Art Studio: Drawing Transfer to UNI

  • This plan may be laid out using a Third Semester as a summer semester based on course availability.
  • Your financial aid may be affected by your summer course load. Meet with Student Financial Services for advice.

Term 1
ART-101
Art Appreciation
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course explores the creative process emphasizing art as a visual form of communication. It presents useful criteria for evaluation and enjoyment of art through the development of visual vocabulary and knowledge of art processes, as well as art in a historical context.
ART-120
2-D Design
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
Sioux City
This combined lecture and lab course introduces the concepts of two-dimensional design and spatial orientation to original design creation. Topics included are pattern, texture, line, shape, value, mass and color theory.
ART-133
Drawing
FA
SP
3
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course combines lecture and lab activities. As a foundation studio course, it introduces basic drawing principles such as line, shape, form, texture, value, space, perspective and composition, as well as serving as an introduction to medias including pencil, pen, charcoal, conte, chalk and other alternate media. It stresses perception, visual awareness, sensitivity, and critical thinking/judgment, and may include still life, landscape, portrait, live model and non-objective forms.
ENG-105
Composition I
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course is an exploration of writing as a process with attention to audience, purpose and patterns of exposition.
Pre-requisite: Recommended ACT Composite of 22. Students may complete aýwriting sample to gauge preparedness for the course and thenýaccess instructional staff and resources in the CometýLearning Center both before and during the course to beýsuccessful.
PSY-111
Introduction to Psychology
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course introduces students to the scientific study of mental processes and behavior with emphasis on psychological theories. This course explains the importance of evidence-based approaches in practice and literature. Students apply critical thinking in relation to research methods and ethics in the field of psychology.
SDV-108
The College Experience
FA
SP
SU
1
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course introduces students to the College's expectations, environment, and resources so that students may become more competent participants in the learning process.
16
Term 2
ART-123
3-D Design
SP
3
Sioux City
This is a combined lecture and lab course that studies the fundamentals of three-dimensional arts. It addresses problems based on space organization utilizing the elements of design and emphasizes application of design concepts to original design.
ART-134
Drawing II
FA
3
Sioux City
This is a combined lecture and lab course. A foundations studio course, it continues basic drawing principles such as line, shape, form, texture, value, space, perspective and composition, as well as continuing to explore medias including pencil, pen, charcoal, conte, chalk and other alternate media. It stresses perception, visual awareness, sensitivity and critical thinking/judgment, and may include still life, landscape, portrait, live model and non-objective forms. Focus is on the student's preferential media, subject and content with an emphasis on the criteria of composition as determining a drawing's success, as opposed to visual perception, rendering or technique. Students will be expected to make finished works of art for presentation and to move beyond strictly studies or technical assignments.
Pre-requisite: Take ART-133;
ART-203
Art History I
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
This course is a survey of the visual arts from prehistoric times through the Middle Ages with an emphasis on the relationship between art and social, economic, religious and geographical conditions. It discusses the historical context of contemporary forms of expression when relevant.
ENG-106
Composition II
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course is a continuation of ENG 105 with emphasis on developing more complex, sophisticated forms of exposition. It includes a research paper requiring library research, documentation, and bibliography.
Pre-requisite: Take ENG-105 Composition I
MAT-111
Math for Liberal Arts
FA
SP
SU
4
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course provides a broad mathematical knowledge to calculate, analyze, and solve day-to-day problems. Topics include number theory and the real number system, algebra, graph and data interpretation, calculator usage, mathematical reasoning process, problem solving techniques, probability and statistics, geometry, and consumer mathematics. Additional supplemental instruction for students will be available through the Comet Learning Center using ALEKS as an instructional tool.
Pre-requisite: MAT-102 Intermediate Algebra or an ACT Math score of 20 orýan ALEKS assessment score of 29 or an ACT Composite score ofý22.
16
Term 3
ART-143
Painting
FA
SP
3
Internet Course
Sioux City
This is a combined lecture and lab course. A foundation course in studio painting, it employs contemporary styles, techniques and materials in various media.
ART-204
Art History II
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
This course is a survey of the visual arts from the Renaissance to the present time with an emphasis on the relationship between art and social, economic, religious and technological development. It stresses the historical context of contemporary forms of expression and examines human concerns as they are revealed in art.
ENV-111
Environmental Science
FA
SP
SU
4
Internet Course
Sioux City
A combined lecture and lab course focusing on environmental concerns: ecosystems, pollution, population, extinction, ethics, energy, food, conservation, and future interrelationships among these concerns.
SOC-212
Diversity
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course utilizes an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to studying gender, race, class, sexuality and other markers of diversity. The curriculum highlights the duality of oppression and privilege and the ways in which race, gender, class and sexuality shape daily life. Special focus is on learning how to demonstrate course concepts as social action. Social justice is practiced as students become educated in these concepts of diversity and engage in diversity conscious social action.
SPC-112
Public Speaking
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
The course combines theory of speech communication with public speech performance skills. Emphasis is on speech delivery, preparation, organization, support, and audience analysis. Practice of skills is through presentation and exercise.
16
Term 4
ANT-105
Cultural Anthropology
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
This course is a cross-cultural study of the variety of human adaptations to physical, social and cultural environments, primarily in terms of subsistence, technology, social groupings, government, economic organization, religion and aesthetics.
ART-144
Painting II
SP
3
Sioux City
This is a combined lecture and lab course. It is a continuation of ART 143 with emphasis on material, composition and color.
ART-186
Digital Photography
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course introduces students to the digital camera. Students study and practice the varied artistic applications of digital images as enhanced with computer software. A digital camera is required.
MMS-101
Mass Media
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
A survey course that examines the American media forms including journalism, broadcast, public relations and advertising as well as the world wide web. It is designed for a better understanding of the different forms of Mass Media, how they work and how they impact society.
REL-101
Survey of World Religions
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
This course explores the world view, doctrines, and practices of the following major religions: Tribal, Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian/Taoist, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and New Age. It examines themes such as view of the world, views of God, condition of humankind, requirements for a moral life, etc.
15
University of Northern Iowa
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Last Updated on August 31, 2025