When Viewing Examples of Student Work:

Often a single example of work may not demonstrate all the required objectives for a particular assignment. Instead students should collectively consider: the required objectives for each assignment, the multiple examples presented on this website and during in class presentations. As well ideas discovered through a student's independent research in combination with various examples and ideas presented by instructor will ultimately be the best approach for synthesizing ideas and reaching the requirements (and unique outcome) for any particular course project. Attendance and participation in all classes and meeting with instructor with Art Assignments in progress well in advance of deadlines will increase chances for desired grade. To access all posts and links for the art part of this course go on the right side of this course website."LISTINGS FOR LECTURES (COURSE TOPICS) & ASSIGNMENTS"

Math in Art Course Syllabus - Winter 2015 Section A02 (11:30 am class)

Art Course Syllabus for FA 1020 / Math 1020      Mathematics in Art  A02     
Jan 6 – Apr 10, 2015

Instructors:             Derek Brueckner, Art Part of Course (Art Instructor)
Dr. Michelle Davidson, Math Part of Course (Mathematics Professor)

Office for Derek Brueckner: 337 ART LAB     204 474-9549       (no voicemail)

Art part of Course Website/Blog: http://derekbruecknermathinartcourse.blogspot.ca/

Office Hours for Derek Brueckner:
 Most Tuesdays & Thursdays  after class * 
 (or feel free to e-mail instructor to arrange for mutually agreeable time)

Location and Lecture Times:
136 ART LAB  Tuesdays & Thursdays  11:30 am - 12:45 pm



Estimate costs of materials & supplies: $60 - $125

Course Purpose: In the ART component of the Mathematics in Art course (FA 1020 & Math 1020 courses) we will examine and explore the appearance of mathematics and mathematical ideas within the visual arts (fine arts, design and visual culture). Art assignments for the course will require using art materials in combination with ideas from the mathematical and the visual art concepts discussed in the course, including editing with art materials, and applications of colour theory and composition.

Instructional Methods: The art portion of this course primarily includes lectures, class discussions and presentation of art examples along with daily demonstrations with art materials and concepts.

Required Readings: Math and Art Textbook, Lecture Notes and course Website/Blog

Grading/Evaluation:
Assignment 1 – Preliminary to Final Project              15% of course                      (set by Derek Brueckner)
Assignment 2 – Final Project                                             25% of course                      (set by Derek Brueckner)

Mid –Term and Final Exam                                                  60% of course             (set by Dr. Michelle Davidson)

Details on assignments will be discussed in class. Deadline dates are included on assignment sheets, in on line information and in schedule of this syllabus and late submissions will be penalized or receive a ZERO GRADE. (See page 5 in Assignment Deadlines section of this syllabus for further information regarding late submissions)

Notification of Grades for Art Assignments
Grades for all Art assignments will be posted on Desire2Learn: https://universityofmanitoba.desire2learn.com
Students must ensure they are registered with Desire 2 Learn in order to access their art assignment grades.

Class Attendance Policy
Regular attendance is expected of all students in all courses. Letters of warning may be issued for unexcused absences of three classes in one term reminding the student of academic consequences of not attending classes. Students who do not attend or submit assignments but do not but do not formally withdraw from course will receive a final grade of ZERO for the art part of the course.

FA 1020/Math 1020    Mathematics in Art A02     ART Instructor: Derek Brueckner  




MATH 1020/ FA1020, Winter 2015


Tentative schedule of Math in Art  topics and dates
Day
Date

1
6-Jan
Introduction and a course overview
2
8-Jan
Euclidean Constructions (No Art)
3
13-Jan
Euclidean Constructions
4
15-Jan
Golden Ratio
5
20-Jan
Golden Ratio
6
22-Jan
Golden Ratio
7
27-Jan
Symmetries
8
29-Jan
Symmetries
9
3-Feb
Symmetries
10
5-Feb
(No Math)    Review of Art Assignment 1
11
10-Feb
Fractals   Art Assignment 1 (15% of course) – Preliminary for Final Project: Due Feb 10
12
12-Feb
Review (No Art)


Spring Break (Feb 16 20)


Mid-Term Exam written on February 23 (Monday), at 5:30
13
24-Feb
Fractals
14
26-Feb
Perspective
15
3-Mar
Perspective
16
5-Mar
Platonic Solids
17
10-Mar
Conics
18
12-Mar
Conics
19
17-Mar
Hyperbolic Geometry
20
19-Mar
Hyperbolic Geometry
21
24-Mar
Hyperbolic Geometry
22
26-Mar
Topology
23
31-Mar
Topology
24
02-Apr
Topology
25
7-Apr
(No Math)                 Review of Art Assignment 2 - Final Project
26
9-Apr
Review (No Art)       Art Assignment 2 (25% of course) – Final Project: Due Apr 9





Final Exam (dates to be determined by U of M)



Art Assignment # 1 + Art Assignment # 2      15 + 25 = 40%   (set by Derek Brueckner)
Mid-Term + Final Exam             25 + 35 = 60%   (set by Dr. Michelle Davidson)

FA 1020/Math 1020    Mathematics in Art A02    ART Instructor: Derek Brueckner  

Letter Grade System
All School of Art students are expected to maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5. If the student’s GPA falls below 2.5 the student will receive a warning letter from the student advisor indicating they have one year to improve or they will be placed on Academic Probation. Students in the BFA Honours Degree Programs must maintain a GPA of 3.0.

Letter Grade              Grade Point Value    Percentage
A+                                          4.5                  93-100%                   Exceptional
A                                             4.0                  88-92.9%                  Excellent
B+                                          3.5                  80-87.9%                  Very Good
B                                             3.0                  75-79.9%                  Good
C+                                          2.5                  68-74.9%                  Satisfactory
C                                             2.0                  60-67.9%                  Adequate
D                                             1.0                  50-59.9%                  Marginal
F                                              0                      Below 50%               Failure


Grading Rubric
A+/A: Reserved for Exceptional performances and normally achieved by a minority of students. These grades indicate a student who is self-initiating, exceeds expectation and has an insightful grasp of the subject matter.

A+      93-100    Exceptional
                            Works in this range:
                            - challenge the current boundaries of the field
                            - show evidence of a high level of contextual awareness
                            - show full command of chosen materials or technology
                            - present a remarkable example of progress and development
A         88-92.9   Excellent achievement
                            Works in this range:
                            - show awareness of the current boundaries of the field
                            - show thorough contextual awareness
                            - show confident use of chosen materials or technology
- present an excellent to outstanding example of progress and development

B+/B: indicate a Very Good performance. Normally achieved by the largest number of students. These grades indicate a good grasp of the subject matter or excellent grasp in one area balanced with satisfactory grasp in the other area.

B+      80-87.9   Very Good achievement
B         75-79.9   Good achievement
                            Works in this range:
                            - are consistently within the current boundaries of the field
                            - reveal commendable awareness of context for evaluation
                            - show a reasonable ability with chosen materials or technology
- present a good to very good example of progress and development

FA 1020/Math 1020    Mathematics in Art A02     ART Instructor: Derek Brueckner  

C+/C: indicates Satisfactory, or minimally satisfactory performance. These grades indicate a satisfactory performance and knowledge of the subject matter.

C+      68-74.9   Satisfactory
C        60-67.9   Adequate
                            Works in this range:
                            - readily accept known boundaries of the field
                            - reveal partial contextual awareness
                            - show limited ability with material and technology
                            - are intermittent in its progress during the term

D: indicates Marginal performance. A student receiving this grade demonstrated a superficial grasp of the subject matter.
D         50-59.9   Marginal Pass
                            Works in this range:
                            - provide very limited understanding of limits of the field
                            - have unsubstantial contextual awareness
                            - have low level of competence with materials and technology
                            - very limited development of work within the term

Assignment Deadlines:
All assignments are due at the beginning of class, once the instructor has left the classroom the assignment is considered late. Assignments submitted late after class on the day of assignment deadline will be deducted one letter grade. (For example an assignment that is one day late that is evaluated at a B+ letter grade will receive a B letter grade) No assignments will be accepted beyond 2:00 pm on any given deadline date. Any assignment submitted beyond 2:00 pm of any assignment deadline date will receive a ZERO Grade.

Please note that the School of Art will not accept assignments at the office. Arrangements have to be made with the instructor in advance of assignment deadlines to submit late assignments.

For an exception to the late deduction or a zero grade a Doctor’s note with signature must be submitted clearly indicating specific dates effected by illness, which should obviously include and encompass any pertinent assignment deadline. If the Doctor’s note does not specify and encompass the pertinent dates the assignment will not be eligible for an extension without repercussions of a zero grade or deductions.

If there are any questions or comments regarding the above grading criteria feel free to talk to the instructor during class, or after class, or schedule a meeting outside of class.

Return of Student Work
The retention period for unclaimed student work is as follows:
Deadline to pick up Math in Art Assignments: Day of Final Exam. Students are requested to pick up all assignments immediately after the final exam.


Unclaimed studio projects and art assignments after the deadline will become property of the School of Art and will be disposed of at its discretion.






FA 1020/Math 1020    Mathematics in Art A02     ART Instructor: Derek Brueckner  

E-mail Communications
University communications will only be sent to a student’s U of M account. The full policy is available at umanitoba.ca/governance. All students are required to claim their U of M “myumanitoba.ca” student email account. This is a campus-wide policy. Learn how to activate your email at: umanitoba.ca/student email.      

It is mandatory that all students maintain and regularly monitor a University of Manitoba email account. Critical information from the registrar, instructors, and the School of Art will be relayed to you through the Web mail, D2L and Aurora electronic notification systems.

Students without personal computers can use computers in Information Services and Technology labs in a variety of locations on campus including the Dafoe Library. More information is available in your orientation package or by calling IST at 474-8600. It is your sole responsibility to continually monitor your class site(s) for information such as class announcements and email correspondence.

E-mails received from non-U of M accounts will be directed to resend their inquiry from their U of M email account for a response. Returning students sending emails from personal accounts will not receive a response.


Statement on Student Participation in the Presentation or Discussion of Art
At the School of Art, numerous required and elective courses contain content that includes working from the nude model and some language, imagery, or dialogue that may offend students. In particular, the School of Art provides comprehensive art training that requires use of the nude model in some courses. In viewing and discussing works of art, the School of Art encourages the broadest possible tolerance consistent with Canadian law.

Plagiarism and Cheating Policy
To plagiarize is to take ideas or words of another person and pass them off as one’s own. In short, it is stealing something intangible rather than an object. Obviously, it is not necessary to state the source of well known or easily verifiable facts, but students are expected to acknowledge the sources of ideas and expressions they use in their written work, whether quoted directly or paraphrased. This applies to diagrams, statistical tables and the like, as well as to written material, and materials or information from Internet sources. To provide adequate and correct documentation is not only an indication of academic honesty but is also a courtesy which enables the reader to consult these sources with ease. Failure to do so constitutes plagiarism. It will also be considered plagiarism and/or cheating if a student submits a term paper written in whole or in part by someone other than him/herself, or copies an answer or answers of another student in any test, examination, or take-home assignment. Plagiarism or any other form of cheating in examinations, or term tests (i.e. crib notes) is subject to serious academic penalty (i.e. suspension or expulsion from the faculty or university). A student found guilty of contributing to cheating in examinations or term assignments is also subject to serious academic penalty.

Similarly, to copy parts, or to reproduce everything from an artist’s individual artwork and pass them off as one’s own is also considered a form of plagiarism. When completing assignments or presenting work done in self-directed studio art projects, students should avoid this practice, since it is expected that you will originate the ‘look’ or ‘style’ of the work from your own responses to the subject or ideas in question. To do otherwise, through the knowing use of printed or internet reproductions of published artist’s work, would be academically dishonest, except in cases where making a direct copy was a requirement of the assignment by an instructor, or that an idea required such a response. In those cases it is clear as to the intent to copy and is a public aspect of the meaning of the work.

Material and Process Restrictions
Flammables, poisons, potentially bio-hazardous materials, aerosol sprays, and high-temperature processes are strictly prohibited in the School of Art classrooms, adjoining hallways, and the vicinity of the ARTlab. The instructor must be consulted before any materials or processes not on the class materials list are used. If there is any doubt as to the safety of work to be undertaken, work must be halted until the instructor has been consulted.
FA 1020/Math 1020    Mathematics in Art A02­­     ART Instructor: Derek Brueckner  

Policies Related to Student Discipline
Policy on Respectful Work and Learning Environment
Inappropriate and Disruptive Student Behaviour
Accessibility Policy for Student with Disabilities
http://umanitoba.ca/admin/governance/governing_documents/students/281.html
Appeals
Students wishing to appeal a grade given for term work are expected to discuss matters relating to the grading of that work with their instructor first, as an attempt to resolve the issue without the need to submit a formal appeal.

For further information on grade appeals, please go to the Appeals Policies, Procedures and Regulations on the School of Art website at: umanitoba.ca/schools/art/media/UG_Policies_GradeAppeals2012.pdf

More information related to appeals can be found at: umanitoba.ca/student/records/grades/691.html

Academic Accommodation
Please approach your instructor as soon as possible should you need some form of academic accommodation. Students with disabilities should also contact Disability Services, located at 155 University Centre (Phone: 204 474-6213; TTY: 204 474-9790; Fax: 204 261-7732; E-mail: disability_services@umanitoba.ca)

Student Services

Offers services that may be helpful to you as you fulfil the requirements for this course.  Through the LAC, you may meet with a study skills specialist to discuss concerns such as time management, reading and note-taking strategies, as well as test-taking strategies. You may also meet one-on-one with a writing tutor who can give you feedback at any stage of the writing process, whether you are just beginning to work on a written assignment or already have a draft. Writing tutors can also give you feedback if you submit a draft of your paper online. Please note that the online tutors require 48 business hours (i.e. Monday to Friday) to return your paper with comments. (201 Tier Building)

Writing Tutors [and Learning Skills Tutors]
Work on both the Fort Garry and Bannatyne Campuses. Tutors on the Fort Garry campus work in the Elizabeth Dafoe Library and the Learning Assistance Centre (201 Tier Building). Tutors on the Bannatyne campus work in the Basic Science Building (245 “T” wing). Check scheduled hours of availability on-line through the Learning Assistance Centre site (www.umanitoba.ca/student/u1/lac), or call 480-1481 (Fort Garry Campus) or 272-3190 (Bannatyne Campus).

A unique learning and social networking site at the University of Manitoba. Students can access a variety of Learning Assistance Centre resources on-line at www.umanitoba.ca/virtuallearningcommons. Of special interest are several links to excellent, brief, on-line tutorials on integrity in academic work (i.e. What is plagiarism? How do you paraphrase? What are appropriate citation formats?) and an Assignment Manager program that automatically creates a timetable for the completion of each step in the writing process.

Student Accessibility Services (SAS) provides support and advocacy for students with disabilities of all kinds: hearing, learning, injury-related, mental health, medical, physical or visual. Students with temporary disabilities such as sprains and breaks are also eligible to use our services. SAS acts as a liaison between students and the faculty and staff of the University of Manitoba as well as support agencies within the province of Manitoba. Please phone: 474-6213 (voice) or 474-9690 (TTY) for service.
FA 1020/Math 1020    Mathematics in Art A02­­     ART Instructor: Derek Brueckner  

Student Counselling and Career Centre (SCC) offers individual, couple or family counselling in individual and groups formats. Please phone: 474-8592 or visit SCCC (474 University Centre).
Of the many libraries available to you on campus, the Architecture & Fine Arts Library will be your main research hub (206 John A. Russell Building). The Architecture/Fine Arts Library houses the largest collection of information on art, design, and planning in the province of Manitoba. For Reference/Research Assistance contact Liv Valmestad, Art Librarian at (204) 474-8447, liv_valmestad@umanitoba.ca.

Has workshops and programs in advanced academic and health-sciences English. (520 University Centre)

Important Dates Calendar


Winter Term 2015
January 5
University reopens (no classes)
January 6
New Student Orientation
January 6
Classes resume in most faculties and schools.
January 6 - 19
Registration revision period for Winter Term and Winter/Summer spanned courses.
January 13
Last date for Winter Term fee payment.
January 19
Last date for refund for dropped Winter Term and Winter/Summer spanned courses.
January 19
Last date to declare intent to graduate in Spring 2015.
February 16
Louis Riel Day - University closed.
February 16 - 20
Mid-Term break: No classes or examinations in most faculties and schools.
March 19
Last day for Voluntary Withdrawal from all Winter Term 2015 courses. Some faculties have courses with irregular withdrawal dates, see your faculty general office for information.
April 10
Classes end in most faculties and schools. 
April 13 - 27
Final examination period for most faculties and schools. Students must remain available until all examination obligations have been fulfilled.
April 3
Good Friday Holiday: University closed.