Course Syllabi

A first or review course to teach the basic drawing skills needed for painting and 3 dimensional arts as well as advanced drawing. Line, value, and composition are covered, as well as exercises in imagination and idea development. This course is a required foundation course for art majors and minors and is a prerequisite for upper division courses at most 4-year colleges and universities.

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of digital photography. Students will learn to capture, retrieve, manipulate, enhance, store, and output their photographs using appropriate hardware and software. Students will enrich the aesthetic dimension of life through the exploration of photography as fine art.

This course builds on the skills acquired in Digital Photography 1. Through the medium of digital photography, students will develop a personal philosophy articulated through their photographs. Advanced aesthetic theories will be explored and students will assemble a portfolio.

Composition, color, and technical handling of paint are explored, along with preparation of canvas and other painting surfaces. Emphasis is on creative investigation.

Advanced use of color and paint manipulation. Drawing and composition are emphasized.

A hands-on look at the history of the use of clay and how it leads to the development of contemporary ceramic art. Techniques covered will include primitive coiling, wheel throwing, modeling, and contemporary slab forming.

Continued study of ceramic techniques with emphasis on design and individual student directions.

Continued study of ceramic techniques with emphasis on surface, firing skills, ceramic history, and design.

Continued study of ceramic techniques with emphasis on individual directions.

Further investigation into color and paint manipulation. Format and serial nature of work emphasized.

Further investigation into all aspects of painting (form, color, format, content) to develop a viable body of work.

Introduction to relief and intaglio printmaking. Relief technique is demonstrated in multicolor woodcut/linocut printing. Intaglio techniques include drypoint, engraving and etching. Monoprinting is also explored.

Intermediate skill and conceptual relief and intaglio printmaking. Color intaglio, monoprinting and silk screen methods explored.

Advanced skill in drawing forms and promoting a creative effort in handling all subjects.

Conceptualization of advanced drawing ideas through various medias and formats.

Exploration of advanced conceptual and technical issues in drawing. Emphasis upon drawing in a series and completion of transfer portfolio.

Exposure to the concepts of sculpture by expanding the use of various media and by enriching visual thought to create expressive images.

Continued study of sculpture techniques with emphasis on design and individual student directions.

This course focuses on the development of basic expressive and receptive ASL communication skills, including an awareness of ASL syntax, grammar, and conceptually correct idiomatic usage. Students develop visual-spatial acuity and non-manual skills necessary for ASL communication. Students are also exposed to a breadth of information regarding Deafness and the Deaf culture and society. Exploration of Deafness includes reading and writing about Deafness. Fulfills the first semester foreign language requirement at most four-year institutions.

This course is a further development of the American Sign Language expressive and receptive communication skills developed in ASL 101, including an increased awareness of American Sign Language usage and syntax conventions. Fingerspelling skills are strengthened. Students develop a receptive and expressive fluency that allows them to understand, appreciate, and begin to develop their own ASL storytelling skills. Students participate in detailed discussions and exploration of Deaf culture. Fulfills the second semester foreign language requirement at most four-year institutions.