May 19, 2024  
2023/2024 University Catalog 
    
2023/2024 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


General Education Courses  

Courses offered at the SDSU Imperial Valley campus.  

Detailed information about course offerings can be found on the Class Schedule website.

 

Anthropology

  
  • ANTH 501 - Primate Behavior and Ecology


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 301  or ANTH 355  or graduate standing.

    Ecology and behavior of nonhuman primates to include history of primate ecological research, feeding ecology, predation, demography and dispersal, reproduction, conflict and cooperation, conservation as well as contemporary primatology.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 504 - Seminar in Human Adaptability


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LTR: Letter Graded. The class will be offered for letter grade with no option to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 101 , ANTH 301 BIOL 100 , or graduate standing.

    Biocultural responses to environmental and social stressors. Human adaptability history, methods, and theory. Behavioral, biological, cultural, developmental, and genetic responses to stress. Linkages between human adaptability, human variation, and social and health disparities.

     

    Maximum Credits: 3

  
  • ANTH 505 - Human Osteology


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 301 .

    Identification of individual bones and teeth; sex, age, and racial variation; stature reconstruction; continuous and discontinuous morphological variations; paleopathology. Training in observations, measurements, and analyses.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 508 - Medical Anthropology


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 303 .

    Socio-cultural ecology of disease, medical health beliefs and practices in cultural context, and complexities of health care delivery in pluralistic societies.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 510 - Environmental and Ecological Anthropology


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 303 .

    Ecological thinking in anthropology with focus on relationships between human environmental and ecological systems in tribal, peasant, and industrial societies. Cultural aspects of how and why human societies have maintained or undermined their ecosystems.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 520 - Ethnographic Field Methods


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 303 .

    Problems and techniques of field work in ethnographic and social anthropological research; field work projects conducted using various qualitative and quantitative research techniques. Students work with informants in various settings.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 529 - Urban Anthropology


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 303 .

    Urban adaptations of past and present societies. Descriptive topics and applied concerns regarding urban origins, migrations, kinship, ethnicity, stratification, and change. Ethnographic examples drawn from Western and non-Western societies.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 531 - Methods in Applied Anthropology


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 303 .

    Anthropological concepts and methodologies to solve human problems in both western and non-western societies through intervention, community development, impact assessment, and cultural communication.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 532 - Anthropology of Development and Conservation


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 303 .

    Anthropological perspectives on design, implementation, and assessment of development projects and conservation initiatives in “Third World.” Interlinkages between resource exploitation, underdevelopment, and local autonomy; and political and ethical dilemmas faced by anthropologists involved in projects.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 533 - Race, Ethnicity, and Identity


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 303 .

    Theories and practices of race, ethnicity, and identity from a cross-cultural and anthropological perspective. History of race in US and other regions, focusing on how identities are constructed around concepts of difference.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 536 - Gender and Human Sexuality


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 303 .

    Constructions of gender and sexuality from anthropological perspective. Social constructions of body, norms, deviance, and medicalization of sexuality.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 537 - Anthropology of Childhood


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 303 .

    Childhood in diverse cultural settings; evolutionary, biosocial, and health-related aspects of childhood; social and cultural uses of idea of childhood; enculturation and children’s relationship to material culture.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 546 - Seminar in Biocultural Perspectives of Substance Use


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LTR: Letter Graded. The class will be offered for letter grade with no option to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 301  or graduate standing.

    Substance use within biological and cultural perspectives. Prehistory and cross-cultural evidence of substance use. Cultural, evolutionary, and medical anthropology models of substance use. Contemporary patterns of substance use to broader biological, cultural, ecological, and historical factors.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 560 - Advanced Archaeological Field Techniques


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours of activity.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 312 .

    Advanced projects in excavation and stabilization of ruins, archaeological surveys, laboratory analysis, preparation of reports, and act as unit supervisor.

    Course may be repeated with consent of instructor.
    Maximum Credits: 6
  
  • ANTH 561 - Archaeological Laboratory Methods


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 302 .

    Application of palynology, paleontology, and relevant technologies. Individual laboratory research project required.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 562 - Computational Archaeology


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 302  or graduate standing.

    Computational spatial research in anthropology and archaeology to include applications of computer modeling, digital imagery analysis, and geographic information systems.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 563 - Anthropogenic Landscapes


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LTR: Letter Graded. The class will be offered for letter grade with no option to take it for Cr/NC

    Two lectures and two hours of activity.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 302 .

    Human activity that has shaped the Earth’s surface over time. Past human impacts to include geo-archaeology and laboratory analyses of anthropogenic sediments.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 564 - Zooarchaeology Methods


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LTR: Letter Graded. The class will be offered for letter grade with no option to take it for Cr/NC

    Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 302  or graduate standing.

    History and theory of zooarchaeology. Osteology and identification of amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, and reptiles for archaeological studies.  Functional and comparative analyses, anatomy, curation, histology, observation, and report writing for archaeological collections.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 565 - Paradise Lost?: The Archaeology and Ethics of Human Environmental Impacts


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 103 .

    Human impact on the environment over the last 50,000 years. Interdisciplinary anthropological, archaeological, and historical case studies from around the world.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 566 - Seminar in Archaeologies of the Borderlands


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 103  or graduate standing

    Archaeological and contemporary human cultures and the environment in the Southwestern borderlands. Issues of migration, subsistence, and water.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 582 - Regional Anthropology


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Study of societies in a major geographical region of the world such as Africa, the Arctic, East Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, North America, Oceania, or South Asia.

    May be repeated with new content.
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • ANTH 583 - Topical Anthropology


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Study of a major subdiscipline such as political anthropology, economic anthropology, social anthropology, psychological anthropology, cultural ecology, applied anthropology, anthropological genetics, or environmental archaeology.

    May be repeated with new content.
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • ANTH 596 - Topics in Anthropology


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Advanced topics in anthropology.

    May be repeated with new content.
    Maximum Credits: 9
    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.

  
  • ANTH 600 - Seminar


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LTR: Letter Graded. The class will be offered for letter grade with no option to take it for Cr/NC

    An intensive study in advanced anthropology.

    Maximum Credits: 6
    Maximum Credit Statement: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • ANTH 601 - Seminar in Biological Anthropology


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LTR: Letter Graded. The class will be offered for letter grade with no option to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing.

    History, theory, and current research in biological anthropology. Key literature from core topical areas such as primatology, paleoanthropology, human biology, bioarchaeology, and skeletal biology.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 602 - Seminar in Archaeology


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LTR: Letter Graded. The class will be offered for letter grade with no option to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing.

    History and theory in archaeological data collection, analysis, and interpretation.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 603 - Seminar in Sociocultural Anthropology


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LTR: Letter Graded. The class will be offered for letter grade with no option to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing.

    Current debates, evolution, and history pertaining to the methodologies, practices, scope, and theories of sociocultural anthropology.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 604 - Seminar in Linguistics


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LTR: Letter Graded. The class will be offered for letter grade with no option to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing.

    History and theory of linguistics stressing the significant literature on such topics as cultural cognition, descriptive linguistics, lexicostatistics, and transformational analysis.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 605 - Seminar in Applied Anthropology


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LTR: Letter Graded. The class will be offered for letter grade with no option to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing.

    Use of anthropological theory and methods in solving contemporary social problems. Contemporary ethnographic examples from differing regions of the world reviewed to understand complexity and locally specific variables that must be addressed in proposing interventions and solutions.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 610 - Anthropological Research Design and Proposal Development


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LTR: Letter Graded. The class will be offered for letter grade with no option to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in Anthropology.

    Design of anthropological research and the development of proposals to support it. Principal written outcomes include a research proposal that will form the basis of students’ thesis proposals and a grant proposal formatted for submission to an external funding institution.

    Maximum Credits: 6
  
  • ANTH 795 - Internship in Anthropology


    Units: 3-9

    Grading Method: CNC: Credit/No Credit

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing and consent of instructor.

    Students assigned to various government and private agencies in which anthropological theory can be applied. Supervision shared by department supervisor and on-the-job supervisor.

    Maximum Credits: 9
    Maximum Credit Statement: nine units; three units applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • ANTH 797 - Research


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: RPC: Available grades are RP, CR or NC

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing.

    Independent investigation in the general field of the thesis.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 798 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: RPC: Available grades are RP, CR or NC

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing.

    Individual study directed toward the preparation of a paper on a specific problem. May be repeated with variable content.
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credit Statement: three units applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • ANTH 799A - Thesis


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: RPC: Available grades are RP, CR or NC

    Prerequisite(s): An officially appointed thesis committee and advancement to candidacy.

    Preparation of a project or thesis for the master’s degree.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 799B - Thesis Extension


    Units: 0

    Grading Method: CNC: Credit/No Credit

    Prerequisite(s): Prior registration in Thesis, 799A, with an assigned grade symbol of RP.

    Registration required in any semester or term following assignment of RP in Course 799A in which the student expects to use the facilities and resources of the university; also student must be registered in the course when the completed thesis is granted final approval.

    Maximum Credits: 0

Arabic

  
  • ARAB 101 - Elementary Arabic I


    Units: 4 GE

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Four lectures plus laboratory.

    Introduction to Arabic, with emphasis on language of everyday conversation. Focus on vocabulary and structures needed for elementary speaking, listening, and reading.

    Maximum Credits: 4
    Note: Not open to students with credit in ARAB 102 , ARAB 201 , or ARAB 202 . Taught in Arabic. Native speakers of Arabic will not receive credit for taking lower division courses in Arabic except with advance approval from the department. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Arabic course taken in Arabic. No credit will be given for Arabic 101, ARAB 102 , ARAB 201 , ARAB 202  taken out of sequence.

  
  • ARAB 102 - Elementary Arabic II


    Units: 4 GE

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Four lectures plus laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): ARAB 101  or two years of high school Arabic.

    Continuation of ARAB 101 . Develops vocabulary and structures needed for elementary speaking, listening, and reading, with emphasis on the language of everyday conversation.

    Maximum Credits: 4
    Note: Not open to students with credit in ARAB 201  or ARAB 202 . Taught in Arabic. Native speakers of Arabic will not receive credit for taking lower division courses in Arabic except with advance approval from the department. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Arabic course taken in Arabic. No credit will be given for ARAB 101 , 102, ARAB 201 , ARAB 202  taken out of sequence.

  
  • ARAB 201 - Intermediate Arabic I


    Units: 4 GE

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Four lectures plus laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): ARAB 102 .

    Further development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills, with emphasis on the language of everyday conversation.

    Maximum Credits: 4
    Note: Not open to students with credit in ARAB 202 . Taught in Arabic. Native speakers of Arabic will not receive credit for taking lower division courses in Arabic except with advance approval from the department. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Arabic course taken in Arabic. No credit will be given for ARAB 101 , ARAB 102 , 201, ARAB 202  taken out of sequence.

  
  • ARAB 202 - Intermediate Arabic II


    Units: 4 GE

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Four lectures plus laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): ARAB 201 .

    Further development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills, with emphasis on the language of everyday conversation.

    Maximum Credits: 4
    Note: Taught in Arabic. Native speakers of Arabic will not receive credit for taking lower division courses in Arabic except with advance approval from the department. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Arabic course taken in Arabic. No credit will be given for ARAB 101 , ARAB 102 , ARAB 201 , 202 taken out of sequence.

  
  • ARAB 296 - Topics in Arabic Studies


    Units: 1-4

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Topics in Arabic language, culture, and linguistics.

    May be repeated with new content.
    Maximum Credits: 9
    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree. Taught in Arabic. Native speakers of Arabic will not receive credit for taking lower division courses in Arabic except with advance approval from the department. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Arabic course taken in Arabic.

  
  • ARAB 301 - Advanced Arabic I


    Units: 4 GE

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Four lectures plus laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): ARAB 202 .

    Advanced facility in oral expression and writing for practical purposes; exposure to various dialects through newspaper and media Arabic; elements of literary and classical language.

    Maximum Credits: 4
    Note: Taught in Arabic. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Arabic course taken in Arabic. No credit will be given for Arabic 301, ARAB 302  taken out of sequence.

  
  • ARAB 302 - Advanced Arabic II


    Units: 4 GE

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Four lectures plus laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): ARAB 301 .

    Continuation of ARAB 301 . More advanced writing and longer expository texts. Reading modern and classical texts.

    Maximum Credits: 4
    Note: Taught in Arabic. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Arabic course taken in Arabic. No credit will be given for ARAB 301 , 302 taken out of sequence.

  
  • ARAB 330 - Arabic Culture


    Units: 3 GE

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    Cultures of Arabic speaking peoples of the Near East, Middle East, and North Africa, as reflected in literature, the arts, history, political and social institutions.

    Maximum Credits: 3
    Note: Taught in English. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Arabic course taken in Arabic. This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • ARAB 350 - Advanced Conversational Arabic


    Units: 4 GE

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Four lectures plus laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): ARAB 202 .

    Study of one or more spoken varieties of Arabic, with emphasis on advanced conversational proficiency. Social and cultural topics, conversational strategies and stylistic features.

    May be repeated with new content.
    Maximum Credits: 8
    Note: Taught in Arabic. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Arabic course taken in Arabic. This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • ARAB 360 - Advanced Arabic Grammar


    Units: 3 GE

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ARAB 202 .

    Arabic grammar and grammatical relations, parts of speech, and cases. Word, sentence, and discourse structure. Comparison between Modern Standard Arabic and spoken Arabic.

    Maximum Credits: 3
    Note: Taught in Arabic. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Arabic course taken in Arabic.

  
  • ARAB 361 - Advanced Arabic Grammar II


    Units: 3 GE

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ARAB 301  and ARAB 360 .

    Continuation of advanced Arabic structure; contextualized analysis of Arabic grammar to include both structure and use.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ARAB 496 - Topics in Arabic Studies


    Units: 1-4

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Topics in Arabic language, literature, culture, and linguistics.

    May be repeated with new content.
    Maximum Credits: 8
    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree. Taught in Arabic. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Arabic course taken in Arabic.

  
  • ARAB 499 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Individual study.
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Note: Taught in Arabic. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Arabic course taken in Arabic.


Art

  
  • ART 100 - Drawing I


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Fundamentals of observational and subjective drawing in a variety of media.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 101 - Two Dimensional Design


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Fundamentals of elements and organizing principles of two dimensional design to include basic color theory in a variety of media.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 102 - Drawing II


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 100 .

    Line and value in drawing; emphasis on structure and proportion, sketching, gesture, and contour drawing.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 103 - Three Dimensional Design


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Fundamentals of elements and organizing principles of three dimensional design to include a variety of media and processes.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 104 - Artists and Designers in Real Time


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Overview of professional practice in contemporary art, design, art history. Readings and discussion contextualize presentation topics.

  
  • ART 107 - Photography and Visual Communication


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Visual expression and literacy using photographic concepts and media.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 133 - Modern Making


    Units: 3 GE

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Contemporary object design and production. Introduction to techniques, processes, and technologies used in craft, design, and creative industries.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 148 - Visual Presentation


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 100 .

    Design drawing techniques including interior presentation drawings, interior detailing, architectural drafting, and lettering. Tools and materials used in the design professions.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 157 - Introduction to Art


    Units: 3 GE

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    An illustrated lecture course dealing with the meaning of art derived from an investigation of the principles of art. Designed to increase the understanding and appreciation of art.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 203 - Life Drawing I


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 100 .

    Drawing from the nude model.

    Maximum Credits: 6
  
  • ART 204 - Painting I


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 100  and ART 101 .

    Pictorial composition and techniques of painting.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 210 - Printmaking I


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 100  and ART 101 .

    Introduction and exploration of basic printmaking media. Emphasis on aesthetic and technical processes in intaglio, lithography, relief and serigraphy.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 215 - Visual Odyssey through Comics and Sequential Media


    Units: 3 GE

    Grading Method: LTR: Letter Graded. The class will be offered for letter grade with no option to take it for Cr/NC

    Techniques and methodologies for applying visual tools such as drawing, photography, and video to the telling of culturally relevant stories.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 216 - Sculpture I


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 103 .

    Introduction and experimentation of basic sculpture ideas, methods, and materials.

    Maximum Credits: 6
  
  • ART 220 - Design in Crafts


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Aesthetics, functional elements, and history of designed objects across a variety of media.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 223 - Introduction to Woodworking


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 103 .

    Principles of design through the making of furniture. Basic techniques in woodworking and joinery.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 226 - Introduction to Ceramics


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 100 , ART 101 , or ART 103 .

    Introduction to design and construction of ceramic forms and use of glaze for surface enhancement, to include traditional approaches to basic clay-working hand skills, contemporary issues and imagery, and craft history.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 231 - Jewelry and Metals IA


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 103 .

    Design and construction of jewelry and small objects in non-ferrous metals. Basic fabrication, forming, and surface embellishment techniques for metal.

    Maximum Credits: 3
    Note: Not open to students with credit in ART 331 .

  
  • ART 240 - Fundamentals of Digital Media


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C (2.0) or better in ART 101 .

    Principles of digital media used in visual communication.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 241 - Graphic Design I


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C (2.0) or better in ART 100   and ART 101 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Principles of visual presentation. Development of image-generation skills, verbal and visual design literacy. Printed and screen-based graphic design media.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 242 - Typography I


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C (2.0) or better in ART 100  and ART 101 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Fundamentals of typography to include history, theory, and practice with emphasis on study of letterforms and typographic layout systems for printed and screen-based media.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 247 - The House and Its Environment


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Architecture, interior design, landscape and city planning for forming the physical and aesthetic environment.

    Maximum Credits: 3
    Note: Not open to students with credit in ART 347 .

  
  • ART 248 - Digital Presentation


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 101 .

    Methods and media of the professional artist and designer stressing art principles.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 249 - Environmental Presentation


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 100 , ART 101 , or ART 103 .

    Methods, materials, and tools of the professional environmental designer stressing art principles.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 250 - The Contemporary Interior: Ideas and Narrations


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 101  and ART 103 . Recommended: ART 148 .

    Elementary design strategies for interior architecture.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 251 - Introduction to Interior Design


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 101  and ART 148 .

    Elementary functional and aesthetic studies in interior space and form. Relationships of light, color, texture, shape and volume.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 258 - Introduction to Art History I


    Units: 3 GE

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Art development in painting, sculpture, architecture, and handicrafts from the dawn of art to the Renaissance. Illustrated.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 259 - Introduction to Art History II


    Units: 3 GE

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    The period from the Renaissance through the modern school treated in the same manner as in ART 258 .

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 263 - African, Asian, and Oceanic Art


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Arts of African, Asian, and oceanic countries from prehistoric to pre-modern times. Role of religious beliefs and state ideologies in shaping visual characteristics of cultures in these regions.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 296 - Experimental Topics


    Units: 1-4

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Selected topics.

    May be repeated with new content.
    Maximum Credits: 9
    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • ART 299 - Special Study


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of program director and instructor.

    Individual study.
    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 313 - Screen Printing Studio


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C (2.0) or better in any studio art class at 200-level or above.

    Traditional and experimental processes and techniques of screen printing to include design development and artistic image making through a cohesive body of work utilizing the medium.

    Maximum Credits: 6
  
  • ART 323 - Furniture Design and Woodworking I


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 103 . Recommended: ART 148 .

    Principles of design through the making of furniture. Basic techniques in woodworking and joinery.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 325 - Ceramics IA: Throwing


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 100 , ART 101 , or ART 103 .

    Basic methods of forming, decorating, glazing, and firing pottery forms with emphasis on the use of the potter’s wheel.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 326 - Ceramics IB: Handbuilt


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 100 , ART 101 , or ART 103 .

    Design and construction of handbuilt ceramic forms and application of glaze for surface enhancement. Traditional approaches and contemporary issues.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 331 - Jewelry and Metals IB


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 103 .

    Creative design and construction in metal of jewelry and small objects. Techniques in three-dimensional forming and constructions in non-ferrous metals.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 340 - Digital Photography I


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 100 , ART 101 ; or ART 240 , or ART 248 .

    Visual communication and expression using digital photographic media and digital imaging techniques.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 341 - Graphic Design II


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C (2.0) or better in ART 241  and ART 242 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Visual problem-solving skills through a variety of design methods. Conceptual thinking, experimentation, and research in design for print and screen-based media. Study of content, form, signs, and symbols.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 342A - Typography II


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C (2.0) or better in ART 241  and ART 242 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Typographic issues pertaining to concept, expression, and meaning using design tools for development of printed and screen-based media. Implementation of narrative and time-based typographic systems.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 342B - Expressive Typography


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 203 , ART 204 , ART 210 , ART 216 , ART 220 , ART 226 , ART 231 , ART 240 , ART 241 , ART 242 , ART 249 , or ART 251 .

    History, process, and technology of relief printing and experimental concepts using digital technologies, moveable type and photographic processes to create individual and collaborative designs that integrate image and text.

    Maximum Credits: 6
  
  • ART 343 - Illustration I


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 102 , ART 203 , or ART 204 .

    Visual notation, sketching, representational drawing, and visual translation related to art and design.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 344 - Design for the Internet I


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C (2.0) or better in ART 240 , ART 241 , ART 242 , or ART 340 .

    Creative and practical applications of interactive visual communication for presentation on the Internet.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 345 - History of Graphic Design


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C (2.0) or better in ART 258  and ART 259 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Evolution of graphic communication from prehistory through postmodern design and the digital revolution.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 346 - Introduction to Book Arts


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 204 , ART 210 , ART 220 , ART 240 , ART 241 , or ART 242 .

    Terminology, tools, materials, and reproduction processes related to the making of books; historical and contemporary book structures; and development of content in the form of image and text.

    Maximum Credits: 15
  
  • ART 347 - The House and Its Environment


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Architecture, interior design, landscape, and city planning for forming the physical and aesthetic environment, its simplicities and complexities.

    Maximum Credits: 3
    Note: Not open to students with credit in ART 247 .

  
  • ART 348 - Three Dimensional Digital Media


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 240 , ART 241 , ART 242 , ART 248  or ART 340 .

    Design communication utilizing digital media as it relates to three-dimensional objects and spatial environments.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 352 - Methods and Materials of Interior Design


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ART 251 .

    Codes, contractual issues, design practices, legal liabilities, professional ethics, and project management. Selection of materials and methods of installation.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 357 - World Art in Contemporary Life


    Units: 3 GE

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    World art and technology from ancient to post modern era and their relationship to contemporary culture and life. Gallery visits required.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 371 - Medieval Art


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ART 258 .

    Development of painting, sculpture, and architecture from time of Constantine through Gothic period.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 380 - Architecture That Changed Our World


    Units: 3 GE

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Visual culture in contemporary art and design through architecture in historical survey.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 385 - Art Education History and Practice


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Six hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 100 , ART 101 , or ART 103 .

    History and theory of art education. Role of art in child and adolescent development, art heritage, diversity and equity in art education and teaching methodologies.

    Maximum Credits: 3
  
  • ART 386A - Art Field Experience with Elementary and Middle School Students


    Units: 1

    Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ART 101 , upper division standing, and consent of instructor.

    Prepares pre-service teachers to be effective educators of visual art. Field observation, class lectures on lesson planning, instructional techniques, and strategies for teaching art to elementary school and middle school students.

    Maximum Credits: 9
 

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