This Sample Program Pathway is designed to provide an example of course selections in a term by term sequence. Please see an Academic Advisor for a plan specific to your academic needs.
Description: The study of composition/visual elements with color theory applied to utilizing design principles (using line, shape, texture, value and color) and color psychology emphasizing the Josef Albers color theories in a studio setting with emphasis on hands-on learning. Six studio hours per week.
Description: Basic foundation studio course dealing with methods, materials, principles of organization and elements of design applied to the third dimension. Six studio hours per week.
Term hours subtotal:
6
Description: Studio drawing develops visual skills relative to the drawing process, with emphasis on traditional as well as contemporary problems on representation and composition. Six studio hours per week. It is strongly recommended that you complete ART 1101 prior to registering for ART 1111. However ART 1101 may be taken concurrently.
Notes: Students are strongly advised to take ART 1101, 2D Foundations, prior or concurrent with ART 1111.
Description: Art history from early cave paintings through the Medieval period of Western civilization.
Term hours subtotal:
6
Description: In English Composition I students learn reflective, analytical and argumentative writing strategies, incorporating sources and personal experience. Students will negotiate between public and private rhetorical situations and purposes to achieve academic literacy. They will write multiple drafts using a recursive writing process as they work toward fluency in style and mechanics. Note: Students who have not successfully completed the pre-requisites listed can register for ENG 1101 together with the co-requisite course ENG 0101 - English Composition I Booster.
Prerequisites: DEV 0035 or Other (Placement Test Score)
Description: The course will explore various applications of mathematics in the social, finance, health and environmental fields with emphasis on developing informational, technological, logical, and visual reasoning skills. Topics from numeracy, probability and statistics, finance, mathematical modeling with linear, statistical, and exponential functions, and other areas of mathematics will be covered. Note: Students who have not completed the required pre-requisite courses listed, but have successfully completed MAT 0100 with a grade of "C" or better, or MAT 0600 with a grade of "P", can register for MAT 1445 together with the co-requisite course MAT 0445, Quantitative Reasoning Booster. Traditional testing (proctored or in Testing Center) is used in all online sections.
Notes: Any Mathematics, Statistics & Logic elective from the approved Ohio Transfer 36 List. View electives at: https://www.sinclair.edu/ot36
Prerequisites: MAT 0200 and Other (With a grade of C or better or satisfactory score on math placement test)
Term hours subtotal:
6
Description: Personal expression developed through a variety of two-dimensional media, cubistic techniques, gestural and figure studies. Six studio hours per week.
Notes: Choose first of two Art from Area of Concentration. Choose from: Drawing (ART1112), Life Drawing (ART2216), Painting (ART1121), Photography (ART1161), Sculpture (ART1131), Ceramics (ART1141) or Printmaking (ART2269)
Prerequisites: ART 1111
Description: Art history from the early Italian Renaissance through the contemporary period.
Prerequisites: ART 2230 and Other (Non ART majors and transient students may complete the Art History survey courses (ART 2230 and ART 2231) out of sequence.)
Description: The first course in a two-semester sequence studying the structure and function of the human body. Topics include introductory terminology, biochemistry, cytology, the integumentary system, the skeletal system, the muscular system, the nervous system and the endocrine system. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
Notes: Any Natural & Physical Science elective from the approved Ohio Transfer 36 List. View electives at: https://www.sinclair.edu/ot36
Prerequisites: MAT 0050 or MAT 1120 or MAT 1130
Term hours subtotal:
9
Description: Introduces basic principles of sculpture and expands personal definitions and interpretations of contemporary three-dimensional art. Introduces methods of sculpture with clay, wood, plaster and other materials for constructing three-dimensional art work. Six studio hours per week.
Notes: Art Elective: 2D or 3D depending on concentration - see advisor for options.
Prerequisites: ART 1102
Description: English Composition II, building on the skills in English Composition I, develops rhetorical literacy through research, critical reading and multigenre writing tasks. Through major and minor, cumulative and stand-alone assignments, students construct arguments and analyses, ethically incorporating academic sources while developing their own voices as writers and citizens.
Prerequisites: ENG 1101
Description: The second course in a two-semester sequence studying the structure and function of the human body. Topics include the cardiovascular system, the lymphoid system, immunity, the digestive system, the urinary system and the reproductive system. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
Notes: Any Natural & Physical Science elective from the approved Ohio Transfer 36 List. View electives at: https://www.sinclair.edu/ot36
Prerequisites: BIO 1121
Term hours subtotal:
9
Description: Definition of a personal expression through the drawing process; traditional and modern approaches to drawing the figure, still life, and other contemporary subjects. Six studio hours per week.
Notes: Choose second of two Art from Area of Concentration. Choose from: Drawing (ART2111), Life Drawing (ART2217), Painting (ART1122), Photography (ART1162 or 2265 or 1170 or 1171), Sculpture (ART1132), Ceramics (ART1142) or Printmaking (ART2279)
Prerequisites: ART 1112
Description: Designed to improve speaking and listening skills through the study and application of public speaking structure, content and style. This course requires 5 speeches in front of a live audience. The online course sections require the recordings to be created by the student with at least 8 adults present for each speech. Any questions, please contact the Communication Department at com.dept@sinclair.edu.
Description: An introduction to the art and technique of black and white photography. Photographic shooting, processing and printing are stressed. Students to supply their own adjustable camera, (35mm or 120) film and print paper. Six studio hours per week.
Notes: Art Elective: 2D or 3D depending on concentration - see advisor for options
Term hours subtotal:
9
Description: Practicum providing student with experience in organizing and hanging art exhibits, assisting in studios or working in arts administration. Seven practicum hours per week.
Notes: Course offered as Independent Study only. ART department permission required.
Prerequisites: Approval of Department
Description: Figure drawing with a foundation in anatomical study. Emphasis on proportion as well as design with an application towards mood and expression. Six studio hours per week.
Notes: Art Elective: 2D or 3D depending on concentration - see advisor for options
Prerequisites: ART 1111
Description: Major trends in the development of Western culture, emphasizing political, economic, social and cultural achievements, from prehistory to the seventeenth century.
Notes: Any Arts and Humanities elective from the approved Ohio Transfer 36 List (2 disciplines required). View electives at: https://www.sinclair.edu/ot36 This course cannot be an ART class.
Term hours subtotal:
7
Description: The student will write an artist statement and an art-related resume, attend lectures and demonstrations on professional presentation of artwork, take quality promotional images of his/her artwork and select a portfolio of his/her original artwork for graduation exhibition.
Notes: Spring only! Not available for independent study.
Prerequisites: Other (50 credit hours earned; 24 of which must be in ART)
Description: Studio painting with an emphasis on color, form and space in compositional design. Introduction to personal expression and modern applications. Six studio hours per week.
Notes: Art Elective: 2D or 3D depending on concentration - see advisor for options
Prerequisites: ART 1111
Description: University-parallel course covering topics such as history and systems of psychology, behavioral research methods, physiology of behavior, sensation, perception, learning, memory, consciousness, cognition, personality, lifespan development, gender, social psychology, motivation, emotion, stress, mental disorders and therapies.
Notes: Any Social & Behavioral Science elective from the approved Ohio Transfer 36 List (2 disciplines required). View electives at: https://www.sinclair.edu/ot36
Term hours subtotal:
7
Description: Historical survey of photography as an art form from its beginnings in the 1830's until the present day; developments in photographic processes, artistic trends, and study of major photographic artists.
Notes: Choose one Art History elective from ART 2235, ART 2236, ART 2237 or ART 2238 or ART 2239
Description: An examination of what is meant by culture and a review of the various theories and methods in Cultural Anthropology. Includes a comparison of the similarities and differences among world cultures as well as comparative analysis of family organization, religious beliefs, educational systems, economics and governmental systems.
Notes: Any Social & Behavioral Science elective from the approved Ohio Transfer 36 List (2 disciplines required). View electives at: https://www.sinclair.edu/ot36
Term hours subtotal:
6