Curriculum+2009+-+Sample+Syllabus

**Course Syllabus** ** Course Description: ** Art I Honors is an intermediate level course designed to advance and refine students’ drawing, painting, and critique skills through a hands-on studio art experience. Students build technical skill while solving various arts challenges using a variety of media. Emphasis is placed on composition, the Elements of Art, the Principles of Design and observational drawing skills, as well as color theory and life drawing. Students will expand their visual vocabulary and critique skills through speaking and writing about art both independently and with their peers. Artists and world cultures will be examined as students discover how they are relevant to art history and their individual works. ** Shared Texts: ** None ** Supplementary Instructional Material: ** As required by Federal Law and Montclair Board of Education policy, appropriate and reasonable accommodations may be made for students with a documented disability to fulfill essential course requirements. Upon successful completion of this course, students will: 
 * MONTCLAIR HIGH SCHOOL**
 * Department: __School of Visual and Performing Arts__ **
 * Course: __Art I Honors__ **
 * Full Year Course (5 Visual/Performing Arts Credits) **
 * Prerequisite: Art Foundations and/or Drawing and Composition or Departmental  Approval through Portfolio Review **
 * Artist and Art Movement Videos and DVDs
 * Current Art Publications
 * Artist Biographies
 * Internet Resources
 * Academic Support: **
 * Units of Study: **
 * Elements of Art (Line, Shape, Form, Color, Value, Texture, Space)
 * Principles of Design (Balance, Movement, Rhythm, Contrast, Unity, Emphasis, Pattern)
 * Observational Drawing
 * Compositional Organization
 * Color Theory
 * Life Drawing and Human Proportion
 * Art History
 * Critique
 * Proficiencies: **
 * Demonstrate knowledge and use of the Elements of Art and the Principles of Design.
 * Demonstrate full value through the use and understanding of light and shadow.
 * Demonstrate an understanding of basic color theory and color relationships.
 * Demonstrate skill and knowledge of observational drawing through contour drawing, gesture drawing, and accurate rendering.
 * Demonstrate technical skill and application of perspective (1 and 2 point) in real-life spaces.
 * Demonstrate knowledge of Art History with emphasis on world cultures and art movements, and draw comparisons to their own art works.
 * Identify various career paths, interests and arts opportunities.
 * Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of safety procedures for materials and equipment in the art studio.
 * Refine their perceptual, intellectual, physical and technical skills through the creation of art.
 * Think, write and speak about artwork critically and fluently.