The Daily Bulletin

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for spring review:

Program Revisions:
B.A. Geography, BA-NS GEG
Minor in Meteorology and Climatology

Course Revisions:
CNS 610 Polymers in Art Conservation. Prerequisite: Formal acceptance to the Art Conservation Department. Corequisite: CNS 611. The chemistry and physics of polymers used to create and treat works of art. Nomenclature, reactivity, structure-property relationships, solubility, surfactants, emulsions, natural and synthetic coatings and adhesives, degradation, mechanical properties, thermal properties, polymer additives, and analytical methods of identification and characterization. Offered fall semester.

CNS 611 Polymers in Art Conservation Lab. Prerequisite: Formal acceptance to the Art Conservation Department. Corequisite: CNS 610. The chemistry and physics of polymers used to create and treat works of art. Expands on lectures in CNS 610 and provides students with hands-on experience with polymer synthesis, characterization, polymer stability, and compatibility and properties in blends. Offered fall semester.

CNS 616 Technical Aspects of Preventive Conservation. Prerequisite: CNS 614. Corequisite: CNS 617. Exploration of the practical and scientific principles behind preventive conservation. Topics include environmental monitoring and control, artificial aging, materials testings, museum pollutants, risk assessment, emergency planning, preservation strategies, pest management, and mitigation of biological degradation. Offered spring semester.

CNS 620 Technology and Conservation of Painting I. Prerequisite: Formal acceptance to the Art Conservation Department. Corequisite: CNS 621. Historical survey of processes and materials employed by artists in the creation of wall and easel paintings from the Paleolithic to the present and the implications for their conservation. Painting types include rock art, Egyptian and Etruscan tomb painting, medieval egg tempera, Italian Renaissance fresco, oil on panel and canvas, and modern media. Offered fall semester.

CNS 621 Technology and Conservation of Paintings I Lab. Corequisite: CNS 620. Recreation of historical paintings using traditional materials and techniques to the greatest extent possible: fourteenth-century Sienese egg tempera on panel and seventeenth-century Flemish or Spanish painting on canvas. Written technical examination of an oil painting of value on loan through the department’s clinic program. Offered fall semester.

CNS 622 Technology and Conservation of Painting II. Prerequisites: Successful completion of CNS 620 and CNS 621. Corequisite: CNS 623. Theory and practice of conserving easel paintings. Topics include treatment proposal design, aqueous- and solvent-based cleaning systems, resins and solvents used for consolidation, mechanics and dynamics of canvas paintings and support systems, humidification and lining treatments, varnishes and varnishing techniques, and color-matching theory and its application to inpainting. Offered spring semester.

FTT 208 Introduction to Fashion Technologies. Introduction to a variety of software programs; preliminary multidisciplinary hands-on experience with how the programs are specifically used in the fashion industry. Topics include designing surface patterns, development of spec pages, fashion layout, and development of a clothing line. The elements and principles of design are also covered. Offered fall and spring semesters.