Options Book - Brecksville-Broadview Heights City Schools

ART
(See Career Pathway Page 19)
The following classes are designed to increase students’ awareness of the visual world and to develop personal,
interpretive forms of visual communication. Students will acquire knowledge of the function of art in
our society as they explore design fundamentals in cultural and historical contexts. They will be prepared to
become participants in art activities on a professional or personal level with heightened awareness of the value
and purpose of art to all members of a community. Field trips for the study of aesthetic, historical and studio
research may be included in any art course described below.
Full Year Courses
7010 Art Foundations
7020 Intermediate Art
7030 Advanced Art
7040 Portfolio Preparation
7050 AP Studio Art : Drawing
7055 AP Studio Art: 2D Design
7060 Advanced Photo (AP Studio
Art: 2D Design)
Semester Courses
7021 Drawing
7022 Graphic Design
7023 Ceramics
7024 Photography 1
7025 Photography 2
7026 Advanced Photography
7041 Painting
IS Independent Studies in Art
7001 Art Lab Assistant, Sem. 1
7002 Art Lab Assistant, Sem. 2
Art Foundations
Intermediate art
Course Number: 7020
Course Length: year
Credits: 1.0
Periods/Week: 5
Fee: $25.00
Open To: sophomores, juniors, seniors
This course will give students the opportunity to further
skills in two and three-dimensional media. Students
will be encouraged to apply realistic, abstract and nonobjective
concepts to drawing, painting, print making,
collage, sculpture and ceramics. Attention will be
given to composition principles and technical control.
Included in this course are further studies in aesthetics,
criticism and art history. A sketchbook is required.
Prerequisite: Art Foundations and/or recommendation
of an art teacher.
Advanced Art
Course Number: 7010
Course Length: year
Credits: 1.0
Periods/Week: 5
Fee: $25.00
Open To:
freshmen, sophomores,
juniors, seniors
In this class, students are exposed to a full range of
art experiences. Two dimensional work may include
drawing, painting, print making, and basic design.
Three dimensional work may include ceramics,
sculpture and paper mache. This course is designed
as a workshop environment and includes aesthetics,
criticism and art history. This foundation course is
strongly recommended for those students who wish
to continue study in any of the other art offerings.
Prerequisite: None
Course Number: 7030
Course Length: year
Credits: 1.0
Periods/Week: 10
Fee: $42.00
Open To: juniors, seniors
This course will give students the opportunity to master
skills by expanding their comprehension of media
potential while being confronted with problems of increased
complexity. Students will have in-depth studies
of media and design relating to drawing, painting,
ceramics, sculpture and print making. Experimental
research is encouraged. Independent research of aesthetics,
criticism and art history related to their studio
work will be included in the class. Students begin work
on preparing their art portfolios
Prerequisite: Intermediate Art and/or recommendation
of an art teacher.
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