UCSB 2009-2010 Catalog Course Search
Search by subject area and course number. Refer to this list of subject areas and their corresponding department.
Tip: A search for the subject area, for example, querying just "HIST" (without quotes), will return all courses of the queried subject area. Searching using subject area and number, such as "HIST 17" (without quotes), would return all courses in the series; in this example that would include HIST 17A, 17AH, 17B, etc.
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| ARTST 1A - Visual Literacy |
| (5) STAFF |
| An introductory survey of visual culture, encompassing art and film theory and practice, digital technologies, television, advertising and print media, with a special focus on current interdisciplinary methodologies. |
| ARTST 1B - Twentieth Century Art History |
| (4) STAFF |
| Survey of the most important developments in European and American art history from Neoimpressionism through the developing avant gardes of the early twentieth century, to the post-war impact of the New York School, Pop Art, Minimalism, Conceptualism, and Postmodernism. |
| ARTST 1C - Introduction to Contemporary Art |
| (2) Staff |
| Symposium format course presents contemporary artists' creative projects in relation to recent developments in art and cross-disciplinary practices. Lectures by UCSB's Art Department faculty and also distinguished guests invited to expand on art, theory and cultural production. |
| ARTST 7A - The Intersections of Art and Life |
| (5) STAFF |
| Explores art in relation to time-based activity and integration with everyday life. Conceptual introduction to authorship, authenticity, and narrative through exercises and examples of performance, video, film, book, arts, sound, digital media, and interactive/chance derived work. |
| ARTST 7B - Introduction to Contemporary Practice I: Image Studies |
| (5) STAFF |
| The study of visual perception and image-making across visual art disciplines, both material and digital. Studio assignments are combined with related critical theory, historical practice, current strategies, and new evolutions. |
| ARTST 7C - Introduction to Contemporary Practice II: Spatial Studies |
| (5) STAFF |
| The study of spatial art in all forms, including material, interactive and dynamic digital. Studio assignments are combined with related critical theory, historical practice, current strategies and new evolutions. |
| ARTST 7D - Introduction to Contemporary Practice III: Art, Science and Technologies |
| (5) Jevbratt |
| ARTST 10 - Introduction to Contemporary Painting Practice |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A. |
| Art Studio 7B or equivalent. |
| Lectures, demonstrations, and projects designed to provide a strong foundation in fundamental 2D image making. Various media include acrylic, oil, and experimental processes. |
| ARTST 12 - Beginning Spatial Practices |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A. |
| Art Studio 7B or equivalent. |
| Introduction to the challenges, strategies, and techniques of 3D artmaking within the expanding fields of traditional and contemporary sculpture. |
| ARTST 14 - Lower-Division Print |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A. |
| Art Studio 7B or equivalent. |
| Introduction to making prints. Emphasis on technical fundamentals and conceptual aspects of graphic arts. "Print" incorporates hand produced mechanically or photographically reproduced, and electronically replicated media. |
| ARTST 18 - Lower-Division Drawing |
| (4) STAFF |
| Art Studio 7B or equivalent. |
| Introduction to two-dimensional representation with various drawing media, including structural and symbolic implications of the human form. Emphasis on organization of vision and thought. |
| ARTST 19 - Lower-Division Photography |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A. |
| Art Studio 7A, 7B or equivalent. |
| Examines photography as a means of artistic expression. Conceptually-based projects explore how we view, interpret, and manipulate visual information. Lectures cover major historical and contemporary artist. Lab work in digital, chemical, or a combination of both at instructor's discretion. |
| ARTST 21 - Introduction to Integrated 2D Digital Media |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A. |
| Introduction to digital imaging for surfaces; input/output devices, raster, vector and page-layout software (Photoshop, Freehand, QuarkXpress), technical and conceptual concerns relevant to all 2D digital media, including photography, printing, print/web publishing. Digital image making in contemporary art and culture. |
| ARTST 22 - Digital Media Arts Toolbox |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A. |
| Focuses on digital media approaches specific to fine arts practice; exploring conceptual, technical and artistic methods of digital media arts. Techniques covered include digital graphics, video, sound and HTML. |
| ARTST 99HA - Lower-Division Honors Studio |
| (3) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Open to qualified art studio majors with at least a 3.5 grade-point averagethe major and subject to selection by portfolio/slide review. Departmental petition is required. |
| Independent study, individual problems. |
| ARTST 99HB - Lower-Division Honors Studio |
| (3) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Open to qualified art studio majors with at least a 3.5 grade-point averagethe major and subject to selection by portfolio/slide review. Departmental petition is required. |
| Independent study, invidual problems. |
| ARTST 99HC - Lower-Division Honors Studio |
| (3) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Open to qualified art studio majors with at least 3.5 grade-point average ithe major and subject to selection by portfolio/slide review. Departmental petition is required. |
| Independent study, individual problems. |
| ARTST 100 - Intermediate Contemporary Painting Issues |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art studio 1A, 7B, 7C, 7A, 10, and 18; or equivalents. |
| Various projects designed to assist the understanding and development of intermediate painting practices. Supplemented with slide lectures, library research, and class critique. Additional self-directed projects, sketch books, experimentation, independent research, and self-motivation are encouraged. |
| ARTST 101 - Advanced Contemporary Painting Issues |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 100; consent of instructor. |
| Special studies in painting utilizing particular faculty interests and/or special departmental facilities. Exact nature of course is specified in the Department of Art syllabus. Integration of non-painting media (i.e., installation pertaining to current painting issues, digital media, and photography). |
| ARTST 102 - Digital Media Tool Box: Concepts and Skills |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A, and 22. |
| A project based course with an emphasis on technical skills within the digital media arts context. Topics may include telecommunications, wireless, database aesthetics, networks, interactivity, digital 3D, virtual reality, immersive environments, algorithmic aesthetics, visualization, media theory and others. Topic to be determined by instructor. |
| ARTST 105 - Intermediate Spatial Practices |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A, 7A, 7B, 7C and 12; or equivalent. |
| Develops student knowledge and proficiency of material and method, cultivating both manual and conceptual skill levels in three-dimensional practices. Course focus varies by quarter, but may include mold-making, casting, metal fabrication, foundry, and related kiln practices. |
| ARTST 106 - Advanced Spatial Practices |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 105. |
| Advanced study of new forms and spatial practices. Individual projects may encompass formal sculptural practices as well as investigations that engage new and alternative technologies such as data-driven forms, alternative architectures, interactive media, cyber/nano/nuero/bio forms and virtual environments. Course content detailed in syllabus each quarter. |
| ARTST 106W - Introduction to 2D/3D Visualizations in Architecture |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; open to majors only. |
| Develops skills in reading, interpreting, and visualizing 3D objects and spaces by offering exercises in sketching, perspective, orthographic projections, isometric drawings, and manual rendering practices. Relevant for those interested in history of architecture, sculpture, and such spatial practices as installations and public art. |
| ARTST 110 - Intermediate Print |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A, 7A, 7B, 7C, 14, 18, and 19 or equivalent. |
| Continued refinement of skills in service of ink and digital print production. Emphasis on the intermedia aspects of image and text and the sequential use of pictorial information. Areas of specific focus to include electronic multiples, relief printing, and artists' books. |
| ARTST 111 - Advanced Printmaking |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 110. |
| Advanced level course dealing with a specifi faculty interest or special departmental facility in the printmaking area. Exact course content specified in the Art Department Studio syllabus. |
| ARTST 112 - Artists' Books |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A, 7B, 14, and 22 or equivalent; upper-division standing. |
| An investigation of the book as an art form. Based on conventional media, artists' books encompass a variety of methods, techniques, and ideas. Assigned and self-directed projects using traditional and innovative practices, combining reading with pictorial and tactile experience. |
| ARTST 113 - Advanced Integrated 2D Digital Media |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 22 and Art Studio 110; consent of instructor. |
| May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 16 units. |
| The development of independent, innovative projects that utilize digital or digital-traditional hybrid means to make images on surfaces. Projects may employ any imaging strategies in concept, production, and distribution; including installation, projection, printing, and publishing. |
| ARTST 117 - Intermediate Drawing |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A, 7A, 7B, 7C, and 18 or equivalent. |
| Continuing investigation into the challenges of two-dimensional representation. Course focus to depend on instructor, but may include structural and symbolic implications of the human form, historical and contemporary strategies of visual analysis, and exploration into experimental media. |
| ARTST 118 - Advanced Drawing |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 117. |
| Special studies in drawing utilizing particular faculty interests and/or special departmental facilities. Designed for majors. |
| ARTST 120 - Intermediate Photography |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A, 7A-C, 7D, which may be taken concurrently, 14, 19 and 22; or equivalent. |
| Continued refinement of traditional photographic technique, and development of photography as an artmaking tool. Course to range by instructor, but may include photo narrative, journalism, fashion, artists' books, desktop publishing, web design, time-based work, and intermedia collaborations. |
| ARTST 121 - Advanced Photography |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 120. |
| Special studies in photography utilizing faculty interests and/or special departmental facilities. Exact nature of coourse content to be specified in the Department of Art Studio syllabus. |
| ARTST 122 - Advanced Topics in Digital Media |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A, 22, 7D, which may be taken concurrently, and 102. |
| An advanced project based course in digital media arts. Students are expected
to have relevant conceptual, aesthetic, and technological grounding in digital
media. Topic to be determined by instructor. |
| ARTST 123 - Papermaking |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Introduction to historical and contemporary methods of handmade papermaking leading to innovative uses of handmade paper as an integral part of art forms. |
| ARTST 125 - Art Since 1950 |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A. |
| Upper division standing. |
| Developments in American and European art since 1950 with an emphasis on the most recent decades. Focus ranges from the post-war impact of the New York School, Pop Art, Minimalism and Conceptualism to more recent, "postmodern" trends. |
| ARTST 126 - Introduction to Contemporary Theory |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A. |
| A basic beginning survey of contemporary art, film and media theory, focusing specifically on: realism, formalism, semiotics, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, feminism, Marxism, gender/queer studies, poststructuralism,post-colonial theory and broader issues of authorship, narratology, postmodernism, and multiculturalism. |
| ARTST 130 - Visual Arts as Culture |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 16 units, but only 8 units can be applied to the major. |
| Exploration of visual arts and culture, including the evolving social and practical parameters of technologically produced images and the shifting arenas of ideology, analysis, and criticism. |
| ARTST 132 - Video |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A and 7A or equivalent. |
| The use of video as an artmaking tool in relation to its increasing prominence and pervasiveness in American culture. Hands-on production and post production are combined with viewing, discussion, and criticism. Integration with other artistic media is encouraged. |
| ARTST 134 - Performance |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A, and 7A; or equivalent. |
| A workshop introduction to the forms, styles, and strategies relating to the use of the body as both physical and psychological basis for making art. Method, space, narrative, audience, object, games, chance and rituals are explored. |
| ARTST 136 - Personal Narrative |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; consent of instructor. |
| Art Studio 1A and 7A or equivalent. |
| Intensive writing-based workshop designed for formulating and producing artwork based on one's own personal experiences and histories. Experimentation and expansion into other artistic media are encouraged. |
| ARTST 137 - Spoken Word |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; consent of instructor. |
| Art Studio 7A or equivalent. |
| A workshop introduction to the use of voice as an artistic medium, with emphasis on improvisation, personal monologue, and slam poetry. |
| ARTST 177 - Art and Science of Aerospace Culture |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; consent of instructor. |
| Interdisciplinary course/seminar/practice for artists, academics, engineers, and designers interested in exploring the technological, aesthetic, cultural, and political aspects of the space side of the aerospace complex. Design history, space complex aesthetics, cinema intersections, imaging/telecommunications, human spaceflight history, reduced/alternating gravity experimentation, space systems design/ utilization. |
| ARTST 185 - Special Topics in Art Studio |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; art studio majors only. |
| Special topics in art studio. |
| ARTST 192 - Internship in Art Studio |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; consent of department. |
| Opportunities in applied learning related to visul art through local museums, art galleries, and other art related organizations or institutions. Students work under the direction of the faculty sponsor who maintains contact with the supervisor for whom the student is interning. |
| ARTST 194 - Special Group Studies |
| (2-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; consent of instructor and chairman of department. |
| A means of making special studies or meeting special curricular problems. |
| ARTST 196 - Honors Seminar |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Art Studio majors only; upper-division standing; acceptance into departmenthonors program. |
| Seminar designed to focus on criticism of current studio work. A total of 12 units in this course required to complete honors program. Completion of seminar units followed by public exhibition of work accomplished. |
| ARTST 199 - Independent Studies |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in Art Studio; consent of instructor and department required. |
| Independent studies. Advanced individual problems. |
| ARTST 199RA - Independent Research Assistance in Art Studio |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division students only; consent of instructor and department. |
| Coursework shall shall consist of faculty supervised research assistance. |
| ARTST 213 - Advanced Electronic Image |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| The development of independent, innovative projects that utilize digital or digital-traditional hybrid means to make images on surfaces. Projects may employ any imaging strategies in concept, production and distribution; including installation, projection, printing, and publishing. |
| ARTST 244 - Graduate Seminar in Critique |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. |
| A seminar focusing on criticism of current studio work. |
| ARTST 245 - Graduate Theory Seminar |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. |
| In-depth look at contemporary media and art discourse framed through a wide range of theoretical approaches: formalism, structuralism, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, Marxism, gender and queer studies, poststructuralism, postcolonial theory, deconstruction, issues of authorship, narratology, and multiculturalism. Specific content varies with instructor. |
| ARTST 246 - Professionalism |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Second-year graduate student. |
| Seminar will address problems of professionalism and survival for graduating M.F.A. students. Portfolios, resumes, commercial galleries, alternate spaces, sales and commission policies, studio spaces, art world politics, taxes, etc., will be discussed by faculty and guest speakers. |
| ARTST 260 - Graduate Seminar in Visual Arts |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. |
| A means of making special studies and meeting special curricular problems. |
| ARTST 261 - All Faculty Graduate Seminar |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing; consent of department. |
| Symposium format course presents contemporary artists' creative projects in relation to recent developments in art and cross-disciplinary practices. Lectures by faculty from UCSB's Art Department supplemented by distinguished guests invited to expand on art, theory and cultural production. |
| ARTST 501 - Teaching Assistant Practicum |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Practice of teaching art. |
| ARTST 591A - Directed Study in Visual Arts Education |
| (2-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. |
| Individual tutorial. |
| ARTST 591DP - Directed Study for the M.F.A. in Drawing/Painting |
| (2-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. |
| Individual tutorial. |
| ARTST 591IM - Directed Study in Intermedia (New Forms) |
| (2-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. |
| Individual tutorial. |
| ARTST 591PH - Directed Study in Photography |
| (2-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. |
| Individual tutorial. |
| ARTST 591PM - Directed Study for the M.F.A. in Printmaking |
| (2-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. |
| Individual tutorial. |
| ARTST 591S - Directed Study for the M.F.A. in Sculpture |
| (2-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. |
| Individual tutorial. |
| ARTST 593MS - M.F.A. Thesis Project |
| (2-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. |
| Individual tutorial. |
| ARTST 594 - Special Studies in Studio Art |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| A means of making special studies and meeting special curricular problems. |
| ARTST 595 - Direct Historical Reading and Research |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Independent research involving extensive reading and written essay on a particular period, artist, or body of work with a historical context. |