SYLLABUS
Instructor: Mary Vollero; Contact: via ANGEL
Virtual Office Hours: Tuesdays 11am-1pm and other hours as required.

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Class Structure
ART 003 is a Web-based course. There are no prerequisites.
If students are able to complete the assignments on their own, they need never meet with me in person. All correspondence can be done via ANGEL (http://cms.psu.edu) and assignments posted on the web. Students are required to complete assignments and participate in group/team feedback.
GROUP/TEAMS are listed in ANGEL.
That said, some students may require instruction in person. This course differs from a World Campus course in that I am willing to meet with students in person, at scheduled Demo sessions where I will provide step-by-step guidance to help students who may not be familiar with the processes involved.

Expectations
ART 003 is an art class. Our focus will be on the images you create, and how they are presented via the Web. Students will consider the principals of design to create Websites that are both aesthetically pleasing and easy to navigate. The class will communicate via ANGEL.
Students will be expected to complete assignments as scheduled as well as participate in class discussions on ANGEL. Student will also be expected to provide feedback, suggestions, and share their knowledge with other classmates throughout the semester. Because this is a Web course attendance is not an issue BUT maintaining contact with your group and the instructor via ANGEL is very important.

Course Goals:
Students will:
• Become familiar with the techniques for creating images using digital cameras and editing images on the computer;
• Develop criteria for judging quality in pictorial composition;
• Explore and develop their own unique aesthetic sensibilities by looking at the work of other artists and classmates as well as by experimenting with their own work;
• Learn to post their images on the Internet;
• Learn basic Web building techniques;
• Explore options for improving WebPages based on design appeal and audience’s ease and speed.

Course Objectives:
Photography is entering into a stage where the traditional darkroom may no longer be necessary. The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the possibilities of images recorded digitally, and ways to share them via the Internet. With the aid of the computer, the photographer’s imagination can open up in new directions. Just like a palette and paintbrush, the computer is a tool that serves the artist’s imagination. This course will introduce the students to the computer as an art medium. Computer Imaging provides an opportunity to explore the relationship between the process of making a work of art and the idea that a work of art expresses. In addition, the Internet has given us a new vehicle for sharing artwork and information. In this course students will build a basic website where they will post their assignments throughout the semester.

Requirements:
Students will be required to:
• Complete assignments on time.
• Provide help and or feedback to fellow students.
There is no book required. Students can purchase books on their own but will be expected to learn much of this course work via tutorials, and on-line help. Zip disks are necessary for students who will be working on campus computers to save and transfer files. Students who work at home will not need a zip disk. Students may wish to purchase their own cameras or software, see Help Pages for info about software and cameras

Subject and Content:
Students have much freedom in this class to create Webpages that interest them, but adult content or disturbing subject matter cannot be posted. Please adhere to a PG-13 rating when creating your sites.

Grades:

Assignments 1, 2,	10 points each
Assignments 3, 4	15 points each
Assignments 5, 6	20 points each
Group Participation	10 points
Totallll	100 Points

Grading Scale
94-100 = A (Excellent)
90-93 = A- (Nearly Excellent)
88-89 = B+ (Very Good)
83-87 = B (Good)
80-82 = B- (Better than Average)
78-79 = C+ (Average plus)
70-77 = C (Average)
60-69 = D
0-59 = Failing

Academic Integrity:
DO NOT COPY any one else's artwork or take credit for someone else's work.
(You may get help from others but you must do the actual work.)
Do not hand in work that was done before this class or for another class.
It is understood that at this level of education, academic dishonesty of any type will not be tolerated and will result in immediate disciplinary action. It is further understood that cheating on examinations and out of class assignments will result in a failure grade (F) for that student in the course. Plagiarism and copying reports and assignments from other students, publications, or Internet resources will also result in disciplinary action that will seriously affect the student's grade for the course.
Academic Integrity: All students are expected to act with civility, personal integrity; respect other students' dignity, rights and property; and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their own efforts. An environment of academic integrity is requisite to respect for self and others and a civil community.
Academic integrity includes a commitment to not engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty include cheating or copying, plagiarizing, submitting another persons' work as one's own, using Internet sources without citation, fabricating field data or citations, "ghosting" (taking or having another student take an exam), stealing examinations, tampering with the academic work of another student, facilitating other students' acts of academic dishonesty, etc. Students charged with a breach of academic integrity will receive due process and, if the charge is found valid, academic sanctions may range, depending on the severity of the offense, from F for the assignment to F for the course. The University's statement on academic integrity, from which the above statement is drawn, is available at http://www.psu.edu/

Commonwealth College Disability Statement
Penn State is committed to providing access to a quality education for all students, including those with documented disabilities. If a student has a disability and wishes an accommodation for a course, it is the student's responsibility to obtain a University letter confirming the disability and suggesting appropriate accommodation. This letter can be requested from the campus Disability Contact Liaison, Janet L. Yates, Assistant Director of Student Affairs, room 101 Hiller Building.
Students are encouraged to request accommodation early in the semester so that, once identified, reasonable accommodation can be implemented in a timely manner.