Schools, Departments & Programs
Art + Design, School of
Course Descriptions
- SOAD-A 100 Pathways: Introduction to Art, Design and Merchandising (3 cr.) CASE A&H Explores the fields of art, design, and merchandising within the contemporary landscape of creating and making. Identifies where these disciplines have mutually reinforcing values and opportunities for interdisciplinary study. Provides a common experience for art, design and merchandising students.
- SOAD-A 101 Creative Core: Color (3 cr.) CASE A&H Explores color's fundamental principles and formal elements; its contextual meanings and sociological connotations; and its significance within the fields of art, design and merchandising. Cultivates visual sensitivity, develops aesthetic knowledge and the production of creative work through studio practices.
- SOAD-A 111 Cross-Disciplinary Workshops in Art, Design, and Merchandising (3 cr.) CASE A&H A variable topic studio course that focuses on skill development and technical manipulation of materials within the specific traditions of a particular discipline. Emphasizes fundamental principles of art and design within a discipline. Designed around a variable topic such as image, time, narrative, space, materials, and markets. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- SOAD-A 201 Forum of Exchange I (1 cr.) Interdisciplinary experiences serve as the foundation for discussion and written/verbal responses. Students select from a range of activities including lectures, cross-critiques, site visits, interviews, class visits, museum exhibitions, and performances to observe, question and compare art, design and merchandising disciplines. S/F grading. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credit hours.
- SOAD-A 401 Forum of Exchange II (1 cr.) Interdisciplinary experiences in art, design and merchandising serve as the foundation for discussion and written/verbal responses. Students select from a range of activities including lectures, cross-critiques, site visits, interviews, class visits and selected exhibitions. S/F grading. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credit hours.
