Course Syllabus – FA 1020 / Math 1020 Mathematics in Art A01 May 08- June 28, 2013
Instructors: Derek Brueckner, Art Part of Course
Dr. Michelle Davidson, Math Part of Course
Office for Derek
Brueckner: ART Lab 460
Art part of Course Website/Blog: http://derekbruecknermathinartcourse.blogspot.ca/
Office Hours for
Derek Brueckner:
after class on Wednesdays & Fridays until 12:30 pm
(or feel free to e-mail instructor to arrange for mutually
agreeable time)
Location and Lecture Times:
136 ART LAB Wednesdays & Fridays 9:00 am
- 11:30 am
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 Mathematics in Art course will require using
art materials in combination with ideas from the mathematical and the visual
art concepts discussed in the course.
Instructional Methods: The
art portion of this course will include primarily lectures and presentation of examples
along with some class discussions and art materials demonstrations.
Required Readings: Math
and Art Textbook, Lecture Notes and course Website/Blog
Grading/Evaluation:
Assignment
1 - Perspective Assignment 5% of course (set by Derek Brueckner)
Assignment
2 - Sketchbook Assignment 15% of course (set by Derek Brueckner)
Assignment
3 – Final Project Assignment 20% of course (set by Derek Brueckner)
Mid –Term and
Final Exam 60% (set by Dr Davidson)
Details on
sketchbooks and the projects 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 4 in Evaluation 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. The Office of the School
of Art will issue a letter of warning when a student has had three unexcused absences for any course
in a given term. An instructor may initiate procedures to debar a student from
attending classes and from final examinations and/or from receiving credit
where unexcused absences exceed those permitted.
If a student
is in violation of this policy, a letter will be sent.
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DEADLINES* of Art
Assignments and Tentative Schedule of Mathematics in Art Topics and
Presentations by Derek Brueckner (Art Instructor)
Wednesday Friday
May 8,
2013
Introduction to art part of course
and review of art course website |
May 10,
2013
Euclidean Geometry and Constructions
and presentation of Sketchbook Assignment
|
May 15,
2013
Perspective and presentation of Perspective
Assignment
|
May 17,
2013
Golden
Ratio: rectangle, triangles
Fibonacci sequence
|
May 22,
2013
Symmetry
Groups
of Symmetry
|
May 24,
2013
Colour Theory &
Art Materials Demonstration and presentation of Final Project Assignment
|
May 29,
2013
Midterm Review
* Perspective Assignment due
at beginning of class
Symmetry
Groups of Symmetry (continued)
|
May 31,
2013
Midterm
(Midterm given and administered by
Dr Davidson)
|
June
5, 2013
Fractals
|
June 7,
2013
Conic Sections and Constructions
|
June 12,
2013
Art Materials Demonstrations
|
June 14,
2013
Platonic
Solids
*
Sketchbook Assignment due at beginning of class
|
June 19,
2013
Hyperbolic
Geometry and introduction to Topology
|
June
21, 2013
* Final
Project Assignment due at beginning of class
Topology
|
June
26, 2013
Final Exam Review
|
June 28, 2013
FINAL EXAM
(Final
Exam given and administered by Dr. Davidson)
|
June 13, Thursday - Last
day to VW from Mathematics in Art course
Electronic
Devices In Class:
Cell phones and most other electronic devices must be turned off during
class time. This also includes no text messaging during class time.
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Electronic
Notification:
You will also be required to have a
University of Manitoba email account. This email account will ensure cohesive
communication with instructor and all enrolled students in this course. The U
of M email accounts are free for all University of Manitoba students and will
be imperative for this course. As a university policy 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, Jump and Aurora electronic notification
systems.
Create your University of Manitoba email account at:
Forward your U of M email account to another email address:
For assistance regarding your U of M email account visit
Information Services and Technology at 123 Fletcher Argue or contact by
Telephone at: 474-9249 or Email at support@umanitoba.ca
People
may use their other email accounts to contact art instructor but you still must
be able to receive and monitor emails using your U of M email address.
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 the
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 (e.g., crib notes) is subject to serious academic penalty (e.g.
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 be avoiding this practice, since what is expected is
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 artists work
would be academically dishonest, except in cases where to make direct copy was
a requirements of the assignment by an instructor, or that your idea required
such a response. In those cases it is clear as to the intent to copy and is a
pubic aspect of the meaning of the work.
Return of Student
Work:
The
recommended retention period for unclaimed student work is no less than 2
weeks. After two weeks unclaimed assignments will become property of the School
of Art and will be disposed of at its discretion.
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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.
Access
to School of Art Computer Lab:
Access
to the School of Art computer lab in room 340 ART Lab 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday
to Friday
If you are are not a school of art student who requires access to the
computer lab or you require access out of weekday hours contact Franc Fernandez
at Franc.Fernandez@ad.umanitoba.ca or 474-8801
EVALUATION - Grading Criteria:
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 1pm on the deadline date. Any
assignment submitted beyond 1pm 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.
Letter Grade System:
The grade of ‘D’ is regarded as marginal in most courses by
all faculties and schools. It contributes to decreasing a sessional or
cumulative Grade Point Average to less than 2.0. The course in which ‘D’
standing is obtained need not be repeated except by probationary students in
certain faculties or where a grade of ‘C’ or better is required in a
prerequisite subject. It may be repeated for the purpose of improving a grade
point average. Students in doubt as to the status of their record should
consult an advisor in their faculty or school.
Letter Grade Grade
Point Value
A+ 4.5 Exceptional
A 4.0
- 4.4 Excellent
B+ 3.5
- 3.9 Very
Good
B 3.0
- 3.4 Good
C+ 2.5
- 2.9 Satisfactory
C 2.0
- 2.4 Adequate
D 1.0
- 1.9 Marginal
F 0
– 0.9 Failure
P Pass
S Standing
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EVALUATION - Grading Criteria (continued):
A to
A+ (GPA of 4.0 to 4.5) Excellent to Exceptional:
Reserved
for Exceptional performances and usually achieved by a minority of students.
The “A to A+” grades indicate rare students who are extremely self-initiating,
consistently exceed expectations and demonstrate unique and astute
comprehensions of assignment objectives and requirements. The “A to A+” assignment overall consistently
demonstrate the ability to critically analyze and to consistently
synthesize issues and problems in a very sophisticated resolution. Specifically
there is consistently clear evidence of extremely advanced levels of research
that perfectly synthesize art materials, art process, art concepts and
mathematical concepts all together.
Grade
of A+ (GPA of
4.5) Exceptional: The “A+” assignment demonstrates an exceptionally rare and perfect command
and broad range of chosen art materials, processes, math with art concepts
and overall thorough contextual awareness of assignment requirements and
objectives. Perfect treatment of the assignment is presented consistently
throughout the entire assignment in an original, logical and convincing manner.
The “A+” assignment has perfectly, consistently and clearly articulated
formal ideas and conceptual ideas, which are innovative, complex, and
thoroughly researched. All aspects of the assignment objectives and
requirements are extremely clear, flawless, engagingly executed and
perfectly organized. Overall the “A+” assignment demonstrates clear, rare
versatility, and perfect command of the art materials, art process
and in combining both math and art concepts with art materials and art processes. The “A+” assignment consistently exceeds all
the minimum expectations of the assignment while demonstrating perfect,
exceptionally sophisticated and original insights in the interpretation of all
the assignment’s objectives and requirements.
Grade of
A (GPA of 4.0 to
4.4) Excellent: The “A” assignment demonstrates a confident, broad range of chosen
materials, processes, math with art concepts and overall thorough contextual
awareness of the assignment’s requirements and objectives. Generally the ”A”
assignment consistently demonstrates an excellent level of research,
criticality, and sophisticated versatility that has a breadth of formal and
conceptual skill sets. Like the A+ assignment the work consistently exceeds all
the minimum requirements of the assignment.
All of the assignment’s objectives in terms of quality and quantity are
achieved in an excellent manner, which is rarely seen by the instructor. The
“A” assignment has consistently and clearly articulated formal and conceptual
ideas, which are innovative, complex, and thoroughly researched. Overall the A
assignment has an extreme amount of consistency in achieving and exceeding
assignment requirements and objectives, but does not demonstrate the ultimate
perfection of the A+ assignment.
Grade
of B to B+ (GPA of 3.0 to 3.9) Good to Very Good:
This
is a good or very good assignment in most ways, but it is generally less
thoughtful than an “A” work. Normally the largest number of students achieves
the combined category of B to B+ grades. Often the “B to B+” assignments are
those that mostly repeat what the instructor has taught along with the
presented images and text in class and on line. The “B to B+” assignment presents
itself in a way that makes it apparent that the student understands the use of
art materials, art processes, combining Math and art concepts and the
assignment’s overall requirements/objectives, but does not add much to them.
The “B to B+” assignment may be less sophisticated than an “A” assignment, but
the “B to B+” assignment may still be reasonably competent in synthesizing both
math and art concepts together with art materials and art processes.
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EVALUATION - Grading Criteria (continued):
Grade
of B+ (GPA of 3.5 to 3.9) Very Good: Generally the “B+” assignment objectives are achieved with less
sophistication and innovation than the “A” assignment. At times the “B+”
assignment may even offer some originality or go beyond certain parts of assignment
requirements but simultaneously may be disregarding some of the assignment’s other
objectives, or some of the other assignment requirements/objectives are
presented in a less sophisticated manner than the “A” assignment. For example
the “B+” grade could indicate a very good grasp in the use of art materials, or
art processes or in combining math and art concepts in one area, but
simultaneously only have a satisfactory grasp of art and math concepts in
another area of the same assignment. As well in some “B+” examples, slight
problems may occur in terms of either art materials or art process and or problems
in synthesizing both math and art concepts together with art materials and
process, or the “B+” assignment may have one or more subtle combinations of
these problems.
Grade
of B (GPA of 3.0 to 3.4) Good: The “B” assignment could have variables of problems ranging
from the simple execution of assignment to an inconsistency in achieving
assignment requirements and objectives. For example the “B” assignment may have
a good demonstration of concepts but the execution of art materials may be very
straight forward and or there may not be any innovation and or sophistication
in terms of synthesizing art materials and art processes with both math and art
concepts. As well the assignment could show a reasonable ability with chosen
art materials, processes and concepts but may have inconsistencies in
addressing the assignment’s objectives and requirements regarding combining
math and art concepts together. Specifically there could be some problems with
the interaction of math and art concepts and or examples where math and art
concepts are combined with art materials and art processes in simple and or
unoriginal ways. There could also be problems in various other combinations
regarding synthesizing math/art concepts with art materials and art process.
Grade
of C to C+ (GPA of 2.0 to 2.9) Adequate to Satisfactory): The C to C+ assignment demonstrates
a very basic understanding of most concepts and or presents the assignments
objectives in an extremely simple way and does not treat it thoroughly or does
not synthesize the assignment into an entirely clear or consistent manner. As
well in the C to C+ assignment in some areas the assignment may be a very good
demonstration of concepts and or use of materials and art processes but in that
same assignment some key assignment requirements or objectives may be weakly
demonstrated and or missing completely. Particularly in the C assignment the
ideas are visually and or conceptually vague and may even appear to be contradictory,
or visually noisy or confused. Strong efforts by a student may be given for a C
assignment, but ultimately the work struggles to clearly convey the assignment
objectives in terms of demonstrating a synthesis between math and art concepts
working together when combining art materials and art processes.
Grade
of D (GPA of 1.0 to 1.9) Marginal: Seriously flawed. The assignment neither demonstrates an
understanding of the material nor articulates any coherent ideas or concepts.
The assignment might wander among several ideas with out developing any single
one idea or requirement/objective. There is no focus in this kind of work
usually culminating with very minimal assignment objectives being demonstrated
at all. Often a D assignment will be presented as incomplete or unfinished. In
a “D” assignment a student might rely on others’ work rather than developing
her/his ideas. The instructor might wonder if the student had tried at all in
terms of time and or effort. Overall there are significant problems with all of
the assignment’s objectives and requirements
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EVALUATION - Grading Criteria (continued):
Grade
of F (GPA of 0 to 0.9) Failure: Little redemptive value appears in “F” work. The assignment
fails to address the assignment in fundamental ways. There is no real answer to
any of the problems posed by the assignment, and there is no real engagement in
the topic in any way. The work often fails to be coherent at all and demonstrates
no effort or achievement of any assignment objectives. Generally the student
who receives an F on their assignment does very little of the required work,
often the F assignment is extremely incomplete, definitely demonstrates a lack
of any effort and or time put into the assignment, and often their classroom
attendance is in violation of university policy. Overall the F assignment does
not meet any of the minimum requirements and objectives of the assignment and
fails to demonstrate even the most basic use of materials, processes and
neither demonstrates an understanding of any concepts.
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.
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