UNDERGRADUATE

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The undergraduate program is eager to provide the brand of mentorship and support that will allow you to grow as an artist, a designer, an educator, or a historian but mostly as a thinker. Ultimately, our curriculum offers professional training for the self-sustaining artist/designer as well as preparation for the student planning to pursue an advanced degree in the arts.

To be an successful student, we see it as our responsibility to provide you with guidance to help you achieve your goals. In each class, you work closely with a faculty member to test your aesthetic vision, refine your technical, communicative, and evaluative skills.

Majors sit down with faculty members to choose elective courses within the School of Art + Design that best contribute to their future ambitions.

With the degree in hand, students have a broad range of professional options to consider, such as a public school teacher, curatorial researcher, an exhibiting artist, a conservator, a toy or exhibit designer, a photo stylist, a jewelry designer, or an artist in resident, etc. The list is long. Some of our students choose to matriculate to grad school as well, where they continue their training as professional artists and educators.

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Spring 2010 Art + Design Registration

Time Tickets

You will be assigned a Time Ticket, the earliest time you are authorized to register, based on the number of hours completed (including current enrolled hours), according to campus policy. Priority registration times for Spring 2010 will be spread over three weeks. You may register or adjust your schedule any time after your earliest assigned time through the first day of classes without penalty. You are encouraged to register as soon as possible after your time ticket allows to retain your priority. The traditional priority registration groups and the process for assigning registration times remain unchanged. For Spring 2010, registration times will be assigned to groups approximately as follows:

Start Date

Time

Groups

Monday, November 2

8:20 a.m.

Chancellor's Honors

11:20 a.m.

James Scholars

Tuesday, November 3

8:20 a.m.

Rehabilitation education students

11:20 a.m.

Varsity athletes

3:40 p.m.

Seniors

Friday, November 6

8:20 a.m.

Graduate and professional students

Wednesday, November 11

8:20 a.m.

Juniors

Friday, November 13

8:20 a.m.

Sophomores

Tuesday, November 17

8:20 a.m.

Freshmen

Monday, November 23

8:20 a.m.

Others

Friday, January 22

8:20 a.m.

Non-degree part-time

No Restrictions: The following classes are open to the campus.

Class

ART 100 - Understanding Visual Culture

ART 140 - Introduction to Art

ART 199 - Discovery Classes (freshman)

ART 250 - Writing with Video (Advanced Comp)

ART 299 - Special Topics in Art (Key Terms of Visual Culture)

ARTD 208 - Ikabana: Japanese Floral Arts

ARTD 299 - Special Topics in Design (Sustainable e-Waste Design)

ARTD 299 - Special Topics in Design (History of the Way of Tea and Zen Aesthetics)

ARTE 260 - Museums in Action

ARTE 480 - Popular Visual Culture

ARTS 343 - Time Arts I

ARTS 344 - Interactivity I

ARTH - Art History Classes

Restrictions will be lifted on Monday, November 23 for Art + Design students for the following classes:

Date

Class
Monday, November 23

ARTD 211 - Design History Survey

ARTS 250 - Life Drawing

ARTS 251 - Painting I

ARTS 252 - Making and Meaning

All Restrictions will be lifted on Monday, November 23 for University students for the following classes:

Date

Class
Monday, November 23

ARTS 210 - Ceramics Sculpture I

ARTS 230 - Jewelry/Metals I

ARTS 260 - Basic Photography

ARTS 280 - Sculpture I