Fall Entry
Secondary school students or transfer students who have not completed a foundation year should apply for the first-year Foundation Program. The academic year routinely starts at the beginning of September.
Spring Entry
The Accelerated Foundation program that commences in the spring semester is a full foundation program: the first semester runs from January to mid-May and the second semester starts one week later and runs to the end of July. The curriculum is the same as fall entry Foundation but is more intense as it is completed in a shorter period of time. Upon successful completion of the Accelerated Foundation program students commence the sophomore year in the subsequent fall semester.
Students may apply to transfer into the second semester of the Foundation sequence if they have taken equivalent coursework elsewhere. The Admissions Committee reserves the right to decide into which of the Foundation sequences the student may enter based on a student's portfolio and transcripts.
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This is a perceptual and analytical drawing course. Perceptually, the goal is to develop hand, mind, and eye coordination through direct observation of still life, the figure, and the environment. Analytically, the focus is on composition, anatomy, and perspective using a variety of methods and materials. Fall semester concentrates on the use of line and its application in a sequential way. Work proceeds from black and white study and develops into value and color research over the course of two semesters. Students work in class under the guidance of the instructor. 3 credits per semester
The goal of this course is to develop students' awareness of process as a means of developing a working visual vocabulary. Methods of gathering and notating information as a means of synthesizing and transforming ideas are emphasized. Experimentation with concept, form, and environment challenges students to develop a more structured approach to creative practice as an artist or designer. This interdisciplinary course involves reading, writing, and studio components. 3 credits per semester
Students are introduced to the basic principles, processes, and materials of three-dimensional design through a series of projects that stress problem solving, experimentation, and tangible results. Form and space are studied through the design elements of line, shape, composition, mass, volume, surface, scale, and proportion. 3 credits per semester
This course uses the Macintosh computer and OS X operating system incorporating electronic drawing, the principles of design, and visual communication using Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop. The elements, principles, and factors of two-dimensional design are fully investigated during an entire academic year. First semester students explore design in black, white, and gray values. Second semester examines the nature of color from value to hue, light and pigment mixtures, systems of color, order and electronic color calibration. Composition and creative problem-solving are explored through increasingly complex design issues using both handmade and computer-based methods. 3 credits per semester
