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
Course introduces the fundamentals of drawing. Graphic media used include pencil, charcoal, pen, and ink. Students learn techniques in line, contour, form, light and shade, texture, and explore problems in design awareness and drawing accuracy.

Course Fee

Course Text and Other Readings

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Course Content and Objectives

Teaching and Learning Methods

Attendance Policy

Attendance is required.  Period.  There is no practical way to recapture material covered in class.  If you don’t attend you simply are not getting the information you need to earn the credits.  Each student is allowed three absences.  I won’t ask questions.  Use them for whatever reason; however, the fourth absence will begin to lower your final grade.  Each additional absence beyond the allotted three will reduce the final grade by one half a letter.  For example, an “A” student who misses four class periods will receive an “A-”.  It’s pretty simple, come to class.

Evaluation Methods and Grading Scale

OUT OF CLASS ASSIGNMENTS:

In addition to work produced during class time, out of class assignments will be given.  You will be responsible for completing these assignments on your own time.  I will provide handouts describing the specifics of each project.  Be prepared to discuss your pieces with the class.  Late work will lower your grade.  Just meet the deadlines.

CRITIQUES:
Crits are a vital part of evaluating your work.  Ideally, they are a forum for the exchange of ideas, information, and opinions.  We will dedicate the beginning of each class period that falls on the due date for out of class assignments to group critiques.  Everyone is required to participate.  This may be the most important feature of the entire class.  Critique of in class work will occur arbitrarily during the semester and serve to prepare students to discuss artwork in front of the class. 

MID-TERM AND FINAL PORTFOLIO REVIEW:
As this class progresses, each student will build a body of work to keep in a portfolio.  At mid-term and the end of the semester I will meet with students individually to review the portfolios.  I will be looking for a margin of improvement.  It then becomes very important that I can compare and contrast assignments given early in the semester against the later projects.  Be sure to keep everything you do in or out of class.  The collective body of your work will represent your efforts and comprise a third of your final grade

GRADING:

Grading is based on out of class assignments, class participation, (work in class, attendance, active engagement in critiques), and a Mid term and final review of portfolio.  All assignments must be completed to pass the course.  Your final grade, therefore, will be a composite of three areas:  participation, out of class assignments, and the portfolio reviews.

LATE ASSIGNMENTS:

An assignment must be presented on the assigned due date or it is considered “late.”  For each day the project, exercise, or assignment is late, one full letter grade will be deducted.  In other words, if the assignment is “A” quality work, a day late will drop it to a “B.”  Two days late will drop “A” quality work to a “C” and I’m sure you can imagine how quickly late work will get you into trouble.  Just don’t turn work in late.  If I receive a project on the day it is due, but you feel dissatisfied with your grade, you may chose to rework or redo the assignment to improve your grade.  Please talk to me personally before resubmitting assignments.

INCOMPLETES:

Materials List

This is a base list of materials; additional materials may be required for specific projects.

Materials

Portfolio
Drawing Board (Large Masonite)
Compressed Charcoal Pencils HB, 2B and 4B
Compressed Charcoal Sticks
Vine Charcoal (Soft)
Gummed Eraser
Large Kneaded Eraser
Chamois Clothe
I can Workable fixative
18 inch ruler

Paper
One large news print pad (largest Available)
One white drawing medium pad 18x24
One small sketchpad

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.