39 courses with the subject ART, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ART 1100Art Appreciation3
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This course is designed for those with little or no background in art. The course examines works of art across the globe in their historical, social, cultural, religious, and political context, ranging from the Prehistoric to the Contemporary era. We will explore how artists of various eras have dealt with reoccurring themes in art, and how their solutions to artistic questions reveal the cultural concerns of their times.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
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3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
ART 1300Introduction to Studio Art: Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture3
Credit(s) Offered: Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings. Studio Art. This course provides a hands-on introduction to drawing, painting, and sculpture. The course will emphasize the fundamentals of each studio discipline, but will also explore the expressive potential of visual art: how the various elements of drawing, painting, and sculpture can be used to embody very different feelings and ideas.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
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3
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Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester A studio course that introduces students to the practice of drawing with emphasis on the description of form through means of line, shade, and perspective. An investigation of a variety of media as well as of basic stylistic alternatives is encouraged.
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ART
Credits (min)
3
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3
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Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Fall This course is an introduction to photography as a visual language. Students will explore conceptual imagemaking through digital and analog photographic processes while surveying contemporary photographic artists and social issues relating to their work. A digital camera is necessary to complete this course; modern cell phone cameras are permitted and fill the camera requirement. Cross-listed with COMM 1500
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ART
Credits (min)
3
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3
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Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: once every year Studio Art. In this course the basic elements and principles of design are analyzed and applied to the creation of two-dimensional form. Topics covered include the effect of black and white, color, mixed media, scale, and texture on form. Lectures, slides, film, and visual presentations are included in the course program.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
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3
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Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester Studio Art. In this studio art class you will have the opportunity to explore a variety of materials such as wood, clay, wire, and plaster in your creations. We will discuss how the various elements of 3 dimensional design (line, plane, mass, volume, texture, space, light) can be organized effectively to create intriguing objects. The course will involve mostly in-class studio work but also slide discussions, critiques of each project, in-class team projects, and possibly a museum/ art gallery visit.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This course will introduce students to the basic methods and techniques of designing and creating with clay as a medium. A variety of hand building and glazing techniques will be introduced through the study of both sculptural and functional forms.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every two years Art History. This course is a survey of the art and artifacts produced in Europe and the Middle East from the prehistoric through the medieval periods. Special attention is paid to the cultural function of art, and the fascination these distant cultures exert on the modern era. This course explores how “art” is defined and understood in ways very different from our own modern Western definitions, and investigates how images create, maintain, and re-interpret cultural norms.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: once every two years This course is a survey of the art and artifacts produced in Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East from the prehistoric through the classical periods, with an emphasis on the cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Special attention is paid to the cultural function of art, and the fascination these distant cultures exert on the modern era. This course explores how “art” is defined and understood in ways very different from our own modern Western definitions, and investigates how images create, maintain, and re-interpret cultural norms.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Fall This class will focus exclusively on the human figure: proportions, anatomy, gesture, and form. We will explore the figure in a variety of ways, including creating a posable 3D wire armature as well as drawing in pencil, charcoal, and ink wash. For students wishing to develop their ability to draw and animate the figure realistically for Game Design, Graphic Design, or Drawing and Painting, this course will give you the intense practice needed to build confidence and skill.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
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Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every fall Studio Art. In this class we will explore the expressive possibilities of materials and form with an emphasis on concept and how material affects meaning. Traditional methods will be considered such as modeling, carving, and assembling, as well as some more contemporary methods and materials, such as incorporating found materials into paper clay. We will look at and discuss the art of sculptors working in different media from around the world.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other year This course examines the role of art in public spaces. We analyze how public art visually expresses the diverse identities, stories, and cultures of the communities who create and view it. First, we consider public art from ancient historical periods through the nineteenth century. Second, we look at public art in our local communities throughout Massachusetts. Third, we study contemporary public art around the world.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every two years in the fall Art History. This course covers the history of art of this region: from its earliest foundations in India through China and Japan as well as sections on Indonesia, Southeast Asia and Korea. Students will learn to analyze and discuss the various aspects and styles of Asian painting, sculpture, architecture and crafts within their historical and religious contexts. Students will begin to see in new ways and to identify how the art of these countries reflects the values of their cultures. There may be some hands-on work in this course: in brushwork, martial arts and perhaps the Japanese tea ceremony.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: fall Studio Art. The course studies the basic problems of form, color, and texture as understood in oil. Consideration is also given to the nature and use of the oil painting materials themselves.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every two years in the fall Art History. An interdisciplinary course covering the art, music, and philosophy of several Asian countries: India, China and Japan among them. Students will learn to analyze art and music and to connect these forms with the underlying philosophy and major religious influences of each country. Cross-listed with MUSC 2120
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: spring Studio Art. Students will explore shape, form and movement as it relates to character, mood and atmosphere. The history of the art of puppetry from around the world will be discussed through images, videos and readings. Students will learn how to construct masks, shadow puppets, hand and rod puppets, and marionettes and will work in groups to put on performances of folk tales from various parts of the world.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: fall Studio Art. The basic problems in form and anatomy are studied while drawing from the nude and costumed model. Various techniques and drawing tools are explored, as well as a range of approaches to drawing the human figure.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other year In this course, students will explore a global range of cultural artifacts representing the natural world, from prehistory to the present day, and will consider how these works shape human interactions with nature. The important role of contemporary art in transforming the human/nature relationship in the face of climate change and ecosystem collapse will be emphasized.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester The course is an advanced study of pictorial technique in dry media, including but not limited to charcoal, pencil, conte, and pastel. Emphasis is placed on the development of a student’s own style through a variety of subjects and media.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every two years in the fall Art History. This course will explore the art and architecture of America from the early seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth century, with a particular focus on national identity and self-invention. We will investigate how art informs and is informed by the religious, political, and socio-economic concerns of the period, and how the tensions and desires of an emerging nation were negotiated through its cultural artifacts.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every two years in the spring Art History. This course will explore the art and architecture of America in the twentieth century, with a particular focus on national identity and self-invention. We will investigate how art informs and is informed by the religious, political, and socio-economic concerns of the period, and how the tensions and desires of our nation are negotiated through its cultural artifacts.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: spring Studio Art. The course introduces students to painting with water-based media. Throughout the course, the focus will be on developing command of the medium of transparent watercolor, although painting with acrylics will also be introduced.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every two years Art History. This course explores the art and architecture of Northern Europe from about 1300 to 1600, featuring artists such as Jan van Eyck, Albrecht Dürer, Hieronymus Bosch, and Pieter Bruegel. We will investigate how art informs and is informed by the religious, political, and socio-economic concerns of the period, and how art production and consumption were radically transformed during this period.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every two years Art History. This course will explore the art and architecture of Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, featuring artists such as Bernini, Velazquez, Vermeer and Rembrandt. We will investigate how art informs and is informed by the religious, political, and socio-economic concerns of the period, and how the tensions and desires of the producers and consumers of art were negotiated through cultural artifacts.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every two years Art History. This course will explore the art and architecture of Italy from about 1300 to 1600, featuring artists such as Giotto, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo. We will investigate how art was radically transformed during this period, and how art in turn helped transform Renaissance society.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every two years This course explores the development of art from Neo-Classicism through Post-Impressionism, with an emphasis on the European cultural and sociopolitical context for the radical changes in art during this time period.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every two years Art History. The course presents a study of recent and contemporary trends in American and international art from 1945 to the present. The course consists of active student participation in slide discussions and museum trips.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Spring Ceramics II is an intermediate-level investigation into the historical and contemporary sculptural practices using clay as the medium. Students will create a variety of sculptures, such as a portrait bust, an animal sculpture, an abstracted organic piece, and an architectural structure. An orientation to the processes of hand building will include pinching, coil building, slab building, modeling, and carving. Students will be able to take this course twice for credit.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
ART 1300 or ART 1650 or ART 2004 or permission of instructor Meets
ART 3003How Photography Became Art3
Credit(s) Offered: every other year This course focuses on the dynamic relationship between photography and Western art. In it, we investigate how the changing relationship between art and science in the 16th century led to the development of photography in the beginning of the 19th century, and how this development in turn transformed ideas about art and visual culture in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: may be less than once every two years This advanced studio course is an expansion upon the basic principles of sculpture. Sculpture projects are geared toward the individual interests and requirements of the advanced student.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every spring The course provides an advanced study of pictorial techniques with an emphasis on personal expression in oil, acrylic, or water based media.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Repeatable
may be repeated for credit.
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: may be less than once every two years The course is a study of the development of modern art criticism. The course begins by examining traditional art criticism and then concentrates on contemporary art and criticism, including Clement Greenberg in the 1940s and concluding with Postmodern criticism of the 1980s and 1990s.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
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3
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course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every two years This course focuses on the development of modern art from 1890 to 1960 in Europe and the United States, from Post Impressionism to Abstract Expressionism. We will investigate both the formal innovations of the period, and sociopolitical context and aesthetic theories that shaped these innovations.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
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3
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Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: may be less than once every two years Students will develop their personal artistic vision at an advanced level in drawing, painting, or sculpture with emphasis on the expressive potential of visual art. Intermediate level experience in at least one medium is required, but students will be encouraged to explore the connection between the different artistic media as well.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
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Repeatable
may be repeated once for credit.
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: fall This course presents a condensed survey of architectural history from ancient art to 1715. Periods studied include Greek, Roman, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque architecture. Non-Western architecture includes the culture of Japan, India, and Islam.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
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3
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course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: spring This course covers architecture from the Neoclassical period to the present day. Topics may include: Neoclassicism, Gothic revival, the Arts and Crafts movement, Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, International Style, Postmodernism, sustainability and green architecture, industrial design, landscape design and urbanism. The sociopolitical context of modern architecture and the theories that shaped it will be emphasized.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
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3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every two years This course introduces the student to the place and roles of women in the world of visual and fine arts from the Middle Ages to the present.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
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3
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Credit(s)
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Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: by arrangement In conjunction with Fitchburg State University, the Fitchburg Art Museum offers a multifaceted learning experience coupled with practical application conducted in the Fitchburg Art Museum and in elementary school classrooms of Fitchburg and surrounding towns. Student Instructors are trained to give instructional lectures about the ancient cultures of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Mesa Verde, to school children both in the Museum galleries and in the classroom.
Subject
ART
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
