2016-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Course Numbering System
The first digit in each course designation is intended to indicate the level of the course. In addition, the first digit also roughly indexes the student’s year of study at the University.
Courses numbered 001 to 099 are non-baccalaureate developmental courses.
Courses numbered 100 to 299 are lower-division.
Courses numbered 300 to 499 are upper-division.
Courses numbered 500 to 599 are graduate level, and may be taken by advanced upper-division, post-baccalaureate, or graduate students for undergraduate or graduate credit.
Courses numbered 600 to 699 are graduate level. These courses may be taken by undergraduate students only on an individual basis, and only with prior, case-by-case approval of the program director of the program offering the course (or his/her designee).
Courses numbered 700 to 799 are doctoral level.
Courses numbered 1000 and above not listed in this catalog because these are professional-level courses carrying University credit, which do not typically apply to credentials or degrees offered by the University. These courses are recorded on student transcripts.
Students should consult relevant sections of this catalog, as well as college and program advising staff, in order to determine which courses are appropriate for their level of study, and which courses satisfy degree requirements for various programs of study.
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Theatre Arts There is a Theatre Arts Option in the Visual and Performing Arts major.
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TA 222 - Introduction to African American Theatre Units: 3
Designed to give students of all backgrounds an introductory understanding to the world of modern African American theatre. Covers elements of style, design, criticism, and history as they pertain to the genre. There will also be a performance element to the class. Discussion will include issues of politics, race, and gender in the American Theatre.
Satisfies GE area: C1
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TA 300 - Theatre for Social Change Units: 3
Designed to demonstrate how theatre can be used to address social issues as it explores the role that theatre with a social perspective has played in the history of world theatre. The class will use real-life controversy — one relevant to this community — as a base. Students will do substantial research on a chosen topic/issue and then use that information to write and perform a play. Two hours lecture Two hours laboratory.
Satisfies GE area: CC
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TA 301 - Acting I Units: 3
A studio class centered around the student’s practice of basic acting techniques. Each student will be required to prepare a monologue and a scene to be performed in class. Basic approaches to theatrical movement and voice will be explored. Course may be repeated for credit for a total of nine (9) units. Recommended Preparation: Recommended Preparation: TA 101 or a beginning acting class taken at another institution.
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TA 302 - Movement for Actors Units: 1
Through Western and non-Western approaches, student will work on developing a physical awareness for stage work, including spatial awareness, directing energy, and ensemble development.
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TA 304 - Acting Shakespeare Units: 3
Exploration of Shakespeare’s language through examining and performing scenes from the plays. Study of heightened realities of poetic drama, verse analysis, research, and methods and how to approach classical text as an actor.
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TA 305 - Design for Live Performance Units: 3
Introduces theatrical and live performance design areas such as lighting, scenic, costume, projection, sounds, and painting. Includes lecture and hands-on experience ideal for advanced students. Course meets for four hours (4) per week. May be repeated for a total of twelve (12) units, including any previous enrollment in VPA 380 G.
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TA 307 - On-Camera Acting Units: 3
Provides hands-on experience in acting for film and television. Students will work in various genres (e.g., commercials, romantic comedy, drama, etc.) discuss acting techniques as they apply to film performance via practical projects, reading, written assignments and critiques. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units.
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TA 310 - Acting II Units: 3
Introduces a range of rehearsal techniques that help the actor approach onstage events with imagination and a rich emotional life. Focuses on beginning scene study with an emphasis on exploring action/objective and the given circumstances of a selected text. Also focuses on self-awareness by freeing the actors body, breaking down inhibitions, cultivating the imagination, and honing skills in listening and improvisation. May be repeated; a total of nine (9) units may count toward graduation requirements. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for VPA 380 -5. This course meets for two hours of lecture Two hours of activity each week. Recommended Preparation: Recommended Preparation: TA 301 or a beginning acting class taken at another institution.
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TA 311 - Acting Ensemble Units: 3
Focuses on building an ensemble with particular emphasis upon the analysis of text. Students will explore and analyze the script and its author and will present a scene publicly at the end of the semester. Uses the methods of Michael Chekhov to teach how to examine a play and analyze a character within the context of the larger performance ensemble. Culminates in a public performance. Ensemble segments may include Chicano theatre, feminist theatre, and African American theatre. May be repeated; a total of nine (9) units may count toward graduation requirements. This course meets for two hours of lecture Two hours of activity each week.
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TA 320 - Modern World Theatre in Europe and LatinAmerica Units: 3
Through individual and group readings, students will study European and Latin American dramatic works. Focuses on the relationship between theatre in both form and content, and the society giving rise to a particular work. Works drawn from both the traditional and emerging canon will be examined in terms of acting style, content, imagery, and motive. Students will examine plays from other countries considering their perspectives, relevance and meaning to our own multicultural society in light of prevailing world conditions. Issues such as identity, gender, sexuality, race, class, community, and ethnicity will be analyzed through in-class discussions and library research.
Satisfies GE area: CC
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TA 323 - Power and Popular Culture Units: 3
Through critical analysis of advertising, popular film, theatre, and television, this course offers an active interdisciplinary approach for exploring the way women, gays, ethnic minorities, and individuals of different classes are portrayed, allowed access, and share power within these mediums as both cultural expressions and fields of employment. The analysis of popular culture and the meaning it reflects in light of prevailing world conditions poses an awareness of the subsequent choices confronting individuals and communities in U.S. society. Issues of identity, gender, sexuality, race, class, community, and ethnicity will be considered not only for their cultural expression but as the mechanisms of larger world systems. Through individual and group readings, in-class discussions, and film showings, this course will provide ample opportunities for the development of in-depth research projects.
Satisfies GE area: CC
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TA 324 - Women Playwrights and Performers in the Americas Units: 3
Examines issues surrounding women in the Americas as theatre artists and playwrights in the 20th Century. Uses an active interdisciplinary approach to analyze how women have used playwriting and performance as a means of self-expression. Seen through various cultural perspectives, the relationship between the creative act and a woman’s cultural, social, and historical positions will be of particular interest. Examination of the special role of women as conscious agents of cultural transformation in a rapidly changing world. Draws upon areas of contemporary literary theory, feminist theory, literature, women’s studies, psychology, and theatre arts.
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TA 325 - Latino/Chicano Theatre in the United States Units: 3
Through individual and group readings of specific works of theatre, this course will examine the role of Latino/Chicano Theatre as a part of American Theatre and a distinct voice in World Theatre. Students will examine social, political, and aesthetic elements which have given rise to the development of Latino/Chicano theatre, including the struggle for justice, cultural and community integrity, biculturalism, bilingualism, identity, race, and cultural chauvinism. The perspectives and works of other Latino populations will be included as part of an examination of comparative and competing Latino world views within the United States. The course will include a performance aspect.
Satisfies GE area: CC
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TA 328 - Stage to Film Units: 3
Through play readings, viewing selected films of plays and occasional attendance at performances, students will analyze and examine distinctions between theatre and film as they pertain to film adaptation. Students will compare and contrast aesthetic, economic, social, and political issues involved in the translation and adaptation of stage plays to film. Addresses the relevance of theatre as a medium focused on the delivery of human energy in relationship to film as a mechanized counterpart in an increasingly technologically focused society.
Satisfies GE area: CC
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TA 401 - Playwriting Units: 3
An intermediate course in the fundamentals of playwriting. Students learn the principles of play writing, do writing exercises designed to stimulate imagination, and develop writing techniques which are designed to help them put those principles into practice. Throughout the course students are guided through the various stages of the playwriting process which culminates with in-class reading of the short plays they have completed. May be repeated to a total of six 6 units.
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TA 402 - Acting Studio Units: 3
A process-oriented class designed to offer students a wide variety of voice/mind/body awareness techniques that facilitate relaxation and kinesthetic intelligence. These topics will be applied to the creation of original performance work and to contemporary play texts in order to explore the ways in which the emotional content of the written word and the movement expression of that text are informed by a fully engaged body. May be repeated; a total of six 6 units may count toward graduation requirements. This course meets for one hour lecture Two hours activity each week. Recommended Preparation: Recommended Preparation: TA 301 and either TA 310 or TA 311 ; or two acting classes taken at another institution.
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TA 410 - Contemporary American Theatre- Society’s Taboos Units: 3
Through individual and group readings, this course presents theatre written and performed as a document of society’s concerns. Analysis of representative dramatic pieces from different cultures and/or ethnic groups in the United States. Considers relevant historical, cultural, and philosophical perspectives and the meaning each work offers within the context of our multicultural society. Explores the relationship between art and politics through issues including identity, gender, sexuality, race, class, community, and ethnicity. This exploration will include in-class discussions, library research, and attendance at theatre events.
Satisfies GE area: CC
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TA 420 - Bilingual Theatre - Spanish/English Units: 3
Through study and performance of bilingual texts, students will acquire practical and critical skills that will enable them to understand and employ techniques for working with a Mexican/American bilingual population. The phenomenon of bilingualism (English/Spanish) in the American Southwest will serve as the foreground for this interdisciplinary approach to theatre and performance. Plays will be examined within a historical context accounting for factors and perspectives that have shaped the use of language in our society including colonialism, migration, assimilation, acculturation, and cross-cultural interaction. Enrollment Requirements: Enrollment Requirement: SPAN 202 . Two hours lecture and two hours theater activities.
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TA 421 - Viva el Teatro - Spanish Theatre in Performance Units: 3
An active interdisciplinary approach to the study of theatre. Following the presentation of a historical and theoretical background, students will approach and analyze a variety of Spanish and Latin American plays both as works of literature and as theatre in performance. Students will acquire basic acting techniques as well as develop skill in literary analysis. Issues of gender, class, community, and sexuality contained in the plays will be explored within an aesthetic context. Conducted primarily in Spanish. Also offered as SPAN 421 . Students may not receive credit for both. Two hours of lecture Two hours of theatre activities. Recommended Preparation: Recommended Preparation: TA 301 .
Satisfies GE area: CC
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TA 480 - Theatre Activities for Children and Adults Units: 3
Explores various modes of expression in the theatre arts through active in-class learning based on independent and group work. Students will gather material through library research, then analyze and synthesize material into texts for performances in the classroom and in the community. The material used in class provides for the examination and comparison of different cultural perspectives as seen through dramatic texts and theatrical exercises. These different cultural perspectives include an awareness of the changing conditions in our world and the role of theatre/art work as a voice and tool of understanding within this context. Provides students with a platform for self-examination and challenges within an aesthetic and cultural environment geared towards the non-professional. An emphasis will be placed on theatre activities that can be applied to the K-12 classroom. This course satisfies the Liberal Studies requirement for work in Studio Arts. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units of credit. Two hours lecture Two hours theatre activities.
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TA 489A - Production and Performance Units: 4
Provides students with an engaging and practical experience essential for understanding and synthesizing theoretical and textual work in theatre arts. Students will participate in various aspects of play production including analysis acting, play development, library research, technical theatre, and audience development. Stage work includes rigorous interaction between student, professor, and the text. May be repeated for a total of sixteen (16) units in any combination from TA 489A and TA 489B. Students may enroll in TA 489B twice per semester.
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TA 489B - Production and Performance Units: 2
Provides students with an engaging and practical experience essential for understanding and synthesizing theoretical and textual work in theatre arts. Students will participate in various aspects of play production including analysis acting, play development, library research, technical theatre, and audience development. Stage work includes rigorous interaction between student, professor, and the text. May be repeated for a total of sixteen (16) units in any combination from TA 489A and TA 489B. Students may enroll in TA 489B twice per semester.
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TA 489S - Theater Production in Spanish Units: 4
Provides students with an engaging and practical experience essential for understanding and synthesizing theoretical and textual work in theatre arts. Students will participate in various aspects of play production including analysis acting, play development, library research, technical theatre, and audience development. Stage work includes rigorous interaction between student, professor, and the text. May be repeated for up to (4) four times.
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TA 495A - Internship Units: 1
Designed to link the student directly with a selected and approved theatre or individual for the purpose of providing additional creative and/or studio skills as sell as a practical understanding of the discipline. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units. Grading Basis: Graded Credit/No Credit. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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TA 495B - Internship Units: 2
Designed to link the student directly with a selected and approved theatre or individual for the purpose of providing additional creative and/or studio skills as sell as a practical understanding of the discipline. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units. Grading Basis: Graded Credit/No Credit. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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TA 495C - Internship Units: 3
Designed to link the student directly with a selected and approved theatre or individual for the purpose of providing additional creative and/or studio skills as sell as a practical understanding of the discipline. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units. Grading Basis: Graded Credit/No Credit. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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TA 498 - Independent Study Units: 1
This course is intended for students with advanced standing in respective areas of study. Selected topic(s) must be approved by the Visual and Performing Arts Independent Study Committee and supervised by a faculty member or academic advisor. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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TA 499A - Independent Research Units: 1
Designed for students with demonstrated capacity for independent research, field, creative and studio work. Research topic must be approved by Visual and Performing Arts Independent Study Committee and supervised by faculty advisor. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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TA 499B - Independent Research Units: 2
Designed for students with demonstrated capacity for independent research, field, creative and studio work. Research topic must be approved by Visual and Performing Arts Independent Study Committee and supervised by faculty advisor. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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TA 499C - Independent Research Units: 3
Designed for students with demonstrated capacity for independent research, field, creative and studio work. Research topic must be approved by Visual and Performing Arts Independent Study Committee and supervised by faculty advisor. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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TS 250 - Transfer Success for Veterans and Military Units: 1
Facilitates the transition of military and veterans from military service or community college to a four-year university environment and into sustainable careers. Includes an exploration of self, as well as the opportunities available to veterans both on and off campus that will enhance their academic success, timely progression toward degree completion, and achievement of career goals. Grading Basis: Graded Credit/No credit. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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VPA 101 - Introduction to Interdisciplinary Arts Units: 3
Introduction to interdisciplinary Arts bridges multiple disciplines in the discussion of interdisciplinary art forms. The course examines collaborative and shared creative practices in visual art, digital media, music, theater, and dance, and allows for hybrid practice and thinking. The course focuses on the aesthetic and formal issues of interdisciplinary art along with historical, cultural, political and social dimensions. Introduction to Interdisciplinary forms of engagement.
Satisfies GE area: C1
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VPA 180 - Topics in the Arts Units: 3
Selected topics in the introduction to the visual and performing arts (dance, music, theatre, visual arts); for example, a basic survey of the history of music, theatre, art, and others. May be repeated for credit as topics change for a total of six 6 units.
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VPA 181 - Studio Work in the Arts Units: 3
Introduction to studio experience in the visual and performing arts. Exploration of fundamental concepts of dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts through basic studio processes such as acting fundamentals, music fundamentals, drawing, basic movement, and dance. May be repeated for credit as topics change for a total of six 6 units.
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VPA 302 - The Process of Multidisciplinary Art Units: 3
Exploration of the elements, forms, functions, and meaning of the visual and performing arts in their sociocultural context. Examines how artistic forms interact with each other and with other cultural elements to reflect the world we live in. Focuses on developing and practicing creative competencies and professional discipline applied to specific projects culminating in a final exhibition. Includes the organization and installation of a professional exhibit/performance event including all steps from advertising, outreach, reception and documentation. Enrollment restricted to SofA students. Enrollment Requirements: Enrollment requirement: Completion of lower-division SofA option requirements.
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VPA 311 - Arts of World Cultures Units: 3
Explores contemporary world cultural practices ranging from indigenous expressions to new electronic forms in a global and multi-disciplinary context. Encompasses the arts from regional cultures throughout the world, including Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe examined through the multiple viewpoints of gender, race, class, and sexuality. Explores diverse cultural practices shaped by memories and aspirations as well as by personal, collective, and mythic histories. These cultural practices offer transformative paradigms for social engagement and creativity. The exploration of global art theories and practices will assist students in developing their analytical, perceptual, and creative skills. This exploration, in turn, will encourage students to expand the power, clarity, and range of their own voices and visions.
Satisfies GE area: CC
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VPA 320 - Culture of India through Dance, Music, and Film Units: 3
Designed to give an insight into the understanding of the culture of India through the appreciation of dance, music, and film. The subcontinent of India is diverse with different languages, customs and traditions, dress, and values which is reflected in the different art forms present therein. The uniqueness of the various performing arts is shown in the subtle yet clear distinctiveness found in the music and dance forms of the north, south, east, and west of India. The course is divided into several sections and will be taught with the help of videos, films, audio tapes, and also guest artists, who will perform lecture-demonstrations.
Satisfies GE area: CC
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VPA 321 - Learning Through the Arts Units: 3
Seeks to develop the student both personally and professionally, recognizing the inter-relationship between these two elements in art instruction. Three areas of focus include introducing arts experiences to children, integrating arts into classroom content, and providing a framework for the (elementary) student to experience the process of art. This course satisfies the Liberal Studies requirement for work in Studio Arts.
Satisfies GE area: CC
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VPA 380 - Topics in the Arts Units: 1-3
Selected topics in the visual and performing arts (dance, music, theatre, visual arts), for example, theories of the visual arts, urban aesthetics, African-American music, images of women in the arts, and others. May be repeated for credit as topics change for a total of six 6 units. Students should check the Class Schedule for listing of actual topics.
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VPA 381 - Studio Work in the Arts Units: 3
Studio experience in the visual and performing arts. Exploration of basic concepts of dance, music, theatre, or the visual arts through various studio processes such as drawing, group instrumental lessons, dance movement, or acting. May be repeated for credit as topics change for a total of six 6 units.
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VPA 402 - Multidisciplinary Collaborative Projects Units: 3
Students will be guided through a series of structural, problem-solving exercises designed to equip them to complete collaborative projects in the arts. The projects will be idea-or theme-centered and require a high level of cooperation from the involved students. The primary disciplines included in the project will be music, the visual arts, and theatre; may also include film, video, and movement. Special emphasis will be placed on the notion of “inclusion” and therefore materials can be drawn from traditional classical cultures, pop materials, electronic sounds and or images, text, and folk art forms.
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VPA 403 - Art in the Community Units: 3
Provides the student an opportunity to demonstrate his/her ability to integrate the principles, practices, and other experiences acquired in the program beyond individual coursework. Students will learn and apply field research techniques, theory, and appropriate methodologies as well as the operation of field equipment. Emphasis will be placed on the immediate communities of North County as an area of field activity. As a field research experience, the course is designed to enhance the student’s understanding of the ethnography of our communities and the role of the arts in the lives of the people. It also will encourage individual and collective creativity in the synthesis of the arts.
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VPA 420 - Popular Arts and the Media in the Western and Non-Western World Units: 3
A critical analysis of popular arts as they are manifested in the global arena. The students will study a specific popular art form within an historical, cultural, societal, and contemporary frame of reference. Special attention will be given to the relationship of the popular arts and the mass media.
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VPA 425 - Capstone Workshop Units: 3
Workshop/class designed for Visual & Performing Arts graduating seniors who will be working on their culminating projects.
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VPA 495A - Internship Units: 1
Special projects in the arts that focus on work experience with arts organizations, schools, and other community institutions. May be repeated for a total of three (3) units. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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VPA 495B - Internship Units: 2
Special projects in the arts that focus on work experience with arts organizations, schools, and other community institutions. May be repeated for a total of three (3) units. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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VPA 495C - Internship Units: 3
Special projects in the arts that focus on work experience with arts organizations, schools, and other community institutions. May be repeated for a total of three (3) units. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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VPA 498A - Special Projects in the Arts Units: 1
Special independent projects in the arts. May be in research or studio area. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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VPA 498B - Special Projects in the Arts Units: 2
Special independent projects in the arts. May be in research or studio area. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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VPA 498C - Special Projects in the Arts Units: 3
Special independent projects in the arts. May be in research or studio area. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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Visual Arts There is a Visual Arts Option in the Visual and Performing Arts major.
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VSAR 102 - The Computer and the Visual Arts Units: 3
Introduces the student to the computer as a tool for making art. Includes elementary two-dimensional design principles. Students will evaluate the work of contemporary artists utilizing the computer and digital imagery in a variety of formats. Students will create work utilizing text and image in a number of art projects. Two hours of lecture Two hours laboratory.
Satisfies GE area: C1
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VSAR 110 - Introduction to Sculpture Units: 3
Introduction to the fundamental principles of three-dimensional design. Includes a brief survey of traditional and contemporary media, ideas, history and sculpture as a means of cultural expression. A variety of techniques and materials are used. Includes training with basic tools and equipment in a wood and metal shop. Emphasis on development of the ideas and methods of art expression. Two hours of lecture Three hours of laboratory.
Satisfies GE area: C1
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VSAR 120 - Introduction to Visual Arts Units: 3
Introduction to the language of the visual arts through a comparative study of various artistic styles, cultures and ways of seeing. Emphasis on sculpture, painting, installation art, photography, architecture, film and multimedia, and their cultural contexts. Explores art from across the globe, including Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Through various participatory visual and written exercises in class and visits to art sites, students will learn the fundamentals of the visual arts and how the arts relate to their lives.
Satisfies GE area: C1
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VSAR 121 - Pre-20th Century Art History: Themes in Art from Antiquity to the Enlightenment Units: 3
Approaches art history thematically from ancient times to modernity. Explores the role of art in public spaces, the concepts of nature in art, as well as the intersection of art with other areas of knowledge such as math, science, and humanities. Provides preparation for upper-division work in Art and Visual Culture.
Satisfies GE area: C1
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VSAR 122 - Survey of World Cinema Units: 3
Introduces the student to a diverse selection of film, video and digital media from around the world. Covers such subjects as indigenous aesthetics, the political and social force of Third Cinema within revolutionary societies, changing ethnographic cinematic practice, and various approaches to narrative structures within particular cultures. Questions the ethical implications of a Hollywood-dominated film industry. Addresses how particular countries undertake production and distribution within their economies. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for VSAR 222.
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VSAR 123 - Ways of Seeing: Introduction to the History of Photography Units: 3
Introduces students to the multiple histories of photography, contemporary photographers and the dynamic forms of photographic and digital images produced today. Explores the development of photography as an art form, and as a conveyer of truth and evidence within the traditions of journalism, advertising, family snapshots, memorials and more. Students develop a critical and creative approach to the meaning and use of photographically derived images through interactive class lectures, discussions, readings, writing and hands-on assignments.
Satisfies GE area: C1
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VSAR 130 - Visual Arts Fundamentals Units: 3
Introduction to the fundamentals of design in the visual arts with a focus on two dimensional design. Students create projects that allow first-hand exploration of basic elements of design, such as line, shape, balance, texture, scale, and proportion. While intended to build basic skills and develop problem solving strategies, this course will also emphasize the way in which the fundamentals of design contribute to the overall content and meaning of visual works. Through slide lectures, readings, and field-trips students will be exposed to historical and contemporary examples of how the principles of design play out in a wide variety of art including film, video, and new media. Fieldtrips outside of class may be required.
Satisfies GE area: C1
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VSAR 131 - Drawing I Units: 3
Focuses on developing drawing skills and the application of these skills to conceptually more complex projects. The first part of the course will emphasize practicing the ability to see and to render observations with the help of line, value, and other visual elements. As students develop these skills, they will be encouraged to reach beyond traditional drawing methods into areas of collage, mixed media and narrative media. Course meets for four hours per week. Recommended Preparation: Recommended Preparation: Completion of VSAR 130 .
Satisfies GE area: C1
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VSAR 180 - Topics in Visual Art and Arts and Technology Units: 1-3
Selected topics in visual art and arts and technology. May be repeated for credit as topics change for a total of twelve (12) units. Students should check the Class Schedule for listing of actual topics.
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VSAR 200 - Painting I Units: 3
Introduces the art of painting as an engagement with the chemistry of paint and with the pursuit of observational skills and spatial illusion. Explores techniques grounded in color, compositions, and the plasticity of paint while providing historical context. Subjects include still life, landscape, and the human figure.
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VSAR 203 - Introduction to Audio and Video Units: 3
Teaches the basics and integration of audio, video, and motion graphics production for the web or other screen-based media. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for VPA 180 -3.
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VSAR 251 - Introduction to Digital and Media Arts Units: 3
Gives a strong base in the political, cultural, and artistic developments and debates related to the many media art forms that have developed from the nineteen century through the early twenty-first century. Moves from historical forms of visual communication and early forms of print and photography to contemporary media including video, computer-based media, and mobile technologies.
Satisfies GE area: C1
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VSAR 301A - Materials and Themes of Art A Units: 3
Hands-on studio course exploring the metaphorical power of materials and themes in art. Covers themes that have been central to art-making in the past and present such as Time, Place, Body and Science. Students create projects around these themes in various media while learning technical skills and experimenting with materials. Enrollment Requirements: Completion of the Lower-Division General Education requirement in Arts (C1).
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VSAR 301B - Materials and Themes of Art B Units: 3
Hands-on studio course exploring the metaphorical power of materials and themes in art. Covers themes that have been central to art-making in the past and present such as Time, Place, Language, Identify and Spirituality. Students create projects around these themes in various media while learning technical skills and experimenting with materials. Enrollment Requirements: Completion of the Lower-Division General Education requirement in Arts (C1).
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VSAR 302 - Digital Photography Units: 3
Designed to allow the student to explore the computer as a tool for making art. Includes information about contemporary artists and their use of the computer in the creation of artists’ books, wall pieces, sculptural and installation works, socially interactive networks, and other art forms. Students will create work utilizing text and image in a number of individual and collaborative projects. Includes a segment on computer ethics, and utilizes word processing and two other applications pertinent to the arts. Enrollment restricted to VPA majors. Two hours of lecture Two hours of laboratory.
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VSAR 303 - Introduction to Video Arts Units: 3
Introduction to video art practice and theory. All phases of videotape production from conception to finished product utilizing experimental, narrative and documentary techniques. Includes digital and electronic time-based video production, video installation art, field production, non-linear computer based editing, lighting and sound design. Lectures, demonstrations, hands-on projects, video screenings, discussions, research and field trips. Public screening of work. Two hours of lecture Three hours laboratory.
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VSAR 304 - Advanced Video Production Units: 3
Offers students the opportunity to continue to develop and hone skills in video production and post-production including narrative, experimental, documentary and installation utilizing digital audio and video tools and software. Includes lectures, screening, and lab. Development of practical and critical skills through the study and analysis of current issues surrounding the production, interpretation and dissemination of video in relation to visual arts. Public screening of work. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units. Two hours of lecture Two hours of laboratory. Recommended Preparation: Recommended Preparation: VSAR 303 , VSAR 305 or VSAR 306 or a basic video class taken at another institution.
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VSAR 305 - Art and Digital Video for the Web Units: 3
Designed for those interested in experimenting with streaming media including video, audio and other moving images on the web within theoretical and practical contexts of artmaking. Covers basic desktop digital video and audio applications, video and audio streaming and basic web design. Integrates reading and writing on various aspects of new media within the context of art and society, including self-publishing, game theory, gender and cyberspace, copyright issues, narrative, and interactivity. Final production results in public presentation of live internet video or radio performance, and public web site. Two hours of lecture Two hours of laboratory. Recommended Preparation: Recommended Preparation: COMM 370 , VSAR 302 , VSAR 303 , VSAR 304 , VSAR 405 .
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VSAR 306 - Video in the Community Units: 3
Explores video, art, activism and community service. Students learn the latest in video production technology while using video within the community as a tool for social or political change, indigenous expression, cultural understanding, community organization, or advancement of social causes. Video projects relevant to communities will be identified, developed, and produced by the students in collaboration with members of that community and faculty. Public screening or broadcast of work. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units. Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory.
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VSAR 307 - Holocaust Art, Photography and Film Units: 3
Interdisciplinary course confronts the problems and promises involved in artistic, photographic and filmic attempts to represent the European Holocaust during WWII. Investigates artworks and artifacts (i.e., family photos and museum displays) from the 1940s to contemporary work, focusing on aesthetic, documentary, memorial and political approaches to representing the history and memories of the Holocaust. Offers a theoretical and visual foundation to approaching and researching the representation of other traumatic historical events.
Satisfies GE area: CC
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VSAR 308 - Audio Art and Sound Design Units: 3
An introductory studio course in sound art from the 19th century to present day computer-based experiments in audio. Investigates audio art and sound design as it relates to public space and performance arts, and integrates sculpture, audio electronics, video and sound design software. Hands-on projects may include audio for sculptural installations, sound design for theater or performance, surround sound design for video or film, and computer/ electronic interactive audio art. No musical experience necessary. Public exhibition, screening or performance of work. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units. Two hours of lecture Two hours laboratory.
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VSAR 309 - Generating Narrative in Video and New Media Units: 3
A studio course explores narrative or storytelling structures in video and new media through hands-on research and writing projects. Projects may include creating a narrative video, rich media web project, an interactive CD or DVD, an internet radio show, or an interactive 3-D art installation. Sound, video, web or multimedia applications and technologies will be covered, as well as methods and theories of story structures across cultures. Results in public presentation of student work. Also offered as MASS 432. Students may not receive credit for both. Two hours of lecture Two hours laboratory.
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VSAR 310 - Performance Art Units: 3
An introductory studio course in performance art. Emphasis will be placed on, the body as the primary medium of performance, improvisational structures, site-specific performances, and creating performances from a cross disciplinary perspective. This theory and practice course will consist of intensive practical experience, critiques of student work, and lectures and class discussions on contemporary and historical practices in performance art. The structure of the course is assignment-based with one public performance planned at the end of the semester. Two hours of lecture Two hours laboratory.
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VSAR 311 - Drawing II Units: 3
An in-depth exploration of drawing as a medium of observation, expression and narrative. Provides exposure to historical and contemporary examples of drawing. Students will enhance their drawing skills and learn to experiment with the medium through hands-on studio practice. Development of conceptually strong and layered work is emphasized. Fieldtrips outside of class may be required. Course meets for four hours per week. Recommended Preparation: Recommended Preparation: VSAR 130 and/or VSAR 131 .
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VSAR 312 - Sculpture II Units: 3
Provides exposure to historical and contemporary examples of sculpture and an understanding of three-dimensional language as a medium of communication and expression. Students will expand their knowledge of sculptural techniques and engage in experimentation in order to explore the vocabulary of materials, space, and time. Students will be challenged to develop conceptually layered work and encouraged to try mixed media. Fieldtrips outside of class may be required. Course meets for four hours per week. Recommended Preparation: Recommended Preparation: VSAR 110 and/or VSAR 131 .
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VSAR 313 - Digital Arts and the Environment Units: 3
Investigates a broad range of artistic practices and contemporary artists who use digital media to comment on and shape current environmental debates. Explores a broad range of environmental perspectives to enrich our understanding of current environmental concerns and their interpretation through digital media. Lectures, screenings, interviews, group discussions, and research. Final projects include site-specific art exhibitions, artist’s books, photographic series, and videos.
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VSAR 314 - Digital Photo Documentary: Production Units: 3
Investigates a broad range of artistic practices and contemporary artists who use digital media as a tool for social and political change. Explores a broad range of environmental perspectives to enrich our understanding of current social, political, and cultural concerns and their interpretation through digital media. Includes lectures, screenings, interviews, group discussions, research. Final projects include a photographic and writing component, and may include gallery, museum, and alternative space exhibitions as well as online exhibitions of the work. May be taken twice for credit.
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VSAR 315 - Artists Books Units: 3
This hands-on studio course investigates the history of artists’ books and radical new uses of the book format. Students explore the intersection of writing, art, photography, new media, and the recent wave of publishing made possible by digital technologies and online printing. Students will be encouraged to experiment with multimedia approaches often employed in contemporary artists books. May be repeated for a total of six (6) units. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for VPA 380 -7.
Prerequisite(s): VSAR 302 .
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VSAR 316 - Graphic Design Units: 3
Introduces students to ways in which computers and vector-based output tools can be combined to create original art using image editing and enhancing and design and layout tools. Projects focus on color theory, font management, typography, illustration, and page-layout, as well as logo, poster, and brochure design. Emphasis on output to print, Web, and other electronic media, including mobile devices. Graphic design as an art practice for creative expressions will be explored. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for VPA 380 -2. This course meets for two hours of lecture Two hours of activity each week.
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VSAR 317 - Media Distribution Units: 3
Examines the distribution of media products, and focuses on identifying and critiquing distribution patterns, structures, practices, and the institutions that offer mediated experience. Highlights two parallel trends in the context of technological advances and convergences: consolidation of mass media industries, and the simultaneous empowerment of independent and guerilla distribution. Students will be able to examine and work within a number of distributor models and strategies including grassroots/community media, self-publishing, viral marketing, festivals, trade shows, pod and web casting, and learn about the communication processes used to create distribution networks.
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VSAR 318 - Experimental Media Production Units: 3
Presents the theory and practice of experimental media while focusing on innovative works by artists for whom film and video is an art form allied to experimental narrative. Develops conceptual practices in developing media experiments embedded with meaning. Initiates the production of a series of experimental, creative projects. May not be taken for credit by students who have taken VSAR 380 -24.
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VSAR 319 - Video Installation Art Units: 3
Studio course covering the history, theory, and production of art forms which utilize video and media, such as drawing, sculpture, physical computing, and audio. Treats the production of video as one artistic component in a multi-disciplinary artwork. Students learn about shooting and editing video, creating installation environments in which to integrate video, and how this work is presented in museums, galleries, and other non-traditional art spaces. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for VPA 380 -9.
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VSAR 320 - Public Expression in the Arts Units: 3
Examines public art, government funding for the arts, the First Amendment, and censorship. Subject matter will be explored in both a historical and a social context through various case studies.
Satisfies GE area: CC
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VSAR 321 - Digital Photo Sketchbook Units: 3
Investigates a broad range of artistic practices and contemporary artists who use digital media as a tool for contemporary photographic practices. Students experiment with a different conceptual or technical approach to art making and develop aesthetic strategies for engaging audiences using digital cameras and mobile devices. Lectures, screenings, group discussions, research. Projects may include blogs, photo books, and gallery or online exhibitions of work. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for VPA 380 -17.
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VSAR 322 - Contemporary Women Artists Units: 3
Examines issues crucial to women as visual artists. Subject matter includes: How women use art as a means of self-expression and as a strategy for examining cultural values; the relationship between artistic production and women’s traditional acts of reproduction; society’s perception of women as artists; and provocative debates introduced into feminist thinking and art by reconsiderations of the charged arena of sexual difference.
Satisfies GE area: CC
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VSAR 323 - Chicana/o Art of the Border Region Units: 3
Survey of Chicano and Chicano-inspired art along the U.S.-Mexico border. Examines recent art forms and practices as represented in the work of individual artists, as well as, cultural groups and organizations. Looks at the influences which have inspired the invention of Chicano art within a community context.
Satisfies GE area: CC
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VSAR 325 - Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Art and Society Units: 3
Examines Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican art as it reflects social, structure, religion, social roles, ideology, economic and political organization, world view, and the family. The course will cover the preclassic, classic, and postclassic periods, focusing on four maincultural areas: the Olmec, the Maya, the Zapotec, Teotihuacan and Classic central Mexico, and the Aztec and Mixteca-Puebla style of highland Mexico.
Satisfies GE area: CC
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VSAR 326 - Feminist Art and Motherhood Units: 3
Critically examines what has been the taboo relationship of motherhood to feminist art and theory as they have developed during the late 20th Century. This interdisciplinary course focuses on the various ways feminist artists, writers, philosophers and other cultural theorists are addressing the dilemmas of representing feminist motherhood and how these approaches are interpreted in contemporary visual culture. Previous historical limitations and mutual exclusivities for women as mothers will be analyzed in relation to new revisionings of motherhood by women and men who have different ethnicities, classes and other varied life experiences. Also offered as WMST 326 . Students may not receive credit for both.
Satisfies GE area: CC
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VSAR 327 - Modern and Contemporary Art Movements Units: 3
Covers the modern and contemporary movements in visual, performance, time-based and audio art, including Russian Futurism, European Dada and Surrealism, International Fluxus, Experimental Cinema and video and performance art globally. Fosters understanding of these art movements within their social, political, historical, and cultural contexts. Emphasis is on the experimental, revolutionary and transformative effects of these movements. Students will attend performances, film and art events.
Satisfies GE area: CC
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VSAR 328 - Video Art History and Theory Units: 3
Covers the history and theory of video as a global art form while linking it to other significant art movements in painting, sculpture, music and performance art. Includes understanding video genres such as narrative, experimental, documentary, installation, web-based and commercial. Analyzes the relation of counter-culture media to television and mainstream film. Screenings, discussion, research and hands-on projects.
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VSAR 329 - Documentary Production Units: 3
Develops an understanding and appreciation of the documentary genre. Covers conceptual and technical aspects of documentary production. Students will be encouraged to develop their unique voice and style in executing their own productions. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for VPA 380 -13.
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VSAR 330 - Art and Science: Historical and Contemporary Practice Units: 3
Surveys the connection between art and science from the Renaissance to the present, focusing on themes including space, time, process, pattern, and material. Introduces the structural parallels between art and science as well as the cultural and ethical issues surrounding science as they are reflected through art. Lecture and readings will be supplemented by videos and field trips, as well as visiting artists and scientists.
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VSAR 331 - Art, Science and Technology Units: 3
Focuses on the juncture of art and science in contemporary art practice. Investigates the research agenda of various areas of science and the artistic responses to this scientific research. Examines issues around the visual representation of scientific data. Exposes different approaches, materials, and technologies used by artists today. Project will be developed based on themes including environmental art and science, the body (biology and medicine), and space, time, and light (physics).
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VSAR 333 - Visual Culture Studies Units: 3
Introduction to theories of visual culture, ways of seeing, and practices of looking. Uses a visual/cultural studies approach focusing on objects of visual culture including art, objects of mass/consumer culture, and photography and design in journalism and advertising. Explores the importance of critical media literacy in contemporary society, and roles that images play in developing a sense of self. Students develop a grammar of visual design, practice creative use of images in developing a visual glossary, and learn to analyze images critically. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for VPA 380 -16.
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VSAR 350 - Advanced Painting Units: 3
Emphasizes painting technique and awareness of themes in painting at an advanced level. Explores process, intention, subject matter, and context of painting. Develops personal style in the context of contemporary art practices. Recommended Preparation: VSAR 200 .
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VSAR 361 - New Documentary Film Units: 3
Explores the concepts and histories that underlie new genres of documentary film and examines films made in this new style produced from the 1980s to the present. Contemporary documentary film has replaced the authoritative voice and singular point-of-view characteristic of traditional documentary film with multiple voices and diverse cultural perspectives. Students view and analyze new documentary films whose genres include the combination of historical and personal documentary, non-fiction, and experimental work. Students will explore the aesthetic and technical dimensions of the films, as well as conduct research on their historical, cultural, and political backgrounds. Explores the idea of how knowledge is transmitted cinematically. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for VPA 380 -10.
Satisfies GE area: CC
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VSAR 380 - Topics in Visual Art and Arts and Technology Units: 1-3
Selected topics in visual art or arts and technology. May be repeated for credit as topics change for a total of twelve (12) units. Students should check the Class Schedule for listing of actual topics.
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VSAR 402 - Imaginary Worlds: Video Compositing Units: 3
Creation of short, experimental videos using the techniques of motion graphics and compositing applications. Engages students in designing imaginary worlds through writing, research, and digital techniques. Includes historical examples of filmic imagination, from George Belies to Pixar. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for VPA 380 -8.
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VSAR 403 - Interactive Multimedia Units: 3
Studio-oriented discussions offering advanced skills development in the use of interactive multimedia production tools, utilizing audio, video, and computer technologies. Covers the theory and practice of integrated audio, video and computer media production, including all phases of multimedia production from conception to finished product. Course includes: lectures, demonstrations, hands-on skills training, multimedia presentations, discussions, research papers, and field trips. Two hours of lecture Two hours laboratory.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 302, VSAR 302 or VSAR 303 .
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VSAR 404 - Art and Web Design Units: 3
Utilizes a number of digital tools for the production of web based art projects. Pivots around the creative passions of net artists whose ideas have transformed our digital culture. Students develop interactive content with image, textual, and data components that they publish online. Explores the ethical and social implications of information on the web and examines the impact of the internet on the arts. Art & Web Design includes lectures, demonstrations, hands-on training, discussions, and creative projects. Two hours lecture Two hours laboratory.
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