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Description change | Prerequisite change | Change credit hours | |||
Undergraduate |
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Course Prefix & Number | Descriptive Title | Credits/Hours |
A370 | Intermediate Printmaking | 3 - |
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Course Prefix & Number | Descriptive Title | Credits/Hours |
A 370 | Intermediate Printmaking | 4 - |
Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) INTERMED PRINTMAKING |
Current Course Description: An intermediate, upper-division concerted study of one of the following areas: Relief; serigraphy; intaglio; or lithography. Prerequisites: A 116, A 131, A 135, A 270, A 271 |
New Course Description: An intermediate, upper-division concerted study of one of the following areas: Relief, serigraphy, intaglio, monoprints or lithography. Research projects and/or presentations. Prerequisites: A230, A270 |
Justification for changing the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): Justification for changing this course from 3 credits to 4 credits is that more information will be covered in each course. Some of the information previously taught in A271 (Intro to Printmaking) will be distributed across the 300-level and 400-level printmaking sequences. Content in the intermediate/advanced printmaking curriculum cycles on a rotating schedule, so it is impossible to list specific project changes for each course number, but each course will be modified to increase the demands on the students in one or more of the following ways each term: a.) students will have an extra assignment to research a contemporary issues in printmaking and present findings in a written research paper. b.) students will have the extra requirement to explore a technique in printmaking related to the method studies this term and present findings in an oral/visual presentation. c.) students will be expected to complete 4 projects per term, instead of the 3 projects that were previously required. d.) students will be expected to complete prints of a more challenging scope than were previously required (e.g. larger print sizes, multi-color prints instead of black and white, prints of greater complexity). Each term, all 400-level students are required to a.) research a printmaking technique related to the method covered that term, and b.) perform a demonstration for the 300-level students. To further justify the additional credit earned for the class, all students will be expected to spend, at minimum, an additional 4 hours/week (outside of classes) developing sketches, proofing and printing plates, matting work, etc. This course change proposal, requesting a change from 3 to 4 credits, is part of a larger program change that will shift all studio art courses from 3 to 4 credits. This change will align our program with other art programs in Oregon. |
Students/Program affected: Students affected: Art majors, Art minors. Program affected: Art major, Studio Art minor |
Step | Approver | Decision | Timestamp |
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1 - Department | Jodie Garrison | Approved | February 24 2012 |
2 - Division | Scott Grim | Approved | February 27 2012 |
3 - Division Curriculum | Jodie Garrison | Approved | March 06 2012 |
5 - Curriculum Committee | Thaddeus Shannon | Approved | April 18 2012 |
6 - Faculty Senate | Gavin Keulks | Approved | May 08 2012 |
7 - Dean | Stephen Scheck | Approved | May 09 2012 |
8 - Provost | Kent Neely | Approved | May 11 2012 |
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