Guides the students through a series of dynamic projects to explore different media and approaches to making art. Focuses on visual language and introduces visual inquiry.

Continues the visual language learned in ARI 101, but casts an even wider net of visual inquiry. While the basic learning objectives of this class are the same for every section, each section also has a unique theme¿a lens through which the course content is focused and investigated.

Studio exploration of time-based themes and media used as tools for self-expression: sequential imagery, photo sequence and text, performance, audio works, video and multimedia. New technologies in art context.

Character development and toy design. 3-D studio course. Toys used as subject matter to develop aptitude with: spatial thinking, concept development, physical prototyping, use of basic mechanics, and woodworking tools and techniques.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Team-taught interdisciplinary course offering a variable theme as subject matter. This course builds on the program of study initiated in the first year studios emphasizing increased conceptual and technical development.

Team-taught interdisciplinary course offering a variable theme as subject matter. This course builds on the program of study initiated in the Second Year Studio I emphasizing increased conceptual and technical development.

Introduction to different modes of creative thinking and expression, as well as critical methods to analyze and understand this work. Through studio exercises, readings, discussions, and visual projects, students will explore different media, materials, and ways of working.

Introduces and familiarizes the student with basic methods of preparing and forming clay using pinch, coil and slab construction techniques. Includes basic methods of decorating, glazing and firing ceramic objects. Explores sculptural and functional art works.

Introduction to the potter's wheel as a tool for creating form and surface with clay. Introduction to contemporary and historical artworks that make use of the wheel.

Introduction to 3D forms using mold-making and slip-casting techniques, art and industrial design histories in ceramics that make use of the casting method, glazing and other surface treatments of the slip-cast object.

This course will introduce students to experimental and investigative ceramic decal techniques and processes to increase skills and knowledge in the areas of ceramics and print. Decals will be designed, found, appropriated, and assembled by students. These will be printed with the 4-color CMYK decal printer and the HP laser printer.

The focus of this course is to learn to see and allow the experience to develop into drawing.

The objectives of this drawing course are to perceive and understand the human figure in terms of proportion, structure, motion, surface and volumes.

Develop drawing skills and processes through the observation of natural subjects.

Fundamental techniques and visual design problems as introduction to working with metal, cutting, soldering, forging, finishing, and other surface treatments.

Basic casting methods used by the studio jeweler and metalsmith. Includes wax modeling and lost wax, cuttlefish bone, and other casting methods.

Figurative and nonfigurative painting in oils or acrylics as the basis for study of color and form. Materials and approaches.

Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Introduces students to the fundamentals and technical principles of a variety of printmaking methodologies. Students will explore traditional methods like lithography, relief, intaglio, and possibility for experimentation with more contemporary digital methods.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Introduction to the basic techniques and concepts of the sculpture making process. The course will investigate the materials and methods that serve as the foundation for creating sculptural form including fabrication, carving, and casting techniques.

Introduction to contemporary sculpture. In this course students will explore the practical applications and intellectual processes, methods, and concepts that serve as the basis for creating contemporary sculpture.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Documentation as contemporary art making strategy; conceptual/contextual process, form, and issues.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

First of a two-semester studio-based seminar that builds upon the First- and Second-Year studios. The course content guides students toward deeper self-knowledge and independence to proceed to Fourth Year Capstone.

Second of a two-semester studio-based seminar that builds upon the First and Second Year studios. The course content guides students toward deeper self-knowledge and independence to proceed to Fourth Year Capstone.

Building on skills and understanding of processes acquired in introductory ceramics classes, this Intermediate Ceramics class further develops and expands your skill set and knowledge necessary to begin formulating a personal studio practice in clay.

Open to all. Students may pursue their own artistic direction with ceramic medium. They may hand build, throw on the wheel, use slip casting techniques to create their art work, or do their own research with kilns and glazes. Additional work for graduate students.

Introduction to ceramic raw materials, material safety, clay and glaze calculation, ceramic studio design, refractories and kiln design, and history of ceramics as it pertains to the advancement of ceramic technology.

Work from observation of volume and space and extend that into drawing invented forms and space. How light creates form, space and atmosphere, how light can create illusionistic worlds and things in that world.

Integrate traditional and contemporary approaches, materials, and processes in drawing with mindfulness-based contemplative practices. Structured and open problems will challenge and enrich students¿ ability to perceive, create, and think with whole body-mind awareness.

Contemporary approaches to drawing. Introduce and encourage students to seek and consider ways of marking time, form, space, and image utilizing traditional and non-traditional materials and non-paper surfaces and spaces.

This class builds on skills developed and explored in Drawing I:Observation. Course problems will work from observation of volume and space and extend that into drawing invented forms and space.

The creation of visuals that support visual storytelling, such as comics, graphic novels, comic strips and picture books.

Investigates how personal or public stories, fiction or nonfiction, may be transmitted through objects that are constructed of metal.

The transformation of materials and objects into new objects that change the meaning of the original is the focus of this course.

Introduction to gemology as it pertains to jewelry and metalsmithing. Intermediate and advanced level stone settings.

Surface techniques and processes used to enhance objects made for human use and adornment. This course builds on the fabrication and casting techniques learned in the introductory level courses.

Jewelry and metalsmithing techniques and processes used to color the surface of non-ferrous metal objects.

Jewelry and object design and making, using metal forming techniques and processes. Objects may include vessel forms, containers and small sculptures.

Continued studio development of ideas objects, self-critical attitude, and approach to painting.

Focus in planographic (smooth matrix) printmaking methodologies. Planographic Processes: Lithography, Monoprint and Monotype. Printmaking history and its contemporary uses will be addressed in discussions, research assignments and a series of Visiting Artists. Additional work for graduate students.

Introductory etching and relief techniques, including: single- and multi-color woodcut, hard ground line etching, aquatint, scraping and burnishing, soft ground, drypoint, multi-color printing, editioning. Includes a history and contemporary uses of etching and relief printmaking. Additional work for graduate students.

Experiment with developing digital printmaking methodologies and their contemporary applications to fine-art modes of hand-printmaking. Course content will be addressed via hands-on research projects, discussions and a series of Visiting Artists. Additional work for graduate students. 

Introduction to the fundamentals and advanced techniques of screenprinting. Students will create limited-edition screenprints using hand-drawn and digital methods. Additional work for graduate students. 

Introduction to the fundamentals and technical principles of printmaking methodologies. Explore traditional methods like copper etchings, hand-carved woodcuts, mono printing and a possibility for experimentation with other materials. Additional work for graduate students.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

In this course, students will examine the theory and studio practice of contemporary sculpture through individual creative works.

Hands-on introduction to moldmaking techniques used to cast metals and other materials for artistic or industrial purposes. Moldmaking processes include plaster molds, investment molds, sand molds, and silicone molds. Materials to be cast include aluminum, plaster, and experimental materials. Additional work for graduate students. 

This course will focus on using wood and mixed media as art-making materials. Students will learn several woodworking techniques as well as the hand and power tools and machinery necessary to perform them.

Studio course to design and make highly original objects that interact in some way with human beings. To ensure that these objects have the utmost degree of visual and physical presence.

Explores the theory and practice of Installation based art works. Students will learn the history of this contemporary art medium and explore its potential by creating installation art works.

Exploration of the integration of digital processes into a sculptural workflow. Use of a variety of methods to digitally form sculpture, including traditional 3D modeling, Photogrammetry (3D scanning with photographs), VR sculpting, and Appropriation. Beyond these forms of digital creation (input), we will also explore forms of digital fabrication (output).

Study and sculpt the human form using a variety of processes, techniques, and formats. Additional work for graduate students.

Make artwork that focuses on concepts, systems, and action. Learn about the history and context of this genre of artwork.

Studio exploration of cosplay. Create your own cosplay costumes after learning cosplay construction techniques and principles. Participate in a cosplay contest. Also engage in some written and visual research on the subject.

Relationship between art and society; process and socially based art making methods and issues.

Students will create collaborative and conceptual art projects. The class will also investigate the cultural and theoretical background of collaborative, conceptual and performance art.

Research as contemporary art making strategy; conceptual/contextual process, form, and issues.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

You will expand upon your ability to understand and handle clay as a medium for expression and exploration. Working in the kiln/clay/glaze lab, you will be challenged to make a stronger connection between material, process, and idea.

Considerations such as individual identity, placement and display in a specific environment will be the focus of this jewelry and metals studio.

This course is devoted to the experimentation and examination of unusual materials and their physical and non-physical attributes. Works will predominantly pertain to the human body and will be constructed with the intention of being worn.

The reproduction of jewelry and objects through systems, moldmaking, and outsourcing. A practice commission experience and discussion of pricing included.

Continued studio development of skills, objectives, ideas and approaches to painting. Independent work will be required.

Historical awareness. Relation of drawing to major areas of study. Philosophical development in the use of personal imagery and techniques.

Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Exploration of the artist book as method for creative expression. Students learn beginning and intermediate level binding methods with the goal of creating limited edition books which contain personally-created written and visual content. Additional work for graduate students.

Allows students full flexibility in printmaking techniques and content. Students develop their personal imagery based on well-conceived ideas and apply those ideas in the studio to produce technically and conceptually engaging work. Additional work for graduate students.

In this course, students will examine the theory and studio practice of contemporary sculpture through individual creative works.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Archive as contemporary art making strategy; conceptual/contextual process, form, and issues. Additional work for graduate level students. 

Part 1 of a two-course sequence that supports and guides students in an independent project or body of work as the culmination of each student's educational experience, intellectual interests, and artistic pursuits.

Focuses on refining and implementing professional practices through the completion of senior project, senior exhibition, and thesis. Prepares you with professional and creative skills to be a practicing artist in your discipline/field.

Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

This course encourages students to develop ideas and objectives, to be self-critical, and experiment with approaches to and techniques in painting. Open to all levels. Additional work for graduate students.