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College of the Redwoods
CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
DEPARTMENT AND COURSE NUMBER: ART 69
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered)
COURSE TITLE
Textile History
LECTURE HOURS: 3.0
LAB HOURS:
UNITS: 3.0
PREREQUISITE: NONE
Eligibility for: Engl 150
Math 105
Request for Exception Attached
CO-REQUISITE: NONE
GRADING STANDARD:
Letter Grade Only
TRANSFERABILITY:
CSUS
UC
Articulation with UC requested
Repeatable
yes
CR/NC Only
NONE
Grade/CR/NC Option
Maximum Class Size NONE
no
Max No. Units
Max No. Enrollments
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
A survey of textiles from pre-history to the present. This course will consider the role of textiles in history
and in cultures. Some topics to be considered are: tools and techniques; belief systems; rituals; centers
of production and trade; fashion and costume; design styles, aesthetics, and motifs. Several
cultures/textiles will be studied in depth.
COURSE OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES: List the primary instructional objectives of the class. Formulate
some of them in terms of specific measurable student accomplishments, e.g., specific knowledge and/or
skills to be attained as a result of completing this course. For degree-applicable courses, include
objectives in the area of “critical thinking.”
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will learn to recognize textiles on the basis of:
1. Their construction techniques.
2. Their function in society.
3. Their cultural origins.
4. Their historical significance.
5. Their design.
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COURSE OUTLINE:
% of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic
TOOLS: The development of looms, dyes, and processes
15%
TECHNIQUES: Printing, dyeing, weaving, and other textile constructions from
These geographic areas
15%
CULTURES: History, belief systems, and functions (including tribal art,
Sacred art, ritual objects, and status objects)
15%
MAJOR PERIODS OR STYLES
25%
TRADITION AND CHANGE: Influences on the development of textiles;
Trade routes, appropriations, and “borrowing”
10%
FASHION AND COSTUME: The Decorated Body; economics, status,
Styles, construction, and tailoring
10%
DESIGN STYLES AND AESTHETICS: Motifs, signs, and symbols
10%
APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS: (Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended,
including alternate texts that may be used.)
Text(s)
Title: Textiles: 5,000 Years
Required
Edition:
Alternate
Author: Jennifer Harris
Recommended
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Date Published: 1993
(Additional required, alternate, or recommended texts should be listed on a separate sheet and attached.)
For degree applicable courses the adopted texts have been certified to be college-level:
Yes. Basis for determination:
is used by two or more four-year colleges or universities (certified by the Division Chair, or
Branch Coordinator, or Center Dean)
OR
has been certified by the LAC as being of college level using the Coleman and Dale—Chall
Readability Index Scale.
No.
If no text or a below college level text is used in a degree applicable course, a Request for Exception form
must be completed and a rationale provided. This request for exception will be approved or denied by the
Curriculum Committee.
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METHODS TO MEASURE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT:
Please check where appropriate; however, a degree applicable course must have a minimum of one
response in category 1, 2, or3. If category 1 is not checked, the department must explain why substantial
writing assignments are an inappropriate basis for at least part of the grade.
1. Substantial writing assignments, including:
essay exam(s)
term or other paper(s)
written homework
reading report(s)
laboratory report(s)
other (specify)
If the course is degree applicable, substantial writing assignments in this course are inappropriate
because:
The course is primarily computational in nature.
The course primarily involves skill demonstrations or problem solving.
Other rationale (explain)
2. Computational or Non-computational problem-solving demonstrations, including:
exam(s)
quizzes
homework problems
laboratory report(s)
field work
other (specify)
3. Skill demonstrations, including:
class performance(s)
other (specify)
4. Objective examinations, including:
multiple choice
completion
field work
performance exam(s)
true/false
other (specify)
matching items
5.Other (specify) _______
NOTE: A course grade may not be based solely on attendance.
REQUIRED READING, WRITING, AND OTHER OUTSIDE OF CLASS ASSIGNMENTS:
Over an 18-week presentation of the course, 3 hours per week are required for each unit of credit. ALL
Degree Applicable Credit classes must treat subject matter with a scope and intensity which require the
student to study outside of class. Two hours of independent work done out of class are required for each
hour of lecture. Lab and activity classes must also require some outside of class work. Outside of the
regular class time the students in this class will be doing the following:
Study
Answer questions
Skill practice
Required reading
Problem solving
Written work (essays/compositions/report/analysis/research)
Journal (reaction and evaluation of class, done on a continuing basis throughout the
semester)
Observation of or participation in an activity related to course content (e.g., play, museum,
concert, debate, meeting, etc.)
Field trips
Other (specify)
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COLLEGE LEVEL CRITICAL THINKING TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS:
Degree applicable courses must include critical thinking tasks/assignments. This section need not be
completed for non-degree applicable courses. Describe how the course requires students to
independently analyze synthesize, explain, assess, anticipate and/or define problems, formulate and
assess solutions, apply principles to new situations, etc.
1. Students will analyze various ways of constructing textiles.
2. Students will evaluate the constructions’ significance in terms of the design and manufacture of
the textile.
3. Students will assess the role and significance of textiles within cultures
4. Students will formulate theories about the role and influence of textiles on history.
5. Students will independently research specific techniques, cultures, historical time, or functions of
textiles.
6. Students will learn to analyze textiles to place them in terms of culture and construction.
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REQUEST FOR EXCEPTION
The Curriculum Committee is authorized to determine the appropriateness of entrance skills and
requisites for any given course; to determine whether or not language and/or computational skills at
the associate degree level are essential to success in a given course; to determine what is “college
level” in learning skills, vocabulary, and in the ability to think critically and apply concepts; and to
determine on a case-by-case basis when any departure from the attached guidelines may be justified.
To request an exception, provide the following information:
ART 69
Department and Course No.
Textile History
Course Title
Nature of the Exception Requested and Rationale:
TEXT
No appropriate text exists that covers all topics adequately. Portions of the following books will be
used in the place of a single text, and an extensive bibliography will be passed out at the first
meeting.
A History of Textiles, Kay Wilson, Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, 1979.
Textile Art, Michel Thomas, C. Maiguy, S. Pommier, Skira/Rizzoli, 1985.
A History of Textile Art, Agnes Geijer, Pasold Research Fund with Sotheby, Parke, Bernet.
Textiles: 5,000 Years, Jennifer Harris, Harry N. Abrams, 1993.
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