Contra Costa College
Course Outline
Department & Number
Course Title
Art 250
Advanced Studio Projects Advanced I
Prerequisite
Co-requisite
Prerequisite or concurrently
Challenge Policy
Number of Weeks
Lecture Hours per term
18
0-36
Lab Hours per term 54-144
*HBA per term 0
Activity Hours per term
Units
1-4
Advisory
* Studio classes in the Art Department involve elaborate setup, clean up, and environmental and mechanical safety
issues. This takes instructional time from the beginning and end of each class session. For that reason it is Art
Department’s policy that we meet four hours, rather than three hours, for one unit of credit.
Hours per week.
HOURS BY ARRANGEMENT: 0
ACTIVITIES: (Please provide a list of the activities students will perform in order to satisfy the HBA requirement):
Advanced skill development in drawing and composition, ceramics, form and color, and painting.
Synthesis of individual aesthetic from personal, class, and outside sources
Analysis and assessment of art work, including peer, contemporary, and historical works
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course provides advanced art students with the opportunity to pursue their medium (drawing and
composition, figure drawing, form and color, painting, sculpture and ceramics, and photography) on a
more intensive and individual basis. May be repeated three times.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the completion of the course the student will be able to:
Demonstrate advanced skill in the handling of drawing and composition, ceramics, form and color, and painting.
Synthesize an individual aesthetic from personal, course, and research information.
Critically analyze and assess art work of peers, contemporary, and historical sources.
Communicate originality and independence in artworks.
COURSE CONTENT: (In detail; attach additional information as needed and include percentage breakdown)
35
% Advanced skill development in drawing and composition, ceramics, form and color, and painting.
25
% Synthesis of individual aesthetic from personal, class, and outside sources.
25
% Analysis and assessment of art work, including peer, contemporary, and historical works
15
% Originality and independence.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Lecture
Demonstration
Group instruction
Multimedia
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Textbook Title:
Instructor prepared handouts and various texts from Art 225, 231, and
274.
Author:
Publisher:
Edition/Date:
COURSE EXPECTATIONS (Use applicable expectations)
Outside of Class Weekly Assignments
Weekly Reading Assignments
Weekly Writing Assignments
Weekly Math Problems
Lab or Software Application Assignments
Other Performance Assignments
Hours per week
1-4
1-4
1-4
STUDENT EVALUATION: (Show percentage breakdown for evaluation instruments)
35
25
25
15
%
%
%
%
Individual Critiques on portfolio
Research and journal assignments
Demonstration of safe use of materials, studio, and tools
Final Paper
GRADING POLICY (Choose LG, CR/NC, or SC)
Letter Grade
Pass / No Pass
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
70% and above = Pass
Below 70% = No Pass
Prepared by:
Eric Sanchez
Date:
S10
Form Revised 03/09
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Student Choice
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
or
70% and above = Pass
Below 70% = No Pass