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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The word foundation is defined as the base on which something rests or the fundamental principle on which something is founded, a basis. The courses of the Foundation Program are the basis upon which a career as an artist, art historian, or graphic designer will be built. The content covered in this series of classes will serve as a resource for students to draw on as they move into upper level classes. This groundwork is established to enable both students and faculty to focus intently on the interaction between media and content as applied to specific upper level fine and applied arts disciplines. The many concepts, media, and concerns covered are basic, but should never be considered simple. They are in many ways the most complex topics with which art students struggle. The concepts investigated in these classes are the language and grammar that are the conventions of visual literacy. As the elements of our common language, these are concepts students must know fluently. As the convention of our discipline, their history must be understood and their application to contemporary art questioned.
PROGRAM COURSE OF STUDY
The following list maps the ideal
sequencing of courses:
Concurrent with First 7100 Art CLass
Art 103 Arts Orientation
First Semster
Art 210 Visual Arts Awareness
Art 131 Introduction to Drawing
Art 144 Two-Dimensional Design
Second Semester
Art 145 Three-Dimensional Design
Art 233 Life Drawing
Third Semester
Art 100 Survey of History of Art I
Fourth Semester
Art 101 Survey of history of Art II
After Completion of Art 131, 144, 121, 233
Art 250 Foundations Review
FOUNDATION PROGRAM
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