ART 146 – Page 1
Date Approved:
5/2/90
Retyped:
4.26.05
Date Inactivated:
9/28/07
College of the Redwoods
CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
DEPARTMENT AND COURSE NUMBER: ART 146
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered) ART 188
COURSE TITLE Monoprint Techniques
LECTURE HOURS: 9
LAB HOURS: 27
UNITS: 1.0
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
no
CR/NC Only
NONE
Grade/CR/NC Option
Maximum Class Size 22
Max No. Units
Max No. Enrollments
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to introduce students to the “Painterly Print.” Monotypes are one-of-a-kind
images created with oil based pigments worked over metal, plastic, or low relief plates and printed on
absorbent printing paper. While the process is centuries old, its great popularity among artists and
dealers has surfaced only in the last decade. Students will develop images using black field manner:
collage polychrome and multiple-run monotypes and monoprints.
NOTE: Recommend ART 17, ART 22, and ART 23
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. Plan and execute a successful monotype in each of three or more techniques—black field
manner, collaged polychrome, and multiple run images.
2. Demonstrate proper use of the press, good printing techniques and proper care and presentation
of fine prints.
3. Critically evaluate a monotype in terms of technical and aesthetic issues.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Topic
Introduction to tools and materials
Set-up, clean-up, and safety procedures
History of monotypes and monoprints
Black Field manner
Solvents and ink modifiers
Viscosity techniques
Collage stencil and resists
Multiple run image develoment
Laboratory practice
% of Classroom Hours Spent on Each
1 hr.
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
27
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ART 146 – Page 2
Date Approved:
5/2/90
Retyped:
4.26.05
Date Inactivated:
9/28/07
APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS: (Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended,
including alternate texts that may be used.)
Text(s)
Title: NONE
Required
Edition:
Alternate
Author:
Recommended
Publisher:
Date Published:
(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.
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
4. Other (specify) Critique of assembled prints.
NOTE: A course grade may not be based solely on attendance.
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ART 146 – Page 3
Date Approved:
5/2/90
Retyped:
4.26.05
Date Inactivated:
9/28/07
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)
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.
Coursework includes the ability to creatively design and produce high-quality prints utilizing problemsolving skills, sometimes mathematical concepts, and other techniques resulting in a finished work.
The student must also be able to study, evaluate, and critique his or her own work and that of the
other students.
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ART 146 – Page 4
Date Approved:
5/2/90
Retyped:
4.26.05
Date Inactivated:
9/28/07
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 146
Department and Course No.
Monoprint Techniques
Course Title
NAUTRE OF THE EXCEPTION OND RATIONALE:
TEXT
This class utilizes a variety of methods and techniques not easily available in a single textbook.
Handouts, lectures, and resource materials will be made available to students throughout the course.
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