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Spring 2020 Official General Catalog 
    
Spring 2020 Official General Catalog [Archived Catalog]

ART 105 - Introduction to Two-Dimensional Design


Introduction to design involves the student with investigation of visual perception and organization.  Training the eye to become sensitive to design elements and principles is emphasized.  Critical analysis of point, line, shape, value, texture, and color; and balance, proportion, scale, rhythm, and unity.  The student will become familiar with a variety of media and intellectual comprehension of text, lecture, and visual examples.  Class projects will focus on learning design methods that are based on logic and expression, to create spatial illusion within a two-dimensional context.

Credits: 3
Hours
2 Class Hours, 2 Studio Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

  1. Apply design theory in order to solve a design problem independently.
  2. Create a unified, well balanced design that serves as the foundation for the development of a more advanced fine or applied art compositional study.
  3. Develop a design that contains elements that communicate symbolically and convey a sense of emotion.
  4. Devise a design within a defined amount of time through adjusting one’s creative process in order to address the specific needs of the project.