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The Department of Art, Graphic Design and Art History offers courses for students who are interested in the visual arts or wish to major in studio art, graphic design or art history. Minors are also available in studio art and art history. Fields of concentration include drawing, oil and watercolor painting, printmaking, graphic design, electronic media, photography and digital media, ceramics, jewelry/metalsmithing, sculpture and art history.
The Bachelor of Art (BA) includes options in art history and studio art that can be combined with teacher certification; the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), is a professional degree with options in studio art or graphic design.
In order to qualify for graduation, art majors must have grade-point averages in Art Department courses of 2.50 for a BA in Studio Art, 3.0 for a BA in Art History, and 2.75 for a BFA in Studio Art or Graphic Design.
Students who wish to major in graphic design must have a minimum overall GPA of 2.75 to enroll in 2000-level graphic design courses. Students must have taken or be enrolled in three 2000-level courses (Art 2413, Art 2423, and Art 2433) before their sophomore portfolio review, which is scheduled each spring semester. Students who wish to transfer into the graphic design program with earned credit in these courses are subject to the same review and must submit portfolio materials with application for admission into the program no later than April 1. This portfolio review determines which students are qualified to proceed to 3000-level graphic design courses. Students who pass the graphic design portfolio review are furthermore required to purchase a MacBook Pro laptop computer for use in the classroom and at home. Specifications are available on the Department’s website, http://art.okstate.edu.
The Department of Art, Graphic Design and Art History is able to offer substantial scholarships at all levels, freshman through senior, on a competitive basis.
The Gardiner Gallery of Art in the Bartlett Center for the Visual Arts, the Department’s main building, hosts up to ten exhibitions per year. Exhibitions include the work of faculty, students, and national and international artists. Students and faculty also curate special exhibitions in the Gardiner Gallery.
Description: A freehand drawing experience designed to build basic skills and awareness of visual relationships. A sequence of problems dealing with composition, shape, volume, value, line, gesture, texture and perspective. A variety of media explored.
Description: Objective and subjective approaches to visual problem solving in a variety of black and white and color media. The analysis and manipulation of form, light, space, volume, and the formal aspects of perspective.
Description: Investigation of fundamental design principles and visual elements through the process of image making. Students explore the dynamics of composition through developing approaches to aesthetics, visual analysis, perception and narrative. Provides experience with a variety of two-dimensional media and develops core skills in observation, craft and technique. Emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary learning through lectures, discussions, critiques, and the process of making images.
Description: Investigation of fundamental design principles of form through the process of object making. Students explore concepts of interaction between form, space and movement through developing approaches to the construction and manipulation of materials. Provides experience with a variety of three-dimensional media and develops skills in observation, craft and technique. Emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary learning through lectures, discussions, critiques, and the process of making objects. Course previously offered as ART 2203.
Description: The arts, artists, and their cultures from prehistoric times through the Early Renaissance. May not be used for degree credit with ART 1603. Previously offered as ART 2603.
Description: The arts, artists, and their cultures from the Early Renaissance to the present. May not be used for degree credit with ART 1603. Previously offered as ART 2613.
Description: Introductory survey of global art history, with emphasis on modern and contemporary art. Intended for non-art majors. May not be used for degree credit with ART 1503 or ART 1513. Course previously offered as ART 1803.
Description: Portfolio concept development including idea generation, sketchbook, analyzing and evaluating art criticism and select contemporary artists. Professional portfolio presentation, including matting, artwork documentation and resume as a precursor to the Sophomore review. Course previously offered as ART 2002.
Description: Introduction to life drawing with emphasis on preliminary linear construction and structural aspects of the figure, including the study of general body proportions, rapid visualization, and figure-ground relationships.
Prerequisites: ART 1113 and ART 1203 and ART 1303, or consent of instructor.
Description: The development of skills in oil paint­ing stressing form and content, visual perception, and individual expression. Technical instruction applicable to individual problems and needs. Course previously offered as ART 3123.
Prerequisites: ART 1113 , ART 1203 , ART 1303 , or consent of instructor.
Description: The development of technical skills stressing color, form, and content. Assignments cover paper preparation and support, brush handling, pigment characteristics and mixing, and all basic dry surface and wet surface painting techniques. Course previously offered as ART 3133.
Prerequisites: ART 1113, ART 1303; consent of instructor.
Description: Fabrication and forming techniques for non-ferrous metals. Cold joinery, silver soldering, surface treatment and elementary stone setting. Applications toward either wearable or small scale sculptural format. Course previously offered as ART 3343.
Prerequisites: ART 1113, ART 1303, or consent of instructor.
Description: Introduction to basic building techniques including wheel throwing, coiling, and slab construction, as well as slip and glaze application and a variety of firing processes. Exposure to historical and contemporary references. Emphasis on personal growth through technique and concept. Course previously offered as ART 3503.
Prerequisites: ART 1113, ART 1303.
Description: Studies in clay and plaster. Subtractive and additive processes. Emphasis on sculptural ideas, methods, and materials. Course previously offered as ART 3323.
Prerequisites: ART 1113, ART 1203, ART 1303, or consent of instructor.
Description: Varied print processes, including monotypes, relief printmaking, and intaglio. Fundamental techniques of each medium that include inking, printing, editioning multiples, and both additive and subtractive approaches.
Prerequisites: ART 1103 and ART 1303 and ART 1203 or ART 2423 and ART 2413 or by consent of instructor.
Description: This studio art course is an introduction to concepts, tools and techniques related to digital technology. Students will work specifically with digital video, sound editing, digital photography, digital imaging and printing. Projects in the course will focus on fostering an introductory to intermediate level understanding of digital technologies and formats, while allowing more advanced students to incorporate media of personal interest, such as performance, assemblage, projection, and installation, as well as other hybrid and emerging art forms.
Prerequisites: ART 1103, ART 1203 and ART 1303, or consent of instructor.
Description: An introduction to the use of photography as an art form. Exploration of traditional and current photographic methods with an emphasis on creating a foundational understanding of the medium's core concepts and techniques. Students will shoot, process, and print their own images, which will be discussed in critique with reference to basic photographic theory.
Prerequisites: ART 1113 and 2.75 graduation/retention GPA.
Description: Introduction to historic and contemporary illustration and consideration of a wide range of illustrative styles. Required experiments with media and consideration of alternate ways of illustrating a message through conceptual and compositional variations.
Prerequisites: ART 1103 and 2.75 graduation/retention GPA.
Description: An investigation of letter forms and their characteristics and a study of spacing, leading, type selection, layout alternatives, type specification, and copy fitting. Preliminary introduction to typography as a communication medium. An understanding of typographic terminology and measuring systems while developing hand skills and introducing computer technology.
Description: Exploration of basic design principles—line, form, and color, as visual communication. Problem solving, generation of ideas, development of concepts, and the integration of word and image. Technical and presentation skills.
Description: Introduction to the concepts, techniques and methods of using computer software to explore graphic design principles. Discussion of technology and media as applied to visual communication. Course previously offered as ART 3443.
Description: This course is an introduction to the technical and aesthetic properties of digital photography as an art form. Students will learn the basic technical aspects of photography using the DSLR camera as a creative tool No previous experience with photography is required for this class. This course is intended for non-art majors; there are no prerequisites.
Prerequisites: Consent from the art department.
Description: A guided reading and research program ending with an honors credit under the direction of a faculty member.
Prerequisites: ART 2113 or consent of instructor.
Description: The development of formal and expressive aspects of drawing by direct observation of the figure and its environment. Emphasis on media experimentation, aesthetic considerations, personal concepts, and anatomy. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum repeat 9.
Prerequisites: ART 1303 or permission of instructor.
Description: Intermediate level course that offers students the opportunity to explore mixed media and multi-media art production through site-sensitive and site specific projects. Lectures will include contemporary and historical examples. Students will have access to a tool shop with instruction and assistance provided. Projects are designed and created for sites outside of the classroom, allowing for individual exploration based upon interests.
Prerequisites: ART 2223 and proficiency review or consent of instructor.
Description: Oil Painting with emphasis on personal development of visual ideas and techniques.
Prerequisites: ART 2233 and proficiency review or consent of instructor.
Description: Stresses continued growth of technical skills with an emphasis on the individual development of ideas and imagery.
Prerequisites: ART 2243 and proficiency review or consent of instructor.
Description: Development of technical skills and ideas through assigned projects. Metalworking processes include casting, advanced stone setting, hinge making, and forming of metal.
Prerequisites: ART 2253 and proficiency review or consent of instructor.
Description: Focus on either hand building or throwing techniques. Development of personal expression and technical proficiency with the material and advanced firing and glazing processes. Emphasizing contemporary ceramic issues as well as broader art concepts.
Prerequisites: ART 2263 and proficiency review.
Description: Non-ferrous metal casting. Basic welding techniques using oxy-acetylene, electric arc, and T.I.G. methods. Emphasis on concepts, form, methods and materials. Course previously offered as ART 3333.
Prerequisites: ART 2273 and proficiency review or consent of instructor.
Description: Development of technical skills and ideas through assigned projects. Intaglio processes include aquatint, softground, and multiple color work. Relief processes include reduction with stencils and multiblock. Litho techniques with permission of instructor.
Description: This course is a continuation of the Studio Art Digital Survey course. New Genres is a continued, more advanced exploration of the concepts, techniques, and history of non-traditional art forms. Students will work in experimental and interdisciplinary ways with non-traditional media such as video, sound, photography, performance, writing, assemblage, and installation. Course previously offered as ART 3283.
Prerequisites: ART 2283 or ART 2423 and ART 2433 or by consent of instructor.
Description: This studio art course is a continuation of the concepts, tools, and techniques related to digital technology. Students will work specifically with digital photography, digital imaging and printing. Projects in the course will focus on fostering an intermediate level understanding of digital technologies and alternate process printing formats, while allowing more advanced students to incorporate media of personal interest.
Prerequisites: ART 2293, Photography I or consent of instructor.
Description: A further exploration of the creative opportunities in photography. Students will build on the basic understanding of the medium acquired in the introductory course, and respond to assigned aesthetic and conceptual problems. In this intermediate course, students will begin to articulate ideas visually and refine their technical skills in camera operation, digital imaging software, and large format printing.
Prerequisites: ART 2403, ART 2413, ART 2423 and portfolio review.
Description: Exploration of illustrative solutions to maximize visual interest via varied viewpoints, concepts and altered reality. Projects involving different career areas within the field of illustration. Requirements and advantages of each area.
Description: Exploration of typographic communication through a variety of problems. Type as the visual solution with emphasis on its functional, decorative, and creative applications. Solution of more complex typographic problems, dealing with a large body of information via the development of grid systems.
Prerequisites: ART 2403, ART 2413, ART 2423, and portfolio review.
Description: Use of computer and traditional methods to enhance production skills and solution of design projects from concept to the comprehensive. Evaluation and design of symbols and logos and their various applications, leading to an understanding of system design. Introduction to graphic design production and the preparation of art for reproduction.
Description: Introduction to the basic concepts and techniques of motion design as visual communication. Students are introduced to the technical skills and critical thinking necessary for executing creative motion graphics intended to be experienced via electronic media, with an emphasis on typography, composition and design principles.
Description: Introduction to the basic concepts and techniques of interaction design as visual communication. Use of computer software to execute interactive design work intended to be experienced via electronic media, with an emphasis on typography, functionality and design principles.
Description: Explores the deeply entwined fields of Renaissance art and science through the lens of Leonardo's extraordinarily diverse body of work. This course will consider the broader context of anatomical study, alchemy, early modern medicine, technological innovation, and psychology.
Description: Exploration of portraits created in Europe during the Renaissance. Addresses self-fashioning and artifice and the portrait as the collaborative product of artist, patron and subject.
Description: A survey of graphic art primarily focused on Europe and the United States, from the 15th - 20th centuries. Relief, intaglio, lithography, photography, and other graphic media. Previously offered as ART 4623.
Prerequisites: ART 1513 or ART 1503.
Description: This course surveys the history of photography from proto-photographic technologies of the 18th and early 19th centuries through contemporary digital practices.
Description: Historical and theoretical introduction to museum and curatorial studies. Topics include museum ethics, the function of the curator, and the changing role of the museum. Same course as ART 2643.
Description: A supervised research and writing project, typically concurrent with enrollment in an upper division art history course.
Description: Stylistic, philosophical, and formal qualities of art in the Classical world. The creation of the Greek ideal and its dissemination in the Roman world through architecture, sculpture, and painting.
Description: Architecture, sculpture, and painting in Italy, c.1300-1580. Major artists in their local contexts (e.g. Leonardo in Milan, Michelangelo in Florence, and Titian in Venice).
Description: Art in 17th century Europe. Architecture, sculpture and painting of the Catholic Reformation (e.g. Caravaggio and Bernini in Italy, Velasquez in Spain, Rubens in Flanders), concluding with painting in non-sectarian, Protestant Netherlands (Rembrandt and Vermeer).
Description: Evolution of graphic communication from prehistoric times to the present. Investigation of the origins of printing and typography in Europe leading to the design of the printed page, the impact of industrial technology upon visual communication and the study of the growth and development of modern graphic design.
Description: Art of 19th century Europe-ideals, conflicts, escapes, and triumphs, beginning with the French Revolution and ending in 1900.
Description: Visual arts in America from the Colonial period to the present. Major styles, ideas and uses of material in architecture, painting, sculpture, and design. Same course as AMST 3673.
Description: Art in Northern Europe, c. 1200-1550. Emphasis on panel painting in the Netherlands (e.g. Van Eyck, Bosch), and book illustration in Germany (Durer).
Description: Beginning with the birth of "modernism" in the late 19th century, exploration of the fast-changing artistic styles of the 20th century: abstraction, expressionism, fantasy, realism, surrealism, and social protest. Emphasis on the relationship of art and 20th century society.
Description: Arts of India, China, Japan and related countries in their historical and cultural settings. Traditions of painting, sculpture and architecture from their beginnings to the modern period. Same course as ART 2693.
Description: Examination of the visual culture (sculpture, manuscripts, architecture, etc.) of the multicultural early Middle Ages in Europe and the wider Mediterranean world, from roughly 400 to 1050; includes Early Christian, Islamic, Byzantine, Germanic, Carolingian, Ottonian, and Anglo-Saxon artistic production.
Description: Examination of the visual culture (sculpture, manuscripts, architecture, etc.) of the later Middle Ages in Europe and the wider Mediterranean world, from roughly 1050 through 1400; includes Islamic, Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic artistic production. Course previously offered as ART 3613.
Description: An overview of Latin American visual culture from the Precolumbian period to the present. We consider Maya, Aztec, and Inca cultures, the colonial arts of Spanish America, the South American avante garde, Mexican muralism and surrealism, and contemporary video, performance and installation.
Description: Exploration of modern Latin American Art, beginning with academic painting and emerging nationalisms in the nineteenth century and continuing through Mexican Muralism, modern art movements in South America, and contemporary painting, film, video, performance, and installation.
Description: The art and culture of Spain and the Spanish world, including Paleolithic art, Renaissance and Baroque works from the Iberian Peninsula and American viceroyalties, and ending with Picasso and Miro.
Description: Art courses involved with the participation of a formal or informal travel experience outside the state.
Description: Art history course on special subjects and various issues. Offered on campus.
Description: Departmental invitation, Honors Program participation. A guided reading and research program ending with an honors under the direction of a faculty member.
Prerequisites: ART 3393, Photography II.
Description: This photography course provides an introduction to traditional photographic processes such as silver gelatin, salt prints, cyanotype, Van Dyke, and gum bichromate. Students will learn a variety of analog photographic processes as avenues to explore current questions in the medium. Through a series of assigned readings and regular critiques, students will consider their projects from a contemporary art perspective.
Description: Investigation of drawing stressing thematic development, abstract ideas, and individual imagery. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum repeat 9.
Prerequisites: Must have passed the BFA Studio Capstone Exhibition Review, must have consent of instructor.
Description: Provides individual guidance and instruction necessary for mounting the BFA Studio Capstone Exhibition. This exhibition is the culminating event of the studio major's studies and a final preparation for a career in the studio arts. Enrollment must occur during the semester in which the BFA Studio Capstone Exhibition is to be mounted.
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in upper-division studio art course and consent of instructor.
Description: The purpose of this course is to provide students with the knowledge they need to make a career in art. Using the art they are preparing for the BFA Studio Capstone Exhibition, students will develop presentation and marketing materials in line with the professional standards of the field. They will be taught how to find, recognize and pursue artistic opportunities. Course previously offered as ART 4210.
Description: Oil painting with emphasis on continuing personal development of visual ideas and techniques. Course previously offered as ART 4120. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum repeat 9.
Prerequisites: ART 2003 and senior standing or consent of instructor.
Description: The course provides guided assistance to BA Studio Art students in developing a professional portfolio as it relates to their career interests in the arts. Previously offered as ART 4110.
Description: Stresses continued growth of personal imagery with an emphasis on the development of a consistent body of work and professional portfolio. Course previously offered as ART 4130. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum repeat 9.
Description: Emphasis on further development of personal concepts and technical skills through assigned and individual oriented projects. Broad-based exploration of advanced metalworking processes with emphasis on individual students’ direction and technical needs. Course previously offered as ART 4340. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum repeat 9.
Description: Intended for students who want to specialize in the ceramic field of art. Will include sophisticated techniques of clay, glaze and firing methods. Emphasis on creation of a unique, well researched, aesthetically concise, and technically successful body of work. Course previously offered as ART 4500. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum repeat 9.
Description: A broad-based course which allows students to pursue individual interests using a variety of materials and processes. Emphasis on further development of concepts, skills, and techniques. Course previously offered as ART 4330. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum repeat 9.
Prerequisites: ART 3273 and proficiency review or consent of instructor.
Description: A broad-based course which allows students to pursue individual interests using a variety of printmaking materials and processes. Emphasis on further development of concepts, skills and techniques. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum repeat 9.
Description: The development of a personal artistic expression using photography. Through a combination of assigned and self-directed projects, this advanced course focuses on the continued development of conceptual aptitude and technical skills. The emphasis is on developing a creative body of work and engaging current and theoretical trends in the medium. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.
Prerequisites: ART 3423, ART 3443 or consent of instructor.
Description: Design and production of projects suited to the professional portfolio. Discussion of practical issues including career options, resume and portfolio preparation, and interview techniques. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum repeat 9.
Prerequisites: ART 3403, ART 3443 or consent of instructor.
Description: Conceptual development and production of illustrations in series. Development of individual style and assembly of a professional and consistent portfolio. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum repeat 9.
Prerequisites: ART 3443 or consent of instructor.
Description: Exploration of motion design as visual communication. Development of technical skills and critical thinking necessary for executing creative motion graphics portfolio work intended to be experienced via electronic media, with an emphasis on conceptual development and application of design principles. Course previously offered as ART 4453. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum repeat 9.
Prerequisites: ART 3453 or consent of instructor.
Description: Exploration of the visual and technical aspects of interaction with various electronic platforms to design effective graphical user interfaces. Emphasis on quantitative and qualitative research, process, and traditional graphic design methods for creating user-centered digital environments. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum repeat 9.
Description: Final preparation of a professional portfolio, culminating in an extensive design project and the design, organization and production of an exhibition of work. Professional study on setting fees, writing contracts, working with an agent and other business practices.
Description: The idea of Rome as seen through ancient and modern visual culture. Course begins with the Augustan propaganda machine and subsequently considers the most significant imperial image-makers to follow. A major portion of the course will be devoted to more recent and modern projections of the city, from Mussolini's New Rome to Fellini's Roma. No credit for students with credit in ART 5583.
Description: Art and architecture of the sixteenth century, including mission architecture, early altar-screens, the effect of European imports on native art production, and the role of confraternities and public ceremonies on contact-period culture. No credit for students with credit in ART 5593.
Description: Broad survey of ancient Egyptian art and architecture from Pre-dynastic to the beginning of the Christian Era under Roman rule (4000 B.C.-320 A.D.). Discussion within the context of religious meaning and overall cultural development of ancient Egypt.
Description: Art and art theory from 1960 to the present. Major trends of Minimalism, Pop Art, Photo Realism, Performance, and Conceptual Art. Theories and intellectual bases of each movement as well as major critical responses. No credit for students with credit in ART 5613.
Description: The history and culture of South Asia (India and Pakistan) are explored through its arts —architecture, sculpture, painting, and design.
Description: The arts of China in their historical, cultural, religious, and social context. Painting, sculpture, architecture, porcelain, furniture, and decorative arts. No credit for students with credit in ART 5663.
Description: Critical social, religious, and historical issues in the arts of Japan. Painting, sculpture, architecture, landscape architecture, prints, and decorative arts. No credit for students with credit in ART 5673.
Description: Modern and contemporary art in Asia. Special attention to the role of race, gender, and social class on artistic production.
Description: Explores themes and issues surrounding gender in relation to art history and visual culture more broadly. Topics may include artists and creators, sexuality, the body, eroticism, historicizing gender, feminism and feminist theory, etc. No credit for students with credit in ART 5693.
Description: Explores the complicated interaction, cultural borrowings and responses on many levels of two major world systems, the “West” (Europe and America) and the “East” (South and East Asia). Beginning with the development of the sea trade in the 16th century, the course will study, through works of art, the effect of history, politics, religious struggles, economics, trade and ethnic biases on the cultures of East and West. No credit for students with credit in ART 5703.
Description: Examines the visual culture, including art and architecture, of the Islamic world, dating from the inception of Islam in seventh-century Arabia through today. No credit for students with credit in ART 5713.
Description: Investigation of the history of museums and collecting practices in Western Europe and the United States from the sixteenth century to the mid-20th century. Same course as ART 5723.
Prerequisites: ART 1513 or ART 2643 or by permission of instructor.
Description: Introduction to the major topics in museum education, including how object based learning is used with individuals and groups. Addresses the major pedagogical issues surrounding the use of art and other objects in museums.
Description: Survey of the history and material production of the Native American tribes living within the boundaries of the continental United States and Canada. Focus on basic concepts and primary issues related to tribes of the major geographical areas: the woodland areas, which includes the Northeast and Great Lakes area, the Southeast, the Great Plains, the Southwest, the Plateau and West Coast, and the Northwest Coast. No credit for students with credit in ART 5763.
Prerequisites: ART 1503 or ART 1515 or ART 1603 or by permission of instructor.
Description: The Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) was one of the most important and innovative painters and printmakers of the seventeenth century. This course will acquaint students with both his extensive body of work and the central critical issues that interest scholars today. Same course as ART 5783.
Description: History of Architecture in East Asia from the traditional Chinese timber frame to the 20th century. Will address how architecture delivers political ideologies and structures social relationships, both symbolically and in practice.
Description: Courses in media exploration, special subjects and current issues. Offered on campus or through extension workshops. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credits, max 9.
Description: An on-site museum experience, including exhibition selection and preparation, collection cataloging and research, and museum administration. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credits, max 9.
Description: Designing an exhibition that draws on the Oklahoma State University art collection. Includes museum history, theory, and curatorial practice. Same course as ART 5813.
Prerequisites: ART 3403 or ART 3423 and consent of instructor.
Description: An on-site graphic design work experience that provides professional practice under the supervision of a design professional. Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credits, maximum of 6 credit hours.
Description: Professional opportunity to work with artists of national and international reputation. Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.
Prerequisites: Formal written approval of Studio Art faculty sponsor and on-site supervisor.
Description: The studio art internship provides direct occupational experience in a professional arts related work environment under the direct supervision of a professional or someone of significant stature in an arts related field. A final associated paper/project is required. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.
Prerequisites: ART 3423 and ART 4420 or ART 4450 or ART 4460.
Description: Course in graphic design and design media exploration, current practices, and contemporary issues. Includes specific topics such as: advanced typography, (lettering, typeface design), exhibition design, way-finding and navigational graphics, design writing workshop, magazine design, new media tools, and creative coding. Offered on campus or through extension workshops.
Description: Art history seminar courses on special subjects and various issues. Open to major and non-major students.
Prerequisites: Junior standing and written permission of department head.
Description: Self-designed special topics in studio art or graphic design. By contract only. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours.
Prerequisites: Junior standing and written consent of department head.
Description: Self-designed special topics in art history. By contract only. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours.
Prerequisites: One hour of ART 3600 and ART 4933.
Description: Specifically for art history majors, and typically taken during the student’s final year. Students prepare for, and participate in, a public presentation of a research paper (ART 3600). Special attention is given to a speaker’s argument, methodology, visual, and overall presentation.
Prerequisites: One hour of ART 3600.
Description: Designed specifically for art history majors, and typically taken during the junior year, this course examines select critical theories and their methodological application.
Description: This course will explore the ways in which Chinese artists of the 20th century have defined China's history and culture.
Description: A guided reading and research program ending with an honors thesis or project under the direction of a faculty member. Required for graduation with departmental honors in art.
Description: Independent study course intended to provide guidance for research and writing of MA Thesis in art history. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.
Description: This course examines the field of art history in terms of its historiography, research methods, critical frameworks and theoretical underpinnings. Students are expected to develop and articulate their own theoretical and methodological position in the context of and with explicit reference to contemporary praxis and theory.
Description: Independent inquiry based on an original idea associated with a student's chosen area of concentration under the direction and supervision of a major professor and graduate thesis committee. Thesis requires the definition of a graphic design problem, research of case studies and visual works relevant to the thesis topic, and the creation of an outline for the thesis. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours.
Description: On-site, graphic design work experience that provides graduate level students with professional practice under the supervision of a design professional.
Description: This course is intended to provide graduate graphic design students seeking a career in higher education with university-level teaching methods and professional practices of curriculum development, syllabus writing, clarity of thinking, and various components of professional papers and presentations.
Description: Introduction to the advanced concepts and techniques of graphic design as visual communication. Graduate students are introduced to the critical thinking necessary and technical skills for executing creative graphics work intended to be experienced via print media, with an emphasis on typography, composition and design principles. Offered for variable credit, 3-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.
Description: This course builds on foundational knowledge of graphic design history. Emphasis is placed on in-depth review and analysis of ground breaking design movements and perspectives, from modernism to contemporary era. Lectures, readings, research and other course activities will bring forth critical understanding of the relationship of history, design and culture as interconnected thread throughout time.
Description: Application of graphic design processes utilizing hybrid media and forms to address research topics. Emphasis on creative approaches to concept-driven design projects and development of a theoretical framework appropriate for graduate level work. Offered for variable credit, 3-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.
Description: Exploration of motion design as visual communication. Development of technical skills and critical thinking necessary for executing creative motion graphics portfolio work intended to be experienced via electronic media, with an emphasis on conceptual development and application of design principles. Offered for variable credit, 3-9 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours.
Description: Exploration of the visual and technical aspects of interaction with various electronic platforms to design effective graphical user interfaces. Emphasis on quantitative and qualitative research, process and traditional graphic design methods for creating user-centered digital environments. Offered for variable credit, 3-9 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours.
Description: Intensive graduate course of study in the fundamentals of graphic design. The course emphasizes research and analysis and the design processes that lead to creative conceptualization and final design solutions. Students are expected to demonstrate sophisticated design decisions and appropriate design solutions that demonstrate a high level of expertise and achievement to be experienced via print media. Offered for variable credit, 3-9 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours.
Description: Graduate level course in motion design (also referred to as motion graphics). This course provides students with the opportunity to conduct research, develop advanced technical skills and apply critical thinking to graphic design using time based media. Students will explore the role motion design plays in shaping meaning and contributing to visual culture. Offered for variable credit, 3-9 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours.
Description: Interaction Design, as it relates to the field of Graphic Design, is the creation of a dialogue between a person and a product, system, or interplay between form, function, and technology as experienced over time. Students will explore the role of graphic design while conducting sound research in a variety of disciplines such as psychology, communication theory, and sensory integration. Offered for variable credit, 3-9 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours.
Description: The idea of Rome as seen through ancient and modern visual culture. Course begins with the Augustan propaganda machine and subsequently considers the most significant imperial image-makers to follow. A major portion of the course will be devoted to more recent and modern projections of the city, from Mussolini's New Rome to Fellini's Roma. No credit for students with credit in ART 4583.
Description: Art and architecture of the sixteenth century, including mission architecture, early altar-screens, the effect of European imports on native art production, and the role of confraternities and public ceremonies on contact-period culture. No credit for students with credit in ART 4593.
Description: Art and art theory from 1960 to present. Major trends of Minimalism, Pop Art, Photorealism, Performance, and Conceptual Art. Theories and intellectual bases of each movement as well as major critical responses. No credit for students with credit in ART 4613.
Description: Critical social, religious, and historical issues in the arts of China. Painting, sculpture, architecture, porcelain, furniture, and decorative arts. No credit for students with credit in ART 4663.
Description: Critical social, religious, and historical issues in the arts of Japan. Painting, sculpture, architecture, landscape architecture, prints, and decorative arts. No credit for students with credit in ART 4673.
Description: Explores themes and issues surrounding gender in relation to art history and visual culture more broadly. Topics may include artists and creators, sexuality, the body, eroticism, historicizing gender, feminism and feminist theory, etc. No credit for students with credit in ART 4693.
Description: Explores the complicated interaction, cultural borrowings and responses on many levels of two major world systems, the “West” (Europe and America) and the “East” (South and East Asia). Beginning with the development of the sea trade in the 16th century, the course will study, through works of art, the effect of history, politics, religious struggles, economics, trade and ethnic biases on the cultures of East and West. No credit for students with credit in ART 4703.
Description: Examines the visual culture, including art and architecture, of the Islamic world, dating from the inception of Islam in seventh-century Arabia through today. No credit for students with credit in ART 4713.
Description: Investigation of the history of museums and collecting practices in Western Europe and the United States from the sixteenth century to the mid-20th century. Same course as ART 4723.
Description: Survey of the history and material production of the Native American tribes living within the boundaries of the continental United States and Canada. Focus on basic concepts and primary issues related to tribes of the major geographical areas: the woodland areas, which includes the Northeast and Great Lakes area, the Southwest, the Great Plains, the Southwest, the Plateau and West Coast, and the Northwest Coast. No credit for students with credit in ART 4763.
Description: On-site museum experience, including exhibition selection and preparation, collection cataloging and research, museum education, and museum administration.
Description: On-site museum experience, including exhibition selection and preparation, collection cataloging and research, museum education, and museum administration. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.
Description: Designing an exhibition that draws on the Oklahoma State University art collection. Includes museum history, theory, and curatorial practice. Same course as ART 4813.
Prerequisites: BA, BFA or 15 upper-division hours in a discipline; consent of instructor.
Description: Projects in art with emphasis on portfolio preparation. Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.
Prerequisites: BA, BFA or 15 upper-division hours in art history; consent of instructor.
Description: Advanced research in art history. Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.
Description: Special topics graduate seminar in art history. Offered for variable credit, 3-12 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.
The Department of Art, Graphic Design and Art History offers an MA Program in Art History.
This program differs from most traditional art history programs through its emphasis on intercultural connections, globalism and transnationalism. The program includes a broad geo-cultural spectrum with six full-time faculty members who specialize in the art of the Americas, Europe and Asia. In partnership with the OSU Museum of Art, Postal Plaza Gallery and the Gardiner Gallery of Art in the Bartlett Center, students may also take coursework and gain hands-on training in museum and curatorial studies. The MA degree requires a minimum of 30 hours of graduate coursework, a thesis and a defense. Students will select two geographic areas of concentration within the five currently offered in the Department of Art, one to be the major area and the other the minor (the current areas are Europe, United States, Latin America, East Asia, and the Islamic World). A selection of courses, both lecture and seminar, will be taken in these areas. At least one course outside the department will be in the major area. Generally, the master’s thesis will relate to the cultural connections between the major and minor areas. There is also a 36-credit non-thesis option. An additional museum and curatorial studies graduate certificate is also available as an option to students.
All applicants must complete the online application (including the submission of transcripts, fee, and for international students, TOEFL scores), to be found at grad.okstate.edu. In addition, applicants should also submit three letters of recommendation, a statement of purpose and a writing sample (5-10 pages; an excerpt from a longer work is acceptable). Prerequisites include five undergraduate courses in art history; foreign language experience is also recommended. While many applicants will have majored in art history, the MA program welcomes applications from graduates with bachelor’s degrees in other fields. MA students may take prerequisites during the program; however, they will not count toward the 30 hours required for graduation.
This program specializes in a unique combination of Interaction Design, Motion Design and Visual Communication. Interaction Design and Motion Design in particular are among the most rapidly expanding areas in the field of graphic design. This is a three-year, sixty credit hour and terminal degree that will develop students’ expertise as graphic designers in Interaction Design and Motion Design, while developing their research, presentation and writing skills. MFA graduates will be able to respond to both the creative demands of the graphic design profession and the research and teaching requirements of academia.
All applicants must complete the online application (including the submission of transcripts, fee, and for international students, TOEFL scores), to be found at grad.okstate.edu. In addition, applicants should also submit three letters of recommendation, a statement of purpose and a portfolio of 15 to 20 examples of work.

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