List of Courses

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

Introduction to three-dimensional sculptural principles, techniques, and concepts utilizing a wide range of materials and practices. Various sculpture methods are practiced with attention to creative self-expression and historical context. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.

Advisory: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1A
Credit transferable: CSU, UC
GE Credit: MPC, Area C

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is a continuation of ARTD 1A, with concentration on more complex projects. It includes increased student participation and responsibility to generate direction for their work. Increased emphasis is placed on the use of permanent materials. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.

Prerequisites: ARTD 1A (or ART 63A) 
Credit transferable: CSU, UC 

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is a continuation of ARTD 1B, with emphasis on independent authorship of ideas and awareness of creating a unified body of work. Students explore combining materials used in previous classes to create multiple-media projects. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.

Prerequisites: ARTD 1B (or ART 63B) 
Credit transferable: CSU, UC 

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is a continuation of ARTD 1C, with emphasis on refining work for portfolio review, scholarship application, and transfer and/or exhibition preparation. It includes an introduction to the spatial relationships of installation art. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.

Prerequisite: ARTD 1C
Credit transferable: CSU, UC

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course offers study of the human form in sculpture, working directly from live models. The primary material used is plasticene over armatures. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.

Advisory: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1A
Credit transferable: CSU, UC

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is a continuation of ARTD 2A, with an increase in project  complexity. Emphasis is on personal expression through creative form manipulation and increased student participation in idea development. It includes expanded use of casting mediums, materials, and construction techniques.

Prerequisites: ARTD 2A (or ART 64)
Credit transferable: CSU, UC 

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is a continuation of ARTD 2B, with emphasis on independent authorship of ideas, figurative innovation, and exploration in alternate figurative mediums. It covers advanced textural techniques and expressive portraiture.

Prerequisite: ARTD 2B
Credit transferable: CSU, UC 

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is a continuation of ARTD 2C. Emphasis is placed on individual aesthetic refinement. The course includes techniques in capturing expressive qualities and gesture. It also covers the dynamics of increasing scale and an introduction to the spatial relationships of figurative installation art.

Prerequisite: ARTD 2C
Credit transferable: CSU, UC 

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course offers an introduction to basic mold-making techniques. It includes instruction in waste molds, piece molds, slip casting, and plastics. It also covers preparatory molds for lost-wax metal casting. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.

Advisories: ARTB 3 (or ART 23), ARCE 3A (or ART 74A), ARTD 1A (or ART 63A), or ARTD 2A (or ART 64); completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1A
Credit transferable: CSU, UC 

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is a continuation of ARTD 3A. Projects increase in sophistication. Emphasis is on two-piece molds, larger scale mother-mold construction, complex spatial relationships, and visualizing parting lines. Mediums include silicone and polyurethane.

Prerequisites: ARTD 3A (or ART 65)
Advisory: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1A
Credit transferable: CSU, UC

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is a continuation of ARTD 3B, with priority given to advanced multiple-piece molds. It covers block molds, casting resins, foams, polyester and polyurethane resin pouring, resin coloration techniques, wax finish work, and experimental mold-making techniques.

Prerequisite: ARTD 3B
Credit transferable: CSU, UC

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is an introduction to basic wood sculpture, including experience with wood fabrication and carving. Materials used range from those for found-wood construction to those for high-finish projects. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.

Advisory: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1A x
Credit transferable: CSU, UC 

ARTD 4B - Wood Sculpture II

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is a continuation of ARTD 4A, with an increase in project sophistication. It covers expanded shop equipment operation and joinery techniques. Emphasis is on creative resourcefulness using organic forms. It also covers design and building of kinetic wood mechanisms.

Prerequisites: ARTD 4A (or ART 68)
Credit transferable: CSU, UC 

ARTD 4C - Wood Sculpture III

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is a continuation of ARTD 4B. Emphasis is on imaginative design, unique fabrication, and inventive integration of techniques learned in previous wood classes. It covers further exploration with powered wood mechanisms and kinetic sculpture. Site-specific, wood-based installation art is included.

Prerequisite: ARTD 4B
Credit Transferable: CSU, UC 

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is an introduction to basic metal sculpture, including experience with metal fabrication, welding, and metal casting. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.

Advisory: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1A
Credit transferable: CSU

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is a continuation of ARTD 5A. It covers increase in fabrication complexity, with emphasis on student participation in idea development and imaginative problem solving. It also covers expanded use of MIG welding, joining techniques, and open-face, multiple-piece sand molds.

Prerequisites: ARTD 5A (or ART 66)
Credit transferable: CSU 

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is a continuation of ARTD 5B. It involves an increase in the scale of projects. Emphasis is on imaginative design, unique fabrication, and inventive integration of techniques learned in previous steel classes. It includes TIG welding and multiple-piece sand molds with assembly and patinas.

Prerequisite: ARTD 5B
Credit transferable: CSU 

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is an introduction to basic stone carving, including experience with steatite, alabaster and marble. Tools include rasps and stone chisels. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.

Advisory: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1A
Credit transferable: CSU, UC

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is a continuation of Stone Sculpture I, with an increase in use of marble and carving complexity. Emphasis is placed on student participation in idea development and imaginative problem solving. Instruction includes pneumatic carving tools.

Prerequisites: ARTD 6A (or ART 67)
Credit transferable: CSU, UC 

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is a continuation of ARTD 6B. Emphasis is on imaginative design, unique fabrication, and inventive integration of techniques learned in previous stone sculpture classes. It includes an increase in scale and combining stone with other mixed media materials.

Prerequisite: ARTD 6B
Credit transferable: CSU, UC 

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course offers an introduction to technology used in 3-dimensional artwork and design. It includes such topics as laser cutting, 3D scanning, post scan options, and 3D printing input and output methods. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.

Advisory: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1A
Credit transferable: CSU, UC 

3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 102 hours studio

This course is a continuation of ARTD 7A, covering an increase in project sophistication. Emphases are on combination, multiple-piece constructions, increase in scale options, scale modeling techniques and alternate post-output build methods. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.

Prerequisite: ARTD 7A
Credit transferable: CSU, UC