Print & Digital Media

General

Course Long Title

Print & Digital Media

Subject Code

AART

Course Number

714

Department(s)

Academic Level

GR - Graduate

Description

Course open to Art School only, by Permission of
Instructor only.
The Studio Series is comprised of
discipline-specific studio based courses that
provide BFA students the opportunity to learn
both technically and conceptually through hands
on experience. At present, Drawing, Painting,
Sculpture, Print Lab, Time-Based Studio,
The Art of Practicing Socially and Critical
Ceramics are part of this series. Each session is
taught by different faculty. Multiple sessions
are offered in each semester. Different faculty
may teach the same discipline-specific session to
ensure exposure for various approaches. BFA
Students are required to take at least 8 units of
the Studio Series over the course of their
attaining their BFA degree. Please refer to
course
descriptions provided by each individual
instructor for more details.

Using the framework of a studio-based course,
Print and Digital Media provides BFA students the
opportunity to study technical and conceptual
processes through hands on experience. Different
instructors may approach the method and concept
of Print and Digital Media differently. Multiple
sessions may be offered in each semester. Please
refer to course descriptions provided by each
individual instructor for more details. BFA
Students are required to take at least 8 units of
studio-based courses to fulfill their BFA degree
requirement. This course may be repeated for
credits.

This class will introduce students to the Print
and Media Lab resources. It will be project
driven, meaning that the integration of
individual students studio practice will be
stressed technically and critically.
Screenprinting, pre-press and output options in
will be the basic technical skills covered during
the semester. Discussion and criticism will be a
large component of the class; contextual analysis
of studio practice outside of the studio will be
a continuing theme, as well as issues of
"publishing".