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Undergraduate Bulletin for 1998-99

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Tyler School of Art Program Descriptions


Ceramics/Glass

Robert Winokur, Area Head, Ceramics
Jon Clark, Area Head, Glass

In the Ceramics area, equipment is available for wheel work, mold making, and slip casting projects, as well as large kilns for hand building and sculpture. Processes include: wood firing, raku, salt glazing, stoneware, and porcelain. The glass curriculum incorporates glass blowing, casting, fusing, and kiln work. Major requirements

CERAMIC MAJOR

SOPHOMORE PREREQUISITE:

JUNIOR REQUIREMENTS:

SENIOR REQUIREMENTS:

GLASS MAJOR

SOPHOMORE REQUIREMENTS:

JUNIOR REQUIREMENTS:

At least two of the following courses:

At least two of the following courses:

SENIOR REQUIREMENTS:

At least two of the following courses:

At least two of the following courses:


Fibers/Fabric Design

Rebecca Medel, Area Head

The Fiber major covers weaving, off-loom, and fabric design in a curriculum based on printing, dye, and techniques of fiber structure. Once techniques are mastered, the program promotes experimentation and development of a personal direction.

Major requirements

FIBERS AND FABRIC DESIGN MAJOR

SOPHOMORE PREREQUISITE:

One of the following:

JUNIOR AND SENIOR REQUIREMENTS:

The other three courses not taken during the sophomore year:


Graphic Design

Alice Drueding, Area Head

The program covers visual communication in advertising art, illustration, and typography. Included in the curriculum are courses dealing with computer graphics, animated film, offset lithography, publications, television graphics, environmental design, and packaging.

Major requirements:

GRAPHIC DESIGN MAJOR

SOPHOMORE PREREQUISITE:

JUNIOR REQUIREMENTS:

SENIOR REQUIREMENTS:


Jewelry/Metals/CAD-CAM

Stanley Lechtzin, Area Head

This program stresses the use of traditional techniques and materials in relation to their historical significance while encouraging the use of new technologies in the advanced courses. Assignments focus on the design and creation of jewelry, non-functional forms, furniture, and tableware.

Major requirements:

JEWELRY AND METALS MAJOR

SOPHOMORE PREREQUISITE:

JUNIOR REQUIREMENTS:

SENIOR REQUIREMENTS:


Painting/Drawing

Stanley Whitney, Area Head

This program offers a pattern of studio and seminar courses that fosters the development of pictorial concepts realized in the tangible form of painting and drawing. Visiting professional artists and critics are regularly scheduled to lecture and critique student work.

Major requirements

PAINTING MAJOR

SOPHOMORE PREREQUISITE:

JUNIOR AND SENIOR REQUIREMENTS:


Photography

Martha Madigan, Area Head

In addition to traditional black and white and color photography, this program offers a variety of workshops focusing on temporal and cultural issues. The faculty stresses an experimental approach to picture-making, ranging from the handmade camera to production on a Heidelberg press.

Major requirements

PHOTOGRAPHY MAJOR

SOPHOMORE PREREQUISITE:

JUNIOR AND SENIOR REQUIREMENTS:


Printmaking

John Dowell, Area Head

This program offers courses in the basic printmaking areas of Serigraphy, Etching, and Lithography with advanced courses in color and photo-etching, photo-lithography, metal engraving, mezzotint, viscosity, color printing, woodcut, and light sensitive materials.

Major requirements

PRINTMAKING MAJOR

SOPHOMORE PREREQUISITE:

JUNIOR REQUIREMENTS:

SENIOR REQUIREMENTS:

Two advanced courses chosen from the following three groups:


Sculpture

Winifred Lutz, Area Head

The sculpture facility houses wood shops, metal fabrication equipment, plaster and model-making facilities, and an extensive foundry for casting bronze and aluminum. The initial emphasis is on the development of basic skills with tools and equipment. Advanced courses provide intensive studio experience and the dynamics of a critical dialogue.

Major requirements

SCULPTURE MAJOR

SOPHOMORE PREREQUISITE:

JUNIOR AND SENIOR REQUIREMENTS:


Other Programs

The School of Art offers additional programs in cooperation with other colleges at the Main Campus and the Ambler Campus. Those interested in Art at Temple University, therefore, are advised of the following options:

Main Campus (Broad Street)
College of Arts and Sciences: B.A. with concentrations in Art and Art History; College of Education: B.S. in Ed., with major in Art Education; Graduate School, M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History.

B.F.A. students may minor in Art History or double major in a studio area and Art History. Interested students should contact the Undergraduate Advisor for the Art History Department at (215) 204-7837.

Ambler Campus
All courses required for the B.A. in Art History may be taken on the Ambler campus. Prerequisite courses in Art and Art Education are offered for students who may transfer in the junior year to Tyler or to a college on the Main Campus.


This web version written by Mary England 2/98

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