Dec 27, 2024  
GRCC Curriculum Database (2024-2025 Academic Year) 
    
GRCC Curriculum Database (2024-2025 Academic Year)
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AT 245 - Introduction to Sculpture


Description
This course is the study of additive/subtractive processes, modeling processes, castings processes, welding processes and assemblage processes using various materials to create artworks.
Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 6
School: School of Liberal Arts
Department: Visual Arts
Discipline: AT
Major Course Revisions: N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20220216T16:21:23
Course Review & Revision Year: 2026-2027
Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Studio - 1:1-2

General Education Requirement: None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of the elements and principles manifested in Sculpture.

2. Recognize and understand that art is multicultural.

3. Demonstrate the capacity to view art in aesthetic and critical terms.

4. Demonstrate knowledge of historical and contemporary arts, artists, and sculptural developments.

5. Demonstrate the understanding of the relevance of sculptural history, theory, and criticism from a variety of perspectives including art history, technology, and entrepreneurial ventures.

6. Use independent fabrication skills with a variety of equipment.

7. Create a breadth of communication skills that describe one’s own work within written and oral formats.

8. Demonstrate the abilities to critically analyze art within critiques and discussions.

9. Apply one’s abilities to work independently through safe work practices.

10. Demonstrate abilities to research and plan a wide range of ideas that produce creative sculptures that meet project requirements.

11. Demonstrate a vocabulary pertaining to Sculpture.

12. Respond to teamwork that fosters intellectual and technical knowledge.

13. Create a written summary of the main ideas extracted from information gathered. 

14. Use creativity and alternative thinking to brainstorm new ideas and possible solutions to problems or issues. 

15. Develop specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work. 


Approved for Online Delivery?: No
Course Outline:
I. Introduction to Sculpture

II. Modeling

III. Molding

IV. Casting

V. Carving

VI. Construction and Assemblage

VII. Installation and Collaboration

VIII. Portfolio, Exhibition, Education, Career


Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:

Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: NA
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 10-25%

Studio Lab: 60-80%

Demonstration: 10-25%

Mediated Instruction: 5-20%

Facilitated Discussion:

a. single person critique: 5-80%

b. group critique: 5-25%

Group Work: 0-25%


Mandatory Course Components:
None
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: AT 150  
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): None
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with IRW: NA
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Total Studio Hours Per Week: 6
Faculty Credential Requirements:
18 graduate credit hours in discipline being taught (HLC Requirement), Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details: Master’s of Fine Arts with concentration areas in ceramics and sculpture.
General Room Request: Pottery Studio; room #4
Maximum Course Enrollment: 17
Equivalent Courses: None
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit Accepted: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
Fine Arts, A.F.A., Pre-Art, A.A. (General Transfer)
Course Fees: $20.00
People Soft Course ID Number: 100220
Course CIP Code: 50.0799
High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: NA
Non-Credit GRCC Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Departments?: NA
Corporate Articulation Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Companies?: NA



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