Course Descriptions       ¤ Lewis-Clark State College Catalog   2009-2011

ART
(
HUMANITIES DIVISION)

Subject Number Min.
Cr.
Max.
Cr.
Description
ART-100 SURVEY OF ART 3   An interdisciplinary consideration of the
      historical sequence of art styles; slides,
      lectures and discussions of architecture,
      painting, sculpture and other arts are seen from
      the viewpoints of the philosopher, the artist and
      the layperson
 
ART-111 DRAWING I 3   Projects in basic representation and formal
      analysis; still life and landscape, some
      consideration of figure drawing. The use of
charcoal, pencil, ink and certain color media.
ART-121 VISUAL COMMUNICATION/DESIGN PROCESS 3 Lecture and studio exercises in the use of
elements of form; lines, shapes, textures, values
      and colors. Experiments into the theory and nature
      of decorative and plastic pictorial and sculptural
      devices.
ART-122 VISUAL COMMUNICATION/DESIGN PROCESS 3 Lecture and studio exercises in the use of
elements of form; lines, shapes, textures, values
      and colors. Experiments into the theory and nature
      of decorative and plastic pictorial and sculptural
      devices.
 
ART-211 DRAWING II 3   Individual investigation of advanced concepts and
      techniques of drawing.
      Pre-requisites: ART 111.
 
ART-231 PAINTING 1 3   Fundamentals of expressive paint application and
      color. Recommended pre-requisites: ART 111, 121 and 122.
       
ART-235 COMPOSITION 2   Painting and design problems concerned primarily
      with the structural use of the principles of
      organization in representational and
      nonrepresentational art.
      Recommended pre-requisites: ART 111, 121 and 122.
 
ART-236 COMPOSITION 2   Painting and design problems concerned primarily
      with the structural use of the principles of
      organization in representational and
      nonrepresentational art.
      Recommended pre-requisites: ART 111, 121 and 122.
 
ART-237 SECONDARY MATERIALS AND METHODS 3   Methods, materials, theory and techniques for the
secondary classroom; correlation of art with other
      secondary school subjects and activities.
 
ART-241 SCULPTURE I 3   Experiments in figurative and nonfigurative
      three-dimensional form, employing sculptural
      tools, materials and techniques.
 
ART-251 RELIEF PRINTMAKING 3   Designed to give the art student a basic creative
      understanding of the problems and processes,
      materials and techniques of graphic design and
      printmaking.
      Recommended pre-requisites: ART 111, 121 and 122.
 
ART-261 CERAMICS I 3   Essential techniques of primitive and wheel
      pottery; clay preparation, design, glazing and
      firing.
 
ART-281 WATERCOLOR I 3   The techniques of transparent and opaque
      watercolor painting.
      Recommended pre-requisites: ART 111, 121, and 122.
ART-290 DIRECTED STUDY IN ART 1 3
ART-291 WORKSHOP IN ART 1 3
ART-292 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART 1 3
ART-295 PRACTICUM IN ART 1 12
ART-296 COOPERATIVE EDUCATION IN ART 1 12  
ART-299 RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP 1 12
ART-301 HISTORY OF ART 3   A formal, stylistic and chronological study of the
      various disciplines of occidental art.
ART-302 HISTORY OF ART 3   A formal, stylistic and chronological study of the
      various disciplines of occidental art.
ART-311 DRAWING III 3   Advanced drawing; conceptual and perceptual
      experimental exercises in the practical techniques
      of draftsmanship.
      Pre-requisites: ART 211.
 
ART-331 PAINTING II 3   Advanced techniques in painting and color usage;
      emphasis placed on fulfilling personal vision in
      terms of good form. Pre-requisites: ART 231.
ART-335 COMPOSITION II 2   Painting and advanced design problems concerned
      experimentally with structure and form applied to
      the individual student's concepts.
      Pre-requisites: ART 235 and 236.
 
ART-336 COMPOSITION II 2   Painting and advanced design problems concerned
      experimentally with structure and form applied to
      the individual student's concepts.
      Pre-requisites: ART 235 and 236.
 
ART-341 SCULPTURE II 3   Individual investigation of sculptural concepts
      and advanced techniques.
      Pre-requisites:  ART 241.
 
ART-351 RELIEF PRINTMAKING II 3   Continuing creative experimentation into the
      processes of relief printmaking.
      Pre-requisites:  ART 251.
 
ART-361 CERAMICS II 3   Further development of creative techniques of
      primitive and wheel pottery.
      Pre-requisites:  ART 261.
ART-375 ELEMENTARY ART METHODS 3   Preparation for elementary school teachers to meet
      art requirements in the self-contained elementary
      classroom; study of materials and techniques;
      correlation of the teaching of art with other
      elementary school subjects and activities.
 
ART-381 WATERCOLOR II 3   Advanced problems in transparent and opaque
      watercolor painting.
      Pre-requisites: ART 281.
ART-390 DIRECTED STUDY IN ART 1 3
ART-396 COOPERATIVE EDUCATION IN ART
1 12  
ART-431 PAINTING III 3   A continuation of advanced individual effort; the
      fusion of subjectivity and form.
      Pre-requisites: ART 331.
 
ART-481 WATERCOLOR III 3   Refining and strengthening advanced capabilities
      in the transparent and opaque watercolor
      techniques.
      Pre-requisites:  ART 381.
ART-490 DIRECTED STUDY IN ART 1 3
 
ART-491 WORKSHOP IN ART 1 3
ART-492 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART 1 3
ART-495 PRACTICUM IN ART 1 12
ART-496 COOPERATIVE EDUCATION IN ART
1 12  
ART-499 RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP 1 12