Women & Art

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Course Description

Explores women working in the arts and looks at selected women artists through time and around the globe. Students will focus on ways women affect culture, both as creators and as subjects of art.

Essential Objectives

1. Identify themes in art that reflect the role of women in society and women's struggle for power and agency through creative expression.
2. Assess the relationships among women's art, art of the culture at large, and the conditions of women's lives and their ability to pursue artistic endeavors under various cultural and historical circumstances.
3. Evaluate women's art within its cultural context and consider how it integrates into, influences, or challenges the dominant artistic narrative.
4. Identify the issues related to women as subjects of art and explore how those depictions may be impacted by the gender of the artist.
5. Discover and reflect on how art history can work to re-center women's experiences, stories, and various means of creative expression.
6. Identify and discuss themes in contemporary feminist art criticism, and their effects on the art world, scholarship, and the women's movement.
7. Examine the ways in which the patriarchal nature of the art historical community has not only impacted women, but also marginalized and disenfranchised individuals and communities with gender identities beyond male or female.
8. Discover and examine the work of local women artists and the museums and galleries that exhibit their work.
9. Identify students' own means of creative expression and the role of art in their lives and the lives of those around them.

Required Technology

More information on general computer and internet recommendations is available on the CCV IT Support page. https://support.ccv.edu/general/computer-recommendations/

Please see CCV's Digital Equity Statement (pg. 45) to learn more about CCV's commitment to supporting all students access the technology they need to successfully finish their courses.

Required Textbooks and Resources

This course only uses free Open Educational Resources (OER) and/or library materials. For details, see the Canvas Site for this class.

Methods

• small and large onlinediscussions
• interactive projects and/or activities
• multimedia presentations and resources
• readings, writing, and inquiry-based research

Evaluation Criteria

Grading and Course Policies

“Women and Art” begins each Tuesday morning and ends on Monday at midnight each week.Initial discussion and assignment posts are due on Saturday by midnight.Sundays and Mondays are reserved for reading and commenting on other students’ posts.

Missed Classes:Not posting in the discussion forum for the week counts as a missed class. CCV policy requires that students miss no more than 3 classes.

Grades:

Weekly Assignments: 50% of total grade(up to 80 points for your response post, up to 20 points for your discussions of at least two classmate and instructor posts)

Midterm Assignment: 15% of total grade(up to 80 weighted points for assignment, up to 20 weighted points for at least two of your discussions of classmate and instructor posts)

Final Project: 35% of total grade(up to 80 weighted points for assignment, up to 20 weighted points for at least two of your discussions of classmate and instructor posts)

Each assignment worth 100 points are graded as follows:

A+= 97-100 points

A = 94-96 points

A- =90-93 points

B+ = 87-89 points

B = 84-86 points

B-= 80-83 points

C+ = 77-79 points

C = 74-76 points

C- = 70-73 points

D+ = 67-69 points

D = 64-66 points

D- = 60-63 points

F = less then 60 points

Grading Criteria

CCV Letter Grades as outlined in the Evaluation System Policy are assigned according to the following chart:

	High	Low
A+	100	98
A	Less than 98	93
A-	Less than 93	90
B+	Less than 90	88
B	Less than 88	83
B-	Less than 83	80
C+	Less than 80	78
C	Less than 78	73
C-	Less than 73	70
D+	Less than 70	68
D	Less than 68	63
D-	Less than 63	60
F	Less than 60
P	100	60
NP	Less than 60	0

Weekly Schedule

Attendance Policy

Regular attendance and participation in classes are essential for success in and are completion requirements for courses at CCV. A student's failure to meet attendance requirements as specified in course descriptions will normally result in a non-satisfactory grade.

• In general, missing more than 20% of a course due to absences, lateness or early departures may jeopardize a student's ability to earn a satisfactory final grade.
• Attending an on-ground or synchronous course means a student appeared in the live classroom for at least a meaningful portion of a given class meeting. Attending an online course means a student posted a discussion forum response, completed a quiz or attempted some other academically required activity. Simply viewing a course item or module does not count as attendance.
• Meeting the minimum attendance requirement for a course does not mean a student has satisfied the academic requirements for participation, which require students to go above and beyond simply attending a portion of the class. Faculty members will individually determine what constitutes participation in each course they teach and explain in their course descriptions how participation factors into a student's final grade.

Participation Expectations

Students need to post in discussion forums in order to be counted as present for any given week. Students are also required to respond to instructor and student posts for participation.

Missing & Late Work Policy

“Women and Art” begins each Tuesday morning and ends on Monday at midnight each week.Initial discussion and assignment posts are due Saturday by midnight.Sundays and Mondays are for reading and commenting on peer and instructor posts.

Missed Classes:Not posting in the discussion forum for the week counts as a missed class. CCV requires students to contact the instructor if they have missed three classes to make alternate arrangements in order to pass the class.

Grades:
Weekly Assignments: 50% of total grade(up to 80 points for your response post, up to 20 points for your discussions of at least two classmate and instructor posts)

Midterm Assignment: 15% of total grade(up to 80 weighted points for assignment, up to 20 weighted points for at least two of your discussions of classmate and instructor posts)

Final Project: 35% of total grade(up to 80 weighted points for assignment, up to 20 weighted points for at least two of your discussions of classmate and instructor posts)

Accessibility Services for Students with Disabilities:

1. Provide disability documentation to the Accessibility Coordinator at your academic center. https://ccv.edu/discover-resources/students-with-disabilities/
2. Request an appointment to meet with accessibility coordinator to discuss your request and create an accommodation plan.
3. Once created, students will share the accommodation plan with faculty. Please note, faculty cannot make disability accommodations outside of this process.

Academic Integrity