| ARS 233 | Makeup Design for the Stage | 3(3-0-1) F |
| The process of design and application of makeup for the stage including techniques for character and age makeup, making and applying facial hair and other specialized techniques. Taught from the play script to production with emphasis on historical research, play analysis, and applications techniques. The course includes hands-on experience with makeup. May not be taken concurrently with ARS 236 or ARS 333. May not be taken concurrently with ARS 236 or ARS 333 | ||
| ARS 236 | Text to Stage | 3(3-0-1) F, S |
| Study of script preparation beginning with the directors' and designers' collaborative efforts through rehearsal process, to the production itself and ending with the final evaluation. Directors' methods and designer processes in theory and practice. Attendance at one rehearsal and two productions is required. May not be taken concurrently with ARS 233 or 333. May not be taken concurrently with ARS 233 or ARS 333 | ||
| ARS 251 | The Arts of a World Capital: London | 3(3-0-0) Sum |
| Multidisciplinary course introducing students to the architecture and museums and the musical, dance, and theatrical performances of London. Historical and social context of these works of art. The infrastructure in London that makes its unusual artistic vitality and quality possible. Taught in London. | ||
| ARS 252 | The Arts of Vienna 1900 | 3(3-0-0) Sum |
| Interdisciplinary study of art, architecture, music and theater in turn-of-the-century Vienna and of the political and scientific thinking that surrounded these arts. Taught in Vienna. | ||
| ARS 253 | Arts of NC State | 3(3-0-0) F, S |
| Study of the arts in the context of the university community, utilizing university arts programs and resources. Core concepts and methods for aesthetic experience in several disciplines including dance, theater, music, visual art, and craft through performance and exhibition attendance, readings, lectures, and discussion. (Modest fees for performance tickets might be required.) | ||
| ARS (STS) 257 | Technology in the Arts | 3(3-0-0) F |
| The interaction between technology and the arts with an emphasis on developments in Western art of the twentieth century. Historical and emerging issues include: sound and film recordings, the addition of sound to films, the impact of films and television on theater, the impact of radio, computer applications to music, the visual arts, and literature. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | ||
| ARS 258 | Mathematics and Models in Music | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Use of mathematics and models in the composition of western music of various time periods with an emphasis on the twentieth century. Critical analysis of trivial and non-trivial uses of mathematics; differentiation between mathematics as an analytical tool and mathematics as a compositional tool. Survey of models including geographical, grammatical, and graphic. | ||
| ARS 259 | The Arts and Politics | 3(3-0-0) F |
| Interactions between the arts and politics. Specific instances and types of political art from the past and the present. Patronage, censorship, propaganda, art in times of war, the artist's options and powers, aesthetics and criticism. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| ARS (MUS) 306 | Music Composition with Computers | 3(3-0-0) F, S, Sum |
| Preq: Some knowledge of music or computer science (e.g. CSC 200) | ||
| Survey of the theory and history of computer music, compositional algorithms, digital synthesis techniques, composition of at least one computer music work -- a computer-assisted composition for traditional instruments, a piece for computer music ontape, a real-time piece, or a piece that combines tape and instrument(s). | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | ||
| ARS 333 | Costume Design and Technology | S |
| Preq: COM 103 or ARS 236 | ||
| The process of designing costumes taught from the perspective of both the play's script and the anticipated production with emphasis on historical research, play analysis, rendering technique, and basic construction. Hands-on experience required. May not be taken concurrently with ARS 233 or ARS 236. May not be taken concurrently with ARS 233 or ARS 236. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | ||
| ARS (AFS) 346 | Black Popular Culture | 3(3-0-0) F, S, Sum |
| A multidisciplinary examination of contemporary black cultural expression in film, music, art, and the media. Emphasis on race, class, gender, and political discourse. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | ||
| ARS 351 | Arts, Ideas and Values | 3(3-0-0) F |
| An examination of the way works of art embody a particular understanding of what is real and what is worthwhile and shape their viewers' ideas and values. Case studies approach. | ||
| Course Offerings: sum1 sprg | ||
| ARS 352 | Dress, Style and Change | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Preq: Junior standing | ||
| Interdisciplinary course focusing on historical and cultural principles of style as related to dress and fashion. Examination of fashion and stylistic trends in cycles of dress. | ||
| ARS 353 | Arts and Cross-Cultural Contacts | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Study of works of art that allude to or combine two or more traditions. Examples from film, dance, music, theater and visual arts. Analysis of the role of the exotic in art. The role of arts of multiple traditions in inaugurating new artistic movements, such as Ming landscape painting. Impact of electronic media on contemporary multicultural arts, such as Nepali pop. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | ||
| ARS 354 | The Arts and the Sacred | 3(3-0-0) S, (ALTYRODD) |
| The support and critique of religion through the arts. Study of religious symbolism embodied in works of art from a number of traditions and genres. The interrelationship between art and religion, history, culture, spirituality, and ritual. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| ARS 433 | Period Styles in Acting | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Preq: COM 493 | ||
| Interpreting daily lives in earlier eras through reading, discussion, research, and performance. Plays of complex heightened language, in verse and prose, studied from perspective of character's daily lives and their relevance to contemporary performance skills. Scenes, monologues, and soliloquies rehearsed and performed. | ||
| ARS 494 | Topics in Arts Studies | 3(3-0-0) F,S |
| Preq: Junior standing and 15 hours in either dance, design, film studies, music, theater, or visual arts. | ||
| Multi-arts course focusing on selected works of art in various media, related by theme, place or data. Capstone course for students with an extensive background in one of the arts. Topics may vary. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | ||
| ARS 498 | Independent Study in Arts Studies | 1-3 F,S,Sum |
| Preq: Nine hours of course work in Arts Studies and Departmental approval required | ||
| Independent study or project directed by a faculty member in the student's area of interest. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | ||