Itawamba Community College
ART 1113 – Art Appreciation
Course Description:
An approach to the understanding of the plastic arts (drawing, architecture, sculpture, painting, graphic arts, and industrial design) on a conceptual basis.
Prerequisites:
None
Hours Per Week: 3
Goals and Objectives:
The goal of this course is to build an ability in each student to comprehend and describe formal elements of art, to identify contextual themes and to express an understanding of the role of the visual arts in society. You will learn vocabulary that facilitates your ability to identify and describe formal and contextual aspects of art.
Instructional Techniques:
1. Use of textbook readings
2. Research / Internet searches
3. Provide opportunities for thinking critically.
4. Require formal critiques (describing, interpreting, evaluating) of selected art in each section of the text
5. Self-paced learning
6. Online asynchronous discussions
7. Computerized simulations, Power Point presentations, video
Unit Learning Outcomes :
1.Students will be able to identify and recognize the basic elements and concepts within the various disciplines of Fine Arts.( Art)
2. Students will be able to use their understanding of basic element and concepts to recognize and identify the major historical styles and developments within the Fine Arts.
3. Students will exhibit knowledge of various composers, artists, and writers, as well as recognize and identify their selected works.
4. Students will demonstrate critical thinking skills by analyzing, evaluating, and interpreting art works.
5. Students will be able to communicate orally in clear, concise, and persuasive language appropriate to purpose, occasion, and audience.
6. Students will be able to use computer technology for academic research as well as performance oriented applications.
7.Students will demonstrate discipline-specific performance and consumer (audience/viewer) competencies.
Student Learning Outcomes :
1.Students will learn to recognize content and formal elements and organizing principles that are embodied within visual works. (Assessment: Unit One Test, Unit Two Test)
2.Students will identify and understand the methods of selected 2-dimensional mediums. (Assessment: Unit Four Test, Unit Five Test)
3.Students will identify and understand the methods of selected 3-dimensional mediums including architecture. (Assessment: Unit Six Test, Unit Seven Test)
4.Students will recognize the historical development of art style in Western Art. (Assessment: Unit Eight Test, Unit Nine Test)
5. Students will gain a basic knowledge of the formal and contextual aspects of art and be able to express them in writing. (Assessment: Critical Analysis/ Writing Assignment)
Methods of Evaluation:
1. Paragraph responses to topics, issues, and ideas after each assigned reading. 2. Written essays which explore context, form, and relativity of artwork and art concepts.
3. Tests, Proctored Mid Term and Proctored Final Exam
Grading:
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
TESTING
This course requires two proctored exams, a midterm and final. It is the student’s responsibility to make appointments within the given time frame with a proctoring site.
Attendance and Tardy Policy:
An online student has the responsibility for completing the initial Student Orientation during the first week of class, maintaining weekly correspondence, and/or submitting assigned work as outlined in the Instructional Plan in the course site. Failure to submit work by due dates will result in his/her being considered absent. Although a student is permitted two absences (failure to submit work) and should be dropped for excessive absences after the third absence, the student is responsible for monitoring class attendance and completing the withdrawal process in a timely manner.
Consult your instructor to find out if make-up work is permitted.
Academic Honesty Policy (see Student Handbook):
Itawamba Community College does not tolerate cheating, the act of deception by which a student misleadingly demonstrates that he/she has mastered information or skills on an academic exercise, or plagiarism, the representation of previously-written, published, or creative works as one's own. The student will receive a zero for the assignment, test, project, etc. for the first offense. See penalties for subsequent infractions and examples of cheating and plagiarism in the Student Handbook.
First Offense: The student will receive a “0” for the assignment. The student may not drop the grade.
Second Offense: Student will receive a grade of F for the course.
Third Offense: Student will be suspended from the college for two calendar years.
ADA Statement:
In accordance with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), a student with a documented disability may apply to the Office of Supportive and Disability Services for accommodations. OSDS on the Tupelo Campus is located in the Student Services Building, phone # 662.620.5314. Fulton Campus location is Room 4 of the Business Education Building Phone # 662.862.8173.