Academic Catalog - Art

ART 1002 / ART 131: Visual Concepts 2-D Design – 3 Credits
Examines the basic elements of design, visual perception, and artistic form and composition as they relate to two dimensional media.
(Contact hours – 90) 

ART 1003 / ART 132: Visual Concepts 3-D Design – 3 Credits
Focuses on learning to apply the elements and principles of design to three dimensional problems.
(Contact hours – 90)  

ART 1005 / ART 150: Digital Art Foundations I – 3 Credits
Explores visual problem solving using digital tools for fine art. Students will learn to draw and paint in a variety of artistic modalities using color and grayscale. Two-dimensional to three-dimensional observation exercises in composition will be explored. Students will develop their skills in gesture and contour drawing, painterly expression and artistic elements while using the computer as an art tool. Use of systematic applications for development and presentation of ideas is practiced using vector and raster software. No computer experience is necessary.
(Contact hours – 90) 

ART 1110 / ART 110: Art Appreciation: GT-AH1 – 3 Credits
Introduces the cultural significance of the visual arts, including media, processes, techniques, traditions, and terminology. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH1 category.
(Contact hours – 45) 

ART 1111 / ART 111: Art History: Ancient to Medieval: GT-AH1 – 3 Credits
Provides the knowledge base to understand the visual arts, especially as related to Western culture. This course surveys the visual arts from the Ancient through the Medieval periods. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH1 category.
(Contact hours – 45) 

ART 1112 / ART 112: Art History: Renaissance to 1900: GT-AH1 – 3 Credits
Provides the knowledge base to understand the visual arts, especially as related to Western culture. This course surveys the visual arts from the Renaissance to 1900. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH1 category.
(Contact hours – 45) 

ART 1113 / ART 207: Art History 1900 to Present: GT-AH1 – 3 Credits
Introduces the concepts necessary to understand modern visual art, with an emphasis on world art of the 20th century. This course surveys world art of the 20th century, including Modernism to Post-Modernism. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH1 category.
(Contact hours – 45) 

ART 1201 / ART 121: Drawing I – 3 Credits
Investigates the various approaches and media that students need to develop drawing skills and visual perception.
(Contact hours – 90) 

ART 1202 / ART 221: Drawing II – 3 Credits
Explores expressive drawing techniques with an emphasis on formal composition, black and white, and color media and content or thematic development.
(Contact hours – 90)
Prerequisite(s) – ART 1201 / ART 121 

ART 1301 / ART 151: Painting I – 3 Credits
Explores basic techniques, materials, and concepts used in opaque painting processes in oil or acrylic painting to depict form and space on a two-dimensional surface.
(Contact hours – 90) 

ART 1302 / ART 251: Painting II – 3 Credits
This course further explores techniques, materials, and concepts used in opaque painting processes in oil or acrylic painting, with emphasis on composition and content development.
(Contact hours – 90) 
Prerequisite(s) – ART 1301 / ART 151  

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