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Nature of course request C01973 :

Description change

Change credit hours

Undergraduate

From:
Course Prefix & Number	Descriptive Title	Credits/Hours
A482	Advanced Painting	3 -
To:
Course Prefix & Number	Descriptive Title	Credits/Hours
A482	Advanced Painting	4 -

Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) ADVANCED PAINTING

Current Course Description: An advanced course with extensive practice in a chosen painting medium. Readings, critical writing and gallery visits required. Prerequisite: A481

New Course Description: An advanced course with extensive practice in a chosen painting medium. Emphasis is on individual artistic expression and portfolio development. Documentation of artwork will be covered. Readings, critical writing and gallery visits required. Prerequisite: A481

Justification for changing the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): This course change proposal is part of a larger reorganization process to shift all studio art courses from 3 credits to 4 credits. This change will enable students to complete the program efficiently in a four-year degree plan. As a result, the reduced course load will allow students to invest more time per course and increase the potential for greater progress in each subject. This change will also ease the department¿s scheduling grid, and permit increased student access to studio equipment and workspace as students prepare artwork between class sessions. This change in credits will align our program with art programs in both the 4-year universities and 2-year community colleges in Oregon. Students transferring from quarter and/or semester academic programs will typically experience more accurate credit equivalencies with WOU art courses under this proposed system. Justification for changing this course from 3 to 4 credits is that students will be expected to complete 5 projects instead of the 4 projects that was previously required. Successful completion of projects will require approximately 8-10 hours a week outside of class time, a proportional increase from previous expectations. Expectations of student progress in the course will also increase accordingly. Advanced painting students will maintain a journal with assigned written exercises. The writing component will be expanded to include research and analysis of a contemporary painting topic. Additionally, students will learn techniques and skills in documenting and presenting artwork. Students will be required to document their work, edit images in photoshop and turn in a digital portfolio of their work.

Students/Program affected: Art major, Studio Art minor, BFA.

Approval Queue C01973

Attached Files:

A482_form_syllabus.pdf

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