FULLERTON COLLEGE

ART110 Introduction to ART

Sections:
CRN # 12951
CRN# 13325
CRN# 13326
Course Syllabus: Semester: Fall 2017

Class Meetings
There are no on campus meetings. Assignments are open (available) on Sundays at midnight. The due
dates are also on Sundays at midnight. (the date and time stamp on the publishers site is one minute
before midnight to make clear which date it it due.

Instructor: Kathleen Nauer Office: 714-992-7274

Location Office Hours by appointment
F2F Classroom hours: MW 9-11:35 and possibly F 9:00-1:30 pm.
Contact with instructor: I will be online every day M-F and endeavor to respond within 24 hours. If you
want to talk to me video chat, email me a time and date and we can schedule an appointment that fits best
with both our schedules. We can also schedule a time not covered by my face to face courses (see F2F
classroom hours) However, were you to need an on campus office hour, time before or after my class
times works best.

Office Phone: 714-992-7274

Cell Phone: 714-732-9144
E-Mail: knauer@fullcoll.edu
(please put your course name and section in the email.)
LMS Site: Blackboard or Canvas link here.

Overview of the Course:

Welcome to Art 110! This is a strictly online course supported by readings, LearnSmart modules, art
critiques, videos, quizzes, exams and self-guided field trips to experience art in person. You are required to
visit an art gallery, preferably the Fullerton College Art Gallery or one on our list. This is an important
requirement, and you must visit an art museum during the semester, please plan your schedules
accordingly.
You are expected to read the text, review Powerpoint presentations, slide reviews, supplemental articles and
web pages. You must complete LearmSmart assessments for each chapter and unit exams for each Unit
listed in the book. There are two quizzes, one to orient you to the test taking method used, and one to
evaluate the SLOA (Student Learning Objective Assessment). The SLOA quiz is a state requirement
and must be taken.

I am always monitoring your progress with assignments, quizzes and tests and emails,
but it is ultimately your responsibility to cover the material. I encourage all students to contact me with any
questions concerning attendance, grades, class procedures, and assignments. It can be difficult being out
there in cyber-space, especially with some of the material we will be covering this semester. Do not hesitate
to email me. Successful students are the ones who ask questions.

Note: Each week I will email you about the work that is suggested to be done that week and work
that is due that week. Usually around Thursday, I send a reminder about the work that is due.
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We have a new company we may be working with called Canvas, instead of Blackboard, so I do not
know if I have way to evaluate what grades have been reported to the grade center, and link that with
specific emails. If it is possible, I email anyone who is lacking a grade on that Thursday.
The week for the course starts on Sunday at midnight Saturday and ends one minute before midnight
the next Sunday. Except for the last week of the semester, as it ends on midnight Saturday, all work
will be due on midnight Sunday (the end of the weekS

GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

Course Description & General Learning Outcomes
This course provides an introduction to art from prehistoric time to the present, spanning roughly
30,000 years of art! While examining the role that the visual arts have played in the development of the
world's cultures, your will be exposed to a wide variety of artistic media, styles, concepts and themes in art.

Course Objectives
Upon the completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Identify common themes and purposes that underlie the art of most cultures.
2. Distinguish between representational, abstract, and non-representational art.
3. Analyze formal elements in a work of art and explain how they function.
4. Identify techniques and materials used to create various art forms.
5. Identify styles of selected masterworks within the history of art.

Student Learning Outcomes: Upon the completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Distinguish between different art media and techniques.
2. Identify formal elements in a work of art and explain how they function.
3. Identify styles and/or subject matter of selected masterworks.

Textbook: ebook with connect access Living with Art edition 11 author: Mark Getlein Edition: 11

Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course, in terms of courses that must be taken previously. Some
familiarity with using the Internet and browsers is helpful.

Grading
Quiz 1 (orientation quiz) 5 questions 10 points 5% of final grade
Exams:
Unit I: Chapters 1-3 25 question 100 points
Unit II: Chapters 4-5 25 questions 100 points
Unit III: Chapters 6-10 25 questions 100 points
Unit IV: Chapters 11-13 25 questions 100 points
Unit V: Chapters 14-17 25 questions 100 points
Unit VI: Chapters 18-23 25 questions 100 points 50% of final grade
SLOA Quiz 10 questions 10 points 5% of final grade
Learning modules varies with chapter 100 points
Video sequence modules varies with chapter 100 points
Learnsmart and video assessments: 30% of final grade
Museum Report 100 points 10% of final grade
Includes: (1-2 pages of discussion, image of artwork and proof of museum visit.
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Make-Up/Late Work Policies
Tests: The Unit Exams are limited to dates given. Make up exams and Learnmart make up
assessments are available on Kct 29-Nov5. (week 11) The second set of Make up Learnsmart
Assessments are due Dec 10-16. They have a maximum score of 90%, which has the effect of
lowering the grade by one grade.
Note: The make up exam and Learnsmart are LABELLED MAKE UP. You cannot retake the original
exam or Learnsmart as they have maximum scores of 100 points. You MUST take the Make Up
version.
Learnsmart Assessments: Two weeks during the semester, I will make available Make-up learnsmart
assessments. As with other late work, there is a 90% maximum score, which lowers the grade by one grade.

Course Materials & Technologies

Textbook: ebook with connect access Living with Art edition 11 author: Mark Getlein, McGraw-Hill
publisher. You must have Connect access for this class.
Note: Put URLs here:

Computer Access: You will need access to a computer or tablet. At a minimum, you will need a
browser(s), Acrobat Reader, and an image viewer, and reader for Powerpoint files, or word documents.
These materials are free downloadable shareware.

For the PC users this is the link:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13

For Mac users, this is the link to the reader:

https://www.apple.com/mac/keynote/

Slide Shows:
I am providing a list of files for you to look at on your ebook or “real book”.
If any of you PC users don’t have a photo reader, please download Windows
Photo Viewer: Here is the link to that software:

This is a link to Microsoft’s Photo Viewer:

http://download.cnet.com/3028-2192_4-10163573.html?c=CBS-
AUS&s=fivemill&pid=dlcom_sem&aid=10163573_12793460354_28195154742&dlc=
n& part=fivemill

For mac users, you already have Preview.

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Academic Honesty Policy
Students are expected to abide by ethical standards in preparing and presenting material which
demonstrates their level of knowledge and which is used to determine grades. Such standards are
founded on basic concepts of integrity and honesty. These include, but are not limited to, the
following areas: Students shall not plagiarize, which is defined as: stealing or passing off as
one’s own the ideas or words of another, or using a creative production without crediting the
source. You must cite your sources for all of your writing assignments using MLA format.
Students shall not cheat, which is defined as: using notes, aids, or the help of other students on
tests or exams in ways other than those expressly permitted by the instructor, or misreporting or
altering research projects involving the collection of data. Students shall not furnish materials or
information in order to enable another student to plagiarize or cheat. Go to the library website
http://library.fullcoll.edu for more information on citation styles and what constitutes as
plagiarism. There is a no tolerance policy for “Academic Dishonesty” in this class and at
Fullerton College. Any student found cheating or plagiarizing will receive a zero on the
assignment, get an “F” in the class, and be reported to the College Dean.

Accommodations for Disabilities:

Students with verifiable disabilities who want to request academic accommodations are
responsible for notifying their instructor and Disabled Students Services (DSS) as early as
possible in the semester (within the first week). The college will make reasonable
accommodations for any student who has a disability. If you need additional time to complete a
test or if you require any special accommodations, it is the student’s responsibility to inform the
instructor in the first week of class. Otherwise, you will be expected to adhere to the information
included on this course syllabus

Assignment Descriptions
Readings/Lecture Notes:
Reading the chapter should be completed before completing the Learn Smart Assignment,
and exams or quizzes. The Powerpoint presentations are provided in a .pdf or powerpoint
format and should be reviewed before taking any tests or quizzes. Materials provided are
from a number of sources, the McGraw-Hill Connect site is a significant one. Information are
comprised of my personal research as well as material from various art related websites and
various art books, and the videos are from Art resources, Public Television documentaries,
such as The History Channel documentaries, etc.

Outlining Chapters:
I recommend outlining the chapters starting with the basic Chapter outline, which I have
provided for you, and save these notes, in a folder on your desktop so you can refer to them for
the quizzes and final exam.

Learning Modules:
This material is provided by the publisher of the book and will assist you in comprehending what
you are learning. In this folder you can read your weekly Chapter Outline and Learning
Objectives, there are also supplementary articles and interactive learning tools so feel free to
explore the website: http://connect.mheducation.com/connect. You will be provided links
to each assignment. The points earned by completing the Learnsmart Modules contribute
to your final grade.
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I have provided a list of slides from each chapter to review for your quizzes and exams. You will
use your book or ebook and review the images in the Chapters you are studying each week.
Often having recognition of what you are looking at is a prime key to being able to determine the
correct answer. Remember, the list is from the 11th edition. Only the current book comes with
the additonal Connect material.

Exams:
Quizzes and exams will be administered online and will be used to assess your knowledge
of the reading and content of the videos provided for the week. Quizzes are comprised of 5
questions and exams are open book and comprised of 25 questions which are drawn from a
pool of questions. Unit exams will come largely from readings and Slide reviews and
Powerpoint presentations.
You will have two attempts at the exams, and the highest score will be recorded.
Quizzes and Exams are located in the Assessments folder and in each week folder under the
corresponding Unit. Each Exam will only be available for one week, after that period you
will not be able to access the Exam. Any make-up exams will have a maximum score of 90
which has the effect of lowering the highest possible score by one grade.

Powerpoint presentations:
The Powerpoint presentations will be provided in both the Powerpoint .ppt format and a .Microsoft
word .docx format.

There are slide presentations that are built in PowerPoint. If you have Microsoft Office on your
computer, you are already set up to read these files. Just as with Acrobat, there is a reader for the
powerpoint files, both for the Mac and the PC. The following links will take you to the download
page. Most browsers are not programmed to read Powerpoint files. They have to be converted to
another type of content. They are exported as .pdf files. The readers are shareware and easy to
install.
When you click on the link in Blackboard, the powerpoint file (.ppt) will deliver itself to your
download box. You can D/C (double / click) or whichever method you like to use to open files,
and it will open the slides on the left, putting the selected one in the main window.

Slide Shows:
I am providing a list of files for you to look at on the slide library in Connect.
PC users have a built in slide viewer and mac users have Preview.

Museum Report:
You will be required to visit an ART museum preferably in Los Angeles (I have listed some
great museums In the Web links folder) and analyze one artwork you find interesting. The
paper must have a cover page, 2 double spaced pages of discussion about the artwork, a
good image of the artwork and proof of your visit.

Cover page: The course, section, your name and student ID should be on the cover page.

Analysis of the artwork: You will be expected to write a visual/stylistic/historical analysis of this
artwork You must use at least one additional source other than the book, a blog, or Wikipedia to
support your analysis. DO NOT cite or reference Wikipedia for any of your material; it is not a
verifiable source. Try to use books, art journals, art magazines, artist or museum websites for
your source material. You must use in text citation and include a works cited page or 9
bibliography. This means that when you read something and reference it in your paper, you must
tell me where you found your information.

Image of the artwork: You must include an image of the artwork, such as a high quality jpg.

Proof of the museum visit in the form of a paid receipt scanned and emailed to the instructor is
required. If you visit the Getty or another museum with free admission then you must go to
visitor’s services and get proof of visit and the date you were at the museum, or you can go to the
museum store and ask them to help you fulfill your proof of visit for a class.

Read the Museum Paper Assignment in the Assignments folder for more details.
Please use MLA style in-text citations, visit https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
for additional information on using MLA.

Student Responsibilities:
**You must have the current edition of the required textbook, and Connect access .
Most students choose an ebook, although an additional “book” is available in addition. 50% of
course material will come straight from the textbook; if you do not have it, you will not be able
to succeed in this course.
**You must have regular access to a computer and the Internet. Expect to check the class site 2-3
times a week! There are labs on campus and in the library if you do not have access to a
personal computer.
**All students must complete the Art 110 Quiz 1 by the end of the second week in the
semester to remain in the class. If you do not complete the orientation, you may be dropped
as a no-show student.
**This course has many deadlines, so you need to keep on top of due dates, your reading,
and assignments. If you miss more than three weeks of material/deadlines you will not be
able to catch up or pass the class. Access to the material is limited by the due dates for the
exams.
**Keep copies of all e-mails you send to the instructor or any assignment confirmation notices
posted by the class website when you turn something in. Do this as insurance in the event of
computer problems. It is the responsibility of the student to make sure the instructor receives all
their work. If the instructor does not respond to your email within 72 hours assume it was not
received and resend it via the course website and at knauer@fullcoll.edu.
**I recommend that you save all chapter outlines and notes in a folder on your desktop in case
you need to refer to them for quizzes or exams. It is also a good idea to save your Museum
Paper on a flash drive in case something happens to your computer.
**Immediately report e-mail/computer problems to the instructor. It is entirely the student’s
responsibility to complete the course, even in the event of computer failure. If you suspect there
to be an error in the school or publishers computer system, you must contact the instructor within
24 hours of that presumed error. If you do not contact the instructor in that time frame your
computer failure issues will not be considered.
If you are having problems with your computer at home, you are directed to a computer
lab on campus. There are computers also available in the library as well as the computer
labs.

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WARNING:
The administrator of all of the online courses strongly recommends that all Quizzes and exams
be taken on a computer, not a cell phone or other device. I heartily agree with him, as your
signmal may well get dropped and you would not be able to reopen the file. Also, some of the
questions require a series of images which may be too small for identification. The book
and learnsmart can enlarge images, but the exams cannot.

Keep Up Don't Catch Up:

I feel that a key component to success in the class is to do the work as assigned in the
suggested week. Schedule time for this class each week, as you would for a face-to-face
class. Each week has reading and most have assessments and/or assignments. The access
to the materials is limited to the date of the exam for the Unit.
I encourage all students to contact me with any questions concerning anything related to the
class, grades, class procedures, and assignments. It can be difficult being out there in cyber-
space, especially with some of the material we will be covering this semester. Do not hesitate to
email me.
Successful students are the ones who ask questions.
I encourage keeping up, not catching up!

Here’s to a successful semester!

Kathy Nauer

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