16 courses with the subject FINA, 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.
FINA 10001Art Explorations2
54 hours CE level continuing studies course Develop a unique artistic practice by drawing from an array of 2D and 3D disciplines including sculpture, ceramics, drawing, and printmaking. Students will have the opportunity to explore a range of techniques and learn how to work across media and toward an interdisciplinary approach to art making. Pass / Fail Grading Only This course may not be audited.
90.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This studio course is designed to develop a material understanding of appropriation, fragmentation, juxtaposition, and the application of mechanical and digital technology within the context of contemporary art practices. Students will expand their understanding of 2D and 3D art making through studio experimentation using traditional and unorthodox materials. Through the production of a series of finished projects, students will be able to develop a greater understanding of how content, process, and strategic iterations interact. Priority enrollment for Fine Art majors. This course is not repeatable for credit.
undefined hours 200 level undergraduate course This course allows for the presentation of one-time, unique studio experiences involving either specialized themes, media, classroom structures, or teaching & learning formats, for the development of projects relevant to contemporary fine art issues. Requires completion of 30 credits. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
67.5 hours 200 level undergraduate course Curatorial Practice presents students with a structured introduction to exhibition development and coordination, culminating in a collaboratively curated and installed exhibition on the University campus or at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. Starting with a thematic
undefined hours 200 level undergraduate course This course examines human impacts on and interactions with nature, including weather patterns, dynamic and cataclysmic phenomena like earthquakes and hurricanes, and climate-induced environmental events such as droughts, erosion and mudslides. Projects are undertaken that explore ecologically motivated and environmentally attuned art such as earthworks, land projects, performance and nature-based ephemeral works and ecofeminist works, and may be both discipline specific or interdisciplinary. Students are expected to research and reference related fields, such as landscape architecture, geography, biology, horticulture, agriculture and anthropology through imagination, experimentation, as well as through use of both anecdotal and scientific resources. This course is not repeatable for credit.
90.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course Students will develop a series of projects that stem from an ongoing exploration in the studio. Discussions will encourage students to find relevancy and validity in an analysis of historical precedents and contemporary culture. Critical commentary centers on four areas of concern: 1) The character of the work: its formal properties, its physical properties, aspects of intelligibility; 2) Intention: the investigation of motives and choices; 3) Context: ways that a work relates to a larger body of work, both conceptually and stylistic; 4) Quality: approaches to questions of value. An emphasis will be placed on the individualized development of ideas, content, and presentation in preparation for the students’ thesis project. Prerequisites ART*301 This course is not repeatable for credit.
67.5 hours 400 level undergraduate course In conjunction with the Senior Thesis studio project, students will write a thesis paper focused on a deep investigation of individual studio work in the context of historical and contemporary visual artists, scientists, writers, performers and other creative producers. Each student will work closely with faculty to craft a concise but erudite written essay that explicates the individual student’s creative motivations, influences, and cultural/ social and/or political affinities, as a means of developing and expressing a conclusive personal artistic agenda and voice in the thesis exhibition. This course is not repeatable for credit.
67.5 hours 400 level undergraduate course Students work toward the acquisition of a professional profile in resume, artist statement, portfolio preparation and artist presentations. Discussion of gallery practices, public commissions, grant writing, and residencies cultivate an awareness of professionalism and career opportunities in the Fine Arts field. Prerequisites ART*300 This course is not repeatable for credit.
90.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course An open studio oriented toward helping the development of individual initiative where concentration in a personal studio practice can be developed to fruition on an advanced level. An emphasis is placed on the development of ideas and content in the individual students work, which is supported by a series of individual and group critiques by faculty and visiting artists. Offers the student the opportunity to develop a body of work in preparation for portfolio and exhibition presentation. Prerequisites FINA*400 and ART*301
0.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. This course may be repeated for credit. This course requires permission by the offering program office. This course may not be audited. This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
undefined hours 400 level undergraduate course Internships provide opportunity for practical experience, expansion of professional skills, and enable students to test career choices. Internships may include working in an artist studio, in a gallery or non-profit organization, or for a small business among others. Prerequisites ART*200 Open to Fine Arts and Art BFA majors only. Pass/fail grading only.
600 level graduate course This course brings together principles of design, visualization, and movement with the intention of creating a more heightened awareness of our interactions with objects and with the built environment. Movement exercises will generate methodologies for making; for example, how might improvisational interaction with other performers be applied to improvisation and spontaneity in the creation of free-form drawings and paintings? Could the exploration of geometry and repetition in our movements in turn be applied to building sculptures? A special emphasis is placed upon the study of patterns, the interaction of colors, contrast between foreground and background (or backdrop), the relationship between the flat and the dimensional, and the way in which form is, ultimately, an expression and extension of body and mind. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
undefined hours 600 level graduate course This course brings together principles of design, visualization, and movement with the intention of creating a more heightened awareness of our interactions with objects and with the built environment. Movement exercises will generate methodologies for making; for example, how might improvisational interaction with other performers be applied to improvisation and spontaneity in the creation of free-form drawings and paintings? Could the exploration of geometry and repetition in our movements in turn be applied to building sculptures? A special emphasis is placed upon the study of patterns, the interaction of colors, contrast between foreground and background (or backdrop), the relationship between the flat and the dimensional, and the way in which form is, ultimately, an expression and extension of body and mind. Open only to Devised Performance majors. This course may be completed 2 times for credit. Pass/fail grading only.
undefined hours 600 level graduate course Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. This course may be completed 2 times for credit This course requires permission by the offering program office. This course may not be audited. This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
0.0 hours 600 level graduate course Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar. This course may be repeated for credit. This course requires permission by the offering program office.
45.0 hours 600 level graduate course An interdisciplinary seminar in which advanced graduate students from various disciplines in the visual arts further examine the nature of image-making with particular attention to the theories and applications of criticism. Open to graduate students in the College of Art, Media, and Design only. This course is not repeatable for credit.
