Great American Artists 1    (9-12)  (3 Semester Hrs)  A1

This course presents the lives and works of American artists including Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, Grant Wood,   Georgia O’Keeffe, George Segal, Mathew Brady, Roy Lichtenstein, Frederic Church, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, William Sidney Mount, George Catlin, and Alfred Jacob Miller.  Integrated with samples of their paintings and sculptures are discussions of influences that helped to create their art.

Great American Artists 2    (9-12)  (3 Semester Hrs)  A2

This course presents the lives and works of artists including William Sidney Mount, George Catlin, Alfred Jacob Miller, Gilbert Stuart, Mark Rothko, Paul Revere,  Marsden Hartley, Andy Warhol,  Frederic Remington, William Merritt Chase, William Harnett, James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, George Inness, and Mary Cassatt.  Integrated with samples of their paintings and sculptures are discussions of influences that helped to create their art

Art History 1  (10-12)  (3 Semester Hrs)  A3

This course presents a variety of art themes and historical periods, from Islamic art to the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, from the Baroque to the Impressionists, from early Renaissance artists to the greats of the Renaissance. Michelangelo and Titian represent the southern tradition while Rubens and van Dyck exemplify the tradition of the northern painters. Integrated with samples of their paintings and sculptures are discussions of influences that helped to create their art.

Art History 2   (10-12)  (3 Semester Hrs)  A4

This course continues to present a variety of art themes and historical periods, from Michelangelo and Titian representing the southern tradition while Rubens and van Dyck exemplifying the tradition of the northern painters.  Integrated with samples of their paintings and sculptures are discussions of influences that helped to create their art. Other great artists of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth century discussed include Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Ingress, Delacroix,   Goya, Blake, David, Turner, Constable, Manet, Degas, and Renoir.  

Art History 3   (11-12)  (3 Semester Hrs)  A5

This course presents a variety of art themes and historical periods, from the Parthenon, The Baroque Style of  Bernini, The Hudson River School,  George Catlin, and   Gustave Caillebotte,  to the greats of Medieval art:  Fra Filippo Lippi, Francois Duquesnoy, Gregorio Fernandez,  Andrea Pisano, and Fra Angelico.   One focus is on sculptors: Pilon, Sansovino,  Falconet, and  Riemenschneider.

Art History 4   (11-12)  (3 Semester Hrs)  A6

This course presents a variety of art themes and historical periods with a focus on the sculptors Pilon, Sansovino, Falconet, and  Riemenschneider.  Students are introduced to traditional sculptors such as  Rodin while they meet modern sculptors such as Louise Nevelson and David Smith.     American artists such as Frederic Remington from the nineteenth century are compared to twentieth century artists like Andy Warhol.  Other artists introduced include Henry Moore,  Sir Jacob Epstein,  Naum Gabo,  Alberto  Giacometti,  John Bernard Flannagan,  Alexander Calder, and  Christo Javachef.

History of Design 1   (12)  (3 Semester Hrs)  A7

This course presents elements of design, distinguishing between the fine arts and the applied arts.  Students are presented with discussions of repetition, variety, rhythm,  balance,  emphasis,  economy,  controlling attention,  viewing angle, viewing distance, conveying an idea,  and understanding and valuing what others have created.     Studio problems are designed experiments for line, implied lines,  positive and negative areas,  descriptive line, shape and form.   Other lessons look at  holding shapes together,  moving shape to form,  illogical uses of form,  space,  the mechanics of linear perspective,  uses of linear perspective, scale, overlapping, position, illusionary space, and texture.

 Continued study of studio work explores printing, rubbing, drawn textures, letter forms in a representational design, and drawn-textures.   Other work examines value, emphasis, design interest,  and spatial effects.

History of Design 2   (12)  (3 Semester Hrs)  A8

This course focuses on the study of studio work exploring the uses of printing, rubbing, drawn textures, letter forms in a representational design, and drawn-textures in art.   Other lessons examine value, emphasis, design interest, and spatial effects.   This study goes on to look at emotional effects from values, color, with experiments in painting in grays and designing in gray papers.  The study of color includes hue, value, saturation, color scales, color prejudices and color combinations, "advancing" and "receding" colors, "subjective" vs. local color and color interactions.  The student examines the elements of three-dimensional design to work in the third dimension and face the problems of form vs. function,  three-dimensional construction methods,  planning three-dimensional work, and constructing with varying materials.  Finally, terms in the study of art are reviewed.

French 101  (8-12)  (3 Semester Hrs)  Fr1

French 101 is a one-semester course with 10 comprehensive, online lessons. Each lesson averages 9 - 12 hours to complete and includes audio exercises. Two examinations are given, one about half way through the course and another at its end. Students utilize online audio links to practice vocabulary and learn how to pronounce French words and phrases. This course is designed a starting course for students who have not yet taken any other French language course. Its goal is to acquaint students with the French language and culture, and to provide beginning-level competence in the four basic skills: speaking, reading, writing, and understanding. Through work at home and on the Internet, students create a basic working knowledge of pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.  The cultural readings in the text and other readings further students' knowledge of the culture of the French-speaking countries.  Along the way, students build on basic directional and emotional words, and basic sentence structure.
Prerequisites: None
Goal:  Students will master the practical concepts of the French language at the beginning (9th grade) level.
Objectives:  Students will:
     Communicate effectively through basic French phrases, verbally and in written format.
     Demonstrate through written tests a mastery of the basic elements of the French language.
     Investigate and research French culture, history and language.

French 201  (9-12)  (3 Semester Hrs)  Fr2

French 201 is a one-semester course with 10 comprehensive, online lessons. Each lesson averages 9 - 12 hours to complete and includes audio exercises. Two examinations are given, one about half way through the course and another at its end. Students utilize online audio links to practice vocabulary and learn how to pronounce French words and phrases.  This course is designed for students who have successfully completed French 101 or its equivalent. Its goal is to further the knowledge of the French language and culture that students gained in French 101. In this course, emphasis is placed on developing beginning-level competence in the four basic skills: speaking, reading, writing, and understanding. Through work at home and on the Internet, students increase their working knowledge of pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. The cultural readings in the text and other readings further students' knowledge of the culture of the French-speaking countries.  Along the way, students continue to build on basic directional and emotional words, and basic sentence structure for more advanced topics.
 Prerequisites:  Before students take French 201, they must have successfully completed French 101 or its equivalent.
Goal:  Students will master the practical concepts of the French language at the intermediate (10th grade) level.
Objectives:Students will:
     Communicate effectively through intermediate French phrases, verbally and in written format.
     Demonstrate through written tests a mastery of the intermediate elements of the French language.
     Investigate and research French culture, history and language.

French 301  (10-12)  (3 Semester Hrs)  Fr3

French 301 is a one-semester course with 10 comprehensive, online lessons. Each lesson averages 9 - 12 hours to complete and includes audio exercises. Two examinations are given, one about half way through the course and another at its end. Students utilize online audio links to practice vocabulary and learn how to pronounce French words and phrases.  This course is designed for students who have successfully completed French 201 or its equivalent. Its goal is to further the knowledge of the French language and culture that students gained in French 201. In this course, emphasis is placed on further developing intermediate-level competence in the four basic skills: speaking, reading, writing, and understanding. Through work at home and on the Internet, students increase their working knowledge of pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. The cultural readings in the text and other readings further students' knowledge of the culture of the French-speaking countries.   Along the way, students continue to build on intermediate sentence structure for more advanced topics.
Prerequisites:  Before students take French 301, they must have successfully completed French 201 or its equivalent.
Goal: Students will master the practical concepts of the French language at the intermediate (10th and 11th grade) level
Objectives: Students will:
     Communicate effectively through intermediate to advanced French phrases, verbally and in written format.
     Demonstrate through written tests a mastery of the intermediate to advanced elements of the French language.
     Investigate and research sophisticated elements of French culture, history and language

French 401  (11-12)  (3 Semester Hrs)  Fr4

French 401 is a one-semester course with 10 comprehensive, online lessons. Each lesson averages 9 - 12 hours to complete and includes audio exercises. Two examinations are given, one about half way through the course and another at its end. Students utilize online audio links to practice vocabulary and learn effective French communication.  This course is designed for students who have successfully completed French 301 or its equivalent. Its goal is to further the knowledge of the French language and culture that students gained in French 301. In this course, emphasis is placed on developing advanced competence in the four language skills: speaking, reading, writing, and understanding. Through work at home and on the Internet, students enhance their working knowledge of pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. The cultural readings in the text and other readings extend students' knowledge of the culture of the French-speaking countries.  Students continue to build on advanced directional and emotional phrases, and complex sentence structure for more advanced topics.
Prerequisites: Before students take French 401, they must have successfully completed French 301 or its equivalent.
Goal: Students will master advanced concepts of the French language at the (12th grade) level.
Objectives: Students will:
     Communicate effectively through advanced French phrases, verbally and in written format.
     Demonstrate through written tests a mastery of advanced elements of the French language.
     Investigate and research French culture, history and language.