I. General Information

1. Course Title:
2-D Design

2. Course Prefix & Number:
ARTS 1459

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 3

Lecture Hours: 2

Lab Hours: 2

4. Course Description:

This course is an introduction to two-dimensional visual problem solving and art-making strategies, using the elements and principles of design. Students explore and develop visual and conceptual ideas, learning concepts fundamental to all studio art offerings. MnTC Goal 6

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

Reading College Level CLC or Reading College Level

Score:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

8. Prerequisite (Entry) Skills:
Must have the ability to physically manipulate basic art tools such as pencils, erasers, charcoal, brushes, paint and so on.

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

St. Cloud State University, ART 102 2-D Design and Color, 3 cr
MSU Mankato, Art 100 Elements and Principles of Art, 3 cr
Inver Hills Community College, ART 1120 Foundations Of Art :2-D Color and Design, 3 cr

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):

Art Transfer Pathway A.F.A. Degree

2. MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
Goal 6 – Humanities and Fine Arts

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Create compositions involving multiple steps to arrive at a completed work.
Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations	Create a visual solution to a problem.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities (MnTC Goal 6);
• Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities (MnTC Goal 6);
• Engage in the creative process (MnTC Goal 6);
• Articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities (MnTC Goal 6);
• Understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context (MnTC Goal 6);
• Apply formal elements of art and principles of design including theories of color, spatial relationships, and perception to works of arts;
• Develop skills in manipulating two dimensional materials and explore a variety of methods and effects;
• Demonstrate an understanding of multiple art media;
• Produce a series of art works to illustrate exposure to and competency in two dimensional art making;
• Demonstrate an awareness of the importance of design in all two dimensional artworks;
• Demonstrate an increased appreciation of the vital role and value the fine arts and humanities have on the development of culture;
• Explain and evaluate the effectiveness of personal artwork and the work of others through critique; and
• Demonstrate an understanding of health and safety issues within the discipline;

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. Approaches to art
• Realism
• Abstraction
• Non Objective
• Conceptual
2. Elements of art
• Line and its qualities
• Shape, Form, Mass
• Surface: Value, Texture, Color
• Design Principles
3. Balance
• Symmetrical
• Asymmetrical
• Radial
4. Space
• Positive/Negative Spatial Relationships
• Deep and Shallow Space
5. Unity/Variety
6. Repetition/Rhythm/Pattern
7. Scale and Proportion
8. Movement
9. Basic Opaque Color Theory – to include at least but not limited to:
• Primary
• Secondary
• Tertiary
• Values
• Complimentary
• Analogous
• Tints
• Shades

All major projects will be introduced through examples of contemporary and or historical works.

All major projects will conclude with either individual or full class critiques addressing effectiveness of the work relative to the parameters of the project.

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions

1. A series of projects exploring the elements of art
• line and its various qualities
• shape and its various qualities
• surface, including texture and tonal gradation
2. Surface development
• mark making
• texture
• pattern 
3. Basic opaque color theory
• terminology
4. Color projects such as value studies of
• compliments
• analogous colors
• shades
• tints
• black and white
5. Projects exploring the principles of art such as
• Positive/Negative also known as figure/ground
• Balance
• Space
• Unity and Variety
• Emphasis and Focal Point
• Scale and Proportion
6. Color problems applied to the above compositions