Jul 12, 2025  
2025-2026 College Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
2025-2026 College Catalog and Student Handbook
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ARTS 1010 - Drawing I


Academic Division: Business, Industry and Technology
Academic Discipline: Visual Communications Media and Technology (01225)
Assistant Dean: Brooke Miller, M.B.A.
3 Credit(s)
This course presents drawing concepts that can serve as a foundation for drawing itself and benefit other visual arts disciplines. The basic fundamentals of drawing, line form, gesture, and spatial illusion, perspective, composition, and use of light & shadow to describe space and volume. Studio practice will emphasize observational drawing to provide concrete and measurable examples of pictorial space. (TAG# OAH001) Undergraduate OAH001
2 Lab Hour(s)
2 Lecture Hour(s);
College Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Learning Outcomes Assessments - - How it is met & When it is met
Communication – Written  
Communication – Speech  
Intercultural Knowledge and Competence  
Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking VALUE Rubric – All Drawing Projects and Portfolio at mid-term and end of term

(Drawing Projects: 1-point Perspective, Still-Life, Self Portrait, Rhythm Sketch, Negative Space, 2-point Perspective)

Information Literacy  
Quantitative Literacy  


Student Learning Outcomes for Course
Outcomes Assessment - - How it is met & When it is met

1. Demonstrate technical competence with the mediums of charcoal and graphite. A substantial portfolio of quality drawings. Evidence of strong observational drawing skills in the use of line to build illusionistic form. Effective overall use of composition evident in drawings.

Portfolio – assessed at midterm and end of the term

2. Utilize the vocabulary of art terminology.

Mid-Term & Final Test

3. Employ effective matting and mounting techniques.

Mounting of individual assignments

4. Draw three dimensional forms accurately on paper.

Value Scale - Beginning of term

5. Exhibit form in both line and tone/value.

Shading & cross hatching study – second half of term

 

6. Consistently show good composition.

Evaluated in each project and overall, in the portfolio

7. Show Artistic perspective.

Perspective Assignment – second half of the term

 

8. Use 1, 2 point perspective principles through the planar analysis of objects and their surrounding space.

Picture Plane Assignment, foreshortening exercise – second half of the term

9. Demonstrate appropriate and effective light and shadow to describe space and volume.

Portrait Project due with portfolio at the end of the term

 

10. Present clear evidence of ability to undertake advanced drawing techniques and independent study outside of class. Reflect, brainstorm, journal to stimulate creative thinking and observations of the world.

Journal/Sketchbook – graded midterm and end of term

11. Study other artists and their style.

Artist report, journal reflection on other student’s artist reports and other experiences. Artist reports will run daily thru out the term  and students will reflect on presentations throughout the term. Journal will be evaluated mid-term and at the end of the term.

 



Standard Grading Scale
93-100      A

90 - 92      A-

87- 89       B+

83 - 86      B

80 -82       B-

77- 79       C+

73 - 76      C

70 -72       C-

67- 69       D+

63 - 66      D

60 -62       D-

00- 59       F


Statement on Diversity
North Central State College believes that every student is a valued and equal member of the community.*  Every student brings different experiences to the College, and all are important in enriching academic life and developing greater understanding and appreciation of one another. Therefore, NC State College creates an inclusive culture in which students feel comfortable sharing their experiences. Discrimination and prejudice have no place on the campus, and the College takes any complaint in this regard seriously. Students encountering aspects of the instruction that result in barriers to their sense of being included and respected should contact the instructor, assistant dean, or dean without fear of reprisal. 

*Inclusive of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin (ancestry), military status (past, present or future), disability, age (40 years or older), status as a parent during pregnancy and immediately after the birth of a child, status as a parent of a young child, status as a foster parent, genetic information, or sexual orientation, 


Standard NCSC Course Policies
Important information regarding College Procedures and Policies can be found on the syllabus supplement located at this link

 

 




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