ART 0012A. Sculpture I
Units: 3
Hours: 90 (36 lecture, 54 laboratory)
Introduces the fundamental issues of sculpture through a variety of materials, processes and techniques. Skills acquired in a wide range of techniques and materials, both traditional (wood, metal, plaster) as well as non-traditional (fabric, video projections, performance, sustainable/salvaged/recycled materials). Emphasis on conceptual idea development, connecting metaphorical ideas and symbolic meaning to the crafting/making of sculptural objects. (CSU, UC)
ART 0012A - Sculpture I
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Catalog Description Hours: 90 (36 lecture, 54 laboratory) Description: Introduces the fundamental issues of sculpture through a variety of materials, processes and techniques. Skills acquired in a wide range of techniques and materials, both traditional (wood, metal, plaster) as well as non-traditional (fabric, video projections, performance, sustainable/salvaged/recycled materials). Emphasis on conceptual idea development, connecting metaphorical ideas and symbolic meaning to the crafting/making of sculptural objects. (CSU, UC) Course Student Learning Outcomes CSLO #1: Discuss, describe, analyze, and critique own sculptural artworks and works of other students using relevant studio terminology. CSLO #2: Analyze and apply the formal three-dimensional design principles (such as mass, volume, size, density, surface texture, linear movement, and color) during project planning. CSLO #3: Demonstrate strategies for integrating formal, technical and conceptual problem-solving approaches within each assignment. CSLO #4: Demonstrate and apply skills, processes, technologies, and materials relevant to the practice of sculpture. CSLO #5: Apply proper material handling, use, storage, and clean-up safety standards in the classroom & work environments. Effective Term Fall 2024 Course Type Credit - Degree-applicable Contact Hours 90 Outside of Class Hours 72 Total Student Learning Hours 162 Course Objectives Lecture Objectives: 1. Identify and describe the skills, processes, technologies, and materials relevant to the practice of sculpture; 2. Identify strategies for integrating formal, technical, and conceptual problem solving approaches within each assignment; 3. Explain sculptural works of art with the use of appropriate vocabulary and reference to historical/contemporary perspectives. 4. Visually examine and orally discuss the formal three- dimensional design principles (such as mass, volume, size, density, surface texture, linear movement, and color) during project planning and critiques; 5. Examine and manipulate the relationship of three-dimensional forms to their environment and cultural context, learning to re-contextualize and re-invent meaning; 6. Discuss an artwork's content and context, how materials can contain meaning, and the ways in which sculpture interacts with the human body, site, and audience. Laboratory Objectives: 1. Apply proper shop practices and effective use of hand and power tools associated with a variety of traditional sculpture materials and processes; 2. Employ occupational health and safety standards; 3. Utilize innovative and multi-media based approaches to sculpture, including sustainable or recycled use of materials, time-based performative video art and installation format; 4. Utilize and experiment with various methods of fabrication, modeling, and constructing that are most appropriate for a given sculptural material; 5. Evaluate and critique artworks based on the elements and principles of design, knowledge of materials and processes used. General Education Information Approved College Associate Degree GE Applicability AA/AS - Fine Arts CSU GE Applicability (Recommended-requires CSU approval) CSUGE - C1 Arts Cal-GETC Applicability (Recommended - Requires External Approval) IGETC Applicability (Recommended-requires CSU/UC approval) Articulation Information Methods of Evaluation Classroom Discussions Example: Students will be evaluated on a combination of their participation in classroom discussions and formal critiques (a process of discussion based upon informed, structured analysis of the strengths and improvements of each work), their presentation of their artwork, their verbal evaluations of personal work and their participation in group activities. Objective Examinations Example: A safety test will be given before students are allowed to work in the woodshop. A question on the safety test would ask: When using the bandsaw, how far above the material being cut should the blade guard sit? Projects Example: Students will analyze and take measurements of an ordinary object that they will enlarge and replicate using cardboard. Students will present their own creations and they will critique the work of other students. Reports Example: Students will write one research paper based upon at least one example of contemporary sculptors and their processes. Skill Demonstrations Example: Students will be evaluated on their ability to choose the appropriate techniques and materials to create and complete art works of their concepts. Repeatable No Methods of Instruction Laboratory Lecture/Discussion Distance Learning Lab: The instructor will demonstrate the technical process of mold-making with plaster. Discuss the process of model making or using a found object to create a plaster mold. Show the mold box setup and mixing ratio of water to plaster. Demonstrate how to cast various materials in a mold. Lecture: The instructor will show a slide presentation in which various artists address a given theme. Lead a discussion with students on how the artists' choice of material helps to convey a particular feeling or message. Present a handout with related elements and principles of design vocabulary terms used in sculpture. Students will begin figuring out the relationships between historical references, material choice, and sculptural elements. Instructor will assist students as they develop drawings into works of sculpture. Distance Learning Visually oriented image lecture demonstrating the creation of a pattern-making and the reproduction of an object via the creation of a pattern. Video examples of contemporary artists using pattern making in their artworks. Students will then be guided through a step-by-step process of creating the pattern for a specific object, such as a shoe which will then be constructed in cardboard. Students submit progress to the instructor for feedback. Completed projects are posted to the discussion board and critiqued through written format using appropriate vocabulary and terminology pertaining to the basic elements and organizing principles of three-dimensional art. Active and relevant participation includes students responding to each other's comments in the discussion board. Typical Out of Class Assignments Reading Assignments Read about a documented artist and give an oral presentation about their work in class. Writing, Problem Solving or Performance 1. Maintain a notebook of lecture topics, assignment sheets and handouts. 2. Use drawing and quick sketches as a means to construct and record a thought process which connects ideas, images, and forms. 3. Use internet image section to research authentic forms from nature and other artists' work. Example #1: Develop a sketchbook which correlates visual imagery to written notes of related artistic thought processes. Utilize free association and descriptions of emotional/intellectual responses to different materials. Diagram color, methods of attachment, function, movement, etc. Record sequentially the development and evolution of form and ideas. Other (Term projects, research papers, portfolios, etc.) Participate in three class critiques. Critique example: The critique process involves the student presenting a finished art piece, class response, and instructor input: a) The student presents a finished piece of artwork. They should describe their piece using formal design concepts and three-dimensional vocabulary terms; b) Students should address any technical issues important in the construction of their piece; c) Students should address how their piece fits the conceptual criteria of the assignment; d) Class and instructor should give feedback and elaborate their own responses to this information. Required Materials Launching the Imagination Author: Mary Stewart Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Ed. Publication Date: 2019 Text Edition: 6th Classic Textbook?: No OER Link: OER: Sculpture Since 1945 Author: Andrew Causey Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication Date: 1998 Text Edition: 1st Classic Textbook?: OER Link: OER: A Sculptural Reader: Contemporary Sculpture Since 1980 Author: Glenn Harper, Twylene Moyer, Karen Wilkin Publisher: ISC Press Publication Date: 2008 Text Edition: 1st Classic Textbook?: OER Link: OER: Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation Author: Editors of Phaiden Press Publisher: Phaidon Publication Date: 2009 Text Edition: 1st Classic Textbook?: OER Link: OER: Unmade: Making and Unmaking in Contemporary Sculpture Author: Lisa Le Feuvre, Stephen Feeke, Sophie Raikes Publisher: Henry Moore Institute Publication Date: 2010 Text Edition: 1st Classic Textbook?: OER Link: OER: The Language of Mixed-Media Sculpture Author: Jac Scott Publisher: The Crowood Press Publication Date: 2014 Text Edition: 1st Classic Textbook?: No OER Link: OER: Paper Sculpture: Fluid Forms Author: Richard Sweeney Publisher: Schiffer Craft Publication Date: 10/26/2021 Text Edition: 1st Classic Textbook?: No OER Link: OER: Other materials and-or supplies required of students that contribute to the cost of the course. sketchbook, pens, metal ruler, box cutter
MUS 0012A - Survey of Music History and Literature to 1750
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Catalog Description Advisory: Completion of MUS 10 with grade of "C" or better Hours: 54 lecture Description: Study of the history of Western art music from antiquity through the early Baroque Era including the influences of the Catholic Church, stylistic developments, contributions of various personalities, and analysis of music within its historical and social contexts. (CSU, UC) Course Student Learning Outcomes CSLO #1: Analyze philosophies of music, beginning with ancient Greece and drawing connections through subsequent eras in European music history. CSLO #2: Compare and contrast musical styles and literature from Antiquity to 1750, understanding the roles of major composers, musical trends, and the cultures from which they came. CSLO #3: Describe the evolution of musical notation in vocal and instrumental music from the Middle Ages to the Baroque era. CSLO #4: Aurally analyze and identify the works of prominent European composers from Antiquity to 1750. Effective Term Fall 2025 Course Type Credit - Degree-applicable Contact Hours 54 Outside of Class Hours 108 Total Student Learning Hours 162 Course Objectives Lecture Objectives: 1. Understand stylistic innovations, key genres, geographical regions, and pivotal composers in the Medieval and Baroque eras of European music history. 2. Analyze the Doctrine of Ethos as it relates to music in the culture of ancient Greece and subsequent musical eras. 3. Compare examples of musical instruments and their place of origin in: a) ancient Greece b) the Middle Ages c) the Renaissance d) the Baroque Era 4. Compare and contrast the liturgical and nonliturgical music of the Renaissance. 5. Compare the relationship between a recitative and an aria in Baroque opera, cantata and/or oratorio. 6. Differentiate the sections of a Bach fugue focusing on the sectional Expositions and Episodes. 7. Trace the development of polyphony as represented by various preserved manuscripts from late Middle Ages through the Baroque. 8. Discuss the intersections of musical composition and performance with politics, religion, and social life throughout European history. General Education Information Approved College Associate Degree GE Applicability AA/AS - Fine Arts CSU GE Applicability (Recommended-requires CSU approval) CSUGE - C1 Arts Cal-GETC Applicability (Recommended - Requires External Approval) Cal-GETC 3A - Arts IGETC Applicability (Recommended-requires CSU/UC approval) IGETC - 3A Arts Articulation Information CSU Transferable UC Transferable Methods of Evaluation Essay Examinations Example: Write an essay on one of the selected topics given in class such as: Discuss the relationship between compositional approaches to polyphonic music and the evolution of music notation systems between the years 900 and 1300. Objective Examinations Example: 1.Instructor will design a listening examination covering compositions from the Middle Ages asking students to identify specific compositions’ name of the piece, composer, genre, style features. Instructor will assess the accuracy of answers. 2. Students will take a multiple choice, true or false, matching, short answer exam covering each historic era. For example: Multiple choice: The composer of Ordo virtutum is: a. Adam St. Victor d. St. Benedict b. Hildegard of Bingen e. Wipo of Burgundy c. Notker Balbulus True or False: Troubadours were men and trouvères were women. (False) Projects Example: Deliver an in-class presentation examining how the French operas and opera-ballets of Rameau continued the tradition of Lully and how they differed. The instructor will create a grading rubric for evaluating accuracy of content, use of technology in presentation and thoroughness in comparing specific details of the two composers' work. Repeatable No Methods of Instruction Lecture/Discussion Distance Learning Lecture: Lecture/Discussion: 1) In class or via video-lecture on Canvas, the Instructor will guide the class through a recording of a Bach fugue, pointing out its sections and identifying the Subject Entries and Episodes. Students will then listen to another Bach fugue to identify Subject Entries and Episodes. 2) In class or via lecture-video on Canvas, Instructor will introduce various genres of vocal music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras through both listening and score reading. Students will discuss various musical distinctions, differences and similarities from the Renaissance to the Baroque in vocal music and instrumental accompaniments. In the Distance Learning setting, students will write a midterm essay on the distinctions between Renaissance and Baroque musical styles. Distance Learning 1) In class or via video-lecture on Canvas, the Instructor will guide the class through a recording of a Bach fugue, pointing out its sections and identifying the Subject Entries and Episodes. Students will then listen to another Bach fugue to identify Subject Entries and Episodes. Typical Out of Class Assignments Reading Assignments 1. In the chapter covering Ancient Music, read and discuss in class the uses for music in Mesopotamian cultures particularly in comparison to 21st century uses for music in the United States. 2. Research a selected topic, for example: compare and contrast a Baroque opera with an oratorio and discuss in class. Writing, Problem Solving or Performance 1. Write a analysis of Monteverdi's opera "L'Orfeo" showing how it represents the standards of composition, libretto, and plot of early Italian opera. 2. Discuss the various methods of composing, notating, and playing figured bass in the Baroque Era in a class presentation. Other (Term projects, research papers, portfolios, etc.) 1. Prepare a research paper of at least five pages (typed, double spaced, including works cited) which creates a cohesive narrative of the evolution of European music through the Medieval and Baroque eras (~800-1750AD), discussing particular innovations, genres, composers, and compositions. Required Materials A History of Western Music Author: Burkholder, Grout, Palisca Publisher: W. W. Norton Publication Date: 2018 Text Edition: 10th Classic Textbook?: No OER Link: OER: Concise History of Western Music Author: Barbara Russano Hanning Publisher: W.W. Norton Publication Date: 2020 Text Edition: 5th Classic Textbook?: No OER Link: OER: Other materials and-or supplies required of students that contribute to the cost of the course.
Humanities
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