UNDERGRADUATE

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The undergraduate program is eager to provide the brand of mentorship and support that will allow you to grow as an artist, a designer, an educator, or a historian but mostly as a thinker. Ultimately, our curriculum offers professional training for the self-sustaining artist/designer as well as preparation for the student planning to pursue an advanced degree in the arts.

To be a successful student, we see it as our responsibility to provide you with guidance to help you achieve your goals. In each class, you work closely with a faculty member to test your aesthetic vision, refine your technical, communicative, and evaluative skills.

Majors sit down with faculty members to choose elective courses within the School of Art + Design that best contribute to their future ambitions.

With the degree in hand, students have a broad range of professional options to consider, such as a public school teacher, curatorial researcher, an exhibiting artist, a conservator, a toy or exhibit designer, a photo stylist, a jewelry designer, or an artist in resident, etc. The list is long. Some of our students choose to matriculate to grad school as well, where they continue their training as professional artists and educators.

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Fall 2013 Art + Design Registration

Time Tickets

You will be assigned a Time Ticket, the earliest time you are authorized to register, based on the number of hours completed (including current enrolled hours), according to campus policy. Priority registration times will be spread over three weeks. You may register or adjust your schedule any time after your earliest assigned time through the first day of classes without penalty. You are encouraged to register as soon as possible after your time ticket allows to retain your priority. The traditional priority registration groups and the process for assigning registration times remain unchanged. Registration times will be assigned to groups approximately as follows:

Start Date Time Groups
Monday, April 1 8:20 a.m. Chancellor's Honors
11:20 a.m. James Scholars
Tuesday, April 2 8:20 a.m. Rehabilitation education students
9:40 a.m. Varsity athletes
11:20 a.m. Marching Band
1:00 p.m. Seniors (90 or more credit hours)
Monday, April 8 8:20 a.m. Graduate and professional students
Wednesday, April 10 8:20 a.m. Juniors (60-89 credit hours)
Monday, April 15 8:20 a.m. Sophomores (30-59 credit hours)
Thursday, April 18 8:20 a.m. Freshmen (less than 30 credit hours)
Monday, April 22 8:20 a.m. Others
Thursday, August 29 8:20 a.m. Non-degree part-time

No Restrictions: The following classes are open to the campus.

  • ART 100 - Understanding Visual Culture (online)
  • ART 140 - Introduction to Art (Lit & Arts)
  • ART 299 - Drawing for Non-Majors
  • ART 299 - Painting for Non-Majors
  • ART 350 - Writing with Video (Adv Comp, Lit & Arts, West Compartv Cult)
  • ARTD 209 - Chado (The Way of Tea)
  • ARTD 215 - Introduction to Typography
  • ARTD 445 - Visiting Lecture Series on Design
  • ARTE 260 - Museums in Action
  • ARTH 111 - Ancient to Medieval Art (Lit and Arts course)
  • ARTH 114 - Introduction to East Asian Art (Non-West Cult)
  • ARTH - Advanced Art History Classes (200, 300, 400 levels)
  • ARTS 341 - Image Practice
  • ARTS 343 - Time Arts I
  • ARTS 344 - Interaction I

Restrictions will be lifted on Monday, April 22 for Art + Design students for the following classes:

  • ARTS 250 - Life Drawing
  • ARTS 251 - Painting I
  • ARTS 252 - Making and Meaning

All Restrictions will be lifted on Monday, April 22 for University students for the following classes:

  • ARTD 260 - Basic Photography
  • ARTS 210 - Ceramics Sculpture I
  • ARTS 230 - Jewelry/Metals I
  • ARTS 280 - Sculpture I

Special Topic Courses:

  • ARTD 445 - Visiting Lecture Series on Design
  • ARTH 299 - Sacred Arts of Africa
  • ARTS 299 - Mold Making for Artists and Designers
  • ARTS 299 - Digital Fabrication
  • ARTS 445 - Art + Place