced level black and white digital cinema’s technologies as part of (approximately 3.5 minutes each) of silver printing class. We will investigate their art making. Required of Photo majors 16mm film stock. Open studio elective. advanced film exposure and archival in the Video track. Open studio elective. Prerequisite: PHV 295 Photo I: Intro to printing techniques, fine art printing papers, Prerequisite: PHV267 Video/Digital Cinema Photography or instructor’s signature. developer combinations and toning I or signature of instructor. 3 credits. 3 credits. procedures to produce full tonal range darkroom prints. Medium and large format Documentary Video Photo Major 2.1: cameras will be demonstrated and utilized. PHV 241-341-441 Narrative Structures Projects for this class include an in-depth This is an advanced elective video course: PHV 267 self-assignment finalized in a portfolio of This course is designed to improve Narrative Structures is an intensive study in archival silver prints. We will also view observational, analytical, organizational, visual thinking for the photography major master fine art prints at local galleries, creative, and production skills. Students will designed to utilize the creative potentials museums and collections. Required for explore the ways in which digital technology for both single and multiple image narrative. sophomore photography majors. Open can transform contemporary visual culture, In this course, students investigate visual studio elective. Prerequisite: PHV 295 and fracture the predictable. Students will narrative constructs for linear and nonlinear Photo I: Intro to Photography or instructor’s be encouraged to experiment with new storytelling with both digital and film-based signature. Offered spring. 3 credits. presentation methods, and develop media. Encourages interdisciplinary innovative techniques for combining sight experimentation to examine methods of Alternative Photographic and sound, light and word. Required of production for traditional, digital and diverse Processes Photo majors in the Video track. Open media to communicate both idea and PHV 291-391-491 studio elective. Prerequisite: PHV 297Video/ process. Required for sophomore This course investigates the historical Digital Cinema I or permission of the faculty. Photography majors. Offered fall. 3 credits. processes, contemporary practices, 3 credits. and concepts of alternative photography. This includes non-silver techniques, hand-applied emulsions, chemical, digital and hybrid processes for photographic imaging. Processes demonstrated may include Cyanotype, Van Dyke Brown, Wet Plate Collodion, Platinum-Palladium, Liquid Emulsion and silver and non-silver toning options. Large-format negatives for non-silver processes are generated using
133 Course Catalog Photography + Video conventional film cameras, paper and digital to develop and execute lighting for a variety Video/Digital Cinema I: negatives as well as photogram and pinhole of scenes, presented for peer critique. Screen Grammar photography. This course is project-based, Coursework also includes regular PHV 297 involves research and experimentation, and screenings and discussions of films, written This course is designed as an introduction, is conducted through hands-on demos papers and lab exercises. Prerequisite: both to the craft of digital filmmaking and to and instructional workshops. Open studio PHV292 Fundamentals of Studio Lighting. the appreciation of film as a premier elective. Recommended for Photography 3 credits. medium of communication, entertainment, majors. Prerequisites: PHV 295 Photo I: and art. Using the tools of digital cinema, Intro to Photography or; PHV 201 Digital Photo 1: computer graphics, audio and other Photo Imaging I, or instructor signature. Introduction to Photography electronic media, this course focuses 3 credits. PHV 295 on the design elements and thought This course covers the fundamentals of processes inherent in effective audio/visual Fundamentals of Studio digital and film SLR cameras, optics, communications. Hands-on features work Lighting (EP) exposure ratio, digital and B&W printing in digital cinematography, lighting, audio PHV 292-392-492 techniques. Lectures and demonstrations production and mixing, and non-linear Designed to cover fundamentals of Studio address digital workflow, file archiving, editing, as well as support activities such Lighting, equipment and techniques for Fine output for various applications and digital as scripting, research, brainstorming and Art and Commercial Photography and image development and film processing. storyboarding. Emphasis is placed on Video. Students are provided access to the Introductory lighting tools and creative thinking and problem solving, with Photography + Video Department’s Lighting documentation of artwork for professional both group and individual projects required. Studio and Digital Print Lab. Materials applications is covered. Required for This course is intended to be an introduction required are based on processes pertaining sophomore Photography majors. Open to a very broad area, rather than an to projects. Projects include: technical and studio elective. Offered fall. 3 credits. in-depth concentration in one subject. conceptual skills, and problem solving for Required of Photography majors. Open tabletop, product, location, and large-scale Photo 2: Elective. Offered fall and spring. 3 credits. studio photography. Faculty provide a Digital Imaging balance of assignments, demonstrations PHV 201M Photo Major 3.1: lectures, critiques, visiting artist lectures This is an advanced studio course directed Contemporary Color and workshops. Required for sophomore for the photography major that provides the Photography: Theory + Practice Photo majors. Prerequisites: PHV 295 technical and aesthetic fundamentals of PHV 325 Photo I: Intro to Photography or instructor digital photographic imaging for creative This course is designed to investigate the signature. Open studio elective. Offered application. Students gain experience and contemporary applications of color in spring. 3 credits. skill working through each step of the photography while developing a working production process, from image capture knowledge of color theory in relationship to Advanced Studio Lighting to computer modification, manipulations, photographic practice. The course includes PHV 293X-393X-493X and enhancement of images. This course a wide range of color-based techniques and This is an advanced-level course that fosters an engagement in a comprehensive an exploration of subtractive and additive facilitates discussion of the visual language digital workflow focused toward the color as they pertain to digital and chemical of lighting for photographic processes in production and presentation of professional photographic processes. The interaction the larger context of contemporary art, quality work for portfolio and exhibition. between light, pigmentation, and photography, cinema, and digital media. Students gain proficiency in the use of photographic materials will also be covered Building on skills learned in Fundamentals Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe Bridge, and realized in production of an in-depth of Studio Lighting, Advanced Studio Camera Raw and Lightroom 5 to make color technical notebook. Required for Lighting expands the student’s knowledge use of the creative options this software photography majors in the photo track. of controlled artificial light. This course facilitates. Required for sophomore Open studio elective. 3 credits. emphasizes the process involved to Photography majors. Open studio elective. produce a portfolio of both portrait and Prerequisite of PHV295 Photo I: Intro to product images, in a coherent body of work Photography. Offered spring. 3 credits. based on a theme, concept, or selected subject matter. The course focuses on how photographers and filmmakers use lighting as an element of storytelling. Students investigate the theory and practice of lighting within the history of photography and cinema lighting design. A component of the course engages students collaboratively
134 Course Catalog Photography + Video
Photo Major 3.2: Cinematography: Photo 3: Visual Thinking in 16mm Filmmaking Advanced Digital Projects Contemporary Photography PHV 361-461 PHV 395 PHV 330 This course is an introduction to the craft of Advanced Digital Projects is an advanced In this course, photographic theories, filmmaking and appreciation of film as a studio art course in digital image-making modes and structures will be examined pioneering medium of communication, concepts and techniques, allowing in-depth through the issues of narrative and entertainment, and art. The course exploration of extended computer-based aesthetics. Students will examine introduces technical and aesthetic photo, large format and compositing contemporary practices, which have fundamentals of 16mm filmmaking where projects. Digital imaging skills are advanced emerged with respect toward photography, students work on individual and group working with Adobe Creative Cloud’s latest and hybrid digital media that transmute projects. Students learn the camera, advancements to Photoshop, Adobe Bridge, photographic theories, concepts, forms, support systems, lighting techniques, Camera Raw, and Lightroom. Aesthetic and processes. The course will investigate metering systems and sound recording. issues are balanced with technical aspects the ways in which photography continues Students are introduced to equipment of production, promoted through research to affect (visual) culture and the way one used for production and post-production. into both artistic concerns and specific skill perceives and understands. The work of Coursework includes visualization, sets tailored to individual projects. Class selected photographers will provide a pre-production planning, operation of structure combines demonstration and framework for comparing photographic equipment, and group collaboration. tutorials with hands-on, project-based philosophies. Required for Photography Students are exposed to the major activities applying acquired techniques, and majors. Open studio elective with movements in film history and important provides opportunity for in-class discussion, instructor’s signature. Offered spring. aesthetic approaches to film art. Students critiques and presentations. Students are 3 credits. execute several exercises in 16mm film. expected to demonstrate time management They are responsible to purchase and skills, work independently and meet Photo Archive, Book + Portfolio process a minimum of three 100ft rolls deadlines. Required for photography majors PHV 350 (approximately 3.5 minutes each) of 16mm in the photo track. Prerequisites: PHV295 This course advances the student’s film stock. Prerequisite: PHV 295 Photo I: Photo I: Intro to Photography; PHV201M knowledge of professional practice Intro to Photography or instructor’s Photo 2: Digital Imaging or PHV201 Digital standards for archival media, emphasizing signature. Open studio elective. 3 credits. Photo Imaging or instructor signature. Open the photographic book and photographic studio elective. Offered fall. 3 credits. portfolio. Work is project-based, focused on production of portfolios and books that incorporate the photographic image as an essential element. The photographic image is considered in context relevant to its function as primary artwork, documentation, as record of process or used in reference to concepts. Portfolios and photographic books are explored as an individualized expression of one’s professional work. Required for Photography majors in the Photo track. Prerequisite: PHV201M or PHV201 Digital Photo Imaging or instructor’s signature. Open elective. Offered spring. 3 credits.
135 Course Catalog Photography + Video
Video/Digital Cinema II: Photo Major 4.1: Sculpting in Time BFA Thesis + Research PHV 397-497 PHV 495M This advanced studio course expands upon In the fall semester, seniors produce their the knowledge of students who have written BFA Thesis paper, required of all successfully completed the Video/Digital degree candidates. Students first establish Cinema I and Studio Lighting Fundamentals a thesis topic, formulate an abstract and coursework. A working knowledge of conduct research that leads to a thesis Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere is requisite. proposal. Research and production are This class is designed for further exploring finalized in the thesis paper. Throughout the the use of digital cinema as a cinematic tool, semester students engage in critiques of a method of artistic expression and work underway for the BFA exhibit and communication. Topics include continuity, portfolio. Students hone critical and discontinuity, montage style editing, color theoretical skills in photography by grading, compositing, special effects and examining historical and contemporary composition within the frame. Emphasizing practices that have emerged with respect to the relationship between image and sound, concepts and processes relevant to thesis students examine the concept of sound as topics, class discussion, and individual a material with basic structural properties artistic pursuits. Students investigate these that may be manipulated, layered, and ideas through research, critical observation, edited. Students explore methods of discourse and writing. Course format composition using various sound materials maximizes the potential for dynamic group in assigned projects. Required of interaction and facilitates essential photography majors in the video track. one-on-one exchange with faculty, BFA Open Elective. Prerequisites: PHV267 advisors and peers. In the senior year, Video/Dig Cinema I or signature of the Photography majors are expected to faculty. Open studio elective. Offered fall. participate in professional opportunities to 3 credits. submit and present work in order to gain the confidence and skills necessary to Photography + Video: communicate effectively to a broad range of Internship (EP) audiences. Required for senior Photography PHV 399-499 majors. Offered fall. 3 credits. Elective credit can be given on a case-by- case basis for student internships developed through the Career Center office, with advance permission of instructor and department chair.
136 Course Catalog Painting
Intro to Painting: Painting course is open to all students with the Painting History: 1828-Present prerequisite of Intro to Painting or with the PTG 221 permission of the instructor. 3 credits. The Tactile + The Digital: This is a beginning painting course. It is a Painting in the New Century prerequisite for painting electives and all Popular Culture + Imagery PTG 21X advanced painting courses. This course PTG 227-327-427 The focus of this course is the role of introduces students to painting through This course will explore the symbiotic Painting in the digital age. Students will use historic painting practices and conventions relationship of art and culture, and the varied media and subjects, traditional and using oil-based paint as the primary particular ways in which popular and non-traditional, to further develop analytical material. Students are asked to approach material culture influence the visual arts and and expressive means in their painting painting pre-photographically (as if the year vice versa today (if there are indeed any and creative practices. Students are were 1828). Students are introduced to the particular ways that stand out in this encouraged to draw from personal interests fundamentals of a traditional painting particular time as opposed to a different and from many disciplines to develop practice with an emphasis on observational time in history). Students will learn to projects that will be presented to the rendering and applied color theory discern both the overt and covert affects/ class for group critiques. Through slide beginning with Newton. Students will learn effects of culture on contemporary artists presentations, gallery visits, museum shows, about color mixing, brush types, support as well as on their own work and that of and readings, information will be presented construction and general canvas their peers. Students in order to take part in relating to the current art scene in order to preparation. Students will paint from life, relevant classroom conversation/discussion further the student’s personal vision, help learning how to capture the three- need a working knowledge of current clarify directions, and explore a variety of dimensional world on a two-dimensional events/history/popular culture and will need formal, conceptual, and technical surface as well as how to use material to be ready to read and do research, etc. approaches to painting and image-making. working through shape, form, texture, and Open to all students. 3 credits. Projects will address, among others, ideas mark to create an illusion of space and and forms of light and space, color mass. Through critiques, discussions, relationships, means and meanings of readings, slide presentations, and museum Painting Beyond Observation representation, text and texture, and gender, visits, students will develop vocabulary and PTG 232-332-432 social and political issues. This course is critical thinking skills essential to their studio Continued emphasis on material, color, and open to all students with the prerequisite of practice as well as a sense of the history of skill building. Students will work with Intro to Painting or with the permission of painting leading to contemporary practices. primarily with acrylic paint. This class moves the instructor. 3 credits. Offered fall. 3 credits. beyond observational rendering and focuses on other approaches to developing Painted Bodies: The Painting as System, Method, content for work. Class topics focus on Contemporary Figure Organism + Concept contemporary issues in Painting including: PTG 220-320-420 PTG 226-326-426 “What makes a Contemporary Painter? This course deals with the position of the This course examines the nature of painting What is Painting? What is a studio practice? figure within contemporary painting and a as it relates to other visual arts media. What does it mean to be a professional?” studio practice extending from that The creation of systems as a way to Some of the topics to be considered: position. Figurative painting represents the generate, organize, compose, pattern, plan, abstraction, representation, perception, continuation of a tradition that extends fashion, model, design, execute, and mimesis, conceptual, subject, reality, back before history and is yet poised to possibly destroy art work will be explored. expressive, authorship, and interpretation. reach into any foreseeable future. Class Artists such as Sol Lewitt, Marcel Duchamp, A few of the artists that will be looked at: discussions will be based on readings that Survival Research Laboratories, Vito Kandinsky, Duchamp, Arshile Gorky, deal with critical and historical issues Acconci, Fischli & Weiss, Chuck Close, Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, Gerhard surrounding the figure in painting and on Alfred Jensen, Jackson Pollock, and Mel Richter, Jack Whitten, Peter Saul, Agnes the work of contemporary artists dealing Bochner will be examined within the context Martin, Pipilotti Rist, Lisa Hoke, Jessica with the figure from a painting perspective. of how systems function within their work. Stockholder, Jenny Saville, et. al. This By the end of the semester students will be Reading relevant texts, looking at work, course is open to all non-Painting major expected to develop a cohesive body of research/special projects, studio work, students as an elective with the prerequisite work dealing with the figure as its subject. group and individual critiques are an integral of Intro to Painting or with the permission of The student will also be required to part of this course. Students may work in the faculty. It is required of all Painting major articulate a statement that situates their the area of their expertise. Goals and sophomores. 3 credits. work within a contemporary practice of objectives: Students should understand the figurative painting. Open to all students with nature of the decision-making process in the prerequisite of Intro to Painting or with the creation of work, and establishing permission of the instructor. 3 credits. analyzing and evaluating criteria. This
137 Course Catalog Painting
Painting After the Photograph: Painting: Constructing Painting Lab: Explorations in Painting in the Age of Narratives Representation + Figuration Mechanical Reproduction PTG 235-335-435 PTG 23X-33X-43X PTG 233-333-433 Every painting implies a narrative, whether This course identifies the components of Painters going back as far as the it is a story being told through the images traditional figurative painting such as space, Renaissance have been using devices such or the story of how the painting itself was composition, point of view, color, and scale. as the camera obscura to produce a made. This class is focused on what Using this as a platform each of these two-dimensional verisimilitude. With the constitutes a narrative and the creation of will serve as the subject of a sustained invention of photography in 1839, artists content and strategies in painting. Students investigation. This approach will function were liberated from the demands of will consider implied, explicit, rhizomatic to establish an understanding of these reproducing naturalistic appearances. This and linear narratives. Through studio elements in a conventional context as well course will explore the relationship between practice, lecture and discussion, students as the object of experimentation. This the photographic and painting; the effect will engage in producing visual and course will be useful to students in all areas that the birth of photography has had on conceptual narratives within their work. who are interested in working figuratively in the history and current state of painting. Through investing narrative students will two-dimensions. This course is open to all A primary question to be considered will be: move beyond the fundamentals of painting students with the prerequisite of Intro to What are the strategies of Painting in the and focus on the development of a personal Painting or with the permission of the Age of Mechanical Reproduction? How has practice as framed by contemporary instructor. 3 credits. photography and mechanical reproduction standards. Students will be expected to do influenced painting functions? We will look research and generate a project reflecting Water+: An Exploration of at artists as varied as Delacroix, Courbet, their personal interests. By the end of the Water-Based Media Warhol, Rosenquist, Tuymans, and Richter semester students will have identified a PTG 240-340-440 among others. Readings will include Walter subject and created a group of works This course explores the different materials Benjamin’s “Art in the Age of Mechanical focused on this subject. Further, students and processes used in various water-based Reproduction.” 3 credits. will be asked to work toward an artist media such as acrylic, gouache, watercolor, statement to accompany their work. ink, and other natural substances that can Painting: The Medium Is the This course is open to all non-Painting major be used to make colors/washes. Various Message students as an elective with the prerequisite historical models will be examined such as PTG 234-334-434 of Intro to Painting or with the permission of Chinese scroll painting and watercolor from Careful selection and control of the medium the faculty. Required for junior Painting the Song dynasty to Renaissance enables us to express ideas clearly. In this majors. 3 credits. architecture and figure studies to post- class students will explore and consider Painting: Mechanics of Impressionist use of color and mark which how various materials, methods, and Meaning: Subject, Form, will put contemporary use of water-based processes operate, function, and ultimately Content media into focus. The work of artists as how they impact meaning. Demonstrations PTG 236-336-436 varied as William Blake, Vincent Van Gogh, and lectures will introduce students to basic The goal of this course is to develop an Charles Burchfield, and Paul Klee to more traditional and nontraditional painting understanding of the criteria, standards, recent artists such as Francesco Clemente, materials and processes including safe and values promoted by artists and how Marlene Dumas, Amy Cutler, Shazia handling and use. The class will function as these come to be understood by their Sikander, and Franz Ackermann, will be a lab where through the process of trial and audience through exploring the examined within the context of the student’s error, students will conduct ‘tests,’ keep relationships that exist between subject, personal practice. This course is open to all notes, and ultimately catalogue their form and content. Through discussion, students with the prerequisite of Intro to findings in an archive. Students are assignments and studio critiques the class Painting or with the permission of the expected to explore these ‘findings’ in will attempt to make explicit the role that instructor. 3 credits. their own studio practice, as they further our assumptions about the component develop the practical and conceptual skills parts of an art work plays in the necessary for their work. This course is construction of a work and how it is open to all students with the prerequisite of understood by its audience. 3 credits. Intro to Painting or with the permission of the instructor. 3 credits.
138 Course Catalog Painting
Painting: Color, Scale, Working Collaboratively: Art + Senior Studio: BFA Research Mark + Form the Group Dynamic PTG 421M PTG 241-341-441 PTG 25X-35X-45X Required for all 4th year Painting majors and “Figurative,” “abstract,” “conceptual,” Though the image of the artist is that of the open as an elective to any senior-level “non-objective,” “romantic landscape,” solitary individual striving to express their student with a prerequisite of Intro to “post-modern,” “Bob Ross-ian”—paintings vision—the contemporary practice of art is Painting or permission of the instructor or all have an underlying structure. This studio peppered with numerous examples of Painting chair. This course focuses on course examines how the specificity of artists collaborating. These extend from developing the student’s individual work as color, scale, mark and shape form and something as simple as organizing a group it relates to their subject and their means of affect a painting’s content. Students will be exhibition, to the type of social interventions making work. Emphasis will be on the encouraged to focus on their own body of practiced by the Guerrilla Girls or the work strategies for constructing the meaning of work while exploring issues of content of such entities as Gilbert and George, or work in terms of materials and the way the within the themes of the class through the the collective N55. Through projects, work is read by a viewer. Students will read investigation of their own studio practice, readings, and critiques, this course explores work, develop and discuss intention through and by looking at and analyzing the work of the dynamic of working collaboratively. critiques and discourse. The goal is to other painters and artists throughout history. Each exercise will address different develop an understanding of the criteria, This course will be of particular interest to processes, skill-sets and interpersonal standards and values promoted by the artist students in painting, drawing, and relationships. This course is open to and how these come to be understood by printmaking. This course is open to all students from all disciplines and is not their audience by exploring the relationship students with the prerequisite of Intro to media specific.3 credits. between subject, form, material and Painting or with the permission of the process as they relate to content. Offered instructor. 3 credits. Painting: Internship (EP) fall. 3 credits. PTG 399-499 On Painters + Painting: Students will submit a written proposal for a Painting Seminar: Aura, Author semester-long course of work. This work Contemporary Issues in PTG 251-351-451 should have three primary components: a Painting With an emphasis on the practice of written paper, studio work, and work in the PTG 422M painting, this class examines the role field (eg.: working for a gallery or artist). In preparation for the student’s final BFA subjectivity plays in contemporary art. A timeline for the completion and review of defense and for working beyond an The position of the artist and the frame of these components are also required. undergraduate level, this course focuses in the canvas will be traced from the modernist The proposal must be sponsored by a an advanced manner on the seminal issues notion of individual expressiveness, to supervising faculty, meaning that the covered over the course of the student’s post-modernist practices characterized by proposal must be vetted and accepted by visual arts education. Questions of style, the end of the author’s authority and finally the faculty who will oversee the project aesthetics, concept, meaning, and context to contemporary practices in which the before it is submitted to the department are addressed. Particular emphasis is given artist’s hand reemerges in dialogue with chair. This course is open to all Painting to issues concerned with presentation, mechanized and digital processes. majors. 3 credits. “framing,” audience and reception. Students Students will be asked to grapple with these are expected to engage in critical discourse complex issues in relationship to what they surrounding the work of fellow students, paint and how they paint. Class discussions established artists and their own work. will address a variety of critical essays By the end of the term students are dealing with these topics and the practice of expected to have developed a professional painting as treated by artists and critics. body of work to be presented in their BFA This course is open to all students with the thesis exhibition, continued to maintain and prerequisite of Intro to Painting or with the develop their studio practice, clearly identify permission of the instructor. 3 credits. the subject of their work, defend their choices in relation to this subject as well as discuss reasonable expectations of audience reception. Course readings will be given in relation to these topics as well as the maintenance of a professional studio practice. Required for all 4th year Painting majors and open as an elective to any senior or with the permission of the instructor. Offered spring. 3 credits.
139 Course Catalog Painting
Painting: Image + Process PTG 428 “Figurative,” “abstract,” “conceptual,” “non-objective,” “romantic landscape,” “post-modern,” “Bob Ross-ian”—paintings all have an underlying structure. This studio course examines how the specificity of color, scale, mark and shape form and effect a painting’s content. Students will be encouraged to focus on their own body of work while exploring issues of content within the themes of the class through the investigation of their own studio practice, as well as looking at and analyzing the work of other painters and artists throughout history. 3 credits.
Painting: Image + Narrative PTG 430 This course examines the nature of painting as it relates to other visual arts media. The source of the “image” and the narrative it suggests will be closely examined. Students will be asked to examine the way an artist goes about making work influences our understanding the read of that work. Alternative painting practices will be examined as well as the approaches of many non-painters. Such artists include: Sol Lewitt, Marcel Duchamp, Survival Research Laboratories, Vito Acconci, Fischli & Weiss, Chuck Close, Alfred Jensen, Jackson Pollock, and Mel Bochner just to name a few. Reading relevant texts, looking at work, research/special projects, studio work, group and individual critiques are an integral part of this course. Open to all students above the Foundation level. 3 credits.
140 Course Catalog Printmaking
Intro Printmaking: Image Artist’s Book: Narrative + Form Printmaking Construction II: Color + Form PRI 232-332-432 PRI 201 This course is for students interested in Intro Printmaking: Drawing connects art and design; it is the producing sequentially developed imagery Image Construction I: Line + oldest of all arts. This course will provide via linear book structures. Historical Sequence students a thorough introduction to the examples and contemporary developments PRI 200 printmaking processes of lithography, regarding the evolution of the artist book Printmaking grows out of an experimental silkscreen, and monoprint techniques. are examined through texts, through the approach to image construction closely Students will be required to investigate color use of our library’s artist book collection, aligned to both the kinetic practice of and form to generate multiple and unique in discussion, and during critiques. Due to drawing and the mechanical possibilities impressions. Layering, color relationships, technological advancements over the last inherent in the crafting of a matrix for and principles of design serves as a century artists now have a variety of media reproduction. Students participating in this starting point for image construction with which to explore output of book course will interrogate what defines a “print,” leading students to discoveries of complex projects. The class will expose students to using line and sequence as the visual solutions. While addressing conceptual and the nature and potential of different book language allowing introspection and technical challenges related to printmaking, structures as well as a variety of materials. clarification of ideological concepts. Course students will develop a body of work relative The course will heighten the student’s ability exploration includes intaglio and relief to the covered topics. Matrices will be built to utilize the interaction of sequenced processes, an introduction to the history of through drawing, painting, stencil making content—the act of turning pages— the field, printing of a matrix supporting and toner transfers. These various methods to express the continuity of an idea flowing discoveries of the limited edition and will be investigated as both singular process through a continuum. Students realize the narrative aspects of multiple impressions. prints as well as elements in multi-layered potential of narrative, sequence, and pacing, The body of work students produce in works. Required for all sophomore Print together with the importance of combining this course will be informed by the history majors; open elective for all students above word and image. Open Elective. One of printmaking, the critical dialogue the Foundation level. Offered spring. semester required for Print majors for surrounding contemporary art and print 3 credits. graduation. 3 credits. media in particular, and should reveal student’s development of skill and Artist’s Book Now: Propaganda: Media, sensitivity to the printed impression quality, Artist’s Book as Image Dissemination, Technique visually articulating the individual’s aesthetic PRI 231-331-431 PRI 240-340-440 voice. Open to all students as an This studio course focuses on boundaries From punk bands to political rallies, different introductory-level course. Encouraged for of book form, emphasis on image and techniques have been used to create second and third year students with a concept, and selection of appropriate attention-grabbing graphics. Through a drawing emphasis as an elective studio. form (output) to content. Students will variety of projects in this course, students Required for second-year Print majors. be encouraged to view the book as a will explore a range of techniques including Offered fall. 3 credits. conceptual space. Deeper development of approaches to screenprinting from simple sequencing and narrative in traditional and stencil making methods; direct drawing on nontraditional formats. Forms covered on the screens; to a variety of ways to use individual project basis as dictated by photo emulsion, including the integration of idea/concept for appropriate output/ digital imaging software. The emphasis of manifestation. Considerations include this class is the development of rich sculptural, installation, digital output, etc. personal imagery and the relationship of Examples and contemporary developments form working with content to effectively regarding the evolution of the artist book communicate ideas. This course is for are examined through texts, through the students from all levels and majors. Open use of our library’s artist book collection, elective. Encouraged for Third/Fourth year in discussion, and during critiques. Notes: students as an Elective Studio. Required for This course is open to all, and fulfills an fourth-year Print majors. 3 credits. introductory, intermediate and advanced level elective course. 3 credits.
141 Course Catalog Printmaking
Silkscreen The Liberated Print: Printmaking: Advanced Topics PRI 270-370-470 Investigation of Alternative PRI 350-450 Students will investigate surface, mark, Methods This is an advanced studio supporting the and materiality from both a technical and PRI 277-377-477 student in the refinement of their visual conceptual point of view. The silkscreen can This course creates a context for students voice and skill level as realized in the accept a wide variety of printing substances to negotiate the challenging and complex production of prints and supporting studio (pigments, inks, dyes, mud, talc, honey, etc), issues embedded in the making of work. Faculty and students develop the and can be applied to an equally diverse contemporary printed images. Projects and outline of course work for the semester range of surfaces. Lectures, readings, and techniques complement and extend through individual and group critiques critiques will help students understand the methods of traditional processes, allowing encouraging the cultivation of their visual historical role of screenprint and how it students room to invent, arrange, analyze erudition and assisting in the student’s relates to their own work. Open Elective for and create connections through more development. Possible combinations of the all students above the Foundation level. immediate printmaking methods to their various techniques for single or multiple 3 credits. major fields of study. This class will impressions are addressed. The student concentrate on the intuitive, spontaneous develops the ability to discern qualities Expanded Print: New Imaging and fluid approaches in printmaking such unique to the field through material PRI 276-376-476 as: monoprint, collagraph, transfer drawing, presented in lectures and hands-on This intermediate/advanced studio course Xerox litho, and wood intaglio, instigating demonstrations of technical processes and offers an exploration in printmaking, the dialog between the limited edition vs. procedures. As the student engages in the considering the digital matrix for computer- singular print, and the original versus a copy. production of a body of work, they become aided and hand-pulled prints through We will consider formats that bridge other informed of the particular characteristics processes redefined in the digital age, disciplines working with color, installation and advantages of print as a medium and scrutinizing decisions for information in and three-dimensional/sculptural develop the ability to critically respond to and information out, and the relationship constructions with considerations to work aesthetics and concepts both within and to those decisions. Students will be on paper. The course will offer experiences beyond the field. Encouraged for third and challenged to work in the territory of digital that provide the tools to understand print fourth year students. Required for senior media in relationship to and combination media within a contemporary framework. Print majors. Offered fall. 3 credits. with traditional print medium. Students have Encouraged for third and fourth year the opportunity to create files for output students with a painting and drawing Printmaking: Internship (EP) which are hand drawn, digitally generated, emphasis as an elective studio. Required PRI 399-499 of a photographic nature, or a combination for third-year Print majors. 3 credits. Elective credit can be given on a case-by- of all three. Topics include transfer methods, case basis for an internship developed by digital production of plates, color the student through the Career Center management for wide-format digital printing, office with advance permission of the photolithography, and exploration of media department chair. choices to project ideas. Technical and critical discussion in this course will be informed by the presentation of processes that have been developed over the past few decades, and how these developments relate and affect print culture today. Open elective. Encouraged for third/fourth year students. Required for third-year Print majors. 3 credits.
142 Course Catalog Sculpture + Expanded Media
support elements in installations that use Installation: Light + Sound Sculpture + images, text and sound. 3 credits. SEM 230A-330A-430A Sculptural installation is a condition of Expanded On the Body space that is neither object-bound nor SEM 221-321 object-centric in its existence but rather Media Experimental fashion, object-generated presents a condition that is often identified performance, and costume. This course will as immersive and intentionally organized to Mapping + Memory: Spatial teach pattern making and a variety of produce a spatially dependent experience Construction fabrication processes relevant to building beyond that of the “Everyday.” This course SEM 204-304-404 three-dimensional forms from pliant and will investigate various applications and This course will focus on various properties mutable materials, including but not approaches to the subject of Installation of memory as they are informed by restricted to cloth. It will also include casting with an emphasis on contemporary contemporary science and philosophy via methods that are useful for designing practices using light and sound as a means the transformation of “information, thoughts patterns to cover a body or act as the skin of constructing space and form. Primary to and experiences” as a process of mapping of an object. The techniques have a wide this course are the understandings of light and as a condition of recording into works range of applications. In the past students (lighting) as both a material and structural of art. Mapping (recording) for this course have applied these skills to experimental element with regard to organization and should be understood as a process of fashion, sculpture, social sculpture, and presentation and the combined relationship revelation, a translation of fact (reality) or performance. In addition, class material will of sound as an immersive component in the imagination (memory) into dimensional address our social and cultural production of installation-based works. representations. Mapping implies numerous understanding of the body as a source for 3 credits. spatial relationships, framing positions making work. We will draw on theory and such as scale and physical proximity, the contemporary research from the fields of Intro Sculpture + Expanded passage of time and the probabilistic fashion, the hard sciences and the social Media qualities of space-time. In addition to the sciences. 3 credits. SEM 231 significance of proximity when exploring This course provides an introduction to and understanding space, the process of Installation + Constructed Sculpture + Expanded Media by examining mapping is also associated with journey in Objects the methodologies, materials, history, space or as the length of a durational event. SEM 226-326-426 traditions, and cultural context of sculpture To accomplish these transformations This course is a special topic course and expanded media in contemporary art. students will be able to engage and designed to cover the design, construction The class will include wood construction examine both physical and virtual and lighting of installations, stage sets, and textile-based fabrication processes, approaches to spatial construction. and performance spaces. Students will moldmaking, and casting relevant to a Open to all students. 3 credits. investigate contemporary applications and range of materials, basic metalworking approaches to subjects specifically techniques such as cutting and welding, Media Installation composed for the camera and document and will introduce the student to the use of SEM 206-306-406 installations that exist outside the studio time-based media in contemporary This class serves as an introduction to and environment, with an emphasis on the sculpture. Required for sophomore exploration of media installation, including genre’s relationship to historical and Sculpture + Expanded Media majors. Open the use of video, sound, light, and electronic contemporary theatre. Workshops include to all students as an elective. Offered spring. media when combined with space and cameras, studio lighting, basic electricity 3 credits. various media. Lectures will cover concepts and carpentry, with an emphasis on and presentations of artists working in scenery design. Students will plan and Intro Sculpture Fabrication various capacities with installation and create small-scale models of stage designs; SEM 232 electronic media. Course work will be scale-up these designs, and document their The goal of this course is to expose hands-on practice of techniques and design. This course is designed for the students to the qualitative nature of concepts presented in lecture, discussion photography major and any students materiality at a fundamental level and to of readings, and critique of student projects. working in installation or industrial design provide them with a understanding of the This class will involve doing media/ but is open to all majors. This course is various aesthetic qualities that materials electronic media assignments centered cross-listed with Visual Arts. Open studio possess. In other words this course around the ideas of the ‘media as a elective. Prerequisite: PHV 295 Photo I: introduces how materials influence the message’ and ‘interactivity.’ Students will Introduction to Photography, or instructor’s meaning of a work of art. This course work with different material and media and signature. 3 credits. addresses how the qualities of material act use video, sound and light to prepare to determine aesthetic organization and installations. We will use FinalCut Pro, conditions of conveyance within a work. GarageBand, Flash, and other tools to The course focuses on both the physicality
143 Course Catalog Sculpture + Expanded Media of material condition(s) of state-change, Performance Art ideal way to acquire hands-on skills and intensive material exploration and SEM 255-355-455 also to understand the shape of a surface or experimentation as a function of structure, Performance art is and has been an open skin of any volumetric form. The class will and its effect on aesthetic production. genre, a place to experiment with ideas, then move on to patternmaking and the Required at the sophomore level for all materials, and time. For this course, the techniques of expanding, adding to, Sculpture majors and open to all other working definition of “performance art” subtracting from, and morphing an existing students. Offered fall. 3 credits. is “a piece which uses a live body, exists in pattern. These processes can then be used time, and is non-linear.” This class is an for constructing skins or shell structures for Time-Based Strategies introduction to performance art, designed sculpture, clothing or costume. The SEM 236 for students who are shy and apprehensive emphasis will be on skills and practical This course will provide students with an about performing, and students who are information supplemented by images taken opportunity to investigate the concepts and extroverted and at ease in front of groups. from the worlds of fashion, costume design, practices of various time-based media arts. Workshops include: developing a language performance, and sculpture. 3 credits. A basic introduction to the processes of of movement, gesture, and stance; video art, sound art, and media installation developing a range of low-tech sound, Fiber: Digital Images, will serve as the basis for the production of lighting and video; juxtaposing activity, Patterns + Structures several projects. Assignments will be image, sound and text; structuring or SEM 271-371-471 grounded in the development of media building a piece; and documentation. We In this class students will learn to design literacy, media ethics, dissemination will consider singular actions, interventions repeat patterns and structures for weaving, techniques, and teamwork. Offered fall. and other strategies for generating and printing, and other digitally controlled output 3 credits. developing ideas for performance work. systems. Participants will be introduced to Student work for this class has been methods of analog and digital repeat Installation: Empire of the diverse and has included costume-based generation while gaining fluency in Senses work, work using endurance as a central ProWeave, and furthering their knowledge SEM 250-350-450 tactic, collaborative work, public of Illustrator and Photoshop. Arrangements Working with materials and methods not intervention, interactive, and site-specific with affiliated institutions will allow students traditionally associated with the visual arts, work. Skills in editing video and sound, to have their designs digitally printed, installation breaks away from the singular installation, animation are useful, but not die-cut, or industrially woven, expanding the object, the pedestal, the detached viewer. required. 3 credits. opportunity for fulfillment of their concepts Visual lectures and presentations on recent on a scale and complexity previously work will include discussion on the nature of String, Felt, and Thread unrealized. Classroom discussion will the work and its context. Studio work and SEM 267-367-467 examine the impact of historical, cultural, additional presentations will focus on This is an introduction to fiber and material industrial, and contemporary factors on perception—how we understand the world studies. Students will follow materials from pattern design. No prerequisites. 3 credits. through touch, sight, smell/taste, the sense the raw state to the finished form, learning of hearing and kinesthetic cues from how to manipulate them at every stage. Weaving Patterns: muscles of the body. The information Material and process are often bound Collective Activity presented, student research, and studio together, so a wide variety of techniques of SEM 275-375-475 research will provide an environment of making from string, thread and fiber will be Students will learn to weave and explore the concepts and ideas to support and covered. Students will learn to make possibilities of the process on traditional challenge each student’s work. Students informed material choices based on an floor looms (floor, tapestry, computer- will develop installations in line with their understanding of the history and assisted Dobby) and alternative weaving interests. 3 credits. associations of each material. Students will devices (constructed from found objects or be introduced to contemporary criticism, using architectural influences). Technical and questions surrounding craft and the vocabulary and conceptual focus will be history of art. Open elective. 3 credits. developed through an investigation of process, material, tools, and the many and Sewing + Fabrication varied histories of weaving. The intersection SEM 268-368-468 between weaving and collaboration This is a sewing and patternmaking class. will be explored in discussions on the The class will emphasize skills in machine development of pattern/structure as a form sewing and related systems for fabrication of communication; looms built in situ; using flexible materials. Constructing a implication of globalization on craft garment will be the first project. production; traditional and contemporary Understanding the construction of a shirt practice of gifting; and social participation. and acquiring skills to assemble it is an 3 credits.
144 Course Catalog Sculpture + Expanded Media
The Artist + Social Practice (EP) Sonic Arts Sculpture + Expanded Media: SEM 280-380-480 SEM 318 Internship (EP) This course explores a realm of artistic This class is focused on aspects of sound SEM 399-499 endeavor usually apart from the gallery related to the practice of sonic arts. Sound Elective credit can be given on a case-by- system and the art market, where the artist art is flourishing in museums and galleries, case basis for an internship developed by applies his/her talents to questions directly on media networks, and performed at the student through the Career Center related to community, social responsibility, festivals and performance venues around office with advance permission of the and political activism. While looking critically the world. Like many genres of art, sound department chair. at recent manifestations in relational and art is interdisciplinary. This course will reflect participatory practices—as well as learning that hybridity with investigations in: digital Sculpture + Expanded Media: about their historical context and manipulations of sound, sound synthesis, BFA Research interdependence with other fields— sound installation, sound sculpture, SEM 429 students will work within a greater social psychoacoustics, field recording, noise As an extension of our goal that students context, applying their skills to pressing composition, integrated sound and image develop the ability to generate self-directed issues (such as ecology, urban decay, works for pre-recorded presentation or work, this class seeks to provide each poverty, discrimination, violence, and global performed live, popular music, and student with opportunity to develop the abuses of the military-industrial complex, cinematic scores. 3 credits. skills and knowledge to identify and sustain to name a few). The pedagogical approach an independent practice. This course is will be to present projects realized by other Topics in Sculpture + Expanded designed to increase student awareness of artists who have worked in these areas, and Media the current art discourse and the ability to to be able to contextualize these practices SEM 333 use that knowledge as a means of as the result/reflection of our current This course focuses on student intent with awareness within the production of their economic, political, and cultural situation(s), regard to artistic production and their ability own work. This educational process both nationally and internationally. to allow for audience entry into a dialogue embraces a variety of approaches to basic concerning the conceptual issues problem-solving skills measured against the Students will research issues that are of forwarded by their work. Students are contemporary practices of the discipline. greater concern to them individually, and expected to identify the content of the work In cooperation with a major-day faculty, present them to the class. This will be they would like to explore via a rhetorical students are expected to develop what is followed by in-depth discussion around method that embraces an interconnected often their first significant independent work. problem solving, efficacy of action, and relationship between practice and theory as For BFA students the focus of this course aesthetic materialization. Projects will then part of a project-based approach for the centers on artistic production, conditions of be developed and implemented throughout production of self-directed work. Required conveyance and presentation. Required at the semester. 3 credits. at the junior level Sculpture + Expanded the senior level for all SEM majors. Offered Media majors and open to all junior and fall. 3 credits. Experiments in Electronic Arts senior level students. Prerequisite: SEM232 SEM 316 Materiality + Aesthetics. 3 credits. This is a seminar class that guides students Sculpture + Expanded Media: in the development and realization of a Creative Resistance: Media Art BFA Research + Exhibition semester-long research project in electronic in the Social Sphere (EP) SEM 430 arts. Projects can be in a wide range of SEM 340 Required for all senior Sculpture + areas, hybrid thinking and intermedia This studio course will introduce students to Expanded Media majors. Offered spring. approaches are strongly encouraged. the process and strategies of integrating 3 credits. Topics in the theory and history of social activism with media art. Through contemporary art related to current and reading and discussion, the course will emerging practices will also be discussed. establish the historical and theoretical The class is designed to allow for synthesis context of tactical media, hacktivism, and of content from earlier studies into other media-based protest arts. We’ll look significant finished work that will be shown at artists’ use of a variety of media— in an exhibition that is planned, managed including the news media, the internet, and coordinated by the students, under the locative media, surveillance technologies, direction of the instructor. 3 credits. genetic modification, gaming and more— to implement social commentary and criticism. Offered fall. 3 credits.
145 Course Catalog Science + Natural Studies
Visual Anthropology Prehispanic Civilizations: Science + SNS 321 The Aztec, the Maya + the Inca Visual anthropology is an important growing SNS 360X Natural Studies subfield of cultural anthropology. The This will be a lecture-based Anthropology course focuses on how anthropologists course that focuses on the three major Basic Theories of Psychology have used visual media of various kinds, civilizations of Prehispanic Latin America: SNS 308 especially ethnographic film, to record, the Aztec, Maya, and Inca. We will study the This course will offer an overview of the document, and study human cultural and three civilizations to understand the basic theories of psychology and how they social diversity worldwide. A series of complexity of New World cultures, and to apply to human development. We will ethnographic films, readings and class understand what their legacy to the explore the questions of what motivates discussion will explore this method of Americas is today. 3 credits. people to do what they do. How and why anthropological data collecting and analysis. do people change as they grow from infants As a counterpoint to earlier, popular, Introduction to Archaeology to adults? How do we develop in our ability western cultural biases in visually SNS 370X to play, to work, to love, and to be ethical representing non-Western, non-industrial Archaeology is a branch of the wider field of human beings? The course will cover the peoples as “romantic,” “noble,” “savage,” Anthropology that seeks to understand past major personality theories of Freud and his “enigmatic,” “curiosity”—anthropology’s film human cultures and life-ways. This course understanding of the unconscious; studies sought a stronger objectivity. Did will introduce students to archaeological Erickson; Jung with his description of the they succeed? Worldwide, indigenous concepts, methods, techniques, and shadows and archetypes in the human peoples now make extensive use of visual theoretical approaches. It will be based mind; and Rogers’ humanistic psychology media/communication to reflect on their on scientific, materials studies-grounding as well as learning theories and systems of “contested identities.” How has visual of the field of archaeology, to understand moral development. The course will also anthropology helped in that effort? From the how archaeologists approach the past. cover the major feminist critiques of these 19th century’s still photographs to today’s Prerequisite: SNS378 Anthropology. systems. There will be a brief overview of cyberspace, visible culture and visual media 3 credits. psychological problems such as major interface. The course reviews ethnographic depression, schizophrenia, phobias, etc., film as part of that communication process. Anthropology as well as some methods of treatment. $15 course fee required. 3 credits. SNS 378 3 credits. The course is an introduction to the nature Anthropology of Gender Roles of culture and a comparison of Abnormal Psychology SNS 350X contemporary western and non-western SNS 309 In this course students will examine the cultures worldwide. Readings, films, slides How does the psychological community, various forms of gender roles, stereotypes, and class discussion help review cultural the legal community, and society at large stratification, and attitudes from a cross- similarities and differences in subsistence determine what is abnormal? How do we as cultural, anthropological perspective. We technology, language, social organization, individuals make decisions about what is will look at different cultural notions and politics, religion and art. An analysis that acceptable and unacceptable behavior? assignments of gender, and how men’s and views culture as humankind’s most How does culture, religion and geographic women’s activities vary in different types of important adaptive tool, a strategy for location influence the definitions of normal cultures. We will also consider gender- survival, also suggests anthropology’s behavior? It is these questions and others related topics in our own culture. This relevance for appreciating modern world we will explore in this class examining the course will be conducted in a seminar social, economic, and ecological problems. diagnosis, treatment and experimental format, with a smaller class size, and an The course addresses contemporary issues study of psychopathology. Through lectures, emphasis on student-led discussion around of human choices and culture change. case presentation, videos and required the topics presented. 3 credits. 3 credits. readings, you will develop an appreciation, understanding, and knowledge of behavior Traditional Tribal Art labeled as “abnormal.” You will also SNS 357 enhance critical thinking skills, utilize Specific cultures of sub-Saharan Africa are methods of naturalistic observation and reviewed through their visual arts and ritual. gain a sense of compassion and sensitivity The goal is to understand how each group’s for those who live with mental health history and cultural context influence the disorders. 3 credits. creative process (use of symbols, style, media, and technique) and shape the aesthetic response. Some comparative materials from Oceania, India, and North America are also e xamined. 3 credits.
146 Course Catalog Science + Natural Studies
India: Culture + Society Tribe vs. Nation SNS 380 SNS 479 Once the jewel in the crown of the British The course is an anthropological Empire, India has some 5,000 years of examination of the impact of technology artistic tradition and architectural heritage. and “western” industrial development on This course focuses on the essential role of indigenous populations worldwide. the visual in India’s ancient and modern Assumptions posed in the concepts cultural and religious traditions. The creation “progress” and “development” are examined and nature of visual imagery are explored in by in-depth review of traditional society and sculpture, temples, palaces, persons, cultural change among, for instance, the symbols, times and places. From bustling Balinese, ethnic groups in Mali, West Africa cities to remote villages and pilgrimage sites, and Native American in the United States. from beggar to Brahmin to Hindu gods and Bali’s traditional arts, rituals and water goddesses, the course explores the “divine temple system of irrigation; Bambara image” in India. 3 credits. society in Mali; and Native American traditional cultures are juxtaposed against Human Antiquity the culture change these groups experience SNS 381 with increased global, commercial The anthropological study of human interdependence. In the 21st century, evolution, from human origins through the humankind continues to experience formation of major early civilizations. problems of world hunger, population Course emphasis is on understanding the growth, resource depletion, pollution and changing nature of the relationship between war. Films, slides and reading review these human biology, the environment, and issues, to try to consider potential solutions adaptation of culture as a way of life. Slides which acknowledge human cultural diversity and films help describe archaeological within the modernization process. An sites and the paleoanthropological theories emphasis in the course is a consideration and methods used in studying human of technological determinism and social prehistory. $20 course fee required which choices. 3 credits. allows for a course visit to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Hamann-Todd Jung + Creativity Osteological Collection. This is one of the SNS 484 world’s largest and most thoroughly This course will combine a theoretical documented collections of primate introduction to Jung with experiential skeletons, with all major groups represented participation in a dream workshop/small including humans, apes, prosimians, and group. The theoretical component of the New and Old World monkeys. 3 credits. course will provide an overview of Jung’s understanding of the human psyche with Topics in Environmental an emphasis on use of symbols and dreams Science as the “royal road to the unconscious.” SNS 390X Work from the dream workshops is This course explores a broad range of intended to inform the artist’s work. topics that come under the heading of Students will be expected (in addition to Environmental Science. It will focus on the usual preparatory reading) to bring humans and the environment, considering dreams weekly and to be willing to apply populations and health, earth resources, material from those dreams to their own water management, food and hunger, creative process. 3 credits. biodiversity and sustainable living systems. Applications of these topics to various problems in design such as the design of sustainable cities will be emphasized through term research projects. Fulfills Social or Natural Science liberal arts distribution elective. No prerequisites. 3 credits.
147 Course Catalog Visual Arts
Image + Form II: Reproducibility Installation + the Constructed Visual Arts VAT 202 Object Reproducibility (offered with an emphasis VAT 226-326-426 Image + Form I on either 2D or 3D production) introduces This course is a special topic course VAT 200 the student to the idea that the uniqueness designed to cover the design, construction Promotes a general understanding of how of the work of art is not an intrinsic or and lighting of installations, stage sets, and images work and are developed, which is inherent quality of the work itself, but the performance spaces. Students will a fundamental aspect of the visual arts. result of the choice of media. Since the investigate contemporary applications and The course introduces students to the Renaissance and the advent of printmaking, approaches to subjects specifically various means by which images can be the printing press, and bronze casting, composed for the camera and document rendered, such as by drawing, painting, multiplicity and reproduction have been a installations that exist outside of the studio carving, embroidering, etching, etc., as well part of western culture. The machine age, environment, with an emphasis on the as by digital means, by appropriation, and photo-reproduction, lithography, industrial genre’s relationship to historical and by the use of ready-mades. The students standardization, modularity, fabrication, and contemporary theatre. Workshops include are also introduced to the diverse ways in multiplicity became part of artistic practice. cameras, studio lighting, basic electricity which images and forms can be Prints, posters, ready-mades, objects, and carpentry, with an emphasis on manipulated, or manifested conceptually books, comics, and designed utilitarian scenery design. Students will plan and and materially by exploring the inter-relation objects editions, multiples, modules, and create small-scale models of stage designs; between 2 and 3 dimensions, as well as in reproductions are now a significant aspect scale-up these designs, and document their time-based media by the use of collage or of contemporary art making which design. This course is designed for the assemblage. In doing this, we introduce abandons the notion of the unique work. Photography major and any students students to the concept that an image’s Making works of this kind requires the artist working in installation or industrial design “form,” consisting of its physical and spatial to take into consideration how the act of but is open to all majors. This course is qualities, as well as the technical qualities of reproduction or replication constitutes part cross-listed with Visual Arts. Open studio their chosen mode of production, is part of the work’s form and content. Open as elective. 3 credits. its content. By these means they are elective to all majors. This course is required introduced to the practical and semiotic for all sophomore students in Visual Arts. Popular Culture + Imagery nature of images and their production in the Offered spring. 3 credits. VAT 227P-327P-427P context of the contemporary by means of This course will explore the symbiotic assignments, readings, discussions, and Collage + Assemblage relationship of art and culture, and the studio critiques. Open as elective to all VAT 212-312-412 particular ways in which popular and majors. This course is required for all Collage and assemblage are among the material culture influence the visual arts and sophomore students in Visual Arts. most radical innovations of the early 20th vice versa today (if there are indeed any Offered fall. 3 credits. century and these forms remain relevant particular ways that stand out in this today as sources for innovation and particular time as opposed to a different The Artist’s Practice in Context experimentation. Each of these forms time in history). Students will learn to VAT 200X-300X-400X acknowledges the fracture of contemporary discern both the overt and covert affects/ As a complement to the Professional life and the ongoing need for new means of effects of culture on contemporary artists Practices course, “The Artist’s Practice in expression. This course will explore the as well as on their own work and that of Context” is specifically designed for Visual relationship between collage and their peers. Students in order to take part in Arts majors. The course takes an intimate assemblage and various disciplines within relevant classroom conversation/discussion look at the professional practices of artists the visual arts. Students will learn to discern need a working knowledge of current working in major metropolitan areas such as the significantly different effects and content events/history/popular culture and will need New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles or of the wide range of strategies these to be ready to read and do research, etc. Berlin. As part of the course students approaches encompass. Through Open to all students. 3 credits. examine the realities of maintaining a classroom discussion, lectures, readings, professional practice within the context of critiques and studio work, students will this focus community. Students, guided and explore the possibilities available through directed by faculty, are immersed in that collage and assemblage. Emphasis will be community through such activities as studio given to the historical and contemporary visits; meeting with area arts professionals studio practices associated with collage and at art venues. Open to all. Students and assemblage. This course is open to all must be 18 years old or over and must sign students from all majors. Students will be a waiver to travel with the group. Course encouraged to apply their area of expertise may be taken more than once for additional to the studio work. 3 credits. credit. 1.5 credits.
148 Course Catalog Visual Arts
Criticism as Studio Practice Visual Arts: Aesthetics, Through slide presentations, viewing actual VAT 241-341-441 Style + Content work, discussions, and readings, students This course will be of interest to all students VAT 300 will be introduced to the place of the digital maintaining a studio practice and focuses Focuses primarily on the acquisition of in contemporary studio practice. In studio on the role of critical dialogue in forming creative and technical skills in the context of production, students will use varied media and informing studio production. Through the development of original ideas and and subjects, both traditional and non- modern and contemporary models, personal style. Studio work will consist of traditional, to further develop their analytical students will be asked to consider the the practical exploration of the relationship and expressive means in their creative relationship between what is critically said between formal, technical, aesthetic, and practice. Students are encouraged to about a work of art and how that frame stylistic issues relative to the personal, and draw from many disciplines incorporating effects the work’s standing in the world. thematic subjects of the student’s own them in the projects presented to the class Examples to be considered will include: choosing. Relative to this, in the seminar for group critiques. Open to all students; Apollinaire and Picasso; Pollock and portion of the course the students are required of Printmaking and Drawing juniors. Greenberg; Andy Warhol’s practice; given critical, theoretical, and philosophical Offered fall. 3 credits. Andre Serrano’s Piss Christ; Robert background to issues surrounding the Mapplethorpe’s work; Chris Ofili and the subjects of style, aesthetics and content. BFA Statement + Exhibition Young British Artists; and the television In the studio the students are encouraged VAT 493 show “Work of Art.” Students will develop to think of their work as an integrative whole This course is meant to supplement the and participate in projects extending from consisting of these various components. work done in the student’s major studio these models as well as giving an intensive In this context they are required to engage classes. The BFA Review process is look at their own practices and how what in independent critical research on topics comprised of four components: they make is changed by the critical relevant to their work. The research takes nn Documentation dialogue which surrounds making in an the form of both archival and studio work nn Exhibition academic environment. This course is open and is presented in both visual and written nn BFA thesis paper and short artist’s to all students. 3 credits. form. This course is required for all junior statement (Abstract) students in Visual Arts. Offered spring. nn BFA thesis Examination Silkscreen 3 credits. (Oral defense/review) VAT 270-370-470 As part of the course these requirements Students will investigate surface, mark, and Painting + Visual Arts: will be reviewed in technical terms as well materiality from both a technical and Critical Issues in Art in as in the context of professional practices in conceptual point of view. The silkscreen can Theory + Practice general. The BFA thesis paper is meant to accept a wide variety of printing substances VAT 316-416 prepare the student for their BFA thesis (pigments, inks, dyes, mud, talc, honey, etc), This class will focus on how the relationship examination and to provide the foundation and can be applied to an equally diverse between the visual and the verbal, how for professional practices beyond range of surfaces. Lectures, readings, and images and ideas play out in artists’ work. graduation. It is an opportunity for an critiques will help students understand the Emphasis will be placed on artist in-depth consideration of their work and historical role of screenprint and how it statements, writings by artists, student peer studio practice. Within the paper and relates to their own work. Open elective for reviews, and written statements. Students among other questions, students are all students above the Foundation level. will be expected to hone their abilities to expected to address: “What is the work? 3 credits. think critically about visual art through What is the reasonable expectation for how weekly readings and writing assignments. it will be received by a given audience? This course is open to majors from all What is the work’s historical and disciplines and students will be encouraged contemporary context? What are the to work in their area of expertise. 3 credits. sources for the work? What choices were made in realizing the work and how do they Hybrid Approaches to Drawing contribute to the reception of the work?” + Painting: Digital Media This course is open to all seniors regardless VAT 327 of major and is required by all Visual Arts Emphasis is on integrating digital processes seniors. Offered spring. 3 credits into studio practice and production. The class deals with a spectrum of digital applications in a studio practice including straightforward digital output, using digital technology as a means of producing source material as well as actually integrating digital processes into the production of work.
149 Course Catalog Visual Arts
Performance Art Working Collaboratively + BFA Thesis + Statement VAT 480 Group Dynamics VAT 493 Performance art is and has been an open VAT 354-454 This course is meant to supplement the genre, a place to experiment with ideas, Though the image of the artist is that of the work done in the student’s major studio materials and time. For this course, the solitary individual striving to express their classes. It focuses on preparing the BFA working definition of “performance art” vision—the contemporary practice of art is candidate for their exhibition, BFA Thesis is “a piece which uses a live body, exists in peppered with numerous examples of Paper, Short Artist’s Statement and BFA time, and is non-linear.” This class is an artists collaborating. This course will focus Thesis Examination. The BFA Review introduction to performance art, designed on how the presentation of images and process is comprised of four components: for students who are shy and apprehensive objects have been effected by changing Documentation; Exhibition; BFA Thesis about performing, and students who are social and cultural perspectives and the Paper and Short Artist’s Statement extroverted and at ease in front of groups. technologies of reproduction. These extend (Abstract); and BFA Thesis Examination Workshops include: developing a language from something as simple as organizing a (Oral Defense/Review). As part of the of movement, gesture, and stance; group exhibition, to the type of social course, these requirements will be reviewed developing a range of low-tech sound, interventions practiced by the Guerrilla Girls in technical terms as well as in the context lighting and video; juxtaposing activity, or the work of such entities as Gilbert and of professional practices in general. The image, sound and text; structuring or George, or the collective N55. This course, BFA thesis paper is meant to prepare the building a piece; and documentation. We through projects, readings, and critiques will student for their BFA thesis examination and will consider singular actions, interventions, explore the dynamic of working to provide the foundation for professional and other strategies for generating and collaboratively. Each exercise will address practices beyond graduation. It is an developing ideas for performance work. different processes, skill-sets and opportunity for an in-depth consideration of Student work for this class has been diverse interpersonal relationships. Through work and studio practice. Within the paper and has included costume-based work, classroom discussion, lectures, and studio and among other questions, students are work using endurance as a central tactic, assignments the social, historical, cultural, expected to address: “What is the work? collaborative work, public intervention, technological context that gave rise to the What is the reasonable expectation for how interactive and site-specific work. Skills in current practices of collage, assemblage it will be received by a given audience? editing video and sound, installation, and installation will be elaborated. This What is the work’s historical and animation are useful, but not required. 3 course is open to majors from all disciplines contemporary context? What are the credits. and students will be encouraged to apply sources for the work? What choices were their area of expertise to assignments made in realizing the work and how do they and classroom readings and discussion. contribute to the reception of the work?” This course is open to students from all This course is open to all seniors regardless disciplines and is not media specific. of major but is required by all Visual Arts 3 credits. seniors. Offered spring. 3 credits.
Role of the Artist as Producer (EP) VAT 400 Contemporary artists have a multitude of ways they can engage with the larger world, beyond the realm of the gallery or museum. Students enrolled in this course will explore various models of artistic production, including but not limited to, performer, activist, curator, and provocateur. The relationship between method of creation and idea, or the handmade versus the industrial, will be investigated. Additionally, assignments will challenge students to analyze the content of their artwork within local, national, and global contexts. Coursework will include studio work, readings, discussion, and critiques. Required for Visual Arts seniors in all majors. Open as an elective with approval of instructor. Offered fall. 3 credits.
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151 Department Chairs, 2017–18 Foundation Liberal Arts Animation Buszkiewicz, Kathy Bassett, Mark Anthony Scalamato Cassara, Tina Bloomfield, Shelley Clark, Terry Checefsky, Bruce Biomedical Art Condon-Shih, Nicole Cooper, Lane Thomas Nowacki Cooper, Lane Davidson, Adina Denk-Leigh, Margaret Geaghan, Timothy Ceramics Goss, Gretchen Goodman, Rita Seth Nagelberg Goss, Scott Grimm, Susan Gutierrez, Steven Hart, David Drawing Ingrisano, Tony Hoag, Elizabeth Sarah Kabot Kabot, Sarah Kessler, Joyce Kautenburger, Kevin Lichtenstein, Diane Foundation Kuehnle, Jimmy McEntee, Nancy Petra Soesmann Ligon, Scott McGrae, Cynthia Meier, Mike Modica, Donald Game Design O’Brien, Kelley Moody, Christian Robert Brown, Co-Chair Pinsky, Jessica Ogunsanwo, Olatubosun Sanderson, Douglas Risner, Kevin Glass Soesemann, Petra, Chair Rosati, Jonathan Marc Petrovic Wulffen, Christian Sammons, Michelle Sampson, Gary, Chair Graphic Design Stitt, Amber Larry O’Neal
Illustration Jeff Harter
Industrial Design Daniel Cuffaro
Interior Architecture Michael Gollini
Jewelry + Metals Gretchen Goss
Liberal Arts Gary Sampson
Painting Lane Cooper
Photography + Video Nancy McEntee
Printmaking Maggie Denk-Leigh Tony Ingrisano (will assume acting chair in the fall when Maggie goes on sabbatical.)
Sculpture + Expanded Media Sarah Paul Tina Cassara (will assume acting chair in the fall when Sarah goes on sabbatical)
152 Animation Illustration Photography+Video Adams, Lincoln Adams, Lincoln Birchfield, Jr., Jerry Harter, Jeff Chuldenko, John McEntee, Nancy Lewis, Hal Harter, Jeff, Chair Minek, Joseph Maric, Pete LoPriore, David Toles, Mary Jo Scalmato, Anthony, Chair McGinness, Suzanne Underwood, Barry, Chair Walsh, Harrison Vlosich, George Printmaking Biomedical Art Industrial Design Craun, Jen Halasz, Beth Blackman, Carla Denk-Leigh, Margaret, Chair Harris, Deborah Covert, D. Edward Maugans, Liz Lewis, Hal Cuffaro, Daniel, Chair Slawson, Corrie Nowacki, Thomas, Chair Deng, Haishan Pangrace, Joseph Futo, Dennis Sculpture+Expanded Media Schumick, David Martinez, Bob Cassara, Tina McEachen, Pete Kuehnle, Jimmy Ceramics Paige, Douglas Lorton, Bill Nagelberg, Seth, Chair Slattery, Adrian Paul, Sarah, Chair Warnick, Anthony Drawing Integrated Media Wulffen, Christian Cooper, Lane Adams, Lincoln Ingrisano, Tony Halasz, Beth Engaged Practice Kabot, Sarah, Chair Paul, Sarah Chira, Barbara Meier, Mike Scalmato, Anthony Hollern, Matthew Toles, Mary Jo Kautenberger, Kevin Game Design Paul, Sarah Brown, Robert, Co-Chair Interior Architecture Thompson-Smith, Kristin Bendis, Jared Appleton, Sherri Scalmato, Anthony, Co-Chair Finegan, Pat General Studies Gatta, George Hollern, Matthew Glass Gollini, Michael, Chair Kabot, Sarah Demagall, Lisa Maric, Pete Kautenburger, Kevin Petrovic, Marc, Chair Wolf, Laura Slattery, Adrian Thompson-Smith, Kristin Graphic Design Jewelry+Metals Belt, Deborah Buszkiewicz, Kathy Visual Arts Lally, Pat Goss, Gretchen, Chair Casara, Tina O’Neal, Larry, Chair Hollern, Matthew Kempthorn, Amber Pawlowski, Eugene Minek, Joseph Painting Underwood, Barry Cooper, Lane Wulffen, Christian Ingrisano, Tony, Chair Meier, Mike Richards, Katherine
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154 Section 11: Administration and Board of Directors
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155 Executive Administration Staff Directors Julie Melvin Grafton J. Nunes Tom Berger Associate Vice President, Business Affairs President + Chief Executive Officer Director, Continuing Education + Community Outreach Sally Palmer Almut Zvosec Controller Senior Vice President, Business Affairs+ Martin Carney Chief Financial Officer Director, Financial Aid Laura Ponikvar Director, CIA Library Chris Whittey Bruce Checefsky Senior Vice President, Faculty Affairs+ Director, Reinberger Gallery TBA Chief Academic Officer Director, Leadership + Board Giving Barbara Chira Mat Felthousen Academic Director, Cores+Connections Karen Sandstrom Vice President, Office of Support Services+ Director, Communications Chief Information Officer John Ewing Director, Cinematheque Richard Sarian Mark Inglis Art Director Vice President, Marketing+Communications Joe Ferritto Director, Facilities Management+Safety Matthew Smith Malou Monago Director, Student Life + Housing Vice President, Institutional Advancement Jenn Grasso Director, Grants + Special Projects Freeland Southard Nancy Neville Director, Fabrication Studios Dean, Student Affairs TBA Director, Academic Services Raymond Scragg Vice President, Human Resources+Inclusion Heather Golden Director, Career Center Jonathon Wehner Vice President, Enrollment Management Karen Hudy Dean, Admissions+Financial Aid Registrar
Kylie Eyre Director, Annual Giving + Alumni Relations
Scott Ligon Academic Director, Distance Learning
156 Board of Directors Board of Directors cont. Cynthia Prior Gascoigne Marianne Bernadotte Board Chair Deborah Blades, M.D. William Busta Frederick W. Clarke Steven M. Cencula Vice Chair Frederick W. Clarke Robin Davenport Barbara L. Hawley Julian M. Earls, Ph.D. Vice Chair Marsha B. Everett ’81 Chann Fowler-Spellman Donald Insul Margaret Fulton-Mueller Vice Chair Hugh J. Garvey III Matthew L. Greene Michael Schwartz, Ph.D. Howard M. Groedel Vice Chair Joseph F. Hahn, M.D. Barbara L. Hawley Janet A. Spreen Donald Insul Vice Chair Jennifer M. Langer Toby Devan Lewis Fran Belkin James D. Lincoln Secretary Yan Maschke Warren L. Morris Almut Zvosec Bill Nottingham Treasurer + Assistant Secretary Paul Pesses René Polin ’94 Grafton J. Nunes Barbara D. Richter, Ph.D. President + Chief Executive Officer John B. Schulze Michael Schwartz, Ph.D. Robert M. Siewert, CFA Daniel I. Simon, M.D. Karen A. Skunta ‘74 Judson E. Smith Mark Smith Carey L. Spencer Janet A. Spreen Cathy L. Stamler Elizabeth F. Stueber Joy E. Sweeney ‘58 Russell Trusso Peter van Dijk Tracey F. Weaver Jeffrey M. Weiss
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