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Foundations Program

Prepare for your successful creative course of study

Prior to choosing an area of concentration, all freshmen art studio and art education students take the same rigorous core courses within the Foundation Program. The goals of the First-Year Studio courses are to establish a common core of knowledge, vocabulary, technical, critical, and creative thinking skills in a variety of media, providing students with the necessary tools for success and personal expression as they move through their subsequent studio concentrations. The Foundation Program is a freshman prerequisite for all areas of study. A Foundation Portfolio Review (ART 1503) is required of all art and art education majors as part of First-Year Studio Core.
 

 

Foundation Portfolio Review

Upon successful completion of Foundation coursework, a Foundation Portfolio Review is required of all art and art education majors. This portfolio is different from the end-ofsemester portfolios required by individual instructors. When preparing for the Foundation Portfolio Review, it is student’s responsibility to carefully read and follow the guidelines. To better select work for their portfolio, students should refer to the assessment categories on the sample Portfolio Evaluation Form. If students have questions concerning these guidelines, they should seek advisement from their Foundation faculty before submitting their portfolio. To continue in the program and before they may register for further studio art courses, students must pass ART 1503 Foundation Portfolio Review. 

 

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ART 1501 The fundamental ideas and principles of 2-dimensional form. Emphasis on basic design concepts, pictorial composition, color theory, vocabulary, media and processes. Slide lectures, directed readings and studio problems.

ART 1502 Investigation of the interactions between line, plane, mass, and space. Emphasis on basic 3D concepts, color theory, vocabulary, media and techniques. Slide lectures, directed readings, writings and studio problems. Prerequisite: ART 1501

ART 1521 An introduction to basic drawing concepts, materials and methods. Emphasis on observational drawing. Concepts including the effective use of line, mass, volume, composition, space, and the formal principles of design.

ART 1522 A continuation of ART 1521 with greater emphasis on process, technique, spatial organization, and the development of pictorial content. Various topics are explored including figure drawing and the use of color. Prerequisites: ART 1501 & ART 1521

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