Film and Media

Serves as an intro to analyzing film and media. Examines style, form, technology, industry and cultural meaning. Spans 19th to the 21st centuries, national contexts, genres and modes of production. Introduces ways of "reading" film and other visual media, to be a more informed and critical viewer.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Introduction to the aesthetic principles, narrative strategies, and cultural significance of television and digital media including Internet video, social media, and video games.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

FILM 101 or FILM_OX 101 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

A hands-on introduction to the production of cinematic media. The course focuses on the basic gestures of filmmaking (from writing to filming and editing) in order to develop successful visual storytelling skills. Significant amounts of filming and editing take place outside of class.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

FILM 101 or FILM_OX 101 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

• ARTVIS 107

Explores various topics in Film and Media.

Credit Hours

3

GER

FS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Cinema from its origins in 19th century technological experimentation through the 1960s. Weekly screenings required.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HA

Requisites

FILM 101 or FILM_OX 101 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

Cinema from the 1960s through the present day. Weekly screenings required.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HA

Requisites

FILM 101 or FILM_OX 101 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

This course looks at the nature and development of major institutions of American broadcasting and electronic media in order to ascertain the structure, function, and social significance of television programming in American society. Weekly screenings required.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HA

Requisites

FILM 101 or FILM 102 or FILM_OX 270 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

The history of non-fiction film and media from the perspective of documentary film and media makers.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HA

Requisites

FILM 101 or FILM_OX 101 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

Hands-on introduction to technical and stylistic foundations of moving image production using a variety of film and video formats and to the economic and professional realities of narrative content creation for film.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HA

Requisites

FILM 107 or FILM_OX 107 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

This course introduces students to basic technical digital video film making skills (camera operation, lighting, sound recording, non-linear editing) and to interview techniques through weekly exercises and study of major, creative documentaries. Weekly studio lab sessions required.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HA

Requisites

FILM 107 or FILM_OX 107 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

Explore the job of producer following stages of production with a focus on short films as an entry point. Spans concept development, prep, production and post, marketing and distribution. Learn practical, hands-on producing skills and a critical understanding of what producers do.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

FILM 101 or FILM_OX 101 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

This course combines the theoretical and practical elements of cinematography and lighting. Historical and contemporary trends and styles are examined. Video formats, exposure, camera placement,composition, movement and continuity will be covered.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

FILM 107 or ARTVIS 107 or FILM_OX 107 or FILM_OX 107E or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

This course will pair a wide range of film/tv and social media texts that mis/represent Black girls/femmes, with the theoretical work that examines the complexities and intersections of race, personhood, sexuality, and authority. Course culminates in a creative final project. Weekly screenings required.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HA

Requisites

FILM 101 or FILM_OX 101 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

Film and media can be seen as queer practice(s) and forms that can be queered. Weekly screenings will be paired with readings and discussions about representations of LGBTQ+ people and the intersections with identity, race, and gender. Create queer(ed) texts in the form of moving image projects.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

FILM 101 or FILM_OX 101 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

This course focuses on film and other art-based mediums to explore the function and role media in social change movements and its role in addressing social issues. Students will move between the classroom and working in creative teams to develop a short documentary film or photographic exhibit.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

(FILM 101 or FILM_OX 101) and (FILM 107 or FILM_OX 107) or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

The course provides an overview of the modern Iranian society through its cinema in the last 40 years of post-revolutionary Iran. It covers topics like Social Diversity; Revolution & War; Women & Gender Issues; Family & Relationship; Class Conflict; Morality; Education; Immigration; Forbidden Life.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 265

An intro to the theory and craft of dramatic screenwriting of the short film. Explores how a short script is developed from concept to final written form. Class includes lectures, film viewing, and exercises but is primarily a workshop where new writing receives weekly table reads and feedback.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

FILM 101 or FILM_OX 101 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

An intro to the theory and craft of dramatic screenwriting of the short film. Explores how a short script is developed from concept to final written form. Class includes lectures, film viewing, and exercises but is primarily a workshop where new writing receives weekly table reads and feedback.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAW

Requisites

FILM 101 or FILM_OX 101 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

This course will serve as an introduction to the history, frm aesthetics, functions, and culture of video games, across their history from the first arcades in the 1970s to the networked, multiplayer, online, and mobile games of today.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 101 or FILM_OX 101 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

Rotating topics in film and media. May be repeated for credit when the topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 101 or FILM_OX 101 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

Rotating topics in film and media. May be repeated for credit when the topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

HAPW

Requisites

FILM 101 or FILM_OX 101 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

Provides filmmaking students the opportunity to work under the supervision of faculty on a professional quality narrative or documentary film in creative areas(i.e., writing, cinematography, sound, editing, design) or administrative areas(i.e. budgeting, contracting, management, publicity).

Credit Hours

3 - 4

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Introduction to film theory concepts spanning from "classical theory" into the structuralist and post-structuralist era. Weekly screenings required.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 102 and (FILM 201 or FILM 202 or FILM 203 or FILM 204 or FILM_OX 204 or FILM 205) or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisites.

Cross-Listed

None

Introduction to film theory concepts spanning from "classical theory" into the structuralist and post-structuralist era. Weekly screenings required.

Credit Hours

5

GER

HAPW

Requisites

FILM 102 and (FILM 201 or FILM 202 or FILM 203 or FILM 204 or FILM_OX 204 or FILM 205) or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisites.

Cross-Listed

None

An examination of the fundamental theories of media from Marshall McLuhan to the present. Critical readings address issues like interactivity, embodiment, identity, culture, and power relations in the digital age.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 102 and (FILM 201 or FILM 202 or FILM 203 or FILM 204 or FILM_OX 204 or FILM 205) or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisites.

Cross-Listed

None

For the duration of the semester each student authors their own substantial narrative film. Through workshop and critique students study advanced skills in the techniques, technologies and methods learned in FILM 107 and Narrative Filmmaking I.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 207 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

This course will extend the students' knowledge of the field of documentary media production through the screening and criticism of film and video documentaries. Weekly studio lab sessions required.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 208 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

How do we understand the events that recently erupted with different degrees of violence in North African and Middle Eastern countries? Why were experts including diplomats, pundits, and politicians taken by surprise? How do media outlets like CNN, BBC, and Al Jazeera cover this "social uprising"?

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SOC 319
• AFS 319
• MESAS 319

This class explores camera acting, including making the transition from stage to screen. Through on-camera exercises, collaborative projects, and screenings, actors will gain the tools they need to perform in a film, web or television shoot with greater confidence, clarity and freedom.

Credit Hours

4

GER

XA

Requisites

FILM 376 or THEA 221 or THEA 222 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

• THEA 326

The course offers an introduction to ethnographic cinema. It focuses on classic and contemporary films. Students explore issues concerning the nature of evidence, salvage anthropology, the politics of representation, concepts of participation and collaboration, aesthetics and ethnography.

Credit Hours

4

GER

None

Requisites

FILM 102 and (FILM 201 or FILM 202 or FILM 203 or FILM 204) or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

• ANT 343

An examination of ethical practices and challenges in nonfiction writing across platforms of journalism, documentary filmmaking, book-length work and narrative podcasts. Not open to first-year students.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• ENGCW 354

Focusing on the history and legacy of National Socialism in Germany and occupied Europe, this course will analyze how fascism and film developed in tandem since the First World War, and how film has subsequently shaped the way that both fascism and anti-fascism are understood and remembered.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• GER 365

This class explores the different facets of animation, including its history, theory, and techniques.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 102 and (FILM 201 or FILM 202 or FILM 203 or FILM 204 or FILM_OX 204 or FILM 205) or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisites.

Cross-Listed

None

Knowledge of Russian is not required. Introduction to interdisciplinary study of 20th-century Russian literature and the visual arts, with focus on issues of art and politics, time, space and identity in symbolist, supermatist, constructivist, socialist realist and post-Soviet "vision". In English.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSC

Requisites

FILM 102 and (FILM 201 or FILM 202 or FILM 203 or FILM 204 or FILM_OX 204 or FILM 205) or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisites.

Cross-Listed

• RUSS 373
• ARTHIST 373

A writing-intensive course in the construction and formatting of screenplays for upper-level undergraduates, which also broaches various aspects of pre-production planning. Weekly screenings required.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

ENGCW 270/270W or ENGCW_OX 270 or ENGCW 271/271W or ENGCW_OX 271 or ENGCW 272/272W or FILM 101 or FILM_OX 101 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

• ENGCW 378R

A writing-intensive course in the construction and formatting of screenplays for upper-level undergraduates, which also broaches various aspects of pre-production planning. Weekly screenings required.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAPW

Requisites

ENGCW 270/270W or ENGCW_OX 270 or ENGCW 271/271W or ENGCW_OX 271 or ENGCW 272/272W or FILM 101 or FILM_OX 101 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

• ENGCW 378RW

An advanced writing-intensive course in the construction and formatting of screenplays for upper-level undergraduates, which also broaches various aspects of pre-production planning.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 378R or ENGCW 378R or FILM 378RW or ENGCW 378RW or FILM_OX 378RW or ENG_OX 378RW or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

• ENGCW 379R

An advanced writing-intensive course in the construction and formatting of screenplays for upper-level undergraduates, which also broaches various aspects of pre-production planning.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAPW

Requisites

FILM 378R or ENGCW 378R or FILM 378RW or ENGCW 378RW or FILM_OX 378RW or ENG_OX 378RW or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

• ENGCW 379RW

This writing-intensive seminar explores to what end music is used in political films. How does music affect our perception of political films? How does music manipulate our feelings for or against the subject matter?

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MUS 383

This writing-intensive seminar explores to what end music is used in political films. How does music affect our perception of political films? How does music manipulate our feelings for or against the subject matter?

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAPW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MUS 383W

An introduction to the relationship between literary studies and the study of cultural theory and popular culture.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAPW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• ENG 368W

Rotating topics in film and media. May be repeated for credit when the topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 102 and (FILM 201 or FILM 202 or FILM 203 or FILM 204 or FILM_OX 204 or FILM 205) or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisites.

Cross-Listed

None

Rotating topics in film and media. May be repeated for credit when the topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

HAPW

Requisites

FILM 102 and (FILM 201 or FILM 202 or FILM 203 or FILM 204 or FILM_OX 204 or FILM 205) or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisites.

Cross-Listed

None

Prerequisite: FILM 385 and 386. This course builds upon FILM 385 and 386 by deepening student knowledge of documentary mediamaking techniques. Students will complete a broadcast-quality television documentary while studying outstanding documentary films. Weekly studio lab sessions required.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

The structural dynamics of the studio system as both a film style and mode of production, with special emphasis on the development of narrative form. Weekly screenings required.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 102 and (FILM 201 or FILM 202 or FILM 203 or FILM 204 or FILM_OX 204 or FILM 205) or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisites.

Cross-Listed

None

An intensive, in-depth study of the work of a recognized major figure in world cinema in the class of Griffith, Dreyer, Ford, Renoir, Welles, Ophuls, Kurosawa, Godard, Antonioni, Hitchcock, or Scorscese. Weekly screenings required.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 102 and (FILM 201 or FILM 202 or FILM 203 or FILM 204 or FILM_OX 204 or FILM 205) or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisites.

Cross-Listed

None

History and theory of one or more major Hollywood genres, such as the Western, the gangster film, the musical, the horror film, film noir, and science fiction and their international analogues (e.g., the American Western and the Japanese chambara film). Weekly screenings required.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 102 and (FILM 201 or FILM 202 or FILM 203 or FILM 204 or FILM_OX 204 or FILM 205) or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisites.

Cross-Listed

None

The course explores the history and development of Chinese cinema. It discusses "film in China" and "China in film" by focusing on the function of cinema and reconfigurations of time, space, gender, and history in Chinese films under different historical conditions since the early twentieth century.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 394
• EAS 394

The course explores the history and development of Chinese cinema. It discusses "film in China" and "China in film" by focusing on the function of cinema and reconfigurations of time, space, gender, and history in Chinese films under different historical conditions since the early twentieth century.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAPW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 394W
• EAS 394W

Close study of the development of a specific national or regional cinema in terms of aesthetic, theoretical, and sociopolitical dimensions. Weekly screenings required.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSC

Requisites

FILM 102 and (FILM 201 or FILM 202 or FILM 203 or FILM 204) or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

Variable credit; only four hours count toward major or minor. Need a department faculty advisor in advance. The internship must be at least 10 hours a week. Students must regularly meet their faculty advisor and complete writing assignments. Students must be a declared major/minor in the department.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

A writing-intensive course in critical aesthetics for upper-level undergraduates, with a focus on the critical assumptions underlying various methodologies. Weekly screenings required.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 301 or FILM 301W or FILM 302 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

A writing-intensive course in critical aesthetics for upper-level undergraduates, with a focus on the critical assumptions underlying various methodologies. Weekly screenings required.

Credit Hours

5

GER

HAPW

Requisites

FILM 301 or FILM 301W or FILM 302 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

First of a two semester sequence. Learn about media literacy, media education, and basic pedagogy. Become familiar with key theories, methodologies and practices. Begin forging relationships with students in the area through mutual writing and observation.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

FILM 301 or FILM 301W or FILM 302 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

Second of a two semester sequence. Apply knowledge gained in the first semester by teaching developed curriculum in the classroom and assessing student outcomes.

Credit Hours

4

GER

None

Requisites

FILM 402A as prerequisite

Cross-Listed

None

Examines American screen entertainment history, specifically the key trends, individuals, institutions and technologies that have shaped these different forms them from the 19th century through the present day. Students perform practical experiments in industrial analysis.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 301 or FILM 301W or FILM 302 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

Films, television programs, and other media forms analyzed in cultural, historical and political perspective with regard to how societal norms, visual style and aesthetics affect the representation of gender. Weekly screenings required.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 301 or FILM 301W or FILM 302 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

An historical/theoretical survey of the experimental avantgarde as an alternative to mainstream narrative, with an emphasis on its wide variety of forms. May include a filmmaking component. Weekly screenings required.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 301 or FILM 301W or FILM 302 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

A seminar in film and media historical methods for upper-level undergraduates that involves extensive reading and some primary research. Weekly screenings required.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 301 or FILM 301W or FILM 302 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

Only open to Film and Media Management Concentration students. Learn from industry professionals to obtain critical perspectives and practical experience in generating content. Students will collaborate on a capstone project that will be presented to academic and industry stakeholders.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 301 or FILM 301W or FILM 302 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

This course compares depictions of temporality across a range of media in an effort to understand how particular media are suited to particular conceptions of time, what limitations particular media might have in depicting time and how media can enable new ways of thinking about temporal relations.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 301 or FILM 301W or FILM 302 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

A supervised project to be determined by the instructor and student in the semester preceding the project. Requires faculty approval prior to registration. Only four credit hours can be applied toward fulfillment of the requirement of the major.

Credit Hours

4

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

In this capstone course for seniors, students will create, direct, and executive produce a work that showcases their accumulated experience as filmmakers and film scholars. Students will advance their skills in film analysis, synthesis, directing, casting, and producing.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 107 and FILM 376 and FILM 377 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

This course is designed to give advanced students the opportunity to investigate intensively a specialized topic in film and media studies. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

3 - 4

GER

HAP

Requisites

FILM 301 or FILM 301W or FILM 302 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

This course is for students in their senior year who are completing an honors thesis in Film & Media. The course will cover methodologies of research, writing, and production within the field, as well as workshopping students' writing/creative work.

Credit Hours

4

GER

None

Requisites

FILM 301 or FILM 301W or FILM 302 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

Prerequisite: Admission to the Honors Program and approval of adviser. Open to students writing honors theses. This course fulfills the postfreshman year writing requirement.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Prerequisite: Admission to the Honors Program and approval of adviser. Open to students writing honors theses. This course fulfills the postfreshman year writing requirement.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

A supervised production project to be determined by the instructor and student in the semester preceding the independent study. Requires faculty approval prior to registration. Only four credit hours can be applied toward fulfillment of the requirement of the major.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

A supervised project in an area of study to be determined by the instructor and student in the semester preceding the independent study. Requires faculty approval prior to registration. Only four credit hours can be applied toward fulfillment of the requirement of the major.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

A 'print' is essentially anything that is made in a reproducible format. In this course, students are introduced to the fundamentals of printmaking through the study of four traditional processes and they are exposed to the contemporary practice of printmaking as an art form.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Offered in rotation. Credit, four hours. This course uses the tools and concepts of painting to develop skills in visual thinking. The fundamentals of visual observation and articulation are developed through visual problem solving.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Introduces fundamental issues in photography & visual thinking using 35mm film cameras & B/W film. Topics: camera use, film developing, darkroom & printing skills, image selection & presentation, an overview of the history of photography, basic philosophy of photography, & interpretation of images.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

A hands-on introduction to the production of cinematic media. The course focuses on the basic gestures of filmmaking (from writing to filming and editing) in order to develop successful visual storytelling skills. Significant amounts of filming and editing take place outside of class.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

FILM 101 or FILM_OX 101 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

• FILM 107

Offered in rotation. Credit, four hours. A course designed to provide a firm grounding in the rudiments of sculptural practice. Students are exposed to an overview of processes, tools, and materials used in sculpture.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This introductory art course offers a comprehensive exploration of both 2D and 3D media, providing students of all levels and artistic backgrounds with a multifaceted entry point into contemporary art practices. Throughout the course, students will delve into various methods of making and thinking.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This foundation-level course exposes students to historical media and practices that undergird the creation of art objects. Designed as a studio course to complement ARTHIST 102. Strategies and materials of art-making from the late Renaissance through the present day will be explored.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Through a series of practical assignments, students will explore the research and conceptual interests of graphic design. Through these projects, students will learn and employ methodologies of visual communication through creating various graphic design projects in 2-dimensional, digital formats.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Monuments and art collections studied in important cities such as Amsterdam, London, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, and Venice. Details can be obtained from the Art History Department. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Monuments and art collections studied in important cities such as Amsterdam, London, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, and Venice. Details can be obtained from the Art History Department. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Special Topics in Visual Art will be offered as needed as courses and areas of study are added to the Visual Arts Curriculum.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course builds on the tools and concepts of drawing and printmaking and expands skills in observation and imagination. This course incorporates intermediate levels of conceptual and aesthetic awareness.

Credit Hours

4

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course builds on the tools and concepts of painting. This course incorporates intermediate levels of conceptual and aesthetic awareness, creative problem solving, aesthetics and critical thinking with an emphasis on the 20th and 21st century aesthetic practices.

Credit Hours

4

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Following a theory-practice model, this course will engage key issues in visual thinking and photographic practice. Rotating topics include documentary photography, the interpretation of urban geography, experimental practices, and photographic books.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HA

Requisites

ARTVIS 106 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

Contemporary sculptural practice is emphasized in both practical and theoretical terms. Students will continue to investigate the relationship of ideas to materials and construction techniques.

Credit Hours

4

GER

XA

Requisites

This course requires ARTVIS 109 or equivalent transfer credit as a prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

Students will expand upon and surpass the skills and projects from the prerequisite course, ARTVIS120. This class is less software-learning oriented than its precursor, which opens up time for students to focus more on technique and concept, working with iterations, and building a brand.

Credit Hours

4

GER

XA

Requisites

ARTVIS 120 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

This course will introduce and identify a variety of formal and conceptual possibilities within the genre of New Media. Students will create art using sound art, 3-D digital space-making, and video projection.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Monuments and art collections studied in important cities such as Amsterdam, London, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, and Venice. Details can be obtained from the Art History Department. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Monuments and art collections studied in important cities such as Amsterdam, London, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, and Venice. Details can be obtained from the Art History Department. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This advanced tutorial uses the tools and concepts of drawing and painting to develop skills in research and project development as well as advanced skills in drawing, painting and mixed media.

Credit Hours

4

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This advanced tutorial uses the tools and concepts of drawing and painting to develop skills in research and project development. Written documentation, oral presentations, critique skills and studio skills that support independent research are developed.

Credit Hours

4

GER

XA

Requisites

This course requires ARTVIS 205 or ARTVIS 105 or ARTVIS 104 or equivalent transfer credit as a prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

In this course, each student will realize an in-depth, self-designed body of work. The course is critique-only, and rigorously paced. All photographic technologies are open to use, and all presentational formats, including exhibition, book, and web/DVD.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

ARTVIS 206R or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

This course focuses on individual student inquiry into advanced sculptural practices utilizing the concepts, histories, practices, and potentialities of the field. Advanced level allows students to assume a greater role in defining the parameters of projects.

Credit Hours

4

GER

XA

Requisites

This course requires ARTVIS 209R and ARTVIS 109 or equivalent transfer credit as a prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

This course explores advanced concepts in painting including new materials, mixed media, and contemporary approaches to space, scale, and installation. Exploration of diverse materials and techniques will be supported by theoretical examination and independent research projects.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This advanced course explores the history, processes, and theories of printmaking. Creative problem-solving supplemented by theoretical examination, written documentation, oral presentation, critical writing skills, and supporting independent research is required.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Students will learn advanced video production techniques and strategies. Additional attention placed on theoretical and conceptual components of video as well as technical. Students will be required to attend screenings and are expected to produce a professional quality, short video.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course will explore the many ways in which contemporary artists engage their practice. Students will begin to situate themselves into the contemporary art landscape through a series of visiting artists and studio visits, writing exercise, and readings / discussion.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course is a multi-disciplinary course that will teach students how to write an art proposal, how to gather field research, and how to talk with experts about important topics. This research will be woven into the process of creating visual models, designs, and drawings.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This class investigates contemporary curatorial practice through total immersion in art and exhibition history. Classes will be structured around the discussion of a compendium of contemporary art texts, show catalogs, reviews, and curatorial statements.

Credit Hours

4

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Special Topics in Visual Art will be utilized as we expand our visual arts curriculum or when we have the opportunity of Visiting Artists or Fellows to teach a course of their own design

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Monuments and art collections studied in important cities such as Amsterdam, London, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, and Venice. Details can be obtained from the Art History Department. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Monuments and art collections studied in important cities such as Amsterdam, London, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, and Venice. Details can be obtained from the Art History Department. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours. This individually focused research is only available to advanced students with special projects. Permission of a sponsoring faculty member is required. Topics covered in the regular curriculum cannot be covered under directed study.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Offered once a year during the fall semester. This capstone course is required of all graduating IVAC co-majors and focuses on professional practices including documentation, research, development of an individual body of work situated in contemporary theory and methodology.

Credit Hours

4

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Open to candidates for honors in the senior year who are writing an honors thesis. Candidates are required to have a Three Person Faculty advising committee. For additional requirements and permission, consult the departmental honors coordinator.

Credit Hours

4

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Open to candidates for honors in the senior year who are writing an honors thesis. Candidates are required to have a Three Person Faculty advising committee. For additional requirements and permission, consult the departmental honors coordinator.

Credit Hours

1 - 8

GER

XAW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Supervised participation in museum, gallery, or other art-related activity. Requires approval by the ARTHIST Internship Coordinator. May be repeated, with permission, for up to 12 credit hours. Credit ranges from one (for 50 hrs., or 4 hrs./week) to four (200 hrs., or 14 hrs./week).

Credit Hours

1 - 12

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None