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RECOMMENDED SEQUENCE OF COURSES

FOUNDATIONS OF ART



DRAWING/PAINTING and/or 2D DESIGN and/or 3D DESIGN



(Students wanting to pursue Art and expect to take SENIOR PORTFOLIO or AP STUDIO ART must take
DRAWING/PAINTING and preferably one of the MIXED MEDIA sections.)



AP STUDIO ART or SENIOR PORTFOLIO
and/or HISTORY OF ART and/or FOUNDATIONS OF WEB DESIGN

COURSE TITLE (AP) HISTORY OF ART

COURSE NUMBER 2807

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is a survey of primarily the Western Art tradition from the ethnocentric through the Post-Modern. The student will increase their visual literacy and appreciation while preparing for the written AP exam to be taken in the spring. Students will learn to identify artwork by period, style, and historical importance, as well as learning to critique and appreciate art. THIS CLASS HAS A DEMANDING READING SCHEDULE.

COURSE TITLE FOUNDATIONS OF ART

COURSE NUMBER 2803

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is for the student who has an interest in the visual arts, yet minimal art experience or little or no formal art training. The student will explore many processes, concepts, and artistic principles. Students will then be able to move on to specific interest areas in the art curriculum. Techniques introduced in Foundations of Art include but are not limited to: a variety of traditional drawing techniques, painting, print-making, and ceramics.

COURSE TITLE DRAWING/PAINTING

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is divided into a semester of drawing and one of painting. Students will further develop their drawing and painting skills while exploring a wide variety of mediums. Students will explore composition and expression while experimenting with media. Realism will be stressed until personal imagery can be developed.

COURSE TITLE FOUNDATIONS OF WEB DESIGN

COURSE DESCRIPTION In the first semester of this course, the student will learn the Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) which are used for website construction. The student will also learn basic to intermediate JavaScript and basic PHP (a server based scripting language) during the second semester. Students will be given space on a server to host their own websites that they create in class, and will learn how to use the File Transfer Protocol to transfer files to and from servers.

COURSE TITLE 2D DESIGN (MIXED MEDIA)

COURSE DESCRIPTION In this class, students further explore the media, techniques, and aesthetic concepts they were introduced to in Foundations of Art, as well as being introduced to new 2-dimensional techniques such as screen-printing and photography. This class includes a variety of projects that will increase the students’ understanding of intermediate artistic concepts, and will have the students incorporating and combining different media into each assignment.

COURSE TITLE 3D DESIGN (MIXED MEDIA)

COURSE DESCRIPTION In this class, students will further explore the media, techniques, and aesthetic concepts they were introduced to in Foundations of Art, as well as being introduced to new 3-dimensional techniques including paper sculpture, paper mache, clay, and plaster. One half of the year will be spent on clay-related projects, whereas the other half of the year will use 3-dimensional media combined with traditional 2-dimensional media. This class will have the students incorporating and combining different media into each assignment.

COURSE TITLE SENIOR PORTFOLIO

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course will be a culminating art experience for the self-motivated student. Students will develop a polished body of work suitable for portfolio presentation for college entry. A variety of mediums will be used in order to reemphasize the traditional foundations through the elements and principles of art. Students will also be engaged in the critique process, study of art history, as well as developing pertinent critical thinking and creativity building skills.

COURSE TITLE AP STUDIO ART

COURSE NUMBER 2808