SYLLABUS

Art -107-01 3-Dimensional Design--Course Outline

2015 Section 01, T/TH 4:00-6:50 pm FAB Room 25

St. Clair County Community College

Professor:                                          Myrna Pronchuk

Office: Art Office FAB

Phone:                                                 615-974-2726

Email:                                                   mlpronchuk@sc4.edu  No Text*

Office Hours:                                     T/TH  12:00-1; 6:50-7:30

Class Blog:                                        3DSPRING2015.BLOGSPOT.com

Class cancellation hotline:            810-989-5770

Textbooks: Will post reading abstracts to be discussed in class on Blog. 

Course Rationale

In this course you will be introduced to 3-dimensional design.  This class is a core class in the Fine Arts Curriculum.  It provides a strong introduction to visual arts for non-majors and assists to develop an awareness and appreciation for the 3-dimensional world in which we live.  3-d Design focuses on purposeful decision making in utilizing elements and principles of design in an integrative way in relating to depth and space.  Students are introduced to 3-dimensional concepts with problem solving challenges.  Emphasis is also placed on visual communication idea building and critical analysis in the content of contemporary art and design.

Catalog Description

Three-dimensional problems in the fundamentals of design include projects that are both decorative and functional. Emphasis on form, texture and color are stressed. A variety of media both man-made and natural are explored. Offered winter semester only.

Prerequisite: None

3 credits, plus 3 contact hours = 2 lecture, 4 laboratory

Academic Accommodations

SC4 will provide reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities in accordance with ADA, provided such accommodation does not fundamentally alter the nature of the program, cause undue hardship on the college, or jeopardize the health or safety of others.

Course Objectives

All Students who successful complete this course will demonstrate these skills and/or knowledge:

1.     Demonstrate visual literacy, seeing with awareness, appreciation, insight and knowledge;

2.     Demonstrate visual communication skills through the basic problem-solving approach to 3-D design;

3.     Use a basic visual arts vocabulary to include 3-D design terms;

4.     Demonstrate knowledge, hand skills and technical expertise in model making;

5.     Demonstrate and expanded awareness of 3-D materials;

6.     Demonstrate a refined understanding of form, space, color and its application to the design solution.

Course Requirements

·      Completion of in-class assignments

·      Work illustrated within sketchbook

·      Two tests

·      Participation and attendance at class critique

·      Reading discussion and oral quiz

·      Portfolio – completed - hand-in midterm and end term

·      Capstone Project with research paper - including presentation and critique

(Research paper must be done MLA styling, double space, research 2 artists)

·      Late hand-ins of work, including Assignments and Capstone projects will loose one whole letter grade for each class day they are late, beginning with the due date. This is if you are there or not.

·      Any readings, quizzes, cannot be made-up for any reason whatsoever.

·      Attend all classes.  More than three absences will lower your final grade one full grade (ie. A to B).  More than four unexcused absences will keep you from passing the course.

·      Come to class on time.  3 tardies = 1 absence.

·      ELECTRONICS POLICY: No outside buds to be allowed in class.

·      Disabilities that need an accommodation must be reported to the Academic Achievement Center.

·      No Audiotaping of class, unless needed for accommodation needs my permission on a daily basis.  Videotaping just isn’t going to happen.

·      INCOMPLETE GRADES only can be given when there is reasonable chance the student can finish the work.  The amount of work allowable is small.  Also, I must be contacted well before grades are due in the Record’s Office.  It has been my experience that very few incomplete grades are actually completed by the contracted date.  When this happens, the “I” grade turns into an E.

·      CANCELLED CLASSES, snow days, disasters (natural or otherwise) happen. If class is cancelled, we will do the assigned work the very next day we meet.

·      NETWORKING is always a good idea since life is so unpredictable.  I encourage you to get the phone numbers of a few classmates.  Always, of course, you can contact me, too.

·      Notify instructor of absence by email.  Due to the tight schedule I will not go over the missed classes in class time-you will be responsible to make an appointment and meet with me during office hours to review what you have missed.

·      Be professional by meeting all deadlines for sketches and finished art.

·      Contact instructor via email for appointment for extra assistance.

·      Work load: 6 hours of work outside class is required each week.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:  Plagiarism, or having someone else write all or part of your papers will not be tolerated. Cheating, in any form is not tolerated.  If I detect plagiarism or intentional cheating, I will fail you for that assignment with an E grade of 0%.    If the academic dishonesty is blatant, repeated, or damages a classmate’s grade or impeded his or her chance for success, I might add further penalties including a E grade for the entire course.  These acts of academic dishonesty might be reported to the college, and the college might take action against you as well.  Consult the College Catalog for more details.  Proven cases of academic dishonesty are recorded on your transcripts, and they will follow you wherever you go.  It’s just not worth the consequences. Remember this too, unintentional, accidental, plagiarism is still cheating, and can bring similar penalties.

CLASSROOM   CONDUCT:   Any behavior that disrupts class, threatens physically or verbally, or intimidates any member of the class is absolutely out of line with good conduct in any classroom and especially a college classroom since we are supposed to be mature adults.  A classroom, the hallway, or any instructor’s office is not your personal venue for venting your frustrations or unsolicited opinions.  Check your ego at the door and allow your classmates and the instructor his or her chance to talk.  Remember this:  a college class is not a democracy.  The teacher has absolute say, and even though we welcome input, what happens or doesn’t happen in the classroom ultimately is up to the instructor.  When you sign up for and attend a college class, you’ve signed on with the implied intent of proceeding with mutual respect.  If you exhibit behavior that is threatening or disrespectful, you might be asked to exit the classroom for that meeting time, and you could be removed from the class permanently (after due process, of course).  Security might be called in if the teacher so chooses.

 **A NOTE ON COURSE AND DISCUSSION CONTENT:  Be aware that art and literature can be very frank on issues of politics, religion and human sexuality.  If some of the art and literature’s or the discussions’ attitudes or language should so offend your sensibilities that you feel it might be difficult for you to participate in open discussion, let me know so that I might find another way to engage you in the course material.  Even so, you still will be responsible for being evaluated on the content of the syllabus.

Evaluation:

All design problems will have definite attainable goals, which will be fully explained in detail at the beginning of each assignment.  Students will be graded in relationship to these goals and a letter grade will be assigned in each of the following categories:

Concept/planning  (sketchbook)                             10

Aesthetic resolution                                                20

Craft                                                                        20                                               

Final grades will be based on

Class participation                                                  10

Design Projects                                                       20  =            80%

Completed Portfolio*                                                   =            20%

And Final Capstone

Improvement on an individual basis will be considered in relationship to the final grade.  Letter grades will be assigned using plus and minus system

*Students are responsible for documentation of 3-d work on a CD to be handed in to Instructor at the end of term.           

Supplies (partial list only)

Blick hot wax pen w/4 nib pack  034351001    $12.99

9x12 Sketchbook 66167090451  $11.60

Tackle box or storage box

Blick Wax Tools set of six 330690069 $8.10

Ruler

X-Acto knife - $3

Eraser, sissors

18 guage dark annealed soft wire (50 ft coil)

pencil

glue

                Work Schedule

***The following "schedule" is the best approximation at this time of what will happen in this class. However, the course content and the timing of the assignments might vary from this schedule in order to meet the particular needs of this class:

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Week 1            Introduction, Hand Outs/Material Terminology and                                                                         Identification

            Reading/Research Navigation

                        Blog Assignment

                        Ted Talk: Paola Antonelli – Treating Design as Art

Week 2            Cantilever Investigation/Leonardo’s Machines

Week 3            Surface/Space

                        Bas Relief

Week 4            Planes; Interpretation

Week 5            Volume, Mass -

Week 6            Subtraction/reorganization

Week 7             Addition/Reorganization

Week 8             Cross-Section

MID TERM BREAK: 03/10 – 03/12 NO CLASSES

Week 9            Traditions Challenge-Cabinet of Curiosity

Week 10            Space/Position – Kinetic Investigation

Week 11            Design Abstraction I – Wire Form

Week 12            Design Abstraction II – Organic Forms

Week 13            Design Abstraction II – Wax carving

Week 14            Decorative Special Concepts – Paper Form

Week 15            Research Paper/Work Capstone/Final Critique

Week 16            Capstone/Final Exam

                        Portfolio Turn in CD*                       

*The Visual and Performing Arts Department will not be responsible for any student art work, projects or written work left in the Fine Arts building after the end of the semester unless special arrangements have been made by the student with the appropriate instructor.  The Department reserves the right to hold selected work for the following calendar year to be included in FAB gallery exhibitions