Most RC courses are open to LS&A students and may be used to meet distribution requirements.

268. Introduction to Visual Thinking: Adventures in Creativity. (4). (CE). Laboratory fee ($25) required.
A studio course designed to develop visual thinking skills, flexible problem-solving strategies, and creativity. Readings and exercises prepare students for four longer projects that use three-dimensional materials and emphasize the use of lateral thinking skills to arrive at creative solutions. Includes slide lectures, discussions about creative process.

269. Elements of Design. (4). (CE). Materials fee ($30).
An introduction to the basic elements and principles of two-dimensional design, including line, shape, tone, balance, movement, perspective. Basic color principles (such as simultaneous contrast) are also taught. Slide lectures, discussions, critiques and frequent studio projects are all used to develop students' visual literacy and design skills. Emphasis is on the acquisition of skills necessary to create original visual images.

285. Photography. (4). (CE). Materials fee ($100).
An introduction to the medium of photography from the perspective of the artist. Basic skills as well as an overview of photography's role in the arts are presented. The development of an understanding of visual literacy and self-expression as they relate to the photographic medium is stressed as well as the development of basic technical skills in black and white and color photography and holography.

286. Sculpture. (4). (CE). Materials fee ($35).
The focus of this course is an exploratory, experimental approach to fiber sculpture. Students learn and employ traditional techniques (including basketry, plaiting, tapestry, surface design, and felt-making) and also are encouraged to develop their own experimental techniques. Traditional fibers such as wool, linen, and cotton are be combined with unconventional plastics, wire, paper, etc., in the creation of innovative works. Slide lectures of historic and contemporary textiles, discussions, critiques, and studio projects help students develop a knowledge and appreciation of the discipline.

287. Printmaking. (4). (CE). Materials fee ($50).
Developing an understanding of the art of printmaking through lectures, demonstrations, practical studio experience, examples, and individual and group discussions. The course focuses on creating original prints, exploring images and visual ideas, and the possibilities of self-expression. Emphasis is placed on linoleum cut, woodblock, and silkscreen techniques.

288. Introduction to Drawing. (4). (CE). Laboratory fee ($35) required.
This is a studio course designed to develop drawing ability through eye, mind, hand coordination. Students learn drawing terminology, explore a variety of materials and techniques, develop a portfolio, maintain a sketchbook, view slides, and discuss their own and other artists' work.

289. Ceramics. (4). (CE). Materials fee ($85).
Presents basic problems in forming clay, both throwing and handbuilding techniques, calculating, preparing, and applying glazes, stacking and firing kilns, and operating a ceramics studio. The theory, practice, and history of ceramics are integral parts of this study and are used to encourage individual sensitivity to the material.

345. Culture and Aesthetics. (4). (Excl).
Course explores issues in aesthetics and culture drawing on studies from a wide variety of cultural and historical contexts. Readings survey both conservative and rapidly changing art traditions in ethnic localities under the influence of industrialized cultures. Readings drawn from theorists of economic and cultural hierarchies, gender and semiotics.

348. Performance, Conceptial and Public Art: Tradition and Innovations. (4). (Excl). Laboratory fee ($30) required.
Students analyze past and current creative strategies in public conceptual and performance art and there-by enhance their own imagination and creativity. Through a series of class projects students examine how these art forms contribute to communities.

385. Interdisciplinary Photographic Applications. Arts 285. (4). (Excl). Materials fee ($90).
An advanced course in photography requiring the application of the medium to problems or ideas in another discipline of the students' choosing.

389. Ceramics Theory and Criticism. RC Arts 289. (4). (CE). Laboratory fee ($85) required.
This is an interdisciplinary course that combines studio work in clay and glazes with the aesthetics and criticism of ceramics.