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 55
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Course Title: Lettering 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
]
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 to include course learning outcomes. Class size decreased to accommodate lab only students and repeaters.
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List any special materials, equipment, tools, etc. that students must purchase:
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Will this course have an instructional materials fee? No Yes
Fee: $
Submitted by: Judy Detrick Tel. Ext. 707-964-9279 Date: 2/10/08
Division Chair: Justine Shaw Review Date:
C URRICULUM C OMMITTEE U SE O NLY
Approved by Curriculum Committee: No Yes Date: 2/22/08
Board of Trustees Approval Date: 3/4/08
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.)
Grading Standard
Total Units
Lecture Units
Lab Units
OLD
A course designed to further skills in the area of calligraphy or lettering. New ideas and techniques will be explored.
Repeatable to a maximum of three enrollments.
Letter Grade Only
NEW
A course designed to provide individualized instruction within the classroom context of Art 16.
Students will be encouraged to pursue independent directions in lettering and layout. Repeatable to a maximum of 4 enrollments.
Grade-CR/NC Option
Prerequisites Art 16 none
Corequisites
Recommended
Preparation none Art 16
Maximum Class Size 26
Repeatability—
Maximum Enrollments
Other
3
10
4
If any of the listed features have been modified in the new proposal, indicate the “old” (current) information and proposed changes.
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
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College of the Redwoods
C OURSE O UTLINE
DATE: 2/10/08
COURSE ID AND NUMBER: Art 55
COURSE TITLE: Lettering Lab
FIRST TERM NEW OR REVISED COURSE MAY BE OFFERED:
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL HOURS:
1
54
[Lecture Units: Lab Units: 1 ]
[Lecture Hours: Lab Hours: 54 ]
MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE: 10
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
Art 16. Students will be encouraged to pursue independent directions in lettering and layout. Repeatable to a maximum of 4 enrollments.
Special notes or advisories:
Students cannot enroll in the concurrently offered section of Art 16.
PREREQUISITES
No Yes
Rationale for Prerequisite:
Course(s):
Describe representative skills without which the student would be highly unlikely to succeed .
COREQUISITES
No Yes
Rationale for Corequisite:
Course(s):
RECOMMENDED PREPARATION
No Yes Course(s): Art 16
Rationale for Recommended Preparation:
In this course, students devise their own assignments under the supervision of the instructor. Basic lettering skills are very helpful in order to sucessfully work in a semiindependent manner.
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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. Use a broad edge pen at an intermediate level with a variety of independently chosen media.
2. Use a brush or other traditional tool (quill, reed, etc.) to render western letterforms.
3. Create lettering projects that follow consistent, independently-devised themes and content.
4. Effectively use intermediate-level technical and conceptual skills in lettering, including gold leaf techniques.
5. Verbally describe these intermediate-level fundamentals in lettering.
COURSE CONTENT
Themes : What themes, if any, are threaded throughout the learning experiences in this course?
1. Research and experimentation with modern adaptations of historical forms.
2. Research and experimentation with media (i.e., inks, paints, gold leaf).
3. Research and experimentation with tools (i.e., pens, brushes, stylii).
4. Research and integration of personal experience into lettering.
5. Research and integration of political, cultural, or sociological content into lettering.
6. Research and integration of gestalt principles into lettering (i.e., continuation, closure, proximity, etc.
Concepts : What concepts do students need to understand to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Mastery through repetitive practice of all aspects of lettering.
2. Construction of letterforms using a variety of writing implements.
3. Traditional vs. experimental layout and design.
4. Properties of animal skin, metal, and stone as substrates for lettering.
4. The varied methods that artists use to research and develop their own personal content and subject matter.
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. How lettering functions and is perceived in fine art and graphic art markets historically and today.
2. How the introduction of digital technology has impacted global art practices.
3. The dialectic between historical/traditional and contemporary/experimental issues in current art practices.
Skills : What skills must students master to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Follow directions, take notes, and verbally express an understanding of contemporary practices of lettering and layout.
2. Work successfully with a tool other than a broad edged pen to render letterforms.
3. Work successfully with gold leaf.
4. Sustain work on an independent project with sketches and rough layouts until it reaches comnpositional and thematic resolution.
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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.
1. Completing in-class individualized laboratory assignments.
2. Completing homework assignments.
3. Preparing portfolios of artworks.
4. Reading assigned essays.
5. Participating 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 :
1. Weekly evaluations of all projects to assess technical and conceptual skill development.
Required assessments for all sections – to include but not limited to :
1. Regularly scheduled homework assignments.
2. Regularly scheduled reviews of all in-class laboratory work and homework.
3. Regularly scheduled one-on-one critiques and demonstrations 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
Claude Mediavilla
Title
Calligraphy
Date
2006
Author Title Date
Author Title Date
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
CSU
CR GE Category :
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
E. Lifelong Understanding and Self-
Development
D5 – Geography
D6 – History
D7 – Interdisciplinary Social or Behavioral
E1 – Lifelong Understanding
E2 – Self-Development
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-55
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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Department:
ARTLN Arts.Languages Social Sciences
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Subject: Art
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Short Title:
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Long Title:
Course No: 55
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Credit Type: Choose One:
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Min/Maximum Units: 1.0
to variable units
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Course Level: E Not Occupational
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Academic Level: UG Undergraduate
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Grade Scheme: UG Undergraduate
Lettering Lab
Lettering Lab
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National ID (CIP):
50.0402
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Local ID (TOPS):
101300
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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:
NWE Not Coop Work Experience
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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
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CoRequisite Course: None
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Recommended Prep: Art 16
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Maximum Class Size: 10
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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)
:
B Transfers to CSU only
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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.
Particular Comments for Printed Catalog.
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Curriculum Approval Date:
2/22/08
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
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