Fall 2008 Art Appreciation Online

Coursework & Calendar of Required Assignments

First, get your personal calendar out. Each week of the semester has a number, e.g., Week #1 begins August 18. Put the week number in your calendar and set a reminder for it. Second, there are NO specific due dates for work. Maximum possible points are earned when you turn in work during the week it is presented below. Mark your MSJC semester calendar for the entire term with a due date each week that works for YOU. If you follow those, you will help yourself in being successful. (And it gets you off the "mommy track" of having someone remind you of your responsibilities.) I recommend you do this during the first week.

All responsibility for turning in work for maximum points rests on YOU.

All assignments, reading and quizzes are given below. They are presented in a list, based upon the length of the course, separated into weeks. The numbers on the left represent the weeks of the course. I recommend that you follow this list in turning in your work, and submit the work before that week is over. For students showing exceptional responsibility, you can submit any of these early. Best advice: TURN IN YOUR WORK BEFORE THE WEEK IS OVER. Your "job performance" in this class can get you "F...ired" or "A..dvanced", so don't procrastinate. Besides, you lose points if you turn in work after the week's over. The later it is, the more points you lose.

In Summary:

YOU set the due dates for your work knowing that turning it in during the week it's presented will get you the maximum points.

YOU are responsible for your points!

YOU are responsible for turning in your work during the week in which it is presented.

YOU are responsible for setting a weekly due date for yourself. I can tell you that my week ends on Sunday night. When does YOURS end? (Remember, it matters not if I grade papers on Monday, but it does if you turn them in on Monday!!)

My experience in teaching this course is as follows: Students who use this guideline are successful in the course. Students who delay and procrastinate have a hard time earning a "C" grade.

Week # Reading

To Do (Links open with more information)
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Begins Aug. 18

Early open Aug. 13

 Get your book!
1. Post an Introduction within two days after the course begins. (click to find out more when you see a blue underline).

DUE August 20!!!!

2. Listen to your Instructor's Orientation and Welcome Message. Under Lectures on the left side. (click to find out more when you see a blue underline).
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2. Discussion Goup Post: Write about Your Personal Taste (click to find out more when you see a blue underline).
3. Take the "Orientation" non-graded quiz, under "Quizzes" button on the left side of the Blackboard page until you get 100% correct.
4. Discussion Group Post: Tell us What's Going On Out There in Galleries and Museums. (click to find out more when you see a blue underline).

3

Read Chapter One, The Nature of Art, and Chapter Two: Awareness, Creativity and Communication
1. Listen to the Overview Lectures for Chapters One and Two.

2. Quiz: Chapters One & Two - Go to the buttons on the left side of Blackboard, select "Quizzes" and take the quiz for Chapter One and Two. Refer to this quiz guideline before taking any of the quizzes that count for points.

3. Discussion Goup Post: Review sites and write about Georgia O'Keeffe

4 Read Chapter Three: Visual Elements and Chapter Four: Principles of Design

1. Listen to the Overview Lectures for Chapters Three and Four.

2. Quiz on Chapters Three and Four - Go to the buttons on the left side, select "Quizzes" and take the quiz.

5

Read Chapter Five: Evaluating Art and Chapter Six: Drawing

(Note: Students with Edition 7E read Chapters Six and Seven)

1. Listen to the Lectures on Chapters Five and Six.

2. Discussion Group Post: Review the sites and give us your opinions on Art Critics

3. Quiz: Chapter Five and Six - Go to the buttons on the left side, select "Quizzes" and take the quiz.

6

Read Chapter Seven: Painting and Chapter Eight: Printmaking

(Note: Students with Edition 7E read Chapters eight and nine)

1. Listen to the Overview Lecture on Chapters Seven and Eight.

1. Quiz: Chapter Seven and Eight - Go to the buttons on the left side, select "Quizzes" and take the quiz.

2. Discussion Group Post: Tell us about your experiences with the German Expressionist Prints Assignment
7 Reading: Chapter Nine: Camera Arts and Digital ImagesNote: Edition 7E read Chapter Ten

1. Listen to the Lecture on Chapter Nine.

Week # To Read

To Do
8

Reading: Chapter Ten: Graphic Design and Illustration Note: Edition 7E read Chapter Eleven

1. Listen to the Lecture on Chapter Ten.

2. Quiz on Chapters Nine and Ten - Go to the buttons on the left side, select "Quizzes" and take the quiz.

3. Discussion Group Post: Sites on Corporate Logos

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Reading: Chapter Eleven: Sculpture

Note: Edition 7E read Chapter Twelve

1. Listen to the Lecture on Chapter Eleven.

2. Discussion Group Post: Site for the Stuart Collection of Sculpture
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Reading: Chapter Twelve: Clay, Glass, Metal, Wood and Fiber

Note: Edition 7E read Chapter Thirteen

1. Listen to the Lecture on Chapter Twelve.

2. Quiz on Chapters 11 and 12 - Go to the buttons on the left side, select "Quizzes" and take the quiz.

3. Discussion Group Post: Sites of Major Influential Artists using Clay, Glass, Metal, Wood and Fiber

4. First Big Paper Assignment, First 500 Word Written Paper

Week #

To Read

To Do

11

Reading: Chapter Thirteen: Architecture and Environmental Design

Note: Edition 7E read Chapter Fourteen

1. Listen to the Lecture on Chapter Thirteen.

2. Quiz: Chapter 13 - Go to the buttons on the left side, select "Quizzes" and take the quiz.

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Reading:Find your favorite and read ONE of the following:

Chapter Fourteen: Early Art to the Bronze Age

Chapter Fifteen: Classical and Medieval Art

Chapter Sixteen: Renaissance and Baroque Art

Note: Edition 7E read Choose Chapter 15, 16 or 17

1. Take one quiz, corresponding to the chapter you have read - Go to the buttons on the left side, select "Quizzes" and take the quiz of your choice. The other two may be taken for extra credit!

Quiz: Chapter 14

OR

Quiz: Chapter 15

OR

Quiz: Chapter 16

Remember: You can get a good grade in the course by doing only one of these quizzes. You may "choose" to also do the other two, and those points will be possibly 20 extra credit points.

2. Discussion Group Post: Discussion of one Artwork Assignment

13

Reading: Find your favorite and read ONE of the following:

Chapter Seventeen: Traditional Arts of Asia

Chapter Eighteen: The Islamic World

Chapter Nineteen: Africa, Oceania and the Americas

Note: Edition 7E read Choose Chapter 18, 19 or 20

1. Take ONE quiz, corresponding to the chapter you have read - Go to the buttons on the left side, select "Quizzes" and take the quiz of your choice. The other two may be taken for extra credit.

Quiz: Chapter 17

OR

Quiz: Chapter 18

OR

Quiz: Chapter 19

Remember: You can get a good grade in the course by doing only one of these quizzes. You may "choose" to also do the other two, and those points will be possibly 20 extra credit points.
2. Discussion Group Post: Web Sites on Asian, African, Tibetan and Pacific Islands Art

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Reading: Choose and read ONE of the following:

Chapter Twenty: 18th and 19th Centuries

Chapter Twenty-One: Early 20th Century

Chapter Twenty-Two: Between World Wars

Note: Edition 7E read Choose Chapter 21, 22 or 23
1. Take ONE quiz, corresponding to the chapter you have read - Go to the buttons on the left side, select "Quizzes" and take the quiz of your choice. The other two may be taken for extra credit.

Quiz: Chapter 20

OR

Quiz: Chapter 21

OR

Quiz: Chapter 22

Remember: You can get a good grade in the course by doing only one of these quizzes. You may "choose" to also do the other two, and those points will be possibly 20 extra credit points.

2. Discussion Group Post: Web Site on Eduard Manet

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Reading: Please read the following chapters:

Chapter Twenty-Three: Postwar Art in the West, and Chapter Twenty Four: Art Beyond the West

Note: Edition 7E read Choose Chapter 24 and 25

1. Listen to the Lectures on Chapters 23 and 24.

2. Quiz: Chapter 23 and Chapter 24 - Go to the buttons on the left side, select "Quizzes" and take the quiz.

3. Discussion Group Post: The Museum of Modern Art
16 Reading: Please read the following chapter:

Chapter Twenty Five: Postmodernity and Global Art

Note: Edition 7E read Chapter 25

1. Listen to the Lecture on Chapter 25.

2. Quiz: Chapter 25 - Go to the buttons on the left side, select "Quizzes" and take the quiz.

3. Discussion Group Post - A living artist's personal website.

4. Second Big Paper Assignment, Second 500 Word Written Paper

Week # To Read To Do

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No Reading

Two Forum Posts

No quizzes

1. Discussion Group Post: Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City--"The Met" on a Virtual Tour, and post to the Discussion Board How has your taste changed?, writing about your new knowledge, citing works found at the MET. Worth 25 points.

2. Discussion Group Post: Critique the Course.
Final

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 Available under Quizzes

Final Exam

Will be open during finals week.