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Course Catalog 2012-2013 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Oberlin College Courses Offered in 2012-13 (and planned offerings in future years)

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  • APST 261 - Conducting II: Analysis of Instrumental Conducting


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    Designed to emphasize the development and refinement of baton and rehearsal technique, score preparation and interpretation. Bowing styles, transpositions and score analysis are included in the orchestral score study. Laboratory experience included. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: J. Erwin
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: APST 260.
  

  • APST 262 - Conducting II: Analysis of Choral Conducting


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    Continued development of conducting technique with emphasis on choral rehearsal procedures, vocal development, diction, and choral performance practices. Laboratory experience required (some Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 p.m.). Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: M. Alegant
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: APST 260.
  

  • APST 273 - Stringed Instrument Class


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    Includes performance fundamentals, instructional methods and materials for violin, viola, cello and double bass with playing experience on these instruments. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Instructor: J. Erwin
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: APST 272 is prerequisite for 273 except for those students who are at an advanced level of performing ability on a stringed instrument and who have successfully completed an audition/interview with the instructor.
  

  • APST 275 - Woodwind Instrument Class


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    Includes performance fundamentals, instructional methods and materials for at least three woodwind instruments. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Instructor: J. Knight
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: APST 274 is a prerequisite for APST 275 except for those students who are at an advanced level of performing ability on a woodwind instrument and who have successfully completed an audition/interview with the instructor.
  

  • APST 277 - Brass Instrument Class


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    Includes performance fundamentals, instructional methods and materials for at least three brass instruments. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Instructor: J. Knight
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: APST 276 is a prerequisite for APST 277 except for those students who are at an advanced level of performing ability on a brass instrument and who have successfully completed an audition/interview with the instructor.
  

  • APST 280 - Prima Vista Group Reading


    Next Offered: Fall Semesters
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Attribute: CNDP
    Course Description Forthcoming.
    Enrollment Limit: 11
    Instructor: G. Sakakeeny
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: One semester will count toward small ensemble requirement of wind/brass students.
  

  • APST 282 - Viola Orch Repertoire Class


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    A continuing study of those excerpts often required for orchestral auditions. Four to seven pieces will be covered per semester. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 6.
    Instructor: P. Slowik
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: May be repeated for credit.
  

  • APST 284 - Orchestra Repertoire Violin


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Repertoire will be chosen from works most frequently encountered at orchestral auditions. Emphasis will be on bowing styles and general techniques used in orchestral playing at the professional level. An attempt will be made to coordinate the repertoire with that of the Oberlin orchestras. Two simulated orchestral auditions will be required. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 10.
    Instructor: G. Fulkerson
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: May be repeated for credit. P/NP or CR/NE grading.
  

  • APST 285 - Orchestra Rep for Dble Bass


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Attribute: CNDP
    Concentrated study and preparation of orchestral literature requested at professional orchestra auditions. Repertoire scheduled to be performed by the Oberlin orchestras may be incorporated into the coursework. A simulated professional audition with adjudication will be required at the end of each semester. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: T. Sperl
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • APST 300 - Oratorio Repertoire for Singers


    Semester Offered: Spring
    Credits (Range): 2
    Attribute: CNDP
    Oratorio Repertoire for Singers is a performance class that will focus on repertoire, style, and the business of concert singing.  Students will sing excerpts from the major oratorio repertoire and prepare presentations about these works.  In addition, one class will be devoted to assembling materials for auditions, finding jobs, negotiating fees, and working with conductors.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: T. LeFebvre
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Successful completion of sophomore voice committee.
  

  • APST 310 - Intermed Piano Pedag Practicum


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 to 2 Hours
    An opportunity for students who have completed Intermediate Piano Pedagogy (APST 210) to further develop their teaching skills. Students will teach four pupils weekly as part of the Supervised Teaching Program. Required portfolios will include development of syllabi for individual students, self-critiques of video-taped lessons, written lesson reports, and assessments of student progress. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 5.
    Instructor: A. McAlister
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: APST 210.
    Note: May be repeated for a total of four credits.
  

  • APST 311 - Elementary Piano Pedag Practic


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 to 2 Hours
    An opportunity for students who have completed Elementary Piano Pedagogy (APST 211) to further develop their teaching skills. Students will observe and teach segments of group lessons for children in Piano Lab program. In addition, students will teach weekly individual lessons to two children on a pay basis. Required portfolios will include observation reports, lesson plans and assessments, and self-critiques of video-taped teaching. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 5.
    Instructor: A. McAlister
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites and Notes Prerequisite: APST 211.

    Note: May be repeated once for credit.
  

  • APST 312 - Class Piano Pedagogy Practicum


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    An opportunity for students to gain experience in teaching college-level group piano. Students will observe all class sessions of a basic-level piano class, prepare and teach a series of class segments, and become familiar with a variety of teaching methods, materials, and technologies. Required portfolios will include observation reports, text evaluations, lesson plans and assessments, and self-critiques of video-taped teaching. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 5.
    Instructor: A. McAlister
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: APST 209, APST 210.
    Note: May be repeated once for credit.
  

  • APST 330 - Cello Orchestral Repertoire Class


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    A one-semester course designed to prepare junior and senior cello students for professional orchestral auditions. Orchestral repertoire will be studied. The course will culminate in a simulated professional audition. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 8.
    Instructor: C. Meints
  

  • APST 350 - Conducting III: Intermediate Instrumental Conducting


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    An overview of the art of conducting with emphasis given to gesture, score preparation, rehearsal technique, rhythm and transposition skills. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 10.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: APST 261 or its equivalent.
  

  • APST 351 - Conducting IV: Advanced Instrumental Conducting


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    Continued development of the art of conducting with emphasis given to gesture, score preparation, rehearsal technique, rhythm and transposition skills. Participation in conducting labs is required. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 10.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: APST 350.
  

  • APST 400 - Senior Honors Piano Performanc


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    For additional information, see the ‘Honors Program’ section of the Piano Performance Program offered by the Division of Keyboard Studies. Consent of Keyboard Division Director required. Enrollment Limit: 3.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Open only to piano performance majors admitted to the Honors Program.
  

  • APST 401 - Senior Honors in Piano Performance


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    For additional information, see the “Honors Program” section of the Piano Performance Program offered by the Division of Keyboard Studies. Consent of Keyboard Division Director required. Enrollment Limit: 3.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Open only to piano performance majors admitted to the Honors Program.
  

  • APST 450 - Seminar in Orchestral Conducting


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    A one-year course. Development of all elements of the conductor?s craft: solfege, harmonic and formal analysis, rhythmic security, aural imagery, knowledge of instruments and voices, technique/vocabulary of gesture, group management and psychology, rehearsal techniques, programming. Participation in performing ensembles and assistance in preparation of ensembles for performance are included. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 5.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open only to orchestral conducting majors.
    Prerequisites: See statement under Master of Music in Conducting.
    APST 450 is prerequisite to 451.
  

  • APST 451 - Seminar in Orchestral Conducting


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    A one-year course. Development of all elements of the conductor’s craft: solfege, harmonic and formal analysis, rhythmic security, aural imagery, knowledge of instruments and voices, technique/vocabulary of gesture, group management and psychology, rehearsal techniques, programming. Participation in performing ensembles and assistance in preparation of ensembles for performance are included.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
     

    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Open only to orchestral conducting majors.
    Prerequisites: See statement under Master of Music in Conducting.
    APST 450 is prerequisite to APST 451.

     
  

  • APST 460 - Seminar in Choral Conducting


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    A one-year course. Development of all elements of the conductor?s craft: harmonic and formal analysis, rhythmic security, aural imagery, knowledge of instruments and voices, technique and vocabulary of gesture, group management and psychology, rehearsal techniques, and programming. Participation in performing ensembles and assistance in preparation of ensembles for performance are essential course components.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Open to choral conducting majors.
    Prerequisite: See statement under Master of Music in Conducting.
    APST 460 is prerequisite to 461.
  

  • APST 461 - Seminar in Choral Conducting


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    A one-year course. Development of all elements of the conductor’s craft: harmonic and formal analysis, rhythmic security, aural imagery, knowledge of instruments and voices, technique and vocabulary of gesture, group management and psychology, rehearsal techniques, and programming. Participation in performing ensembles and assistance in preparation of ensembles for performance are essential course components.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
     

    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Open to choral conducting majors.
    Prerequisite: See statement under Master of Music in Conducting.
    APST 460 is prerequisite to APST 461.

     

     
  

  • APST 550 - Seminar In Orchestral Conducting


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    A one-year course. The continued development of all of the elements of the conductor’s craft begun in APST 450, 451.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Prerequisite: See statement under Master of Music in Conducting.
    APST 550 is prerequisite to APST 551.
  

  • APST 551 - Seminar in Orchestral Conducting


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    A one-year course. The continued development of all of the elements of the conductor’s craft begun in APST 450 and APST 451.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Prerequisite: See statement under Master of Music in Conducting.

    APST 550 is prerequisite to APST 551.

     
  

  • APST 552 - Graduate Project in Orchestra Conducting


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    A course of guided study in preparation for the Comprehensive Final Examination.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: Open only to orchestral conducting majors in the MM program.
    Prerequisites: See statement under Master of Music in Conducting.
    APST 552 is prerequisite to 553.
  

  • APST 553 - Graduate Project in Orchestral Conducting


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    A course of guided study in preparation for the Comprehensive Final Examination.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: Open only to orchestral conducting majors in the MM program.
    Prerequisites: See statement under Master of Music in Conducting.

    APST 552 is prerequisite to APST 553.

     
  

  • APST 560 - Seminar In Choral Conducting


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    The continued development of all of the elements of the conductor?s craft begun in APST 460, 461.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Prerequisites: See statement under Master of Music in Conducting.
    APST 560 is prerequisite to APST 561.
  

  • APST 561 - Seminar in Choral Conducting


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    The continued development of all of the elements of the conductor’s craft begun in APST 460 and APST 461.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Prerequisites: See statement under Master of Music in Conducting.

    APST 560 is prerequisite to APST 561. 

     
  

  • APST 562 - Graduate Project in Choral Conducting


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    A course of guided study in preparation for the Comprehensive Final Examination.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: Open only to Choral Conducting majors in the MM program.
    Prerequisites: See statement under Master of Music in Conducting.
    APST 562 is prerequisite to 563.
  

  • APST 563 - Graduate Project in Choral Conducting


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    A course of guided study in preparation for the Comprehensive Final Examination.
    Instructor: Staff

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: Open only to Choral Conducting majors in the MM program.
    Prerequisites: See statement under Master of Music in Conducting.

    APST 562 is prerequisite to APST 563.

     
  

  • APST 600 - Performance Ensembles (Artist Diploma)


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Students are assigned by the major teacher to various performing groups in consultation with the conductors or supervisors of these groups.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open only to students enrolled in the Artist Diploma program.
    Pianists should refer to the end of the Division of Keyboard Studies section for specific information.
  

  • APST 601 - Performance Project (Artist Dipl)


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Projects may include accompanying of recitals or performing solo recitals (including preparation of the two required solo recitals), and other public performance as soloist, arranged in consultation with the major teacher. Some of the projects are to be prepared independently by the student. Projects are evaluated each semester by members of the major department to arrive at a course grade.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: Open only to students enrolled in the Artist Diploma program.
    Notes Pianists should refer to the end of the Division of Keyboard Studies section for specific information.
  

  • APST 602 - Graduate Lecture Recital


    Semester Offered: First and First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    The student will prepare and present the lecture-recital required for the Historical Performance Master’s degree. The project is supervised jointly by the principal applied instructor and an academic performance practice faculty member. The topic must be chosen in consultation with both supervising faculty members.
    Instructor: S. Plank
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of the principal applied instructor required.
  

  • APST 700 - Musical Union


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0 to 1 Hour
    An organization dedicated to the rehearsal and performance of large choral masterworks. Two major concerts are presented yearly.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 100.
    Note: P/NP grading.
    Open to all members of the College community.
  

  • APST 701 - Oberlin College Choir


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0 to 1 Hour
    A large select ensemble which performs a broad spectrum of a cappella and accompanied choral literature from all periods. Presents on-campus concerts and off-campus performance tours.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 60.
    Note: P/NP grading.
    Admission by audition.
  

  • APST 704 - Opera Chorus


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0 to 1 Hour
    Participation and performance in the Opera Chorus of a major Opera Theater production. Since not all operas contain substantial chorus material, credit will be available only for those operas providing significant choruses.
    Instructor: J. Field
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Notes: Credit availability will be determined by the Opera Theater director, conductor, and choral director.
    P/NP grading.
    Admission by audition.
  

  • APST 705 - Oberlin College Women’s Chorale


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0 to 1 Hour
    The Women’s Choral will provide singers the opportunity to explore a variety of choral music written specifically for female voices. The choir will sing three- (SSA) or four-part (SSAA) music including songs from the ‘classical,’ contemporary, world music, secular and sacred genres.
    Instructor: M. Alegant
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    P/NP grading.
  

  • APST 706 - Oberlin Treble Ensemble


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1
    Attribute: CNDP
    A treble-voice ensemlbe comprised primarily of vocal performance majors that performs a broad spectrum of accompanied and a cappella choral repertoire. Audition required.
    Enrollment Limit: by audition
    Instructor: J. Harriss
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • APST 709 - Oberlin Orchestra/Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Yes
    Next Offered: [2013-2014)
    Semester Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters
    Credits (Range): 0-2
    Attribute: CNDP
    Oberlin Orchestra is a full symphony orchestra dedicated to the rehearsal and performance of primarily large-sclaled masterworks.  The Orchestra normally performs five orchestral programs and one opera production each year.  Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble is a select group performing three concerts each semester that focuses on recent works by composers of very diverse styles and background with occasional masterworks from the twentieth century.  Faculty and student composers are presented each year.  Frequently the ensemble work directly with composers invited to campus.  Oberlin Orchestra and the Contemporary Music Ensemble are scheduled at the same time, which allows for flexible ensemble assignments throughout the semester and ensures full and varied performance experiences for students.
    Enrollment Limit: 999
    Instructor: R. Jimenez/T. Weiss
    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Admission is by audition.  Student may elect two-credit option following consultation with their advisor and the conductors.  This course will replace both APST 710 and APST 723.
  

  • APST 712 - Trombone Choir


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Trombone Choir provides trombone majors and secondary students an opportunity to perform original music and transcriptions. The purpose of this ensemble is to apply our foundational work in lessons and to perfect sound, pitch, and ensemble playing. During the Baroque Period, the trombone was referred to as the voice of an angel. Our goal is to sound like the voice of an angel.
    Instructor: J. DeSano
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Notes: Admission by audition.
    P/NP grading.
  

  • APST 713 - Brass Ensemble


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Ensemble for brass instruments.
    Instructor: J. DeSano
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 25.
  

  • APST 714 - Trumpet Ensemble


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Coaching in section playing in standard orchestral repertoire and of works written for trumpet ensemble.
    Instructor: R. Poper
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 16.
    Note: P/NP grading.
  

  • APST 724 - Oberlin Sinfonietta/Oberlin Chamber Orchestra


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Yes
    Next Offered: [2013-2014]
    Semester Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters
    Credits (Range): 0-2
    Attribute: CNDP
    Oberlin Sinfonietta is an ensemble principally for performance majors and performs literature of contrasting styles and genres from the 18th to the 21st centuries with a focus on literature fro smaller ensembles ranging from sextets to the standard sinfonietta ensemble representing one of every instrument.  Oberlin Chamber Orchestra is dedicated to the rehearsal and performance of appropriately scaled masterworks.  The Orchestra normally performs five chamber orchestra programs and one ensemble assignments throughout the semester and ensures full and varied performance experiences for students.  Prerequisites and Notes: Admission is by audition.  Students may elect the two-credit option following consultation with their advisor and the conductors. 
    Enrollment Limit: 999
    Instructor: T. Weiss/R. Jimenez
    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Admission is by audition.  Replaces APST 711 & APST 720.
  

  • APST 726 - Oberlin Arts & Sciences Orchestra


    Semester Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters
    Credits (Range): 1
    Attribute: CNDP
    Provides Arts & Sciences students with the opportunity for preparation and performance of the symphonic repertoire, including collaborations with student, faculty, and guest soloists and choral ensembles.  Three concerts annually.
    Enrollment Limit: 75
    Instructor: P. Highfill
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • APST 730 - Collegium Musicum


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0 to 1 Hour
    A vocal ensemble specializing in the performance of medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque music. Two major concerts yearly. Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: S. Plank
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 40. 
    Note: P/NP grading.
    Admission by audition.
  

  • APST 750 - Indonesion Gong Ensemble (gamelan and talempong)


    Next Offered: 2012 - 2013
    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Attribute: CNDP
    In this course you will learn to play gong ensembles from Indonesia, including the classical practice of Central Javanese gamelan (a percussion-based ensemble featuring gongs and keyed instruments); and village-style talempong from West Sumatra that features interlocking drums and kettle gongs.

    By the end of the clas students will have gained a basic understanding of how the music is constructted, along with cultural matters specific to its performance. Throughtout th semester students will be encouraged to take turns on all the different instruments but workd towards ensemble rather than individual expression for a final performance.

    Students will elect to participate either in gamelan or talempong or, in rare cases, in both.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: J. Fraser
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Cross List Information Cross With 2 section Times
  

  • APST 770 - Balkan Ensemble


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Attribute: CNDP
    This ensemble will introduce students to a variety of traditional musical styles from Southeast European countries (such as Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, and Serbia) and to their historical and societal contexts. Through rehearsing the music of several ethnic groups, students will learn different characteristic approaches to ornamentation, phrasing, and accompaniment on their own instruments and voices and will also have the opportunity to learn to perform on traditional Balkan instruments. The ensemble will work on developing a repertoire over the course of the semester and perform this music at an end-of-semester concert.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: I. MacMillen
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes.
  

  • APST 800 - Chamber Music


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Students wishing to enroll for APST 800, 805, 806, or 810 must fill out a chamber music form available from the Dean’s Office, at the beginning of the semester. Students add APST 800, 805, 806, 810 to their schedules only after being assigned to an ensemble. Assignments are made by the Dean’s Office in consultation with faculty. Since it may not be possible to assign all students to a faculty coach, priority in placement in a group is given to upperclass students who need to complete an ensemble requirement.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Individual ensembles may be offered for P/NP grading only at the discretion of the ensemble coach.
  

  • APST 804 - Orchestral Repertoire for Brasses


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    A study of works from the standard repertoire with emphasis on concepts fo style and ensemble. Required for all brass majors
    Instructor: R. Higgins
    Consent of the Instructor Required: yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
     

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  • APST 805 - Contemporary Chamber Music


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Same as APST 800, except that the repertoire covered is drawn from recognized 20th century and contemporary composers. Students wishing to enroll for APST 800, 805, 806, or 810 must fill out a chamber music form available from the Dean’s Office, at the beginning of the semester. Students add APST 800, 805, 806, 810 to their schedules only after being assigned to an ensemble. Assignments are made by the Dean’s Office in consultation with faculty. Since it may not be possible to assign all students to a faculty coach, priority in placement in a group is given to upperclass students who need to complete an ensemble requirement.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Individual ensembles may be offered for P/NP grading only at the discretion of the ensemble coach.
  

  • APST 806 - Advanced String Quartet Seminar


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    A performance class designed around a body of repertoire by the same composer. Examples include Beethoven Op.18, 59 or late quartets; Brahms quartets; Dvorak Quartets, etc. Each string quartet will receive one coaching and participate in the weekly two-hour class meetings. The class will focus on performance issues e.g., strokes, intonation and sound, and will culminate in performances of the complete works.Students wishing to enroll for APST 800, 805, 806, or 810 must fill out a chamber music form available from the Dean’s Office, at the beginning of the semester. Students add APST 800, 805, 806, 810 to their schedules only after being assigned to an ensemble. Assignments are made by the Dean’s Office in consultation with faculty. 
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: G. Fulkerson
    Prerequisites & Notes

    Prerequisite: One semester of previous work together required.
  

  • APST 808 - Performance & Improvisation Ensemble


    Next Offered: [2013-2014]
    Semester Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters
    Credits (Range): 1
    Attribute: CNDP
    Performance and Improvisation Ensembles provide an opportunity for students to enrich their existing musical vocabularies and skills through practical exploration of many different world musics and improvisation across a range of genres and styles.  Emphasis is placed on transcription and creating a means of adaptation to the student’s primary (western) instrument.  Ensemble instruction will be divided into two modules per semester, each focusing on the musical styles of a particular region (Sub-Saharan Africa, South America/Central America/The Caribbean, Northern Africa/The Middle East, Asia).  PI ensembles will participate in intensive residencies and collaborative performances with visiting artists.
    Enrollment Limit: 999
    Instructor: J. Haddad
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    APST 140 or 141 (Internalizing Rhythms) and APST 142 (Beginning Improvisation) or demonstrated improvisational skill.  Audition and instructor’s consent required.  Students with highly proficient performance skills on a unique or indigenous instruments are also eligible to audition. PI ensembles may not be used to satisfy major ensemble requirements.
  

  • APST 810 - Piano Ensemble


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Students wishing to enroll for APST 800, 805, 806, or 810 must fill out a chamber music form available from the Dean’s Office, at the beginning of the semester. Students add APST 800, 805, 806, 810 to their schedules only after being assigned to an ensemble. Assignments are made by the Dean’s Office in consultation with faculty. Since it may not be possible to assign all students to a faculty coach, priority is given in placement in an ensemble to upperclass students.
    Instructor: Staff
  

  • APST 812 - Double Bass Ensemble


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Preparation and performance of ensemble repertoire for double bass (duos, trios, quartets, etc.).
    Instructor: P. Dominguez
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
  

  • APST 814 - Harp Ensemble


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Includes a variety of activities and topics designed to address many aspects of career preparation, such as group study of orchestral excerpts, harp ensemble repertoire, stage presentation, performance techniques, practice and tuning skills, harp maintenance, and pedagogy. All harp majors are required to attend harp ensemble during each year of study at Oberlin, whether taking the class for credit or auditing.
    Instructor: Y. Kondonassis
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
  

  • APST 815 - Guitar Ensemble


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    This course will cover ensemble repertoire and chamber music for guitarists.
    Instructor: S. Aron
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 8. 
    Open to guitar majors.
  

  • APST 820 - Ensembles for Harpists


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Harp students taking this course will be assigned by the major teacher to various performing groups of the school in consultation with the conductors of those groups and in accordance with their needs. Hours according to meeting times of the various ensembles.
    Instructor: Y. Kondonassis
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of the instructor required.
  

  • APST 821 - Ensembles for Percussionists


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0 to 2 Hours
    Attribute: CNDP
    Open to Percussion Majors only. Percussion students taking this course will be assigned by the major teacher to various performing groups of the school in consultation with the conductors of those groups and in accordance with their needs. Hours according to meeting times of the various ensembles. 
    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: M. Rosen
    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: Students may elect the two-credit option in consultation with advisor.
  

  • APST 822 - Ensembles for Guitarists


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Includes the assignment of guitarists to chamber music groups or to larger ensembles as needed.
    Instructor: S. Aron
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 8.
  

  • APST 825 - Oberlin Percussion Group


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Percussion majors taking this course will develop skills in finding the right sound, applying techniques learned, nurturing a keen sense of ensemble playing, and gaining valuable performing experience outside of Oberlin. The major objective of this course is to premiere new works. The group rehearses a minimum of four hours per week.
    Instructor: M. Rosen
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment limit: 16
  

  • APST 841 - Viola da Gamba Consort


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    A survey of sixteenth and seventeenth century consort literature for three to seven viols. First semester open to players with some experience. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 10. Prerequisites and Notes Second semester open to students who have completed the Winter Term beginning gamba class, as well as to advanced players.
    Instructor: C. Meints
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor is required.
    Enrollment limit: 10
  

  • APST 843 - Baroque Ensemble


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Attribute: CNDP
    The class is designed for players of historical instruments: e.g., baroque flute, baroque violin, baroque recorder, viola da gamba, harpsichord, and for singers.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: Staff Con
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: P/NP grading.
    Students add APST 843 to their schedules only after being assigned to an ensemble.
    Admission by audition.
  

  • APST 844 - Renaissance Recorder Ensemble


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 to 2 Hours
    Study of performance on Renaissance recorders. Repertoire is chosen from a different area of concentration each semester.
    Instructor: K. Montoya
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 10.
    Notes: The one-hour credit option requires one coached rehearsal per week as well as outside practice and rehearsal. The two-hour credit option requires an additional one-hour per week for preparation of a performance/research project involving source materials related to the music or playing of Renaissance recorders.
  

  • ARBC 101 - Beginning Arabic I


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 5 hours
    Attribute: 5HU, CD
    Acquisition of the fundamentals of Modern Standard Arabic vocabulary and grammar. This course begins with learning of script and phonology and expands to a wide range of situation-based texts and topics that build general communicative competence.
    Enrollment Limit: 22
    Instructor: M. Meslat
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Designed for beginners with no previous experience or study of Arabic expected.
  

  • ARBC 102 - Beginning Arabic II


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    Continuation of Beginning Arabic I. Acquisition of more complex grammatical structures, expanding vocabulary and communicative competence in Modern Standard Arabic.
    Enrollment Limit: 22
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ARBC 101 or equivalent.
  

  • ARBC 110 - Introduction to Muslim Cultures and Civilizations: A Humanistic Approach


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD
    This course is canceled, effective 10.23.12.

    A survey investigating the philosophical, religious, linguistic, literary and artistic dimensions of Muslim cultures, past and present. This course will introduce Muslim cultures through binaries common to Western and Muslim cultures (e.g., finite/infinite, individual/community, heart/mind, sacred/profane, clan/Other) as mediated through major rubrics of the Muslim cultural imaginary such as cultural transmission (language and memory), ethos (justice and bounty), institutions (authority and order), representation (sign and aniconism)—all in their secular and religious dimensions.
    Instructor: E. Akin-Kivanc, J. Mahallati, A. Yedes
    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
  

  • ARBC 201 - Intermediate Arabic


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    This course is a continuation of 102, Beginning Arabic II. Focuses on classical Arabic grammar, speaking, reading, composition and translation, using material from medieval and modern classical literary Arabic. Language laboratory materials, computer programs, SCOLA and Skype will be utilized.
    Enrollment Limit: 22
    Instructor: M. Meslat
    Prerequisites & Notes
    ARBC 102 or equivalent
  

  • ARBC 202 - Intermediate Arabic II


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    Continuation of 201, Intermediate Arabic I. Students will continue to develop listening, reading, speaking and writing skills with more emphasis on writing. Covers more complex topics relating to literature and culture, using literary Arabic texts and media articles. Scola and Skype will be utilized.
    Enrollment Limit: 22
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Arabic 201
  

  • ARBC 210 - Introduction to Literatures from the Muslim World


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD
    New course added 10.23.12.

    This course begins with an overview of the pre-Islamic poetry and the Qur’an as script and literature. We will explore samples of subsequent early Muslim literatures before we delve into the modern and contemporary ones. We will end by samples of literatures that produced the Arab Spring.

     
    Instructor: A. Yedes
  

  • ARBC 211 - Feminine Relationships In Today’s Muslim North Africa


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, Special Times
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Attribute: 1 HU, CD
    New course added 11.02.12.

    This mini-course offered by Samira Bechelaghem will examine the status of Muslim women within complex, meandering North African Muslim traditions and cultures. We will explore six major topics in order to situate Muslim women in relation to the ceremonial, gender relationships, love and the spiritual, private and public spaces, and power and disempowerment. We will close by examining the reverberations of the Western discourse within the Muslim feminine world. Class meeting times: Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday, Apr 2-4 and 9-11.

     
    Instructor: A. Yedes
  

  • ARTS 031 - Advanced Painting: Painting as Transitional Objects


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU
    New course added 11.01.12.

    This course deals with painting’s ability to hover between the material and immaterial, between things that are tangible and things that are intangible. Western painting runs on a spectrum between the actual and the imaginary and has frequently served as a portal to realms we know of, but cannot touch. We will use the methods of Russian Icon Painting as a model technique and discipline structured around the conviction that painting was a “window into heaven.”
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: S. Schuster
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    3 other Art courses. At least 1 painting and 1 drawing course.
  

  • ARTS 032 - Individual Photography Project Seminar


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This seminar is designed for juniors and seniors who have completed at least one vis/pro course and one problem course in photography. The seminar is production driven, and it will allow students to focus on their own visual thesis in a group setting. Group critiques will be held weekly in addition to the required lab hours.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: J. Ray, P. Nguyen-Duy
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ARTS 040 - Visual Concepts and Processes: Drawing


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    Course will initiate practice and appreciation of graphic expression, with an emphasis on developing a conceptual understanding of traditional and contemporary pictorial concerns beginning with traditional observation drawing to sharpen perceptual awareness. Diagrammatic line and principles of perspective will be presented as spatial and compositional concepts. Assignments: ability to graphically locate objects on a ground plane; use of line, value, shape, texture as a descriptive design vocabulary; the human figure as dynamic form; engaging representation and abstraction as responsive narrative.
    Enrollment Limit: 18
    Instructor: D. Harvey, S. Umbenhour
  

  • ARTS 041 - Visual Concepts and Processes: Art and the Environment


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Environmental Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    Students will be introduced to a number of artists whose ideas and work are influenced by their interest and concern for the environment. We will work in both two and three dimensions using found, recycled and borrowed materials. An introduction to basic building techniques and tools will assist students in their ability to express their ideas. Readings, research and critiques are a required part of the course.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: N. Yannuzzi-Macias
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ARTS 045 - Visual Concepts and Processes: Introduction to Digital Photography


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This course is designed to help students develop an understanding of the language and tools of digital photography. Students will learn how to create, import and transform images into digital format as well as alter them using a graphics program.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: P. Nguyen-Duy
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ARTS 048 - Visual Concepts and Processes: What’s Natural Isn’t Real


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Environmental Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This is a studio course where students are introduced to painting in acrylics or oils from the landscape. The aim of the course is to infuse the practice of perceptual painting with an understanding of cultural and artistic conventions within which the practice exists. To establish this context the time spent painting in the studio will be supplemented by several trips to the Allen Art Museum and some reading. The class will be focused on the practice of painting and drawing, learning both how the art we make influences what we see and how what we see influences the art we make.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: S. Schuster
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: One course in drawing.
  

  • ARTS 049 - Visual Concepts and Processes: Sculpture


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    Referencing your own body as it traverses daily through time and space; students will explore the basics of three-dimensional space. Using paper, cardboard, plaster, wood and found objects in addition to form, texture, sound, scale and proportion, students will complete three major projects. Weekly homework assignments will expand upon classroom projects. Although craft and technique are important, they are not a driving force. Required forms of participation also include critiques, weekly discussions and reading assignments. Students should expect to spend 12 hours per week outside of class to meet the minimum requirements.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: N. Yannuzzi-Macias
    Prerequisites & Notes
    A sketchbook will be required.
  

  • ARTS 052 - Visual Concepts and Processes: Photography


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This is an introductory course to B&W photography. Studio assignments are designed to contextualize photography in terms of its history, its relationships to the other art media, and its cultural implications. Besides studio assignments and group critiques there also will be slide lectures, technical demonstrations, and reading and writing assignments.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: J. Ray
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ARTS 053 - Visual Concepts and Processes: Silkscreen


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This course is designed to introduce all silkscreen processes plus their interaction with photography and other media. Assignments are structured to expand the understanding of art through the exploration of relevant personal concerns, whether they are driven by gender, political, moral, spiritual, philosophical or conceptual issues. Group critiques, slide lectures and labs are essential ingredients of the course.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 17
    Instructor: J. Pearson, G. McDougal
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ARTS 057 - Visual Concepts and Processes: Drawing and Space


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This course is designed to develop perceptual drawing skills with attention to spatial issues. Investigating architectural construction of space, the course will assist students in integration of traditional, digital and time based methods. Creating a framework for further narrative work, we will explore the work of William Kentridge and his attention to the space between the personal and the political.
    Enrollment Limit: 18
    Instructor: D. Harvey
  

  • ARTS 058 - Visual Concepts and Processes: Color Theory


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    In this course the student will acquire increased awareness of how color and the phenomena of value, placement and design contribute to aesthetic art making process. Using gouache and acrylic paint, cut outs and Photo Shop, the student will explore/develop sensitivities to design elements through pattern, repetition, line and figure/ground relationships. Final project will be a color installation problem involving space. A portfolio of all work and a CD at the end of the semester is required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: S. Umbenhour
  

  • ARTS 060 - Problems in: Drawing


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This course is intent on developing skills and methodologies introduced in Drawing 040. Assignments will engage postmodern strategies relevant to graphic representation. Emphasis will be placed on formal concerns of subject, image, material, and technique. Projects will explore the nature of figuration and the use of figure in a narrative pictorial context. Other projects will research symbolism in painting and the sequential development of abstraction as an expressive method and metaphoric iconography.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: G. McDougal, S. Umbenhour
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Completion of ARTS 040 or Color Theory
  

  • ARTS 062 - Problems in: Intermedia/Drawing, The Nature of the Abstract


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU
    What is Abstract Art? How did it come into being? Does it have content? Is it founded in concrete ideas? Is it divorced from social accountability? Is it entropic? What does it communicate or express? These are a sample of the questions to be raised and addressed in this class. They will be addressed through a series of controlled drawing assignments designed to develop both critical thinking and technical drawing skills.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: J. Pearson
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Students are strongly advised not to register for any other studio courses when taking this course.
  

  • ARTS 065 - Problems in: Painting, An Introduction to Figure Painting


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    The course will focus on painting from a live model using oil paints. We will begin with self-portraiture and portraiture and then will begin to explore the genre of the male and female nude. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: S. Schuster
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ARTS 066 - Problems in: The Multiple - Text / Image


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    New course added 08.10.12.

    This course integrates techniques of digital and silk-screen printing. The course is grounded in concepts of artwork as multiple and varied applications of print-media. Students will research how contemporary artists use text, image and the page as a contextual site or armature for their work. Students will realize their own ideas through collaborative studio assignments and self-directed independent artworks.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: G. McDougal
  

  • ARTS 068 - Problems in: Collaboration, (E)CAMP: (Experimental) Collaborations in Art/Music/Performance


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This course focuses on the collaborative development and realization of cross-disciplinary, interactive installations. This is an upper level class for advanced students in TIMARA and in the Department of Art who are interested in using media-rich installation to its full expressive potential. We will engage in critical exploration of recent trends in the field and will hone skills and tools for contemporary installation practice. Students will work with partners/teams from outside their home department.
    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: J. Christensen
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
     

     
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with TECH 068
  

  • ARTS 069 - Problems in: Re-imagining the Book


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This course will explore and expand upon the notion of the book as both an object and a text. Using narrative and non-narrative techniques in relation to concept, content, image, and form, students will design and construct a series of books. We will make frequent trips to view the artist’s book collection in the Clarence Ward Art Library in Oberlin. Materials and techniques such as basic use of tools, collage, design, learned and invented bindings, will be covered. This class will focus on inventive approaches to the book NOT traditional bookmaking or binding. Readings, sketchbook, discussion and critique are required forms of participation.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: N. Yannuzzi-Macias
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ARTS 076 - Problems in: Lens-based Media - Sequence and the Loop


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    New course added 08.10.12

    This course is grounded in lens-based media, digital capture, printing and video. Emphasis will be placed on mechanisms of time-based artworks such as sequence, duration and the loop. Diverse outcomes may be explored from the LCD screen and digital printing to installation and projected media. Studio assignments will be contextualized by researching the application of media in the work of contemporary artists. Students will participate in research assignments and the production of self-directed, independent artworks.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: G. McDougal
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    ARTS 098
  

  • ARTS 078 - Problems in Photography: Color


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This is an advanced class dealing with color photography and the staged narrative. It is assumed that students who are registered for the class are already familiar with black and white darkroom practices. During the course of the semester students will be introduced to a variety of contemporary topics via projects, lectures, reading and writing assignments.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: J. Ray
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ARTS 085 - Problems in Sculpture-With the Grain


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This course seeks to provide students with an intensive workshop in which to develop facility with woodworking skills. The course immerses participants in sequential processes of articulating ideas through drawing, constructing models, and assembly. Three structures are explored: a bench, a chest, and a table. Each project is presented in the context of function, style, and culture. Students will build one structure at full scale from his or her own designs.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: J. Coleman
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ARTS 093 - Advanced New Media: Land Arts in an Electronic Age


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This class is an upper-level hands-on seminar course, examining modes in which artists interact with the land in our post-digital landscape. The course will begin with an introduction of various forms of psychogeographic research and digital creative cartographic tools. The class will travel to Gary, IN with representatives from the Center for Land Use Interpretation. The class will create final pieces to be exhibited in a collaborative show with students at Carnegie Mellon University.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: J. Christensen
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ARTS 094 - Visual Concepts and Processes: Introduction to Sonic Arts


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This class will be an introduction to using sound in the art practice. We will learn how to work with sound for installation, documentation, and interactive pieces. Students will become familiar with recording, editing, processing, and installing sound. Students will survey contemporary artists who are working with sonic arts. Previous experience with sound not necessary, but experience with an art-making practice is encouraged.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: J. Christensen
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ARTS 095 - Senior Studio and Thesis


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 6 hours
    Attribute: 6HU
    A year-long team-taught studio course for highly self-motivated students. Taught by two different faculty each semester. Participants will work toward a critical articulation of their work and process, through the development of a visual thesis that may include painting, digital media, installation, sculpture, photography, performance or silkscreen or any combination thereof. Students will produce a thesis exhibition, artist’s statement and a professional portfolio by the end of the second semester.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: Fall: D. Harvey, S. Schuster, N. Yannuzzi-Macias
    Spring: J. Coleman, S. Schuster, N. Yannuzzi-Macias
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Admission by portfolio review. It is strongly suggested that students complete all winter terms prior to their senior year, since students will be required to continue working toward their final exhibition during this time. Students must participate for the entire year. Students may not audit this course.
  

  • ARTS 098 - Visual Concepts and Processes: Integrated Media Arts Practices


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This course will give students an introduction to media-based practices. Project assignments will bring students to become familiar with media art practices, including video, sound, and web. We will practice using these tools on- and off- screen. The course will examine how media practices integrate with art forms such as 2-D work, installation, sculpture, photography, and writing. Students will survey contemporary artists who are working with integrated new media practices.
    Enrollment Limit: 18
    Instructor: G. McDougal
    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
  

  • ARTS 099 - Problems in Painting: The Contemporary Portrait


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This course will explore portraiture as both historical genre and as an artistic paradigm. Students will work from both live models and other sources including photography and self-portraiture. Acrylic and oil paints will be used.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: S. Schuster
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite & Notes: Intro Painting or Intro Drawing.
  

  • ARTS 200 - Approaches to Western Art


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, WR (not all sections)
    This course is not a chronological survey course, but rather a chance to learn different ways of thinking and writing about art. Each instructor will address a variety of central art historical topics such as technique, style, iconography, the status of the artist and art’s relationship with its original context within a given period or periods of art history. Visits to the Allen Memorial Art Museum will play an important part in the course.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: R. Glass, S. Hamill, C. Neilson
    Prerequisites & Notes
    NOTE: Not all offerings carry writing proficiency. Must confirm the designation of writing proficiency with the instructor.
  

  • ARTS 204 - Approaches to Chinese and Japanese Art


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    This combined introduction to the Arts of China and Japan will follow a rough chronology from ancient to modern. We will focus on smaller contexts, including temples, tombs, and artistic circles and examine a range of media (e.g. painting, sculpture, prints). Primary themes will include how socio-political circumstances inform artistic production, the spatial or social networks of art, cultural exchange, and tensions between court-sponsored traditions and other artistic practices. Prequisites & Notes:
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: B. Cheng
    Cross List Information This course is cross listed with EAST 143
  

  • ARTS 205 - Approaches to Western Architectural History


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This course serves as a topical introduction to the history of architecture. The course will introduce students to different ways of seeing buildings and thinking about architecture. Emphasis will be placed on buildings as complex cultural artifacts, rather than as products of a purely stylistic history.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: I. Sunwoo
  

  • ARTS 206 - Themes in Western Art History


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    A thematic approach pairing important art historical concepts and problems with four major periods in western art history: classical art and realism; word and image in medieval art; the artist as intellectual creator in the Renaissance and Baroque; and the artist as social critic in modernity.
    Enrollment Limit: 100
    Instructor: E. Inglis
  

  • ARTS 279 - Approaches to Islamic Art and Architecture


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    Examination of Muslim arts and architecture in relationship to the cultural, religious, and sociopolitical values and practices from Europe to South Asia in the period between the seventh and early-nineteenth centuries. Through visual analyses (including AMAM and Library visits), analysis of primary texts, and discussions of modern theories of aesthetics, students will develop an understanding of the theoretical foundations of Muslim art and an appreciation of art’s role in the everyday lives of Muslims.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: E. Akin-Kivanc
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with RELG 279
 

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