May 01, 2024  
2013-2014 General Catalog (Summer, Fall 2013) 
    
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Course Descriptions


 

Art

  
  • ART 4410 - Graphic Interface Design I


    3 credits

    Concentrates on development of graphic design techniques and theories necessary to create successful graphical user interfaces. Students explore aesthetic and functional uses of motion, sound, interactivity, information architecture, branding, and typography as they relate to graphic interface design.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 4420 , ART 4440 .

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ART 4420 - Brand Identity Design


    3 credits

    Advanced studio course focusing on the visual expression of a brand. Students study the design and application of trademarks/logos, related brand strategies, positioning, and processes of research and analysis. Students complete a series of symbol design and application projects.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 3400 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ART 4430 - Graphic Interface Design II


    3 credits

    Advanced graphic design course exploring dynamic interactivity. Students take a professional and philosophical look at the use of multimedia as it relates to business and society. Emphasizes research and the exploration of innovative ideas using interactive interface as a vehicle for communicating information.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 4410 .

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ART 4440 - Type, Image, and Visual Continuity


    3 credits

    Examines the application of design theory and process to complex information organization systems. Focuses on relationships between typography, imagery, and visual continuity. Students design varied text-intensive publications and image-intensive poster projects.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 3400 .

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ART 4450 - Portfolio Preparation


    1-9 credits

    Builds students’ job-seeking portfolios through lectures, critiques, and studio work. Existing projects are refined and gaps are filled in with new projects. All work must meet professional standards, with focus on quality and job-related subject matter.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 4410 , ART 4420 , ART 4440 .

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
1-9
  
  • ART 4460 - Advanced Computer Graphics Studio


    1-9 credits

    Independent research and development of advanced projects in the field of digital graphics.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 4440 .

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-9
  
  • ART 4470 - Special Topics in Graphic Design and Illustration


    1-9 credits

    Focuses on various issues in the field of visual communications design. Allows students to pursue production of digital and traditional projects related to the topic of the course. Content of this studio course varies from semester to semester.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-9
  
  • ART 4610 - Sculpture Projects


    3 credits

    Develops skills in a particular sculptural methodology. Investigates genres of public sculpture, installation, and advanced modeling, from traditional to contemporary. Stresses ideas based in a broader context of social and cultural issues.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 3610 .

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ART 4620 - Sculpture Seminar


    3 credits

    Designed to focus on and challenge current assumptions in regard to contemporary issues in sculpture.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 4660 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ART 4640 - Technology of Ceramic Art


    3 credits

    Selected topics in aesthetics and technology of ceramic art, including ceramic history, glaze chemistry and calculation, firing techniques, kiln design and construction, etc. Students enrolling for more than 3 credits arrange credit for directed studies in specific topics.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 3650 , ART 3660 .

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3
  
  • ART 4650 - Advanced Ceramic Studio


    3-6 credits

    Provides time, equipment, and facilities for advanced students to pursue directed studies leading to personal expression through ceramic media. To be repeated during at least four semesters by art majors with ceramics emphasis.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 3650 , ART 3660 .

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3-6
  
  • ART 4660 - Advanced Sculpture Studio


    1-9 credits

    Advanced directed study in specific technical, aesthetic, and/or conceptual issues in sculpture.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 4610 .

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
1-9
  
  • ART 4810 - Digital Photography


    3 credits

    Continued exploration of digital photography, from computer to studio, with strong ties to traditional image making. Digital image processing and use of both software and hardware of digital photography. Study of ethical, artistic, and personal issues.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 3810 .

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ART 4820 - Nineteenth Century Photography Printing Processes


    3 credits

    Introduction to hand-made photographic emulsions invented and used in the nineteenth century. Production of gum prints, cyanotypes, photogravures, carbon prints, and platinum prints. Explores unique visual characteristics of each process. Includes basic bookbinding.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 3810 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ART 4830 - Independent Projects in Photography


    1-9 credits

    Student-initiated, independent projects in photography. Provides opportunity for students to gain technical proficiency and aesthetic creativity. Major emphasis on critiques and group discussions.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 3810  or permission of instructor.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-9
  
  • ART 4840 - Color Photography I


    3 credits

    Introduction to technical, conceptual, aesthetic, and digital explorations available with exposure and development of color positive and negative films. Investigation of color theory accompanied by production of correctly balanced color prints.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 3810 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ART 4850 - Color Photography II


    3 credits

    Continuation of study with color materials including digital investigations. Explores alternative techniques and manipulative capabilities with color processes. Stresses individual pursuit of color print portfolio.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 4840 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ART 4860 - Photographic Studio


    3 credits

    Exploration of the photographic studio, 4x5 view camera, the principles of applied lighting, and the communication of an idea through photography. Commercial, editorial, portrait, and digital photography directed toward professional portfolio preparation. All students required to have 4x5 camera.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 3810 . Enrollment limited to BFA students only.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ART 4870 - Photographic Portfolio


    3 credits

    Advanced photography class in preparation for life after graduation. Strong emphasis on work toward a personal professional portfolio (fine art and commercial) and written support documentation (resumes, cover letters, artist statement, etc.).

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 4860 . Enrollment limited to BFA students only.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ART 4880 - Imaging Services


    3 credits

    Internship situation at a commercial photographic studio and lab facility.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 4810 , ART 4840 . Enrollment limited to BFA candidates only.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3
  
  • ART 4900 - Advanced Internship/Coop


    1-9 credits

    Internship/cooperative education work experience in art. For those students needing complexity and a more professional level of experience in the workplace.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
1-9
  
  • ART 4910 - Senior BFA Exhibition


    2 credits

    Professional presentation and exhibition procedures. Required for all BFA candidates.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Approval of advisor. Enrollment limited to senior standing and BFA candidates only.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
2
  
  • ART 4920 - Independent Projects


    1-9 credits

    Student-planned projects, executed through individual initiative and scheduled consultation with instructor.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 1020  or ART 1110 ; ART 1120  or ART 1150 ; and ART 1130  or ART 1160 .

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-9
  
  • ART 4930 - Student Teaching at University Level


    3 credits

    Teaching methods and procedures for university-level classes, working directly with faculty in lower-division classes.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Approval of instructor.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3
  
  • ART 5500 - Student Teaching Seminar


    2 credits

    Capstone seminar focused upon student teaching issues, professional development, and principles of effective instruction, emphasizing a reflective methodology.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Level 1 and Level 2 completion, and student teaching placement.

    Pass/Fail only.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
2
  
  • ART 5630 - Student Teaching in Secondary Schools


    10 credits

    Thirteen-week culminating practicum in which students assume full-time teaching responsibilities under direction of cooperating teachers in major and minor fields.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Level 1 and Level 2 completion, and student teaching placement.

    Pass/Fail only.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
10
  
  • ART 6200 - Graduate Drawing and Painting Studio


    1-9 credits

    Emphasizes individual attainment of personal conviction or direction in painting.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-9
  
  • ART 6250 - Graduate Printmaking Studio


    1-9 credits

    Intensive individual production in advanced printmaking techniques.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-9
  
  • ART 6370 - Graduate Illustration Studio


    3-9 credits

    Advertising, Editorial, Fashion. Techniques in advertising illustration meeting the needs of client and his or her audience.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status

    Repeatable for credit
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3-9
  
  • ART 6400 - Graduate Graphic Design Studio


    3-9 credits

    Graphic design problems leading to understanding of major concepts in this area.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3-9
  
  • ART 6640 - Technology of Ceramic Art


    3 credits

    Selected topics in aesthetics and technology of ceramic art, including ceramic history, glaze chemistry and calculation, firing techniques, kiln design and construction, etc.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3
  
  • ART 6650 - Graduate Ceramic Studio


    3-9 credits

    Arranged to provide time, equipment, and facilities for graduate students to pursue directed studies. Tutorial format with group critiques.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3-9
  
  • ART 6660 - Graduate Sculpture Studio


    3-9 credits

    Advanced individual problems in various media and technique.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3-9
  
  • ART 6710 - Graduate Greek and Roman Art


    3 credits

    Origin and development of the art and architecture of Crete, Mycenae, Greece, and the Roman world.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ART 6800 - Graduate Photography Studio


    3-9 credits

    Designed to cover several phases of photography, with emphasis on composing what we see in an artistic manner. Allows graduate students to further emphasize their thesis project area of study.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3-9
  
  • ART 6900 - Critical Theory and Contemporary Issues


    3 credits

    Deals with general topic of professional practice, including art criticism and how contemporary work relates to current social issues.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ART 6910 - Graduate Interdisciplinary Critique


    3 credits

    Focuses on current work of critique participants. Brings disciplinary analysis to specific problem.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3
  
  • ART 6920 - Graduate Independent Projects in Art


    1-9 credits

    Advanced problems in emphasis, medium, and idiom of student’s choice. Student plans project and executes it through individual initiative and scheduled consultation with the instructor.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor and graduate status.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-9
  
  • ART 6930 - Professional Practices


    3 credits

    Designed to familiarize graduate students with practical experiences shared by all studio disciplines, including researching opportunities, financing, and practicing a post-graduate career in the studio. Explores preparation of a portfolio, writing materials, and documentation of studio works for individualized application strategies. Details extensive research into employment possibilities, such as teaching, gallery and museum positions, and artist-in-residencies.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status with good standing.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ART 6940 - Graduate Internship/Coop


    1-9 credits

    Internship/cooperative education work experience in art. Designed to allow graduate students to receive more complex and professional workplace experience.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-9
  
  • ART 6970 - Research and Thesis


    3 credits

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Candidacy status.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Pass/Fail only.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3
  
  • ART 6990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement


    1-3 credits

    Repeatable for credit.
    Pass/Fail only.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-3

Art History

  
  • ARTH 1270 - Native American Arts and Crafts


    3 credits

    Introduces prehistoric, historic, and contemporary Native American art forms and the underlying philosophical belief systems that gave rise to them. Goal is to provide basic principles for understanding and evaluating the artistic expression of Native Americans. Organized around geographical regions and cultural types.

    Campus: USU Eastern only
3
  
  • ARTH 2640 - Survey of Asian Art: Ancient to Modern (BCA)


    BCA Breadth Creative Arts
    3 credits

    This course introduces the arts and cultural history of the Asian world. This survey follows the Silk Road through China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, and India from antiquity to the modern era. It also reviews Asian influences on western art.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ARTH 2710 - Survey of Western Art: Prehistoric to Medieval (BHU)


    BHU Breadth Humanities
    3 credits

    Prehistoric art through the end of the Gothic era.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ARTH 2720 - Survey of Western Art: Renaissance to Post-Modern (BHU)


    BHU Breadth Humanities
    3 credits

    Renaissance through modern.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ARTH 2730 - Art of the African Diaspora (BHU)


    BHU Breadth Humanities
    3 credits

    Examination of the visual arts rooted in the broad experience of the of the global African diaspora from the 18th century onwards.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring, odd years
3
  
  • ARTH 3110 - Ancient Near East (CI/DHA)


    CI/DHA Communications Intensive/Depth Humanities and Creative Arts
    3 credits

    Survey of history and civilization of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Israel, from prehistory to 500 B.C. Writing intensive.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Fulfillment of Communications Literacy CL2 requirement.

    Cross-listed as: HIST 3110 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ARTH 3200 - Experiential Learning in Art History-Study Abroad


    1-3 credits

    Learning from travel-based experience in museums, galleries, and historic cities/sites worldwide is an invaluable part of the education of artists, designers, and art historians.  This course is designed to allow student to earn credit in structured, professor-led study aboard programs.

    Repeatable for credit
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Summer
1-3
  
  • ARTH 3210 - Classical Mythology


    3 credits

    Introduces major myths of the Classical world. Explores how these myths serve as keys to understanding the documents and arts of Classical civilization.

    Cross-listed as: CLAS 3210 , HIST 3210  and RELS 3210 

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3
  
  • ARTH 3510 - Islamic Visual Cultures (CI/DHA)


    CI/DHA Communications Intensive/Depth Humanities and Creative Arts
    3 credits

    Explores the emergence and development of Islamic visual cultures in Asia and around the Mediterranean between 622 and 1250.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ARTH 2710  (recommended).

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring, Alternate Years
3
  
  • ARTH 3610 - Classical Art History: Greece and Rome (CI)


    CI Communications Intensive
    3 credits

    This course focuses on the art of the ancient Mediterranean world with an emphasis on the Greek and Roman traditions. It is writing and reading intensive. 

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ARTH 2710  or permission of instructor

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Alternate Years
3
  
  • ARTH 3620 - Early Christian and Byzantine Art (DHA)


    DHA Depth Humanities and Creative Arts
    3 credits

    This course focuses on the art of the period between about 300-1000 CE in the Mediterranean and western Europe. Some prior knowledge of art history is advantageous.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring, Alternate Years
3
  
  • ARTH 3630 - Medieval Art (CI/DHA)


    CI/DHA Communications Intensive/Depth Humanities and Creative Arts
    3 credits

    Covers art and architecture in Europe between 450 and 1450, with an emphasis on cultural diversity and artistic variety. Study of the visual arts is complemented by readings in history and literature.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ARTH 2710  (recommended).

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Alternate Years
3
  
  • ARTH 3720 - Renaissance Art (CI)


    CI Communications Intensive
    3 credits

    This writing and reading intensive course takes a comparative approach to Northern and Italian art in the period 1300-1550.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ARTH 2720  or permission of instructor

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring, Alternate Years
3
  
  • ARTH 3740 - Modern Art (CI)


    CI Communications Intensive
    3 credits

    This course examines the history of modern art from the ninteenth century to World War II. Painting and sculpture from Neoclassicism to Symbolism.  

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ARTH 2720 

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring, Taught Alternate Years
3
  
  • ARTH 3750 - Contemporary Art (CI)


    CI Communications Intensive
    3 credits

    This course examines the history of contemporary art from the 1940s to the present. 

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ARTH 2720 

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ARTH 3760 - American Art (CI)


    CI Communications Intensive
    3 credits

    History of painting, sculpture, and architecture in America from colonial times to the present.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ARTH 2720 

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring, Taught Alternate Years
3
  
  • ARTH 3820 - History of Early Photography


    3 credits

    Reviews early history of photography, beginning before the 1839 public announcement by Daguerre and continuing through the early twentieth century. Explores social change, invention, and the fulfillment of the artist’s desire to represent reality.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ARTH 3830 - History of Contemporary Photography


    3 credits

    Reviews history of contemporary photography, beginning with the modernist movements of the 1920s and progressing through the aesthetic, technical, and communicative changes, up to today’s contemporary uses of the medium. Examines photography’s relationship to the historical changes in society, through its evolution as an art form, a commercial venue, and a visual record.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ARTH 3840 - Race and Visual Culture (CI)


    CI Communications Intensive
    3 credits

    Examination of ways in which visual culture constructs and represents racial identities.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Even Years
3
  
  • ARTH 3850 - Film Studies (CI/DHA)


    CI/DHA Communications Intensive/Depth Humanities and Creative Arts
    3 credits

    This course is designed as an overview of some of the key histories, methodologies and concepts in film studies. The course engages a number of significant films by way of investigating aesthetic, stylistic, political, and theoretical approaches to the study of cinema. We will be looking beyond the boundaries of American film to embrace Expressionism, the French New Wave, Neo-Realism and Third Cinema.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Taught Alternate years
3
  
  • ARTH 4210 - Celtic Europe


    3 credits

    History of Celtic peoples in British Isles, Scandinavia, and continental Europe, from Neolithic times to the Norman Conquest in 1066. Computer intensive.

    Cross-listed as: HIST 4210 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ARTH 4520 - Discourses of Empire and Nation (CI)


    CI Communications Intensive
    3 credits

    Examination of ways in which visual culture constructs and represents racial identities.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring, Even Years
3
  
  • ARTH 4710 - Feminist Theory and Practice in the Visual Arts (CI)


    CI Communications Intensive
    3 credits

    This course examines contemporary feminist theory and practice in the arts from the beginning of the women’s movement in the 1960’s to the present. Course takes an in-depth look at feminist manifestos and political protests, organizations and art education programs, art and aesthetics, critiques of art history and visual culture, and impact of the movement.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Alternate Years
3
  
  • ARTH 4725 - Land Art: Site-Specific Art in the Landscape (CI)


    CI Communicaitons Intensive
    3 credits

    This course examines the history of contemporary Land Art from Earthworks in the 1960’s and 1970’s to today’s Ecological Art movement. Students will study Land Art as a type of site-specific, often public, art and consider how Land Art relates to theories of sculpture, public space, landscape, locational identity, community and ecology. Course looks at the significance of Land Art as an art form that exists outside of the confines of the studio, museum and /or gallery space.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Alternate Years
3
  
  • ARTH 4730 - Baroque and Rococo Art


    3 credits

    Development of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Europe from the late sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries.

3
  
  • ARTH 4790 - Art History Seminar and Special Problems


    1-6 credits

    Capstone course for art history emphasis area. Focuses on special topics in the discipline of art history. Allows students to develop advanced research projects related to the topic of the course. Covers critical theory and methods of art history research and writing.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Completion of at least one art history course at the 3000 level or above; or permission of instructor.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
1-6
  
  • ARTH 4800 - Directed Reading and Research in Art History


    1-3 credits

    Directed reading, writing, and research in art history.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
1-3
  
  • ARTH 4810 - Museum Internship


    1-3 credits

    Through this course, advanced art history students may arrange for credit in conjunction with a local museum. Supervisor at museum oversees student’s work. A faculty member in Art History oversees the written component, including portfolio, documentation, and research paper, depending on number of credits student is enrolled for.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
1-3
  
  • ARTH 4900 - Senior Capstone Research Seminar in Art History


    3 credits

    Current issues in art historical research and theory, emphasizing student-driven learning and original research. Topics may include the history of the discipline, ethical considerations, and methodologies.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: One 3000 or 4000 level Art History course

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ARTH 5720 - Central European Art


    3 credits

    Discussion-based seminar covering the traditionally neglected theme of art in Central Europe. Emphasizes modern art, with the theme of national identity as a constant concern.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ARTH 5730 - The Art Museum


    3 credits

    The history of museums and display practice has become a significant field in studies of contemporary art and art history. Topics covered include: cabinets of curiosity and historical origins, art museums and their publics, blockbusters, revisionism, architecture, museums, and memory.

3
  
  • ARTH 5740 - Art and Religion: Topics in Sacred Art


    3 credits

    Discussion-based course investigating relationships between religion and the arts. May focus on any period of history or region of the world, depending on scholarly interests of instructor.

    Cross-listed as: RELS 5740 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring alternate years
3
  
  • ARTH 6500 - Graduate Art History Section


    3 credits

    A contract-based course for graduate students interested in studying upper-level art history to complement their degree program. Is particularly directed towards MFA students in the Department of Art and Design.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status

    Repeatable for credit
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3
  
  • ARTH 6510 - Graduate Islamic Visual Cultures ca. 600-1500


    3 credits

    Graduate level study of Islamic art and visual culture from origins to the early modern period.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring, Alternate Years
3
  
  • ARTH 6610 - Greek and Roman Art


    3 credits

    Origin and development of art and architecture of Crete, Mycenae, Greece, and the Roman world.

3
  
  • ARTH 6620 - Byzantine Art


    3 credits

    Focuses on the art and architecture of the Byzantine empire from late antiquity to the fifteenth century. In addition to including study of the visual arts, course incorporates readings in the history of religion and gender studies.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ARTH 2710  (recommended).

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ARTH 6630 - Graduate Medieval Art


    3 credits

    Graduate level study of medieval art and visual culture from 400-1500.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Alternate Years
3
  
  • ARTH 6720 - Graduate Renaissance Art


    3 credits

    Development of European art and architecture from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ARTH 6730 - Graduate Baroque and Rococo Art


    3 credits

    Development of art and architecture in Europe from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ARTH 6740 - Graduate Modern Art


    3 credits

    This course examines the history of modern art from the nineteenth century World War II.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ARTH 2720  or permission of instructor and graduate status.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring, Taught Alteranate Years
3
  
  • ARTH 6750 - Graduate Contemporary Art


    3 credits

    This course examines the history of contemporary art from the 1940s to the present.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ARTH 6760 - Graduate American Art


    3 credits

    History of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the post-impressionists to the present.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ARTH 6770 - Graduate Gender Issues in Art


    3 credits

    Discussion of major issues and debates regarding gender in the visual arts. Topics include: revising the canon, representing gender, and theories of gender and spectatorship. Readings are discussed and applied to visual works of art.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ARTH 6790 - Art History Seminar and Special Problems


    1-6 credits

    Focuses on special topics in the discipline of art history. Allows students to develop advanced research projects related to the topic of the course. Covers critical theory and methods of art history research and writing.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status and permission of instructor.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
1-6
  
  • ARTH 6900 - Graduate Seminar : Issues in Contemporary Art


    3 credits

    Sessions devoted to select issues prevalent in contemporary art, including the body, the real, text, gender, display, and conceptualism. Requires intensive verbal and written participation.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3

Automotive Technology (USU Eastern)

  
  • AUTO 1000 - Introduction to Transportation Technology I


    4 credits

    First course in automotive or diesel technology. Students will gain needed skills in shop safety and other basic skills that will prepare students for specific automotive or diesel courses. Covers: using manual and information systems, precision measurement, tires and wheels, bearings, headlamp adjustment, oils and fluids, cleaning methods, gaskets and sealants, cooling systems and belts and hoses. This course can be articulated with high school automotive courses.

    Cross-listed as:  

    Campus: USU Eastern only
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  • AUTO 1010 - Introduction to Transportation Technology II


    5 credits

    Continuation of  . Students will continue to learn how to service, troubleshoot and repair modern automobiles.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  

    Campus: USU Eastern only
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  • AUTO 1100 - Engine Repair Theory


    3 credits

    Will study engine types, construction, operating principles, and performance. Related physics and mathematics are emphasized, detailed examination is made of lubricating systems, cooling systems, timing valves and bearings, as applied to gas and diesel-powered units.

    Corequisite:  

    Campus: USU Eastern only
3
  
  • AUTO 1105 - Engine Repair Lab


    3 credits

    Offers shop practice in engine disassembly and inspection, valve and seat reconditioning, and installation, checking tolerance, fitting parts, and engine reassembling. Students will complete all P-1 and P-2 NATEF tasks for the area of study.

    Corequisite:  

    Campus: USU Eastern only
3
  
  • AUTO 1200 - Automatic Transmission/Transaxle Theory


    3 credits

    Covers the principles of the automatic transmission system. Including gear sets, apply devices, power flow, hydraulic systems, torque converter, shift controls (manual, hydraulic and electronic) problem solving, repair procedures, and maintenance procedures. Physics and math will be included as part of system operation.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  

    Corequisite:  

    Campus: USU Eastern only
3
  
  • AUTO 1205 - Automatic Transmission/Transaxle Lab


    2 credits

    Students will complete checks necessary to analyze and diagnose automatic transmission systems. Lab assignments include major and minor repair procedures including disassembly, verifying clearances and specifications and reassembly to manufacturer specifications. Students will have the opportunity to complete all P-1 and P-2 NATEF tasks for this area of study. Completion of all tasks will require students to plan and use the time available wisely.

    Corequisite:  

    Campus: USU Eastern only
2
  
  • AUTO 1300 - Manual Drive Train and Axle Theory


    3 credits

    Studies the theory of manual transmission, trans axles, drive shafts, axle shafts, and differential assemblies. A study of four wheel drive and clutch components as used in manual drive trains will also be included.

    Corequisite:  

    Campus: USU Eastern only
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  • AUTO 1305 - Manual Drive Train and Axle Lab


    2 credits

    Students will complete the removal, tear down, assembly, and installation procedure on a standard transmission, trans axle, differential assembly and clutch assembly. They will diagnose the need of required replacement parts on all manual drive train components. They will also complete all P-1 and P-2 NATEF requirements for this area of study.

    Corequisite:  

    Campus: USU Eastern only
2
  
  • AUTO 1400 - Suspension and Steering Theory


    3 credits

    Will study the theory of SRS Systems Manual, power steering systems, rack and pinion systems, McPherson Strut Suspension Systems, and short and long arm suspension systems. Will also study two and four wheel alignment procedures and steering geometry as well as tire wear problems. Students will also learn the theory behind tire and wheel vibrations. Where applicable, related math and physics will be taught.

    Corequisite:  

    Campus: USU Eastern only
3
  
  • AUTO 1405 - Suspension and Steering Lab


    3 credits

    Students will complete as many as four wheel alignment procedures and wheel balances as time permits, as well as all P-1 and P-2 NATEF tasks for this area of study.

    Corequisite:  

    Campus: USU Eastern only
3
  
  • AUTO 1500 - Brakes - Theory


    3 credits

    Covers the principles of the automotive braking system. Includes the study of ABS, manual and power brake system, covers disc brakes, and drum brakes as well as power assist units. Where applicable, related math and physics will be taught.

    Corequisite:  

    Campus: USU Eastern only
3
  
  • AUTO 1505 - Brakes - Lab


    2 credits

    Students will complete necessary pressure checks to diagnose and analyze brake problems and will complete major and minor brake work, which will include turning drums and rotors on a brake lathe. Students will complete all P-1 and P-2 NATEF tasks for this area of study.

    Corequisite:  

    Campus: USU Eastern only
2
  
  • AUTO 1550 - Professional Vocational Leadership (VICA)


    1 credit

    Supports and facilitates the goals and objectives of Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA). Students will gain skills in the following areas: personal development, service, team building and leadership, workplace skills, and interview skills. Students may participate in regional, state and national competitions.

    Repeatable for credit
    Campus: USU Eastern only
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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