ART 279 - Printmaking I

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
Create, examine and analyze graphic art through experience with the basic materials, equipment, and processes of printmaking, including relief (linocut and woodcut), intaglio (etching), monotype, and stencil.

Equivalent Quarter Course: ART 1115.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-C1 - Lower Division Arts
Course Typically Offered: Fall ONLY

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Utilize a range of printing techniques and materials in the printed expression of an idea;
Safely handle and maintain the print studio and equipment;
Express an awareness of the history and context of printmaking in relation to contemporary topics, and social, political and cultural issues;
Create a portfolio of work demonstrating technical, formal, conceptual, and material development in a range of printmaking techniques;
Evaluate and critique class projects using correct terminology in oral or written formats.

C1. Arts Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate an appreciation of the arts using their intellect, imagination, sensibility, and sensitivity;
respond to aesthetic experiences in the arts and develop an understanding of the integrity of both emotional and intellectual responses; and
in their intellectual and subjective considerations, demonstrate an understanding of the relationship among the self, the creative arts, and culture.