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ART-101 Approaching Art

This seven-week course lays the foundation for approaching visual art by introducing fundamental aspects of the nature of art and art making. The course will investigate four areas which are key to appreciating art. These four units will include the importance perceptual skills, the nature of the creative process, the place of art in its cultural context, and the role and processes of abstraction. The course will involve looking at art, reading, writing and speaking about art using acquired
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ART-102 2D Design

This course introduces the foundation design elements and principles for two-dimensional design. Compositional problems are introduced and solved in a studio setting. In addition basic two-dimensional media are introduced and explored during the different units of the course of study.
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ART-103 3D Design

This course introduces the foundation design elements and principles for three-dimensional design. Compositional problems are introduced and solved in a studio setting. In addition basic three-dimensional media are introduced and explored during the different units of the course of study.
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ART-105 Color Theory

Traditional and contemporary approaches to color theory will be taught. These ideas will be beneficial for most studio areas and of particular importance to careers in design.
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ART-111 Drawing I

This introductory studio course is designed to familiarize beginning students with fundamental techniques and concepts of drawing. In that basic skill building is the core of this course it is a very approachable class for non-art majors. Although some history of drawing will be presented learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review. (Prerequisite: ART101 or consent of instructor)
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ART-121 Painting I

This course is designed to introduce students with fundamental concepts in oil and/or acrylic painting. Historical and contemporary approaches to paiinting will be addressed. Non-art majors can also succeed in this course.
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ART-141 Photography I

This course is designed to familiarize beginning students with the fundamental techniques and concepts of photographic practices and processes. The use and operation of the 35mm film camera, experimental and traditional black and white darkroom techniques and new digital technologies will be taught through demonstration and assigned projects. Photographic history and criticism will also be introduced. Portfolio production will be the main form of assessment in this introductory course.
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ART-151 Sculpture I

This introductory studio course is designed to familiarize beginning students with the fundamental techniques and concepts of contemporary sculpture. Both additive and reductive sculpture will be explored as students are introduced to both traditional and non-traditional sculpture media. Students will also investigate the relationship of drawing to the sculptural process. Although some 19th and 20th C. sculpture history will be presented, learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio
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ART-161 Ceramics I

This introductory studio course is designed to familiarize beginning students with the fundamental techniques and concepts of contemporary ceramic art. Students will see and also investigate sculptural and vessel forms in clay, along with the relationship of drawing to the creative process. Although significant clay art history and technology will be taught, learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review.
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ART-171 Survey of Western Art I

This course is designed to introduce students to fundamental concepts in art history as well as important masterworks from the western art tradition. Prehistoric work through the 14th C. will be addressed. Non-art majors can enjoy this course.
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ART-172 Survey of Western Art II

This course is designed to introduce students to fundamental concepts in art history as well as important masterworks from the western art tradition. 15th C. work through the present will be addressed. Non-art majors can enjoy this course.
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ART-202 Digital Art I

This introductory course is designed to familiarize beginning students with the fundamental techniques and concepts of design using computer technology as the primary medium. Students will build on drawing and composition skills to create designs with a variety of design software programs. Although technological and ethical issues in the field will be addressed, learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review. (Prerequisites: ART102, or consent of instructor).
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ART-211 Figure Drawing

This course is designed to familiarize beginning students with anatomy and the figure as a subject matter vital in an artist�s vocabulary. Students will build on drawing and composition skills to create designs with a variety of drawing media. Although the history of figurative art will be explored, learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review. (Prerequisites: ART102, ART111 or consent of instructor)
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ART-212 Illustration

This course introduces the technical and conceptual skills for successful illustration. It is an important foundation for all design and applied arts fields.
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ART-221 Painting II

This course is designed to introduce students with fundamental concepts in oil and/or acrylic painting. Historical and contemporary approaches to paiinting will be addressed. Non-art majors can also succeed in this course.
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ART-231 Relief Print Making

This introductory course is designed to familiarize students with the fundamental techniques and concepts of relief and intaglio printmaking. Students will build on drawing and composition skills to create editions of prints. Techniques covered will include woodcut, linocut, collagraph, and monoprints. Although some history of printmaking will be presented learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review.
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ART232 ART232 Screen Printmaking

This introductory course is designed to familiarize beginning students with the fundamental techniques and concepts of screen printmaking. Students will build on drawing and composition skills to create editions of screen prints. Although some history of screen printmaking and lithography will be presented, learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review.
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ART-241 Photography II

This course expands students� knowledge of the use of the 35mm camera and black and white darkroom processing and printing. Students learn to control film exposure and development in order to make consistently good prints. Photographic theory is introduced. Students will fully explore their ideas through shooting a lot of film. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio development and review, as well as class participation. (Prerequisite: ART141 or consent of instructor)
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ART-251 Sculpture II

This is an intermediate level course designed to stimulate and further develop interest in sculptural methods and techniques for personal expression. Media exploration and contemporary aesthetic issues such as environmental sculpture or installation are introduced, as students are encouraged to create and solve problems in sculpture in specific areas of the discipline. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio development and review. (Prerequisite: ART151 or consent of instructor)
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ART-261 Ceramics II

This intermediate course is designed to advance students� knowledge of the techniques and concepts of contemporary ceramic art. Students will investigate both sculptural and vessel forms in clay with special emphasis given to exploration of a wide variety of surface treatments. Students will develop substantial knowledge of glaze technologies. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review, along with class participation. (Prerequisite: ART161 or consent of
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ART-271 Art of Mexico

This course is intended to provide a survey of the history of Mexican art. It is arranged in three parts starting with pre-conquest indigenous cultures, which will be the majority of the course emphasis. It will also include the Colonial Period and Revolutionary Art. Special emphasis is placed on relating the art to the cultural contexts from which it came. Influences such as religion and political histories are investigated in their relationship to the art. (Prerequisite: ART101 or consent of
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ART-272 Art of Asia

This course is intended to provide a survey of the history of Asian art. It is arranged in three parts starting with India and South East Asia, then moving to China and finishing with Korea and Japan. Special emphasis is placed on relating the art to the cultural contexts from which it came. Influences such as religion, trade and political histories are investigated in their relationship to the art. (Prerequisite: ART101 or consent of instructor)
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ART-273 Ethnographic Art

This course is intended to provide a survey of non-western, world art. It is arranged in multiple units, which will sample ethnographic art from across the world. Cultures from West Africa, the Near East and the Far East, indigenous cultures from the Americas and Oceanic cultures will be surveyed. Special emphasis is placed on relating the art to the cultural contexts from which it came. Influences such as religion and political histories are investigated in their relationship to the art.
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ART-282 Graphic Design I

This course lays the foundations of the discipline of graphic design. The course helps students apply concepts of design and color theory into applied arts areas.
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ART-300 Community Arts

This course is designed to introduce students to the variety of forms community arts programs have taken and are taking across the country. Facets of community arts programs such as legal aspects, funding issues, cooperation and collaboration, as well as aesthetic issues will be explored. Many fine and performing arts genre will be addressed and specific programs will be referenced and researched. Guest presenters from the Twin Cities will play a large part in this course.
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ART-302 Digital Art II

This course is designed to expand students� facility in using the computer to solve more complex problems. Students will build on drawing, composition and computer skills to create designs with a variety of design software programs. Students will be encouraged to develop a personal voice with the computer. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review. (Prerequisite: ART202 or consent of instructor)
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ART-311 Advanced Drawing

This course is designed to establish personal style in a variety of drawing media. Traditional subjects like the still life and the figure will be investigated along with creative and divergent situations used for expression. Significant emphasis will be placed on developing skills in formal and iconographic criticism. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio development and review. (Prerequisite: ART211 or consent of instructor)
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ART-321 Advanced Painting

This course is designed to encourage the individual stylistic development of advanced painting students. Students may explore new painting media and/or figurative painting while applying previously learned techniques in creating complete artistic expressions/compositions. Students will be encouraged to work in series. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio development and review. (Prerequisite: ART221 or consent of instructor)
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ART-332 Screen Printmaking

This course is designed to familiarize beginning students with the fundamental techniques and concepts of silkscreen printmaking. Students will build on drawing and composition skills to create editions of silkscreen prints. Techniques covered will include cut, painted and photographic stencils. Although some history of printmaking will be presented, learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review.
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ART-333 Intaglio Printmaking

This course is designed to familiarize beginning students with the fundamental techniques and concepts of intaglio printmaking. Students will build on drawing, composition, and other art skills to create editions of intaglio prints. Techniques covered will include etching, dry point, aquatint, collagraph, monoprinting and photo-polymer plates. Although some history of printmaking will be presented, learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review.
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ART-334 Lithography

This intermediate course is designed to familiarize beginning students with the fundamental techniques and concepts of lithographic printmaking. Students will build on drawing and composition skills to create editions of lithographic prints. Although some history of printmaking will be presented, learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review.
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ART-341 Advanced Photography

This course is designed to establish personal style in photography. Traditional treatment of the medium will be investigated along with creative and divergent photographic expressions. Computer applications in photography will be introduced and explored. Significant emphasis will be placed on developing skills in formal and iconographic criticism. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio development and review. (Prerequisite: ART241 or consent of instructor)
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ART-351 Advanced Sculpture

This course is designed to develop personal style in sculpture. Contemporary issues in sculptural meadia and theory will be addressed. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review.
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ART-361 Ceramics III

This course provides an in depth study of the techniques and concepts of clay as an art medium. Students build on previous ceramics experience to work in series as a way of developing sophistication in their clay work. Advanced glaze technology, firing options and construction techniques constitute the course content. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio development and review. (Prerequisite: ART261 or consent of instructor)
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ART-370 Mexican Art and Culture

This course introduces the student to Mexican art and culture through study and experience in Mexico The social, political and historic context of Mexican culture is emphasized. Required pre-trip and post-trip involvement and observation and discussion carry most of the course content. Students must also complete a project following up on the experiential learning.
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ART-372 Early Epoch of Christian Art

This course examines in some depth drawing, painting, sculptural and architectural traditions as they emerge from the Roman Empire at the turn of the millenium through the 14th C. The course links artistic developments with cultural influences and tensions between near east Asia and the west in the middle ages.
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ART-373 Ital. Renaissance & Baroq Art

This course examines in depth drawing, painting, sculptural and architectural traditions from the early Renaissance through the 18th C. The course links artistic developments with cultural influences, with an emphasis on Italian art, but also inclusive of northern Europe. (Prerequisite: ART172 or consent )
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ART-382 Graphic Design II

This course develops sophisticated applications in the discipline of graphic design. The course helps students develop their professional portfolio for applied arts areas.
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ART-431 Mixed Media Graphics

This course is designed to familiarize intermediate students with alternative and advanced graphics techniques, in particular photographic and digital applications for printmaking, as well as digital prints and non-silver photography. Contemporary issues and themes in graphics will be discussed. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review. (Prerequisites: ART102, ART111, and one of the following: ART141, 202, 231, 232, 233, or permission)
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ART-435 Advanced Printmaking

This course is designed to encourage the individual stylistic development of advanced printmaking students. Students may explore new printmaking media while applying previously learned techniques in creating more developed projects. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio development and review. This course may be repeated for credit.
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ART-441 Digital Photography

This course will investigate the unique approaches to digital photography as an art form. This field will be compared and contrasted with black and white photogrphy and also explored as its own unique area of artistic investigation. Emphasis will be given to seeing and thinking like an artist.
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ART-472 19th & 20th Cntry Art & Dsgn

This course examines the revolutionary developments in painting, sculptural and architectural traditions from the 19th C. as well as the Modernist traditions of the first half of the 20th C. and the initial Post-Modern trends that follow. The course links these artistic developments with world-wide cultural influences. In addition, special attention is given to the history of design.
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ART-473 History of Photography

This course introduces students to 19th, 20th and 21st century photographic technologies, practitioners and images. Emphasis is on Western photographic practices and the impact that the invention of photography has had on our understanding of the world around us from science, history, culture, aesthetics, politics, current events, and every-day life.
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ART-481 Topics in Art:

This teacher directed course will center on advanced and narrowly defined studio or art historical investigations to be announced. The course�s focus may introduce unfamiliar or unusual media, or subjects, or provide very advanced level knowledge of a familiar discipline. (Prerequisites: ART101 and consent of instructor)
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ART-482 Graphic Design III

This advanced course further develops applications in the discipline of graphic design. Students will work on a series of projects and develop a professional portfolio.
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ART-483 Web Design

The Web Design course is structured to teach the visual, communication and marketing aspects of a good website. It is a project based course where students will create websites and web content using Adobe Creative Suite software (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash) and other web-related tools. Course material will be tailored to the experience level of students enrolled in the course.
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ART-489 Mentored Study:

This opportunity encourages the student to establish advanced study in an art medium with an internship within the institution in any desired discipline. The mentor relationship will be a guided experience, which encourages the student toward mastery of a studio or historical discipline. Assessment will be through contractual arrangement with the guiding mentor. (Prerequisite: advanced work completed in the field desired)
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ART-491 Theories in Contemporary Art

This seminar style course discusses theories and ideas that underpin the current art world. The approaches of many current artists and critics are examined.
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ART-498 Arts Internship

This opportunity is specifically required for Community Arts majors or minors as well as Design Majors. It establishes advanced field study in the dicipline in a setting outside the campus context. The internship will be arranged by the student in consultation with the advisor and assessment will be through contractual arrangement with the guiding mentor. (Community Arts majors are encouraged to do this through HECUA.)
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ART-499 Art Senior Seminar

This course serves as the capstone experience in the Art Department. The course will vary somewhat based on the student�s degree sought. It will normally be the production of a solo exhibition, or of a professional design portfolio, or a Community Arts experience. The work produced and presented must be the student�s current work. Individual directions will be developed with the professor and student�s advisor. (Prereq Senior standing or Instructor consent)
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COM202 COM202 Recncl Conflic&Divers Thru Com

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MAN-101 Introduction to Business

This is a survey course intended to give students an overview of accounting, economics, finance, management and marketing.
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MAN-301 Org. Behavior and HR Mngmt.

This course will examine the basic principles of management including planning, organizing, integrating, leading, decision-making, and evaluating performance. Using theories contributed from the behavioral sciences students will examine the behavior of individuals, groups and organizations. Students will learn to analyze problems and develop strategies to deal with organizational growth and change. Additionally, some discussion will focus on human resource management skills, policies, and
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THR-111 Theatre in Practice I

Concordia�s theatre department, in service to campus and community, offers opportunities for involvement in major theatre productions, workshop dramas, and various experimental undertakings during the school year. Auditions for all productions are open to all Concordia students. This course can include work on theatrical productions as actors and/or crews.
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THR-112 Theatre in Practice II

Credit is given for major involvement in theatre productions, workshops, and other approved situations. Major involvement is defined as activities such as stage managing, assistant directing, designing, and directing projects. (Prerequisite: consent of instructor)
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THR-203 Creative Dramatics

Students enrolled in this course study and practice methods and activities in creative dramatics for the classroom, parish, business, and family. Special emphasis is placed on activities designed to help students to express their own natural creativity and for these students, as future leaders of groups, to help others to express their own natural creativity as well.
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THR-251 Stagecraft

The course provides an introduction to the scope, tools, materials and practices of stagecraft and technical management in the theatre today. The course utilizes formal lectures, group discussion, outside projects, attendance at outside theatre productions and practical lab sessions to cover the material presented.
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THR-253 Makeup for the Stage

Fundamentals of two and three-dimensional stage make-up through character analysis, design and application. Extensive practical experience through laboratory and possible crew work on departmental productions. Each student will be required to purchase his or her own makeup materials.
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THR270 THR270 Computer Graphics for the Arts

This course introduces the use of computers and computer software in the arts. The use of the personal computer in the production process as it relates to design and technical production is explored.
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THR-355 Scenic Design

This course is an introduction to the theory and techniques of scenery design. Three subject areas are combined to formulate the scope of the course: literature analysis, aesthetic design�techniques and materials, pragmatic design�production, and organization. Attendance at area theatre productions is required. Laboratory hours required. (Prerequisite: THR251 or consent of instructor)
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THR-356 Costume Design

This course will be an introduction to the art and practice of costume design. Emphasis will be on analysis of the costume design process and organization from script to design concept to the workable costume for the actor. Attendance at area theatre productions is required. Laboratory hours required. (Prerequisite: THR251 or consent of instructor)
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THR-357 Lighting & Sound

This course is an introduction to the theory and the techniques of lighting and sound design for the stage. Three subject areas in both aspects of theatre will be discussed in this course: basic understanding and connection of the equipment, basic design, and a basic understanding of the aesthetics of sound and lighting design. Laboratory hours required. (Prerequisite: THR251 or consent of instructor)
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