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USC Catalogue 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Courses of Instruction

Return to: USC Roski School of Art and Design 

USC Roski School of Art and Design

Courses

Art

  • ART 105 Art and Design Studio I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to the fundamental elements in art making, design creation and thinking, including key principles of process and critical analysis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as DES 105

  • ART 106 Art and Design Studio II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to the fundamental elements in art making, design creation and thinking, including the key principles of process and critical analysis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as DES 106

  • ART 110 Drawing for Art and Design

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    An introduction to drawing, both skill and perception oriented, as the basic tool for all the visual arts and design.
    Duplicates Credit in former FADW 101
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as DES 110

  • ART 120 Painting I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Practical introduction to oil and acrylic pigments, painting equipment, processes, and media. Primary experience in: color, composition and perception through representational and abstract painting.
    Duplicates Credit in former FAPT 105
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 130 Ceramics I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Practical and theoretical exploration of the nature of surface, form, volume and mass as fundamental elements of clay sculpture and the ceramic object.
    Duplicates Credit in former FACE 112
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 140 Sculpture I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Practical and theoretical introduction to sculpture as dimensional manipulation. Primary exploration of form, mass, gravity, surface, structure and associative recognition in three-dimensional art.
    Duplicates Credit in former FASC 106
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 141xg Creating and Understanding Visuals

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Lecture-studio course on the theory and history behind contemporary art, design, and visual communication; students also create work, informed by ideas from the lecture.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category A: The Arts
    Credit Restriction: Not available for credit for Roski majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 150 Introduction to Photography: Process and Concept

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Digital photography as a medium of contemporary art. Includes concept development, DSLR cameras, lighting, digital workflow, software, large format printing and installation.
    Duplicates Credit in former FAPH 209
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 151 Digital Photography

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An introductory course exploring the processes and practices of digital capture, imaging and printing, from web-based image posting to large-scale printing.
    Duplicates Credit in former FAIN 210
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 207ax Two-Dimensional Art Workshop

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 08
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Studio practice to develop standards of judgment and appreciation of the visual arts.
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 207a
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 207bx Two-Dimensional Art Workshop

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 08
    Continuation of ART 207ax .
    Prerequisite: ART 207ax  
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 207b
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 208a Three-Dimensional Art Workshop

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Studio practice to develop standards of judgment and appreciation of the visual arts.
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 208a
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 208b Three-Dimensional Art Workshop

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Continuation of ART 208a .
    Prerequisite: ART 208a 
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 208b
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 210 Drawing II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Drawing methods and concepts, with emphasis on observing and rendering the human form and anatomy. Continued acquisition of skills, with compositional, gestural, and interpretive elements.
    Prerequisite: ART 110  or FADW 101 
    Duplicates Credit in former FADW 201
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 220 Painting II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Continuation of practical and theoretical skills introduced in Painting I. Color in personal expression, perception, and content; cultural subjects/objects and symbols signifying a personal language.
    Prerequisite: ART 120  or FAPT 105 
    Duplicates Credit in former FAPT 205
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 230 Wheel Throwing

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An introductory course using wheel throwing techniques for ceramics to explore a variety of forms through three-dimensional exercises.
    Duplicates Credit in former FACE 212
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 240 Sculpture II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Continued examination of the concepts of three-dimensional art: interrelation of material and image, public, human and intimate scale.
    Prerequisite: ART 140  or FASC 106 
    Duplicates Credit in former FASC 206
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 243 Construction Techniques

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Exploration of art fabrication and the techniques and philosophies of working with a variety of materials.
    Recommended Preparation: ART 140 
    Duplicates Credit in former FASC 246
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 250 Photography II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Continued examination of the conceptual, technical, aesthetic and historical tools necessary for a well-informed deliberate art practice with an emphasis on color photography. Work is in digital or analog.
    Prerequisite: ART 150  or ART 151  or FAIN 210  or FAPH 209 
    Duplicates Credit in former FAPH 309a
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 255 Black and White Film and Darkroom Photography

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduces film cameras, development, and darkroom techniques, photographic history, theory and practice within an art context.
    Duplicates Credit in ART 150
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 260 Introduction to Video: Projection and Virtual Worlds in Art

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An introductory course exploring contemporary processes and practices of video experimentation in art including the camera, editing, digital manipulation and spatial and virtual platforms.
    Duplicates Credit in former FAIN 220
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 280 Studio Critique I

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Interdisciplinary forum where students develop research skills, learn how to best articulate their artistic production, discuss materials related to their research interests, and critique the work of their peers.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to sophomores in Art and Fine Arts majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 300 Professional Practices

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Instruction on producing written and visual documentation of art/design work, proposals, statements, and portfolios; applications for art/design employment opportunities, grants, research projects, and graduate school.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to sophomores, juniors and seniors
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 300
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 310 Advanced Drawing

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Directed examination of personal approaches in drawing; emphasis on making visual and artistic decisions and developing an appropriate attitude towards individual expression.
    Prerequisite: ART 210  or FADW 201 
    Duplicates Credit in former FADW 301
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 311 Anatomical Drawing from Life

    Units: 2
    An advanced, concentrated study of the human figure; expands on skills depicting and visualizing the human form.
    Prerequisite: ART 110  or FADW 101 
    Recommended Preparation: ART 210  or permission of instructor
    Duplicates Credit in former FADW 321
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 312 Comics Project

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 08
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    All aspects of comics will be covered, from writing and composition to inking and marketing through the production of an individual 15-page comic creation.
    Recommended Preparation: Any drawing, graphic design or creative writing course
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 314 Illustration for Art and Design

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Illustration techniques across the range of fine art, cartooning, street art, narrative arts, animation, scientific imaging, editorial cartooning and others. Digital and hybrid approaches.
    Recommended Preparation: ART 110 , ART 120 , or any graphic design course
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as DES 314

  • ART 315 Studies in Drawing and Painting

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 12
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A studio examination of rotating topics in drawing/painting, either media-based or content-driven, with individual and collaborative projects; topics change each semester.
    Recommended Preparation: ART 310  or ART 320  or permission of instructor
    Registration Restriction: Open only to sophomores, juniors, and seniors
    Duplicates Credit in former FADW 331
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 320 Advanced Painting

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Directed examination of aesthetic concepts; investigation into personal ideas related to the development of a creative visual language in painting.
    Prerequisite: ART 220  or FAPT 205 
    Duplicates Credit in former FAPT 305
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 330 Ceramics II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Directed examination of aesthetic concepts and investigation into personal ideas as they relate to the development of a creative visual language in ceramics.
    Prerequisite: ART 130  or FACE 112  
    Duplicates Credit in former FACE 312
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 331 Clay and Glazes

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    A foundation in the formulation of clay bodies and glaze materials through lectures and studio exercises to suit specific needs with the artist in mind.
    Recommended Preparation: ART 130  or ART 230 
    Duplicates Credit in former FACE 313
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 340 Sculpture II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Directed examination of three-dimensional aesthetic concepts; development of an individual creative vision.
    Prerequisite: ART 140 
    Duplicates Credit in former FASC 306
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 350 Intermediate Photography: Studio, Field, Independent Projects

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Continued examination of the conceptual, technical, aesthetic and historical tools necessary for a well-informed deliberate art practice. Emphasis on generating self-directed ideas.
    Prerequisite: ART 150 
    Duplicates Credit in former FAPH 309b
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 360 Video Installation and Moving Image Environments

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Advanced studio course. Investigates video installation as an evolving contemporary art form that extends the conversation of video art beyond the frame and into live, hybrid media, site-specific and multiple channel environments.
    Prerequisite: ART 260  or FAIN 220 
    Duplicates Credit in former FAIN 320
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 361 Post-Internet Art and Aesthetics

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A technically and conceptually intensive studio exploring contemporary processes and practices of Internet art and online expression.
    Prerequisite: ART 260 
    Recommended Preparation: ART 150 
    Duplicates Credit in former FAIN 315
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 362 Ideas in Intermedia

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An examination of the impact of digital media on contemporary culture, with attention to a particular, changing topic each semester.
    Duplicates Credit in former FAIN 330
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 370 Printmaking

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introductory course in various printmaking techniques; necessary skills and inherent expressive qualities of different printmaking methods are explored.
    Duplicates Credit in former FAPR 311
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 380 Studio Critique II

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A continuation of ART 280  for third-year students, providing an interdisciplinary forum for artistic practice and a deepening critique of one’s work and the work of peers.
    Prerequisite: ART 280 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to juniors in Art and Fine Arts majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 390 Special Problems

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 390
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 410 Topics in Advanced Drawing

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Continued directed examination of personal approaches in drawing, emphasis on making visual and artistic decisions and developing an appropriate attitude toward visual expression.
    Prerequisite: ART 310  or FADW 301 
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 401 and FADW 401
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 418 Independent Studies in Studio Arts

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Independent research of specific topics under the direction of a faculty member. Administrative and faculty approval required.
    Recommended Preparation: appropriate 300-level course work
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 418
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 419 Professional Internship in the Arts

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 04
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    An experiential/academic opportunity in a museum, gallery, community cultural center, or related facility. Lectures, seminars, written analysis, and working internship.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to upper-division fine arts majors
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 419
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as DES 419

  • ART 420 Topics in Advanced Painting

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Directed painting with continued emphasis on personal choices regarding appropriation of conceptual images and arrangement, material processes, scale, number of paintings. Ongoing critical response to painting.
    Prerequisite: ART 320  or FAPT 305 
    Duplicates Credit in former FAPT 405
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 430 Topics in Advanced Ceramics

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Continued directed examination of aesthetic concepts and investigation into personal ideas as they relate to the development of a creative visual language in ceramics.
    Prerequisite: ART 330  or FACE 312 
    Duplicates Credit in former FACE 412
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 434 Sound Art

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    A survey of developments in non-traditional musical instrument making in clay including design, fabrication and composition, culminating in a musical performance.
    Recommended Preparation: ART 130  or FACE 112 
    Duplicates Credit in former ART 414
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 440 Topics in Advanced Sculpture

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 12
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Individual direction of the study of aesthetic issues in sculpture; investigation of an individual creative vision.
    Prerequisite: ART 340  or FASC 306 
    Duplicates Credit in former FASC 406
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 441 Installation Art

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Students challenge the traditional art object as they explore the use of space and time in their artwork.
    Prerequisite: ART 140 
    Recommended Preparation: any upper division art or design course
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 442 Art and Technology

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    An interdisciplinary course between art and engineering that addresses creative thinking in the manipulation of media and the communication of ideas.
    Duplicates Credit in former FASC 436
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 443 Woodworking

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Exploration of the essential skills in woodworking through lecture, demonstration and hands-on training. Includes instruction in joinery and relevant machinery and hand tools.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 444 Modeling and Mold Making

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to plaster mold making using clay and wax for both ceramics and sculpture. Exploration of various casting materials.
    Duplicates Credit in former FASC 136 and former ART 142
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 445 Metal

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to metal in fine art. Emphasis on technical proficiencies and effective solutions working in a variety of metals.
    Recommended Preparation: ART 140 
    Duplicates Credit in former FASC 236 and former ART 242
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 450 Topics in Advanced Photography

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 12
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    In-depth exploration of photographic and artistic concepts as they apply to the articulation of personal work.
    Prerequisite: ART 350  or FAPH 309b 
    Duplicates Credit in former FAPH 409
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 460 Post-Material Studio

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 08
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Advanced studio and discussion course that affords the student a conceptual and practical platform from which to discuss and realize a major work or series.
    Recommended Preparation: any upper division studio course or permission of instructor
    Duplicates Credit in former FAIN 440
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 461 Techniques in After Effects

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An intensive investigation of the mechanics and methodology of contemporary software for video art. Recommended to be taken concurrently with ART 260 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 470 Topics in Advanced Printmaking

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 12
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Directed examination of specific printmaking media in relation to personal aesthetic goals and expressive concepts.
    Prerequisite: ART 370  or FAPR 311 
    Duplicates Credit in former FAPR 411
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 480 International Art Study Tour

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 02
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An immersive experience in the artistic culture of a specific city or region that includes a short (less than two weeks) international trip.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 484 Contemporary Issues in Art

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 12
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An advanced studio and discussion course aims to expand a student’s relationship to, and understanding of, contemporary artistic dissemination, discourse, and display via a series of rotating topics.
    Recommended Preparation: junior status or permission of instructor
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 485 Studio Capstone

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    A faculty-mentored course supporting advanced conceptual exploration and the development of an ambitious, self-defined series or body of work; may culminate in a group exhibition or individual project.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to seniors in Art and Fine Arts majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 490x Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Individual research and readings.
    Credit Restriction: Not available for graudate credit
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 490
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 494a Senior Thesis

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 04
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Individual research under guidance of faculty member for senior-level BFA students, leading to a substantial paper or other project.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to seniors in Fine Arts
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 494b Senior Thesis

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Individual research under the guidance of faculty for senior level BFA students, leading to a substantial paper or project.
    Prerequisite: ART 494a 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to seniors in Fine Arts
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 08
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Comprehensive exploration of particular aspects of visual art.
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 499
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 515 Visiting Artist and Scholar Seminar

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 4.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Lecture and discussion course in the professional practice of art featuring formal presentations by visiting artists and scholars.
    Duplicates Credit in FA 515 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as CRIT 515

  • ART 520 Individual Studies

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Investigation of creative problems through various media. Course may be repeated.
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 520.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 525 Making and Curating Art: Pedagogy and Praxis

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    (Enroll in CRIT 525 )

  • ART 530 Global Art Seminar: the Globalization of Art and Culture

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sm
    An examination of the emergence of the idea of “globalism” through the lens of art practice and theory.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as CRIT 530

  • ART 535 Group Critique

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 8
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Presentation and critique which builds students’ skills in presenting and contextualizing their artwork for peer review; analytic discussion regarding directions in contemporary art.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ART 590 Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Research leading to graduate degree. Maximum units which may be applied to degree determined by department.
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 590.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • ART 594a Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of Thesis.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to masters students.
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 594abz.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • ART 594b Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of Thesis.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to masters students.
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 594abz.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • ART 594z Master’s Thesis

    Units: 0
    Credit on acceptance of Thesis.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to masters students.
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 594abz.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • ART 599 Special Topics

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: 8.0
    Comprehensive exploration of particular aspects of the history of art.
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 599.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

School of Art and Design (Critical Studies)

  • CRIT 150gp Histories of Art, Design and Visual Culture

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A loosely chronological, thematic survey of art, visual culture, design, and critical theory from the early modern period through modernism (1500 – 1950).
    Satisfies New General Education in Category A: The Arts
    Satisfies Global Perspective in Category H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
    Duplicates Credit in former FACS 150
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 160g Critical Theory in Art, Design and Visual Culture

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An issues-based introduction to critical theory in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, especially as it relates to philosophy, art, design, and visual culture.
    Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150
    Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Roski Art majors and minors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 350gw Global Art, Design and Visual Culture since 1960

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A critical history of art, design, visual culture, and visual theory since 1960, addressing through a postcolonial/decolonial lens the concepts and practices of “global” art.
    Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150gp  and CRIT 160g  
    Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
    Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Roski Art majors and minors
    Duplicates Credit in former FA 350
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 371 Art in the Public Realm: Contemporary Issues

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Critical frameworks and theoretical perspectives of contemporary public art issues explored through case studies and discussions with artists, architects, and designers engaging the public realm.
    Duplicates Credit in former PAS 371.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 410 Deconstruction in Design

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Addresses overlapping issues in contemporary design and art relating to activism, audience, and technologies of making and dissemination.
    Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150 , CRIT 160  and CRIT 350 , or permission of instructor
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 415 Event, Action, and Situation: Performance Art since 1960

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    The role of the body, performance, action, and the question of the “event” in contemporary art and design.
    Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150gp , CRIT 160g , CRIT 350gw  or permission of instructor
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 420 The Artist in History and Popular Culture

    Units: 4
    Addresses relationships among contemporary art, design, and popular culture, with a focus on specific visual media and their histories.
    Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150gp , CRIT 160g , CRIT 350gw  or permission of instructor
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 425 Identity and Visual Representation

    Units: 4
    A critical study of the relationship between identity or coalitional politics and specific practices, meanings, and sitings of contemporary art and design.
    Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150gp , CRIT 160g , CRIT 350gw  or permission of instructor
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 430 Undergrounds and Avant-Gardes in Film and Visual Culture

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Study of theories of critique or resistance in art and cultural studies, particularly in relation to developments in contemporary art, design, and/or popular culture.
    Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150gp , CRIT 160g , CRIT 350gw  or permission of instructor
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 435 Artists’ Magazines as Alternative Spaces

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Histories of art and/or design from alternative points of view, exposing the limits of conventional histories of art and design.
    Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150gp , CRIT 160g , CRIT 350gw  or permission of instructor
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 440 Exhibition and Museum Histories

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    History and theory of curating, exhibitions, and museums, critically examining the historical structures and current politics informing contemporary practices and institutions.
    Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150gp , CRIT 160g , CRIT 350gw  or permission of instructor
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 445 Art in the Public Realm

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Focuses on contemporary artistic and design practices in relation to questions of the public sphere and audience, addressing topics from public art to social practice.
    Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150gp , CRIT 160g , CRIT 350  or permission of instructor
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 450 Visual Culture in Southern California: Images in and of the City

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Exploration of the relationships among art, design, visual culture, urban spaces and institutions, through urban, social, and visual theory.
    Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150gp , CRIT 160g , CRIT 350  or permission of instructor
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 499 Special Topics

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Comprehensive exploration of particular aspects of public art.
    Duplicates Credit in former PAS 499.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 510 History and Theory of Art and Exhibitions

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Gives broad and deep overview of history of “art” as a conceptual and practical category, emphasizing development of exhibitionary sites and engagement with public sphere.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 512 Art and Curatorial Visits

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Site visits relating to art and curatorial practices, from art museums and artists’ studios to public art offices and performance venues, and meet professionals.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 515 Visiting Artist and Scholar Seminar

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 4.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    (Enroll in ART 515 )

  • CRIT 525 Making and Curating Art: Pedagogy and Praxis

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Provides students with a foundation in the history and theory of studio art and curatorial education and develops their teaching skills in these areas.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ART-525

  • CRIT 530 Global Art Seminar: the Globalization of Art and Culture

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sm
    (Enroll in ART 530 )

  • CRIT 555 Methods of Curating: Introduction to Curatorial Practicum

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    First in a sequence of three courses on history/theory of curatorial methods, with practical experience necessary to mounting exhibitions and devising interfaces with the public.
    Duplicates Credit in PAS 555a.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 556 Curatorial Practicum: Individual/Group Projects

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Second in a sequence of three courses on history/theory of curatorial methods, with practical experience necessary to mounting exhibitions and devising interfaces with the public.
    Prerequisite: CRIT 555 .
    Duplicates Credit in  PAS 555b.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 557 Curatorial Practicum: Group Project Summation

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Third in a sequence of three courses on history/theory of curatorial methods, with practical experience necessary to mounting exhibitions and devising interfaces with the public.
    Prerequisite: CRIT 556 .
    Duplicates Credit in PAS 555c.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CRIT 590 Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Research leading to the master’s degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Duplicates Credit in former PAS 590.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • CRIT 591 Field Internship Experience

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 2.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Supervised internship in an art institution or an art agency, or with an independent curator or artist, on projects and research specific to public space.
    Recommended Preparation: Completion of first year of courses.
    Duplicates Credit in former PAS 591.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • CRIT 594a Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Recommended Preparation: 28 units of coursework.
    Duplicates Credit in former PAS 594abz.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • CRIT 594b Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Recommended Preparation: 28 units of coursework.
    Duplicates Credit in former PAS 594abz.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • CRIT 594z Master’s Thesis

    Units: 0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Recommended Preparation: 28 units of coursework.
    Duplicates Credit in former PAS 594abz.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • CRIT 599 Special Topics

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Selected topics in various specialty areas of public art.
    Duplicates Credit in former PAS 599.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

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