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Course Title: Photography & Illustration Credit Value: 0.5
Course Number: 105230 Term(s) Offered: Semester
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Introduction to Art Open to Grades: 10, 11, 12
Career Cluster(s): Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Information Technology
Description: In this course, students focus on various visual storytelling techniques using photography and illustration
media. Photography and illustration media includes, but is not limited to digital photography, ink drawing, digital collage
and digital painting. Themes of study are based on concept drawing and painting. Emphasis is placed on originality and
creative problem- solving. Master artists of history inform processes and subjects studied. Successful completion of this
course can be preparation for Advanced Placement Studio Art: 2-D Design.

Course Title: Sculpture Credit Value: 0.5
Course Number: 105300 Term(s) Offered: Semester
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Introduction to Art Open to Grades: 10, 11, 12
Career Cluster(s): Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Hospitality and Tourism
Architecture and Construction Information Technology
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Manufacturing
Education and Training Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Health Science
Description: In this course, students explore two main processes utilized in creating sculpture. The “additive” process,
such as paper mache’, where students create an armature and build or “add on” to the piece to create it. The course will
also explore the “subtractive” process, where material is removed to create the form, such as plaster carving. Sketching,
enlarging and planning processes will be covered to take designs from the beginning stage to the completed form.
Historical and contemporary sculptors will be covered and used as inspiration for course assignments.

Course Title: Ceramics Credit Value: 0.5

Course Number: 105300 Term(s) Offered: Semester
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Introduction to Art Open to Grades: 10, 11, 12
Career Cluster(s): Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Hospitality and Tourism
Architecture and Construction Information Technology
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Manufacturing
Education and Training Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Health Science
Description: In this course, students explore the medium of clay through hand-building techniques (pinch, coil, slab) and
wheel-throwing processes (centering, opening, raising & trimming) to create functional clay vessels by hand and through
the aid of a pottery wheel. Students will utilize decorative processes by historical and contemporary ceramic artists such
as; sgraffito, paper & wax resists and underglaze inlay (mishima) to embellish the clay’s surface. Students completing the
class will have a greater understanding of the nature of clay and its function as an art medium.

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