GAVILANcOLLEGE
cURRICULUM dEVELOPMENT
form CModifY or InACTIVATE existing course
Date: / 2/11/2009 / Prepared & Submitted by: / Arturo Rosette, Jane Rekedal
Department: / Fine Arts / Course Discipline and Number: / Art 10A
1. / What is the effective term?
Fall Spring Summer Academic Year:.2009
2. / Inactivate Course:
Reason for inactivation:
3. / Modification of the following: (Attach existing course outline, note changes as appropriate. Update Prerequisite/Advisory Form, if appropriate )
Number / Hours / Prerequisite/Advisory / Discipline
Title / Units / Description / Content
Grading / GE Applicability / Repeatability / Transferability
General Update / Reinstate Course / Cross list course with
Other (please describe.)
FROM: / Art 10A / Cultural History of Ceramics / 3 / 2 / 3
Discipline & Number / Course Title / Units / Lec
Hours per week / Lab
Hours per week
TO: / Art 10A / Cultural History of Cermics / 3 / 2 / 4
Discipline & Number / Course Title / Units / Lec
Hours per week / Lab
Hours per week
4. / Reason for modification:
This course needs more time for students to work on their ceramics projects. Expanding the lab time by one hour will allow for students to complete their projects under the supervision of the instructor. Furthermore, this change will make this course consistent with the Art department's other studio course offerings as well as similar classes at other community colleges and 4-year art programs. Note: the content has been updated to reflect the added lab hours.
5. / Will this course be offered via distance education? Yes No
If yes, fill out Form D – Distance Education form.
6. / Routing/Recommendation for Approval
Signatures / Approval
Dept. Approval (Chair Sign) / Date / Yes ___ / No ___
Area Dean / Date / Yes ___ / No ___
Curriculum Committee Chair / Date / Yes ___ / No ___
VP of Instruction / Date / Yes ___ / No ___
Superintendent/President For District Board / Yes ___ / No ___
CCC Chancellor’s Office
(if applicable) / Date / Yes ___ / No ___
GAVILANCOLLEGE
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
COURSE OUTLINEDISCIPLINE: / DEPARTMENT:
(Discipline and Number)
COURSE TITLE:(Maximum of 60 spaces)
ABBREVIATED TITLE:(Maximum of 30 spaces)
SEMESTER UNITS: / LEC HOURS PER WEEK: / LAB HOURS PER WEEK:Classification:
N/AA) Liberal Arts & SciencesB) Developmental PrepC) Adult & Secondary EdD) Personal DevelopmentE) HandicappedF) Parenting & FamilyG) Community & Civ DevH) General & CulturalI) Occupational Education / Non Credit Category:
Y Not Applicable, Credit CourseA English as a 2nd Lang (ESL)B Citizenship for ImmigrantsC Elementary & 2ndry Basic SkillsD Health & SafetyE Course for Person w/ DisabilityF ParentingG Home EconomicsH Courses for Older AdultsI Short Term VocationalX Unknown (not reported) / Occupational Code (SAM):
N/AA) Apprenticeship CourseB) Advanced OccupationalC) Clearly OccupationalD) Possibly OccupationalE) Non-OccupationalF) Clearly AcademicG) General AcademicH) General EducationI) Skill DevelopmentX) Other SAM Class
TOP Code: 0000.00 / LEH Factor: / FTE Load:
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
COURSE REQUISITES:
List all prerequisites separated by AND/OR, as needed. Also fill out and submit the Prerequisite/Advisory form.
No Change
Replaces existing Advisory/Prerequisite
In addition to existing Advisory/Prerequisite
Prerequisite:
Co-requisite:
Advisory:
GRADING SYSTEM:
Select only one: No Change
Standard Letter grade
Pass/ No Pass
Option of a standard letter grade or pass/no pass
Non Credit
REPEATABLE FOR CREDIT:
(Note: Course Outline must include additional skills that will be acquired by repeating this course.)
Credit CourseYes No If yes, how many times?1 2 3
Non Credit CourseYes No If yes, how many times?1 2 3 Unlimited
(Noncredit only)
STAND ALONE:Yes (Course is NOT included in a degree or certificate program)
No (Course is included in a degree or certificate program)
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED TEXT/S:
(The following information must be provided: Author, Title, Publisher, Year of Publication, Reading level and Reading level verification)
Recommended Required N/A
Author: / Title: / Publisher: / Year of Publication:ISBN: (if available) / Reading level of text: grade / Verified by:
Other textbooks or materials to be purchased by the student:
, or other appropriate college level text.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Complete this section in a manner that demonstrates student’s use of critical thinking and reasoning skills. These include the ability to formulate and analyze problems and to employ rational processes to achieve increased understanding. Reference Bloom's Taxonomy of action verbs.
- List the Type of Measures that will be used to measure the student learning outcomes, such as written exam, oral exam, oral report, role playing, project, performance, demonstration, etc
- Identify which Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO) apply to this course. List them, by number, in order of emphasis. For example: "2, 1" would indicate Cognition and Communication.
(1) Communication, (2) Cognition, (3) Information Competency, (4) Social Interaction, (5) Aesthetic Responsiveness, (6) Personal Development & Responsibility, (7) Content Specific. - For GE courses, enter the GE Learning Outcomes for this course. For example "A1, A2". GE Learning Outcomes are listed below.
1) Student Learning Outcomes / 2) Measure / 3) Institutional Learning Outcome / 4) GE Learning Outcome
- The student will describe the terminology of ceramics.
- The student will recognize the unique contributions various cultures have made to ceramic history.
- The student will apply appropriate and effective ceramic design.
- The student will utilize safe and proper techniques and procedures
- The student will recognize the forms and conventions of ceramic art.
- . The student will create a unique, personal communication and effectively use the ceramic medium of expression.
- The student will appraise and criticize ceramic works created by his peers and himself.
GENERAL EDUCATION LEARNING OUTCOMES
AREA A Communications in the English Language
After completing courses in Area A, students will be able to do the following:
A1.Receive, analyze, and effectively respond to verbal communication.
A2.Formulate, organize and logically present verbal information.
A3.Write clear and effective prose using forms, methods, modes and conventions of English grammar that best achieve the writing’s purpose.
A4.Advocate effectively for a position using persuasive strategies, argumentative support, and logical reasoning.
A5.Employ the methods of research to find information, analyze its content, and appropriately incorporate it into written work.
A6.Read college course texts and summarize the information presented.
A7.Analyze the ideas presented in college course materials and be able to discuss them or present them in writing.
A8.Communicate conclusions based on sound inferences drawn from unambiguous statements of knowledge and belief.
A9.Explain and apply elementary inductive and deductive processes, describe formal and informal fallacies of language and thought, and compare effectively matters of fact and issues of judgment and opinion.
AREA B Physical Universe and its Life Forms
After completing courses in Area B, students will be able to do the following:
B1.Explain concepts and theories related to physical and biological phenomena.
B2.Identify structures of selected living organisms and relate structure to biological function.
B3.Recognize and utilize appropriate mathematical techniques to solve both abstract and practical problems.
B4.Utilize safe and effectives laboratory techniques to investigate scientific problems.
B5.Discuss the use and limitations of the scientific process in the solution of problems.
B6.Make critical judgments about the validity of scientific evidence and the applicability of scientific theories.
B7.Utilize appropriate technology for scientific and mathematical investigations and recognize the advantages and disadvantages of that technology.
B8.Work collaboratively with others on labs, projects, and presentations.
B9.Describe the influence of scientific knowledge on the development of world’s civilizations as recorded in the past as well as in present times.
AREA C Arts, Foreign Language, Literature and Philosophy
After completing courses in Area C, students will be able to do the following:
C1.Demonstrate knowledge of the language and content of one or more artistic forms: visual arts, music, theater, film/television, writing, digital arts.
C2.Analyze an artistic work on both its emotional and intellectual levels.
C3.Demonstrate awareness of the thinking, practices and unique perspectives offered by a culture or cultures other than one’s own.
C4.Recognize the universality of the human experience in its various manifestations across cultures.
C5.Express objective and subjective responses to experiences and describe the integrity of emotional and intellectual response.
C6.Analyze and explain the interrelationship between self, the creative arts, and the humanities, and be exposed to both non-Western and Western cultures.
C7.Contextually describe the contributions and perspectives of women and of ethnic and other minorities.
AREA D Social, Political, and Economic Institutions
After completing courses in Area D, students will be able to do the following:
D1.Identify and analyze key concepts and theories about human and/or societal development.
D2.Critique generalizations and popular opinion about human behavior and society, distinguishing opinion and values from scientific observation and study.
D3.Demonstrate an understanding of the use of research and scientific methodologies in the study of human behavior and societal change.
D4.Analyze different cultures and their influence on human development or society, including how issues relate to race, class and gender.
D5.Describe and analyze cultural and social organizations, including similarities and differences between various societies.
AREA E Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development
After completing courses in Area E, students will be able to do the following:
E1.Demonstrate an awareness of the importance of personal development.
E2.Examine the integration of one’s self as a psychological, social, and physiological being.
E3.Analyze human behavior, perception, and physiology and their interrelationships including sexuality, nutrition, health, stress, the social and physical environment, and the implications of death and dying.
AREA F Cultural Diversity
After completing courses in Area F, students will be able to do the following:
F1.Connect knowledge of self and society to larger cultural contexts.
F2.Articulate the differences and similarities between and within cultures.
Content, Student Performance Objectives, and *Out-of-Class Assignments:
HOURS / *e.g., essays, library research, problems, projects required outside of class on a 2 to 1 basis for Lecture units granted.10 Hours / Introduction to course, text, materials, assignments, and evaluation
methods, all due dates for written assignments. Tool usage. Lecture to pre-history of clay, basic ceramic chemistry and processes. Pinch pots demonstrated.
Homework: reading assignments
Objectives: Students will read handouts, obtain necessary tools, clay,
and textbook and glaze notebook required for class. Students will make
pinch pots.
20 Hours / Unit 1: The Americas and Africa. Lectures and slides on ancient
ceramics from these regions. Demonstrations: coiling, burnishing,
safety and toxics, studio management. Demonstrate decorating
techniques, throwing and trimming bowl and cup forms on the wheel,
handle making. Homework: reading assignments, study guide
preparation, begin glaze notebooks and sketch journal.
Objectives: Students will discuss slides, ask questions of lecture,
and describe their interpretations of readings and historical
information. They will build coil and pinch pots, burnish, and
decorate them in a traditional, primitive manner. Students may also
begin throwing on the wheel.
5 Hours / Unit test. Demonstrations of glazing, throwing cylinder on wheel.
Unit two reading assignments given. Homework: reading assignments,
glaze notebooks, sketch journal.
Objectives: Students will view slides, record key points of lectures,
and contribute to classroom discussion. They will take a written test
and practice wheel work and work on coil/pinch pots assigned from unit
1.
20 Hours / Unit 2: The Mediterranean. Lectures and slides on ceramics from
Egypt, Crete, Greece, the Etruscans, and the Roman Empire.
Demonstrations: bas relief, wheel, molds. Assignment of research
paper. Pit firing, weather permitting. Homework: reading
assignments, sketch journal, glaze notebooks. Begin researching paper.
Objectives: Students will record key points of lecture, discuss the
readings and historical information. They will continue with coil and
wheel work and begin the use of molds using slabs of clay. Research
for writing will be done with office texts, library, and internet.
Students will glaze pots and experiment with decorating techniques.
Students may participate in pit firing. They will take a written test.
Hours
20 Hours / Unit 3: Ceramics of Asia. Lectures and slides of Chinese, Korean, and
Japanese ceramics. Demonstrations: overglaze painting, rigid and soft
slab construction, wheel, porcelain, and history of Raku and
demonstration of Raku techniques. Homework: reading assignments,
sketch journal, glaze notebooks, write paper.
Objectives: Students will record key points of lectures, participate
in classroom discussions, and work on their assigned projects. They
will write research papers. They will apply the information and
techniques learned from the demonstrations to make the assigned
projects. Students will take a written unit test.
5 Hours / Midterm oral critiques, studio work. Homework: reading assignments,
sketch journal, glaze notebooks, write paper. Objectives: Each student will participate in either an all-class critique or a small group critique, in which the student describes,shows, and explains his/her work orally. Peers give feedback and ask questions.
5 Hours / Gallery visit, oral critiques, studio work. Introduction to sculpture,
with slides of contemporary work. Homework: visit a gallery and write
a criticism of the work.
Objectives: Students will participate in oral critiques if not
earlier. Students will also visit a gallery and observe three-
dimensional works. They will then write a one page paper describing
and criticizing these works. They will also view the slides of
sculpture in preparation for their own projects.
20 Hours / Unit 4: Ceramics of Europe and the Unites States, and the Worldwide
View. Lectures and slides of historical works from Europe and the US.
Globalization of ideas, blending of cultural styles, worldwide
interaction to present day. Demonstrations: wheel and sculpture
techniques. Homework: reading assignments, sketch journal, finish
glaze notebooks, write paper, write criticism of their own work this
semester.
Objectives: Students will view slides, participate in classroom
discussions, and record lecture information. They will turn in their
research papers, and write a one page paper criticizing their own work
this semester. Some students will choose to create a sculpture as an
assigned project, others will fulfill the requirements with wheel
projects. Students will complete all projects. They will take a
written unit test.
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METHODS OF EVALUATION:
CATEGORY 1 - The types of writing assignments required:Percent range of total grade: 25 % to 50 %
Written Homework
Reading Reports
Lab Reports
Essay Exams
Term or Other Papers
Other: Critique essays/glaze notebooks/journals
If this is a degree applicable course, but substantial writing assignments are not appropriate, indicate reason:
Course is primarily computational
Course primarily involves skill demonstration or problem solving
CATEGORY 2 -The problem-solving assignments required:
Percent range of total grade: 0 % to 0 %
Homework Problems
Field Work
Lab Reports
Quizzes
Exams
Other:
CATEGORY 3 -The types of skill demonstrations required:
Percent range of total grade: 50 % to 60 %
Class Performance/s
Field Work
Performance Exams
CATEGORY 4 - The types of objective examinations used in the course:
Percent range of total grade: 15 % to 20 %
Multiple Choice
True/False
Matching Items
Completion
Other:
CATEGORY 5 - Any other methods of evaluation:
Percent range of total grade: 5 % to 10 %
class participation/oral critiques/notebooks
Form_C_Modify_Course_Nov_2008.doc Revised: 2/17/2009