Skyline College Catalog 2011-2012 Program & course descriptions ...

ART 364 ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES INPHOTOGRAPHY II (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 32 lecture hours and 48 lab hours/semester.Prerequisite: ART 363 or equivalent skills and techniques.Elaboration and refinement of techniques introduced inART 363: non-silver printing processes, Polaroid transfer,emulsion transfer, lithographic materials, and others.Emphasizes the completion of a cohesive portfolio ofpersonally significant images utilizing sophisticatedapplication of non-traditional photographic processes.May be repeated twice for credit. Transfer credit: CSU.ART 376 DIGITAL IMAGING I (2)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 24 lecture hours and 24 lab hours/semester.A beginning course to explore digital computerimagery as an art medium. Students work with digital filesand digital image manipulation programs such as AdobePhotoshop to produce personally significant works.Introduction to principles of design, art theory, and theworks of contemporary and historic artists. Transfercredit: UC; CSU.ART 377 DIGITAL IMAGING II (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 32 lecture hours and 48 lab hours plus 16hours by arrangement/semester. Prerequisite: ART 376.An intermediate course expanding creative efforts inproducing art with computerized imaging and the alterationof the art with image manipulation software such asAdobe Photoshop. Refinement of use of output modes fordigital files. Continued in-depth application of prin ciplesof design, art theories, and consideration of the works ofcontemporary and historic artists. May be repeated twicefor credit. Transfer credit: CSU.ART 405, 406 SCULPTURE I AND II (2 or 3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Three unit sections meet a minimum of 48 lecture hoursand 48 lab hours plus 48 studio hours by arrangement/semester; two unit sections meet a minimum of 32 lecturehours and 32 lab hours plus 16 studio hours by arrangement/semester.Prerequisites: ART 406 – ART 405.ART 405 Sculpture I – An introduction to sculptureprocesses. Studio practice using a variety of materialse.g., wood, metal, plaster, clay, stone and mixedmediaassemblage to make three dimensional works ofart. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (C1).ART 406 Sculpture II – Advanced study and practicein three dimensional form; a continuation of ART 405 indeveloping mastery of the media of sculpture e.g.,wood, metal, plaster, clay, stone, and mixed-mediaassemblage. May be repeated twice for credit. Transfercredit: UC; CSU.ART 407 SCULPTURE III: DIRECT METAL (2 or 3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Three unit sections meet a minimum of 48 lecture hoursand 48 lab hours plus 48 studio hours by arrangement/semester; two unit sections meet a minimum of 32 lecturehours and 32 lab hours plus 16 studio hours by arrangement/semester.Prerequisite: ART 405.Creation of sculptural form in metal, using welding,brazing, and soldering techniques for fabrication of line,plane, found-object and mixed-media compositions. Maybe repeated for credit a maximum of three times. Transfercredit: CSU.ART 408 BRONZE CASTING (1)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 16 lecture hours and 9 lab hours/semester.An intensive introduction to the bronze castingprocess. Students will be given an overview of objectsmade of bronze, from earliest tools produced to presentdaysculpture and from many different cultures. They willthen make a sculpture in clay and take that sculpturethrough all of the stages involved in converting it into a finishedbronze. May be repeated for credit a maximum ofthree times. Transfer credit: CSU.ART 411, 412 CERAMICS I AND II (2 or 3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Three unit sections meet a minimum of 48 lecture hoursand 48 lab hours plus 48 studio hours by arrangement/semester; two unit sections meet a minimum of 32 lecturehours and 32 lab hours plus 16 studio hours by arrangement/semester.Prerequisites: ART 412 – ART 411.Com pletion of or concurrent enrollment in ART 301recommended.ART 411 Ceramics I – Survey of ceramic materials andtheir function in relation to art values. Basic studiopractice in handbuilding processes and glazing ofware.Related study of clay origins and compositions,decorating techniques, the firing of kilns, and glazecomposition. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (C1).ART 412 Ceramics II – Additional study of ceramicprocesses and their application in art. May be repeatedtwice for credit. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.ART 417 CERAMIC GLAZING TECHNIQUES (2 or 3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Three unit sections meet a minimum of 48 lecture hoursand 48 lab hours plus 48 studio hours by arrangement/semester; two unit sections meet a minimum of 32 lecturehours and 32 lab hours plus 16 studio hours by arrangement/semester.Prerequisite: Art 412.Advanced glazing techniques including special glazes,glaze composition and multi-firing techniques. Projectswith emphasis on glaze effects. May be repeated forcredit a maximum of three times. Transfer credit: UC;CSU.ARTC O U R S E D E S C R I P T I O N S2 011 – 2 012 C ATA L O G w w w. S k y l i n e C o l l e g e . e d u141