Hello everyone,
Welcome to Art 1A: Visual Literacy! I wanted to reach out to let you know that everything that you need to know about Art 1A will be posted here on the Art 1A website, not on Canvas. However, your Teaching Assistant will use Canvas for some aspects of their sections (including for the submission of assignments, etc). Please read everything carefully, I will go over this information in class when we meet, and I will answer any questions that you may have.Art 1A lectures and sections will be taught in-person. However, the first lecture, on Monday, April first will be taught via Zoom. Zoom link: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/83111992304
You do not need a pass code to join the Zoom meeting, sign in as an attendee.
If you have time conflicts with work, or with other classes, then you should take Art 1A another quarter. There are also two Los Angeles museum field trips that are an important part of the class. We are offering an alternative museum field trip in Santa Barbara for one of the field trips, if you can't get to Los Angeles twice. Please make sure that you are available on Saturday, April 20 and Saturday, May 18. These two class meetings will be in lieu of the lectures those weeks, but sections are still scheduled. Students are responsible for their own transportation to the Los Angeles and Santa Barbara museums. Neither UCSB, nor the UCSB Department of Art will furnish transportation, or organize it. However, students tend to organize their own carpools each quarter.
Please purchase your course reader and book as soon as possible because you will have written assignments due the first week of class. The course reader is on reserve at the library, and the book is on reserve every single quarter.
Please fill out the Art 1A Questionnaire (HERE), and return it to me and your TA ASAP. This will help us get to know you, and it will also let us know whether you are having any technology issues. You can find our contact information HERE.
2) John Berger's Ways of Seeing is available from the Campus Bookstore and Amazon (Click HERE and HERE).
3) Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us. We are participating in the UCSB Reads program (For more information, click HERE). Free copy given to you after you sign all 3 museum field trip liability waivers.
Please fill out the Art 1A Questionnaire (HERE), and return it to me and your TA ASAP. This will help us get to know you, and it will also let us know whether you are having any technology issues. You can find our contact information HERE.
Course Reader (cover pictured above) and book information (please have them in your possession before class meets for the first time). The course reader is on reserve at the library.
1) The Course Reader is only available from Associated Students. You can either purchase a physical copy (HERE) or an eReader (HERE). If you get an error message, copy and paste this URL to purchase the eReader: https://shop.as.ucsb.edu/Art-1A-Spring-E-Reader-p644035256
Weekly assignments are due the first week of class, and if you don't have your reader you can use the Reserve Copy at the Library. Note: Allow 24-48 hours to receive your link for the eReader after your payment has been processed. If you don't have it in time to do your first assignment, then you can go to the library and check out the Course Reader on reserve. The physical copy will be available at the Associated Student Ticket Office. Location Information and Hours HERE.
4) The Course Syllabus can be found HERE.
6) Information about Lectures and Sections can be found HERE.
7) The Research Paper prompt can be found HERE.
8) The UCSB Library Art 1A Research Page can be found HERE.
9) The UCSB Campus Learning Assistance Services (CLAS) can be found HERE.
10) View the UCSB policy about Academic Integrity and Academic Dishonesty (cheating, plagiarism, furnishing false information, unauthorized collaboration and misuse of course materials) HERE.
11) Fill out the museum liability waivers: All trips require Liability Waivers: and they will be linked to here, once they are available.
- Fill out the LACMA field trip (Saturday, April 20) Liability Waiver (HERE)
- Fill out the Getty Center field trip (Saturday, May 18) Liability Waiver (HERE)
- Fill out the alternative museum trip to the SBMA and MCASB Liability Waiver (HERE)
12) Information about the Department of Art can be found HERE.
13) The UCSB Diversity Statement can be found HERE and the University of California Diversity Statement can be found HERE.
14) The UCSB Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) contact information can be found HERE.
15) The UCSB Health and Wellness website can be found HERE.
16) UCSB Department of Art Intellectual Challenge Policy: "Intellectual challenge and academic rigor are among the foundations of our program. Our faculty foster communities of inquiry and free speech based in self-awareness, individual responsibility, and an informed world view. We encourage divergent opinion and cogent argument, believing lively debate, exposure to differing viewpoints, and a certain level of discomfort are essential to intellectual and artistic growth.
In our classes, students will be shown work and introduced to theories and practices that may challenge their beliefs and assumptions. Students are expected to think critically rather than react impulsively; to consider opposing viewpoints and others’ opinions and experiences with openness and thoughtfulness; and to engage in a manner befitting themselves as artists and scholars in this university, an institution of higher learning."
