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College of the Redwoods
CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
DEPARTMENT AND COURSE NUMBER: ART 61
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered)
COURSE TITLE Basic Weaving and Textile Processes
LECTURE HOURS: 1.5 LAB HOURS: 4.5
PREREQUISITE: NONE
CO-REQUISITE: NONE
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
UNITS: 3.0
Eligibility for: Engl 150 Math 105
Request for Exception Attached
GRADING STANDARD: Letter Grade Only CR/NC Only Grade/CR/NC Option
TRANSFERABILITY: CSUS UC NONE Maximum Class Size 20
Articulation with UC requested
Repeatable yes no Max No. Units 6.0 Max No. Enrollments 2
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
This course is an introduction to basketry, twining and coiling, plaiting of waling, starts and finishes, design and form, color and dyeing of fiber, yarns, pattern drafting, tools, collection and use of materials, philosophy and tradition. The student will also be introduced to a variety of textile processes including: felt making, card weaving, and Inkle or bend weaving, and weaving on portable small looms, table looms, and frame looms.
Note: Course repeatable to a maximum 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. Gain a basic understanding of various textile constructions,
2. Demonstrate ability to design and apply processes to create textile objects, samples and projects,
3. Understand the history and aesthetics of textile processes in relationship to their own work,
4. Develop an ability to evaluate and criticize their own work, and
5. Develop the ability to use textile processes as a means of artistic expression.

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COURSE OUTLINE
Basketry
Topics selected from the following:
Dyeing Materials
Rib Construction
Basic Twining
Coiling and plaiting
Three and Four Rod Waling
Collection and Use of Natural Materials
Principles of Design and Use of Color
History, Philosophy and Tradition of Basketry
Critique of Projects
Completion of Projects
Other Textile Processes
Topics selected from the following:
Feltmaking
Cardweaving
Inkle Weaving
Frame Loom, Box Loom, Pin/Nail Loom, etc.
Brading, Twining, Plaiting, etc.
Knitting, Crocheting
Weaving
Topics selected from the following:
Yarns and Materials
% Of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic
35%
25%
40%
Equipment
Weave Structures, Pattern Drafting
Calculations and Project/Sample planning
Warping
Threading and Beaming On
Problem Solving and Corrections
Edges and Finishes
Critique and Evaluation
APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS: (indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended, including alternate texts that may be used.)
Text(s)
Title:____
Edition:____
Required
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. Request for Exception Attached

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Please check where appropriate; however, 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) _____
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)
laboratory report(s)
other (specify) projects/samples
quizzes
field work
homework problems
3. Skill demonstrations, including:
class performance(s) field work
other (specify) demonstration of projects and samples
4. Objective examinations, including:
multiple choice
completion
performance exam(s)
true/false matching items
other (specify) projects and samples
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 activity or exercise
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) Skill practice = working to complete projects
Problem solving = working to complete projects
Observations = visit galleries, yarn shops, museums (if possible)

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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.
Develop and analyze designs; ascertain potential and actual problems and determine improvements and solutions.
Examine materials to determine how they may be incorporated into successful designs/objectives.
Identify and calculate amounts and types of materials needed for sample and/or project.
Produce projects using various techniques, problem solve to successful completion/solution.

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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 whet 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 61
Department and Course No.
Basic Weaving and Textile Processes
Course Title
NATURE OF THE EXCEPTION REQUESTED AND RATIONALE: TEXTBOOK
An appropriate text that covers all topics adequately doesn’t exist. 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 class meeting.
EARTH BASKETRY
Osma Gallinger Todd
1933/1986 Schiffer Publ., Penn.
THE NEW BASKETRY
Ed Rossbach
1976/1980, Van Nostranol Reinhold
SPLINT WOVEN BASKETRY
Robin Taylor Daugherty
1986, Interweave Press
THE TEXTILE ARTS
Verla Birrell
NATURE OF THE EXCEPTION REQUESTED AND RATIONALE: REPEATABILITY
Topics vary from semester to semester, as does the difficulty and depth of involvement with projects and samples.