Register for Summer Classes

Registration for 2008 summer sessions is now open. There is a variety of courses offered through the ASU Herberger College School of Art. You may choose from a number of five-week or eight week sessions.

Eight-week session:
June 2 - July 25

Five-week sessions:
June 2 - July 4
July 7 - Aug. 8

If you are a Herberger College student and have questions about what to take, you may make an appointment with a Herberger College advisor. Make an appointment now. Otherwise, check with your advisor from your ASU program.
 
If you know what you want to take, you may register for class now.
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A detailed academic calendar with all dates and deadlines for summer class registration, drop/add information and more is also available.
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The classes listed below serve as a guide to summer class options. Most classes have specific enrollment requirement. Please consult the ASU Schedule of Classes for the most updated information. Some classes are offered online. In the schedule of classes, you need to select online as the location to view online courses or select all campuses to view all of your options.

Art  Education
ARA 311: Art Appreciation and Human Development
This course invites you to reflect on your own ideas about art, learn ways to broaden your art understanding and share your thoughts about artworks with others. (Internet – HU)

ARE 301: Studio Art and Human Development
This development course contains hands-on art making activities in relation to teaching people at different stages and ages. The class also covers art appreciation strategies for teachers in school and non-school settings.

Art History
ARS 100: Introduction to Art
Discover a fun, light introduction to the wonderful art of the world for non-majors. This class emphasizes themes like gods, sex and rulers rather than dates and titles. Designed to teach you how to “read” any type of art and make sense of it. All lectures are available as video podcasts. No credit for Art majors or non-Art majors who have completed ARS 101, 102 or 300.

ARS 101: Prehistory through Middle Ages
From caves to cathedrals! Begin with prehistoric art and end with the Gothic era. Prehistoric cave painting, King Tut’s Tomb, the Ancient Greek Parthenon, the Roman Coliseum, the Medieval Book of Kells, the Great Mosque of Cordoba in Spain, and Notre-Dame Cathedral in France are all explored. All lectures are available as video podcasts.(Internet – HU, H)

ARS 102: Art from Renaissance to Present
This course covers the history of art from 1400 through today. See major works and figures including Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel, Leonardo's Mona Lisa and Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights, Manet, Monet and Cassatt, Picasso, Modrian and Rothko, and many more! All lectures are available as video podcasts. (Internet – HU, H)

ARS 300: Introduction to Art
What is art and why does it matter, anyway? Learn about the making and meaning of art, and explore the intersections between art and popular culture in our daily lives from the Louvre to Las Vegas, from Van Gogh to graffiti, from Matisse to magazine ads. Non-majors welcome! (Internet – HU)

ARS 302: Art: Africa, Oceania and Americas
Want to learn about Maori tattoos, Northwest Coast glasswork and African bead paintings? Encounter the unexpected as we explore transformations in global arts from the 18th century to the contemporary world. (HU, H, G)

ARS 394: Art and Myth of the Classical World
Remember snakey-haired Medusa, Hercules and his lion-pelt, and Achilles and Hektor?  Learn about Greek art through their many representations of myth. 

ARS 394: The Art and Culture of Ancient Egypt
Have you ever wondered who was King Tut, how the Egyptians built the pyramids or why they mummify their dead? This class answers these questions and much more. (Internet)

ARS 438: Art of the 20th Century I
Explore the developments and directions in art between 1900 and World War II.  (HU, H)

ARS 469: Mexican Art
Ever wonder why Mexican art is, well, so Mexican?  Immerse yourself in 3500 years of art from Aztec to Zalce and discover why Mexican art has always been muy caliete! Meets non-Western art history requirement.  (HU, H)

ARS 484: Internship
Interested in working in a museum, gallery, or public art program? Internships are a great way to get started. Gain hands-on professional experience! Network with people in the field!

Studio Art
ARA 110/394/598: Sculpture Safety
Introduces you to safety and environmental health in the sculpture studios. Pre- or co-requisite for all sculpture classes.

ART 111: Drawing I
Learn fundamental, technical and perceptual skills using common drawing media and their application to pictorial organization are taught. This course is six hours a week.

ART 112: 2D Design
Discover the fundamentals of pictorial design. This course is six hours a week.

ART 113: Color
Learn about the principles of color theory as related to the visual arts. This course is six hours a week.

ART: 115: 3D Design
Explore the fundamentals of 3D form. This course is six hours a week and has an additional fee.

ART 194: Topics: Introduction to Digital Media
This course covers topics of immediate or special interest to a faculty member and students.

ART 201 and 202: Photography I
Develop skills and techniques of black and white photography. Emphasis on camera work and darkroom procedures. This course has an additional fee.

ART 211: Drawing II
Continue developing your technical and perceptual skills in drawing. Emphasizes materials and pictorial content. This course is six hours a week.

ART 223: Painting I
Learn fundamental concepts and materials of traditional and experimental painting media. The course emphasizes preparation of painting supports, composition and color. Has a lab. This course is six hours a week.

ART 231: Sculpture I
An introduction to the world of sculpture, you explore basic techniques in wood, metal, mold-making, fabrication, and mixed media sculpture is a series of interesting projects. This course is six hours a week and has an additional fee.

ART 253: Introduction into Printmaking
Making art with graphic methods like linoleum blocks, silkscreen and more! If you like process and the transfer of ink to paper, this is for you. Also you get multiple copies of your art! This course has an additional fee.

ART 272: Metalworking I: Introduction
This course emphasizes metal fabrication. Basic techniques of cutting, piercing, forging, soldering and forming are taught. Not open to seniors. This course is six hours a week and has an additional fee.

ART 276: Fibers I
Explore traditional and contemporary materials and basic techniques related to fibers. Embroidery, felt making, dyeing, block printing, plaiting, 3-D structures. This course has an additional fee.

ART 294: Sound Art
This course introduces you to the physics and physiology of sound,
historical uses of sound as an art medium, hardware and software tools
for making sound works and contexts for outputting sound art.

ART 294/333: Foundry Casting Methods
Learn the art of metal casting in a focused workshop setting. You have the opportunity to transform their artwork into finished bronze sculptures while honing your skills in the foundry arts.

ART 294/394: Virtual Sculpture
Explore the new realm of digital 3D as you learn to create digital sculptures on the computer and place them in a virtual world art gallery.

ART 294: Sculpture Shop Safety
Learn shop essentials. Everything you will need to know about power tools and their operation.

ART 294/394: Figure Sculpture
Learn to model the human figure from life. This course covers everything from the basic anatomy of the human form to finished figurative sculpture.

ART 294/494: Printmaking Now!
Have you ever wondered what printmaking really is? This class introduces you to the concept of printmaking practices and applications from a historical and contemporary overview as well as delving into the social, political and economic impact of printmaking throughout its history. The class includes lectures, studio and print collection visits and a studio component for the hands-on experience.

ART 308: Digital Photographic Images I
Learn to scan, manipulate, refine and composite photographic images on the computer. This course has an additional fee.

ART 346: 3D Computer Imaging and Animation
Learn 3D modeling and animation. This class emphasizes concepts and fine arts applications.This course has an additional fee.

ART 394: Surface Decoration
Explore a range of ceramic surface decoration from wet clay to post firing and how colors, textures and patterns can expand your artwork.

ART 394: Thrown and Altered Vessels
Explore wheel thrown and altered vessels with hand-built, thrown and press molded additions.  Basic working skills on the wheel is needed.

ART 494/598: Artists’ Books
Be an active participant in the avant-garde movement called Artist’s Books! Investigate your visual/literary side by making books as works of art in this hands-on studio. Impress your friends with newly acquired biblio-lingo such as cuneiform, boustrophedonic and the “illuminated page” by William Blake, the first book artist.

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