3 Credits (3 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Shop) 3 hrs/wk (3 Hr. Lecture) *15 wks The overall purpose of this course is to provide the student with a basic understanding of the visual arts. The course deals with the nature of art, the evaluation of art, and the principles, processes, and materials of art. Specifically, we examine the formal elements of design and look at a wide variety of both two and three dimensional art to learn about the process and tools involved in art creation.

Introduction to all forms of visual art covering processes (such as demonstration of the lost-wax process of metal casting), language, responses (oral and written assignments that utilize art-related terminology), issues (such as patronage, feminism or orientalism), and ways of seeing and understanding works of art. A general education course for the non-art major.