2808 Advertising Design
Creative expression and design principles are related to the field of advertising and commercial art. Students apply the art elements and principles of design to the field of commercial art and advertising design. The course offers practical experiences in generating original ideas, executing layouts, and preparing artwork for reproduction. The course stresses original creative expression. Students study from historical and contemporary views artists who practice the art forms and learn to critique their work and the work of others.
2815 Art Appreciation (elementary school standards)
This course provides a historical study and basis for appreciation of art from throughout the world and is instructed to the elementary visual arts standards. The course includes the relationship of art to social, political and historical events in the world, museum studies, as well as contemporary issues and developments in history and art. Included is the analysis of visual images as they have been used and are used to express the needs and ideals of society, as well as those of the individual. The course involves students in the creative process through lecture, discussion, observation, audiovisual materials, media arts, and research.
2816 Art Appreciation (secondary school standards)
This course provides a historical study and basis for appreciation of art from throughout the world and is instructed to the proficient and/or advanced visual arts standards. The course includes the relationship of art to social, political and historical events in the world, museum studies, as well as contemporary issues and developments in history and art. Included is the analysis of visual images as they have been used and are used to express the needs and ideals of society, as well as those of the individual. The course involves students in the creative process through lecture, discussion, observation, audiovisual materials, media arts, and research.
2803 Art History
Art History introduces significant works of art, artists, and artistic movements that have shaped the art world, and have influenced, or reflected periods of history. The course covers the relationship of art to social, political, and historical events in the world/nation or series of artists, women in art, as well as contemporary issues and developments. Included is the analysis of visual images as they have been used and are used to express the needs and ideals of society, as well as those of the individual.
2800 Ceramics (Beginning or Advanced)
This course develops or extends students' knowledge of ceramic techniques with emphasis on creative design and craftsmanship. Activities include clay modeling, hand building, coil building, and throwing on the potter's wheel. Students develop a working knowledge of kiln firing and glazing techniques. The course provides students with practice in critiquing their own work and the work of others, as well as the study of ceramics throughout the history of art in America and in other countries.
2809 Cinematography/Artistic Videos (Beginning or Advanced)
This course covers the history and development of the cinema, television, artistic videos, claymation, contemporary media and video production, documentaries, and other new media and film aspects. Students learn and practice the various aspects of production by applying the elements of art principles of design for effective visual communication of their ideas, feelings, and values. Students communicate visual ideas using basic production techniques, including camera operation, framing and composition, manipulations of space and time, idea development and communication, the mechanics and psychology of editing, script writing or text creation, light and sound, and impact. Students learn the historical and contemporary foundations of these media and participate in critiques.
2802 Crafts
This course emphasizes original creative design and appropriate use of materials such as paper, fabric, fiber, clay, wood, plastics, plaster, and metal. The course stresses understanding the suitability of design to materials, respect for the integrity of materials, and good craftsmanship. Crafts such as wood carving, fiber arts, and jewelry approached from an artistic intent may be included. Students study the history of crafts in art and their use in specific media.
2801 Design
This course covers the organization of art elements and principles and provides study of their application in two- and three-dimensional problems. Students analyze and use design principles in works of art from art history and many world cultures. Students learn to critique their work and the work of others and become more aware of design in their environment.
2820 Digital Art/Computer Art/Artistic Graphics
This course helps students develop aesthetic criteria in order to create graphic art imagery using a microcomputer. The course emphasizes the knowledge and application of the art elements and principles of design as used in visual communication. Students use the computer and digital tools to apply or formulate programs to communicate creative visual ideas, including animation, game production, and artistic aspects of Web site design. This course may also include aspects of the Cinematography/Artistic Videos course. Students study artists who practice these art forms and learn and practice critiques of these art forms.
2806 Drawing
This course provides a foundation in drawing using a variety of media and techniques in both black and white and color. The course emphasizes observation and interpretation of the visual environment, life drawing, and drawing from the imagination. Included are the application of the elements and principles of design, a study of historical and contemporary art and artists from a worldwide perspective, and instruction and practice in the critique process.
2813 Fashion Design
This course introduces drawing of the fashion figure and develops relationships of design to clothing. Included is application of the elements and principles of the visual arts, a study of historical and contemporary visual arts as they relate to fashion design from a worldwide perspective, and instruction in the critique process.
2814 Fiber and Textiles
This course emphasizes original, creative design using fiber and fiber-related techniques such as weaving, appliqué, and batik. Students gain an understanding of suitability of design to material and intent from a fine arts point of view. Students apply the art elements and principles of design as they create works of art, study the history of fiber art from a worldwide perspective, and participate in the critique process.
2822 Fundamentals of Art (elementary school standards)
This is a basic course in the fundamentals of art expression taught to the elementary visual arts standards. For grades kindergarten through three, students' experiences may include painting, drawing, lettering, design, and crafts. For grades four through eight, students learn about aesthetic perception, creative expression, art heritage, and aesthetic valuing and their applications with experiences in drawing, painting, design, crafts, ceramics, printmaking, graphics, sculpture, design, and/or lettering.
2823 Fundamentals of Art (secondary school standards)
This is a basic course in the fundamentals of art expression taught to the proficient and/or advanced visual arts standards. In grades seven through twelve, the course may include experiences in drawing, painting, two-and three-dimensional design, and sculpture. The course emphasizes observations, interpretation of the visual environment, and imagination and symbolic subjects. Included are application of the elements and principles of design, a study of historical and contemporary art and artists from a worldwide perspective, and instruction and practice in the critique process.
2811 Jewelry
This course puts into application previous art training in design to create individual pieces of jewelry. The study ranges from the history of jewelry design from a worldwide perspective to contemporary fine art jewelry. Students participate in the critique process. The course encourages students in the exploration of materials, working processes, and the execution of projects in media, such as ceramic, papier-mache, plastic, copper-enameled, brass, and silver jewelry.
2819 Lettering/Calligraphy
This course teaches various styles of inscribing letters, design developments by means of lettering, the romance of lettering through the ages, and modern use of lettering in advertising and art. The course may focus on calligraphy and stresses original creative expression. Students study from historical and contemporary views and the artists who practice these art forms learn to critique their work and the work of others.
2818 Multicultural Art/Folk Art
This course explores the ways in which objects have provided for the practical, religious, and spiritual needs of cultures with particularly strong craft traditions. These traditions may include African, North and South American Indian, Asian, Islamic, and European cultures and crafts in contemporary America. Instruction is delivered by lecture, discussion, observation, audiovisual materials, research, and experiences that involve the students in the creative process.
2807 Painting
This course provides a foundation in painting in a variety of media and techniques or may concentrate in one media such as watercolor, oil, painting, or acrylics. The course emphasizes observation, interpretation of the visual environment, as well as drawing from the imagination. Included are application of the elements and principles of design, a study of historical and contemporary art and artists from a worldwide perspective, and instruction and practice in the critique process.
2805 Photography (Beginning or Advanced)
This course presents photography as a fine art in which students explore the use of the art elements and principles of design to communicate their ideas, feelings, or values through photographic work. Students learn photographic techniques that may incorporate both traditional and contemporary (digital and multimedia technologies) traditions. They also participate in critiques and study the history of photography as a fine art, as well as the artists who use the medium of photography.
2817 Printmaking
This course provides experience with printmaking techniques with an emphasis on creative visual expression of their thoughts, ideas, and values. Elements and principals of design are applied to their work/creation; students study printmaking throughout art history and in many world cultures; learn and practice the critique process, graphic media direct-print processes, relief, intaglio, planographic, digital, and stencil techniques, block printing, serigraphy, monoprints, etching, and lithography.
2812 Sculpture
This course promotes creative expression through three-dimensional form. Students explore sculpture through subtractive (carving), additive (modeling), and assemblage techniques in a variety of media such as wood, clay, plaster, plastics, metal, glass, glass fusion, wire, and found materials. Included is application of the elements and principles of design, a study of historical and contemporary art and artists from a worldwide perspective, and instruction and practice in the critique process.
2898 Other Art Course (including combinations of above)
This designation for any art course not identified in the series of courses outlined on the CBEDS (California Basic Educational Data System) assignment code list.
