Course Name:Design History
and Theory
Course Prefix: Art
Course Number: 3450
Submitted by (Name & E-Mail): Mark Biddle,
mbiddle@weber.edu
Current Date: 10/23/2012
College: Arts & Humanities
Department: Visual Arts
From Term: Fall
2013
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ART 3450 - Design History and Theory (3) F Historical and theoretical perspectives for the visual communication majors including a survey of critical historical movements and figures, practical studies in semiotics and rhetoric, and contemporary theory and media. Course contents are explored through reading, writing, lecture, discussion, and studio projects. Prerequisite: ART 3430 or ART 3435 or consent of instructor.
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Justification for the new course or for changes to an existing course. (Note: Justification should emphasize academic rationale for the change or new course. This is particularly important for courses requesting upper-division status.)
Art 3450 Design History
and Theory has served the Art Major, Visual Communication program (a 72-hour
professionalization program) for more than a decade. This course introduces
historical movements along with their social, political, and theoretical
underpinnings, and helps prepare graduates for professional work as visual
communication designers. Learning activities include lecture, reading, and
exams, but are more intently focused upon learning through creative project work
as is common to most visual arts courses. This approach has been very successful
in introducing historical perspectives but technology has spurred many new
developments in our discipline and course contents have grown to the point where
expansion is warranted.
Visual Arts proposes to drop the existing Art 3450 and spread the contents of
this course over two new courses. Both will be required for students in the Art
Major, Visual Communication program but enrollment will not be restricted.
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