University of Oregon, Department of Art: Digital Arts BFA program
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Digital Drawing:
ARTD 350
Uses computers and digital imaging software to create drawings and graphic communications. Aside from technique, functions of illustration and the importance of "concept" as it contributes to communication are looked at. (4R)
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Peck School of the Arts: Digital Studio Practice BFA program
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The DSP program is committed to the underlying philosophies that:
1. Digital technologies are now essential to all arts practices. We provide courses that engage with new media for painters, printmakers, sculptors, etc, as well as those who use computers as a primary medium.
2. Digital arts must move off screen, connecting ideas, people and places. We encourage our students to work not only with Internet spaces such as Facebook, Wikipedia and Second Life, but in galleries and museums, in schools, on the street, and in other public venues.
3. It is more important to be of value than it is to be "new." The most essential innovation of our curriculum is that of the cross-disciplinary focus, where students learn to combine various concepts, materials and media, new and old. Want to be an interactive artist? You should understand the history of design, participatory art and installation. Kinetic sculptor? Learn to work with wood and clay. Wearable artist? Fibers and metals. And moving-image makers should work with painting, printmaking or photography. We teach students that media art has always moved alongside and within all contemporary arts practices and trajectories.
Link to description of Painting and Drawing BFA program:
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the Painting and Drawing program provides students with an intensive opportunity for developing formal and technical skills, balanced with conceptual, and material exploration. Students are encouraged to search for answers to questions about the relevance and position painting holds in contemporary art practice, its relation to global visual culture, and today's information-age and multi-cultural environments. Therefore, in keeping painting current, students are welcome to fully concentrate on painting or drawing as unique and direct mediums in themselves, or to explore more personal integrations with other disciplines, such as printmaking, sculpture, fibers, digital technology, and time-based processes.
Long Island University, Department of Art: Digital Art & Design BFA program
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ART 1 Introduction to Visual Arts
This course is an introduction to the visual arts of all periods emphasizing perception and understanding of painting, sculpture, architecture, and the graphic arts and their relationship to the creative process.
Every Semester, 3 credits
ART 2, 3 Studio Foundation
Students continue the study of drawing, 2-D design, 3-D design and photography, which began with Art 2, in this team-taught course. This course provides additional training in materials, techniques and concepts required for all Art majors.
Studio fee, $70
Annually, 6 credits per semester
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: BFA program
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Core Studio Practice I
Core Studio is a year-long course that introduces students to both disciplinary and interdisciplinary art practice. Students learn about the methods, materials, tools and concepts in the areas of Surface (2-dimensional), Space (3-dimensional), and Time (4-dimensional), both independently and in relationship to one another. Students develop their own ideas in relation to the materials and themes being presented by faculty. Core Studio integrates the formal with the conceptual, historical with the contemporary, and makes visible the possibilities and variety of approaches in contemporary cultural production.
Core Studio Practice II
The continuation of Core Studio Practice I
University of Texas – Arlington: Digital Media Track (option, in BFA program):
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The Digital Media Track is a 21 credit hour sequence utilizing courses in the areas of foundations, film/video, visual communication and photography. Interested students will be guided by the department advisor to understand how these courses apply to their BFA degree and area of concentration. Students will have the opportunity to experience a range of digital tools to better support the creative concepts, and work in their selected discipline and career path. An application will be required for entry. Approximately forty students will be accepted into this program.
Maryland Institute College of Art: BFA program
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I find the structure and approach of digital integration in their fundamentals curriculum interesting. If you read the course descriptions, (available through the link above by clicking the course title), it becomes really apparent.
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