Las Positas College - Spring 2025 - Class Schedule

SPRING 2025 9 25. 424. 1 000 | l p c - a d m i s s i o n s @ l a s p o s i t a s c o l l e g e . e d u S P R I N G 2025 - C O U R S E L I S T I N G S Please refer to the onl ine schedule on CLASS-Web to access course section detai ls and the course record numbers (CRNs) for registration. context of the time. Recommended Course Preparation: ENG 1A with a minimum grade of C STUDENTS CAN TAKE ART HISTORY CLASSES IN ANY ORDER. ART ARTS 2A INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING 3.0 Units Introduction to principles, elements, and practices of drawing, employing a wide range of subject matter and drawing media. Focus on perceptually based drawing, observational skills, technical abilities, and creative responses to materials and subject matter. Estimated cost of supplies $100. ARTS 3A FIGURE AND COMPOSITION I 3.0 Units Introduction to drawing the human figure from observation using a wide variety of drawing media and techniques. Topics include an introduction to human anatomy and the historical and contemporary roles of figure drawing in the visual arts. Students in this course will learn both descriptive and interpretive approaches to drawing the figure. Recommended Course Preparation: ARTS 2A with a minimum grade of C ARTS 3B FIGURE AND COMPOSITION II 3.0 Units Development of knowledge and skills introduced in Arts 3A, with an emphasis on composition, color, and drawing the human figure from observation using a wide variety of drawing media and techniques. Topics include human anatomy and the historical and contemporary roles of figure drawing in the visual arts. Students in this course will learn both descriptive and interpretive approaches to drawing the figure. Prerequisite: ARTS 3A with a minimum grade of C Recommended Course Preparation: ARTS 2A with a minimum grade of C ARTS 3C FIGURE AND COMPOSITION III 3.0 Units Advanced application of knowledge and skills introduced in Arts 3B, with emphasis on composition and drawing the human figure from observation using a wide variety of drawing media and techniques. Topics include human anatomy and the historical and contemporary roles of figure drawing in the visual arts. Students in this course will start to utilize personal approaches and media to drawing the figure. Prerequisite: ARTS 3B with a minimum grade of C Recommended Course Preparation: ARTS 2A with a minimum grade of C ARTS 3D FIGURE AND COMPOSITION IV 3.0 Units Advanced application of knowledge and skills introduced in Arts 3C with further development of personal style. Topics include human anatomy and the historical and contemporary roles of figure drawing in the visual arts. Students in this course will learn both descriptive and interpretive approaches to drawing the figure. Prerequisite: ARTS 3C with a minimum grade of C Recommended Course Preparation: ARTS 2A with a minimum grade of C ARTS 7A INTRO TOWATERCOLOR PAINTING 3.0 Units Introduction to principles, elements, and practices of watercolor painting. Focus on exploration of painting materials, perceptual skills and color theory, paint mixing and technique, as well as creative responses to materials and subject matter. Recommended Course Preparation: ARTS 2A with a minimum grade of C ARTS 7B WATERCOLOR PAINTING 3.0 Units Development of knowledge and skills introduced in Arts 7A with an emphasis on experimenting with the watercolor medium, perceptual skills and color theory, paint mixing and technique, as well as creative responses to materials and subject matter. Prerequisite: ARTS 7A with a minimum grade of C ANTR 12 MAGIC/RELIGION/WITCHCRAFT/HEAL 3.0 Units Cross-cultural perspectives on spirituality, religious practice, myth, ancestor beliefs, witchcraft and the variety of religious rituals and practitioners found in the cultures of the world. Examination of the cosmologies of different cultures through the anthropological perspective. Emphasis is placed on how knowledge of the religious practices and beliefs of others can help us to understand the multicultural world in which we live. Comparison of the ways in which diverse cultures confront the large and fundamental questions of existence: those dealing with the meaning life, birth and death, and with the relationship of humans to each other and to their universe. Recommended Course Preparation: Eligibility for ENG 1A/1AEX ANTR 13 INTRO TO FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY 3.0 Units Introductory course in the application of physical anthropology to the medico-legal process with an emphasis on the identification of human skeletal remains. Includes basic human osteoology and odontology , assessment of age at time of death, sex, ancestry, trauma analysis, pathology, and general physical characteristics including height and weight based uponminimal skeletal remains. Estimation of time since death, crime scene analysis, animal scavenging, and identification procedures. Recommended Course Preparation: Eligibility for ENG 1A ART - HISTORY ARHS 1 INTRO TO ART HISTORY 3.0 Units Architecture, sculpture, painting, photography and design in relation to human inventiveness in providing for material and aesthetic needs. This course provides a general introduction to art that offers a look at works of art through the study of theory, terminology, themes, design principles, media, techniques, with an introduction to art that offers a look at works of art through the study of theory, terminology, themes, design principles, media, techniques, with an introduction to the visual arts across time and diverse cultures. Recommended Course Preparation: Eligibility for ENG 1A STUDENTS CAN TAKE ART HISTORY CLASSES IN ANY ORDER ARHS 2 ART OF THE ANCIENT AMERICAS 3.0 Units Survey of visual culture within the historical context of select ancient civilizations in Mexico, Central American, and South America up to European contact. Recommended Course Preparation: ENG 1A with a minimum grade of C STUDENTS CAN TAKE ART HISTORY CLASSES IN ANY ORDER ARHS 4 WESTERN ART HISTORY- ANCIENT 3.0 Units History of Western art from prehistoric times through Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Aegean, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Early Christian, Byzantine, Medieval, Romanesque, and Gothic civilizations. Recommended Course Preparation: Eligibility for ENG 1A STUDENTS CAN TAKE ART HISTORY CLASSES IN ANY ORDER ARHS 5 WESTERN ART HIST- RENAISSANCE 3.0 Units History of Western art from Early Renaissance, High Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, 20th Century developments of American art. Recommended Course Preparation: Eligibility for ENG 1A STUDENTS CAN TAKE ART HISTORY CLASSES IN ANY ORDER ARHS 7 MODERN ART HISTORY 3.0 Units Presents an overview of the art movements, artists and issues of Modernism to Contemporary art. This includes art from the mid-nineteenth century, through the twentieth century and contemporary art. Incorporates the social, political, and aesthetic