2011-2012 High School Course Planning Guide
Visual Arts
- Art I (02110) ½ credit
- Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: None
- This course is designed as a general survey course encompassing a variety of content areas. Emphasis will be placed on developing an understanding of visual expression and response through vocabulary, art history, methods, techniques, skills, and basic art fundamentals.
- Ceramics I (02210) ½ credit
- Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Art I
- A course designed to offer a basic understanding of an amazingly versatile medium. Emphasis is placed on various hand-building methods and technical aspects involved.
- Ceramics II (02220) ½ credit
- Grades: 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Ceramics I
- An advanced course based on becoming skilled and productive in the various methods of hand-building and throwing with clay. Emphasis is placed on formal, practical, and creative aspects involved in the forming methods and glazing techniques.
- Ceramics III (02240) ½ credit
- Grades: 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Ceramics II
- This course further explores the student’s unique style. Students will be encouraged to explore their technique with consideration of aesthetics to further investigate the ceramic field.
- Ceramics IV (02240) ½ credit
- Grades: 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Ceramics III
- The study of clay and glazes is further explored at this highest level of ceramics. Students will become skilled in the creation of involved projects that encompass the thrown form with hand-built elements. Personal voice will be encouraged with emphasis on the visual impact ceramics play in society.
- Sculpture I (02230) ½ credit
- Grades: 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: None
- This course encompasses both sculptural methods, additive and subtractive, to create forms. Emphasis is placed on understanding the 3-dimensional realm of form in addition to sculptural elements, design, and technology.
- Sculpture II (02260) ½ credit
- Grades: 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Sculpture I
- This course provides in-depth creation of abstract and realistic objects by further exploring 3-dimensional forms. Students will communicate their understanding of the sculptural process through their advanced technical and visual skills while also incorporating the social, historical, as well as, artistic.
- Computer Graphics I (02310) ½ credit
- Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Art I
- This course offers an introduction to the world of computer-generated art. Using various graphic programs, works of art can be created with ease and precision in a fraction of the time it would take using traditional techniques. Emphasis will be placed on object construction, an understanding of computer-generated animations, and 3-D ray traced images.
- Computer Graphics II (02320) ½ credit
- Grades: 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Computer Graphics I
- This course offers exploration into the world of computer-generated art. Designed to concentrate on the more advanced uses of define surface properties, object construction, key frame positioning, lights, and camera controls to render ray-traced stills and generated animations. It will incorporate a variety of programs and the importing and exporting functions to achieve the desired results.
- Computer Graphics III (02330) ½ credit
- Grades: 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Computer Graphics II
- This course is an advanced class designed to dwell in the world of computer-generated art based on the formation and use of various objects in different software programs. The use of 3-D modeling of textures, morphing, and other special effects coupled with key frame-based animations to create realistic full- color images and animations.
- Computer Graphics IV (02340) ½ credit
- Grades: 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Computer Graphics III
- An advanced graphics course with emphasis placed on becoming skilled and productive in the 3-D world of ray-traced animations and graphics. Techniques are based on object parenting, choreograph object movement, and hierarchical motion together with camera options, depth of field, sound, and motion blur.
- Drawing I (02410) ½ credit
- Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Art I
- The emphasis of this course is concrete academic fundamentals and the creative aspects of drawing. It is designed to reflect the extensive range of drawing and the unique importance it holds as a service to other disciplines of art.
- Drawing II (02420) ½ credit
- Grades: 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Drawing I
- A course designed to work toward evolving personal styles that reflect an individual awareness and knowledge of design and composition. Emphasis is placed on the expressive and organizational power of the elements of art and the principles of design, as well as the technical characteristics of the media.
- Drawing III (02430) ½ credit
- Grades: 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Drawing II
- An advanced drawing course based on the further development of a personal style in drawing. Emphasis is placed on formal, practical, and creative aspects involved in composition and expressive techniques necessary to evoke emotions or feelings.
- Drawing IV (02440) ½ credit
- Grades: 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Drawing III
- An advanced drawing course based on an in-depth concentration into a particular medium or concern. The course focuses on the processes of investigation, growth, and discovery. The concentration consists of a series of studies that lead up to finished works.
- Jewelry I (02610) ½ credit
- Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Art I
- An introduction to jewelry design based on sheet construction, focusing on the concepts of metalworking: cutting, and finishing. Emphasis is placed on the organizational and expressive power of design elements and principles, as well as the technical characteristics of the medium and tools.
- Jewelry II (02620) ½ credit
- Grades: 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Jewelry I
- This is an advanced course of jewelry design. Emphasis is based on a more technically demanding approach to the practicality of jewelry design, and construction.
- Jewelry III (02630) ½ credit
- Grades: 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Jewelry II
- An advanced course based on a concentration in copper enameling and precious metal clay. Emphasis is based on concept and execution of jewelry design, construction, and the technical aspects involved, ranging from the simple to complex.
- Painting I (02710) ½ credit
- Grades: 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Drawing I
- This course is designed to create a greater awareness of the techniques and approaches to painting as well as focusing on materials, mediums, and their effective use in painting.
- Painting II (02720) ½ credit
- Grades: 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Painting I
- A course where emphasis is placed on a more technically demanding approach to painting, with the intent to further develop a personal style of expression. Increased emphasis is placed on an individual awareness and knowledge of design, color, and composition.
- Painting III (02730) ½ credit
- Grades: 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Painting II
- An advanced painting course based on the further development of a personal style in painting. Emphasis is placed on formal, practical and creative aspects involved in various brush and painting techniques.
- Painting IV (02740) ½ credit
- Grades: 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Painting III
- An advanced painting course based on an in-depth concentration into a particular medium or concern. The course focuses on a process of investigation, growth, and discovery. The concentration consists of a series of studies that lead up to finished works.
- Photography I (02810) ½ credit
- Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Art I
- This course is designed to offer the basic understanding of the complete photographic process - from the moment light goes through the lens to the time a finished print is made. The course focuses on basic techniques in shooting and printing. A camera is required, ask your art department teachers about camera details.
- Photography II (02820) ½ credit
- Grades: 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Photography I
- This is an advanced course utilizing a variety of cameras. Emphasis is placed on special and creative techniques, offering a wide variety of effects. A camera is required, ask your art department teachers about camera details.
- Digital Imaging (02830) ½ credit
- Grades: 10, 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: Photography I
- A course designed to explore the principles and elements of design through various digital processes. With the focus on visual communication theory, students will learn techniques used for manipulating images, designs, and concepts in a digital format.
- Advanced Placement
Art History (02510) 1 credit - Grades: 11, 12
- Elective Course / Fine Art
- Fee Required
- Prerequisite Guidelines: “A” or “B” in previous English level or teacher’s recommendation
- AP Art History is designed to be the equivalent of an Art History Humanities course usually taken the first year of college. This course examines the major forms of artistic expression through the history of Western Civilization. Students will critically examine, reflect upon, and analyze selected pieces of artwork.