ART 109 — Contemporary Art in World Cultures
Units: 3 Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: 0 Outside Hours: 108 Grading Method: Letter Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable Conditions of Enrollment: None In this global survey of contemporary art, students study recent works by artists from different geographical and cultural regions of the world. Emphasis is placed on artworks that reflect changes to world cultures resulting from colonization, war, and globalization and that capture the interconnections among world cultures and individuals from a humanistic perspective. Using a comparative and transnational framework, students identify commonalities and differences in the way diverse cultures and individuals are affected by and respond to global change. ART 1 10 - Drawing Fundamentals I (CSU, UC) Units: 3 Lecture Hours: 36 Lab Hours: 54 Outside Hours: 72 Grading Method: Letter Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable Conditions of Enrollment: None This course is an introduction to the techniques, media, and concepts of drawing. Instruction is designed to foster observational, compositional, interpretive, and expressive proficiencies. Representative topics include observation, perception, and the drawing process; contour and line; value, volume, and light theory; composition and pictorial structure; and linear perspective. Note: Only offered in fall.