Notice: It is the responsibility of the student to enrolled in the class by the add deadline (http://www.sa.utah.edu/regist/pages/Deadlines.html). Late slips will not be signed by the department. It is also the responsibility of the student to make sure that dropping or withdrawing from the class has been officially completed in the Registrar's office.

Course Description
Beginning level course that focuses on establishing an understanding and appreciation of the visual arts. Key components of coursework include a formal understanding of artworks, understanding art within a cultural context, and exploring the creative process. This course investigates these areas and discusses art as a chronological history. The content is designed to be cross-cultural, gender-conscious, and discipline-correlated, meaning that visual art is introduced to include filmmaking, digital imagery and animation, architecture, sculpture, painting, drawing, graphic design, photography, and the applied arts. The creative process, aesthetics, composition and history draw upon all of these diverse interests.

Course Fee
$40.00.

Course Text and Other Readings
Gilbert's Living with Art - 8th Edition, by Mark Getlein (ISBN# 978-0-07-319076-1)

Course Content and Objectives

Goals of this course include providing students with a fundamental understanding of the visual arts: how visual elements and principles of design function; materials, processes, and formats of the different media areas; understanding art within a cultural context; and gaining an understanding of the creative process. Students can look forward to exploring artworks from historical periods and diverse cultures. This course also examines premises behind contemporary artworks and new horizons in the field of visual arts.

Teaching and Learning Methods
Lectures
Due to the fact that no one text book can provide comprehensive coverage of the complex world of the visual art class lectures will be based on numerous sources and will cover materials not always included in the text. The mid-term and final examinations will consist of material from your text, class lectures and discussions, therefore, regular class attendance is important.

Discussions
This course will focus heavily on class discussions both informally and possible in organized small discussions groups. These discussions are to be used to apply acquired knowledge from the course materials to the interpretation, description, comparison, and analysis of art works. My intention is that through a participatory approach everyday will be a positive, interactive experience.

Attendance Policy
N/A

Evaluation Methods and Grading Scale

• Online Group Discussion participation 50% of final grade: Participation will be evaluated on regular input to the discussions, the relevant content of your comments, the accuracy of the information, how insightful the comments are compared to information that is already posted, and require correct spelling and use of grammar.
• Written Assignments 50% of final grade: Successful completion of this course requires that both papers be turned in. Each assignment's due date is indicated on the course outline. An assignments turned in past its scheduled due date will have points deducted for lateness. Assignments will be evaluated on content, thoroughness, and require correct spelling and use of grammar.
  
  Submitting Assignments
  
  Assignments are to be submitted electronically through email as an attached document (either a Microsoft Word document or a Simple Text document: DO NOT SEND WORD PERFECT DOCUMENTS, I am not provided with that software and I am unable to open those documents). Assignments will be returned with comments in a similar manner. Technical problems with your computer or the server will not be a valid reason to submit an assignment past its scheduled due date. If you are unable to submit an assignment because of technical problems you should FAX your assignment by the scheduled due date to 801-585-6171.
  

Access to Studios/Labs/Equipment During Non-class Hours
N/A

ADA statement
The University of Utah seeks to provide equal access to its programs, services and activities for people with disabilities. If you will need accommodations in the class, reasonable prior notice needs to be given to the Center for Disability Services, 162 Union Building, 581-5020 (V/TDD). CDS will work with you and the instructor to make arrangements for accommodations.

All written information in the course can be made available in alternative format with prior notification to the Center for Disability Services.