4 courses with the subject OBJT, 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.
OBJT 101Object/Environment3
90.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course In this course, students use three-dimensional and digital media to explore issues of object and environment. Ideas of found, fabricated and virtual objects are addressed through the lenses of art, film and design. Inquiry-based research aids students in developing project content, an awareness of cultural and historical contexts, and the ability to analyze their art-making methods and the works of artists, designers and filmmakers. The development of common technical skills, critical skills and a conceptual vocabulary provide a framework for future study. Students apply research to their processes and evaluate their work through writing and critique. The course fosters community through collaborative projects and incorporates at least one visit to an off-campus site. This course is not repeatable for credit.
90.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course This studio course considers the body as a three-dimensional form reflecting the broad array of human expression. The course is dedicated to a study of the physical body and the expressive body, respectively. The physical body examines the figure from an anatomical perspective and its structural qualities, such as the skeleton, musculature, proportions and mechanics. Students also examine various artistic canons, both western and non-western. The expressive body addresses the figure as a signifier of the human condition. Students explore its visual presence or absence, reconsider the mind-body question, and contemplate or situate the body in space. Projects incorporate movement, gesture and posture. Various modes of making will be explored, using a range of materials. This course is not repeatable for credit.
90.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course This course will explore the cultural, historical and symbolic meaning of found objects and how they can be appropriated, reshaped and their meaning altered as the context and times change. This course will offer an introduction to experimental ways of working with found objects as well as with a variety of materials and of fabrication methods, including modeling, mold making, interactivity, metal and wood, and the structural attributes of objects. The histories and uses of objects for utility, ritual, metaphor and drama will be explored through film, art and design. This course is not repeatable for credit.
67.5 hours 200 level undergraduate course Structures addresses pragmatic engineering and theoretical concepts as they relate to art, design and film. Using digital and manual techniques, students will investigate how to make a physical structure stand in space, how an underlying support works as a system of parts, and how structures can construct conceptual space. The course will challenge students to expand their existing notions and envision structure as shelter, routine, skin, pattern, support, surface and time. Students will work individually and collaboratively to produce projects ranging from structures that address everyday human need, to structures that transform physical and conceptual space, to structures designed to create meaning for experimental installations which may incorporate photography, film and a variety of other time-based media. This course is not repeatable for credit.
