Bogota Junior/Senior High School
Bogota,
New Jersey
VISUAL, PERFORMING, & PRACTICAL ARTS DEPARTMENT
COURSE GUIDE
2006-2008
ART I FULL YEAR 5 CREDITS
Prerequisite: None
Grades: 9 -12
Art I is a general studio art course with an emphasis on the elements of art. It offers the student a basic experience in drawing, painting, color, sculpture and printmaking, as well as an overview of ideas, processes, and concepts. This course is predominantly production oriented. Students are introduced to the concepts of art history, aesthetics, and critique as they relate to the studio projects.
ART II FULL YEAR 5 CREDITS
Prerequisite: Art I
This course will expand upon the processes covered in Art I with an emphasis on the principles of design and creativity. Students will be encouraged to explore in greater depth drawing, painting, sculpture, and printmaking with special considerations for the individuals’ areas of interest. Critique will be stressed as will art history as it applies to particular assignments.
ART III FULL YEAR 5 CREDITS
Prerequisite: Art I and Art II
Grades: 11 – 12
This course includes a more intensive study of two and three-dimensional design as it applies to both fine art and commercial art. Students will explore a variety of mediums with concentrations in areas of individual interest. This course will have in depth, long-term assignments that stress qualitative solutions to specific visual and technique problems. Portfolio development for future college art majors will be covered.
STUDIO ART/ART IV FULL YEAR 5 CREDITS
Prerequisite: Art I, Art II, and Art III or Independent Study
Grade: 12
The most advanced course which is offered. This course is designed for students intending to become Art majors in college or possibly pursuing art as a career. In-depth exploration of areas of art that are of particular interest to the student as well as exploration of other areas of possible interest. A continuing emphasis on portfolio development. Involvement in specific or prescribed curriculum and activities at the discretion of the instructor.
INDEPENDENT STUDY ART FULL YEAR 5 CREDITS
Pre-requisite: Art I & II
Grades: 11 - 12
Grades: 9-12
Graphic Arts I is an introductory class to the world of Graphic Design. Students will learn to harmonize all elements of design into each and every project. Projects are based on a ladder of learning. Basic skills will be learned and built upon to ensure students reach the goals and explications of the class. Programs introduced are Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Image Ready, and Adobe Illustrator.
Pre-requisite: Graphic Communication Arts
Grades: 10-12
This program works with formal design principals in order to produce 2D objects and images. This course will be based on creation of images from scratch. Students will learn vector-based image creation on Adobe Illustrator during the first half of the year. A gradual move towards (Adobe) Macromedia Flash web animation will occur and the student will create his or her own web-based animations.
Grades: 10-12
This program will help students to learn to create a design concept and see its impact on the final product. We will continue to define the hierarchy of information through the ordering of elements into a comprehensive visual unity. Students will work with Adobe InDesign, Adobe GoLive, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator in an effort to create complex design solutions.
BAND FULL YEAR 5 CREDITS
Prerequisite: Knowledge of the rudiments of music and/or a background in instrumental music, and/or demonstration of comparable proficiencies. Teacher recommendation is required.
Grades: 7 – 12
Band meets one period a day five days a week. This course is designed for the study and performance of various styles of music for wind and percussion instruments. Students who join the Band are required to attend and participate in all after school practices and performances, i.e. football games, competitions, concerts, graduation, etc., to receive credit. Opportunities are available for students to audition for various other ensembles, which meet outside class, such as Jazz Band, Brass Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Saxophone Quartet, Flute Ensemble and any other Chamber Group that maintains enough student interest. Aside from rehearsals and performances, students improve their individual musicianship through the study of their instruments in a weekly small group lesson pullout program.
Prerequisites: None
Grades: 9 - 12
This course is designed to teach the following:
1. Develop an awareness of the aesthetic value of the musical blend, balance, style, and phrasing of the individual voice in its relation to the entire group.
2. Develop an understanding of appropriate audience behavior.
Choir is scheduled during the lunch period. Students attend lunch for ˝ of the period and Choir for the remaining ˝ period.
MUSIC THEORY I FULL YEAR 5 CREDITS
Prerequisites: None
Grades: 9-12
This course is designed to help develop each student musically through a complete understanding of the rules and principles involved in music composition. The student will also increase the ability to analyze aurally and visually musical sounds and symbols, as well as improving his/her music reading and performance. The student will also be able to develop his/her skills in arranging, harmonizing and improvising music.
MUSIC THEORY II FULL YEAR 5 CREDITS
Prerequisites: Music Theory I
Grades: 9-12
This course is designed to expand the students’ knowledge of what was learned in Music Theory I as well as opening up new musical territories for each student. The student will increase his/her knowledge of chord structure by expanding past the basic triads into seventh, ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth chords. The student will also acquire an understanding of instrumental music through the field of orchestration. This course will also help each student prepare for a music career upon graduation form high school.
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES I FULL YEAR 5 CREDITS
Prerequisites: None
Grades: 9 – 12
This one-year course is designed to give students a comprehensive introduction to some of the basic areas of family and consumer sciences. Students learn basic techniques of food preparation and learn about nutrition and its relationship to good health. As students study meal planning, they learn how to be good consumers of time, resources and money. In the parenting and childcare unit, students are exposed to the responsibilities of parenthood and may choose to participate in the “Baby-Think-It-Over project using a computerized infant simulator. Career opportunities are also explored.
Prerequisites: Family & Consumer Science I
Grades: 10 - 12
This course is for seniors and juniors who have completed F&CS I and who are approaching the challenge of living independently. One semester is spent studying and preparing foods of other countries and regional American foods. Students learn more advanced food preparation techniques while expanding their awareness of the customs and cultures of other countries. The second semester emphasizes such diverse areas as marketing skills for employment, finding and using credit and other banking services, buying or leasing a car, choosing auto insurance, preparation for family life, and concepts of child development.
Prequisite:
Grades: 9-12
Theatre Arts is a full-year course, which meets five periods per week earning a student five credits for the visual and performing arts requirements. The emphasis in this course is on self-confidence in speech and body movement in everyday situations and in dramatic presentations. Each student is involved as observer and participant in individual and group pantomimes, monologues, short original sketches, improvisations, and memorized scenes. The student will be introduced to a study of a brief history of theater; stage makeup, set and costume design, and play critiques. The student will also perform for the public in the “Evening of Short Plays.”