Undergraduate Programs
Degree Programs
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Printmaking
The printmaking curriculum provides a broad and intensive experience for printmaking majors and studio elective opportunities for other fine arts, visual communication, and art education students. Course work in lithography and etching is offered at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels every semester. Processes covered include plate and stone lithography and the intaglio processes of etching, engraving, and aquatint. Additional courses include printing in monotype, woodcut, and silkscreen. Spacious, well-equipped, accessible facilities for the study of these traditional approaches to printmaking are augmented by additional facilities for the investigation of digital and photomechanical processes.
Basic courses establish a solid, comprehensive foundation of traditional technical skills unique to the printed image, while instruction emphasizes the development of drawing, self-expression, and concept. At the intermediate and advanced levels, students continue to acquire new technical skills. There is extensive work in color, as the emphasis shifts to imagery, concept, and critical thinking.
Advanced students are given considerable autonomy, working largely in self-defined directions in consultation with faculty while focusing on printing technologies most appropriate for individual development. Group critiques, field trips, portfolio projects, student exhibition opportunities, and workshops and lectures by visiting artists complement the studio experience by providing critical discussion, participation, incentives, and role models.
Printmaking Suggested Plan of Study
Sophomore Year
| Fall |
|
Credits |
| HER-D 201 |
Drawing III |
3 |
| HER-G 201 |
Etching I |
3 |
| HER-H 103 |
Introduction to Contemporary Art |
3 |
|
Humanities elective |
3 |
|
Herron studio elective |
3 |
|
Total |
15 |
| Spring |
|
Credits |
| HER-D 202 |
Drawing IV |
3 |
| HER-G 202 |
Lithography I |
3 |
|
Herron studio elective |
3 |
|
Art History elective |
3 |
|
Social/Behavioral Science elective |
3 |
|
Humanities elective |
3 |
|
Total |
18 |
Junior Year
| Fall |
|
Credits |
| Choose two of the following three courses: |
|
|
| HER-G 301 and HER-G 302 |
Etching II and Lithography II |
6 |
|
Herron studio elective |
3 |
|
Art History elective |
3 |
|
Social/Behavioral Science electives |
3 |
|
Life and Physical Science elective |
3 |
|
Total |
18 |
| Spring |
|
Credits |
| HER-G 303 |
Etching III |
3 |
| HER-G 304 |
Lithography III |
3 |
|
Herron studio electives |
6 |
|
Life and Physical Science electives |
3 |
|
Total |
15 |
Senior Year
| Fall |
|
Credits |
| HER-G 401 |
Printmaking III |
6 |
| HER-J 410 |
A Critical Approach to Art |
3 |
|
Herron studio elective |
3 |
|
Academic elective |
3 |
|
Total |
15 |
| Spring |
|
Credits |
| HER-G 402 |
Printmaking IV |
6 |
|
Herron studio electives |
6 |
|
Academic elective |
3 |
|
Total |
15 |
