Concepts and Culture - NMU Bulletin

AD 270 Concepts and Culture 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Prerequisites: AD 101, AD 110 or AD 240 or AD 355, and sophomore standing.
• Bulletin Year: 2020 - 2021 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
• General Education: This course applies towards the following general education requirement(s):
  • Integrative Thinking (INTT)

This course engages in the direct experiential understanding and development of ideas and intentions within art and design. The emphasis is on understanding the relationship of art/design and its maker to culture at-large as a method of contextualizing a student’s current and future work. The comparative study of cultural products, visual representation, and visual conditioning, both historically and in contemporary society, will be discussed.