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Course Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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This is a comprehensive listing of all active courses offered by Oberlin College and Conservatory. Courses listed in this online catalog may not be offered every semester or academic year; for up-to-date information on which courses are offered in a given semester, please see the schedule of classes.
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ARST 120 - Introduction to Figure Painting FC ARHU
4 credits
Students will work from a live model using oil paint. The challenge of working from a live model is to remember that the entire surface of the painting is the content, even though the figure is the subject. Therefore, you will learn the formal elements of color, building form and volume, how to create the illusion of space, composition, and some anatomy. These tools will help you to use the figure as a means of self-expression. If students can arrange their schedules, this course can be taken sequentially with ARST 221; the courses are related and it provides a full year’s experience to learn to paint. Recommended Preparation: one course in drawing.
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ARST 121 - Introduction to Icon Painting FC ARHU
4 credits
Students will study the techniques of Russian icon painting and the philosophy behind the form and craft. We will learn about the traditional methods and materials using raw pigments mixed in egg yolk, traditionally gessoed panels, and gold leaf. Each student will make their own traditional icon using the ancient process of Russian icon painters. This process was developed to make images that assist spiritual transformation for both the painter and the viewer. Each student will then take and adapt this ancient practice to create their own work. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 047.
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ARST 122 - Introduction to Perceptual Painting FC ARHU
4 credits
This course emphasizes the techniques and practices of oil painting. Painting from still-life, landscape, interiors, portrait, and figure introduces principles of drawing, composition, color, and technique that allow students to create a believable pictorial space. Learning specific limited color palettes, color mixing, preparing supports, and caring for tools and equipment, students will learn a strong foundation for developing the craftsmanship and technique necessary to master the medium. We will study the history of western oil painting and trace its impact and influence on a diverse range of contemporary artists and their work. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 061. Recommended Preparation: previous experience in drawing.
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ARST 123 - Intro: On Location FC ARHU
4 credits
This landscape course uses the tools and practice of painting, drawing, and observation to explore the local environment and to develop a sense of place. The 19th-century Romantic constructions of nature are ingrained in us through the powerful history of American landscape painting and can prevent us from seeing the world we live in. To disrupt this tendency, students will be brought into ‘the field’ to work from and engage with the history, geography, agriculture, and industry in N.E. Ohio. Students will be able to express the true value of place, and explore its real virtues and problems in an effort to build understanding, increase awareness, and to effect change. Field trip(s) required. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 062.
Sustainability
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ARST 124 - Intro to Painting: Imagined Worlds FC ARHU
4 credits
This course introduces students to oil paint by way of observing and imagining space and place. Students will study the history of landscape painting, and work through contemporary re-imaginings of land use interpretation and critique, to expand on and challenge traditional notions of “landscape.” Technically, the class will introduce methods for complex color mixing, a range of oil painting techniques, and how to work on traditional surfaces. Painting projects will focus on the creation of speculative landscapes, abstracted spaces, surreal interpretations, and dystopias/utopias, building on and challenging the history of landscape painting. Field trip(s) required.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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ARST 130 - Introduction to Mixed Media and Sculpture FC ARHU
4 credits
Students will explore the basics of three-dimensional space using paper, sound, cardboard, plaster, wood, and found objects. Concepts such as form, texture, scale, and proportion will be covered. An introduction to basic mold making techniques will be covered. Weekly homework assignments will expand upon classroom projects. Required forms of participation include critiques, weekly discussions, reading assignments, and one presentation. Students should expect to spend six hours per week outside of class to meet the minimum requirements. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 049.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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ARST 131 - Introduction to Sculpture: Material and Space FC ARHU
4 credits
In this course, we will discuss and create work in three-dimensional space using paper, cardboard, plastics, wood, organic material, found objects, sound, and light. We will explore concepts around materiality, objectness, risk and certainty, nature, and the utilization of space. Weekly homework assignments will expand upon classroom projects. Required forms of participation include critiques, weekly discussions, reading assignments, and a presentation. Students should expect to spend 4-6 hours per week outside of class to meet the minimum requirements. Field trip(s) required.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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ARST 132 - The Pile On: Introduction to Multiples and Accumulation FC ARHU
4 credits
From utilizing heaps of candy to clothes to organic waste, contemporary artists use the process of gathering and amassing found or constructed objects to convey specific ideas. The growth, presentation, and preservation of vast quantities of matter confront audiences with a desire for more, a critique of consumer culture, and wonder at ordinary objects in unexpected situations. Students will create presentations on artists that work with accumulation and produce their own installations and performances using this technique. Class themes include ethically sourcing materials, the environmental impacts of our food/energy/product choices, scale, gift economies, degrowth and sustainability, and finding/borrowing/making multiples. Field trip(s) required.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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ARST 133 - Introduction to Sculpture: In/With/About Wood FC ARHU
4 credits
An introduction to the materials, methods, and concepts of wood sculpture. Students will explore wood on a technical level, and the historical, social, environmental, and economic values associated with this material. Students will develop woodworking skills, while combining traditional craft with digital techniques to produce contemporary art. Students will engage with wood as an artisanal practice (weaving, inlay, and carving), as a material for mobile artworks (woodworking, joinery, and model-making), and for semi-permanent large-scale construction (framing and carpentry techniques). Students will become familiar with technical drawings and 3D machines including hand tools, stationary power tools and saws, and sanding/finishing products and techniques. Field trip(s) required.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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ARST 134 - Introduction to Performance: Poetic Action FC ARHU
4 credits
An introduction to performance art. Students conceive, execute, and document a series of projects based on poetic action. Students create works that are 3D (in space) and 4D (time-based), using bodies in action as the main medium. Topics covered include Fluxus, psychogeography, and wearable sculpture. Areas of study intersect with theater, dance, music, and games. Students document and discuss their creations with the group. Students acquire a specific vocabulary to discuss the artistic and political implications of action-based art. Field trip(s) required.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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ARST 135 - Intro to installation: Site-Specificity FC ARHU
4 credits
An introduction to site-specific installation and intervention. Students create temporary, site-specific 3D structures using soft materials such as wire, wood, foam, paper, fiber and plastic. Topics covered include architecture, psychogeography, intervention, mythmaking and art activism. Students document and discuss their creations with the group. Students acquire a specific vocabulary to discuss art in public space and the expanded field of sculpture.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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ARST 140 - Introduction to Digital Photography FC ARHU
4 credits
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. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 045.
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ARST 141 - Introduction to Black-and-White Photography FC ARHU
4 credits
This is an introductory course to black-and-white 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 will also be slide lectures, technical demonstrations, readings, and writing assignments. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 052.
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ARST 150 - Introduction to Obsolete New Media FC ARHU
4 credits
All obsolete media was once new media. This course will dig through technological history to gain a better understanding of how obsolescence impacts the practice, exhibition, and preservation of new media art. This class will include extensive readings from a variety of fields that investigate technology and obsolescence; the class will also view artworks that investigate dead tech and upgrade culture. This is a seminar/studio hybrid class, so students should be prepared to view artwork and read extensively on a weekly basis alongside short studio assignments. Studio assignments will employ expanded drawing/visualization, hacking, and experimental use of obsolete technologies. Field trip(s) required. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 086.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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ARST 151 - Introduction to Media Art Studio / Seminar FC ARHU
4 credits
This hybrid seminar/studio art practice class introduces students to a range of contemporary media art practices. The course includes readings and writings about contemporary art practices (the “seminar” component), and art pieces in response to prompts (the “studio” component). Optional evening lab times will be available for additional project assistance. Designed for majors and non-majors with an interest in media art (i.e. sound, video, installation, internet, etc.). This course was formerly taught as ARTS 097.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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ARST 158 - Introduction to Digital Painting / Mark Making FC ARHU
4 credits
This painting course uses digital tools in conjunction with non-toxic paint and dry media to create physically printed/painted works as well as animated, digitally painted and rotoscoped works that exist only on a screen. Projects will use Wacom tablets, iPads, Adobe software, scanners, and VR to create works that shift between digital and analog and back again, emphasizing the painterly use of color, light, push/pull, and mark making. In looking at contemporary artists’ work and creating digital paintings, students will explore the expanded field and the ongoing critical discussion of the nature of “painting.” Field trip(s) required.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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ARST 159 - Introduction to the Body & Technology FC ARHU
4 credits
This course will consider the artist’s body as the starting point for creating time-based (4D) work in performance, sound, and video. As an introductory course, technical demonstrations on basic sound and video editing software will be included alongside practical assignments. In addition to the practical assignments and group critiques, students will study and discuss the ontology of performance as it relates to a visual/studio art practice and critically engage with the notion of ‘the body’ in digital art, which includes considerations such as ‘live’ vs. pre-recorded media, virtual vs. physical space, and performance documentation. Field trip(s) required.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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ARST 160 - Intro to Print through Text and Image FC ARHU
4 credits
In this fast-paced course, students will combine elements of text and image through contemporary and traditional reproducible media such as relief, lithography, intaglio, screen print, and digital processes. Focus is placed on understanding how text and image work together in the multiple, while employing hand-drawn and photomechanical elements. Assignments will include writing, artworks, design, illustration, posters, and zines. With an emphasis on technical and conceptual development, students are encouraged to explore personal directions for their work. Class consists of demonstrations, lectures, discussions, and critiques. Students are expected to complete assignments and contextual research outside of class time. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 016.
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ARST 161 - Introduction to Screenprinting FC ARHU
4 credits
This course offers a comprehensive study into serigraphy, with an emphasis on conceptual and technical development. Focus is placed on both traditional and contemporary methods of water-based screenprinting onto paper. Exploring the multiple, repetition, reproducibility, and reinterpretation through screenprinted projects, students are encouraged to investigate personal directions for their work. Class consists of demonstrations, lectures, discussions, and critiques. Students are expected to complete assignments and contextual research outside of class time. Field trip(s) required. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 011.
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ARST 162 - Introduction to Relief and Intaglio: From Drawing to Print FC ARHU
4 credits
Students will investigate their personal creative interests to learn a variety of relief and intaglio printmaking processes. These core print techniques are both based in the “line” and require hand rendering. Projects will range from traditional analog to contemporary digital approaches. Focus is placed on enhancing technical and conceptual understandings as students consider print histories, methodologies, ideas, reproducibility, and outcomes. Class consists of demonstrations, lectures, discussions, and critiques. Students are expected to complete assignments and contextual research outside of class time. Recommended Preparation: previous experience or comfort with drawing.
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ARST 163 - Introduction to Monotype and Lithography: The Painterly Print FC ARHU
4 credits
This course explores the paintery printmaking techniques of monotype and lithography. From simple to complex processes, students will consider immediacy, planning, and procedures to create prints that incorporate hand-drawn and painted imagery. Digital tools may also be used in specific projects. Students will learn about print histories, materials, methodologies, and results to make unique and editioned artwork. With an emphasis on experimentation as well as technical and conceptual development, students are encouraged to explore personal directions for their work. Class consists of demonstrations, lectures, discussions, and critiques. Students are expected to complete assignments and contextual research outside of class time.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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ARST 170 - Intro: Reimagining the Book FC ARHU
4 credits
This course will explore and expand upon the book as a textual object of art. Using narrative and non-narrative techniques in relation to concept, image, and form, students will design and construct a series of books. Reading, attendance at special art department lectures, and participation in art library sessions are required. Field trip(s) required. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 039.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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ARST 172 - Introduction to Narrative Art Seminar HC ARHU
2 credits
This seminar will explore the basic facets of visual storytelling by examining genres of narrative art, including comics, graphic novels, and visual cues embedded within popular culture. Students will analyze and deconstruct the visual language of creative works to interrogate how images affect the overall story. Students will read works widely accepted as classics in the field and explore current trends in the publishing marketplace. Critical engagement with narrative art enables students to consciously connect ubiquitous image culture to influential contemporary/historic themes. Readings and assignments emphasize the impact of narrative art and escapist pop culture on society. Field trip(s) required.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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ARST 173 - Introduction to Sequential Illustration: Serial Comic Strips FC ARHU CD
4 credits
An introduction to the art, creation, and production of serial panel comics. The course will focus on effectively writing with pictures; clarity and persuasion, efficient use of frames and transitions, designing distinct and recognizable characters, making effective choices to direct the flow and intensity, and a general understanding of best practices and working methods. Students acquire a basic understanding of relevant historical context; contemporary equivalents; and conceptual evolutions inspired by changes in technology. Stories and artworks may have conventional and non-conventional plots and forms, and utilize a variety of materials, analog and digital. Field trip(s) required.
This course is cross-listed with AAST-173
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ARST 210 - Intermediate Drawing FC ARHU
4 credits
This course will develop technical skills and methodologies introduced in ARST 110. Assignments will engage postmodern strategies relevant to graphic representation and introduce an expanded definition of drawing. Emphasis will be placed on formal concerns of subject, image, material, and technique. Projects will explore the nature of figuration and the use of the figure in a narrative pictorial context. Other projects will engage symbolism, metaphoric iconography, process-based methods, and abstraction as a form of expression. Field trip(s) required. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 060.
Prerequisites: ARST 110 (ARTS 040) or ARST 112 (ARTS 058).
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ARST 211 - Intermediate Design FC ARHU
4 credits
This course will develop technical skills and methodologies relating to design, visual communication, and fine art. Assignments will engage in postmodern strategies relevant to graphic representation, process, and materiality. Emphasis will be placed on composition, concept, color, and craft. Projects will explore both traditional and contemporary craft through analog and digital fabrication. The course will build a vocabulary that encourages generative studio practices and improvisation in support of students’ goals. Other projects will engage story-telling, audience, scale, process-based methods, and meaning-making. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 083.
Prerequisites: one introductory 2D course.
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ARST 212 - Intermediate Drawing in Space/Place FC ARHU
4 credits
This course explores the materials and techniques of drawing in an expanded multi-dimensional field. Using traditional materials as well as digital tools to explore the practice of drawing, students will practice drawing on a plane (2D), in space (3D), and in time-based digital space (4D). Class projects will anchor around the theme of “place,” using subjects in abstraction, process, history, land use/abuse and location. Course materials will interrogate the complex relationship between artist and “place,” while investigating how artists can envision, imagine, and portray “space” in three physical dimensions. Field trip(s) required.
Prerequisites: one introductory 2D course.
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ARST 213 - Intermediate Drawing Practice in/over Time FC ARHU
4 credits
How does an artist remain capable of response in times of chronic crises and continual change? In this course, students will work in a variety of mediums to explore drawing as a practice that is sustained in and over time. We’ll explore how artists engage ritual, prompt, embodied practice, and experiment in response to their lived conditions and artistic visions. Students will develop an overarching drawing project that builds and changes throughout the semester. Course participants will also engage in readings, discussion, critique, and presentations. Students are expected to develop projects and research outside of class time. Field trip(s) required.
Prerequisites: one introductory course in ARST.
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ARST 220 - Intermediate: Embodied Content FC ARHU
4 credits
All aspects of western oil painting - the skin of paint, the object, the mark-making and the image - are intimately linked to the body. The compression of sight and touch, embedded in the traditional practices and techniques of Western art, demand an integration of sensory and intellectual experience. This course will introduce the traditional materials and methods of oil paint while encouraging students to expand on these traditions and explore a wide range of interpretations of the body and embodiment as subject matter. Field trip(s) required. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 067.
Prerequisites: one introductory painting course and one introductory drawing course.
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ARST 221 - Intermediate: Narrative and Contemporary Figure Painting FC ARHU
4 credits
You will work from live models and from your imaginations. We will look at the way the human figure is used by a number of contemporary artists and study the form and content that drive contemporary figure painting. Experience working with oil paint and from a live model is required. Field trip(s) required. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 070.
Prerequisites: one drawing and one painting course.
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ARST 222 - Intermediate: Drawing into Painting FC ARHU
4 credits
This class will introduce students to a number of methods and materials that run the gamut from drawing into painting. A variety of wet and dry materials and techniques will be introduced to encourage students to give shape and form to their imaginations. Students will work with ink wash, charcoal, acrylic, gouache, watercolor, pastel, collage, and any media that allows them to visualize their ideas and move thought into form. Field trip(s) required. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 028. Recommended Preparation: introductory drawing and painting.
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ARST 223 - Intermediate Painting: Image Appropriation FC ARHU
4 credits
This course examines the role of appropriation in modern and contemporary painting, focusing on the intertwined relationship between photography, digital imaging, and painting. The advent of photographic and digital imagery has placed appropriation front and center in contemporary art, but appropriation has always been central in the art practice across mediums and disciplines. Projects ask students to appropriate from these visual histories into their painting, while exploring and examining appropriation as a critique and as a process. Students are expected to choose painting mediums, processes, and surfaces that reflect their conceptual premise. Field trip(s) required.
Prerequisites: one introductory 2D course in ARST.
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ARST 230 - Intermediate Moldmaking and Casting FC ARHU
4 credits
Moldmaking and casting will form the locus of this technique-heavy course. Students will obtain the skills necessary to create a blanket mold and a two-part mold, amoung others. Casting techniques and using a variety of material will be covered. Additionally, students will learn how to finish their casts using several patina methods. Students are responsible for a series of final projects, one research presentation, and participation in a select number of the studio art department’s Artist’s Lecture Series. Field trip(s) required. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 029.
Prerequisites: one introductory 3D course.
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ARST 231 - Intermediate: Site, Location, Place FC ARHU
4 credits
This course is designed as an investigation into the genre of installation art. We’ll examine histories, emergent themes, and methodologies. Three major projects are required, one of which must be site-specific and located outside of the art building. Readings, discussions, and one research presentation are also required forms of participation. Field trip(s) required. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 043.
Prerequisites: one introductory 3D course.
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ARST 232 - Problems: Art as Social Practice FC ARHU
4 credits
This course explores social practice art relative to principles of public, community, interventionist, and collaborative-based art practices. Students will examine and discuss its evolution and intersections relative to global social change movements, everyday living, and notions of collectivity. Through lectures, readings, guest speakers, and student presentations, students will be introduced to a range of socially-engaged art practices. Requirements include one presentation and three major projects that explore the field from within their own practice. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 068.
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ARST 233 - Intermediate Sculpture and Bodily Autonomy FC ARHU
4 credits
This course engages with issues of physical and social reproduction, bodily integrity/modification/extension, performance, maintenance art, surveillance, activism, and abject art. Through individual and collective projects, students will develop sculpture skills in a variety of media, while learning about contemporary artists that address social, cultural, and political issues related to the human body. Technical content includes mold-making, wearable/soft sculpture, installation art, and prop-activation performance; hanging/installation methods will also be considered. Students will explore contemporary art that addresses bodily autonomy from a variety of perspectives, emphasizing links between an artwork’s form and its content. Field trip(s) required.
Prerequisites: one introductory 3D course.
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ARST 240 - Intermediate: The Negative, The Print FC ARHU
4 credits
This course focuses on refining silver-based photographic techniques while encouraging students to pursue their conceptually-driven individual projects. Students will explore medium- and large-format film, the Zone system to make fine Black and White prints. This is a darkroom- and critique-intensive course. In addition to studio projects, there will be assigned readings and writings. The final culmination will be a portfolio with an accompanying statement. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 017.
Prerequisites: ARST 141 (ARTS 052).
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ARST 241 - Intermediate Photo Project Seminar FC ARHU
4 credits
This seminar is production driven, and it will allow students to focus on their own visual thesis in a group setting. Designed for juniors and seniors. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 032.
Prerequisites: ARST 141 (ARTS 052) and one additional photography course.
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ARST 242 - Intermediate: Photo: Color FC ARHU
4 credits
This is an intermediate 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, readings, and writing assignments. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 053.
Prerequisites: one introductory photography course.
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ARST 243 - Intermediate: Photo: Mixed Media FC ARHU
4 credits
This class deals with alternative photographic processes with an emphasis on challenging the boundary of the medium. During the first part of the semester, projects are designed to introduce students to the photographic materials and concepts of the 19th century. During the second half of the semester, students will be encouraged to experiment with a variety of methods beyond the traditional two-dimensional photographic form to convey their ideas. Past theses from this class include: paintings, performances, sculptures, installations, projections, and artist’s books. Field trip(s) required. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 076. Recommended Preparation: previous experience with photography.
Prerequisites: ARST 141 (ARTS 052).
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ARST 250 - Intermediate: Art as Research FC ARHU
4 credits
All art is, in some way, a form of research, and the artist employs a range of research methodologies in the creative process. This class will look specifically at art-making practices that foreground research as a primary component of the creative process. Participants will view their scholarly research project as a premise that inspires multidisciplinary pieces of art and writing. We will look at archives, labs, and libraries as sites for creative production, and students will create multiple art pieces that give material and form to their scholarly ideas. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 093.
Prerequisites: two introductory courses (in any dimension).
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ARST 251 - Intermediate Media Installation FC ARHU
4 credits
This course offers intermediate instruction in interdisciplinary media installation art; that is, installations that include the use of video (projection, mapping, etc.), interactivity, sound, and networked media. We will examine the histories of media installation, develop technique, and address best practices for tech-based installations in the gallery and public/social space. Field trip(s) required.
Prerequisites: ARST 151 or ARST 158 or ARST 159 or (one course in TECH or CINE).
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ARST 260 - Intermediate Print Projects FC ARHU
4 credits
Students will further their study into printmaking by enhancing their technical knowledge, skill set, and conceptual reasoning through individual print projects. Expanding upon their previous experience in reproducible media, students will have the opportunity to develop their understanding of the medium as they learn additional techniques and concentrate on their specific creative goals. Embracing new and historical approaches to reproducible media, students are encouraged to experiment as they evolve their practice and ideas. Class consists of demonstrations, lectures, discussions, field trips, and critiques. Students are expected to complete assignments and contextual research outside of class time. Field trip(s) required.
Prerequisites: one introductory reproducible media course.
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ARST 261 - Intermediate Reproducible Media: Print in the Expanded Field FC ARHU
4 credits
This interdisciplinary print course is designed for students to explore the expanded field of reproducible media, as they further develop their technical knowledge, conceptual reasoning, and individual interests. Using analog and digital methodologies, assignments may range from the printed image, to sculpture, installation, performance, social practice, and animation. Elaborating on scale, scope, skill, and personal directions, students will investigate content, context, and materiality through a broad understanding of print. Class consists of demonstrations, lectures, discussions, field trips, and critiques. Students are expected to complete assignments and contextual research outside of class time. Field trip(s) required. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 014.
Prerequisites: one introductory reproducible media course.
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ARST 270 - Intermediate: Artists’ Books FC ARHU
4 credits
This course will focus on advanced bindings, complex book structures, and editions, and use of the letterpress studio. Three major projects and one presentation are required. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 090.
Prerequisites: ARST 170 (ARTS 039).
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ARST 271 - Intermediate Sequential Illustration FC ARHU
4 credits
An introduction to the art, creation, and production of comics, graphic novels, and sequential illustration. Students will focus on a semester-long project developing original stories and characters through writing and image making. Students will learn to design effective, strong, and original layouts; characters with distinct idea, shape, structure, and fun factor; and experiments with maps, diagrams, world building, and social structures. Students acquire a basic understanding of the history of the medium; current trends; and orthodox and experimental narrative techniques. Stories and artworks may have conventional and non-conventional plots and forms, and utilize a variety of materials, analog and digital. Field trip(s) required.
Prerequisites: one introductory course in ARST.
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ARST 273 - Intermediate Trust the Process: The Art of the Study in Formal and Conceptual Design FC ARHU CD
4 credits
This course is an introduction to using (multiple) studies to develop the conceptual and formal qualities of a piece or series using a variety of media, techniques, and content. Projects emphasize conceptual development, problem solving, and composition, with an emphasis on individuality of response and invention through visual and material based research and experimentation. Students are encouraged to conceptualize all elements required to complete project assignments and find creative solutions; however, no finished pieces will be created. Lectures and discussions highlighting the conceptual design process of historical and contemporary artists will be presented to provide context. Field trip(s) required.
Prerequisites: two introductory courses in ARST.
This course is cross-listed with AAST-273
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ARST 320 - Advanced 2D Projects FC ARHU
4 credits
The artistic focus of this upper-level course is primarily in 2D (broadly defined). Students develop self-driven projects within the rigor of this majors-only studio course; participants will be guided through exercises that support larger and longer projects than those completed in assignment/skills-based courses. Students work in a shared studio space. Advanced projects courses are reserved and required for studio art majors only and intended to be taken during the junior year. Field trip(s) required. This course was formerly taught as ARTS 120.
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ARST 334 - Advanced 3D/4D Projects FC ARHU
4 credits
The artistic focus of this upper-level course is primarily in 3D/4D (broadly defined). Students develop self-driven projects within the rigor of this majors-only studio course; participants will be guided through exercises that support larger and longer projects than those completed in assignment/skills-based courses. Students work in a shared studio space. Advanced projects courses are reserved and required for studio art majors only and intended to be taken during the junior year. Field trip(s) required. This course was formerly taught as ARST 334.
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ARST 400 - Capstone A: Senior Studio Practice FC ARHU
4 credits
In this component of the studio art capstone, participants occupy semi-private studios within a community of majors. The focus is on the process and production of developing a comprehensive visual thesis project. This capstone project may include painting, digital media, installation, sculpture, photography, performance, printmaking, or any hybrid/combination thereof. This course provides the structure and support necessary for the completion of the studio art thesis, including the establishment of a disciplined work ethic that will enable participants to maintain a studio practice beyond the walls of Oberlin. The capstone sequence is reserved and required for studio art major seniors. Field trip(s) required. May be repeated for credit.
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ARST 410 - Capstone B: Professional Practice HC ARHU
2 credits
In this course, the studio art senior cohort meets together weekly to learn about best practices in the life of a professional artist. Students will develop skills related to writing grant and residency applications, developing an artist statement, understanding graduate schools, and potential occupations. Participants will explore the many ways that artists operate in the world, a range of models of how the art practice functions in the public sphere, and how communities support artists beyond the institution. Students will interact with alumni of Oberlin’s studio art department as part of the Pathways Visiting Artist series, which connects current seniors with alumni working in the field. Open only to studio art majors in their senior year. Field trip(s) required.
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ARST 420 - Capstone C: Exhibition Practice HC ARHU
2 credits
This spring-semester course is dedicated to the production of the studio art department’s annual senior thesis exhibitions. Students learn to install 2D, 3D, and 4D artwork in the context of a professional exhibition. Skills to be gained include building and preparing frames, techniques for installing sculptural works, technological needs for interactive installation, lighting, and gallery preparation. Students prepare PR materials for the exhibitions and document the work for inclusion in their portfolio after college. Open only to studio art majors in their senior year. Field trip(s) required.
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ARST 598 - Studio Art Honors FC ARHU
4 credits
Private reading functions as the capstone course alongside of honors project, taken with primary advisor, when the student is completing an individual honors project apart from the senior studio and thesis course. Available to students by invitation only. May be repeated for credit.
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ARST 820 - Intermediate Painting: Art and the Environment FC ARHU
4 credits
This course will combine intermediate techniques in painting with environmental concerns. Exploring medium, process, context and narrative, students will make work around the intersection of art and the environment. Field trip(s) required.
Prerequisites: one introductory 2D course in ARST.
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ARST 995F - Private Reading - Full FC ARHU
4 credits
Private readings require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via self-service online registration. To register for a private reading, students must complete the private reading form and return it to the Office of the Registrar. Private readings in studio art are subject to a term bill charge to cover space and materials used on a case-by-case basis.
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ARST 995H - Private Reading - Half HC ARHU
2 credits
Private readings require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via self-service online registration. To register for a private reading, students must complete the private reading form and return it to the Office of the Registrar. Private readings in studio art are subject to a term bill charge to cover space and materials used on a case-by-case basis.
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TECH 101 - Introduction to Electroacoustic Music FC CNDP
4 credits
This course offers an introduction to electroacoustic music. Practical work includes analog and digital audio, sequencing, and sound editing on the computer. Regular short assignments reinforce facility with the standard tools of the digital audio workstation. Creative projects present the opportunity to demonstrate skill proficiency. The course includes a reading and listening survey of historical and contemporary electroacoustic music practice.
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TECH 102 - Introduction to Sound Art FC CNDP
4 credits
This course offers an introduction to historical, technical, and creative topics in the sonic arts. Technical assignments may include work in analog and digital audio, sequencing, and editing sound on the computer, as well as creative coding, DIY electronics, or interactive media. Creative projects present the opportunity to demonstrate skill proficiency. The course includes a reading and listening survey of historical and contemporary electroacoustic music and sonic arts practices.
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TECH 103 - Sonic Arts in Society FC CNDP
4 credits
This is a community-based learning course that brings innovative music technology workshops and programming–with an emphasis on interdisciplinary science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) activities–to community members of all ages. Students apply their creative aptitudes and technical skills to the development and implementation of workshops and programming tailored to the needs of the communities that they will serve. Recommended Preparation: TECH 101 and TECH 102.
Community-Based Learning
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TECH 104 - Crafting Change: Exploring Crisis, Creativity, and DEI in STEAM Education HC CNDP
2 credits
In this modular course, students will explore significant contemporary themes in contemporary STEAM education. They will participate in the Crafting Change Symposium at Oberlin, a remote event that brings together experts across K-12 and Higher Education to share, teach, learn, and imagine an equitable, crisis-informed, inclusive, student-centered future for learning across disciplines, institutions, and ages. Students will develop plans for their own STEAM outreach projects. May be repeated for credit.
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TECH 106 - It’s Electric! An Introduction to Live Sound Design for Live Performance FC CNDP
4 credits
In this course, students will develop a practice through which they use their artistic and sonic voices to create a world through which design can simultaneously provide anchors as well as act as a container for choreographed or scripted performance. From live scoring of silent film, to John Cage and Merce Cunningham’s deep collaborative relationship and beyond, the course will simultaneously look at historic examples of sound-performance collaboration while focusing on developing students’ sonic landscapes as part of a deeper collaborative practice between themselves and the body-based partners they may work with.
Prerequisites: TECH 101.
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TECH 107A - Digital Fabrication I: Introduction to the Tools of the TIMARA Makerspace HC CNDP
2 credits
This course provides an introduction to computer aided design, digital fabrication, and electronics. Students will learn all the skills necessary to design and fabricate their own simple hardware synths or wearable sensors. By the end of the course, students will feel confident designing and fabricating projects that utilize many of the tools of the TIMARA makerspace: a laser cutter, craft cutter, 3D printer, sewing, embroidery, knitting machine, and soldering equipment.
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TECH 107B - Digital Fabrication II: The Tools of the TIMARA Makerspace HC CNDP
2 credits
This course provides a deep exploration of computer aided design, digital fabrication, and electronics. Learn to use computer-aided design software like Fusion 360 and KiCAD to design your own 3D components for printing and your own circuits for milling. Learn to use the TIMARA department’s mill to fabricate your own circuit. Design, fabricate, and document your own custom project from scratch using the tools of the TIMARA makerspace. Appropriate for those who have completed TECH 107A as well as those coming to the course with prior experience with makerspace technologies.
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TECH 108 - Tools for Sonic Storytelling FC CNDP
4 credits
Do you have a story to tell? Are you interested in using technology to share it with others? Whether you distribute your work through radio, podcast, cassette, or vinyl, this class will help you learn the tools for recording and editing your story. Students will develop listening skills through soundwalks and sound art; tune their ears to the nuances of audio in architecture, soundscapes, and sonic environments; and learn about the histories of recording.
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TECH 109 - Introduction to Audio Engineering FC CNDP
4 credits
This course is a survey of the technology used to create, prepare, perform and distribute music. Topics include recording systems, MIDI and sound synthesis, live performance systems, methods of music production and mastering, and digital distribution of music through internet downloading and streaming technologies.
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TECH 110 - Audio Harvest: Cultivating Sustainability in Food and Art FC CNDP
4 credits
From bone flutes to drums made from animal hide, some of the earliest musical instruments were crafted from food waste. Audio Harvest: Cultivating Sustainability in Food and Art, seeks to reimagine these early roots of lutherie (instrument making) for contemporary times. We will forage, reclaim, cook, and cultivate raw materials to create sound art completely from scratch. We will collect and process fibers–food waste, textiles, and more–from our own lives and local communities for use in the development of new musical artifacts including new instruments, musical scores, and other contemporary musical technologies. And, we will use our creative processes to examine the social and environmental implications as well as the physical characteristics and affordances of the musical artifacts we create.
Sustainability
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TECH 130 - Studio Recording FC CNDP
4 credits
Introduction to the theory and practice of music recording, including a study of recording environments and equipment. Students will explore basic acoustics, microphone techniques, signal processing, mixing, and editing. General DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software tools will be demonstrated and compared. Through practical ‘hands-on’ studio experience, student will develop and demonstrate basic critical listening abilities unique to the field of recording engineering/producing. Projects will include guided and independent studio recording sessions, class presentations on microphone techniques and industry tools/equipment, and analysis of recordings.
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TECH 132 - Advanced Audio Recording FC CNDP
4 credits
In this course, students will further develop their technical and practical understanding of the modern production studio. Topics include analog, digital, and hybrid recording systems; current and future audio control systems; systems troubleshooting; appropriate use of signal processing; studio etiquette; and modern production values and techniques. In class, and through recording assignments, students will work in teams and individually to execute recording sessions and solve engineering issues as they arise.
Prerequisites: TECH 130.
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TECH 170 - Electroacoustic Interpretation and Performance Practice FC CNDP
4 credits
This course covers four areas of study: (a) a broad survey of electroacoustic music history and basic electroacoustic techniques; (b) learning repertoire for your solo instrument paired with electroacoustic music and developing ways to approach technical and musical challenges for performance; (c) analyzing electroacoustic elements and recognizing idioms that characterize this repertoire; and (d) composing music with a focus on creativity and experimentation using computer music technology and digital audio techniques. Through a hands-on approach, we will explore basic digital audio techniques in electroacoustic music with the aim of cultivating a personal and informed interpretive and performance style. The coursework is designed to deepen your creative, collaborative, and critical approach to performance by integrating work in electroacoustic music history, theory, analysis, score interpretation, aesthetics, composition, and performance.
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TECH 201 - Electroacoustic Studio Tech FC CNDP
4 credits
This course offers an introduction to the electroacoustic studio environment. Practical work includes analog and digital audio, synthesis techniques, sequencing, and sound editing on the computer. Regular short assignments reinforce facility with the standard tools of the composing studio. At least two major creative projects present the opportunity to demonstrate skill proficiency. A reading and listening survey of historical and contemporary practice provides the basis for exploring analytical and critical perspectives. Designed primarily for TIMARA majors; however, there are typically a few seats for non-majors. Non-majors looking for an introductory TIMARA course should also consider 100-level courses and/or secondary lessons.
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TECH 202 - Real-Time Techniques FC CNDP
4 credits
Whether using sensor data to trigger sound, a game controller to control lights, or movement toprocess sound, video, and control robotic instruments, artists use Max to create interactive systems for sound, video, installations, and multi-media pieces. Max, an object-oriented graphical programming environment, is especially useful for handling and mapping input data to control output in real time. In this course, we will develop interactive systems for composition and performance using Max. The coursework will provide hands-on experience with basic programming, sound synthesis, digital signal processing, and simple sensors and controllers.
Prerequisites: TECH 201.
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TECH 203 - Advanced Electroacoustic Music FC CNDP
4 credits
This course explores the musical, technological, and scholarly tools currently available to electroacoustic composers, paying particular attention to the systems proposed by composers such as Wishart, Smalley, Emmerson, and Norman. While we deal extensively with certain hardware and software the course is not “about” said tools. Rather, it is organized around musical/scholarly practice and approaches, each of which inevitably draws on a variety of tools. All topics are approached through a combination of reading, listening, and creative work with the ultimate goal of expanding compositional resources and scholarly vocabulary. The first module focuses on stereo composition and diffusion, while the second focuses on multi-channel composition.
Prerequisites: TECH 202.
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TECH 204 - Performance Technology Workshop FC CNDP
4 credits
This course concentrates on real-time technologies and performance issues. The course emphasizes direct experience with the volatile and wonderful relationship between emerging technology and performance, particularly in work created for public presentation outside the studio environment. A variety of performance situations will be addressed, including concert stage, MIDI and OSC controllers, installation, and radio/web broadcast. Topics include: real-time performance issues, sonic and visual systems, motion sensing, performative gesture, ensemble dynamics, and collaboration.
Prerequisites: TECH 202.
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TECH 271 - TIMARA First-Year Studio HC CNDP
2 credits
First-year TIMARA majors meet weekly in a TIMARA faculty studio class. May be repeated for credit.
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TECH 281 - TIMARA Second-Year Lessons FC CNDP
4 credits
Second-year TIMARA majors meet individually with TIMARA faculty for 30-minute lessons each week and also join that teacher’s weekly studio class. Students are also expected to work in substantial and consistent ways each week on their own. For students who matriculated in or after fall 2023. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: TECH 271.
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TECH 291 - Sophomore Studio FC CNDP
4 credits
Second-year TIMARA majors meet individually with a TIMARA faculty member for 30 minutes per week and also join that teacher’s weekly studio class. Students are expected to work in substantial and consistent ways each week on their own. For students who matriculated prior to fall 2023.
Prerequisites: TECH 202.
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TECH 292 - Sophomore Studio FC CNDP
4 credits
Second-year TIMARA majors meet individually with a TIMARA faculty member for 30 minutes per week and also join that teacher’s weekly studio class. Students are expected to work in substantial and consistent ways each week on their own. For students who matriculated prior to fall 2023.
Prerequisites: TECH 291.
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TECH 303F - TIMARA Apprenticeship - Full FC CNDP
4 credits
This course provides an opportunity for students to apprentice with a TIMARA faculty member. Students will work in conjunction with the teacher on the creation of original faculty work. Specific activity will vary depending on the nature of the project, but may included: research into new technologies, high-definition field recording, audio editing and mixing, video production, music engraving, software programming, and hardware development and construction. Activities will happen with careful supervision and critical reflection with the teacher throughout the semester. In this way, students will have the rare opportunity to enter into many stages of the creative process with a member of the TIMARA faculty.
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TECH 303H - TIMARA Apprenticeship - Half HC CNDP
2 credits
This course provides an opportunity for students to apprentice with a TIMARA faculty member. Students will work in conjunction with the teacher on the creation of original faculty work. Specific activity will vary depending on the nature of the project, but may included: research into new technologies, high-definition field recording, audio editing and mixing, video production, music engraving, software programming, and hardware development and construction. Activities will happen with careful supervision and critical reflection with the teacher throughout the semester. In this way, students will have the rare opportunity to enter into many stages of the creative process with a member of the TIMARA faculty.
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TECH 345 - Mixed Media Circuits: Design, Fabrication, Inquiry FC CNDP
4 credits
In this course we use traditional handicraft and contemporary technologies to create bespoke mixed media circuits for diverse creative applications including wearables, performance, improvisation, and installation. Students will build DIY switches and sensors, textile and pulp-based actuators and displays, and embed or affix circuits on homegrown and custom-built substrates. We will engage in critical making, using the design and fabrication process to foster critical inquiry and facilitate discourse on what it means to make. May be repeated for credit.
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TECH 350 - Workshop in Music and Media Technologies FC CNDP
4 credits
Advanced workshops in the use of technological media in composition, performance, interactive media, and in interdisciplinary contexts. Emphasis on creation of original works and solution of performance problems of analog, digital, and hybrid music systems, and the use of technological media in a variety of contexts. May be repeated for credit.
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TECH 360 - Mixed Media Collaboration FC CNDP
4 credits
This course invites students from all disciplines (music, painting, sculpture, writing, movement, video, etc.) to collaborate with other artists. Beginning with relevant precedents as detailed in Vera John-Steiner’s book, “Creative Collaboration,” we will learn a common language to discuss our work. To understand the viewpoints of our collaborators we will investigate the creative processes of the disciplines in which we are less accomplished. This foundation will help us develop collaborative models for responding to aesthetic challenges and technical problems. At the end of the semester, our work will culminate in a transformative performance showcase. Field trip(s) required.
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TECH 361 - Making a Sustainable, Inclusive, and Just Future: The New Industrial Revolution FC CNDP
4 credits
The Maker Revolution has been described as the “New Industrial Revolution.” Despite benefits, the first Industrial Revolution contributed to increased economic disparity, social injustices, and widespread environmental degradation. In this course, we ask: can we really afford a new Industrial Revolution? Students will critique the maker movement, considering what communities have been excluded and exploring whether we can make solutions to poverty and sustainability. Students will develop resources to grow a sustainable and inclusive maker culture throughout the Conservatory and College. In so doing, they will provide a model for a future of ethically-driven making across industry and education.
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TECH 995F - Private Reading - Full FC CNDP
4 credits
Private readings require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via self-service online registration. To register for a private reading, students must complete the private reading form and return it to the Office of the Registrar.
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TECH 995H - Private Reading - Half HC CNDP
2 credits
Private readings require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via self-service online registration. To register for a private reading, students must complete the private reading form and return it to the Office of the Registrar.
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THEA 100 - Introduction to Acting FC ARHU
4 credits
This course is designed for actors and other theater practitioners, regardless of their level of experience. Built on the principle that the actor’s job is to live truthfully under imaginary circumstances, the course offers an innovative approach that places that creative process at the forefront of study. Over the course of the semester, students will explore the process of creating character, first in self-generated work that begins as individual exploration and develops through interaction with other actors in class. With those skills learned, students will be assigned a scene and partner and embark on a very specific rehearsal process designed to delve deeply into the world of character and the playing of scripted material. Admission to the course requires a simple audition and interview process.
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THEA 173 - Costume Production FC ARHU
4 credits
This basic skills course will introduce students to essential sewing skills and other requisite costuming practices.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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THEA 174 - Lighting Technology and Design FC ARHU
4 credits
An introduction to lighting technology, terminology, and technique. Lectures cover lighting history, equipment, manual and computer controlled lighting systems, distribution systems, electricity, lamps, reflectors, lenses, projection equipment, and moving lights. Beginning design processes will also be covered. Students hang and focus lights for actual shows and participate in a crew for a theater, dance, or opera production during the semester. In case of schedule conflicts, a project may be substituted for the run crew.
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THEA 175 - Intro to Audio Technology FC ARHU
4 credits
In this course, we’ll explore many aspects of sound and how it pertains to the arts. We’ll study everything from the acoustics of a concert hall or recording studio to the setting up of a live sound system. We’ll learn terminology that will help you communicate with industry leaders, and we will learn programs used for recording and playing sound. We’ll study the equipment used for shows, and we will follow the sound process from an idea through the end of a production.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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THEA 184 - Introduction to Vectorworks Spotlight HC ARHU
2 credits
This course will introduce the student to the commonly-used tools and workflows in Vectorworks Spotlight for entertainment design, including the overall user interface, mouse interaction, and document organization. Course will address key concepts ranging from the uses for classes and layers, and the basic use of tools and commands in the software. Students will apply skills in various class projects leading to creation of a venue, lighting plot, and export of information into Lightwright. The full Vectorworks software package is provided free to all students, but students taking this course will need their own laptop computer which must meet specific minimum requirements; contact the theater department for more information.
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THEA 199 - Production Crew ARHU
0 credits
Each enrolled student will serve on one technical/administrative crew for one of the theater or dance productions during the semester: scenery, lighting, sound, or costumes. Mandatory one-time class meeting on the second Thursday of the semester; 4:30-6:00 p.m.
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THEA 200 - Acting II: Intermediate Acting FC ARHU
4 credits
The class will focus on observation, personalization, activation, and moment-to-moment realization of character. It will explore the process of crafting a character, rehearsal techniques, and scene study utilizing contemporary plays.
Prerequisites: THEA 100.
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THEA 207H - Acting Ensemble HC ARHU
2 credits
This course gives half credit to student actors who perform in scenes for THEA 307. Students are selected by audition. THEA 207 meets concurrently with THEA 307 because THEA 207 serves as the acting ensemble for THEA 307.
Prerequisites: THEA 100.
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THEA 208 - Directing I FC ARHU
4 credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the art and craft of directing. Students will explore the theory and function of the director as well as become familiar with the step-by-step process that a director must take to create a piece from first read into production. Students will develop strategies for analyzing scripts, visualizing design concepts, as well as engage in exercises to create dynamic staging and begin building a vocabulary for working with actors.
Prerequisites: THEA 100.
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THEA 212 - Stage Management FC ARHU
2 credits
This course is an introduction to the practice of stage management for theater, dance, musical theater, and opera. Topics covered include: organization, communication, interpersonal relations, the production process, rehearsal and performance procedures, and documentation. This course will culminate in a final stage management project and a prompt book for a play or another comparable project. THEA 212LA can be taken in conjunction with this course.
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THEA 212H - Stage Management - Half HC ARHU
2 credits
This half course is an introduction to the practice of stage management for theater, dance, musical theater, and opera. Topics covered include: organization, communication, interpersonal relations, the production process, rehearsal and performance procedures, and documentation. THEA 212LA can be taken in conjunction with this course.
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THEA 212LA - Stage Management Practicum HC ARHU
2 credits
This course consists of the practicum component of THEA 212, which is an introduction to the practice of stage management for theater, dance, musical theater, and opera. Topics covered include: organization, communication, interpersonal relations, the production process, rehearsal and performance procedures, and documentation. This course will culminate in a final stage management project and a prompt book for a play or another comparable project.
Prerequisites: THEA 212.
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THEA 216 - The Informed Body and Voice FC ARHU
4 credits
This course introduces basic principles of voice production for actors: breathing, relaxation, coordination, resonance, and centering. Exercises are designed to integrate mind/breath/sound/body in the act of purposeful communication: daily progression from pure sound to informed physical life and text work. Emphasis on freeing the students’ vocal and physical natural range and expressiveness. Field trip(s) required.
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THEA 220 - Production Management FC ARHU
4 credits
This course is the second in a line of management courses. It can be taken by a student who may or may not have taken THEA 212 and is interested in continuing to examine what is required to manage a full season over the course of multiple productions, using the theater department season as an example.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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THEA 222 - Introduction to Design FC ARHU
4 credits
An introduction to designing for the performing arts. Lectures and readings cover elements of theater design used to express creative ideas (i.e., scenery, costumes, and lighting). Projects provide a chance to experiment with the building blocks of design. Text analysis and concept also are covered from a visual perspective. A preliminary course to further studies in scene, costume, or lighting design.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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