Jul 13, 2025  
2025-2026 Catalog SVC 
    
2025-2026 Catalog SVC

ART 112 - Three Dimensional Design


Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 44
Lab Hours: 22
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: An intermediate studio course continuing the study of the fundamental elements of visual communication in three dimensional space. Emphasis will be placed on form, plane, shape, mass and texture through both additive and subtractive processes.

Prerequisite: None.
Strongly Recommended:
Special Requirements:

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Elective Requirements: Fulfills Academic Electives
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Appreciate the development of three dimensional form in the visual arts.
  2. Apply the principles and elements of design including form, plane, mass, space and texture to a three dimensional format.
  3. Create three dimensional works through the processes of modeling, carving and fabrication.
  4. Critically analyze their work using the vocabulary of the discipline.

Course Contents
  1. Using research, lecture and/or seminars students will learn about the development of three dimensional design.
  2. Using lectures and/or seminars, groupwork and studio projects, students will learn to apply the principles and elements of design to a three dimensional format.
  3. Using studio projects that focus on the processes of modeling, carving and fabrication, students will demontrate their skills creating design in a three dimensional format.
  4. Using notebooks, self assessments and formal critique sessions, students will demonstrate their ability to analyze their work using the language of the discipline.


Instructional Units: 5.5