Course Catalogs

Art Video (VID)

VID 200  Selected Topics  (1-6 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable  
VID 211  Video Sketchbook  (3 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
A medium for perceptual and conceptual development. Most work done exclusively with camcorders. Editing equipment and instruction is available for projects requiring post production.
VID 212  Intro Art Video  (3 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
A medium for making art. Video works by professional artists are studied, readings are required, specific projects are assigned. Production and post-production skills are refined.
VID 270  Experience Credit  (1-6 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
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.
Repeatable  
VID 280  International Course  (1-12 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
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.
Repeatable  
VID 290  Independent Study  (1-6 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
Repeatable  
VID 300  Selected Topics  (1-6 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable  
VID 310  Studies in Art Video  (3 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
Relationship with traditional studio arts, music, cinema, television, computers, telecommunications, and networks. Art video recordings are used to focus and structure explorations of the contemporary media environment.
Repeatable  
Shared Competencies: Critical and Creative Thinking  
VID 311  Intermediate Art Video  (3 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
Use as a medium for making art. Production and post-production skills are refined. Perceptual and conceptual development informed by contemporary art history and theory.
VID 312  Intermediate Art Video II  (3 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
Use as a medium for making art. Production and post-production skills are refined. Perceptual and conceptual development informed by contemporary art history and theory.
VID 313  Advanced Post-Production Techniques  (3 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
Double-numbered with VID 613  
A workshop in audio and video post-production techniques. Specific exercises that structure learning in audio/video relationships. Advanced audio/video techniques are explored. Additional work is required of graduate students. VID 613 is required of Art Video M.F.A. students.
Prereq: VID 212  
VID 380  International Course  (1-12 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
Repeatable  
VID 411  Advanced Art Video  (3 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
Use of video to produce art informed by contemporary art history and theory. Students produce tapes of significant depth demonstrating technical skills sufficient to support their aesthetic strategies.
VID 412  Art Video:Thesis Project  (3 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
Production of a thesis project, most frequently a suite of related tapes, including written conceptual/theoretical analysis.
VID 470  Experience Credit  (1-6 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
Repeatable  
VID 490  Independent Study  (1-6 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
Repeatable  
VID 499  Honors Capstone Project  (1-3 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
Repeatable 3 times for 3 credits maximum  
VID 500  Selected Topics  (1-6 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable  
VID 510  Video Art History  (3 Credits)  
Film and Media Arts  
Video art history from the 1960s including the fluxus and art and technology movements, early performance, image processing, installation, and socio-political explorations.
Shared Competencies: Critical and Creative Thinking