Undergraduate Program

Understanding the art process as it relates to the growth and development of children. Experiences, methods and curriculum for art education in the elementary school. Special fee required.

This is an entry-level course for licensure-track art education students and non-major students interested in exploring materials and methods, pedagogical theories, instructional practices, and professional opportunities within the visual arts.

Philosophical, psychological, theoretical, and practical concepts about teaching art in elementary school, including observation and teaching in field-lab. Screening course requiring a minimum grade of "B-" for admission into the Art Education program. 

Prerequisite: 3 credit hours in ARTH and 12 credit hours in ARTS. 

Philosophical, psychological, theoretical and practical concepts about teaching art in a secondary school, including observation and teaching in field lab. Screening course requiring a minimum grade of "B-" for admission into the Art Education program. 

Prerequisite: 3 credit hours in ARTH and 12 credit hours in ARTS. 

Individual problems are studied and researched under the supervision of a faculty member. Permission of faculty member involved is required. Special fee required.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Directed and supervised student teaching in art at an elementary school and participation in a seminar concerning theory and practice relevant to elementary school art. Minimum grade of "B-" required. 

A maximum of 15 hours of student teaching combined (all levels) is allowed.

Prerequisite: 310 and 320.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Diverse art historical, philosophical, and psychological bases for theories and models of curriculum development as they apply to teaching art in a planned curriculum. Students must earn a grade of "B-" or better in this course. 

Prerequisite: 310 or 320.

Studio course exploring technology in teaching elementary and secondary art. Students learn creative computer use through simple digital editing software programs. Special fee required.

Printmaking for artists/teachers in school settings. Processes for elementary and secondary students including stamping, linocuts, Styrofoam cuts, collagraphs, intaglio, monotypes. Special fee required.

Advanced printmaking techniques for secondary and post-secondary levels. In-depth exploration of intaglio (solar gravuere plates) and monotype printmaking. Special fee required.

Studio experience in drawing, painting, collage for students preparing to teach art at elementary and secondary levels. Special fee required.

Studio experience in using textile arts, including weaving and felting, in teaching art at elementary and secondary levels. Special fee required.

Studio experience in ceramic arts, including wheel-throwing and hand-building, for people preparing to teach art at elementary and secondary levels. Special fee required.

This course merges creative practice and the exploration of modifications in sculptural materials and methods appropriate to teaching in a K-12 environment.

Directed and supervised student teaching in art at a secondary school and participation in a seminar concerning art teaching theory and practice. Minimum grade of "B-" required. 

A maximum of 15 hours of student teaching combined (all levels) is allowed.

Prerequisite: 310 and 320.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Designed to acquaint teachers with the value and therapeutic uses of art in special education classrooms and to acquaint art education majors with adaptations of art to various exceptional cases. Special fee required.

A studio-based course in theory and practice of working with diverse students at risk for factors including socioeconomics, language, behavior, psychiatric diagnoses. Ten hours fieldwork. Special fee required.

An exploration of art criticism and aesthetics as part of a comprehensive art education curriculum with practical application in a K-12 setting. Special fee required.

Experiences for developing knowledge and competency in K-12 art curricula engaged with contemporary art and critical social issues in art education and grounded in the lives and concerns of all students in the art classroom.

Courses on a wide variety of topics about art education are offered according to interest and need. Different sections indicate different topics. Special fee required.

An introduction to major historical beliefs, values, philosophies and practices that inform contemporary art and art education programs and practices. Special fee required.

This is an entry-level course for licensure-track art education students and non-major students interested in exploring materials and methods, pedagogical theories, instructional practices, and professional opportunities within the visual arts.

Diverse art historical, philosophical, and psychological bases for theories and models of curriculum development as applied to teaching art in a planned curriculum. Students must earn a grade of "B-" or better in this course. 

Prerequisite: 310 or 320.

Studio course exploring technology in teaching elementary and secondary art. Students learn creative computer use through simple digital editing software programs. Special fee required.

Printmaking for artists/teachers in school settings. Processes for elementary and secondary students including stamping, linocuts, Styrofoam cuts, collagraphs, intaglio, monotypes. Special fee required.

Advanced printmaking techniques for secondary and post-secondary levels. In-depth exploration of intaglio (solar gravuere plates) and monotype printmaking. Special fee required.

Studio experience in drawing, painting, collage for students preparing to teach art at elementary and secondary levels. Special fee required.

Studio experience in using textile arts, including weaving and felting, in teaching art at elementary and secondary levels. Special fee required.

Studio experience in ceramic arts, including wheel-throwing and hand-building, for people preparing to teach art at elementary and secondary levels. Special fee required.

This course merges creative practice and the exploration of modifications in sculptural materials and methods appropriate to teaching in a K-12 environment.

Study of the special use of art activities with exceptional children along with practicum experience in field situations. Special fee required.

A studio-based course in theory and practice of working with diverse students at risk for factors including socioeconomics, language, behavior, psychiatric diagnoses. Ten hours fieldwork. Special fee required.

Metaphorical aspects of art, art in the construction of self and realities, and image making. Examines relationships among image and imagination, art and art education. Special fee required.

An exploration of art criticism and aesthetics as part of a comprehensive art education curriculum with practical application in a K-12 setting. Special fee required.

Experiences for developing knowledge and competency in K-12 art curricula engaged with contemporary art and critical social issues in art education and grounded in the lives and concerns of all students in the art classroom.

Examination of the assumptions, methods, results and applications of research in art education. Special fee required.

Examination of the contemporary developments, trends and issues in the field of art education as they relate to society, education and art. Special fee required.

Individual research into an area in art education proposed by the student and conducted under the direction of a professor. Special fee required.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Specialized courses about a particular topic in art education. A wide variety of topic courses is offered according to demand. Different sections indicate different topic content. Special fee required.

Individual observation, teaching, residency in an art education field situation under the supervision of a professor.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

A beginning course in the fundamental concepts of the visual arts; the language of form and the media of artistic expression. Readings and slide lectures supplemented by museum exhibition attendance.

Meets New Mexico Lower-Division General Education Common Core Curriculum Area V: Humanities and Fine Arts.

{Fall, Spring}

This survey course explores the art and architecture of ancient pre-historic cultures through the end of the fourteenth century. While focused primarily on the art of the Western civilizations, this course will also provide insights into the works of other major cultures in order to provide alternate views of art and history. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship of artworks to political, social, spiritual, intellectual, and cultural movements that affect and are affected by their creation and development.

Meets New Mexico Lower-Division General Education Common Core Curriculum Area V: Humanities and Fine Arts.

{Fall}

This survey course will explore the architecture, sculpture, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and glass objects from the 14th century to the modern era. While focused primarily on the art of the Western civilizations, this course will also provide insights into the works of other major cultures in order to provide alternate views of art and history. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship of artworks to political, social, spiritual, intellectual, and cultural movements that affect and are affected by their creation and development.

Meets New Mexico Lower-Division General Education Common Core Curriculum Area V: Humanities and Fine Arts.

{Spring}

This course is an overview of European and American art and architecture during the Modern era. Students will analyze the various movements in art as they relate to the historical settings in which the works were created. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship of artworks to political, social, spiritual, intellectual and cultural movements as they affected and were affected by their creation and development.

{Summer, Fall}

This course is designed to provide students with a fundamental working knowledge of the major trends in the aesthetic, conceptual, and technical aspects of photography from its beginnings in the 1830's to the recent practices of photographers and artists working with photographic technologies. Together we will investigate photography’s role as an artistic medium as a central focus, as well as its broader role in our visual, political, and social culture. Textbook readings, online lectures, discussions boards, exams, and other activities will assist students in gaining a critical understanding of photography.

{Offered upon demand}

This course surveys the roots and evolution of what is now regarded as New Media and Contemporary Art, those pioneering new forms and technologies that often blur the boundaries between art, science, and technology.

An examination of photography from a global perspective, this course sketches the role the medium has played as an engine of globalization. The course focuses on photography from Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Oceania.

The course introduces the history of modern design. Students explore the relationship between design disciplines and the fine arts. Design theories, design principles and ideas will be discussed in aesthetic, sociopolitical, and historical contexts.

Survey of the visual cultures (architecture, luxury objects, book illumination and illustration) of the Medieval World, including northern and Mediterranean Europe and the Islamic World, from 500 to 1000 CE.

{Offered upon demand}

Survey of the visual cultures (architecture, luxury objects, book illumination and illustration) of the Medieval World, including northern and Mediterranean Europe and the Islamic World, from 1000 to 1200 CE.

{Offered upon demand}

Lecture survey of the architectural and urban traditions of world cultures from prehistory to the Enlightenment.

{Fall}

Survey of the architectural and urban traditions of the modern world from the Enlightenment to the present.

{Spring}

Painting, sculpture and architecture of the 17th-century European masters, such as Bernini, Rubens, Velasquez, Poussin and Rembrandt, are examined against their background of religious and political conflict, theoretical dispute and the rise of modern science.

Interrelationships of Native American, Hispanic and Anglo cultures from prehistoric times to the present, emphasizing the major forms of expression–pottery, textiles, jewelry, architecture, painting and photography. Slide lectures supplemented by museum exhibits.

{Offered upon demand}

Buick.

Visual culture from colonial times through the Civil War including works by West, Greenough, Duncanson and Homer. Topics include various genres, artistic training and the market and art’s relationship to ethnic, gender and national identity.

Buick.

Visual culture from Reconstruction to World War II including works by Eakins, Stieglitz, Douglas and O’Keeffe. Traces the emergence of American Impressionism, early Modernism and Regionalism and explores their engagement with political, cultural and social debates.

Coursework determined by specific student requests or by the professor's current research.

(Also offered as ANTH 401 / 501)

Archaeological and historic art forms of the Arctic Northwest coast and the eastern woodlands of North America.

{Fall}

(Also offered as ANTH 403 / 503)

Archaeological and historic art forms of the Plains, Southwest and western regions of North America.

{Spring}

(Also offered as MSST 407 / 507)

History, philosophy and purposes of museums. Techniques and problems of museum administration, education, collection, exhibition, conservation and public relations.

{Offered upon demand}

The art of Mexico and Central America prior to the 16th century.

{Fall}

Arts of the Andean region prior to the 16th century.

{Spring}

Contextualizes artistic traditions of Pre-Columbian Central America, northern South America and the Caribbean. Geographically occupying a critical juncture between major continents and famous empires, these cultures developed visual traditions uniquely divergent from their more well-known neighbors.

Late 19th century through the present, includes painting and photography as well as media more often termed traditional. Examines historical background and current critical issues including the impact of stereotypes and the marketplace.

{Offered periodically}

Szabo

This course examines Native Southwestern ceramics from the archaeological past to the present. Regional developments, changes in ceramics made for internal use and for outside sale, as well as issues of the contemporary market are investigated.

{Offered periodically}

Long undervalued, Native arts made for outside sale provide multi-voiced narratives. Seminar-format will examine the intrinsic, aesthetic value of these complex arts, their roles and their importance to creators, purchasers and various audiences.

History of European prints from its inception in the early 15th century to its technical perfection and market success in the 18th century. Presenting printmaking as an expression of artistic and intellectual pursuit.

Printmaking, printing and artists’ books from Goya to present. Including the graphic arts and photography, the rise of the ideas of the original print, 20th-century mixed media and the relationship between words and images.

{Spring}

An in-depth study of historical, critical, and theoretical issues in American and European photographic visual culture from its inception to approximately 1914.

{Offered upon demand}

An in-depth study of historical, critical, and theoretical issues in American and European photographic visual culture from 1914 to approximately 1980.

{Offered upon demand}

An in-depth study of recent photographic visual culture, from approximately 1980 to the present. Emphasis on how images are deployed and understood as efforts to explore artistic, cultural, political, social, and theoretical issues.

{Offered upon demand}

Course work determined by specific students’ request or by the professor’s current research.

{Offered upon demand}

This course will explore the worship and display of art and architecture from the Byzantine Empire with a specific emphasis on the cross-cultural connections among Byzantium, Medieval Europe, the Islamic world, and the Armenian Kingdom.

An introduction to the visual culture of the Islamic world from its foundations in the seventh century on the Arabian Peninsula to its flowering under Ottoman and Mughal rule in the seventeenth century.

Survey of Spanish art and civilization.

{Offered upon demand}

Architecture, sculpture and painting in the period of Spanish colonization and the relation of these art forms to both the Spanish and the native Indian traditions.

{Offered upon demand}

(Also offered as AFST 453)

Buick.

This class provides an overview of African American artists and contextualizes their creativity within the wider framework of U.S. art. What, for example, are the benefits and pitfalls of assigning race to any creative practice?

Painting, sculpture and architecture in France, England, Spain and Germany from the twilight of Absolutism through the Industrial and French Revolutions.

Painting and sculpture in France, England and Germany from Courbet’s Realism and the Victorian Pre-Raphaelites through Impressionism and the late works of Cezanne and Monet.

(Also offered as ANTH, MSST 485 / 585)

Theoretical and practical work in specific museum problems. May be repeated as subject matter changes.

Prerequisite: 407 or MSST 407.

{Offered upon demand}

(Also offered as ANTH, MSST 486 / 586)

Practicum in museum methods and management.

Prerequisite: 407 or MSST 407.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Offered upon demand}

(Also offered as DANC, MUS, THEA 487 / 587; FDMA *487)

Analyzes major instances of interdisciplinary influence and collaboration in the present day.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Murals are an ancient and global phenomenon. This course studies the multiplicity of forms, topics, issues, contexts, aesthetic programs, and effects associated with those murals painted throughout the Americas from the 19th century to the present.

Painting and sculpture, 1940 to the present.

Prerequisite: 2130.

Buick

The class provides an examination of how densely populated American environments were reinterpreted by Europeans upon contact in the process of designing and implementing various systems for their habitation, exploitation, and consumption.

Individual investigation or reading under faculty direction.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Fall, Spring}

Art History Capstone course allows the student to demonstrate skill at art historical research and writing. Students work with professors, producing a final paper articulating the results of their findings, correctly revised and edited.

Prerequisite: one 400-level ARTH course.

Restriction: permission of instructor and senior standing. 

Directed independent study in a field of special interest culminating in a written thesis. Open only by invitation to departmental honors candidates.

{Fall, Spring}

A seminar for graduate students in art history stressing the history of the discipline and the methodology of research.

Open to graduate students in art history.

Restriction for others: permission of instructor.

{Fall}

(Also offered as ANTH 501 / 401)

Archaeological and historic art forms of the Arctic Northwest coast and the eastern woodlands of North America.

{Fall}

(Also offered as ANTH 503 / 403)

Archaeological and historic art forms of the Plains, Southwest and western regions of North America.

{Spring}

(Also offered as MSST 507 / 407)

History, philosophy and purposes of museums. Techniques and problems of museum administration, education, collection, exhibition, conservation and public relations.

{Offered every academic year}

The art of Mexico and Central America prior to the 16th century.

{Fall}

Arts of the Andean region prior to the 16th century.

{Spring}

Contextualizes artistic traditions of Pre-Columbian Central America, northern South America and the Caribbean. Geographically occupying a critical juncture between major continents and famous empires, these cultures developed visual traditions uniquely divergent from their more well-known neighbors.

Late 19th century through the present, includes painting and photography as well as media more often termed traditional. Examines historical background and current critical issues including the impact of stereotypes and the marketplace.

{Offered periodically}

Szabo

This course examines Native Southwestern ceramics from the archaeological past to the present. Regional developments, changes in ceramics made for internal use and for outside sale, as well as issues of the contemporary market are investigated.

{Offered periodically}

Long undervalued, Native arts made for outside sale provide multi-voiced narratives. Seminar-format will examine the intrinsic, aesthetic value of these complex arts, their roles and their importance to creators, purchasers and various audiences.

The course introduces the history of modern design. Students explore the relationship between design disciplines and the fine arts. Design theories, design principles and ideas will be discussed in aesthetic, sociopolitical, and historical contexts.

History of European prints from its inception in the early 15th century to its technical perfection and market success in the 18th century. Presenting printmaking as an expression of artistic and intellectual pursuit.

Printmaking, printing and artists’ books from Goya to present. Including the graphic arts and photography, the rise of the ideas of the original print, 20th-century mixed media and the relationship between words and images.

{Spring}

An in-depth study of historical, critical, and theoretical issues in American and European photographic visual culture from its inception to approximately 1914.

{Offered upon demand}

An in-depth study of historical, critical, and theoretical issues in American and European photographic visual culture from 1914 to approximately 1980.

{Offered upon demand}

An in-depth study of recent photographic visual culture, from approximately 1980 to the present. Emphasis on how images are deployed and understood as efforts to explore artistic, cultural, political, social, and theoretical issues.

{Offered upon demand}

{Offered upon demand}

This course will explore the worship and display of art and architecture from the Byzantine Empire with a specific emphasis on the cross-cultural connections among Byzantium, Medieval Europe, the Islamic world, and the Armenian Kingdom.

An introduction to the visual culture of the Islamic world from its foundations in the seventh century on the Arabian Peninsula to its flowering under Ottoman and Mughal rule in the seventeenth century.

Survey of Spanish art and civilization.

{Offered upon demand}

Architecture, sculpture and painting in the period of Spanish colonization and the relation of these art forms to both the Spanish and the native Indian traditions.

{Offered upon demand}

{Fall, Spring}

Buick

This class provides an overview of African American artists and contextualizes their creativity within the wider framework of U.S. art. What, for example, are the benefits and pitfalls of assigning race to any creative practice?

(Also offered as ANTH 509)

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Offered upon demand}

Aspects of Pre-Columbian art, architecture, and culture in Mesoamerica and South America are examined in depth.

Prerequisite: 511 and 512.

{Offered upon demand}

Painting, sculpture and architecture in France, England, Spain and Germany from the twilight of Absolutism through the Industrial and French Revolutions.

(Also offered as ARCH 523)

Lecture survey of the architectural and urban traditions of world cultures from prehistory to the Enlightenment.

{Fall}

Buick.

Visual culture from colonial times through the Civil War including works by West, Greenough, Duncanson and Homer. Topics include various genres, artistic training and the market and art’s relationship to ethnic, gender and national identity.

Buick.

Visual culture from Reconstruction to World War II including works by Eakins, Stieglitz, Douglas and O’Keeffe. Traces the emergence of American Impressionism, early Modernism and Regionalism and explores their engagement with political, cultural and social debates.

Prerequisite: 450.

{Offered upon demand}

Prerequisite: 491.

{Offered upon demand}

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Offered upon demand}

(Also offered as FDMA *485; MUS 584) 

An independent study in either critical studies or studio, beyond the scope of the Fine Arts interdisciplinary courses, which may occur within or outside the College of Fine Arts.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Fall, Spring}

(Also offered as ANTH, MSST 585 / 485)

Theoretical and practical work in specific museum problems. May be repeated as subject matter changes.

Prerequisite: 507 or MSST 507.

{Offered upon demand}

(Also offered as ANTH, MSST 586 / 486)

Practicum in museum methods and management.

Prerequisite: 507 or MSST 507.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Offered upon demand}

(Also offered as DANC, MUS, THEA 587 / 487; FDMA *487)

Analyzes major instances of interdisciplinary influence and collaboration in the present day.

{Spring}

Painting and sculpture, 1940 to the present.

Prerequisite: 2130.

Buick

The class provides an examination of how densely populated American environments were reinterpreted by Europeans upon contact in the process of designing and implementing various systems for their habitation, exploitation, and consumption.

Painting and sculpture in France, England and Germany from Courbet’s Realism and the Victorian Pre-Raphaelites through Impressionism and the late works of Cezanne and Monet.

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

{Fall, Spring}

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

{Fall, Spring}

This course introduces the exploration of processes, ideas, and diverse media of visual arts. It addresses the thematic concepts that are central to the nature of art making today, with emphasis given to issues of LIGHT, FRAME, and MARK while developing an understanding of the elements and principles of design.

{Fall, Spring}

This course introduces the exploration of processes, ideas, and diverse media of visual arts. It addresses the thematic concepts that are central to the nature of art making today, with emphasis given to issues of MOTIVE and CHANGE while developing concepts, techniques, and processes involved in working in the third dimension.

Prerequisite: 1220.

{Fall, Spring}

This course introduces the fundamentals of two-dimensional design as it applies to fine art and commercial contexts. Emphasis will be on basic color theory, elements of dynamic composition, vocabulary of visual arts and design, and development of visual conceptual skills. Students will use a variety of materials and techniques.

{Fall, Spring}

This course introduces the technical processes and conceptual concerns of working with ceramic material. Various methods of forming functional and expressive works out of clay are explored. Methods used include handbuilding and throwing, basic clay bodies, slip and glaze, and atmospheric firing.

{Fall, Spring}

An introduction to the medium of clay incorporating hand building and wheel throwing to introduce the student to both the sculptural and utilitarian uses of clay. The student will also be introduced to a variety of glazing and firing techniques.

Prerequisite: 1310.

{Fall, Spring}

This course introduces the student to three basic skills of an ecological art practice: research, making, and an immersion in ecological systems through poetic thinking, subversive action, and creative fabrication.

{Fall, Spring}

This course introduces the making of photographic images from a broad viewpoint to consider both as an art practice and as a cultural practice. The course covers technical information on camera use and functionality, composition and visual design, digital workflow and editing, professional functions of manipulating and enhancing images, and printing correctly and effectively. The historical aspects of photography are also covered. Foundation course designed to prepare students for ARTS 2420.

{Fall, Spring}

This course will be an introduction to the computer as a medium and fine art tool. The course will explore the history, theory, and contemporary art issues associated with electronic art practice, as well as introduce students to the basic tools and associated technologies. This studio course will introduce simple electronics, software and ideas for working with sound, video, and the Internet to create artwork.

{Fall, Spring}

This course introduces the basic principles, materials, and skills of observational drawing. Emphasis is placed on rendering a 3-D subject on a 2-D surface with visual accuracy. Other topics include historical and contemporary references as well as an investigation of linear perspective, line, value, shape, space & composition.

{Fall, Spring}

This course introduces the tradition of painting as a medium for artistic expression. Students will investigate materials, tools, techniques, history and concepts of painting. Emphasis is placed on developing descriptive and perceptual skills, color theory, and composition.

Prerequisite: 1610.

{Fall, Spring}

This course provides direct experience of exploring basic printmaking processes, including relief, intaglio, and monoprint processes, as well as the investigation of materials/media, tools, techniques, history, and concepts of printmaking. Emphasis is given to solving problems through thematic development while producing a portfolio of prints.

Prerequisite: 1610.

{Fall, Spring}

This course introduces the basic techniques, materials, and tools traditionally used in the creation of jewelry and/or small-scale sculptural objects.

{Fall, Spring}

This course provides an introduction to the proper use of shop facilities with an emphasis on the safety procedures required for their proper use. The course will provide the student with a foundation of technical skills for use in the production of their work in subsequent classes.

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

{Fall, Spring}

This course introduces the student to a variety of medium and techniques used in the production of sculpture; along with the historic, conceptual, and esthetic foundations of the sculptural process.

Prerequisite: 1830.

{Fall, Spring}

This course introduces the fundamental techniques of black and white photography, which includes camera functions and use, exposure techniques and film processing, traditional darkroom printing, and presentation of work.

{Offered upon demand}

Students will create work that deeply explores analog image creation from rigorous traditional image making to highly experimental engagement with light sensitive materials. While technique is emphasized, conceptual engagement with that technique is paramount.

Prerequisite: 2410.

The course is dedicated to teaching how to visualize ideas within the photographic medium by combining theoretical content and aesthetic form to create a conceptually rich body of work. It explores advanced digital photography, including perfecting use of the camera and relevant digital software, and honing inkjet printing skills. We will explore new techniques and workflows, and use them to respond to a variety of themes and concerns. We will look at a number of contemporary photographic practitioners, and discuss a multitude of historical and contemporary approaches to the same ideas we will be probing.

Prerequisite: 1410.

Techniques and aesthetics of digital imaging using a variety of software programs and hardware.

Prerequisite: 2420.

{Offered upon demand}

An investigation of video as a medium within a fine art context. Course will explore history, theory, and contemporary art issues associated with video art practice as well as develop student's mastery of technical skills.

Prerequisite: 1510.

This course introduces color and colored media as an element of composition while emphasizing descriptive and perceptual drawing skills and conceptual approaches to contemporary drawing.

Prerequisite: 1610.

{Fall, Spring}

This course focuses on the expressive and conceptual aspects of painting, building on the observational, compositional, technical, and critical skills gained previously. Students will investigate a variety of approaches to subject matter, materials, and creative processes through in-class projects, related out-of-class assignments, library research or museum/gallery attendance, written responses, and critiques.

Prerequisite: 1630.

{Fall, Spring}

Fabrication skills are further developed and refined while additional advanced fabrication methods are introduced. Emphasis is placed on developing a deeper understanding of form and content as it relates to creating on an intimate scale.

Prerequisite: 1810.

{Fall, Spring}

An investigation of sound as a medium within a fine art context. Course will explore history, theory, and contemporary art issues associated with sound art and develop student's skills in sound editing/recording technology.

Prerequisite: 1510.

Continued exploration of drawing concepts and techniques presented in prerequisite. Emphasis on expressive drawing, working from imagination as well as from observation.

Prerequisite: 2610.

{Fall, Spring}

Extension of the concepts presented in prerequisite, emphasizing experimentation with materials and techniques. Individual in-depth projects are assigned to encourage independent thinking with regard to contemporary painting issues.

Prerequisite: 2630.

{Fall, Spring}

Study of the human figure as the primary vehicle for addressing formal and conceptual drawing problems.

Prerequisite: 2610.

This class encourages the student to develop personal direction with an emphasis on expanding sculptural possibilities. Topically appropriate assignments will be given according to the instructor’s individual expertise as well as the current theoretical discourse.

Prerequisite: 1840.

{Fall, Spring}

An intensive study of color through assigned problems designed to develop greater awareness of and sensitivity to the use and function of color in the arts.

Course emphasizes art making using evolving computer based tools. Class draws on current work and theory, combined with classroom critique. Students must have a basic understanding of video and digital imaging techniques to take course.

{Fall, Spring}

This intermediate course advances techniques and conceptual foundations learned in Video Art I. Through technical demonstrations and assignments, students develop their video work while investigating a variety of formats and presentations in video art.

Prerequisite: 1510.

Course serves as an introduction to using the 3D printer as a tool for creating artwork. Students gain technical understanding of fused filament fabrication 3D printers with focus on creating artwork and troubleshooting design issues.

Prerequisite: 1510.

Exploration of intaglio processes. Includes lecture, demonstration, studio practice, and critique. Emphasis on technical considerations and the development of a personal aesthetic. 

Prerequisite: 1710.

{Fall, Spring}

Fundamental techniques of drawing and painting on and from lithographic stones and metal plates, primarily in black and white. Includes lectures, demonstrations, critiques, and practical experience. 

Prerequisite: 1710.

{Fall, Spring}

This course builds on the ecological practice of art, emphasizing background research, collaboration, and public interaction.

Prerequisite: 141.

{Fall, Spring}

Introduction to techniques, history, aesthetics and creative aspects of screen printing.

Prerequisite: 1710.

{Offered upon demand}

De Jong.

Introduction to the fundamentals of small scale metal casting in bronze and silver through the lost wax process. Additional metal related techniques such as soldering and patination will be explored.

Prerequisite: 1810.

Encourages personal interest in making art while gaining understanding of traditions, innovations, concepts, history, techniques, critical thinking, material sensibility, and community engagements that underline international ceramics practice. Open-ended projects and self-directed work.

Prerequisite: 1320.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Fall, Spring}

Arita, Japan method of creating wheel thrown porcelain vessels: processes, materials, history, and philosophy.

{Fall, Spring}

Focusing on all aspects of digital workflow, this course is for students with advanced digital imaging skills to further hone and perfect the processes of advanced photographic manipulation and the creation of exhibition-quality prints.

Prerequisite: 2420 and (ARTH 2245 or ARTH 425 or ARTH 426 or ARTH 427).

Salinger, Stone.

Students will begin to develop their own work based on individual interests and contemporary issues, in-class critiques, and readings.

Prerequisite: 2420 and (ARTH 2245 or ARTH 425 or ARTH 426 or ARTH 427).

{Offered upon demand}

Students work toward a complete understanding of the qualities of light, both natural and artificial, on photographs. Intensive studio practice explores the use of artificial light.

Prerequisite: 2420 and (ARTH 2245 or ARTH 425 or ARTH 426 or ARTH 427).

Concentrated practical and historical study of specified concerns in studio art.

Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Offered upon demand}

(Also offered as CS 394)

Introduction to story boarding, modeling, rendering, animation and dynamics. Class uses high-level commercial animation software. Course emphasizes both the development of technical skills and the aesthetic aspects of computer imagery. Not allowed for graduate credit for computer science majors, nor as a technical elective for undergraduate computer science majors.

Emphasis on contemporary drawing issues. Students are encouraged to initiate their own projects and to develop a personal direction. Individual and group critiques.

Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.

Prerequisite: 305.

{Fall, Spring}

Emphasizes contemporary painting issues. Students are encouraged to initiate their own projects and to develop a personal direction. Individual and group critiques.

Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.

Prerequisite: 308.

{Fall, Spring}

This is a nature based, field study class. Sites are visited which inspire artists to develop projects with an interrelated media approach. Formal and conceptual issues regarding several environments will be addressed.

Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Fall}

Allows students to pursue their own individual concepts and techniques. Emphasis will be on independent projects.

Prerequisite: 1840.

{Fall, Spring}

Focuses on issues important to the theory and practice of contemporary painting and drawing. Class time will include open studio hours, seminar style discussions, and group critiques.

Prerequisite: two semesters of 305 and/or 308.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Coursework determined by specific student need or by the professor’s current research.

Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Fall, Spring}

Explores advanced technical, theoretical and conceptual essentials of time-based media. Designed for students with continued interest in using sound, moving images, and performance for their art-making practice. Challenges students to create novel time-based work.

Prerequisite: 331. 

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Course is based on the integration of nascent technologies in electronic / digital media art practice. Works will be created in conjunction with concurrent investigation of digital media art history and contemporary theoretical discourses. Part I.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Course is based on integration of nascent technologies in electronic / digital media art practice. Works will be created in conjunction with concurrent investigation of digital media, art history, and contemporary theoretical discourses. Part II.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Fine Art production for the Immersive Fulldome. This emerging medium comes out of planetarium technology. We will investigate the nature of immersive media through historical and theoretical readings and discussions alongside the creative process.

Prerequisite: 330. 

Restriction: permission of instructor.

This class will focus on network and wireless, communication and control technologies. Students will experiment with streaming and analog broadcasting as well as installation based approaches to working with tools that manipulate the electromagnetic spectrum.

Prerequisite: 330. 

Restriction: permission of instructor.

A continuation of 337 with the exploration of multiple plate and color printing processes. Greater emphasis is given to technical considerations and the development of a personal aesthetic. 

Prerequisite: 337.

{Fall, Spring}

Continuation of 338 with particular emphasis on color printing and special processes, including photo reproduction. Emphasis on personal aesthetic and technical concepts.

Prerequisite: 338.

{Fall, Spring}

This course focuses on skills for researching, designing and writing effective grant applications and proposals for art-based solicitations. Students shape ideas for small and large-scale projects into proposals following requirements of real-world calls for entry.

An interdisciplinary field course in aesthetically visualizing information from computer science, operations research, and applied mathematics to articulate environmental, economic, and societal needs for sustainability. Hands-on projects, theoretical, and field research.

{Offered periodically}

This course will investigate site-based, low-tech, infrastructure as art. We will design and build experimental sculptures to create an aesthetic for functional works and understand challenges to scaling.

{Offered periodically}

The course uses art and design to respond to global and local challenges. Modules led by faculty from Art and Ecology offer students skills of collaboration, community process, site-based plans of action, and economic value.

Course addresses fundamentals of graphic design through a series of art projects. Students study examples from a variety of sources and develop language for using text and image in installation, print, and online publication.

Course explores the politics of performance and how artists investigate constructions of race, gender, sexuality, and class. Combines seminar discussion with group workshop and critique sessions. Students develop performance pieces or critical scholarship.

This course will investigate research methodologies for field-based artists and facilitate the development and implementation of students' individualized artistic research projects through primary source materials, creative processes, critical reflection, and textual production.

Corequisite: 452 and 453 and 454.

Restriction: permission of instructor. 

This course will immerse students in field-based studio practice across numerous econiches, habitation sites, and conceptions of "Place." Students will work individually and collaboratively to investigate these field sites through artistic processes and projects.

Corequisite: 451 and 453 and 454.

Restriction: permission of instructor. 

This course will engage and transform field-based, artistic research and practice into the production process of interdisciplinary studio art projects culminating in both experimental and finished art works.

Corequisite: 451 and 452 and 454.

Restriction: permission of instructor. 

This course will investigate the context of art through various presentation methodologies, engagement locations, consideration for audience reception, and media dissemination. Students will develop presentation strategies and work collaboratively to prepare a public exhibition.

Corequisite: 451 and 452 and 453.

Restriction: permission of instructor. 

DeJong.

Students must develop an individual program of studies in consultation with the instructor. Group critiques are scheduled regularly.

Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.

Prerequisite: 357.

{Spring}

Cook.

This course addresses what constitutes authentic experience in an era profoundly shaped by electronic media. Travel to locations in New Mexico where work is produced on site with digital video and other imaging tools.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Offered upon demand}

A cross-cultural approach designed to expose students to the Puebloan pottery tradition. The course combines a hands-on approach to pottery-making with an analytical investigation of material culture and ethnoaesthetics. 

Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Fall}

In-depth practices of the Arita, Japan method of creating wheel thrown porcelain vessels: forming techniques, aesthetics, surface design, glazing, and firing. 

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Fall, Spring}

Concentrated exploration of various concepts and methods of printmaking including multiple processes. Course content varies but emphasizes the development of personalized direction and the establishment of high professional standards. Individual and group critiques.

Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula and majors in Art enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.

Prerequisite: 336 or 374.

Salinger, Stone.

Emphasis on photo-based media, but open to advanced students in all areas of studio art. Will encourage cross-media critique and help students prepare for the professional world upon graduation.

Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Fall, Spring}

Advanced, individually directed study in areas of special interest not normally covered in advanced level courses.

Open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Pre-professional curricula of the College of Fine Arts. Students in Art Education curricula may enroll with permission of the department chairperson.

Restriction: permission of department.

Art Studio Capstone will focus on preparing B.F.A. seniors on topics pertaining to professional practices and critical discourse for visual artists. Students will learn to present their work verbally and visually in a professional manner.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Directed independent study in a field of special interest, culminating in an exhibition and written thesis. Open only by invitation to departmental honors candidates.

May be repeated for credit towards degree to a maximum of 6 hours.

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

{Fall, Spring}

Study of relationships between theory and practice. Course examines contemporary theories of art as viewed in the context of the student’s own work.

Open only to studio graduate students in the Department of Art and Art History.

{Fall}

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Fall, Spring}

This is a nature based, field study class. Sites are visited which inspire artists to develop projects with an interrelated media approach. Formal and conceptual issues regarding several environments will be addressed.

{Fall}

Student is required to produce four projects, an artist’s statement, a portfolio of the semester’s work and give a slide lecture on a contemporary topic.

{Fall, Spring}

Production of finished works based upon current research and studio practice incorporating concepts such as one color as two, two color as one, transparency/illusion, saturation/shadow, descriptive/local color, optical mixtures, unity, anomaly, psychological color, electronic color.

Course work determined by specific student need or by the professor's current research.

{Fall, Spring}

Explores advanced technical, theoretical and conceptual essentials of time-based media. Designed for students with continued interest in using sound, moving images, and performance for their art-making practice. Challenges students to create novel time-based work.

Prerequisite: 331. 

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Course is based on the integration of nascent technologies in electronic / digital media art practice. Works will be created in conjunction with concurrent investigation of digital media art history and contemporary theoretical discourses. Part I.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Course is based on integration of nascent technologies in electronic / digital media art practice. Works will be created in conjunction with concurrent investigation of digital media, art history, and contemporary theoretical discourses. Part II.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Fine Art production for the Immersive Fulldome. This emerging medium comes out of planetarium technology. We will investigate the nature of immersive media through historical and theoretical readings and discussions alongside the creative process.

Prerequisite: 330. 

Restriction: permission of instructor.

This class will focus on network and wireless, communication and control technologies. Students will experiment with streaming and analog broadcasting as well as installation based approaches to working with tools that manipulate the electromagnetic spectrum.

Prerequisite: 330. 

Restriction: permission of instructor.

This course focuses on skills for researching, designing and writing effective grant applications and proposals for art-based solicitations. Students shape ideas for small and large-scale projects into proposals following requirements of real-world calls for entry.

An interdisciplinary field course in aesthetically visualizing information from computer science, operations research, and applied mathematics to articulate environmental, economic, and societal needs for sustainability. Hands-on projects, theoretical, and field research.

{Offered periodically}

This course will investigate site-based, low-tech, infrastructure as art. We will design and build experimental sculptures to create an aesthetic for functional works and understand challenges to scaling.

{Offered periodically}

The course uses art and design to respond to global and local challenges. Modules led by faculty from Art and Ecology offer students skills of collaboration, community process, site-based plans of action, and economic value.

Course addresses fundamentals of graphic design through a series of art projects. Students study examples from a variety of sources and develop language for using text and image in installation, print, and online publication.

Course explores the politics of performance and how artists investigate constructions of race, gender, sexuality, and class. Combines seminar discussion with group workshop and critique sessions. Students develop performance pieces or critical scholarship.

This course will investigate research methodologies for field-based artists and facilitate the development and implementation of students' individualized artistic research projects through primary source materials, creative processes, critical reflection, and textual production.

Corequisite: 552 and 553 and 554.

Restriction: permission of instructor. 

This course will immerse students in field-based studio practice across numerous econiches, habitation sites, and conceptions of "Place." Students will work individually and collaboratively to investigate these field sites through artistic processes and projects.

Corequisite: 551 and 553 and 554.

Restriction: permission of instructor. 

This course will engage and transform field-based, artistic research and practice into the production process of interdisciplinary studio art projects culminating in both experimental and finished art works.

Corequisite: 551 and 552 and 554.

Restriction: permission of instructor. 

This course will investigate the context of art through various presentation methodologies, engagement locations, consideration for audience reception, and media dissemination. Students will develop presentation strategies and work collaboratively to prepare a public exhibition.

Corequisite: 551 and 552 and 553.

Restriction: permission of instructor. 

Small scale metal casting in bronze and silver through the lost wax process. Included are additional metal related techniques such as soldering and patination.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Fall, Spring}

Cook.

This course addresses what constitutes authentic experience in an era profoundly shaped by electronic media. Travel to locations in New Mexico where work is produced on site with digital video and other imaging tools.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Offered upon demand}

A cross-cultural approach designed to expose students to the Puebloan pottery tradition. The course combines a hands-on approach to pottery-making with an analytical investigation of material culture and ethnoaesthetics. 

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Fall}

In-depth practices of the Arita, Japan method of creating wheel thrown porcelain vessels: forming techniques, aesthetics, surface design, glazing, and firing.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Fall, Spring}

Focusing on all aspects of digital workflow, this course is for students with advanced digital imaging skills to further hone and perfect the processes of advanced photographic manipulation and the creation of exhibition-quality prints.

Prerequisite: 2420 and (ARTH 2245 or ARTH 525 or ARTH 526 or ARTH 527).

Concentration on student’s individual art production in any area of studio art, with special attention given to developing critical acuity toward photo-based media.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

{Fall, Spring}

Students work toward a complete understanding of the qualities of light, both natural and artificial, on photographs. Intensive studio practice explores the use of artificial light.

Prerequisite: 2420 and (ARTH 2245 or ARTH 525 or ARTH 526 or ARTH 527).

Consideration of theoretical, critical and historical issues in the context of studio disciplines. Course content determined by student request or professor’s current research.

{Fall, Spring}

Advanced, individually directed study.

Open to graduate students only.

{Fall, Spring}

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

{Fall, Spring}