Summer 2008Rooms: Demonstration Room 1025-A ... LECTURE 2 HOURS PER Day (MTWT)
Graphics Lab. 1024 ... 2.5 HOURS PER Day
Phone Nos. Graphics Lab (714) 992-7000>press1>ext.28160
Art Depart. Office (714) 992-7317
Email addresses:
teacher@artbug.com
This course addresses the technical, aesthetic, and conceptual challenges implicit with digital photography. The class is structured on a studio model, in which you can expect to be spending most of your time in class working on projects under the supervision.
By the end of the course you will be expected to be able to do the following.
• Utilize various digital capture technologies
• Use the computer as you would traditional darkroom controls.
• Use the computer to alter, manipulate, and recombine photographs.
• Effectively convey some artistic, personal, political, or social point.
• Analyze and comment upon both your own and other people's work in an informed, helpful manner.
• A portfolio of original digital art work
ATTENDANCE:
Attendance of both lectures and labs is critical. The success of this class relies a upon the ongoing exchange of ideas between participants. If you cannot make it to a class it is your responsibility to obtain the information you missed. I don’t repeat lectures. However, I’m more than happy to clarify any questions you may have. Two absences, including coming late and/or leaving early will lower your grade by one full grade. You will be dropped after the third absence.
CLASS PROCEDURE:
It is very important that you show up for class promptly and that you are prepared to work when you arrive. Class meetings will comprise supervised studio time, discussions of work, demonstrations, and class discussions from assigned readings.iPODS/CELL PHONES/PAGERS :
Use of ipod is not allowed in the class. Out of consideration for others, please turn your cell phones and pagers off during the lectures.
LATE WORK:
I will not accept late work. Handing in work late deprives you of critical feedback from the class and robs your peers of the opportunity to develop their ability to talk about photographs. Therefore, it is imperative that work be ready for discussion at the specified time. If you know you will miss a discussion session, you must see me ahead of time to make some other arrangements.
GRADING:
Grades are based on the photographs you produce as well as upon your participation in class‚which includes showing up, being attentive to your own and others' work, and being prepared to get things done when you arrive. The specific breakdown of your grade is as follows.
• Projects 40%
• Individual and Group Critiques 20%
• Final Project 40%
If the work is a basic repeat of the work presented to them, the student will receive a "C". "C" is acceptable completion of the work and should be considered "average". To be awarded an "A" or a "B", you will have to do superior or above average work respectively.I will use the following criteria in the grading of your photographs:
1. Technical. Is printing appropriate to the subject matter? Have materials and processing been handled in a consistent, considered manner?
2. Formal. Do your photographs effectively employ visual strategies? Characteristics such as framing, tonality, placement of subject in the frame, etc. all figure in this level of evaluation.
3. Intention. Do your technical and formal strategies work effectively together to communicate an intended meaning? Is your intention significant or trivial, engaging or tedious, ambitious or rote?Reviews or Classroom Critique:
Every 4th day there is a review and presentation of assignments. This includes the presentation of the required work in front of the class. The showing of extra or additional work demonstrating, your understanding of the material may result in extra grade points. The presented work is to be titled and mounted on mat board using photo-mount or cut window mats.FINAL PORTFOLIO
The final project is your opportunity to apply the techniques and ideas covered in the course to the production of a portfolio of images whose subject is of your own choosing. You may elect to revisit and expand upon one of the topics or approaches covered in prior assignments, or you may head off in another direction entirely. Your images must related to one another. In other words, your final group of pictures should not be a collection of your "greatest hits," but rather a formally and conceptually unified body of work.
Optional Text:
Photo Course by Dennis P. Curtin. (Can be downloaded from photocourse.com as a PDF file)
The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby Paperback -ISBN: 9780321501912
Additional third party text such as: "Adobe Classroom in a Book: Photoshop CS3" -ISBN:9780321492029 may also be of assistance.
Supplemental Reading:
A bookcase of magazines and catalogues is maintained in our lab as a reference for students.Materials:
You will need the following items for the Next class:
Your Photographic Student ID - EVERY TIME YOU WALK INTO THE LAB, YOU MUST CLOCK IN. These hours are reported to the instructor and may be used in grading.
Your time spent in the lab is also important for the school; For each scheduled hour outside of class time the Graphics Lab helps school to get grants and assistance to buy new equipment and supplies for our program.
Storage Device:
You will need media to store your digital images. You may use USB Flash drives, or any other media types for this purpose.
Label your disks and media with your names. Always have an extra media for backups. Backing up your work is an essential part of "safe computing". Defective disks are not a good excuse for not turning in your assignments.
Color Printing Cards - The color print card is required if you wish to print on the ACG's color printers or color Copier. The card price is $12.00 and is available from the bookstore.
• Pricing for laser prints is $ .50 for 81/2x11 $1.00 for 11x17.
• Inkjet prints of your image on various supplied papers types are charged based on saturation of color evaluated by the lab tech.
• Large format prints 32" wide are $6.00 per linear foot.
• See lab aid for payment by punching out color print card we cannot take cash.
• See lab tech or myself for printing process to inkjet or large format printer.
Course Information and Policies
• Always bring your digital cameras to the class with you.
• Attendance will be monitored very closely. Any absences in excess of three will result in lowering your final grade. The three excused absences are for illness and emergencies only. In case of absence for any reason please notify me in advance. If an illness or emergency requires more than three absences please contact me as soon as possible. Official documentation will be required.
• Class will start promptly at the scheduled time. You are expected to be punctual.
• Please come to class prepared to work. This means that you bring all the relevant tools, books, notebooks, reference material, and the current assignment.
• Each student is responsible for all information given out in class whether or not she/he is present. If you miss a class it is your responsibility to find out what you missed and catch up. The same is true for assignments.
• Projects that are not submitted on time may be penalized. Absence from class and not knowing what the requirements and due dates of the assignments are, are not acceptable reasons for turning in work late. Assignments may be re-done at any time during the course for a higher grade.
• You are required to meet for a Final Exam at the end of the semester. More information will be given nearer the time.
Academic Honesty
The following information is excerpted from the current college catalog.
Students are expected to abide by ethical standards in preparing and presenting material which demonstrates their level of knowledge and which is used to determine grades. Such standards are founded on basic concepts of integrity and honesty. These include but are not limited to the following areas:
1. Students shall not plagiarize, which is defined as:
a. stealing or passing off as one’s own the ideas or words of another.
b. using a creative production without crediting the source.The following cases constitute plagiarism:
• paraphrasing published material; without crediting the source,
• making significant use of an idea or a particular arrangement of ideas, e.g. outlines,
• writing a paper after consultation with persons who provide suitable ideas and incorporating those ideas into the paper without acknowledgment,
• submitting under one’s own name term papers or other reports which have been prepared by others.2. Students shall not cheat, which is defined as:
a. using notes, aids, or help of other students on tests or exams in ways other than those expressly permitted by the instructor,
b. misreporting or altering the data in laboratory or research projects involving the collection of data.3. Students shall not furnish materials or information in order to enable another student to plagiarize or cheat.
Instructors may deal with academic dishonesty in one or more of the following ways:
1. Assign an appropriate academic penalty such as an oral reprimand (as in cases where there is reasonable doubt that the student knew that the action violated the standards of honesty); assign an "F" on all or part of a particular paper, project, or exam (for example where it was felt that it was a one-time occurrence); or assign an "F" in the course (as in cases where the dishonesty was serious, premeditated, or part of an ongoing scheme).
2. Report to the appropriate administrators, with notification of same to the student(s), for disciplinary action by the College. Such a report will be accompanied by supporting evidence and documentation.
Emergency Response
Please take note of the safety features in and close to your classroom, as well as study the posted evacuation route. The most direct route of egress may not be the safest because of roofing tiles or other potentially hazardous conditions. Similarly, running out of the building can also be dangerous during severe earthquakes. During strong quakes the recommended response is duck-cover-and hold until the shaking stops. Follow the guidance of your instructor. You are asked to go to the designated assembly area. Your cooperation during emergencies can minimize the possibility of injury to yourself and others.Americans with Disabilities Act
Fullerton College is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities upon request of the student (in a timely manner) and upon verification of the disability.