3D Course Syllabus
Course Description:
This art class is designed to provide extended and individualized experiences in three-dimensional art forms. The students will learn advanced techniques in various media and experience working with new materials used for design and production of art such as assemblage, ceramics, and sculpture. Students continue to examine artists and their work and their cultural and historical aspects to encourage student understanding and ultimately expression and production of art as well as an increased awareness of the purposes and value of three-dimensional art.
Course Outcomes:
Understand and use knowledge of elements and basic principles of art and their functions to produce solutions.
· Apply a variety of media, techniques, and processes
· Understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
· Reflect upon and evaluate the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.
· Make connections between visual arts and other disciplines.
· Demonstrate project management skills.
Grading System:
All studio tasks, daily tasks, and participation grades are based on a point system that is then computed and converted to percentages. While a first nine-week grade and the third nine-week grade will appear on the report card, they only indicate the progress of the student’s work at that time. The final semester grade is an accumulative grade based on all of the work throughout the eighteen weeks of the course, including the final.
Daily Task (35 % of total grade)
Daily tasks are work that we do in class on a daily basis that lead up to a Studio Task. This might be practicing skills and exercises in brainstorming, learning technical information, designing and planning, or research. These will be graded using the Daily Task Rubric.
Daily Task Rubric
28-26 Student work demonstrates an understanding of the task’s objective an exemplary level of neatness and accuracy.
25-23 Student work demonstrates an understanding of the task’s objective.
22-20 Student work demonstrates and understanding of the task’s objective, but more work needs to be applied to meet criteria and complete task.
19-17 Student work is vague and does not provide enough information towards providing proof of understanding the task’s objective.
The Public Art Assignment will also fall within this grading category but graded with a specific PAA rubric. Students will be required to visit and write about 4 local public art sculptures. The first two are due at midterm March 1st. The other two are due May 1st. These can be turned in after this date, up until the last Friday before finals for half credit.
Studio Tasks (40% of total grade)
Studio tasks are longer-term tasks requiring you to produce artwork fulfilling particular criteria and will be assessed with a scoring rubric. These will be weighted based on the difficulty of the task and the length of time required to complete the task.
The nature of this class is such that each assigned studio task will require approximately three weeks of in-class work time. The curriculum is set up to provide adequate time for artwork to be created in the classroom provided that student attendance is regular and absences are made up. Therefore, it is also important to understand that the entire semester grade is based on a limited number of studio tasks and that it is crucial to treat each one with equal attention.
Participation (25% of total grade)
Students will be monitored daily on preparedness for class, attendance, productivity of class time, and management of classroom materials and facilities. Each student will receive 42 points each eight period day of the week and 75 points each block day of the week for participation.
Students who are tardy to class, lack productive work time, or do not handle materials appropriately will be either partially credited or not credited at all with daily participation points. The lose of these points cannot be made up.
Make-up and Incomplete Work:
Each student is responsible for getting make-up work upon the return of an absence(s). Any make-up or incomplete work must be received no later than the Friday before a grading period ends unless otherwise specifically expressed by the instructor. (This includes Public Art Sculpture Assignment).
Final Task and Presentation (15% of total semester grade)
A final will be assigned at the end of the semester, which includes an oral presentation and written assessment based on a given rubric. Students will present this task on the assigned final exam day. No credit will be given to unprepared or incomplete work. If a student is not in attendance for the assigned exam period, no credit will be given unless the student and instructor have made previous arrangements.
This art class is designed to provide extended and individualized experiences in three-dimensional art forms. The students will learn advanced techniques in various media and experience working with new materials used for design and production of art such as assemblage, ceramics, and sculpture. Students continue to examine artists and their work and their cultural and historical aspects to encourage student understanding and ultimately expression and production of art as well as an increased awareness of the purposes and value of three-dimensional art.
Course Outcomes:
Understand and use knowledge of elements and basic principles of art and their functions to produce solutions.
· Apply a variety of media, techniques, and processes
· Understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
· Reflect upon and evaluate the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.
· Make connections between visual arts and other disciplines.
· Demonstrate project management skills.
Grading System:
All studio tasks, daily tasks, and participation grades are based on a point system that is then computed and converted to percentages. While a first nine-week grade and the third nine-week grade will appear on the report card, they only indicate the progress of the student’s work at that time. The final semester grade is an accumulative grade based on all of the work throughout the eighteen weeks of the course, including the final.
Daily Task (35 % of total grade)
Daily tasks are work that we do in class on a daily basis that lead up to a Studio Task. This might be practicing skills and exercises in brainstorming, learning technical information, designing and planning, or research. These will be graded using the Daily Task Rubric.
Daily Task Rubric
28-26 Student work demonstrates an understanding of the task’s objective an exemplary level of neatness and accuracy.
25-23 Student work demonstrates an understanding of the task’s objective.
22-20 Student work demonstrates and understanding of the task’s objective, but more work needs to be applied to meet criteria and complete task.
19-17 Student work is vague and does not provide enough information towards providing proof of understanding the task’s objective.
The Public Art Assignment will also fall within this grading category but graded with a specific PAA rubric. Students will be required to visit and write about 4 local public art sculptures. The first two are due at midterm March 1st. The other two are due May 1st. These can be turned in after this date, up until the last Friday before finals for half credit.
Studio Tasks (40% of total grade)
Studio tasks are longer-term tasks requiring you to produce artwork fulfilling particular criteria and will be assessed with a scoring rubric. These will be weighted based on the difficulty of the task and the length of time required to complete the task.
The nature of this class is such that each assigned studio task will require approximately three weeks of in-class work time. The curriculum is set up to provide adequate time for artwork to be created in the classroom provided that student attendance is regular and absences are made up. Therefore, it is also important to understand that the entire semester grade is based on a limited number of studio tasks and that it is crucial to treat each one with equal attention.
Participation (25% of total grade)
Students will be monitored daily on preparedness for class, attendance, productivity of class time, and management of classroom materials and facilities. Each student will receive 42 points each eight period day of the week and 75 points each block day of the week for participation.
Students who are tardy to class, lack productive work time, or do not handle materials appropriately will be either partially credited or not credited at all with daily participation points. The lose of these points cannot be made up.
Make-up and Incomplete Work:
Each student is responsible for getting make-up work upon the return of an absence(s). Any make-up or incomplete work must be received no later than the Friday before a grading period ends unless otherwise specifically expressed by the instructor. (This includes Public Art Sculpture Assignment).
Final Task and Presentation (15% of total semester grade)
A final will be assigned at the end of the semester, which includes an oral presentation and written assessment based on a given rubric. Students will present this task on the assigned final exam day. No credit will be given to unprepared or incomplete work. If a student is not in attendance for the assigned exam period, no credit will be given unless the student and instructor have made previous arrangements.