ARTE 20 Exploring the Arts I

School of Academic Upgrading and Development

ARTE 20 Exploring the Arts I explores art and the area of art as per the determined theme of the class, or as per discussion with the instructor. Students will have the opportunity to distinguish the unique aspects of the art form, practice and learn skills, and practice evaluation and interpretation skills. The focus of this course is exploration of skills and interests.

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Transfer Agreements

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Course Details
Total number of weeks15
Total Credits
Total Hours120
Typical hours per week breakdown
Lecture4
Other4

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

  1. Formulate short- and long-term goals for course completion
  2. Research different art within an appropriate theme
  3. Present research and art exploration to others using key vocabulary
  4. Recognize various art techniques through application practices
  5. Practice art techniques
  6. Use effective workplace communication
  7. Demonstrate appropriate and safe workplace etiquette to complete a task
  8. Demonstrate an understanding of expectations for task completion
  9. Identify areas of needed personal support
  10. Use good health and safety practices in the workplace
  11. Demonstrate good time management
  12. Use sector-specific vocabulary
  13. Demonstrate presentation skills
  14. Define and use work-related terms

Grading Table

Competency-based Grades

This grading system is based on satisfactory acquisition of defined skills or successful completion of the course learning outcomes. It is used where standard numerical grades are not generally applied, for example in evaluating practicum performance or work placements, in pass/fail courses or for non-credit courses.

Grade Description
AAV ABOVE AVERAGE -The student has mastered all or most course objectives/requirements in a minimum time frame and has exemplified good work and study habits.
COM COMPLETE – denotes that the student has mastered a satisfactory number of course objectives/requirements in a non-credit course
CRG CREDIT GRANTED - denotes that the student performance was satisfactory in a credit course.
NCG NO CREDIT GRANTED - denotes that the student performance was unsatisfactory.
PCG PARTIAL CREDIT GRANTED – denotes that the student has successfully completed a portion of the course objectives in a credit course.

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Disclaimer

Information contained in this course outline is correct at the time of publication. Content of the course is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational, employment and market needs. The instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes to students as soon as possible. The instructor reserves the right to add or delete material from courses.