HONS 1304 H01
“Bones, Botanicals, Birds:
Science and Natural History Illustration”
SYLLABUS (Fall 2010)
TR 2:00-3:20
Instructor: Dr. Susan Tomlinson
201B McClellan Hall
742-0036 ext. 239
susan.tomlinson@ttu.edu
Office Hours: TR 3:30-4:30; TWR 12:30-1:30
Teaching Blog: http://doctortteaching.blogspot.com/
Materials:
Required:
tracing paper pad
Bristol board pad
(smooth paper)
Art kit from Varsity Bookstore
Course Description:
This course is an introduction to the history and tradition of illustrating nature and science, including the contributions of John James Audubon, Titian Peale, Roger Tory Peterson, and others. We will also learn and practice basic illustration techniques, ranging from initial sketches in the field and lab to final product in the studio. This course focuses on drawing and painting techniques as associated with science and nature illustration; students are expected to draw and paint. Required field trips. Satisfies Visual and Performing Arts core curriculum requirements.
Visual and Performing Arts Core Curriculum Objectives (TTU Catalog)
The objective of the visual and performing arts in a core curriculum is to expand the student’s knowledge of the human condition and human cultures, especially in relation to behaviors, ideas, and values expressed in works of human imagination and thought. Through study in disciplines such as the visual and performing arts, students will engage in critical analysis, form aesthetic judgments, and develop an appreciation for arts as fundamental to the health and survival of any society.
Competency Statement:
Students graduating from Texas Tech University should be able to: construct, present, and defend critical and aesthetic judgments of works in the creative arts.
Expected learning outcomes for this course are:
1) Identify and describe a body of works (individually and collectively) in the creative arts.
2) Explain and differentiate creative works as expressions of values within cultural and historical contexts.
3) Analyze and summarize aesthetic principles that structure creative works.
Learning Outcomes Assessment Methods
1) Identify and describe a body of works (individually and collectively) in the creative arts. 1) discussion-directed journal entries
2) mid-term and final papers/projects
3) short analysis responses
2) Explain and differentiate creative works as expressions of values within cultural and historical contexts. 1) discussion-directed journal entries
2) mid-term and final papers/projects
3)short analysis responses
3) Analyze and summarize aesthetic principles that structure creative works. 1) discussion-directed journal entries
2) mid-term and final papers/projects
3) short analysis responses
4)Demonstrate drawing basics such as: perspective, proportion, tonal value Drawing, paintings, and journal entries
5)Draw organisms in various formats (i.e., botanical illustration, field guide pages, ecological study) Drawings and paintings
Assignments and Grading
Students will be assigned and expected to complete the following illustration projects:
• 2 natural history studies (20 pts each):
o zoological
o botanical
• 2 pastiches in the manner of 2 natural history/scientific illustrators, accompanied by a short essay response for each, detailing how they are “in the manner of” that illustrator (20 pts each)
• Field sketchbook/notebook (20 pts)
• Midterm: Sample field guide plate with corresponding natural history/identification notes (40 pts)
• Final: a final painting/drawing project of an organism in an environmental setting (40 pts)
Work will be graded on the basis of accuracy, thoroughness, and artistic merit.
Midterm due: October 12
Final project due: Tuesday, December 14, 1:30 pm
Field Trips:
We will be going outside from time to time to do some field drawing. Students are expected to check the teaching blog for each week’s assignment and location of the class.
http://doctortteaching.blogspot.com/
Please check the weather forecast and dress accordingly.
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Accommodation for Disabled Students:
Any student who, because of a disability, may require some special arrangements in order to meet course requirements should contact the instructor at her office (McClellan Hall 201 B) as soon as possible to request necessary accommodation. Students should present appropriate verification from Student Disability Services (Access TECH). No requirement exists that accommodations be made prior to completion of the approved university process.
Student Absence for Observation of Religious Holy Days
A student who is absent from classes for the observation of a religious holy day shall be allowed to take an examination or complete an assignment scheduled for that day within a reasonable time after the absence if, not later than the fifteenth day after the first day of the semester, the student had notified the instructor of each scheduled class that the student would be absent for a religious holy day.
Academic Integrity (TTU O.P. 34.12)
Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, collusion, falsifying academic records, misrepresenting facts, and any act designed to give unfair academic advantage to the student or the attempt to commit such an act. The university definitions of academic dishonesty and policies for dealing with it are laid out in the Code of Student Affairs and in University Operating Policy 34.12. You should be familiar with these definitions.
Cheating of any form, but especially plagiarism (i.e., the representation of someone else’s work or ideas as your own) will be dealt with harshly. At a minimum, the offending essay will receive a grade of 0, which will be averaged into your overall grade. Flagrant or repeated cases of plagiarism may result in a grade of F for the course. All cases of cheating will be reported to the appropriate academic dean and to the Honors College dean, who may take additional disciplinary action as they see fit.
MEC August 27th
10 years ago
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