Upper-Division

Covers field-adapted color illustration techniques including watercolor, colored pencil, inkwash, and mixed media. Field trips to various natural environments provide opportunities to sketch plants, mammals, birds, insects, landscapes, and other subject matter. In addition to in-class assignments, students produce a field sketchbook and a final project. Appropriate for students with demonstrated interest in science illustration through previous course work in science and art or through extracurricular activity in the field or a strong desire to learn the skills of the field. Enrollment process differs for Summer Session.

Introduction to graphite, pen and ink, coquille, and scratchboard, along with training in essential skills for creating accurate and dynamic scientific illustrations. Attention to the demands of the printing process along with basics of proportion, perspective, and composition. Appropriate for students with a demonstrated interest in science illustration through previous course work in science and art, or through extracurricular activity in the field, or a strong desire to learn the skills of the field.

A rigorous examination and practice of the skills involved in writing articles about science, health, technology, and the environment for the general public. Covers the essential elements of news writing and explanatory journalism, including developing a story idea, interviewing scientists, fact checking, composition, and editing of multiple drafts about scientific research.

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.