INART001
Integrated Arts

ART SECTION ONLY

Mary Vollero
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Three instructors teach Integrated Arts 001, each section is given about 5 weeks.
Paul Fehrenbach teaches the Music section.
Gayle Gearhart teaches the Theater section.
Mary Vollero teaches the Art section.

The syllabus that follows is for Mary Vollero's art section only.

Course Goals and Objectives:
Students will develop an appreciation and understanding of the visual arts.
Students will explore the elements and principals of the visual arts. These elements and principals can also be found in other art forms such as music and theatre.

Course Requirements:
No Textbook is required for the Art section. Students will be required to complete assignments as well as to participate in any studio activities and discussions. Some studio/art supplies may be necessary.

Grading and Attendance

Attendance Policy:
Attendance is mandatory. It is required that you attend class regularly with the proper materials, and that you utilize class time effectively. Class absences due to medical emergencies do not excuse you from required course work and it will be your responsibility to make up any missed assignments. Repeated tardiness could affect your grade.Your grade may also be affected by repeatedly leaving class early.

Evaluation:
Your semester grade will be based on the completion of assignments, quality of your work, test scores.

Course Activities (subject to change):

Week 1: Introduction
Perception and value in art. Discuss how people see things in different ways. Class will view video The Art of Seeing (10768) and Art Meets Science: 3 — The Crisis of Perception (51471)

Week 2:
Discuss the traditional “role of the artist” in society. According to Henry A. Sayer in book,
World of Art the artist has 4 primary roles:
1. Record the World
2. Give tangible form to feelings
3. Reveal hidden or universal truths
4. Help us to see the world in new or innovative ways
Class will look at various works of art from many eras and cultures and attempt understand the role of the art in society from decoration to expression.

Week 3:
Begin Elements of Art: Focus on Line
Keith Haring video and begin line drawing

Lesson 4:
Focus on Color
Class will view videos on Bridget Riley (33641) and Georgia O’Keefe
Will also experiment with color

Lesson 5:
Focus on Shape
Matisse video and shape with paper cutting

SYLLABUS AND COURSE Activities are subject to change.
Any changes will be announced in class.

Academic Integrity:
DO NOT COPY any one else's work or take credit for someone else's artwork.
Do not hand in work that was done before this class or for another class.
It is understood that at this level of education, academic dishonesty of any type will not be tolerated and will result in immediate disciplinary action. It is further understood that cheating on examinations and out of class assignments will result in a failure grade (F) for that student in the course. Plagiarism and copying reports and assignments from other students, publications, or Internet resources will also result in disciplinary action that will seriously affect the student's grade for the course.
Academic Integrity: All students are expected to act with civility, personal integrity; respect other students' dignity, rights and property; and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their own efforts. An environment of academic integrity is requisite to respect for self and others and a civil community.
Academic integrity includes a commitment to not engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty include cheating or copying, plagiarizing, submitting another persons' work as one's own, using Internet sources without citation, fabricating field data or citations, "ghosting" (taking or having another student take an exam), stealing examinations, tampering with the academic work of another student, facilitating other students' acts of academic dishonesty, etc.
Students charged with a breach of academic integrity will receive due process and, if the charge is found valid, academic sanctions may range, depending on the severity of the offense, from F for the assignment to F for the course.
The University's statement on academic integrity, from which the above statement is drawn, is available at http://www.psu.edu/ Additional Information

Commonwealth College Disability Statement
Penn State is committed to providing access to a quality education for all students, including those with documented disabilities. If a student has a disability and wishes an accommodation for a course, it is the student's responsibility to obtain a University letter confirming the disability and suggesting appropriate accommodation. This letter can be requested from the campus Disability Contact Liaison, Janet L. Yates, Assistant Director of Student Affairs, room 101 Hiller Building.
Students are encouraged to request accommodation early in the semester so that, once identified, reasonable accommodation can be implemented in a timely manner.

Changes to Syllabus
I anticipate that we will follow the schedule outlined here, but adjustments may be made. Any changes will be announced in class and/or distributed or via Email. Be sure to check with a classmate after an absence to see if assignments have changed. I may also change basis for the course grade; if I do, I will inform everyone.
Remaining in the course after reading this syllabus will signal that you accept the possibility of changes and responsibility for being aware of them.