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College of the Redwoods
CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
DEPARTMENT AND COURSE NUMBER: ART 38
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered)
COURSE TITLE Landscape Photography
LECTURE HOURS: 1.5
LAB HOURS: 4.5
PREREQUISITE: ART-35 or equivalent
UNITS: 3.0
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
no
Grade/CR/NC Option
Maximum Class Size 20
Max No. Units 6.0
Max No. Enrollments 2
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
A course designed to photographically explore the landscape. Emphasis will be placed on an individual
exploration of past and present modes of landscape photography. Field assignments will encourage the
exploration of our varied local landscapes. Class demonstrations and assignments will encourage
development of the individual technical and visual skills and in the definition of a personal philosophy
regarding the landscape.
NOTE: Course may be repeated for a total of 6.0 units.
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 be
able to:
1. Understand and apply techniques and theories underlying landscape photograph.
2. Apply a working knowledge of the modes of landscape photography, to the production of specific
visual statements (photographs) that define an individual’s ideas about the landscape.
3. Better understand basic zone system control of film exposure and development.
4. Control and use acquired technical skills to produce fine art landscape prints.
5. Understand and apply a basic knowledge of historical and contemporary modes of landscape
photography to their own work.
6. Speak knowledgeably about the technical and visual aspects of their landscape work and the ideas
underlying their photographs and portfolio.
7. Show a finished landscape portfolio that will visually demonstrate a mastery of technical skills, and
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will make an informed visual statement, illustrating styles and techniques relevant to landscape work.
COURSE OUTLINE:
% of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic
Course introduction, assignment summary, portfolio, critiques, grading and material
5%
Historical and contemporary trends in landscape photography
10%
The zone system as applied to the exposure and development of black and white
film for landscape photography
5%
Lighting problems and solutions in landscape photography
5%
Special techniques of testing, developing, printing and processing landscape prints
10%
View cameras, lenses, and equipment and their uses in landscape photography
Processing view camera film
5%
Oral reports - relating the work of (a) specific landscape photographer(s) to the
photographs a student is attempting for their portfolio. Requires a technical,
visual, and aesthetic comparison/contrast and analysis of visual ideas
10%
Critiques - share and analyze the work of each student, both specific
assignments and individually produces images (ideas)
15%
Final portfolio analysis
5%
Homework assignment review
5%
Lecture presentations, technical demonstrations
5%
Preservation and presentation of landscape photographs
2.5%
Portfolio production and presentation
2.5%
Homework, worksheets, quizzes and exams - in class reviews of
material covered
5%
Assignments in landscape photography
5%
Understanding color in landscape photography
5%
APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS: (Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended,
including alternate texts that may be used.)
Text (s)
Title: The Land-20th Century Landscape Photographers
Required
Edition:____
Alternate
Author: Bill Brant
Recommended
Publisher: Decapro Press Date Published: 1976
(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. Request for Exception Attached
If no text or a below college level text is used in a degree applicable course must have a minimum of one
response in category 1, 2, or 3. 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) _____
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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) production of visual images and completion of visual assignments
demonstrate satisfactory solution of technical and visual problems
2. Computational or Non-computational problem-solving demonstrations, including:
exam(s)
quizzes
homework problems
laboratory report(s)
field work
other (specify)_technical and
visual assignments
3. Skill demonstrations, including:
class performance(s)
field work
performance exam(s)
other (specify) completion of visual and technical assignments and final portfolio in class critiques.
4. Objective examinations, including:
multiple choice
completion
true/false
other (specify)
matching items
5. Other (specify) attendance, individual effort and participation in class critiques.
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) _Library research/oral report, outside class photography assignments,
photograph for completion of final portfolio
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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. Textbook Worksheet Assignments - Require students to understand, define, and refine the basic
technical, visual, and aesthetic concepts that are used in landscape photography and to relate and
incorporate these concepts into their photographic assignments and portfolios.
2. Oral Reports - Requires the student to read, analyze, and synthesize a body of material about a
specific group of photographs and be able to understand, compare, and contrast the work of this
photographer with the student’s own work. It encompasses the development of individual visual
ideas and aesthetics based on analysis and comparison of visual imagery.
3. Critiques - Provide a major opportunity for students to review (both visually and verbally) an
immense amount of landscape imagery and photographic ideas.
a) Encourage and require individual analysis of the technical and visual elements of
landscape photographs
b) Teach and require the use of the process of “creative criticism” which includes:
1) Defining technical, visual, and aesthetic “problems’ and
2) Offering solutions to such “problems”
3) Encourages and requires the development of individual analytical skills in solving
assigned problems and their verbalization of the “problem-solution” system.
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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 38
Department and Course No
Landscape Photography
Course Title
NATURE OF THE EXCEPTION REQUESTED AND RATIONALE:
REPEATABILITY
Repeatability justified, since course content differs each tine it is offered and skills or proficiencies are
enhanced by supervised repetition and practice within class periods.
SECOND RECOMMENDED TEXT:
The Practical Zone System - A Simple Guide to Photographic Control
Chris Johnson (Author)
Focal Press (Publisher)