Source: https://catalog.uwplatt.edu/undergraduate/liberal-arts-education/performing-visual-arts/art/
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 03:55:28+00:00

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Programs of study are offered in art, art education, or graphic design, each leading to a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in the College of Liberal Arts and Education. Students seeking a B-21 certification in art education take the comprehensive art emphasis. Art education majors must complete the College of LAE general requirements, the School of Education proficiency requirements, and the requirements of the basic art emphasis.
Each of the emphases within the art program has a particular goal. The emphasis in graphic design is intended to prepare students for careers in the commercial areas of art. The emphasis in art education prepares students to teach on the elementary, middle, and high school levels. The art emphasis has a more general goal. It can be used as a preparation for graduate school or as a field of study for students interested in art in and of itself.
The B.F.A. follows the General Education requirements for the B.A.
There is no B.S. in fine art or graphic design emphases.
All art students (all emphases) must complete a sophomore year portfolio review. See advisor.
The art program at UW-Platteville is dedicated to high quality instruction in curricula emphasizing art theory, art history, and visual art creation. The curriculum is constructed to provide students with the fundamental background and specialized knowledge needed for analysis, understanding, and creation of visual art. The program provides the broad knowledge in art needed to prepare students for graduate study. The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville prepares students for a professional career in the visual arts or continuing graduate study.
The art program at UW-Platteville is dedicated to high quality instruction in curricula emphasizing art theory, history, and visual art creation. The curriculum is constructed to provide students with the fundamental background and specialized knowledge needed for analysis, understanding, and creation of visual art. The BFA program prepares students for a professional career in the visual arts or continuing graduate study.
Develop conceptual understanding of art creation, art theory and art history, and how it relates to their work and in a larger social context.
Develop and demonstrate a proficiency in technical execution within their chosen medium.
Demonstrate an ability to communicate their ideas in writing, verbally, and visually through their artistic work, research, papers, critiques and presentations.
Effectively participate in verbal and written assessment of their work and the work of their peers through individual and group critiques.
Demonstrate comprehension of global perspectives in visual culture through projects, class discussion, substantive research, formal writing, and presentations.
Admission into the BFA degree requires students to submit a portfolio and an essay that will be reviewed by the Art faculty.
Please note that you must be admitted to the University before submitting your portfolio for admission to the BFA degree.
Students must include a personal essay with their application to the BFA degree. Essays should be 500 words or less and should discuss what influenced their decision to pursue a BFA degree.
Student portfolios should consist of 10-12 high-resolution digital images and should include their best work that shows their ability to pursue a professional degree in the visual arts. Student portfolios could consist of work in drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, digital work, or design. It is strongly encouraged that portfolios provide examples of work in a variety of media.
The art program at UW-Platteville is dedicated to high quality instruction in curricula emphasizing art theory, history, and visual art creation. The Bachelor of Science in art education curriculum is constructed to provide students with the fundamental background and specialized knowledge needed to analyze, understand, create, and teach visual arts. The faculty of the art program seek to prepare students with the knowledge and skills to be successful art educators.
Introduction to the basic problems of composition and representation of drawing using a variety of professional media and techniques.
Focus on art in the classroom. Children's development in art and uses of materials appropriate for children through elementary. Assignments and projects will make use of the content of social studies and multiculturalism.
Preparations for painting stressing the tools, techniques and principles of painting.
Introduction to the elements and fundamental concepts of two dimensional visual arts.
Introduction to the elements of three dimensional visual arts.
Introduction to and exploration in Macintosh computer graphics art media; specifically drawing, painting, page layout, and image manipulation applications used in other art courses. Basic computer art terminology and principles are introduced through class lectures with corresponding assignments given. Introduction to computer art hardware and peripheral devices. Lecture and studio course instruction format.
ART 2030 is a visual art and design course for students majoring in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Art Education and General Education wishing to build their proficiency in the integration of arts into content areas in preparation for teaching in a global environment. The course presents evidence and understanding of how diverse populations of learners benefit from engagement in the arts, creative thinking, and intra-disciplinary arts integration. In this course students will discover the role arts play in education, explore how arts can be applied to other professions, and teaching opportunities.
This course is a global survey the artistic production from the beginnings of civilization around 3500 BCE through the middle ages, roughly 1400 CE. The art, culture and history of Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Islamic world, Mesoamerica, China, India, Japan,sub-Saharan Africa, and Medieval Europe will all be covered. The class will seek to give students an understanding of the the past through the diverse artistic production of these cultures. First hand experience with the art object is fundamental to a viewers experience with an artwork. As such the class includes a required trip to one of world class art museums in the area.
This course will examine concepts of American identity as reflected in the history of its art, design, and architecture from the 17th century to the 21st century with a focus on developing the student's skills of perception and critical analysis of images.
A global history of the Art and its History from the late-14th to 20th centuries. Major cultures and styles will be covered will including the Renaissance, the art of the Americas, the Baroque, the Art of East Asia, India, Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, Impressionism, sub-sharan Africa, Oceania, and global Modernism. The class will seek to give students an understanding of the the past through the diverse artistic production of these diverse cultures and styles. First hand experience with the art object is fundamental to a viewers experience with an artwork. As such the class includes a required trip to one of world class art museums in the area.
Exploration of various basic illustration media and techniques. Includes skill, visualization and conceptualization development as well as investigations of relationship between illustration, as an individual art form, and graphic design applications.
The study of various methods of visual representation exploring the stylistic possibilities of textures, contours and linear pattern.
Continued investigations of various illustration media and techniques, as well as exploration of additional media. Includes further conceptual and skill development of illustration methods as an art form and investigations of the relationship between illustration and graphic design applications.
Drawing Concepts will develop an understanding of the principles and elements of design while working with a variety of drawing methods and techniques. Drawing is a child's first experience using visual design symbolically. The mental transformation in the child's imagination is the basis for all art. This course will examine the historical development of drawing and its relevance to cultural heritage. Focus is on fostering the student's skill in communicating ideas on the spot with pencil and paper. Research and writing projects are also key components of this course. Drawing Concepts differs from from Drawing I in that it is designed to be a stand alone introduction where as Drawing I is a foundational course to advanced work in the fine arts.
Examines the use of paint as a vehicle to further the formal, conceptual and expressive goals of the artist. Elements of design are investigated within a broad range of thematic assignments.
This course covers approaches and critical methods for the study of contemporary visual arts. We will explore the many means and media that contemporary artists use to create their work. Emphasis is given to how visual perception and basic art making is understood by individual artists and contemporary art movements.
The study of selected topics common to visual art discipline s. The topic to be covered will be identified in the course title.
Introduction to the concepts and media of three dimensional art.
Hand and wheel methods in clay production, glazing and firing.
Continuation of Art 2520, stressing use of the pottery wheel.
Introduction to the art and techniques of typographical design and applications to graphic design.
Introduction to studio techniques and concepts for graphic design based on exploration of formal values in design and their relation to advanced visual communication applications.
This course will focus on significant buildings throughout world history that are emblematic of the belief systems and historical contexts from which they come.
Construction using fiber and fabrics; fabric making, and decorating; weaving, printing and related media.
The ideas of the 19th century continue to define the modern world including Nationalism, Romanticism, industrialism, Realism, Imperialism, and Colonialism among many others that first defined modern life in the 19th century continue to impact in our world. The art of this period from Van Gogh, to the Impressionists, to the American landscape painters, similarly remains prevalent in our society. This course will analyze the impact of art and culture in Europe and America over the course of the long 19th century from the French Revolution to the early 20th century.
This course will guide students through a high-level examination of the concepts and production of Visual Art. Students will examine various materials and techniques of art making and entertain broad historical overviews of trends in the art of the area. Class participants will interact with the archeology. architecture, and art collections found in the selected location. Through these first-hand visual experiences, students will be prepared to reflect on the evolution of culture as revealed in art through time.
Concentrated study in the specific area of studio, which is indicated in the current class schedule. May be repeated under different headings.
Concentrated study in a specific area of art which is indicated in the current class schedule. May be repeated under different headings.
Advanced Throwing is a course tailored to the direction and interest of the student. It requires student independence and self-motivation. Emphasis is on the continuing development of effective visual expression through the potter's wheel. The student is expected to engage in advanced study of ceramic concepts, craftsmanship, creative processes, and effective expression of aesthetic ideas. This course is designed to establish a structure within which ceramic majors may begin to develop their own individualized program of studio research that will ultimately lead them to the creation of a body of work that has breadth and depth. This course will focus on professional practices that will help the student develop a professional working studio, enhance their portfolio for graduate studies, for teaching positions, commissions, gallery or juried shows or professional opportunities for artists. This course can be repeated for credit until goals are met.This course can be repeated for credit until goals are met.
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: ART 2520 or previous throwing experience.
Printmaking One is designed for studio art majors, art education majors, graphic design majors, communication technology majors, and anyone interested in learning the techniques and skills of printmaking within a fine art context. The course is designed to accommodate beginning to intermediate levels of printmaking.
Drawing the human figure with emphasis on anatomy, structure, composition, and form.
Printmaking Two is designed for studio art majors, art education majors, graphic design majors, communication technology majors, and anyone interested in learning the techniques and skills of printmaking within a fine art context. This course expands upon the techniques learned in Print Making One (ART 3220) and allows the student to develop areas of interest more thoroughly.
The history of modern art from Realism to the present showing the development of the important ideas and styles in art and architecture.
Painting III explores the human figure in form, proportion and anatomy in studio. Students study action, volume, scale, design and expressive potential of human form. Formal aspects of painting are studied through intensive observation of live models.
Sculpting heads of humans, animals and aliens to experience clays, conditioning clay, camera, calipers and ruler, measurement charts, modeling tools, hollowing out tools, armatures, turntables, sculpture stand, kiln and patina.
A survey of the art of China, India and Japan.
A History of Graphic Design from an art historical approach, with emphasis on the integral role of Graphic Design in the development of Modern and Contemporary Art practice in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
Advanced work in clay construction, stressing individual projects.
Advanced studies into the art and techniques of typographical design and applications to graphic design. With the further exploration of typographical elements and their use in effective visual communication, students will continue to develop their visual communication skills.
Advanced Ceramics, is a course tailored to the direction and interest of the student. It requires student independence and self-motivation. Emphasis is on the continuing development of effective visual expression through the media or techniques of choice. The student is expected to engage in advanced study of ceramic concepts, craftsmanship, creative processes, and effective expression of aesthetic ideas. This course is designed to establish a structure within which ceramic majors may begin to develop their own individualized program of studio research that will ultimately lead them to the creation of a body of work that has breadth and depth. This course will focus on professional practices that will develop a professional working studio; enhance their portfolio for graduate studies, teaching positions, commissions, gallery or juried shows or professional opportunities for artists. This course can be repeated.
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: ART 2520 and ART 2620. Priority to Art majors but open to all University students.
Advanced Sculpture is a course tailored to the direction and interest of the student. It requires student independence and self-motivation. Emphasis is on the continuing development of effective visual expression through the media or techniques of choice. The student is expected to engage in advanced study of sculptural concepts, craftsmanship, creative processes, and effective expression of aesthetic ideas. This course is designed to establish a structure within which sculpture majors may begin to develop their own individualized program of studio research that will ultimately lead them to the creation of a body of work that has breadth and depth. This course will focus on professional practices that will develop a professional working studio; enhance their portfolio for graduate studies, teaching positions, commissions, gallery or juried shows or professional opportunities for artists. This course can be repeated.
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: ART 2510 and ART 3510. Priority to Art majors but open to all University students.
This course is an introduction to ceramic figure sculpture using clay as the medium. The class is a study of the human body represented in three dimensions. Content includes building, surfacing and firing ceramics plus processes of hand forming clay including: pinch, coil-building, slab building, modeling, and carving . The class format will included, Key Note and video presentations , movies and videos available on the university site, two life model sequences, demonstrations, critiques and team firings. The course includes three themes, each differing in focus; the "perceptual" the "gestural", and the "interpretive". Group "lab work" loading, firing and unloading class kiln firings is required and integrated into the structure of the course.
Continuation of studio techniques and advanced concepts for graphic design based on further exploration of formal values in design and their relation to advanced visual communication.
ART 4040 is a teacher preparation course required for all Art Education and Music Education majors to be taken in the fall of their senior year during Pre-Student Teaching--the semester before Student Teaching Internship. The course is cross listed with MUSIC and provides instruction in the development of written artifacts, commentaries, lesson plans, assessment tools and video tape documentation in preparation for the Ed Teacher Performance Assessment (Ed TPA) portfolio requirements. This course is taken in conjunction with TCHG 4210 Pre-Student Teaching to complement student's clinical experience by preparing them to research, analyze and write assignments associated with the 4 tasks of the Ed TPA.The Ed TPA is a new educational mandate for all teacher preparation programs, required by the DPI for teacher licensure in Wisconsin. All teacher candidates enrolled in the University of Wisconsin-Platteville are required to complete the Ed TPA during their final semester of Student Teaching Internship and is a pass/fail high stakes assessment.
This course will explore current trends and technologies in new and digital media formats. The students will explore and experiment with formal and conceptual design issues as they relate to the restrictions and capabilities of the current technologies. Areas of study include web design, design for mobile devices, and app development. Special consideration is given to what role the graphic designer plays in the creation of a web site, the user interface, typographic concerns, and design aesthetics.This course will serve as a studio and lecture class for the advanced student. There will be significant emphasis on the creative aspects of new media and user interface development. This class will also deal with the design for new media and technology as it pertains to the user experience in various formats to include but not limited to web site design, design for mobile and portable devices, and app development.
Public Space and Public Art is a studio art course focused on the study of contemporary art in public spaces with particular attention to the role of the artist in creating public art. This course will ask the student to define public art and public space and deal with the aesthetic issues involved in installing works of art into pre-existing urban spaces with their own particular forms, histories and popular associations. How does public art intersect with the related art of urban design? What are the consequences of art crossing over into the realm of architecture? What are the problems the artist encounters in attempting to represent neighborhood-based communities? How can public art critically intervene in pre-existing urban space? Students will examine examples of public art: Richard Serra's Tilted Arc and Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial for instance both proved exceptionally controversial. The nature of those controversies will serve to illuminate a number of the main issues raised in the course. Studio work will require preparation of a site-specific public art installation including drawing, photography, scaled model making, and /or digital processes culminating in an actual production of temporary or permanent site-specific work for installation on campus or in the surrounding community.
A survey of the theory of art with an emphasis on contemporary ideas.
Drawing IV students will learn to expand visual awareness and develop their control of drawing as a tool for research and invention. Drawing problems from simple structural analysis to more sophisticated exploration of subject matter and finally to individual interpretation. Drawing media applications and exercises are expanded in this intermediate level class.
Detailed studies of ways in which principles of perspective are used to represent objects in space.
A continuation of ART 2410 and ART 3440.
An introduction to various methods of water color painting.
Advanced work in sculpture with special emphasis on the casting of metal sculpture and foundry methods, techniques and preparations for casting.
A continuation of ART 4530 with an emphasis on the teaching and supervision of art in middle and high school. (For students majoring in art education) Should be taken simultaneously with TEACHING 3910.
Advanced problem-solving in drawing requiring high degree of visual refinement with emphasis on understanding media potential. Use of still life and figure forms in studio. Further investigation of principles concerning complex forms and light with the use of advanced media. Independent studio work component.
Technical exploration of art media and materials used in painting and drawing applications. Traditional and contemporary methods for creating art media and tool use. Conservation and restoration issues investigated. Lecture and studio assignment instruction format.
Independent creative work in craft areas chosen by the student.
Advanced work on design projects chosen by the student.
Advanced work in printmaking media elected by the student.
Drawing as an independent creative medium.
Advanced work on projects chosen by the student.
Advanced painting in media elected by the student.
Advanced work on sculpture projects chosen by the student.
Independent research on specialized problems.
Independent research on problems in art education. For students majoring in art education.
The basic goals of the course are to provide an understanding of the proper presentation of two and three dimensional art work as well as introduce students to marketing techniques.
This is a directed studies course for art majors and will meet as a seminar class four times during the semester.
This course will provide the preparation for the required senior exhibition and presentation of the candidate¿s Thesis Project.

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ART 2030
 Art 2520
 ART 2520
 ART 2520
 ART 2620
 ART 2510
 ART 3510

ART 4040
 ART 2410
 ART 3440
 ART 4530