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Department of Fine Arts and Communication Courses
ART 1301 | Art Appreciation | An introductory course leading to an understanding of the Visual Arts. |
ART 1311 | Design I | An introduction to the fundamentals of two-dimensional design. |
ART 1317 | Drawing II | Continuation of drawing skills and techniques as begun in Drawing I (1316) with emphasis on compositional skills. Prerequisite: ART 1316. |
ART 2326 | Sculpture I | Exploratory studies in the principles, materials, and techniques of sculpture. (ARTS 2326) |
ART 2347 | Ceramics II | A further exploration of intermediate ceramic processes, including wheel throwing, glazing and kiln firing. Prerequisite: ART 2346. |
ART 3301 | Art Studio Con - Painting | |
ART 3301 | Art Studio Conc. Adv. Digital | |
ART 3303 | Art Theory for Children | |
ART 3308 | Contemporary Art History | |
ART 3310 | Classical Methods in Oil | Topics to be selected from history and literature of art, art in the general culture, techniques of teaching art in the public schools, or other topics in the field of art. (May be repeated for credit when topic varies.) |
ART 3310 | Graphic Novel Illustration | Topics to be selected from history and literature of art, art in the general culture, techniques of teaching art in the public schools, or other topics in the field of art. (May be repeated for credit when topic varies.) |
ART 4301 | Adv Studio Con I - Ceramics | |
ART 4301 | Adv Studio Con I - Painting | |
ART 4301 | Adv Studio Conc I Adv Digital | |
ART 4301 | Advanced Slab & Hand Building | |
ART 4302 | Adv Studio Con II - Painting | Advanced investigation into a studio art subject area; i.e., drawing and painting, ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, animation, 3D graphics, or digital art. These classes develop formal competence in the technical mastery of materials, comprehensive compositional and formal skills, expressive characteristics in the visualization of ideas and innovative formal considerations. A formal proposal for the development of a senior capstone exhibition is developed in this class before the student enters exhibition. The course may be repeated for credit two times in an area of specialization. |
ART 4303 | Capstone Exhibition - Ceramics | Students will complete the project proposed in the last semester of ART 4302. This course is to be taken as the final course for the Bachelor of Arts, and students may receive an I until the exhibition is completed. Prerequisite: 12 hours of studio specialization |
ART 5304 | Grad Art StudioI Work on Paper | |
ART 5304 | Graduate Art Studio I | |
ART 5304 | Graduate Art Studio I Painting | |
ART 5306 | Art History | |
ARTC 3332 | Advanced 2-D Imaging | |
COMM 1310 | Fundamentals of Communication | |
COMM 1311 | Intro to Speech Communication | Theory and practice of speech communication behavior in interpersonal, small group, and public communication situations. |
COMM 1318 | Interpersonal Communication | |
COMM 1320 | Business and Prof Comm | This course focuses on multiple modes of communication in business, government, industrial, and not-for-profit or service organizations ranging from routine messages, memos, and email to letters and professional presentations. Course highlights persuasion as a key component of all business and professional messages. It will include an analysis of the organizational structures of the workplace as well as job-oriented interviewing from the standpoint of the employer and employees. Meets oral communication requirement. |
COMM 1325 | Intro to Film Studies | |
COMM 1335 | Intro to Comm Studies | |
COMM 2333 | Discuss Small Group Comm | Emphasis on effective group interaction in task-oriented situations. Course will focus on elements of small group structures and communication styles which influence the problem-solving process. Includes small group participation and analysis of group communication. |
COMM 3302 | Broadcast News Gathering | |
COMM 3304 | Critical Reasoning | |
COMM 3307 | Studies in Film | |
COMM 3313 | Advanced Video Production | |
COMM 4303 | Studies in Speech | |
COMM 4305 | Relational Communication | |
COMM 4310 | Senior Capstone | |
COMM 4315 | PR Campaigns | |
COMM 5304 | Relational Communication | |
COMM 5304 | Speech Comm Wrkshp Brdcst News | |
COMM 5305 | Indiv Studies in Speech Comm | Individually guided research in speech communication. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. |
COMM 5310 | Internet & Society | |
FA 1302 | Music Appreciation | This course develops music appreciation through an exploration of the relationship between musical symbolic sounds and technological innovations with a focus on instrument construction and musical composition. The course familiarizes students with music technology in a broad array of historical and geographical music environments through readings, lectures and hands-on exercises covering the timbres, scales, rhythms and forms that instruments produce, the contexts people play instruments in, and the reasons why they play. |
FA 2302 | Intro to Digital Design | |
FA 3303 | Field Studies | |
JOUR 2302 | Feature and Editorial Writing | |
JOUR 3301 | Student Publications Workshop | |
MUS 1111 | Individual Instruction Guitar | |
MUS 1111 | Individual Instruction Piano | |
MUS 1112 | Concert Choir | |
MUS 1113 | Brass Ensemble | |
MUS 1113 | Concert Band | |
MUS 1113 | Lobo Spirit Band | |
MUS 1113 | Woodwind Ensemble | |
MUS 1117 | Sight Sing Ear Train II | |
MUS 1181 | Piano Class I | Class instruction for Music majors and minors, and for other students who have not had previous study. |
MUS 1211 | Ind Instruction Clarinet | |
MUS 1211 | Ind Instruction French Horn | |
MUS 1211 | Individual Instruction Flut | |
MUS 1211 | Individual Instruction Guitar | |
MUS 1211 | Individual Instruction Piano | |
MUS 1211 | Individual Instruction Voice | |
MUS 1308 | Music Literature I | (A fine arts/humanities course). A course designed to acquaint students with representative music of different ages, styles, media, and forms; and to its historical background. This course meets Fine Arts requirement. |
MUS 1309 | American Music | A general survey of various styles of music of the Americas, including but not limited to jazz, folk, rock and contemporary music. |
MUS 1312 | Music Theory II | |
MUS 2123 | Brass Techniques | Class instruction for brass instruments, for music majors and minors who have not had previous study, and for other interested students. Emphasis is on the ability to play the instruments studied. |
MUS 3111 | Individual Instruction Guitar | |
MUS 3111 | Individual Instruction Piano | |
MUS 3111 | Individual Instruction Voice | |
MUS 3112 | Concert Choir | |
MUS 3113 | Brass Ensemble | |
MUS 3113 | Concert Band | |
MUS 3113 | Lobo Spirit Band | |
MUS 3211 | Ind Instruction Euphonium | |
MUS 3211 | Individual Instruction Trumpet | |
MUS 3211 | Individual Instruction Voice | |
MUS 4215 | Marching Band Techniques | |
THEA 1120 | Theatre Practicum I | Practical course designed for freshman students who do acceptable work in the dramatic productions of the department. Non-theatre major and minors must receive permission from the instructor to enroll. |
THEA 1310 | Introduction to the Theatre | A survey of the elements of theatre and how they were formed. What makes theatre? Where has it come from and what is the future? |
THEA 1352 | Acting II | |
THEA 2120 | Theatre Practicum III | Practical course designed for sophomore students who do acceptable work in the dramatic productions of the department. Non-theatre major and minors must receive permission from the instructor to enroll. |
THEA 2121 | Theatre Practicum IV | Practical course designed for sophomore students who do acceptable work in the dramatic productions of the department. Non-theatre major and minors must receive permission from the instructor to enroll. |
THEA 2336 | Voice for the Theatre | Vocal techniques, including diction and dialect, for performing on the stage. |
THEA 3101 | Theatre Workshop | |
THEA 3303 | Repertory Theatre | Practice and theory in the problems of management, production, and acting in repertory theatre. May be repeated for credit, but not more than once for theatre majors or minors. |
THEA 3304 | Theatre Graphics | A course dealing with topics in the study of theatre, such as theatrical design, mask characterizations, specialized acting methods or regional theatre history, etc. May be repeated when topic varies. |
THEA 3308 | Acting III: Styles | An advanced study of acting styles and periods for the stage. Prerequisite: THEA 3301 |
THEA 3309 | Stage Make-Up | |
THEA 3312 | Script Analysis | |
THEA 3316 | Hist Thea II:Eng Rstor-Cntemp | |
THEA 4101 | Theatre Workshop | |
THEA 4304 | Directing II | |
THEA 4307 | Senior Project |