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College of the Redwoods
COURSE OUTLINE
PROGRAM AND COURSE NUMBER: ART 6
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered) _________________
COURSE TITLE 20TH CENTURY ART
I.
CATALOG AND OUTLINE
1. CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
A detailed survey of modern art and architecture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
Important artistic movements covered will include Impressionism, Art Nouveau, Fauvism, Cubism,
Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art and Post-Modern Art, among others.
NOTE:
2. COURSE OUTLINE:
1. Introduction
2. 19th Century Realism
3. Impressionism
4. Post-Impressionism
5. 19th Century Modern Architecture
6. Art Nouveau/Symbolism
7. Fauvism
8. Cubism
9. Expressionism
10. Early 20th Century Architecture
11. Dada/Surrealism
12. Early 20th Century American Art
13. Abstract Expressionism
14. Pop Art and Assemblage
15. Sixties Abstraction
16. Post-Modern Architecture
17. Post-Modern Art: The Seventies
18. Post-Modern Art: The Eighties and Nineties
II. PREREQUISITES
Prerequisite?
No
Corequisite?
No
Recommended Preparation?
No
Eligibility for:
EngI 150
% of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic
15
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
____
100%
Yes ______________________
(course)
Yes _____________________
(course)
Yes ________________________
(course)
Math 105/106
Rationale for Prerequisite, Corequisite, Recommended Preparation______________________________
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Date Approved:
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Date Scanned:
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Date Inactivated:
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III.
OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENTS
I. 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:
The student will be able to identify and analyze (both verbally and in written form) the particular art styles,
techniques and philosophical concepts unique to the art of our century. There are 3 principle ways that a
particular artwork can be analyzed and interpreted: the formal analysis, the analysis of the artwork’s
historical/cultural context, and an analysis of the psychology of individual artistic genius. Students will
become well versed in these various modes of analysis and will surely team as much about the historical,
sociological, psychological, and philosophical concerns of our century as they will learn about our
century’s art.
2. COLLEGE LEVEL CRITICAL THINKING TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS:
Degree applicable courses must include critical thinking tasks/assignments. This section need not be
completed for non-credit 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.
Most of the critical-thinking occurs with 3 particular assessment techniques: the carefully organized
lecture/discussion (which occurs during every class meeting), the substantial essay examination (every
six weeks), and the substantial term paper on one artwork chosen from the lecture (due near the end of
the course). Each lecture paraphrases and expands upon the concepts presented in the corresponding
reading assignment, and specific questions are posed to the group. These questions most often request
that a student give a careful formal analysis of the artwork, compare the formal, stylistic, and
philosophical differences between two artworks of differing artists, time periods, or cultures, or describe
the historical/cultural background in which the artwork in questions was created.
Essay examinations ask for similar analysis in written form, and the term paper allows for extensive
formal analysis of a chosen artwork, as well as an opportunity for students to include personal and
subjective analysis of the artwork, and also an opportunity for students to master skills in objective
research and interpretation of other historians’ analyses.
3. ASSESSMENT
Degree applicable courses 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)
quizzes
homework problems
laboratory report(s)
field work
other (specify)_______
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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
5. Other (specify) ____________________________________
NOTE: A course grade may not be based solely on attendance.
IV.
TEXTS AND MATERIALS
APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS:
(Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended, including alternate texts that may be used.)
Text(s)
Title: _History of Modern Art
Required
Edition: 3rd
Alternate
Author: H.H. Arnason
Recommended
Publisher: Prentice Hall/Abrams
Date Published1986
(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
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) ____________________________
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Date Scanned:
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V. TECHNICAL INFORMATION
1. Contact Hours Per Week: (Indicate
5. Recommended Maximum Class Size 40
"TOTAL" hours if less than semester length)
Lecture:
3.0 Weekly
Lab:
TOTAL
Weekly
No. of Weeks S
TOTAL
(S = semester length)
(Use Request for Exception sheet to justify
6. Transferability
CSU
UC
List two UC/CSU campuses with similar courses
(include course #s)
HSU, ART 104I UC Berkeley, Art History 81
more-than-minimum required hours.)
Articulation with UC requested
Units 3.0 or
Variable Unit Range
7. Grading Standard
Letter Grade Only
2. TLUs 4.5
CR/NC Only
Grade-CR/NC Option
3. Does course fulfill a General Education
requirement? (For existing courses only;
for new courses, use GE Application Form)
Grade-CR/NC Option Criteria:
Introductory
1st course in sequence
Exploratory
Yes
No
8. Is course repeatable
If yes, in what G.E. area?
Yes
No
If so, repeatable to a maximum of:
AA/AS Area
Total Enrollments
CSU/GE Area
Total Units
IGETC Area
(Use Request for Exception sheet to justify repeatability.)
4. Method of Instruction:
9. SAM Classification G
Lecture
Lab
Lecture/Lab
Independent Study
Course Classification A
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