College of the Redwoods
C URRICULUM P ROPOSAL
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Division: Arts, Languages, and Social Sciences
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Course ID and Number: Art 52
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Course Title: Open Art Lab
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Discipline(s) (Select from CCC System Office Minimum Qualification for Faculty [copy following web address and paste into web browser http://www.cccco.edu/divisions/esed/aa_ir/psmq/min_qual/min_quals%20_revApr406.pdf
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Course may fit more than one discipline; identify all that apply): Art
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Check one of the following:
New Course
If curriculum has been offered under a different discipline and/or name, identify the former course:
Change to existing course (course discipline and number are not changing)
Should another course be inactivated? No Yes Inactivation date:
Title of course to be inactivated:
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Is course part of a CR Degree/Certificate Program? (If New is selected above, check No) No Yes
If yes, specify program code(s). (Codes can be found in Outlook/Public Folders/All Public Folders/
Curriculum/Degree and Certificate Programs/choose appropriate catalog year):
Required course
Restricted elective
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Provide explanation and justification for addition/change/deletion: the course outline needs updating with the additions of newly devevoped SLOs. Art
52 is an Open art studio lab class which would be neither physically nor pedagogicaly sound to offer with as many as 50 studnets working in unique directions in a diversity of media, hence the number was reduced to 30
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List any special materials, equipment, tools, etc. that students must purchase: supplies for drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed media, printmaking, or photography
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Will this course have an instructional materials fee? No Yes
Fee: $
Submitted by: Bob Rhoades Tel. Ext. 2685 Date: 10/3/07
Division Chair: Justine Shaw Review Date: 10/19/07
C URRICULUM C OMMITTEE U SE O NLY
Approved by Curriculum Committee: No Yes Date: 10/26/07
Academic Senate Approval Date: 12/11/07
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
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S UMMARY OF C URRICULUM C HANGES
FOR AN E XISTING C OURSE
FEATURES
Catalog Description
(Please include complete text of old and new catalog descriptions.)
OLD
Designed for students who desire to further develop their skills in a variety of art media.
Instructors provide instruction through individual contract that encourages student exploration and personal direction.
Select
NEW
A course designed to provide individualized instruction within the classroom context of studio art classes. Students will be encouraged to pursue independent directions in a variety of media.
Select Grading Standard
Total Units
Lecture Units
Lab Units
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Recommended
Preparation none
Maximum Class Size 50
Repeatability—
Maximum Enrollments
Art 17, 23, 3A, 31A, 35, or 46
30
Other
If any of the listed features have been modified in the new proposal, indicate the “old” (current) information and proposed changes.
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College of the Redwoods
C OURSE O UTLINE
DATE: 10/22/07
COURSE ID AND NUMBER: Art 52
COURSE TITLE: Open Lab
FIRST TERM NEW OR REVISED COURSE MAY BE OFFERED: Spring 08
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL HOURS:
1
54
[Lecture Units: Lab Units: 1 ]
[Lecture Hours: Lab Hours: 54 ]
MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE: 30
GRADING STANDARD
Letter Grade Only CR/NC Only Grade-CR/NC Option
Is this course repeatable for additional credit units : No Yes If yes, h ow many total enrollments?
4
Is this course to be offered as part of the Honors Program? No Yes
If yes, explain how honors sections of the course are different from standard sections.
CATALOG DESCRIPTION
The catalog description should clearly state the scope of the course, its level, and what kinds of student goals the course is designed to fulfill .
A course designed to provide individualized instruction within the classroom context of studio art classes. Students will be encouraged to pursue independent directions in a variety of media.
Special notes or advisories:
Students enrolled in the open lab section during a particular time slot will not be concurrently enrolled in another lab or lab/lecture class during this same time slot
PREREQUISITES
No Yes Course(s):
Rationale for Prerequisite:
Describe representative skills without which the student would be highly unlikely to succeed .
COREQUISITES
No Yes
Rationale for Corequisite:
Course(s):
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RECOMMENDED PREPARATION
No Yes Course(s): Art 17, 22, 23, 31, 35, 43A or 46
Rationale for Recommended Preparation:
In this course, students devise their own assignments under the supervision of the instructor. Basic drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and or photographic skills are needed in order to successfully work in a semi-independent manner.
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
What should the student be able to do as a result of taking this course? State some of the objectives in terms of specific, measurable student accomplishments .
1. Work proficiently at an advanced level with chosen media.
2. Create a series of projects that follow consistent, independently-devised themes and content.
3. With these projects demonstrate an intermediate to advanced level of technical and conceptual comprehension in art making with the chosen medium or media
4. Verbally describe the aesthetics, content and context for representational and nonobjective image-making in the chosen media.
COURSE CONTENT
Themes : What themes, if any, are threaded throughout the learning experiences in this course?
1. Organizing concepts, materials, processes to proceed in a timely manner through the individualized contracted projects.
2. Research and experimentation with media (i.e., encaustic, acrylic, non-silver prints, pastels, clay).
3. Research and experimentation with process (i.e., how each particular media is manipulated and deployed).
4. Research and integration of personal experience and personal icongraphy into image making.
5. Research and integration of political, cultural, or sociological content into imaging making.
6. Research and integration of visual art's aesthetic principles into image making (ie. line, form, composition, space, value, color, texture, etc.).
Concepts : What concepts do students need to understand to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. The tools and techniques for the chosen media.
2. Line (including structural, lyrical, expressive).
3. Composition (including unity, balance, focal point, and negative space).
4. Value ( to show form, space, surface, weight.)
5. Color (including color mixing and color's emotive and symbolic properties).
6. Texture (including actual and implied).
7. How to develop a consistent series of related art objects.
8. The varied methods that artists use to research and develop their own personal content and subject matter.
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Issues : What primary issues or problems, if any, must students understand to achieve course outcomes (including such issues as gender, diversity, multi-culturalism, and class)?
1. The dialectic between personal and institutional imperatives and expectations in artmaking.
2. T he dialectic between personal and broadly cultural imperatives and expectations in artmaking.
3. The dialectic between historical/traditional and contemporary/experimental issues in current art practices.
4. The dialectic between modernist and postmodernist issues in current art practices.
Skills : What skills must students master to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Students must be able to work at an intermediate level using a variety of media, including printmaking, photography, sculpture, ceramics, charcoal, pen and ink, and pastel.
2. Students must be able to follow directions, listen carefully during one-on-one critiques, and thoughtfully respond to questions and issues posed during these critiques.
3. Students must be able to complete a suite of unique and original drawings by using intermediate-level technical and conceptual skills in line, composition, value, color, and texture.
4. Students must be able to describe (at a more advanced level than in the beginning level classes) the technical and conceptual skills in line, composition, value, color, and texture.
REPRESENTATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES
What will students be doing (e.g., listening to lectures, participating in discussions and/or group activities, attending a field trip)? Relate the activities directly to the Course Learning Outcomes.
Students will:
1. Complete in-class individualized laboratory assignments.
2. Complete homework assignments.
3. Prepare portfolios or a series of 3D artworks.
4. Read assigned essays.
5. Participate in one-on-one discussions and critiques.
ASSESSMENT TASKS
How will students show evidence of achieving the Course Learning Outcomes? Indicate which assessments (if any) are required for all sections .
Representative assessment tasks :
Critiques.
Required assessments for all sections – to include but not limited to :
1. Regularly scheduled evaluations of all completed projects to assess the technical skill development and conceptual comprehension of the individualized skills, themes, and concepts developed by the student and instructor.
2. Regularly scheduled one-on-one and group critiques and discussions to assess students' verbal communication and conceptual comprehension of the individualized skills, themes and concepts developed by the student and the instructor.
EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TEXTS OR OTHER READINGS
Author, Title, and Date Fields are required
Author Title Date
Other Appropriate Readings :
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PROPOSED TRANSFERABILITY: CSU UC None
If CSU transferability is proposed (courses numbered
1-99), indicate whether general elective credit or specific course equivalent credit is proposed.
If specific course equivalent credit is proposed, give course numbers/ titles of at least two comparable lower division courses from a UC, CSU, or equivalent institution.
General elective credit
Specific course equivalent
1. ,
(Campus)
2. ,
(Campus)
CURRENTLY APPROVED GENERAL EDUCATION
CR CR GE Category :
CSU CSU GE Category :
IGETC IGETC Category :
PROPOSED CR GENERAL EDUCATION
Rationale for CR General Education approval (including category designation):
Natural Science
Social Science
Humanities
Language and Rationality
Writing
Oral Communications
Analytical Thinking
PROPOSED CSU GENERAL EDUCATION BREADTH (CSU GE)
A. Communications and Critical Thinking
A1 – Oral Communication
A2 – Written Communication
A3 – Critical Thinking
C. Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and Foreign
Language
B. Science and Math
B1 – Physical Science
B2 – Life Science
B3 – Laboratory Activity
B4 – Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning
D. Social, Political, and Economic Institutions
C1 – Arts (Art, Dance, Music, Theater)
C2 – Humanities (Literature,
Philosophy, Foreign Language)
D0 – Sociology and Criminology
D1 – Anthropology and Archeology
D2 – Economics
D3 – Ethnic Studies
D5 – Geography
E. Lifelong Understanding and Self-
Development
E1 – Lifelong Understanding
E2 – Self-Development
D6 – History
D7 – Interdisciplinary Social or Behavioral
Science
D8 – Political Science, Government and Legal Institutions
D9 – Psychology
Rationale for inclusion in this General Education category : Same as above
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Proposed Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)
1A – English Composition
1B – Critical Thinking-English Composition
1C – Oral Communication (CSU requirement only)
2A – Math
3A – Arts
3B – Humanities
4A – Anthropology and Archaeology
4B – Economics
4E – Geography
4F – History
4G – Interdisciplinary, Social & Behavioral Sciences
4H – Political Science, Government & Legal Institutions
4I – Psychology
4J – Sociology & Criminology
5A – Physical Science
5B – Biological Science
6A – Languages Other Than English
Rationale for inclusion in this General Education category: Same as above
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PROGRAM AND COURSE NUMBER ART-52
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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Department: ARTS Arts
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Subject: Art
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Short Title:
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Long Title:
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National ID (CIP):
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Local ID (TOPS):
100100
Course No:
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Course Level: E Not Occupational
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Grade Scheme: UG Undergraduate
Open Lab for Art
Open Lab for Art
50.0101
52
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Credit Type: D Credit Degree Applicable
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Min/Maximum Units: 1.0
to variable units
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Academic Level: UG Undergraduate
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Course Types:
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Level One Basic Skills: NBS Not Basic Skills
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Level Two Work Experience: Choose One:
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Level Three: Placeholder for GE OR
DOES NOT APPLY
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Level Four: If GE : Choose One:
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Instructional Method:
Lab Laboratory/Studio/Activity
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Lec TLUs: Contact Hours:
Lab TLUs: 3.0
Contact Hours: 54
Lecture/Lab TLUs: Contact Hours:
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Prerequisite: None
Particular Comments for Printed Catalog.
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CoRequisite Course: None
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Recommended Prep: Art 17, 22, 23, 31, 35, 43A or 46
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Maximum Class Size: 8
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Repeat/Retake: R3 May enroll 4 times for credit
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Count Retakes for Credit: yes no
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Only Pass/No Pass: yes no
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Allow Pass/No Pass: yes no
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VATEA Funded Course: yes no
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Accounting Method: W Weekly Census
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Disability Status: N Not a Special Class
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Billing Method: T-Term
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Billing Period: R-Reporting Term
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Billing Credits:
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Purpose:
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Articulation No.
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Transfer Status:
1.0
A Liberal Arts Sciences
Articulation Seq.
(CAN) :
(CAN) :
A Transfers to both UC/CSU
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Equates to another course? (course number).
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The addition of this course will inactive (course number) . Inactive at end of term.
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Curriculum Approval Date:
10/26/07
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
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