Description: Designed for beginning students in art, this course covers the basic principles of design and the elements of art: line, color, shape, texture, and form. Emphasis is placed on the quality of the students' art work, their understanding and appreciation of art, and their application of design elements.

Required Materials

• Exploring Visual Design: The Elements and Principles (ISBN# 978-1-61528-022-3)

Prerequisites: None

Description: This is an introductory course on visual art. It contains information on art elements and principles, style, technique, materials, history, criticism, and careers in art. Working with the textbook and study guide, you will develop and enhance your ability to enjoy, understand, and appreciate works of art. This course also gives you an opportunity to experience art and apply what you have been learning through writing art criticism and creating your own artwork. The course will give you information and background to see, discuss, and critique art in an educated and enlightened way. This course will be graded by nine computer-evaluated tests (or “progress evaluations”), two instructor-evaluated art criticisms, and computer-evaluated midterm and final examinations. The artwork created will be optional and for enrichment purposes only.

Required Materials

• Visual Experience (ISBN# 978-0-87192-627-2)

Prerequisites: None

Description: The humanities are the stories, the ideas, and the words that make sense of our lives and our world. The humanities introduce us to people we have never met, places we have never visited, and ideas that may have never crossed our minds. By showing how others have lived and thought about life, the humanities help us decide what is important in our own lives and what we can do to make our own lives and the lives of others better. By connecting us with other people, they point the way to answers about what is right or wrong, or what is true to our diverse heritage, traditions, and history. The humanities help us address the challenges we face together in our families, our communities, and as a nation. As fields of study, the humanities emphasize analysis and exchange of ideas and may be interdisciplinary. In this course we will explore topics of art, architecture, music, dance and theater, personal expression, cinema/movies, media and digital storytelling.

Prerequisites: None

Description: This course explores the concepts, styles, techniques, instruments, and history of music from the Medieval through the Classical eras. Enhanced multimedia recordings are available on the publisher's online site to provide listening examples of various types of instruments and forms of music.

Prerequisites: None

Description: In this introductory photography course, students will learn the art of photography and develop basic photographing techniques to create their own photographs using artistic principles and photo editing software. Lesson topics include photography as an art; traditional and new photography; portrait, action, architecture, landscape, urban landscape, animal, and still life photography; and photojournalism. Students will learn how to critique the artistic elements in various photographs. Students will need a digital camera for their assignments.

Prerequisites: None