ARTS 101 Two-Dimensional Art and Design

This course focuses on the theories, practices, and techniques of two-dimensional art, with an emphasis on composition and design. Through the creation of original artwork, lecture, discussion, idea generation, and critique students will develop a creative skillset and a vocabulary common to art across medium, culture, and time. While engaged in the art-making process and informed discourse about two-dimensional art, students will broaden and strengthen their own personal creativity while further developing creative and critical thinking.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

4

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize information and ideas to develop preliminary concepts as part of the creative process.
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider alternatives to reinforce preliminary concepts.
3. Analyze and evaluate ideas or outcomes throughout the creative process.
4. Apply information and ideas gathered through a creative process to other contexts.
5. Produce original art that shows the understanding of fundamental design principles.
6. Produce original art that effectively uses the materials and visual organization to convey the intended theme, intent, and expression.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize information and ideas to develop preliminary concepts as part of the creative process.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Process book

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider alternatives to reinforce preliminary concepts.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Process book

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
3. Analyze and evaluate ideas or outcomes throughout the creative process.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Process Book

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
4. Apply information and ideas gathered through a creative process to other contexts.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Process Book

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4
5. Produce original art that shows the understanding of fundamental design principles.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Visual Arts - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Develop and demonstrate self-confidence, motivation, risk-taking abilities, visual literacy, and perceptual awareness as it applies to visual art.

6. Produce original art that effectively uses the materials and visual organization to convey the intended theme, intent, and expression.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Visual Arts - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Develop and demonstrate self-confidence, motivation, risk-taking abilities, visual literacy, and perceptual awareness as it applies to visual art.