ART 119 - 3-Dimensional Design

Credits: 5
Explores the fundamentals of form and space with 3-D projects. Students investigate various mixed media materials, and become familiar with structure, mass, color, and scale.

Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Develop techniques of research and idea development through sketchbook project requirements.
Demonstrate three-dimensional processes through visual problem solving through the carving and building projects.
Demonstrate an understanding of creativity in the context of three-dimensional structures by creative problem-solving of the requirements in the assemblage and form over function projects.
Demonstrate the value of good craftsmanship through skill development and the relationship of appropriate materials to the idea by overall neatness and effective construction skills in all free-standing projects.
Participate in critiques and demonstrate the ability to respond to and evaluate art using reasoned judgment by participation in and preparedness for the projects’ critiques.

Program Outcomes

Demonstrate an understanding of the elements and principles of visual arts.
Demonstrate responsibility by class attendance and completion of assignments and projects.

College-wide Outcomes

Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.