Syllabus

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Calendar/Schedule

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Resources

Art 245 HGD Calendar/Schedule
Fall Semester, 2006

Calendar/Schedule is subject to change by the instructor at any point during the semester. Please refer regularly to this online version.

Lectures are based primarily on the textbook. Some lectures may not cover the entire chapter but focus on a specific subject and offer more depth beyond that provided in the textbook. Additional material not covered in the textbook may also be introduced during class.

Select a date below to refer to the weekly schedule.

WEEK 1 [August 28–September 1]

Tuesday, August 29

• Introduction
• Homework: Read syllabus on course web site
• Reading assignment: Chapters 1-2 (The Invention of Writing and Alphabets) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

Thursday, August 31

• Hand in study guide.
• Turn in highlighted proof of prerequisites.
• Lecture: Chapters 1–2 (The Invention of Writing and Alphabets)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading Assignment: Chapter 3 (The Asian Contribution) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

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WEEK 2 [September 4–8]

Tuesday, September 5

• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 3 (The Asian Contribution)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading assignment: Chapter 4 (Illuminated Manuscripts) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

Thursday, September 7

• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 4 (Illuminated Manuscripts)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Study for Test 1 (The Prologue to Graphic Design)

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WEEK 3 [September 11–15]

Tuesday, September 12

• Test 1: Part 1 (The Prologue to Graphic Design); Essay due the day of the test
• Reading assignment: Chapter 5 (Printing Comes to Europe) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
  
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

Thursday, September 14

• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 5 (Printing Comes to Europe)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading assignment: Chapter 6 (The German Illustrated Book) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

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WEEK 4 [September 18–22]

Tuesday, September 19

• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 6 (The German Illustrated Book)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading assignment: Chapter 7 (Renaissance Graphic Design) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

Thursday, September 21

• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 7 (Renaissance Graphic Design)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading assignment: Chapter 8 (An Epoch of Typographic Genius) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

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WEEK 5 [September 25–29]

Tuesday, September 26

• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 8 (An Epoch of Typographic Genius)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Study for Test 2 (A Graphic Renaissance)

Thursday, September 28

• Test 2: Part 2 (A Graphic Renaissance); Essay due the day of the test

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WEEK 6 [October 2–6]

Tuesday, October 3

• Three topics (must be typed, in priority order) due for Research Paper
• Reading assignment: Chapter 9 (Graphic Design and the Industrial Revolution) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

Thursday, October 5

• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 9 (Graphic Design and the Industrial Revolution)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading assignment: Chapter 10 (The Arts and Crafts Movement and its Heritage) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

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WEEK 7 [October 9–13]

Tuesday, October 10

• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 10 (The Arts and Crafts Movement and its Heritage)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading assignment: Chapter 11 (Art Nouveau) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

Thursday, October 12
• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 11 (Art Nouveau)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading assignment: Chapter 12 (The Genesis of Twentieth Century Graphic Design) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

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WEEK 8 [October 16–20]

Tuesday, October 17
• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 12 (The Genesis of Twentieth Century Graphic Design)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Study for Test 3 (The Bridge to the Twentieth Century)

Thursday, October 19
• Test 3: Part 3 (The Bridge to the Twentieth Century); Essay due the day of the test
• Reading assignment: Chapter 13 (The Influence of Modern Art) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

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WEEK 9 [October 23–27]

Tuesday, October 24
• Annotated Bibliography, Thesis Statement and Outline due (must be typed)
• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 13 (The Influence of Modern Art)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading assignment: Chapter 14 (Pictorial Modernism) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

Thursday, October 26
• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 14 (Pictorial Modernism)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading assignment: Chapter 15 (A New Language of Form)
  in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

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WEEK 10 [October 30–November 3]

Tuesday, October 31
• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 15 (A New Language of Form)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading assignment: Chapter 16 (The Bauhaus and the New Typography) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

Thursday, November 2
• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 16 (The Bauhaus and the New Typography)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading assignment: Chapter 17 (The Modern Movement in America) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

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WEEK 11 [November 6–10]

Tuesday, November 7
• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 17 (The Modern Movement in America)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Study for Test 4 (The Modernist Era)

Thursday, November 9

• Test 4: Part 4 (The Modernist Era); Essay due the day of the test
• Reading assignment: Chapter 18 (The International Typographic Style) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

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WEEK 12 [November 13–17]

Tuesday, November 14

• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 18 (The International Typographic Style)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading assignment: Chapter 19 (The New York School)
  in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

Thursday, November 16
• Research Paper due
• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 19 (The New York School)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading assignment: Chapter 20 (Corporate Identity and Visual Systems) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

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WEEK 13 [November 20–24]

Tuesday, November 21
• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 20 (Corporate Identity and Visual Systems)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading assignment: Chapter 21 (The Conceptual Image) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

Thursday, November 23

• Thanksgiving. No class.

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WEEK 14 [November 27–December 1]

Tuesday, November 28

• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 21 (The Conceptual Image)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading assignment: Chapter 22 (National Visions within a Global Dialog) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

Thursday, November 30

• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 22 (National Visions within a Global Dialog)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading assignment: Chapter 23 (Postmodernism) in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

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WEEK 15 [December 4–8]

Tuesday, December 5

• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 23 (Postmodernism)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Reading assignment: Chapter 24 (The Digital Revolution and Beyond)
  in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
• Study Guide (print out, fill in, staple pages and hand in a copy at beginning of next class for full credit)

Thursday, December 7

• Hand in study guide.
• Lecture: Chapter 24 (The Digital Revolution and Beyond)
• Assessment: Blackboard Quiz (this chapter quiz will be available at the end of this class until the beginning of the next class)
• Study for Test 5 (The Age of Information)

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FINALS WEEK [December 11–15]

Tuesday, December 12 [1530–1730]

• Test 5: Part 5 (The Age of Information); Essay due the day of the test