Kenney Mencher MA  MFA Assistant Professor of Art and Art History
Ohlone College, Office: 4316 and the Smith Center Art Gallery 43600 Mission Blvd.,  Fremont, California 94539
Phone: (510) 979-7916
KMencher@ohlone.edu
A Calendar of Assignments and important dates can be found on the web at:
home page: http://www.kenney-mencher.com/
passwords username: ohloneuser password: ohlone

Office Hours,
Monday Wednesday Smith Center Art Gallery or Art Gallery Workshop or by appointment
T-TH 12-1 Smith Center Art Gallery or Art Gallery Workshop or by appointment

For the ON-LINE or DISTANCE LEARNING class: The most important stuff:

• You do not need to come to the live class but you are very welcome to attend.  I think it will help you if you can!
• Late work is not allowed in this class.
• Plagiarism or cheating is copying a phrase (three to four words in order) from the internet, another student, or a book.
• If you are caught plagiarizing or cheating I will earn an immediate "F" for the entire course and it will be reported to the Dean of Students.
• There are no make ups for missed quizzes, exams, or assignments.
• Class participation will be handled by your participation on the discussion boards and the blog and even facebook!  Of course you can attend the live class too!

For the live class: The most important stuff:

• Late work is not allowed in this class.
• Plagiarism or cheating is copying a phrase (three to four words in order) from the internet, another student, or a book.
• If you are caught plagiarizing or cheating I will earn an immediate "F" for the entire course and it will be reported to the Dean of Students.
• There are no make ups for missed quizzes, exams, or assignments.
• Class participation will be handled by your participation in live class, attendance, on the discussion boards and the blog and even facebook!

I also suggest that you sign up for HIST 104A Western Civilization with a World Perspective.  A survey of civilization in the Mediterranean through the beginning of early modern history with a look at other world cultures. (Please check Webadvisor to see if this course is offered this semester.)

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: This course consists of visual art history from pre-historic cultures through the ancient styles and includes studies in African, pre-Columbian, Asian and Native American Arts from 25,000 B.C.E. to 1300 C.E.

Student Learning Outcomes

The student will:

• Define and restate a canon of sculpture, architecture, and visual art by labeling the title, date, author/architect/artist, geographic region and civilization/culture.
• Describe works of art and period styles with vocabulary used specifically for the study of art history.
• Define and restate the major formal and iconographic qualities for art and artifacts originating in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome, the Early Christian period, Islamic culture, Africa, Pre-Columbian Meso-America, Asia and the art of the Americas.
• Demonstrate critical criteria in which to compare different cultures’ artifacts and art.
• Define and restate similarities and differences in physical form, symbolism, and historical, cultural and historical contexts, unique to different cultures in order to identify the contributions of historically underrepresented cultures or perspectives from other groups to the development of the societies and institutions in the United States of America and Europe.
• Analyze and synthesize primary texts and assess how these texts relate to the artifacts and art they are studying.

A tentative calendar/schedule will be provided with this greensheet; however, there will be times when the schedule will need to be adjusted.

EXAMINATIONS & QUIZZES:

Notes and textbooks may not be used during examinations.

Missed quizzes and exams will be calculated as zeros.

Make up exams are only available in one of two instances: to those students who have made provisions to take the exams in advance of the test date or if a student has a signed medical excuse.  In general a makeup exam will be different than the original exam and will take the same amount of time to complete as the original.  Extra credit may be given.

EVALUATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE:

 

EVALUATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE:

Quiz #1	5%
Exam #1	10%
Quiz #2	5%
Exam #2	15%
Quiz #3	5%
Exam #3	15%
Quiz #4	5%
Final Exam	30%
Participation	10%
TOTAL	100%

Student Materials-Means of Achieving Objectives:

• Required: Art: A Brief History, 5/E by Marilyn Stokstad, University of Kansas and Michael Cothren, Swarthmore College

ISBN-10: 0205017029
ISBN-13:  9780205017027(any edition is fine, the readings are set up by chapter titles)
• Required: Mencher, LIAISONS  Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company 2002
• Required: Youtube Videos http://www.youtube.com/user/kmencher
• Web Site:  http://www.kenney-mencher.com/

passwords
username: ohloneuser
password: ohlone
On line readings and handouts

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
All the work on your assignments must be in your own words.  You may not copy from the book, glossary, encyclopedia, the internet or another student.

DO NOT QUOTE THE GLOSSARY OR BOOK'S PASSAGES: USE YOUR OWN WORDS.

Academic dishonesty defrauds all those who depend upon the integrity of the College, its courses, and its degree and certificates.  Students are expected to follow the ethical standards required in Ohlone courses.  These Standards are defined in the Policy on Academic Dishonesty.  Violations of this policy include cheating and plagiarism.  (Copies of this policy are available in the offices of the Vice President, Educational Services/Deputy Superintendent; or Division Deans.)

7.8.4.1 Definitions of Academic Dishonesty  (for further information visit http://www.ohlone.cc.ca.us/org/board/policy/Chapter7Reg.htm#7.8.2)

A. Cheating

At Ohlone, cheating is the act of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for academic work through the use of any dishonest, deceptive, or fraudulent means. Cheating at Ohlone includes but is not limited to the following:

1. Copying, in part or in whole, from another's test or other evaluation instrument or obtaining answers from another person during the test;
2. Submitting work previously presented in another course, if contrary to the rules of either course;
3. Using or consulting during an examination sources or materials not authorized by the instructor;
4. Altering or interfering with grading or grading instructions;
5. Sitting for an examination by a surrogate, or as a surrogate;
6. Any other act committed by a student in the course of his or her academic work which defrauds or misrepresents, including aiding or abetting in any of the actions defined above.

B. Plagiarism
At Ohlone, plagiarism is the act of representing the work of another as one's own (without giving appropriate credit) regardless of how that work was obtained and submitting it to fulfill academic requirements. Plagiarism at Ohlone includes but is not limited to
1. The act of incorporating the ideas, words, sentences, paragraphs, or parts thereof, or the specific substance of another's work, without giving appropriate credit, and representing the product as one's own work; and
2. Representing another's artistic/scholarly works such as musical compositions, computer programs, photographs, paintings, drawings, sculptures, or similar works as one's own.
 

STANDARDS OF STUDENT CONDUCT
The student has the right and shares the responsibility to exercise the freedom to learn. The student is expected to conduct himself/herself in accordance with standards of the college that are designed to perpetuate its educational purposes.  These procedures, along with applicable penalties for violation, are found in the Standards of Student Conduct and Discipline and Due Process Procedures. (Copies of this policy are available in the offices of the Vice President, Educational Services/Deputy Superintendent; or Division Deans.)