ARTS

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Subject

ARTS

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Visual culture is all around us and helps to define our individual and collective interpretations of the world. Gender is one integral aspect of identity that is expressed through the visual. The course will look at constructions of gender identity, moralizing “good vs. bad” bodies (i.e., the “nude vs naked” debate), intersections of religion and gender, and the birth of the gendered and racialized body in art. In this course, we will examine a range of visual art (painting, performance, sculpture, installation, music videos, film and TV, etc.). Students will read a series of Attributes: LC YLIB

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

$80

Subject

ARTS

Type

course

Edition

2018-2019

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course introduces the student to basic water media painting techniques, focusing on the properties and possibilities of watercolor and acrylic paint for still life and landscape subjects. Individual as well as group instruction is given with an emphasis on composition, color, and personal expression. Works from traditional and contemporary artists are studied. Attributes: YLIB

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Artists regularly address social and political issues within their works, and in doing so, actively shape cultural conversations. This course examines the way works of art engage in public discourse and influence how we see Earth, others, and ourselves. Typically offered:

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

What makes us feel angry? Is it only a passing reflex response, or is anger also built over time? How can anger and frustration be expressed artistically? What reactions are people searching for when they voice frustration, and how should we respond as audience members? In this course we will read excerpts from the Iliad, take in slam poetry, watch films, and analyze murals and holograms, all with the aim of understanding what frustrations led these makers to create their work. We will examine the tools makers use to express their thoughts and experiences in essays, poems, art Attributes: LC YLIB

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course introduces the student to the basic drawing techniques of line, form, and shading. Using pencil, charcoal, and ink, we develop skills and increase visual perception. The goal of the course is to work toward a creative approach to expressive drawing of the figure, still life, and landscape. Works from traditional and contemporary artists are studied. Typically offered:

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

The course introduces students to techniques of using the computer as an artist’s tool. Some familiarity with Adobe Photoshop© is helpful but not necessary. Project work will explore a variety of digital effects possible and will focus on helping students gain an understanding of important style and art movements of the past. Consideration will be given to developing a basic understanding of related technical issues such as: image capture, file formats, color management, output options and creating works for print or digital display. Course emphasis will be on generating works Attributes: YLIB

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Students participate in the Fisher One-Act Play Festival, either as a playwright, actor, director, designer, stage manager, or by working in theater management. Attributes: YLIB

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

1

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

An introduction to the actor’s craft. Students will engage in physical and vocal exercises, improvisation, scene study, and analysis of text and character. Attributes: NLIB

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Theatre Ensemble is an experiential-learning course in which students will learn about performance and theater through participation in a faculty directed production. Students may choose to participate in multiple areas, including acting, stage managing, administration, and technical theater: set construction, lighting, sound, costumes, and props. Students also will conduct research related to the play, playwright, and characters. Attributes: NLIB ZEXL

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course is designed to teach students the basics of music theory, including reading, writing and studying how elements of music (notation, harmony, rhythm) are put together to create musical works. Specific musical compositions will be listened to and analyzed. The main musical grammatical areas that will be covered are: notation (history and development); harmony (traditional triadic harmony); rhythm (traditional rhythmic notation) and score reading (classical to popular forms of music). The course will focus on a selection of musical examples, ranging from medieval to co Attributes: YLIB

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Students study and practice skills central to academic and professional research through the development of independent, inquiry-based projects. In their projects, students assert, support, and integrate their own positions into a scholarly conversation based in research. Students develop competency in the location, evaluation, analysis and documentation of sources that represent a range of different perspectives on important issues. Attributes: RW YLIB ZRES

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Students will work collaboratively with faculty, staff, and members of the community to create and present a choral concert. Theory and historical context for the work will be explored throughout the semester as students apply choral technique and musical knowledge to the vocal production. No prior singing experience is necessary. Typically offered:

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

1

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

An introduction to the world of dance as an artistic discipline. This course is comprised of experiential studio classes and lectures including topics on dance technique, dance history, improvisation, composition, and world/folk/social dance styles. Through movement exploration, observation, discussion, reflection, and reading and writing assignments, students will develop literacy as it relates to dance and the creative process. Attributes: P1 YLIB

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

The course introduces basic means of producing sculptural art. Students develop an increased awareness of both aesthetic and conceptual choices as related to a 21st century understanding of sculpture. Attributes: NLIB ZEXL

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

We often talk about how the arts are used for individual creative expression, but we speak less often about how the arts also can cultivate community. This course is built around site visits, hands-on learning, and the connection between arts and community-building. Students will learn about creative practice as it intersects with issues of access by visiting a different arts organization in Rochester every three weeks. Each visit will be preceded in class by general discussions of principles of the art form we are studying and histories of how that art form has (or has not) e < >< > Additional fees apply. Typically offered:

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Theater often examines politics, current events, and issues related to social change. In this course, students will read several plays dealing with social problems and then will engage with members of the community to research, write, and create their own work of devised theater around a contemporary issue (e.g., climate change, democracy and human rights, war and trauma). This final project will be a performance of student-written monologues and short plays (likely presented as a staged reading). Opportunities to learn about theater design and arts management will be availabl Typically offered:

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

The topic of this course will vary each semester. Possible topics include improvisation, solo performance, musical theater, and theater directing. May be repeated up to four times with a different topic. Attributes: YLIB ZEXL

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Repeatable

May be repeated up to four times with a different topic.

Repeatable up to

4

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course looks at the intersection of art and culture in the United States from the middle of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th. In addition to considering painting, film, photography, and other visual arts, students explore the significance of influential exhibitions and publications. Students examine the ways in which cultural, political, economic, social, and scientific concerns were literally “envisioned” from the Victorian era into the modern era. Attributes: AMHU CIA YLIB

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

A study of art and culture in the U.S. from 1945 to the present. Students examine how works of art produced during this time express and help determine the changing ideologies and realities within America. Topics covered include the emergence of an American Avant-Garde; Abstract Expressionism and the Cold War; Pop Art and the 1960s; the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement and the art of protest; feminist art and the sexual revolution of the 1970s. In addition, some consideration is given to the way in which American culture was shaped by popular forms of entertainment such Typically offered:

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Throughout history, people have tried to capture and make sense of the moments that make them feel larger than life and most themselves. In this course we will study many forms of art documenting journeys of self-discovery: films like Into the Wild, poems by the Romantics, diaries of long-distance runners and LSD trippers. We will explore how the act of capturing thoughts and experiences in writing, art, music, and film, helps us better understand them. We will also ask whether seeking self-discovery is an ethical endeavor since it so often emphasizes independence, isolation, Typically offered:

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This class is an opportunity for those who sing and for those who would like to learn. The class will explore the fundamentals of vocal production, music theory, music history and genres, vocal health and performance etiquette. There is no prerequisite or experience necessary. Attributes: NLIB

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

In this class, students explore the social, historical, and political contexts of music through a focus on Ireland’s traditional music and its worldwide and Rochester-based diaspora. This course introduces students to the traditional music of Ireland through its instruments, song, and dance. Students will engage with Irish music and dance through reading and discussion, ethno-musicological research methods, and participation in dance, song, and instrumental music-making Attributes: CIA

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course offers an introduction to guitar for students with little to no previous experience. The course will cover the fundamentals such as reading music in tablature, treble and bass clefs, scales, intervals, chords, blues basics, strumming, and ear training. Students will develop their ability to understand, describe, discuss, create and play music. While a limited number of guitars will be available for loan, students are strongly encouraged to rent or purchase their own instruments. Attributes: NLIB

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course offers a chronological and thematic survey of major developments in global art (art of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas) from the mid-18th century through the beginning of the 21st century. The course is designed to introduce visual culture from a contextual perspective with a view toward understanding issues of the arts as they relate to their historical settings. Beginning with an introduction to Enlightenment philosophies of art that originated modern ideas about the periodization of art, the notion of the “universal museum,” and new interactions among art Attributes: CIA YLIB

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course will examine theories and philosophies of dance from the European Renaissance to 21st century through an exploration of literature, history, film, and new media (e.g., music videos, YouTube, and TikTok). In addition to considering broad, theoretical questions about dance-What exactly counts as dance? Are there “good” and “bad” forms of dancing, and what makes them so? What happens when we or others see dance? When and why do we ourselves dance? We will engage in longstanding critical conversations about dance’s status as a virtuous or corrupting art; dance’s so-cal Attributes: CIA YLIB

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Museums are repositories of world history and knowledge in all of its formats and are significant disseminators of this knowledge. This course explores why museums exist, how they are governed, how they acquire, care for and exhibit their collections, and the efforts being made to preserve those collections. Field trips to local museums, opportunities to meet with various professionals in the museum field, and preparation of exhibits in the department’s display cases are scheduled throughout the semester. This course is required for the Museum Studies Certificate. Cross-listed with MSTD 228D. Attributes: P3 YLIB

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Alias

MSTD 228D

In this course students will first learn how to analyze photographs in terms of their formal attributes and how to make digital photographs. As the course proceeds, students will learn how to place photographs within a sociohistorical and cultural context, so that they understand that art does not exist by itself but within a particular social, cultural, and historical moment. They then will be asked to consider how their own photographs operate in much the same way. In so doing, students will engage in an exploration of how photographs always operate in a social moment, engag Attributes: DEI YLIB 2025-2026 Catalog » Academic Programs » Undergraduate » School of Arts and Sciences » Arts: Interdisciplinary Arts (Minor) Arts: Interdisciplinary Arts (Minor)

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

The topic of this course will vary each semester. The course may focus on one dance style or take an interdisciplinary approach to dance performance. May be repeated up to four times with a different topic. Typically offered:

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Repeatable

May be repeated up to four times with a different topic.

Repeatable up to

4

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

The topic of this course will vary each semester. The course may focus on a variety of topics, including printmaking and book arts. May be repeated up to four times with a different topic. Typically offered:

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Repeatable

May be repeated up to four times with a different topic.

Repeatable up to

4

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

The topic of this course will vary each semester. The course may focus on a variety of topics, including installations and other mixed media forms (including expanded cinema). May be repeated up to four times with a different topic. Attributes: YLIB

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Repeatable

May be repeated up to four times with a different topic.

Repeatable up to

4

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course offers creative exploration in acrylics designed to build the student’s understanding of the role of art in contemporary culture. Expanded freedom to develop a personal style, with an emphasis on developing proficiency in advanced techniques. Attributes: YLIB

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Prerequisite

ARTS-103 D-

Students will further develop their drawing skills, with an emphasis on developing proficiency in more advanced techniques. Projects assigned with student input, resulting in finished art works. Examples from drawing history will be discussed. Attributes: YLIB

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Prerequisite

ARTS-105 D-

Advanced Theater Ensemble is an experiential-learning course in which students will learn about performance and theater through participation in a faculty directed production. Students may choose to participate in multiple areas, including acting, stage managing, administration, and technical theater: set construction, lighting, sound, costumes, and props. Students also will conduct research related to the play, playwright, and characters. Students will be expected to take on additional responsibilities in performance, stage management, theater administration, lighting or soun May be taken up to six times. Attributes: NLIB ZEXL

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Prerequisite

ARTS-118 D-

The internship program in Arts allows eligible students to earn academic credit for supervised off-campus work in an arts-related business or nonprofit organization. No more than three credits earned in an internship will be counted towards the minor. Graded S/U. Typically offered: Fall, Spring & Summer Attributes: YLIB ZCIV ZEXL

Subject

ARTS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Eligible students may pursue independent study under the direction of a given instructor. The student submits a written proposal approved by the instructor to the program director and writes a final paper. The student presents an oral version of the project to a student conference at the end of the semester. Completion of the Independent Study/Tutorial Authorization form is required. Typically offered:

Subject

ARTS

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu