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West Chester Area School District
West Chester Area School District 2021-22 High School Course Selection Guide
Art
The Art Department creates a positive environment to educate students in the world of art. Students can choose to enrich their studies with art opportunities, as well as pursue art related professions. These courses prepare and educate students to understand and apply media, techniques and processes to their art work. Teachers guide students to choose and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas. Students explore the visual arts in relation to history and cultures. These courses allow both student and teacher to reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others. Art courses make connections between visual arts and other disciplines. As an elective, the emphasis will be interest and commitment.
Art courses for Students with a Major Interest in the Visual Arts: Advanced Studio Studies Honors; Photography 2, 3; Advanced Placement Art & Design; Portfolio Development Honors; Advanced Placement Art History; Sculpture/3-D Design 2, 3; Graphic Design 2,3; and Studio Art 2.
Note: All courses are open to any student who meets the prerequisites.
Advanced Placement Art History (10, 11, 12) 1 credit
This college level humanities course takes students around the globe in their study of art. Covering the Paleolithic era through contemporary times, students will analyze art, architecture, and artifact in reference to its
place in global
Comic & Animation 1 (9, 10, 11, 12) 1 credit Neutrally Weighted Comic and Animation 1 is a design oriented course focused on comic facial and figure design, story construction, animation, visual narratives, lettering, imagery related to the written word, and two dimensional design. Students experiment with a variety of traditional media and computer graphics through
the Adobe Creative Suite. Additional
activities include class critique as well as information about art history and vocabulary.
Comic & Animation 2 (10, 11, 12) 1 credit Neutrally Weighted Comic and Animation 2 is a course to build on skills learned, concepts studied and knowledge gained in the first Comic and Animation course. Further animation techniques, computer graphics, portfolio
preparation, critiques, and art history are emphasized. Prerequisite: Completion of Comic & Animation 1 or teacher recommendation.
Comic & Animation 3 Honors (11, 12) 1 credit
Comic and Animation 3 incorporates computer art
and animation media. Students software with learn how to apply computer
techniques to create and color comics. Advanced animation techniques, computer graphics, portfolio preparation, critiques, art history, and are emphasized.
civilization.
This course can expand on a student’s acquired knowledge of history, geography, politics, literature and visual art. Each work is examined in reference to its historical context and the story it tells. Students will experience the artworks through museum trips and virtual
reality, conduct in group work and
participate in class discussions. Class discussions may include politics, economics, gender, culture, or race as it relates to the history of art. This course prepares students to take the College Board AP Art History exam.
Prerequisite: Completion of Comic & Animation 2 or teacher recommendation.
Graphic Design 1 (9, 10, 11, 12) 1 credit Neutrally Weighted This beginning course is for students interested in learning the fundamentals of graphic design. Students use drawing skills as well as computer graphic software such as Adobe Illustrator within the Adobe Creative Suite. The course addresses layout, color, lettering, illustration and advertising.
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